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tan, and have now several streets strongly bar
ricaded. They are also well armed with Mimic
rifles, and have cannon ready loaded and
primed for instant use. Several arrests have
been made by them, but a number of Vigil
ants also have been taken on warrants flied
BY the Mayor for their arrest. To the present
writing, no collision has taken place. Business
Is almost at stand.
Neac Orleans, June 5.-There is fresh excite
nent here this morning, indicating that the
Vigilance Committee will not be allowed to re-
tain undisputed possession of the city. A pla-
card was Issued during the night by the Ameri-
can party for macs meeting this morning.
They assembled in large numbers, and were
addressed by Col. Christy, Mr.. Stith, the Ameri-
can candidate for Mayor, and by Col. Henry,
OF Nicaraguan notoriety, calling them to arms,
and volunteering to lead charge against the
Vigilant Committee, at noon, which was re-
ceived with an enthusiasm that indicated de.
termined and powerful resistance.
The Vigilance Committee are organizing to
retain their power, having 1900 men enrolled,
and quite an excitement exists in the commu-
nifty. A civil war seems inevitable before the
close of the election on Monday night.
MIR. j. P. White, who furnished the cotton
bales to the Vigilance Committee, with which
they erected their barricade in jackson square,
was dangerously wounded last night in front
of the City Hotel.
Basiness of all kinds is nearly suspended,
and the state of affairs seems to be progressing
from bad to worse.
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INSTRUCTIONS TO DENVER.

Gen. Csss has sent out his instructions to
Gov. Denver, of Kansas, as in duty bound,
under the English Ksnsas bill. We quote an
important paragraph from it
Under the second section of the act, your.
self, the District Attorney, the Secretary of the
Territory, the President of the Council, and the
Speaker of the House of Representatives, are
constituted Board of Commissioners, to con-
duct this important election. The President
has entire confidence that, so far as in you lies,
the cleo ion will be fairly and properly con-
Quoted. Your power and your duties are suf.
fciently pointed out by the act and by your
previous Instructions. 1t is greatly to be de-
sired that the five Commissioners should act in
concert in all their proceedings. The Presi.
dent above all things desires that there should
be fair expression of the popular will on this
important question and that any person who
may commit or attempt to commit the frauds
punishable under the act may be prosecuted
with the utmost rigor of the law. 1t is to be
hoped that the people of Kansas, relieved from
all outside influences, may be left to decide the
question for themselves, whether they will i'm.
mediately come into the Union under the pro.
vision of the act, or will remain in a Territorial
condition until their population is equal to the
number required for Representative in Con.
gress."
Gen. Cass advised that Gov. Denver should
not convene the beard till the new District At
torney was appointed, but his advice was not
followed. The board met and very wisely ap.
pointed the first Mondsy in August as the
election day for the Territory. The people are
then to vote upon the Lecompton Constitution
The day chosen is also the day for the State
election in Missouri, and the Border Ruffians
will be wanted at home then.
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PREPARE FOR THE FALL ELECTIONS.

THE NATIONAL REPUBLICAN ASSOCIATION have
completed arrangements for publishing and dis
tributing Tracts, Essays, and Speeches, bearing
upon the important question now agitating the
country.
Most of the Speeches delivered in Congress
during the present session by Republican mem
bers, and also those that may hereafter be deliv-
cred, can be had, enveloped and free Of postage
at rs cents per 100 for eght-page, and SLAB per
100 for sixteen-page Speeches.
Our Republican friends ought to take imme-
date steps to food every Congressional district,
and especially districts now represented by Ad-
ministration Democrats, with these Speeches and
Documents. Heretofore this work has been done
by the Members of Congress at their own ex-
pense, but after the adjournment of Congress
this responsibility will devolve upon other friends
of the cause.
THE NATIONAL REPUBLICAN ASSOCIATION at
Washington City stand ready to lend all the as
sistance in their power.
Send in your orders without delay Address
L. CLEPHANE,
Secretary National Republican Association,
Washington, ID. c.
Nay, 8, 1853.
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CONSERVATISM AND PROGRESS.

Are you a conservative? So am 1. Are you
progressive? So am /. So every true man
should be-both conservative and progre ssive
conservative of all that is good, progressive to-
ward all that is better. This is the spirit of
our holy religion. "Prove all things; hold fast
that schich is good" therefore, leaving the
principles of the doctrine of Christ, let us go on
unto perfection"
Progressive men and progressive institutions
are alike liable to two temptations: one to re-
lapse into mere conservatism the other, to
urge progreesivism into rashness. Do they sue
coed? Success counsels conservatism. Do
they falf Failure prompts to Efforts desperate.
These temptations should be resisted and over
come. Providence never stops and is never
hurried. Its march is the majestic calmness Of
Him who walks, only walks, even though it be
on the wings of the wind, in the highway of the
hurricane. Do not sit down, like dolt, be-
hind Providence; neither rush, like maniac,
before it; but be watchful and prsyerful, and sc
tollosc Providence. THOMAS 81. Stockton.
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IMPORTANT DECISION.

The High Court of Errors in Mississippi has
made an important decision upon the subject
of the rights of free negroes in other States to
property bequeathed to them in that State
The case was that of James Brown, q slave
holder, who died, leaving will by which bis
property was to be Sold, land and slaves, and
the proceeds, after paying his debts, to be sub.
Ject to the draft of Jerome and Francis Brown.
The said Browns were the children of the tes-
tator 6y one Of has stdres, and were, of course,
slaves under Mississippi law. They were sent
to Ohio in 1850, by their father, and formally
emancipated, and were settled in Indiana, with
their mother, at the time of the testator's
death.
The court decided, that if the testator had
taken his slaves to Cincinnati with the purpose
OF freeing them, and afterwards bringing them
back to Mississippi, that they could not have
held property, and that the act of emancipation
would have been void. But, inasmuch as the
slaves were honestly carried and left in free
State, the court decided that they were entitled
to receive the property of their master and
iather-in other words, that the will of James
Brown, the testator, is valid. The court directed
The executor to proceed to the fulflment of the
trust therein imposed upon him. 1t decided
mat there is nothing in our laws or policy which
prohibits the sale of the land and slaves of the
testator, and the deposit of the net proceeds,
after paying his debts, in the vaults of foreign
Osnk, to be paid over to the objects of the tes-
'A'ors bounty, even though they are free ne.
groes; that free negroes are only debarred by
mississippi laws of the rights secured to them
Oy the laws of other States in which they reside,
Ut "hen the exercise Of those rights is prohibit.
gu oy positive law, or would be directly danger.
Gus to slaves, Or present mischievous example.
lad the testator left his lands and slaves direct.
y to these free negroes, different question
would have been presented from the one ac,u.
ally presented and decided.
NEW ORLEANS The American candidate for
mayor has been elected Mayor of New Orleans,
Dy a small majority. The Vigilance Commit.
zee still retained the command of the city, at
Cur latest sdvices.
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IOWA CORRESPONDENCE.
LIE CLAIRE. Iowa. Nav 81

LIE CLAIRE, Iowa, May 81, 1853
To the Editor of the National Era:
The people of Iowa have suddenly become
much interested in the study of geology and
some of them are obtaining practical, if not
profitable, acquaintance with some of the mys-
teries of that science. From all quarters of the
State come rumors of fresh discoveries of the
precious metal. Sandy ravines and pebbly
brooks are being explored by eager fortune
seekers, who, with ardent faith, believe that
"This desert soil
WANTS not her hidden lustre gems, and gold.n
= Much of the reports from the socaled gold
regions is mere rumor or exsggeration. Thus
this city was set in oommotion by the discovery
just outside its limits of small quantity of a
substance which looked like gold, stood several
tests like gold, yet subsequently appeared was
not gold, but was-iron pyrites Still, it is be.
yond doubt that the "real stuff" is being
found in small guam titles.
In Warren county, South river is being
damned, to enable the miners to search its
bed. At Rattlesnake Bend, fifteen miles below
Des Moines, a large number of Anen are wash.
ing the sand.
Prof. Weiser, President of Central College,
has written letter, expressing the opinion
that the geological formation of the earth in
Iowa warrants the conclusion that gold exists
to some extent in the State. The most reliable
accounts represent Clark, Polk, Union, and
Warren counties, as containing the best dig.
gins"
Notwithstanding the entire absence of au.
thenticated accounts of profitable digging.
numbers are leaving the river towns to "try
their luck" To DAY and TO- morrow, two com.
panies expect to leave this place.
Every friend of humanity will be glad to
learn that the tide of public opinion throughout
this State is slowly but surely setting against
the organized bands of Regulators who for
several months past have administered the code
of =" Judge Lynch " to sundry horse thieves, &C.,
in Clinton, jackson, and Cesar counties. The
decided stand taken by the late Gov. Grimes
last summer, acted as a damper to those self.
constituted "guardisns of justice ;" and now,
their final suppression is FASTENED and render
ed certain by the enaction of tragedy at Iowa
City, which, though not perpetrated by the
Regulators" is the legitimate fruit of their
existence.
A barn having been fired near Iowa City By
an inc endiary, Mr.. Boyd Wilkinson was sus.
pected as the guilty party whereupon he was
seized by band Of thirty FIVE men, bound hand
and foot, and taken to the bank of the Iowa
river on the l lth instant, and there designedly
or accidentally drowned. Twelve of the band
were arrested, examined, and committed to
await their trial. In the mean time, they have
been removed to Davenport for ssfe-keeping.
The war against The Rock Island Bridge is
not yet ended. Another suit has been entered
against the Bridge Company to secure the reno
val of the structure ia nuisance; and the case
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Perry Davis's Vegetable Pain Killer, as an
internal remedy, has no equal. In cases OF
eholic, summer complaint, dyspepsia, dysente.
ry, and asthma, it will cure in one night, by
taking it internally, and bathing with it freely.
1t is the best Liniment in America. Sold by
druggists everywhere. 10
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ing the great body of the army, would seem
entitled to leading voice in the choice of a
commander. The election by Congress was
by ballot, and Washington had every vote. So
early had he impressed the country with his
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Washington, d. O., Nocem6er l, 1851.

p6- Payments always in advance.
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cents commission on each yearly, and twenty.
FIVE cents on each semi-yearly, subscriber, &c.
cept in the case Of Clubs.
A Club of FIVE subscribers, at So, will entitle
the person making it up to a copy for six
months q Club of ten, at SIS, to a copy for
one year.
To voluntary agents will also be sent, if they
desire it, copy of the bound volume of Facts
for the People.
When a Club of subscribers has been for
warded, additions may be made to it on the
same terms. 1t is not necessary that the sub
scribers to Club should receive their papers
at the same post Office.
Gas~ A Club may be made up of either new
or old subscribers.
B6F- Money may be forwarded by mail, at
my risk. Large amounts can be RENTED In
drafts, on New York or BALTIMORE smaller
amounts in gold, or in the notes of solvent
banks, especially of the banks of New York or
New England, excepting Rhode Island.
Address G. BAILEY, Washington, D. c., Ed.
tor of National Era.
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Is ct foi ti at Burlington on the 29th of June.
Ii nj pe this matter was forever settled,
sm' the yea nsies of st. Louis bigots silenced.
itst 10 jge Is an inconvenience to steam
oksts, q @ ain stages of water, may be admit
tee OF ~ Tit Ia at any time serious OBJ
stf actio =" as not and cannot be proved while
It's inesf m le advantages to Central Iowa, and
ers ionf te lansas al d the whole region west
VIZ I'd, d US md will secure its permanency, in
sp se OF all 'pposition.
The ,o fruitful topic of conversation is the
wtsthet is no longer wet and cold, but is
w. ano " n. May has not favored US with
IN ee co la -ttue days of clear weather; but we
los K to "a !. loving June, with confidence and
DO ,e, q Il favored messenger of old Sol, to
de .elcr tn solden grain.
The alb tution of 70 for t. in my letter of
tn 7,h IN, smade paragraph unintelligible.
TIE Mi 81, ppi and Missouri railroad ais not
be ug Isl on westward, much to the disap.
pc 'ntmi ut { all save those interested in the
r'wth If va City" &c. Err.
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armed, being adequate to repel the Missourisns::
The letter asking for the arms was addressed
10 General Lane, and signed by Brgadier Gen.
eIal Mcdaniel, who has succeeded Mont
gorcery in command of the militia in that
" brigadier district" 1t will be seen by the
following correspondence, which appears in the
Lawrence Republican of this date, Montgomery
was deprived of his command as far back as
the 18th of February. 1t is therefore doing
gross injustice to the militia Of Kansas to i'm
plicate them in the guilt CT those predatory
bands known as Montgomery's men. The
fastest accounts represent that individual him
self in the darkest colors.-the st. Louis Dem
Ocr0t
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BEGINNING JANUARY ], 1903.
The National Era is an uncompromising
opponent Of Slavery and the Slave Power; an
advocate of personal civil, and religious hber.
ty without regard to race or creed; a foe 10 al
secret combinations to control the Ballot-Bcx,
whether under the direction of priests or lay
men, and to all measures directly or indirectly
countenancing prescription on account of birth,
place or religion a friend of Temperance, the
Homestead, and all reforms calculated to secure
to Labor its just consideration, recompense, and
political weight, and to Trade, its Natural Free
dom, in virtue of which every man has q right
to buy and sell in whatever market he pleases
1t regards Slavery, and the issues involved
in it, as forming the great Political Question OF
the Day; taking the ground, that Slavery, from
is necessities, instincts, and habits is perpetu-
ally sntsgonistic to Freedom and Free Labor,
and unchangesbly aggressive; that its work.
ings can be counteracted only by permanent
system of measures and it therefore has sup
ported, and will continue to support, the Re,
publican Party, so long as it shall be true to
Freedom, holding itself, however, perfectly in.
dependent, at liberty to approve or condemn
whatever may accord or conflict with its oft
avowed principles.
1t presents weekly a summary of General
News and Political Intelligence, keeps a rec
ord Of the Proceedings of Congress, and is the
repository Of large portion of the most i'm.
portant speeches delivered in that body.
Its Foreign and Domestic Correspondence is
carefully provided for, and its Literary Miscel-
lany, chiefly original, being supplied by many
of the best writers of the country, makes it EN-.
phatically PAPER FOR THE FAMILY.
My subscribers have stood by the Era hand
| somely. No paper can boast warmer or more
steadfast friends. They have not forgotten
| that whatever the claims and merits Of other
papers, the Era, in the face of imminent perils,
was the pioneer to Freedom Of the Press in this
| slaveholdng District, and has been for eleven
years the only journal at the seat of the Fed
eral Government, representing the sentiments
OF the Free States on the great Question of the
| Country, the only journal through which their
loyal representatives in Congress could find
voice and vindication. They have not forgot
ten, nor will they forget, that while papers en-
| gagged in the same Cause elsewhere, have
strong local interests to rely upon, and the pa
pers printed here, opposed to our Cause, thrive
| through the patronage of the Federal Govern
ment, the Era is uniformly prescribed by that
Government, and its legal right to official ed
vertisements denied, while, so far from having
the support, it is constantly subjected to the
opposition of strong local interests; so that its
| only dependence is upon those enlightened
| friends of Freedom, all over the country, who
| appreciate the necessity of maintaining such
sentinel on the outpost of Freedom.
| G. BAILEY.
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MILITARY ORDERS.
HEADQUARTERS KANSAS MILITIA

self in the darkest colors.-the st. LOUIS Dena'
Ocrdt.
MILITARY ORDERS.
HEADQUARTERS KANSAS MILITIA,
Lawrence, FEB. 10, 1858.
To Captains james MONTGOMERY and 0. r.
Bayne, lst Regiment Kansas Miiitid:
You are required forthwith, on receipt Of
this order, to disband the companies under
your command. Charges of serious charac-
ter, impugning your conduct as an officer, are
on file in this Office. The service and cause
requires their investigation. You will instAnter
report yourselves here in person. The person
and property of the actual settler, without refer
ence to political opinions. must be respected.
If this order has been disobeyed, restitution
must be had without delay.
Ii. LANE, Maj. Gen.
HEADQUARTERS KANSAS MILITIA,
Laurence, April 8, 1858.
General Nc Daniel:
Sir: l am directed by General Lane to say
to you that the exclusive jurisdiction over all
troops ard military movements within your
brigade district is in your hands.
Moreover, that there was an order issued,
February l8, ordering officers Bayne and
Montgomery immediately to disband their re.
spective commands, and report themselves to
headquarters to answer to charges against their
conduct; and that the property and rights OF
all citizens, irrespective of political opinions,
must be protected and that wherever this
order has been disobeyed, immediate restitution
must be made. You will consider this order
as now in your hands.
Captain Bayne did report himself, but of
Captain Montgomery nothing has been heard.
By order of Major General Lane.
E. B. WHITMAN, Secretary pro tenn.
GOVERNOR DENvERS ACTION.
Governor Denver remains in this city until
Captain Walker, (Sheriff of Douglas county,)
whom he dispatched to the scene of strife, re-
ports to him, when it is presumed he will take
active measures for restoring law and order.
learn that the Governor strongly urges the peo
pie who are exposed to Montgomery's forays
to organize aud rid themselves of him in the
most summary manner they can devise. The
advice of the Governor, 1 understand, rather
countenances the method 80 much in vogue in
in California.
Mr.. Hughes, of Indiana, challenged Mr.. Har-
ris, of Illinois, for language used by him in de-
bate. The latter promptly accepted the chal-
lenge, but, afterwards, explanations were made,
satisfactory to both gentlemen.
The funeral of Senator Henderson, of Texas,
took place on Sunday, from the Capitol. A large
concourse of people was present.
More steamers have been ordered to the Gulf,
with what instructions does not yet appear. 1t
is understood that the President desires to pro.
tract the session of Congress on this account.
The Republicans of the 2lst Congressional
district of Pennsylvania have nominated j. R.
Moorhead for Congress. Ia the 22d, Robert
NICK NIGHT ia mt in nomination
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READ,
WITH FLOUR AND WATER ONLY,

WE mail handbook for light Bread. ici.hOvt
w Yeast or Powders and recipes for HeaIthfnI Cook
ng, &C., for 10 cents cloth covers IS cents Address
WILLIAM HUNT,
Boston Water Cure, Mass.
This Bread is prepared for baking with or fine
hourl in a few minutes and may be eaten warm without
iDldry
We have the recipe tried by lady who had no
faith in and who surprised al the sweetness and
lighiness of the bread n-PO'IInd Transcript 597
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A RETIRED PHYSICIAN,

/Seventy-fve years OF age whose sands of life have
neariy run out discovered while IN the Past Indies
ia certain for Consumption, Asthma, Bronc hi;is,
4 Coughs, Colds, and General Debility. The RENE dy
4 was discovered by him when his only child, "A datgn-
j ter was given up 10 ole. Wishing do much good
as possible he will send 10 such of his afflicted be-
gs request IT, this recipe, with full and xpc drec-
ions making tup, and successfully using lie re-
quires each applicant 10 enclose him one shilling a
three 10 be returned postage the recipe, n
and the remainder 10 be applied 10 the payment
advertisement. Address
DIR. II. JAMES,
5S7 10 Grand street, Jersey City, " J.
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FROM BURMAH.

SHwAYGHYEEN BURNAH March G, $50.
DEAR SIR Such the great demand the Pain Killer
that write you send s possible, in add
ton what have hitherto ordered 81 dozen boxes
dozen bottles box, and bill for the same that may
give you order the Treasurer of the Union to The
amount of the same. n. HARRIS
p DAVIS.
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HENrHADA, BURMAH March Il, 1s,G
GENTLEMEN: 1 am sorry 10 say the last box
Of Pain Killer sent me has not yet to hand The
expense of getting the medicine is something these hard
times" but the want Of it is of far importance
Send me. possible, another box of the
same size, lvz $50 WORTH / enclose order the
Treasurer Of the Missionary Union for the amount.
Rev b. E THOMAS.
Messrs. Percy DAVIS Son
For sale in Washington by William Ballanyne book
seller, Seventh street.
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The Republicans of the 2lst Congressional
district of Pennsylvania have nominated ]. R.
Moorhead for Congress. Ia the 22d, Robert
Mcknight is put in nomination.
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More steamers have been ordered to the Gulf,
with what instructions does not yet appear. 1t
is understood that the President desires to pro.
tract the session of Congress on this account.
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AGENTS WANTED.

IN New 70 and the Western States, TO sell LYONS
/ PATENT COPPER LIGHrNGt 6 RODS, manufac
Iured by J. MARSH & CO Lockport, New York
For terms inquire of Manufacturers. 597
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H9S- There are reports that Governor Cum.
ming has been driven out of Salt Lake by the
Mormons
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The funeral of Senator Henderson, of Texas,
took place on Sunday, from the Capitol. A large
concourse of people was present.
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NEW ORLEANs-The American candidate for
mayor has been elected Mayor of New Orleans,
" small majority. The Vigilance Commit
zee still retained the command of the city, ct
Cur latest advices.