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The Kanzas news., 1858-01-09
A Word to working Men.

The STAKEHOLDER says that he has an equal
right with YOU to the Territories of the
United States, and claims the privilege of
carrying his property" into Kanzas, Ne
braska and Minnesota. He holds his slaves
as property. Your only property is your la
Dor. Slavery degrades and initiates against
white labor. Every one admits it. You
cannot compete successfully with the slave
holder. Every cent that the negro earns
above his board is. so much profit to his
master The slave has no children to edu-
cate he has no house-rent to pay /; his
clothes cost less yearly than a single gar
ment costs you; he has no taxes to annoy
him, and no one expects him to contribute
to benevolent schemes. Hence, he under
bids you. Hence, i'll the slave States, the
poor man is crushed beneath the juggernaut
car of the peculiar institution 1t is
your interest, therefore, to keep slavery out
where it does not exist; and to drive it out
where it is already established.
Working men of Kanzas. keep slavery
out working men of Missouri, drive slave
ry out! Remember that every slave is your
rival, underbidding you in work and degra-
ding you in social position; and remember
TOO that it is not his blame, but the inevita-
BILE result of the peculiar institution -
CRUSADER Of Freedom.
The Kanzas news., 1858-01-09
The Re-conquest of India.

Such, without any extravaganza oflanguage,
is the suppression of the rebellion in India,
which the details of the late news show TO
be in fair way of speedy accomplishment.
The f.Il of Delhi and the successes of the Brit
ish at Lucknow substantially settle the ques-
ton. Quiet has also been restored through
out nearly the whole of Bengal, and only In
Dude, Raipootane and western Scinde, whith-
er the defeated rebels of Delhi were fleeing,
did the rebellion retain any considerable
Sitality. In fact the outbreak was substan-
tally crushed when only a single battalion
of reinforcements had arrived, and nothing
remains but to re-occupy the military posts
more strongly than before as fresh troops
arrive, and to complete the terrible retri-
button which the British heart so sternly
demands. The region between Bengal and
Bombay, or the Rajpootane region, to which
the rebels are retreating, has been the scene
heretofore of frequent rising of the natives,
and il is quite likely that they may there
maintain their ground, and be able for
some time to resist the British forces, but
the strength of the mutiDy is without doubt
Ieffectually broken, and the complete sub
jugation of the country is now only gues-
ton of time. It was, no doubt, the conf
dence of the British government in this state
of the facts that induced thenl-to decline the
offer of Col. Prince to faise,a regiment for
India in Canada. The future. policy to be
pursued towards India Will now enter large
ly as an element into British politics. and
after the thirst of vengeance has been fully
satiated. it is reasonable 70 expect chat a
more libersa and humane policy towards the
natives will tend to prevent the recurrence
of the terrible outbreaks of this year.
The Kanzas news., 1858-01-09
Russia Moving Towards China.

Russiahas just made one of her giant steps
towards eastern dominion, and yet so quietly
that the fact gets only these few words of
announcement, ''the Khalka Tartars have sub
mitted to Russia One would suppose this
might be some obscure tribe on its Siberian
borders, and that their submission to Russian
rule were of as little account as would be
the submission of the handful of aborigines
in Florida to cur authority. But the facts
are that the Khalkas are the most numerous
and powerful of the Tartar tribes, and num-
Der some four million souls, and the country
they occupy is as large as France. and has
the delightful climate of southern France.
The rulers of the Khalkas are descendants
of Jenghis Khan, the conqueror, and have
been under allegiance to the rulers of china
until now that Russian diplomacy has achiev-
ed the transference of their allegiance and
their territory, at no cost of blood and but
q small one of treasure. It is the great step
towards the acquisition of China. upon which
Russia has set its heart, and in the struggle
for which her diplomatic skill is likely to
be more than match for British arms.
The Kanzas news., 1858-01-09
Writing and Printing Machine.


We have been permitted to examine an
invention which is peculiarly interesting and
servicaable to all connected with letters and
the circulation of information. 1t is mod
estly styled a Printing Machine" and is
intended to supply the place of the Mer-
chants Copying Apparatus, the reporters
stenography, and to relieve authors and
eopyists from that laborious employment
with the pen, which so seriously interferes
with the rapid transmission of ideas. The
machine in its present form is compact and
ornamental, easily moved, conveniently
managed, and commencing itself by its
simplicity and remarkable results, to the at
tention of literary and commercial men.
It's action is by means of keys moved on
the principle of the piano, and the author
or copyist, seated beside it can. by q little
practice, print upon letter sheet the mat
ter which his thought dictates almost as
rapidly as the ideas suggest Themselves
Taco copies are str1ek off simultaneously,
SO that the merchant has his duplicate let
ter, the editor his copy" the author his
manuscripts, the divine his sermon, in print
before it has passed beyond his own vision
Once let this invention become generally
known and in use, and there is hardly any
limit to which its ramifcations may not ex-
tend. For this useful instrument we are
indebted to the genius of young gentle
man whose social position and talents are
of the highest order, Mr. S. w. Francis,
of this city.-M Y. Tribune. .f ~
The Kanzas news., 1858-01-09
Natural Curiosities Of Texas.

I Mr.. j. S. Strother. in late letter to the
Huntsville advocate, gives the following ac
count of some rare creatures to be found in
Texas: eaai -
II will now give you description of some
OF the insects, or rather reptiles, with which
this section is infested i viii commence
with,the most poisonous Of ali-the Centipede
the sting of which is deadly; should one
crawl across your arm, the flesh would rot
off to the bone-sometimes producing death
In = short time TO the person stuug, who
will suffer the most excrutiating pain until
he is relieved. The Centipedeis about eight
inches long when full grown, and resembles
the Thousand Legs" in shape. Next
comes the Tarantula. species OF insect.
reptile, or whatever you may choose to call
him; he is what We might term half Terra
pin and half Spider-more vicious than both,
and three times as active as either; be Is
near the size of small tea-cup; his back
is covered with coarse red hair, under which
is an almost impenetrable shell which COW
ers the top of his body, which is supported
by long, spindling, double-joint legs. aad
were you to see one throw himself back up
on his legs for combat, you would be tempt
ed to knock him, like Paddy did the dog.
''spachless.' His mouth is of enormous
size; he has an eye that indicates his ruling
passion, viciousness; his bite is also very
poisonous. Snakes are very numerous
Singing Lizards are in the greatest abun-
dance i can put up with the latter two-but
remove me- from the disagreeable presence
of the first two. Horned Frogs are plenty,
but they are innocent and harmless. '.Mule
rabbits" are the greatest curiosity I have
yet seen; they are about the size of a 'tfawn,"
and are so swift that the deetest dog is no
where; their ears look like, they were near
ten inches long, when they first jump up
before you. l am Of the opinion that a
Centipede, Horned Frog, Tarantula. and a
Mule Rabbit, placed on Commercial Row.
would attract more attention, exact more Gu
riosity. than the manageries of dozen
"Barnums.'
The Kanzas news., 1858-01-09

CURIOUS FAoTs ABOUT ALLIGAToRs.-Al-
ligators' nests resemble haycoeks. They are
four feet high and five in diameter st their
basis, being constructed of grass and herb
age First, they deposit one layer Of eggs
on layer of mortar, and having covered
this with a stratum of mud and heritage,
eight inches thick. lay another set of eggs
upon that, and so on to the top, there being
commonly from one TO two hundred eggs in
nest. With their tails they beat down
round the nest the dense grass and reeds FIVE.
feet high, to prevent the approach of unseen
enemies. The female watches her eggs un-
til they are all hatched by the heat of the
sun, and then takes her brood under her own
care, defending them and providing for their
subsistence. DR.. Lutzemberg, of New Or
leans, told me that he once packed up one
of these nests with eggs in a box for the
museum of st. Petersburg, but was recon-
mended before he closed it to see that there
was no danger of the eggs being hatched on
the voyage. On opening one young alli-
gator walked out, and was soon followed by
the rest, about hundred, which he fed in
his house, where they went up and down
stairs whining and barking like young pup
pies.-LyelE. the GeoLogis:.
The Kanzas news., 1858-01-09
A Singular Discovery.

From French exchange we find the fol-
lowing account of late discovery at Paris:
1t says:
"a curious discovery has lately been
made, while repairing the house formerly
occupied by the Jaeobin Club during the
great revolution, and now known as the Ho-
tel de Londres, in the, St. Hyacinthe. st.
Honore. The Club, which guided the des-
tinies of the revolution during some few
years, had often boasted of allowing the
ambition of Robespierre and other leaders TO
progress SO far and no farther; and the
members, by vote, had passed law which
entitled the majority to exclude from any par
ticular sednce any particular member whose
interests might lead him to sway the opin-
ions of the Club. Robespierre. whose am
bition had rendered him an object of ,suspi-
cion, had often been voted out of the as
sembly; and it has been matter of sur
prise to the historian of the time, that he
could so long have maintained his in
duence in spite of the violence of the oppo-
sition thus permitted. The secret is now
revealed. A small room-a hiding place IN
the thickness of the wall-has just been
discovered, opening by trap door into the
very hall where the deliberations were car
ried on, and whence he could listen to the
measures to be taken against him, and thus
forearmed, have power to defeat them. 1t is
evident that this hiding place must have
been occupied by Robespierre; and when
first entered by the workmen, the traces of
his presence were still visible in the journal
which lay upon the table, and the writing
paper from which had been torn small
portion, as if for the purpose of making a
memorandum. The only book which was
found in the place, was volume of Florina,
open at the second chapter of Claudine. 1t
was covered with snuff, which had evident
" been shaken from the readers shirt frill,
and bore testimony to the truth of history,
which records the simplicity of the literary
tastes of Robespierre. His presence seemed
still to hang about that small space, as
though he had quilted it but a moment be-
fore; and, singular enough, the marks OF
his feet, as though he had recently trodden
through mud, were still visible on the tiles
with which the flooring is composed.
The Kanzas news., 1858-01-09
Industrial Progress of California.

From original statistics we learn that Cal
ifornia has about 400 w-mills, of which
III are worked by steam and the rest by
water power. The construction of these
mills cost $2,50o,O0O. Most of them are
in the neighborhiod of populous mining
districts, where lumber for building uses is
in increasing demand. They turn out
about 5OO, ,O0O, 900 feet of lumber per an
mum. Of grist-mills there are i3I. with
270 run of stone, 81 of these mills being
worked by steam and 54 by water power
The aggregate capacity of the former per
day Is 5,240 barrels of -four, and of the
latter 1862 barrels. The mills Of Sacra-
nlento, San francisco. San joaquin and
Santa Clara, are capable of farming out per
annum twice the quantity of flour necessa-
ry to supply the entire population of the
State.
The Kanzas news., 1858-01-09

The terms .Scinde' and sScindia,' which
frequently occur in the accounts from India,
lead, from their similarity of sound, to some
confusion of ideas in the minds of those not
familiar with Indian affairs. For the bene-
fitof such It may he we'll to state, that Scinde
is thai district which includes both banks of
the lower course of the Indus, being one Of
the more recent annexstions to the British
dominions. In this district there have been
no very serious disturbances. though, being
frontier province, some alarm has been felt
for it. Scindia, on the other hand, is the
name or title of one of the dependent NAH
rata princes, whose territories lie near the
very center of Northern Hindostan, directly
south of Agra. and not far from Il, including
the famous fortress of Gwalior. The Prince
himself has remained steadily faithful TO the
British connection, but most of his troops
joined In the Instruction. and endeayored
TO force him to take part in it. According
10 the last accounts, however, the Prince
had succeeded IN getting the upper hand Of
his rebellioHs troops. 5.s .ai,.ssl
The Kanzas news., 1858-01-09

cation of the Mormons anywhere within the
British dominions would no doubt be great
cause of annoyance to the colonial office.
and seriously impede the steps which are
about to be taken to establish British colo
ny and great British naval port on the
shores of the Pacific.
The Kanzas news., 1858-01-09
JOB PRINFINGI

81 The Office Of TIM KAx,As Nrws IL faraisbed
with g completes assortment Of the newest .styiss
of Type, Borders, Flourishes, Cuts. Cards, Fsney
Papers, CoiOred Inks, Bronze. de-. eiabiing the
proprietor 10 print CIHcuLARs, Cams cxHr,p1cArks
OF STock, DEEns, PosrERs. and ali other kinds Of
jon PEISTTSe, IN n manner UNSURPASSED in tn.
country. Particular attention paid TO printing
all kinds Of Blanks. Orders for work promptiS
attended to when accompanied with cAsa.i AK
cELsIoR'' is our motto. ssss, f -,.s,--.,.
The Kanzas news., 1858-01-09

1.conpared notes with one of my ffiehdsy
who expects everything of the universe.
and is disappointed when anything is less
than the besti and found that ] began
at the other extreme. expecting nothing and
am always fuil of thanks for moderate goods.
-EmrTson
The Kanzas news., 1858-01-09

A terrible magazine explosion occurred at
Mayence. on the Rhine, Nov. rs. Eleven
soldiers and fourteen cixilians were killed,
aud nearly 5o0eisiIiaus wounded.
The Kanzas news., 1858-01-09

Jean Paul says. love may slumber in 9
lady's heart, but IL always dreams.
The Kanzas news., 1858-01-09

ever put on again it will be ourselves. and I
say God bless this people and the nissiona-
ries thathaye gone to the nations, no smat-
ter whether they have baptised one or a
thousand, if they have done the will of God.
notwithstanding the lightnings may fash,
thunders roll, and earthquakes below, the
Lord will extend his hand over his servants
and protect them, as he has done those that
have returned unto US. And the Lord will
remember them in our prayers. that the
Lord may be on our side, and let us be on
hand and be ready at any and every call,
and the kingdom viii spread abroad, and ii
viii smite the image. not only on the toes
but on the head, which may God grant for
our sake. Amen.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1858-02-12


A New COSQUERoR.-A few days ago, a
couple of fools got into fight on one of the
wharves in Boston. But, before they had n
chance to iDjure each other, a very sensible
fellow-a clerk in one of the stores-elbow-
ed his way through the crowd and flung a
handful Of -four into the face and eyes of the
enraged combatants.
The battle ceased very suddenly, and the
parties, as soon as they recovered their sight,
showed some fine specimens of tall walking,
amid roars of laughter from the spectators.
This is the best Boston notion out yet
That clerk should be created Lieutenant of
the Police. They quell mobs in Russia by
playing the fire.engines upon them.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1858-02-12

THEN AND Now.-In January last the times
here were flush" and the imports of foreign
merchandise at this port, for the first three
weeks OF II, amounted TO $3,545,462. Jan
uary 1858 the times are commonly under
stood TO be not flush-but on the contrary.
quite the reverse. Imports for first three
weeks, 3 Sl,340,960. Reduction, $l.8O4,5O2.
This shows what may be called "healthv
movement" in the right direction 1t shows
that we are cutting down our bill for silks,
satlns, laces, and other luxures, and that the
McFlimseys are taking in a big reef. II
shows, too. that "Youpg America" is buying
less patent leather, fewer foreign gold headed
canes and kid gloves, and manages to get
"glorions" not so often on Fort and sherry.
A million and aquarter retrenchment month,
will soon enable them to pay their debts
N. Y. Express.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1858-02-12

Innpelling Rail'cay Trains up Steep As
cents.-M. Regnzzali, an Italian inventor, is
the originator of a peculiar method of impel.
ling railway trains up steep ascents. Acylin.
der having on its circumference two heices,
forming double-threaded screw, is placed
under and parallel to the axis Of the boiler
This screw cylinder is Sc, in motion by the
engine, and il gears with series of horizon
tai pulleys placed between the line of rails,
which pulleys act as eft-handed screw, and
in this manner the train is wormed up the in.
cline.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1858-02-12

tbs LEADER IN UTAH.-Hon. Jefferson
Davis, in speech in the Senate on Monday,
paid lhe following high tribute to Colonel
Johnston, the leader of the Utah Expedition.
He sad
hold that the country is Indebted to the
Administration for having selected the man
who il at tn. head of the expedition; who ns
soldier, hashot his superior in the army or
out of ii; aud whose judgment, whose art,
whose knowledge is quail to this or any 9th
er emergency; man OF such decision, such
resolution, that his couDtry's honor can never
BE- tarnished in his hands; man of such
caImness, such kindness, that deuded peo-
pie can never suffer by harshness from him."
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1858-02-12

A DECIDED OPINION. Geo. E. Fisher,
"recenlly dismissed" says the Boston Tram
script, "by council from the pasiorate of the
Congregational Church at North Amherst
preached farewell sermon on the 10th inst,
in which he expressed his opinion with per-
feet freedom Of the opposition which had
procured his dismission. The tone with
which tho reverend gentleman came down
upon his enemies may be judged from this
sentence Of his sermon, which is all alive with
tho same vigorous style of speech"
II wus an opposition conceived in sin, and
brought forth in iniquity, increased BY igno-
rance, fed by envy, iosiercd by jealousy, pro.
moted BY pride, famed by disappointed am
bilion, continued by malice. encouraged BY
tmidiiy, strengthened by the unexpected
yielding of good men, perpetuaied in Stub
bornness, and triumphant in seli-will and
wickedncss.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1858-02-12

LYNCH LAW IN lSDIANA.-G Goshen, Ind,
Jan. 27.-George McLane alias George Nc
Dougal, from Canada, the accomplice Of the
notorious Townsend, and who had confessed
to over thirty highway robberies and thetts,
was taken yesterday by about five hundred
of the Vigilance Committee and hanged on
Diamond Lake hill, four miles southeast Of
Ligonier, Indiana. Every ything passed of
quietly. So far twenty-five thieves and
counterfeiters have been taken, and they are
after more
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1858-02-12

A KENTUcY ASEcDoTE.-A Southern gen.
tloman owned slave very Intelligent fel.
low, who was Universast. On one occa-
sion he illustrated the intellectual character
of his religion in the following manner A
certain slave had obtained license Of the Bap.
tist to preach. lie was holding forth In the
presence of many Of his colored brethren at
one time when be undertook TO describe the
process of Adams creation. Said be, when
God make Adam, he sioop down, scrape up
a little dirt, wet II a little, warm it n little in
he hands, and squeeze II in dc right shape,
and den lean it up against de fence TO
dry"
"Top dere" said our Universalist darkoy,
"You say dat are dc fustest man eber made'"
Sarten ~ said the preacher.
"Drn," said the other, yes tell a Jeller
phar dat ar fence come fromr
.Hushl said the preacher, @two more
questions like dat would spile all ibe feology
in de world"
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1858-02-12

County PAPERs.-"I don't take the coun-
ty paper, il is too near home; know all that
is going on without it, and then I'm taking
one or two other papers, and can't afford to
pay dollar year more for paper can do
without" Just SO old croaker; you can't
pay dollar or two year more to see an ac-
count of NIL the stray horses and cattle that
are being taken up in your county, when,
perhaps single paper containing an account
of your own stock being taken up, might
save you twenty dollars! You can't pay two
dollars year TO know the stale of finances
IN your own county, and to know whether
your officers are doing their duty! You cant
pay two dollars to have the sales Of property
in your county advertised and placed 10 your
hands, informing you of the time and place
of sale uhen by attending the sale, you might
get u bargain Of several hundred dollars!-
Well, IL you can't, let II alone, we will try
to live without your dollar or two. That's
all. Pulaski Citizen.s
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1858-02-12

B- a good old Connecticut deacon was
attaching very poor aud feeble pair Of oxen
to very large and heavy load Of wood
A neighbor asked him how he expected to
get SO large load to market with so poor n
team. The good deacon replied that he ex-
pected to have some assistance from Divine
Providence. His neighbor asked him whsti-
er it would not be as well to dispense entire.
ly with the oxen and let Divine Providence
dratp The phole load.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1858-02-12

LIFE In ARKASsAs.-A correspondent of
the Little Rock Democrat, writes from the
Northwestern portion of the State:
The weather is cold here now. Pork has
sold at 81 and a cents. There will be a
great deal of bacon made. After crops nre
laid by people have nothing to do particular.
ly. They can, Therefore, hitch up Buck and
Bright and start off and keep going till they
get ten cents for The whole load. II is very
pleasant living in summer time TO 20 off q
bocon srlling. Buck aud Bright lives on
the grass. PIagne on 'em, they are some.
times hard to find of a morning. But then no
one is ever in hurry. The delightful part
is seven-up at night and drinking rot.gut.-
Sometimes somebody get little too drunk
the sober ones win smar,ly. But altogether
there is much happiness on bacon trip--to
some folks.
All kinds Of produce are high, and strange
after such crop year, somewhat scnrse.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1858-02-12

T Alcohol was invented, $50 wears
ago, by the son ofa strange woman, Hager,
In Arabia. Ladies' used it with a powder to
paint them selves, that they might appear
more beautiful. During the reign of Viii
liam and Mary an act passed encouraging the
manufacture of spirits. Soon after, intem.
perance and profigncy prevailed to such an
extent that the retailers in Intoxicating drinks
put up signs in public places informing Aihe
people that they might get drunk for a shill.
ing, and have some straw to get sober on u
gain.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1858-02-12

ON EARLY Rising. One Of our cotempo-
raries disposes Of this virtae as follows =
awe have watched (he says,) those fellows,
who are the early risers, and as general
thing, thev are the first chaps who 60 TO
the groceries Of a morning. 1t is all moon
shine about the smartest and greatest men
being the early riscrs. II might have been
so in old times, but when you see chap
moving about very early you may be certain
he is aeter drink.