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w Rain OR SHINE,
.. STEVENS,
THE FANCY GOODS DEALER,
Has a Rush, When the ladies 20 i'm such num-
bers there must be great attraction The PRICES
of STEVENS AUCTION STRAW GOODS.
With an Immense variety of all other FANCY
GOODS in his line, and the prompt and polite atten
ton of all hands: must be the inducement.
Call early, and money by buying the yery
best and most Fashionable Goods of
r. c. STVENS, The Fancy M.n,
1856 Pa. av., bet. 9Th and 10th SITS,
an Diff (StatnsI
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1859-05-05

nor RENT-The DWELLING PART of the
sssoLy hause south side of Pennsyivania av.,
ware store. Apply to CAMPRELLG 4 COYLE. or
E.iOO1 LIZ bhO. .s mar IL If
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1859-05-05

THROUGH TICKETS can be obtained at ths
GREAT SOUTHWESTERN RAILROAD or
FICE, corner ofPennsy lvania and 9Th street
Washington, on board OF the Steam Ferry Boa
George Page, at the offlce of the Orange anG
Aexandrs Railroad, at Alexandria,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1859-05-05

VVffLE. GRhND 0JnubNNc;TIoN. MEMSPgIs-
monte jStTGG oMERY AND NEW IoRLEANs. MS
By direct route, and continuous rallvsy oonaao-
tion 20 Memphis,
Afording greater szpsdificn asd oonlforf, and be-
ing over 800 miles shorter than BY any other route.
of7th street at 6< M. for Alexandria. where pas
sengers take the cars for Richmond Chsrlottsvlle,
Staunton White Sulphur Springs, Woodstock a O..
AID al 6l p. for Richmond and all points South
west, making sure and close connections 20 Mem
phis.
Baggage Wagons and Omnibuses leave the ofhcs
JAMES A. EVANS, Agent,
ie l7-d washington.
The Kansas herald of freedom., 1859-08-06

OF The Philadelphia Ledger is clear
and decided in opposition to paper cur
reney. We find the following sample OF
its reasoning on the subject:
1--WE do not expect that every man in
the country will be a political economist,
well read in the workings of the modern
machinery by which capital controls labor;
but it is not too much to hope that the
time may soon come in which all men,
who can either read or see or hear, will
understand and believe the following plain
statement: Banking is system under
,chich the borrower gives has note, Nth Sc
carity AMI interest. for tie lenders note NTH
out security and interest. When this fact
is universally comprehended in this coun-
try, banking-we mean the issuing of
paper money'-wi,l take its place along.
side Of astrology and divination, among
the lumber Of the past and men will
wonder that their predecessors bore, for so
many years, with a system so totally use
less and radically absurd. Then the
country will enter upon career of pros
perity from which nothing, except some
CONFUSION of nature, can cause it to d.
verge In the mean time, the masses will
be content to bear the alternative excite
ments and depressions of the times to be
rich one decade and poor the next, with
the hope of being rich again during the
third and, what is worse, they must en-
dure the Notifying Iehection-althoush
conscious of the truth-that if the foreign
debts of the country-those contracted
long ago, and those of more recent date,
all the result of excessive bank issues
were paid, the United States would be
stripped of the last dollar. Not dime
would be left.''
The Kansas herald of freedom., 1859-08-06

The citizens of St. Joseph held pub
lie meeting in that city or the 10Th inst.
in relation to boy. The gentlemen who
participated in the meeting are among
the most prominent and influential of the
city. Speeches were made by Craig,
Woodson and others. Satisfactory evil
dence had been obtained that Mr.. Grant.
editor of the Abolition paper recently es-
tablished at St. Joe, had been instrument
tai in bringing about the release Of boy.
The meeting was mainly called to consid.
er the propriety OF expelling Grant and
his paper from the city.
A committee reported series OF reso-
lutions notifying Grant That no other
issue of his paper must be made, and that
the Editor be requested to close his office
and leave town." &c.
A substitute, general in character and
more moderate in tone, was offered BY
Mr.. woodson and adopted.
The following resolution was also
adopted:
RESOLVED, That it appearing to our sat
isfaction that Z. II. Grant 10 implicated
in the rescue of John boy from our jail,
that we request said Grant to leave, and
remove his Office from this State.-Leav.
Herald
The Kansas herald of freedom., 1859-08-06
Works of Ar, a, the National Capital.

It is fortunate that something yet re-
mains of the amount appropriated for the
Capitol extension, so that the work there
on can be pursued without the unneces-
sary inconvenience and expense of sus-
pensions. We learn that the original
plan of the dome is to be slightly modi-
fed, whereby the diameter of the upper
section will be greater than at first in
tended, but the height of the dome will
be something less. The statuary design.
ed for the pediment of the portico of the
new Senate extension of the Capitol has
been excepting the central piece TEN.
porarily placed on the floor of the Hall OF
Representatives of the old House. pretty
much as they will stand in their final po-
sition. The tallest of these stand in the
middle parts of the pediment, the Others,
of gradually less height. sloping off tow
ards the extremes. The piece on the
right of the center piece represents "War,"
marble figure of size larger than life,
representing young man in the costume
Of the Revolutionary period, of noble
mien, with glowing eyes and soul on fire,
in the act of drawing his sword. The
left hand piece. of equal height with the
other, represents a woodman in the act Of
cutting down large tree, from the hol-
low at the foot of which q large serpent
has glided and is seen with embattled
neck and crest ready to throw himself
on his human disturber, who appears I'M
aware Of the stealthy foe so near him.
On the right of the first-named statute
successfully follow highly finished rep
resentation of Commerce Youthful Sci.
ence, with upward look, represented by
two interesting specimens Of ingenious
Young America )" E incation, teacher
and his pupil The Mechanic Arts, a
mechanic resting on cogged wheel /; and
lastly, a sheaf of wheat on the ground
On the left Of the wood cutter similarly
follow Young Hunter Of the white race
an old Indian, very stalwart figure, il
deep and respondent thought; mother
nursing her child /; and, lastly, a grave
garnished with wreaths of flowers. The
center piece represents Crawford's Genius
of Liberty, with the rising sun on he
right and the American eagle on her left
Il is temporarily located in the ground
east of the Clpitol, and in a line witt
Greenough's statue of Washington ant
the east door Of the Rotunda.-NatioRa
| Lntelli0encer.
The Kansas herald of freedom., 1859-08-06
Impor,.n, Land oas. Decisions.

A recent decision Of the Secretary OF
the Interior. has greatly modified the rul-
ings Of the General Land Office in regard
to filing and improvements on claims sold
by the original settler The secretary has
decided that "bona fide settlement and
residence upon the land claimed, is sufi-
cient compliance with the law, even in
cases in which the pre-. emption claimant
did not erect new dwelling, If suitable
house had previously been built upon the
land" According to this decision, it will
not be necessary for a settler who buys a
claim already properly improved, to erect
new house, as heretofore required. or
course the purchaser Of such claim will
still be required to live and reside upon
the land.
The Secretary has, also, decided a that
a claimant who settled before the survey,
having failed to file his declaraiory state
ment within three months after the sur
vey in the field. there being no contest
ant, may, if he files after that period, by
showing good faith and valuable improve.
ments, consummate his -emption
right" He holds that ''the forfeiture cres-
ted by the act of 1854. for failure to file
notice Of the tract claimed within three
months after the survey, was not intended
to apply 10 or be enforced in other case
than those in which the land Is claimed
! adversely before the first settler fled
Where there is an adverse claimant, th'
settler who has allowed the three months
to slapse without fling, to secure hi
claim, must Gle before the inception o
the adverse settlement. Otherwise b
loses oil right to the land, the adverse set
Element havire commenced before b
avsils himself Of the privilege extended :
him by this decision. n a-ie
The Kansas herald of freedom., 1859-08-06

OF John o. Wattles, an old reform
advocate, and real good fellow, now re-
siding in Kansas, writes US that press is
wanted at Moneka, Linn county, Kansas.
John, indeej, wishes US to go out there in
person, but bis 'terms" are hardly so
tempting as he evidently supposes. He
says: You must expect to see hard times
the first year, pretty good the second, first
rate the third, and then pigs in clover
would be hard up in comparison. Can
you come p
No, thank you, John, for we know you
bravely of old. You are rigid out and
out vegetarian or Grahamite usual diet
brown bread and cold water, with On
occasional dessert of sawdnst pudding
beechen dust preferred. We once became
disciple, and held on bravely for several
years, till cur corpus was as timber as .
candle wick, as hollow as 3 politicians
conscience, and nearly as transparent as 8
soap bubble. After hard struggle be.
tween Death and the Doctors, we finally
recuperated on beef-steak, ham and eggs
and other feeds intensely abominable II
your pure eyes and stomach-and W.
can't try your system again, John. ''Pig
in clover" for you. good John; for. indeed
You should be now prepared to fatten Oh
any fresh grass diet /; but We shall sta,
where we are till you have more enticini
offers 10 make. If we hear Of anothe
chap likely to risk initiation as disciple
we shall send him along to Moneks.-
Pittsbur0 Dispatch
The Kansas herald of freedom., 1859-08-06
Talking to the Point.

To what Republicanism in Kansas will
next degenerate, we are at loss to deter
mine. Tn years gone by, We all sang no.
sannas to SIade, an Adams, Giddings,
a Seward, Chase, etc, for their noble
efforts in behalf Of the right of petition |;
yet the old Anterior gag may now be
called plank of Kansas Republicanism.
Two years ago, we denounced the De.
moeracy from one end Of the United
States to the other, for having disfranchis-
ed portion of the people of Kansas :
vet the Wyandott Convention, by strict
party vote, has DISTINGUISHED whole coun-
ties The charge that zoe were defeated.
and went to the convention as defested
candidates, will not win. The fat went
out from these men before the election,
that Chase county was no. in the district
that it was unprovided for. So said the
Emporia Ne,os, that sterling Republican pa
per-" But not satisfied with disfranchis-
ing our counties, they added insult to in
jury, and shielded by the bar of the con-
vention, within which we were not permit
ted, charges were made by that chief Of
fanatics, j ohm Richie, that would be dis
grace to a common brothel, and which
none but liar and coward would make,
anywhere. BY this pink Of modesty, we
were charged with being Negro steal
er :" a lie as Infamous as the source from
which it originated. As we never ye,
stole a negro to make him a slave, or Il
slave to make him free, we have washed
our hands of the institution, and propose,
for a while, to look to the interests OF
white men, as well as the negro. Whilst
we despise those who go into neighbor
ing states. and coax away or aid the es-
cape of slaves, slave catching is not our
business. Ii negro runs away, like the
hoy with the molasses, we Yet him run -
So far as political capital is concerned, we
have nothing to do with it. In Kansas,
we seek, according to our best Judgement,
to make Kansas Free State. In nation
al politics, we believe freedom is ma.
tional-slavery, local. Whilst we claim
that we have no right to interfere with
slavery in the states, yet we would en-
tirely denationalize slavery, and place the
influence of the general government on
the side of freedom. If that is Democra.
cy, we are a Democrat; if it is Republi-
canism, then we are a Republican.
If the Republicans of Kansas, see prop.
err to follow the lead of such insane fana.
tics as John Richie, and ruin their party,
the blame rests with them. and not u.s.
Kansas Press.
The Kansas herald of freedom., 1859-08-06
Tn. Two Years A-usndn.n,.

Il may be recollected that the Ohio Re-
publican State Convention adopted reso-
luton of censure, aimed at the Massacbu-
sets two years amendment, and specify
ing South Carolina as State where sim
liar law is in force. This is denied. The
South Carolina Deputy Secretary Of State
writes to German editor, in Cleveland,
as follows:
an answer to your letter of the 4th Of
this month, I would state that q foreigner,
under the present law. so soon as he has
taken the oath Of allegiance. and has re-
ceived his certificate underthe seal Of the
clerk Of the court, is entitled 10 all the
privileges Of native born citizen. There
was law in this State, ratified on the 18th
of March, 1874. which prevented the for
eigner from voting until he had been two
years in possession Of his certificate Of
citizenship; but this Law Is repealed.
The Kansas herald of freedom., 1859-08-06

OF Inthe speech of KOssuth, delivered
in Glasgow, there occurs a passage which
deserves enshrinement by itself, for Its
impressive truth and beauty:
"Ihave lived too long and too practical
a life," said he, "to do vain things. SYM
pathy-what is that? A sigh, that fut-
tiers from the lips of tender girl, and
dies in the whispers Of the breeze
People in their individual capacity may
know of sympathy, but when peoples
aggregate sentiments become collected in
the crucibe Of policy, sympathy vanishes
in the air, like the diamond when burnt,
aud nothing there remains but an empty
crucible, surrounded with the ashes OF
of gross egotism. The time has not yet
come when nations will act from sympa-
thy. That may be done when the world
shall know Of one Christian nation on
earth. Until now, know of Christian
men and women, but I know of no
Christian nation, because l know Of none
which, in its national policy, ever has
acted upon the Christian command, DO
unto Others as thou wouldst have Others
do unto thee.'"
The Kansas herald of freedom., 1859-08-06
Beard, Roofs of the Ewes.

"There is an intimate connection be-
tween the nerves aud muscles of the face
and eyes" says the Boston Post, "and al
lowing the beard to grow strengthens the
eve. 1t is said that surgeons in the
French army have proved by experiment.
in Africa, that soldiers wearing the beard
are much less liable to diseases of the eye,
and it is generally conceded that it is a
protection from diseases Of the throat and
lungs. 1t is asserted that in countries
where it is the custom TO wear the beard,
the eye retains its lustrs and brilliancy
much longer"
The truth or falsity of the above doc
trine is aptly illustrated in this country
by the North American Indian. His beard
is all pulled out by the roots when young,
and not allowed to grow at all. 1t is
well known that no race of people are
naturally less susceptible to diseases Of
the throat and lungs, or have a keener
vision than they. At from 90 to 100
their oversight is still perfect, and is the
last of their faculties which is destroyed
The Kansas herald of freedom., 1859-08-06

Or DE- P. r. Du Chaillu, of Philadel-
phia, is in Africa, and has travelled over
1000 miles in the pursuit Of his favorite
study, natural history. He has collected
900 specimens of different birds, and
$50 Of different quadrupeds, which have
been sent to the Philadelphia Academy
Of Natural Sciences, which probably has
the best collection OF this country, and ID
worth any persons time to visit.
The Kansas herald of freedom., 1859-08-06
LET YOUR LIGHT SHINE.

can say to the sisters, if you have su-
perior talents, arise and let your light
shine. Prove to your neighbors and the
community that you are capable OF teach
ing those sisters whom you deem to be
ignorant or neglectful. ! have placed
low estimate on the standing and capacity
of men, aud now let me take the privilege
to say few words to you-to the ladies
who have reached the age Of thirty years.
According to my view Of the subject, there
is not one in hundred that knows how
to keep house as it should be kept
should Judge, from what have seen, that
there are many who do not know theswill
pail from the milk pail. Others do not
know how to make butter and cheese, nor
how to keep their children clean. 9th
ers, again, do not know how to teach their
children as they should be taught.
The Kansas herald of freedom., 1859-08-06
Poetfy.


Where will they stop, those breathing Powers,
The spirits Of the newborn flowers?
The, wander with the breeze. they wind
Where'cr the streams u passage ind;
[ D from their native grounds they rise
n mute aerial h1rmJnies
From humble yIOle,, modest thyme,
Exhaled, he essential odors climb,
A.if no pace below the sky
Their subtle fight could satisfy;
Heaven will not tax our thoughts with pride
Ii ike ambition be Their guide.
Reused by this kindliest Of May-showers
The spirit quiekener Of the flowers,
That with moist virtue softly cleaves
The huds, and freshcHs the young leaves.
The biris pour forth their souls IN notes
OF raptrrr, from thousand thrUats,
Here checked b. too impeiuOus haste,
While there the music runs TO waste,
With touniy III re aud more enlarged,
Til the whole air Is Oyerrharged;
Give ear u Man to their appeal
And thirst for no inferior al,
Thu. who canst think, Us well as feel.
MOuntfcom the earth; aspire! aspire!
- pleads the towns cathedral choir,
Ii strains, that, from their solemn height
sink, to acquire lOftier flight;
" hIle incense from the altar bfeathes
llUu fragrance in embodied wreaths;
Or. HIig from swinging censor, shrouds
The taper lights, aHd curls in clouds
Around arg lie forms, the still
Gre zion ni the printers skill,
lhHt on the service wait concealed
Onc III ment, and the next revealed,
-Cast oil your bond, awake, arise,
And for no transient ecstacies!
" hat lee can mean the visual plea
OF still or III wing imagery?
4 4. iteratcd summons loud,
Mt wasted On the NJ, endant crowd,
Mr. wholly lost up ,n the ChrOHg
llurGinS the busy streets along?
Alas the sanc,ities combined
b act TO Un,enSualze the mind
Decay and iunguishi or rs creeds
And hGmIrs change, are spurDed like woods,
lac solemn rites, The awful forms
Founder ainnd fanatic storms;
The priests are from their affairs thrust,
The temples levelleG with the dust;
Yet eveInure, through years renewed
H. undisturbel vici-si ude
or seasons balancing their fight
TN the swift wings of d,y anu night,
hlnd Nature keeps u heavenly door
W Ide open for the scattered Pour,
Where lower breathed incense to the skies
j. VOTED IN mute harmonIes;
Aud ground fresh cioven b. the pOW
l. flag grant with Il humber vow;
Where birds and brooks from leafy deIls
Chnnt forth unwearied cdntcles,
Aud vapors mdguily and spread
The glOrles of the suns bright head:
SUI constant ia her worship, still
Nonturming 10 the Almighty viii,
" neither men SOW or reap the fields,
Her admOnitiOns Nature yields;
That not b. bread alone we live,
Or Whist u hand OF Il 'sh can give
That every DAD should leave some part
free for sabbIth of the heart;
- shall the seventh be truly biest
From uiorn ~ eve. with haliOwed rest.
Wondslcorta.
The Kansas herald of freedom., 1859-08-06
Life al The Mines

The frontier, like misery, acquaints
man with strange bed-fellows. When
had been here about week, | learned
that my room mate at the hotel-who
had impressed me as rather gentlemanls'
person was professional gambler.
Shortly after, took new apartments"
if courtesy can be stretched so far as to
apply that term to the single room Of our
humble but honest" cabin. Last night
| was credibly informed that another
chance acquaintance, who has the address
of well bred and agreeable man, is AL
absconding clerk from ST. Louis, and an
alleged defaulter to the amount of $4,000
l have already written something Of the
general prevalence of gaming. Two or
three incidents will illustrate the couute-
nance given to it by those in official posi-
ton. Not long since the late probate
Judge of this county, appointed by Gov
Denver, lost thirty picked lots in this town
at the card table. He promptly conveyed
Them to the winner, acting under no threat
ening or cumpulsion; though, had he re-
fused, the persuasive arguments OF a re
volver would probably have been brought
to bear upon him. The deed was regu-
larly attested an acknowled ged. "signed,
sealed and delivered" A day or two
after, however, he notified the town com
pany not to carry out the stipulationS Of
the deed, and sgnified his intention to
seek to recover the property at law, under
some provisions of the "Act to suppress
Gaming" Should he institute suit, any
jury which may be impannelled here will
be likely to decide against him, and the
case will probably be carried up to the
highest courts in the Territory. But nei
ther the "act" aforesaid, nor common
sense, seems to have Suppressed gaming'
in his case, for noticed him, on Sunday
morning, playing cards in crowded
saloon. Less than week ago, in the
same room, the present sheriff Of the
county, in the presence of many specta-
tors, pawRed his revolver at the bar for
ten dollars to bet at a faro table. The
mania for gaming is by no means so uni
versal as in the Mexican provinces; but
with many almost every assertion is ac-
companied by proffered wager.
Among the singular characters who
gravitate to this region, is man, still less
than thirty five, who is native of New
York Safe, and few years since was
commander and owner of one of the finest
steamers on lake Erie. He met with re-
verses, lost that position, and made his
next appearance in public" as the captain
of Cape Cod fishing craft. This hardly
suited his fastjdious taste, and he soon re.
tired from it, and took to gambling as g
profession" After following this pursuit
year or two, and winning $6,000in Cuba
in single season, he turned up in Leav-
enworth as a speculator at large. Last
spring finding himself with the will bu
without the funds for leaving that region
he engaged with the express company as
a stlge driver, and so found his way to the
! Pixies Peak country. His abilities sool
gained him higher position than that o
Jehu; but he resigned it in short time
and was recently admitted to the bar il
this county. He is now engaged here il
the practice of law.-Cor. of Boston Jour
The Kansas herald of freedom., 1859-08-06
The troubles with the PAwuee In.


or The troubles with the Pawnee In
dians in Nebraska have terminated. Gov.
Black, in command Of three hundred and
thirty men, overlook the Pawnees on
Shell Creek, Nebraska. They numbered
one thousand strong. Gov. Black was
assisted by Ii. Robertson, with thirty
regulars from Fort Kearney. Three
charges were made on the Indians before
they surrendered. A number were killed
and wounded. None of the whites were
killed, and but few wounded. On the
third charge, the Indians run up dag OF
truce, and Immediately surrendered,
grounded arms. and gave up all their
stock, provisions and ammunition. Gov.
Black, with his forces, returned to Oms-
ha.-Lear. Herald.
The Kansas herald of freedom., 1859-08-06
Ohio.

An important decision, affecting the
rights of colored people 10 Ohio, was de-
livered last week in the Court of Common
Pleas at Cleveland, by Judge Foote. The
case in point was that of colored tailor,
named Freeman Il. Morris, whose vote
was refused at recent election. Judge
Foote rendered verdict in favor of the
plaintiff, declaring the "Black Law of the
State unconstitutional, on the ground that
under the old Constitution Of the State,
all persons having more than half white
blood were declared to be legally white.
The new Constitution merely mentions
'swhito persons" without particular def
milton. The plaintiff, Morris. has but
ns.fourth negro blood in hit veins.