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The Kansas herald of freedom., 1859-10-15
Persona, oua,rel

The 81. Jo. Vest gives sketch of the
difficulty at the polls between Col. A. G.
Eye and Col. Sheppard. Ege called Shep-
pard a pro-slaveryite; Sheppard retorted
by calling him liar; Ege then let drive,
and irregular rough and tumble took place,
in which Sheppard was worsted. They
were then parted, but came together again,
when Shepherd drew slupg shot and
struck Ege on the head. Ege's SON then
struck Sheppard on thehead with heavy
hickory cane. Two or three Others mixed
in, and free fight seemed pretty irnmi-
nent, but it resulted in drawing { pis-
tolls and a winding up of difficul.ties.-
Later in the day, however, Ege insulted
Sheppard, and the consequence was chal-
lenge. Both men are to 60 armed with
revolvers, and the first time they meet
anywhere they are to shoot, taking all
advantage of each other. Ege and Shep-
pard are both superior shots with the re-
volver, are determined men, and the gen.
eral supposition is that one or both must
be killed.
The Kansas herald of freedom., 1859-10-15
opsninr of The Kaw Lands

We learn that at last treaty has been
effected between our Government and the
Kaw Indians for portion of their lands,
which, as soon as ratified by Congress, will
be offered for sale. The whole reserve
comprises an area of twenty miles square.
The amount they still retain, is nine by
fourteen miles, running east and west
from the western line Of the reserve, the
northern boundary being one mile south
of Council Grove. 1t will be seen by this
that their new limits takes in portion Of
the Neosbo, and with it a considerable
settlement, which has been made two OF
more years, and of course they will be
lotb to quit.
The lands, we are told, are TO be bid for
by sealed bids-the sum, of course, not to
fall short of the appraisement. The ar
rangement, we think, will not suit any Of
the settlers very well, especially, as the
Indians are not considered entitled to that
land in the first place. We are told that
settlers on the part now reserved have
been ordered to quit. We doubt whether
they will be got of SO easy, if at ALL
EnpoTiu Netcs.
The Kansas herald of freedom., 1859-10-15
Official Peculation

1t is, most unfortunately, becoming a
habit with people of this country to regard
peculation as a venial offence-indeed as
rather good joke. We have been puz.
zled to account for this feeling here, while
in England, where we might naturally
look for old and time nourished errors and
abuses, there is no rank or station, no row.
er of wealth or title, which will shield
swindler or peeulator from punishment
There, if man does what is here done
almost with impunity, if not sent to
prison or penal colony, he is totally shut
out from respectable society-marked as
very Pariah, to be Stunned by all who value
honor or good name. Here there is neither
legal punishment nor social loathing and
exclusion. Men who have done the most
unworthy and disgraceful things, in public
or private station, are as freely recognized
as gentlemen as if they bore no stain Of
dishonor. These things must, sooner or
later, be reformed. Decent, honest men,
must resolve that swindlers, cheats and
peculators can no more be ranked as gentle.
men than thieves and pickpockets Re-
spectacle judges and lawyers must not
only break, but shut out from their society
all the tribe of shysters, plunder sharer:,
and pitiful rascals of all sorts, who dis.
grace the profession by their vile tricks
Nothing but this course of social ostracism
will cure the corruption which is becoming
so monstrous in our country. That will do
it most effectually.-PiRsburgh DipGtcl.
The Kansas herald of freedom., 1859-10-15

OF Cast Iron dilates permanently by
repeated heating. Cast iron ferrules for
locomotive tubes will remain tight, where
wrought iron ferrules will leak, and for
this reason the former are generally used
in American locomotives.
In Case-hardening, iron absorbs carbon
and swells. 1t is said that iron which
has lain for great length of time in one
position, becomes crystalized, and breaks
readily on being disturbed. There has
been instanced the case of an anchor in
Woolwich Dockyard, which anchor it is
said had lain undisturbed for nearly one
hundred years, but was finally broken
with very slight blow.
The strength of iron has been found to
be increased by being extended under a
heavy strain when heated to about 500
degrees. In one case, the original strength
of a bar being sixty tons, its strength after
being stretched about six and half per
cent. in length, was seventy-two, making
a total gain of 26 5l-100 per cent. in
strength and length.
A boiler three feet in diameter, with
plates of 3-8 inch iron, will burst at
pressure of 708 lbs. per square inch.
The Kansas herald of freedom., 1859-10-15
Death Of Rroderick.

The death Of Senator Broderick in a
duel with Judge Terry, Of the Supreme
Court Of California, is a stigma upon tie
judicial ermine that can only be wiped
out by the instant removal of Terry from
the Office he has disgraced, and his future
repudiation by the people of California.
IL he had wished satisfaction of Broder-
icE, he should have had respect sufficient
for his position TO have resigned it, before
violating law it was his duty to guard
and protect.
The duel was fought in valley, some
ten miles from Merced Lake, near San
Francisco, and took place on the morning
of the 18th ult. A large number of spec
tators were in attendance. The parties
are both stated to have evinced great self
possession. Broderick fell on the frst
fire, the ball of his opponent entering his
breast just below the right nipple, and
lodged in his left side.-Ledv. Dispatch
The Kansas herald of freedom., 1859-10-15

The New York Tribune of Oct. 9TH,
commenting on the Governors Proclama-
ton, finds fault with the declaration that
Indians may vote. 1t says: "Of course,
large Indian vote will be cast for the
party which controls the most groggeries.
Is any one in doubt as to which that par
ty ?" Not at all. The Republicans
control the groggery keeping and shoulder
hitting crew in Kansas, by means of the
funds furnished them by Republican COM
mittees at the East. The Tribune, in aim
ing a blow at the Democracy, has let it
fly full in the face of Kansas Republicans.
The Kansas herald of freedom., 1859-10-15
The State Govsrnmsni-who viii Pay It's Ez-

pensesi
The people have been .old BY the Re-
publican press and its stumpers, that the
five per cent. on the sale of lands by the
United States, could be used to carry on
the State Government so that the people
would have next to no taxes to pay for
years to come. Such wholesale false
hoods were repeated by Lane and Others.
That fire per cent. is perpetual school
fund which is to be invested for the ben
eft of common schools. Can it be bor-
rowed by the State? The State, accord
ing to Act XI, sec. 7th, may borrow mon
ey ito repel invasion, suppress insurrec-
ton, or defend the State in time of war;"
but is not authorized to borrow it for the
current expenses of the State Govern
ment. Sect. 9TH of the same article per-
mits the State to contract debts sfor the
purpose of defraying extraordinary ex-
penses and making public improvements
but provides that in the same act creating
such debt, provision shall be made to
levy an annual tax to repay the debt and
interest. Sect. 6. prohibits debts of any
other kind from being contracted, unless
the law creating it shall first be submitted
to direct vote of the people. None Of
these sections provide for borrowing mon-
ey from the school fund for the current
expenses of the State, which can only be
provided for in accordance with section
three of the same article: "The Legis.
lature SHALL provide, each gear, for rails.
ing revenue sufficient to defray the cur.
rent expenses of the State"
Instead, then, of borrowing from tn,
school fund, the Legislature is compelled
to levy tax. each year, for the usual ex
penses of the State. This tax will, unde
Judge Pettit's recent decision, necessarily
be levied on personal property. Larg
land owners will not bear the burdens o
taxation, while it will fall upon the me
chanic and laboring man.
The Kansas herald of freedom., 1859-10-15
Judge John.ton's Lawrence Speech.

Owing to indisposition and extreme
hoarseness, Judge Johnston spoke as
briefly as possible in his opening remarks.
He branded as an unmitigated falsehood,
the report that he ever, at any time or
place, pronounced himself in favor of the
re-opening of the African Slave trade
The idea that he should mako such an
avowal was preposterously absurd. He
passed on to review of Mr.. Parrott's
course in Congress, and avowed himself
pledged, if elected, to carry out the will
of his constituents. He should present
the Wyandott Constitution, and labor to
secure its acceptance by Congress as the
choice Of the people. He should labor
to secure to Kansas the land grants and
appropriations which should have been
granted to the Territory ere this.
Mr.. Parrott came forward in reply and
defended his mastery inactivity on the
ground that the Committees of the House
were so packed by the Speaker, he was
unable to secure the passage of any bills.
He had prepared and presented the bills,
and could not be held responsible for their
failure. If sent back, he should not 90 as
Judge Johnston proposed to go, as the
mere representative of the will of the
people, to ask certain grants of land and
money from the General Government-to
merely secure our share of the spoils and
plunder, but to represent the political prin-
ciples of the people Of Kansas. He should
go back there as an uncompromising anti
slavery man.
He attempted to bring to bear on Judge
Johnston the odium of the Border-ruffian
outrages, and secuted the idea that he was
good Free State man, charging that in
1856, he was in Ohio, stumping for Bu-
chsnan, and ratiEing the Kansas policy
of Franklin Pierce.
Judge Johnston made q scathipg and
effective reply. He had always been a
Free State man, and had never, by word
or deed, at any time or place, participated
in, encouraged or Endorsed Border-rufian-
ism, or the Kansas policy of the admin
istration. Mr.. Parrott, he held, should be
the last man to charge him with such a
position For Mr.. Parrott and himself
were Democrats together in Ohio. In
1854, as member of the Legislature, Par
rott had voted to indorse the Nebraska
bill. In 1856, Mr.. Parrott and himself
stood side by side at Democratic supper
at Columbus, o. Even in 1859, till there
commenced moving Of the waters for the
organization of the Republican party, no
one knew that he was Republican. He
was Democrat himself and believed that
the principles of Democracy, as set forth by
Jefferson and other apostles of Democracy,
would prevail. His closing speech was
bold, frank and straightforward, and
though subject to frequent interruption,
produced favorable impression.
The Kansas herald of freedom., 1859-10-15
Ths State Republican Convention.

The Convention met ON Wednesday
last, at IL NJ, but did not effect perma-
nent organization till P. NJ. W. A.
Phillips, of Arrapahoe, was permanent
President.
The committee on credentials reported
in favor of admitting four Adams and
four johnson delegates, from Leaven-
worth county, which was agreed to. Dorm,
MCGEE and Greenwood counties were also
permitted to be represented by proxy.
Lane and Conway made an Intellectual
attempt to secure the nomination of Con-
gresham first, but were overruled, and
the nominations were made in the order
specified in the call. Charles Robinson
was nominated by T. D. Thacher, and
H. P. johnson by Champion Vaughan.
The vote was, Robinson 43, johnson 81,
Lieut.. Governor-Dr. Root, of Wyan-
dott.
Secretary of State-J. W. Robinson, of
Riley county.
Auditor-G. s. Hillyer, of Jefferson.
Treasurer - w. Tholen, of Leaven.
worth.
Attorney General-B. F. Simpson, of
Lykins.
Superintendent of Public Instruction
". R. Griffith, of Bourbon.
Representative to Gongress-M. F. Con-
way 48 votes o. E. Learnard 29 votes.
Judges of Supreme Court-Chief JUS
tice, Thos. Ewing, Jr. Associate Justices,
s. A. Kipgman, four years; L. D. Baily,
two years.
sThe usual pledges of earnest support of
the ticket were given by the defeated
cliques, and the Convention adjourned in
high spirits about o'clock at night.
The ticket for State officers and for
Judges is a strong ticket and good one,
and should not have been marred by the
Endorsement by the same Convention of
NJ. F. Conway as representative to Con-
gress. We shall have something more to
say on the merits of the different candi-
dates when we have more space.
The Kansas herald of freedom., 1859-10-15
Tn. sacs ana rox...

On the 26th ult., the annual nav,,...
was made to the Sac and Fox indians =.
the Agency in franklin county. Kan,.a' ~
Alex. Street. VIM. r. Bernard, and 9th.
of our citizens were in attendance. TLs
amount paid out was $35, 500. Mr. Ps. '
~ Fuller Is the agent, and he is spots,
Of as an excellent officer. He gets aloeu u
smoothly and pleasantly, both with ~
Indians and the whites. '
Shortly after the payment was mad.
Judge Greenwood, Of Arkansas, the md
fatigable Indian Commissioner, arrived =,
the Agency and succeeded in MAKING a"
important treaty with the copsolids,aS
tribe. So soon as we can get A conv ~
the treaty We will publish it. We ls,,u
that in accordance with this treaty the r.
dians have relinquished to the povs,u
ment, for sale, all their land lyipS !,
Franklin county-being a strip of 81,
miles wide and twenty long-and A s,r;n
of sixteen miles wide and twenty lona
lying on the border of Weller and Brec[7'
enridge counties; reserving to themsslva.
a territory of IL by 20 miles in Welle,
This is ample for all their uses, as tbsi,
tribes do not number over I,2S6-msr
women and children. This Is faIIinr
off from last year. At the enrolment on
the 9th of june, 1858, they numbered
1880.
The reservation Of these Indians,
portion of which will soon be open to sale
and Settlements composed altogetbe,
of a district of country thirty-four mile,
long and twenty broad, watered BY the
river Usage and tributaries, and contain,
some of the finest land in Kansas Teri.
tory.
We understand that these lands ar,
not TO be sold in large tracts to specula
tors, but are to be disposed of in quarte
sections, for which sealed bids are to b,
offered - Border St0r.
The Kansas herald of freedom., 1859-10-15

" A writer in the New York Even-
ing Post thinks there should be legislative
interposition against the use of burning
fluids. He states that laws controlling
the storage Of gunpowder have long been
patiently borne by the community, due
regard for human life rendering them i'm
perative. He calls attention to the fact
that the Fire MarshaPs Report attributes
the origin of many of the frequent fires in
that city, to the explosion or upsetting of
can Of burning fluid or camphene.
The Kansas herald of freedom., 1859-10-15
Cotton.

Our friend, John Martin, Esq, of TIE.
cumseh, has placed upon our table stalk
containing two pods, of the genuine cotton
plant, which he informs US he raised from
the seed. He brought with him, on his
return from the South, last spring, few
seeds, which he planted in the ground on
the 9th of last june, for the purpose Of
trying an experiment, the result of which
experiment has been a very reasonable
yield. Mr.. N. thinks, however, that its
cultivation in this climate, would not be
very proitable.-Iopeka Tribune.
The Kansas herald of freedom., 1859-10-15
Preaching at Miller,s Hall

The Communion of the Lords Supper
will be administered on next Sabbath
18th inst, at Miller's Hall, which is oc.
cupied every Sunday by the Presbyte.
rians.
The Rev. A. T. Rankin, DID,. of New
York, will be present to assist the pastor
and will preach on Saturday morning al
101a o'clock; in the evening at o'clock
Also, on Sunday morning and evening, al
the same hours.
The Kansas herald of freedom., 1859-10-15

or Speaking of the Republican candi-
date for Congress in this Territory, the
HERALD OF FREEDOM says he was nomi-
mated 4on the plea that he was notorious
" drunken, dissolute, and unfit for the
post."-Leau. Herald, Oct. 12h.
Not quite so. We said he was "put in
nomination in spite of the efforts Of those
who labored to secure his defeat on the
ground that he was notoriously drunken,
dissolute, and unfit for the post"
The Kansas herald of freedom., 1859-10-15
OF The whole amount of the indebt-

OF The whole amount of the indebt-
edness of Phillips, Sampson & Co., of Bos-
ton, who have recently failed, is $240. 900.
The creditors chose Messrs. A. Ii. Rice and
Harry Jewell assignees, and authorized
them to continue the publication of the
Atlantic Monthly.
A company of the leading contributors
to the atlantic, including james Russell
Lowell and Prof. Longfellow, is forming
for its purchase and ownership.
The Kansas herald of freedom., 1859-10-15
Santa rs Mail Robbed by Indians.

AS soon as Col. Sumner heard of the at
tack on the Santa Fe mail, with its fatal
results, he dispatched a company of dra-
goons to the Pawnee Fork to punish the
offending Indians. Hopes are entertained
that this prompt action on the part Of
Col. Sumner will result in the capture OF
the murderers. 1t will probably be found
necessary to station troops at the Pawnee
Fork, to escort the mail thence to Cold
Springs, and thus obviate the recurrence
of such outrages.
The Kansas herald of freedom., 1859-10-15
The Cherokee Neutral Lands.

The Fort Scott Democrat says that a
majority in the Council of the Cherokee
Nation are in favor of the sale of the Neu-
tral lands to the United States. No vote
has as yet been taken, but Commissioner
Greenwood, who is now visiting the In
dian tribes of Nebraska, Kansas, and the
Indian Territory, will probably come to
some definite understanding with the
Cherokees, as to the future disposal ol
the Neutral Lands.
The Kansas herald of freedom., 1859-10-15
To subscrfbers.

(X) When the term for which subscribers re-
eeiVing their papers by mail or at the Post-ofice
isout or nearlyso, We convey the intelligence By
across at the end Of their names, like the one
ct the commencement Of this notice. This will
give all . fair opportunity TO know when their
time Is up, and serve as an invitation to renew
their subscriptions.
~ Extra copies Of the Herald Of Freedom
put mp in wrappers for mailing. if desired, can
The Kansas herald of freedom., 1859-10-15
Democratic State Convention.

A Democratic Delegate Convention
will be held at Lawrence on Tuesday, the
25th of October, to make nominations, il
deemed expedient, for the State officers
under the Wyandott Constitution, and
for the election of delegates to the
Charleston Convention.
The Kansas herald of freedom., 1859-10-15
What Parrot, Promi.es 10 Do.

On the evening of October 9th, Mr..
Parrott apologised for "the absolutely
nothing which he had accomplished
He also stated that the people of Kansas
had right to be represented in their po-
liticsl principles, and should he be elect
ed, he should go back to Congress as an
uncompromising ASTI-sLAvERY man
He derided the doctrine that the people
were not to be represented in their politi-
cal principles. He denounced the Dred
Scott decision. Unfortunately, he did
not tell the people of Lawrence what
phase or shade of anti-slavery faith he in
tended to be the embodiment of. Does
he intend to represent the anti-slavery
faith of the Thachers, or Giddings, or
Garrison, or Gerrit Smith ? Will he con-
tend for the equal rights of the slave p
Will he propose practical measures for the
abolition of slavery? Will he advocate
the repeal of the Fugitive Slave law, the
abolition of slavery in the District of Co.
lumbia, or the prohibition of the interstate
slave trade? If his mission is to preach
abolitionism till the government passes
out of the hands of the Democratic party,
so that he can obtain material favors for
the people of Kansas, he should foreshad-
ow to the people just the phase of aboli-
tionism he intends to make TIE staple Of
his orations, and the basis of his bills.
Mr.. Parrott denounced the Dred Scott
decision. The pith of that decision is
\ that the negro race is and has ever been
inferior to the white man, and never has
been or can be an American citizen, and
therefore not entitled to bring a suit III
the courts of the United States. Are the
people of Kansas to understand Mr.. Par.
rott as the champion of the equal rights
of the negro with himself to American
citizenship? When he spits upon and
spurns that decision. when he can find ne
words in which to fitly clothe his denun.
Citations Of Taney, and his associates WHIT
indorsed his position, is it because b,
scorns the falsehood that the African
under the Constitution of the United
States, cannot. be his equal in legal rights
Mr.. Parrott is evidently making pro
gress. When candidate for the Consti
tutional Convention, he advocated givin,
the Shareholders of Kansas reasonable
time to dispose of their slaves. He wa
just back, then, from the baneful pro
slavery atmosphere of Washington. Ii
T August he was the nominee of the ,clit
mans party, no longer advocating tn
continuance of slavery in Kansas. Il
October, he has made such astonishin
progress under the influence of Law
renee atmosphere, that he promises,
elected, to be something-an uncompro
missing TI-sLAvERY man-to do some
Fthing-represent the anti-slavery faith
lie can make no promises that he will oh
tain appropriations for Kansas, hence h
D scouts them as spoils and plunder; bu
he can make speeches, denounee Taney
and undertake the championship of tn
slave; he will, therefore, measure his du
ties by his abilities. Can the people trus
him to do even the little he proposes ?
The Kansas herald of freedom., 1859-10-15

G The complete returns in the gold
region give majority of nearly three
thousand against the constitution framed
in August last. Seven candidates for
delegate to Congress, are in the field, can
vassing their claims to that post.
The Kansas herald of freedom., 1859-10-15

T California has gone Democratic, the
coalition between the Republican and anti
Lecompton forces failing to be successful.
Latham is elected Governor, and Scott and
Burch to Congress, while the Legislature
is almost entirely administration Demo-
cratic
The Kansas herald of freedom., 1859-10-15

OF The Wyandott argus states that
Gen. Irwin, the President of the Kansas
Central Railroad, will soon be there for
the purpose of pushing forward that rail-
road. He has made such arrangements at
the East as to render the completion of
the road at an early day, an absolute cer-
tainty.
The Kansas herald of freedom., 1859-10-15

OF Rev. DR.. VIM. M. Daley, formerly
President of the Indiana State University,
has been convicted, by the Indiana Con-
ference, of drunkenness and lewdness, and
expelled from the Conference by vote of
73 to IL.
The Kansas herald of freedom., 1859-10-15
Laying III. Corner Stone of Lawrsno. un,,sr...,

Laying the Corner Stone of Lawrence Universl.,
The cornerstone of Lawrence Univer-
sity will be laid at 2 P. NJ, next Tuesday,
Oct. 1S, with appropriate ceremonies.
The following speakers are expected to
participate 7. Ewing, Jr., S. o. Tbacher,
c. Robinson, W. R. Griffith and NJ. F.
Conway.
The Kansas herald of freedom., 1859-10-15

OF The Atlantic Monthly, it is report
ed, is about to be sold. Several parties
are negotiating for its purchase, among
whom the names of Prof. Longfellow
and Jas. Russell Lowell have been men,
toned.