VOL. VIII. THE PEOPLE'S MIIIIVAL "{;sunup MYERS' THURSDAY MORNING, BY ARMOR AVERY. Terms—lu Advatice: One copy Per 011112131, Village subscribers, c VERMS OF ADVERTISING 1 square, of 1.2 Hoes or loss7l in.4ertion, $9.50 " " 3 imertious, 1.50 " every subsequent in,ertion, .25 Rule au 1 figure work, per sq., 3 insertions, 3.00 Every stbsequent insertion, .50 1 column, one year, 250 1 column, six mon.hs, 15.00 Administrators' or Executors' Notices, 201 soles, per tract, 1.50 Professional Cards not exceeding eight lines inserted fur $3.00 per annum. l ag- All letters on business, to secure at genzion, should be addressed (post paid) to kthe Publisher. ,Stlect Vortrv. Front the N. Y. Tribune LLSOB—AN ODE. .BY G. W. BuNcAr Toil ewrings the az, and forests bow; The seeds break out in radiant bloom; Rich harvests smite beh'od the plow And cities closer round the loom ; Where towering domes ated tapering spires Adorn the va.e and.crown the hill, Stout Labor lights its beacon tires And plumes whit smoke the forge Jul mill. The monarch oak, the woodland's pride, Whose trunk is seamed with lighthiug scars, Toil launches on the restless tide, And there unrolls the ' of stars: The engine with its longs of 11.ime, And ribs of brass and Join's ofs:eel, From Labor's plait ling ers came, With sobbing valve ail whirring wheel. 'Tis Labor works the magic press, And turns the crank in hives of toil, And beacons auger: down to b - ess ludus'rious 11,.nds on se.i and soil. Here imnbrowned toil, wt.tt shining spade, Links take to take wilt s.tver ties, S.rting .hick wi.h pa.::ces of irade And .einp.es tot% ering to :he skies. From the Missouri Democrat MOB LAW IN RANLAS. Farther Enormities of Stringfellow & Co We give a large space in. our col umns this morning to the communica tions from our Kansas, correspondent, and an interesting document - from Mr. Pardee Butler, a peaceable citizeu, who has been driven from Kansas by the Atchison Know-Nothings. This document gives a most painful picture of the utter imbecility of the consti tuted authorities of that unfortunate territory, and the insecurity of the lives and property of such persons as do out zuccumb to the terrible despot ism of mob dictation, and .he wishes of the nullifiers. It appears that the slightest suspicion against an indi vidual, particularly it he have a good land claim, is sufficient to render his further residence uniting them danger ous to the peace and prosperity of Kansas. Letter from Butler Mr. Editor: Dear sir :--I must ask tout indulgence while 1 lay a few facts before your readers. The Squat ter Sorereign is published. at. Atchison, Kansas tetritorv, by J. H. Stringfel low and R. S. Kelley. The following editorial appeared in that/ paper, un der date of July 31st: "SLAVERY IN KINSAS:-..-W e receive letters by nearly every mail, asking our opinion as regards the security of slave property in Kansas ten itory. We can truly antiwar, that no terri tory in Uncle Sam's dominion can be found where the slave can be made more secure, or his work command a higher price. "Kansas is adapted to slave labor, as all can testify who have experi mented in the matter. Our slave pop ulation is gradually increasing, by the arrival of emigrants and settlers from the slave States, who, having an eye to making a fortune, -have wisely cell eluded to secure a farm in Kansas, and stock it well with valuable slaves. There are nearly one hundred slaves in this immediate neighborhood, and w 9 haYt; ;ct the first case of one's escaping to record. Situated as Mis souri is, being sun rounded by free States, we would advise the removal ,of negroes from the frontier counties .10 Kansas, where they are compara tively safe. Abolitionists too well know the character of the Kansas . squatter to attempt to carry out the nefarious schemes of the underground railroad companies." hl reference to this document, I make but two remarks. In the first plac e , Mr. Kelley has exaggerated the number of "slaves in the immedi ate vicinity of Atchison." In the sec ond place, in reference to the security tif slave . property in and about Atchi son, th is. is a correct statement of facts. "The character of the Kansas squatter" is such, that they Would nut tolerate any interference with slaves, while the question of slavery and free dom in Kansas remains an open ques titre. •I'his fling at Abolitionists is un called for. I du not know that we bare any. 1 have been told that thi THE , . 7' . Mr. Kelley was - born in Mastathusetts. I now proceed to lay before your• readers another editorati, 'which ap peared in the Squatter Sovereign, na iler date of August 7th, consequently just seven days after the appearance of the precedingarticle. $l.OO 1.25 "WATCH THE AUOLITiONISTS.--Cir cumstances have transpired within a few weeks past, in this neighborhood, which place beyond a clOubt the 'exist ence of an organized band . of Aboli tionists in our midst. - We counsel our friends who have money in slave property, to keep a sharp took-out, lest their val - uable slaves may be . in duced to commit acts which might jeopardize their lives. "Mr. Grafton Thomason, of this place, lost a valuable negro about a week ago, and we have not the - least doubt but that she was persuaded ,by one of this lawless hand to destroy herself, rather than remain in slavery. In fact, one of this gang was heard to remark 'that she did perfectly right in drowning het self,' and just what he would have done, or what every negro held in bondage should do. We ask, shall a man expressing such sAti ments be permitted to reside in our very midst 7—be permitted to run at large among our slaves, _sowing the seeds of discord and discontent, jeop ardizing our lives and our property? We may justly he branded as 'ruffians,' did we perniitlt. "In another instance we hear of a servant being tampered with, and in duced to believe that 'she was illegally held in bondage,' and that she was on an equality with her owners; since which time she has been unruly, and shows evidence of discontent.— Such is the effect produced by_ permitting the conricls and criminals of the east ern cities, shipped out here by the aid societies, to reside in our midst. "The depredations of this fanatical set - do not stop here. Their crimes are more numerous and their acts more bold. It is well known that on Independence and Walnut creeks, within a few miles of this place, a great number of freesoilers and aboli tionists are settled, whose theiving propensities have been well known thr some time past. We honestly believe that an organized band of these outlaws exist, whose objects - for pecuniary gain and spite are to rob us of uur property, d, ive off our horses acid oxen, incite our slaves to rebel lion or insurrection, and when oppor tunity offers, afford them „facilities for escaping. Wallin a abort time about One hundred and fifty head of cattle hve been stolen from this neighborhood, chiveu on' and sold. -Eight or nine horses and several mules have been taken out of the emigrant's camp, drove off to parts unknown, and the money for the same is now jingling in the pockets of the abolitionists. A valuable horse and several yoke of oxen have been taken from this totvu, and circumstances all- point to the set tlement on \Valnut and Independence creeks as the head-quarters of the perpetrators of these acts. Occur rences of this kind were never known befOre in this neighborhood, and prior to the shipment- of the 'filth and scum' of the eastern cities, our property was secure, our slaves contented and happy. "The enormity of these offences and the great loss of property, should of e i the eves of our citizens to their true situation. We cannot feel safe while the air of Kansas is polluted with the breath of a single freesoiler. We are not safe; and self-preservation requires the total extermination of this set. Let us act immediately, and with that decision that will convOce these desperadoes that, it is our firm determination to keep their dishon ored feet from staining the fair carpet of Kansas, "We propose a meeting of the friends of the South, which includes all the 'law and order' men ,in this tet ritory, where we may devise some way, 14 protection against the depre dations of these scoundrels; and ap point a comwittee to notify several of the gang,. who are residents of our town, that their presence is no longer needed, and will not be tolerated." The proceedings of . this meeting are thus reported in the Squatter Sov ereign, of the same date: "On motion a committee of three, consisting of R. S. Kelly, Albert G. Smith, and W. B. Bracket, wero ap pointed by the chair to draft resolu tions expressive of the sense of the meeting. The committee, after retiring a few minutes, returned, and, through the chairman, reported the following res olutions, which were adopted uttani- . mously: Whereas, by recent occurrences, it is now known that there are among us agents of the underground railroad for the ezPress purpose of abducting our slaves, and whereas, one J. W. B. Kelley, hailing from some infernal DEVOTED TO THE PRINCIPLES OF DEMOCRACY, AND THE DISSEMINATION OF MORALITY, LITERATLV:, AND NEWS COUI)ERSPORT, POTTER COUNTY, PA., SEPTEMBER 13, 1855. abolition . den, has bath by words and acts proven himself a worthy representative of such an association; and whereas, others in the vicinity, whose idle habits and apparent plenty of money induce us to believe that they are hirelings of some such infamous so, ciety; believing it.due, not only to ourselves, but to the attoining portion of Missouri, to rid ourselves of so great an evil, and for the fur.herance of this end— 1. Resolved, That one J. W. B. Kelley, hailing , from Cincinhaui, having, upon sundry occasions, denounced our institutions, and declared all pro-slavery men ruffains, we deem it an act of kindness to rid him of such company, and hereby command him to leave the town of Atchison in one hour after being informed of the passage of this resolution, never more•to show himself in this vicinity, 2. Resolved, That in case he fails to obey this reasonable command, we inflict upon him such punishment as the nature of the case and circumstances may- seem to require. 3. Itesolved, That other emissaries of this "A.d Society," who •are now in our midst, tampering with our slaves, are warned to leave, ease they-, too; wi'l meet.the reward which their nefarious designs so justly merit —hemp. 9. Resolved, Tirat we approve and ap plaud our fellow-townsman, .Graftou Thorns tion, for the castigation administered to the said J. W. B. Kelley, whose presence among us is a libel on our good -standing, and a disgrace to'the community. 5. Resb:ved. That we have commenced the good work of purging our town of ail resident abolitionists, and af,er cleansing our town of such nuisances, shall do the same for the settlers on Walnut and Independence Creeks, whose propensities ror cattle e.ealiug are well known to many. 6. Resolved, That the chairman appoint a committee of three, to wait upon the said Kelley, and,acquaint him with the action of this meeting. 7. Resolved, That the proceedings of this meeting be pub:ished, That the world may know our determination. "On motion of Henry Adams, cop ies of these resolutions were ordered to be made out, and a committee of three be requested to circulate them, with a view of obtaining signatures, thereby showing who were. abolition ists. "Many matters were discussed in regard to the recent depredations of freesoilers, settled in the neighbor hood, which resulted in a determina tion on the part of those present, not to rest until the neighborhood could say that the foot of uo abolitionist pol lutes our soil." Let it be noted ;when Robert B.Kel ley, editor of the - Squatter Soversign, wishes to induce slaveholders to settle iu and around Atchison, he declares : "We can truly say, that no terri tory in Uncle Sam's dominions can be found where the slave can be made more secure ur his work command a higher price. There are nearly one hundred slaves in this immediate neigh borhood, and we hive yet the first case of one escaping to record. Situ ated as Missouri is—being surrounded by_free States—we would advise the removal of negroes from the frontier counties to Kansas, where they will be comparatively safe." But when (seven days after) Mr. Kelley wished to stir up the bad 'blood of the citizens of Kansas, and South ern men generally, againpt freesoilers, he can write : "Circumstances hare transpired within a few - weeks past, in this neigh borhood, which place beyond a doubt, the e x istence of an organized band of abolitionists in our midst." .* "Such is the effect produced by al lowing-the convicts and criminals of the eastern cities' to reside in our midst. The depredations of this fa ,;:itical sect do not , stop here. Their c: fine: are mow numerous and their ac t s m ore •hold. It ip well known that os Walnut and. Independance creeks a great number of Czeesollers or aboli tionists are settled, wimie [belying propensities have been. well knocirn for some time past." And yet, seven days prier to this, he advised slaveholders to bring their slaves to Atchison for security, where it would now seem there is "au. organ ized band of ,thciving . and desperate abolitionists,". who, with the horrible intent to ruin slaveholders, bays - stolen untold numbers of horses, mules and cattle out of the camp of illaritton emi-. grants ! Certainly, Missourians .ought to bring their slaves to Atchison for se curity ! But the reader will ask, what has occured so greatly -to change the voice of the editor of the Squatier Sovereign? I answer, just this and no more ;, A black girl, the property Or Grafton Thomason, and reported by the people of Atchison to have been a bad.and desperate slave, drowned herself. After seven days the body was found, being in the last stage of decomposition—it was not removed from the waters. J; W. B. Kelley, ofOincinnati, reproached Thomason for this. An altercation ensued. Kel ley inveighed against slaveholders in general and Thomason in particular. The editor of the Squatter Sovereign. (ever ready to stir up strife) surmised that the Cincinnati Kelely advised this blackerl to drown herself ! Thomason flogged Kelley. The rest is before the reader. No slave has escaped . : and free soilers are as orderly as thy were on the 31st day of July, at which time R. S. Kelley attests, under his own hand, their uniform good behavior. This he did, not for any love or good will he bore to freesoilers, but to quiet theapprehensions of slaveholdera, who might hesitate about- bringing their slaves into Atchison. With - the foregoincr e transactions, the writer of this articl e had nething whatever to do. My residence is on Stranger Creek, about twelve miles from Atchison. On the 16th of Au gust, I went to Atchison for the pur pose of taking a boat down the river Mr.. Kelley is postthaster at Atchison. After transacting some business at the postoffice,. I said to him, in presence of Arch. Elliot, Mg,. "Sir, I should seine time since, have become a regu lar subscriber to your paper, only I do not like the spirit of violence that characterizes it. He . said, "I look upon all freesoilers as rogues, and that th..ty ought to be treated as such." I replied, " Well, sir, I am a free soiler, and expect to vote for l'ilansas to be a free State.'.' He said, "1. don't expect you will be allowed to vote." Net another word was spoken ; I left the house. Nothing more transpir ed ou that day. The next morning Mr. Kelly enter ed my boarding-house, tollowedrby a number of men, and presented me the foregoing resolutions, cut out of the &natter. Sovereign, and pasted on a. sheet of white paper, and demanded that I should sign them. 1 commenced reading the resolutions aloud, hiving first - glanced my. eye over them. I wanted to give myself time to frame a wise and prudent answer. He fiercely interupted me, and demanded that I. should "sign". 1 felt that I wanted impartial witnesses to what should transpire. I rosa - up, walked down stairs and into the street. Hero they stopped me, and demanded, "will you sign 1" I saidf"No." They siezed me and dragged me to the river, curs ing me for a d—d abolitionist, and saying to me.they were going to drown me. . Arrived at the bank, Mr. Kelley wont through the interesting cere mony of painting my face with black paint—then masking upon it the letter It. Just how that proved that it will be better for the people of Kansas to make Kansas a slave state, rpther . than a free state lam not informed.. Cer tain it is, however, they attached great importance to the operation. Your readers, Mr. Editor, would have been infinitely delighted. at the jokes that were perpetrated at the expense of my face. This ceremony being ended, and the the company having now. grown to to some thirty or forty persons (boys included), my trial began—if that be called a trial in which there was neither judge, jury, witness, law, order ncr counsel for the prosecution or de fence. Loafers and gentlemen, old men and beardless boys, scarce old enough to swear. grammatically, drink whiskey or chew tobacco, all seemed to take it for granted that the court was organized on the principle ofa fight; aud.so, severally and together, they pitched in, every one on his own hook. For the space of two hours I became a sort of target, at which were hurled all sorts ofmissiles, in the shape of curses, imprecasions, arguments, entreaties, occutations and interroga tories. Acting on the principle that the Holy Roman Inquisition is right when she demands that the prisoner shall testify against himself, they proceed to question me concerning my motives, actiors and intentions; while I re plied as best I could, that my coming to Kansas was projected before it be came apparent that a controversy would arise relative to slavery; .that I came for reasons independent of and extraneous to this questiOn; that I never had any connection with any Emigrant Aid society whatevbr. and that I never made any communication to any paper in Kansas or out of it, concerning Kansas al:flair's. I even profferred them that if they would make out in my presence an impartial report for the Squatter Sovereign, I would.make no report to other papers of this outrage upon my pelsnu- I was not accused of tampering with slaves. I explained to them that I could not countenance any interference with the relation of master and ilavn in Kansas while that question remains an open (1110860 TI. "The. very bead aDd front of rr.7 offending hath this extent, no more:" I had spoken among my neighbors favorably to making Kansas a free, state, and had said in - the office of the Squatter Sorereign am a freesoiler, and intend to vote in favor of making" Kansas a free state." At length . they, came to consult what they should do with me. lra Norris, Esq., late resident in Platte City, and clerk of the county court of Platte county, (a Yankee by birth and educa tion,) came to me and said, "Mr. 8., I will advise you for your good, as a friend, when you get away—just keep away." I said, "Sir, I expect to go away, but I intend to come back again." I said, "I cannot leave; I own real estate here close.by Atchison, in the state of Miisouri, and I hare a claim on Stranger Creek; I cannot leave." Some one remarked, "You can del) your claim through an agent." I said. "I will neither sell my claim through an agent, nor in my own proper per son. If you do - not, take my life, 1 in tend. to live on it." They said to me again, "Well, stay on your claim, but keep a.way from . Atchison." I said, "Gentlemen, if you do not take my life, and Providence permits, I shall come back to Atchison." They said, "If you come back again to Atchison, we will hang you." They offered to show me the very tree on which they would hang me. They made - auotherproposal ; "Well, live in the country, and vote as you think best, but hold your tongue." I said, "No; will speak when I ploase." I said, "Gentlemen, I have dune you no wrong. had as good a right to come here as you, and have as good a right to speak my mind as you. I shall do my duty as I understand it ; now do you do the same. You - are many," urn but one man—dispose 01 me as you think best. I ask no favors of They sent mo down the Missouri river on - a raft, without either oar or rudder, the editor ofthe Spoiler Sove reign holding the rope that towed me into the. middle of the stream. . . My flag.was inscribed as follows ; "EASTERN EMGRANIT AID =PRESS," "The Rev. Mr. Butler, Agent for Underground Railrcrcui." - "IRE WAY THEP ARE SERVED IN KANSA "FOR BOSTON." "Cargo insured, unavoidable danger of the Missourians and the Missouri ricer excepted." "Let future emissaries from the North beware. Oar hemp crop is sufficient to reward such scoundrels." Of the blazonry of my flag I will not speak. I shall not tax myself or the reader with details Any further. I have beard of men before this who Were said 'to "look as though they came down on a raft." I shall keep these colors; under which I have made my first voyage, as a memento of these evil days. • While I was in the hands of these gentlemen, (they don't like to_ be can c.(' ruffians) they taunted me with the assurance that 1 could make a fortune out of this affair at the East.' I desire neither the wealth .nor the notoriety that may be purchased by such rneans. I desire •to be 'permitted' to remain' peaceably in Kansas—to attend to my own proper business—and to enjoy those rights .which are sacred to every American citizen. I ask to be let alone. Very respectfully, I am, PARDEE BUTLER. Steamboat Polar Star, Missouri River, Au gust 2.:4 NOTES OF SCHOOLS No; 51. This school I should have noticed before, as one in which 1 saw exemplified the good effects of mild ness and patience in subduing 'turbul ent scholars. This school was kept open only five days in a week. I en tirely agree with the State Superinten dent, .that with a good teacher, (as Was the case above) and close application, it is better to have no school on Sat urday. It affords arest and recreation, to both teacher and pupils, and more will be learned than by the other plan. On Wednesday, it is an excellent cus tom to omit the regular exercises, and haveldeclamations and compositions. These are eminently useful, as aids to good 'elocution and practical grimmer. The teacher may add interest to the occasion, by performing a few simple experiments in Natural Philoso - phy, and by the exhibition of natural objects, and•familiar remarks upon them., 1 knew a teacher who kept a whole school and a whole district interested for w i eeks, in the operations of a large worm, which came out at last a large butteity. Indeed the teacher should have Something new to tell the pupils Over day, and take a few - minutes for that purpose, whenever attention lags. This implies of course that the teacher has some knowledge and activity of mindl beyond the mere ability'to read mechinically, and to hear lessons, and tworl sums' in the same way. One such teacher is worth a dozen ,who do not teach, but merely keep achool,-, 1 NO. it This is illustrated in school. No: 52.• This school 'was tau& last winter, by an uncommonly well qualified mate teacher, . who was con- . tinned in imployMent fora season, by private subscription; and the improve- ment thus begun, has beau . • 'meg on the past summer, _tinder &neither good teacher. In such schools, where they have "made it a point to have good takchers; I find intellectnal activity; pupils in Algebra,' Natuial• Philoso phy &c. • ' AV th e way, the types some *sake since made me sty, that in a aertAitt town where 'I found an uu usual Gum. bar of pupils iu Mental Arithmetic "Algebra is no More studied.than in other towns." The types of course': should have said "more studied." I have uniformly found that the best and most advanced schools, are' those in , which Mental Arithmetic .has been most studied.' Nos. 53 & 54. Of .one of - these! schools complaint was made, that gut teacherdid not "keep her hours ;" and of the other, that she "let the children go out to much." The cotaplainti might have been well-founded ;•but the impression seems to prevail with-many! parents, that the principle business of • a teacher is to keep the children rigid ly confined, six huurei in each day; to a hard bench, except when called to read, or permitted to have a short re ceps: Now this _monotonous confine-, meta, is for little children, injurious to health; to temper and to mentalactivi; ty. Many children acquire an invinci ble repugnance to School on this ac count. Frequent. change of postute. more frequent recess than is usual, and suitable expedientato prevent list-. lessuess and irksomeness in school; are essential for the younger pupils . Older pupils can bear more ;contineJ mein. • Nu. 55. I regretted very, much that this school happened to be closid for a short vacation ; but I heard relleme accounts of it in the neighbor) hood. The teacher had .recsiiiired one of the professional certificates issuedst yeas ugo, before the Department adopted provisional certificates; but though as well entitled as almost any one to retain this certificate, she had voluntarily expressed her desire to rer turn it, and receive one that etiould exactly describe her qualifications.— This is the right spirit. In some other caries however; teachers lave rested dissatisfaction -with- their certifi-t cares; thinking I -suppose that they were better judges of their qualificar Lions than any body else cotitd be.-- Oicourse then they should eiamini themselves, and make out their'Own certificates. Yours, &. The Hunker lesolutknui Adopted in County eq uation, Aug. 2i.lfSS. WHEREAS it - is proper 'that the people should at all times express un reservedly their views upon questions of public importance; and as delegates representing the people we feel it in cumbent upon us to thus express the views of, the Democracy of Potter County, therefore, Resolvid, That our faith in the prin ciples of Democracy as adMinistered by Jetlerson, remains uusbaken, and that we will renew our efforts in Oleir defence against the assaults of all isms • extant. Resolved, That we 'approve of the principle of "popular sovereignty" when properly carried out; but-we must condemn the recent attempt of Missourians to control the ballot-boxpa in. the territory of Kansas. Resolved, That the official conduct of Hun. A. H. Reeder, as Gcivertior of Kansas, meets with Our entire .ap• proval, and we regret his remora i l from the said office. - liaolved,' That the secret.organiaa• Lion Ittinwn as Know-Nothings wait conceived in sin and brought forth is iniquity ; intolerant in its stature,- and de.gructive of all religiousliberty, and if any Democrat has bacon invaiglea into its deceptive embraceis we woula advise him to withdraw at once. Resolved, That the abolition partYc.s. of this county, in assuming tiew names every year is . but usittg-tbe .commou device of imposters and we. caution the people ofPotter to beware of their bypcicritical professions. • Resolved, • That the nomination of 1 - 1014-Arnold Plumer, for Gail Cons= missioner meets our approbation awl We pledge our best efforts for "his see cede. . I" The more nearly our minds proaeli to a state of purityliCibitlife p the greater will be our chance , er to r alizing true happiness. 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