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I.effeis hoi4 e4kboq
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Corrierpondence of the
‘episbyegn;
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Anthracite .Coal
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I To thoso;who•wish to have a definite idea
' - ,1 of the locality, natu4, and irnOrtance of ilia
-mineral in oui. State, afew words . upon-these
poAntsi may not be.nnweleOrne.. ' . lt is a fact
fiokk'nown to very one,?that - all Our.AnThra- .
11 cite Coal -embraced in •a strtp . ,of 'country .
i! ateoi fteen miles brotiri and 'one hundred
and - . long. .If we take our mat;, - and `cast.
ingpir eye : upon the Susquehanna just north
: ,..of its passage through the Blue. Mountain;
4. i then fake\ a straiglit line to Carbondale, we
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shall pass'over about the centre of thisfteld..
It ii not found in quantity ,west of, the ' Sus
• . q.
nehanna. and a coft t iderabledistan6e inter
vino_ between it and the Bituminous region,
'.L whfielt covers a - large portion. of : the'middle
and `western' part' of The State. .- . ' •. ':.
_, A singnlar difrererio i exists - between 'the
- •: coaliprodueed ; in. diff7rnt, partS. of the great
• basin, f yiz:, l As we pre ceed Soinhand West .
it beeemes sofl:er and / easier,„ of .ignitien.--
'. Thos-elwh&uSe the eoal .. frOrn the vieinity'ot'
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. l'• Carbondale, know that it requires considera
ble
care - to kindle it......8era - the coal ignites
ninch more easily,but will nOt„born so long ;
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f and farther' - ' - :' - iul., near the Susqu ehanna riv'•-
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er, a vein • has been , found winch approaches;
in z this quality, the Bituminous, This, fact
his led some to Uppose that, if the COUntry, - -
-' bet Ween the - nag were not dernidcd of
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its coal by sonte frea, of nature, they..wonld ,
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be .found to gradually. assimilate,;.or, in tail,.
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to be the sy,,tf; aineral----puly obeying sa , rite
!"\ • law of nature in their formation : , with whieli
we are not at present acquainted.
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,•, ' The surface of this region may . .be deScri:b
:'• id .r.s a bo . lndiirg,;%•ith - rurved' ridge-si -w-i-th .
deep ravinee between; and the Coal strata'fin'
• L roost eases, are inclined kith. •the surfec3— . .
"cropping o0c,", near. the summit of the ridg
-1 es,' end diving 'deep beneath' the ravines:—•
' k in this..immediate vicinity, this is invariably
. ' l the case : in some instances the veins 4 tre .
nearly•perpendicular, and consequently mist
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penetra a great,.-iljetatiee into the earth ;
- Which show's that the'earth must have under:.
gone, a great upheaval,since' the formation', of
the beds. • ... - - • • i
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. . • Initnediately - u dcrneatly the - .coat. we find
hat. •is' called th conglomet ate rock, .xyhiCh
. . censiSts,,of white pehlales:of ail sizes.eeinent-.
,
. , ed together . , c \so firmly as to: make a nick c'
.- 'extreine-solidity.' This rock generally makes.
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: its apearanee.abov& itroUnd, on the summit
of , the ridges:.-the' coal comes oht • ,ti - Shoit
distance belcv% .Diredtly above the Coal we d
' -generally find a%sands one, or..graywaehe;_o
• L •it is'eateA ; ;3• gE:oh , gists; • • and this is of great
• -..,, . service ,to -the. miners, as it serves as a roof,
• ' ..‘tc. —- .• - • r* . subtertancan -sortt•house after , the
f
•.: • c4Ol is - reinofed. Thin strata of slate bound
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.... • the coal.on all sideS, a • nd often pen'etrate the
• vein and Mingle with it. .., _ -
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. we have: - .r....fine - opportunity
• to investi tile the Mysteries•of this %yonder- i
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fullorm tion. The coal ” crops,out" . but f
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short distance froM the Summit. oh .tbrei"
'-. .. sides auS l i eaVing the town
_standing on the
conglomerate-rock) ~/ At one place where the
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1. - different veins met; about twelve or fourteen
• ' acres have been evty•ated . from above,' the
• : • coal coning sp near the surface that by .re- ,
movir.g &thin Jar of earth 'the. black mass
was lard bare, - . 83 - A then' quarried - . out- to a
• . great t dePth; still leaving it :pitching deeper
_ . into the iet unexplored regions.
' • Although siibliMityior grandeur might not
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• . be •perfeiti , pplicable terms applied here ;
••. '• . yet a des ' intothis eatni • 'cation invites eon.'
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. . ' templatioas Abat, are„.to ta. f i the least, into=
. ` resting. .? i
•.!..How came this singular • substance
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• .'1 here? IS it. a relic of an - age - before our`lace
•..-, - came upif l M' the world, composed of gigantic
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forest sii Which , thrived •when a tropical eli,
• :pate spread yfrom polo' te , pole, and :then
• thrown together by: Owe .great -Convulsion . ;
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or was itr'ilaced • where-it •is by: the... Great
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, ~Eterntd;*heti He "spake.and it Was..done.?"
be upon us. w nee _ming sun preparing
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for it: Indeed; N;;C` of th border trinities are
prepared. We,,,, ust hve the support of the,
South:We ar'.•ightit ''the battles of the
South. Our institution . are at stake. You
far southern men are nciw out of • the w•ay . ' of
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the War, but if we &reach your own
doors, perhaps y
We want men,
armed men.. W .1 ney-I-tibt for our.
selves, but to at friends who m ay
come from a dil ve-now in this
house two _galls men
ha
from Charles.
Jon, S. C. They is of Kansas, and
will rem tin so until he destiny: is fixed. •
' " Let your yoiing m.n coine en in •s4tt, ads
as fast as they On „be ised, Well armed.-,
We want none but tin ' !nett. Yours truly,
-,,,
-D. R.'A•rcanisox."
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In commenting upon this letter the Editor
,of the Examiner rema-ki: , ,
• " Who can resc4 such an appeal? What
citizen - or State inltheSonth can turn a deaf
ear :to it, and wi hltoldlthat material aid Which
our brethi•en in 4 issonriand Kansas so much
need ? Where are cdtar young and adventur
ous men 'I Where : re the old with their
slaves and their west th ? Surely, if in the
past, we have bee i different and laggard—
the tiros has arri cd a hen - the South•snould
awake to its peril, an when Georgians Should
maintain the Term a ' n for patriotism and St..
delity to Souther l stituthro boitteattted to.
ie
them- by' they itt i t r . The Ern pire co State
lee i
the SitutiV ' 11 bat is enterprising,. Must
alsii•he foreir4t n pelling the aggrrsions
"orthe a-4 . 4. nirlof th South; and w..en she
fails at thelcalfo a sister Atate, to extend .a
.helping hand it a time of peril, such as now
threatelis*i i, we trust that-the proud.
appellati\ens slap rs will be heed no more.
Crur Leoislatu 'III Convene again on.Aion
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day next. Wie a e every confidence it will
resprind to then inendation'of - Govertior
Johnson. ,We tru t itwill do more. In the
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mean time we: b _that there will be an up %
`rising-of thepeo le insevery tOtillty And towfl
41-the State, and' „. I. while our young- men
will in hundreds pond,,to the call of 3 1 ,dis.
souri and Kan . *, the old and wealthy will
give that aid :w i it :withheld, will keep
from the place o rife naanyl! datintlesr spir.- 1
it, brave he strong arm” ~,'
I could mold I 'e tracts of this kind to an
indefinite extent; ,but what I have alread quo-.
ted representa o ts side of the coritest., As air ;
abet' teo this 'to show-the feeling on the%
Opposite e: I will - read an -carat frotn It
letter "writ lir a leading man of Kansas to
his friends in tbu North., ~ =u.,...
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" LAWIiirSCF., $1, 1 T., Sunday, Jan. 6,1856. k
-." We are • neatened with another invasion.
on the 4th of *ire)) to arrest the 4ficers of
the Govertation; under the: Constitution,. and
it is ,now repo ed that companies are drll 7
lingin .Itti ' gir that .piirixiae. ' , -
." Ire view f ; - past, wonld- - itttot be well
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for all who filing to-act far : . the cause,
to enrol, - , 1,, ; . organize themselves into
military colikpl , - tern thei Norter"
Stites; and ; 1 it-limlerstoodthatso Soon as
the Idiom ' ~ 1 etballninOs - mart.int. UPOn
-The Brazos• ' 'T '
river la. eX44I IS from& ‘ over , ',li.antesovs ;. ..,-. -,ailsir yn otr...thelmtug
At. Paco and-temps - ire clx Wied.outi the lee. pro w 0 041.. 1 . toulre 't ,
- r piarch tbrouich
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. We` are. a -heterogeneous people here,
throWn together from "the four corners of ,
rtlii earth," speaking various dialects and
haVing ;various dkspositions: - : The Emerald
Isle 'is fatly represented--Wales hag poured
in her hardi sons, deicendants Of the ancient
iiritonsL---Germany and Frince have 'sent
their share --and a few ciiildreti of
_down
trodden Hungary have Come to seek atrasy-•
lum inthe far-famed. Y land Aif Libert y. A
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sprinkling fro ankeedom' spices the mesS,
\ and thus we ma up a batch, 'respectable
: ` ` for . Als ---,
vartety If noth fr , else. Tt(en atnopg
the latter, class is the number so quaintly .
• described by Balleck. . ':Just listed
. # 4 Wandefing tarough soot ern countries tesehllng
' ABC from Webster's -spelling book,
Gallanituldigodly, linking love and Teaching, ,
And &rung by what they call hook and crook .
A.nd what moralists, call "overreaching,
A decent living: Tile natives look
- - upon them with as favorable eyes
AS Gab* upon the devil in Paradise"
But this class of outcasts is growi ng mote
iihtr,or every day whether -they have re
' formed since Halleek's deseriptiorr Was writ,
~., ten, or whether the service they perform is
- I . _ bettei. appreciated, ocitain it-is that they arc
,-" 1 . # ,- I , ! , er received than the a.bove swOuld inc3i
ale
\ rate. i *4i inclined tobelievithat it - is ow-,
'IN , ttei aliPreeistion of their 'labors, to
o
eii succeful,-46)rts to lei iu the sunlight
of Truth =and . , KnoWledge upon The &Mal
yylw pf ignorance and iihrtry wtiieb ti,..ound
ha this land of many . tusatins. -; VZOTia"
- Summit Hill, Feb.' 15tb 1856.
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igssecii4Q, tits Olectioym,
RENAMES QlP.itt MOHAN.'
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Pn thejoint tcsolfirontiativa to '
: the repeal
-of
. 14e Kansas aO, deli . ered iu :She House'
of Aeirresentositil :Feb - ry 8,',1856.
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Ma.SPELKER:- have 'oi:introduced these
resolution's, as sotn, geu ca sh seetu to ' sup
pose, Me r ely fOr.the,pur Ose ot raking . up an
oil - warn out discuian.. Onrthe Contrary, 1.
utte.red - iu this hall,' I
may .say, in -the:languag of an euiinent man,
plead no dead cause."
Sitictithe:,:etesoluti ns were laid. - upon yOur
table, the liresideni, of t* United 'States has:
found.it necessary to send to an unOrgart4ed .
Cong.r.ess . a nicssag in:which the says :—.-
1
' Circtimitance.shoe'o eurred to disturb the
course lif governiiiental org3nizatiOn iu • the
Territ&y - Of Kansas, tad proditee there a,
candition of thingsiwhith renderiiit incum ,
bent on - me: to, call iyou^,attention4osubject,
mid timently reeornmend the ad4tiou by'
„of r such - measnrespr legislation as the
grave exigencies of ttie m tase appear. to .re;
qutre.” . . 1• .. i) .
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. "Although sericnis nil. threitening ~ d is.
tnebaucs in the Ter i tito y,o(Kausas.; an iionnc
ed io me by the Govern or in December last
Were 'speedily quie4ed ithout the, effusion of
'blood, and in a satisfitc ory manner„there it;
I .reg,ret, to say, readfon te apprehend that dfs
orders will continue:to !occur there , '
with in
er,casing- tendency t'fa viOlence, until some (le t
ci;ive -.measures be, tali - 11'p dispo;:e of the
i l ttetitiou itself Whii...h
,c nstituteii. the induce
.l.
merit. or .oceasiOn 'of , int rnal agitation and :of
I
external interferenCe." .1` -. • ::-.
It will.be seen' by this that the P.resident
• himself, wbo'oughtito he .good' authority fur I
the gentlemen upon the Opposite side, recom
mends further legigation Upon the : , subject ;•
and it is the right of the Pekiple to deeide,What
that legislation shall be. 1 The people: latve a i
right to lipress
only
- lopinions,, holm that. I
toestion,' of unlY [- in pit blic nifttiags, but"
through their fieprelitatiVes. The tilinori
iy have a right: to be It rd in this lialOmd I 1
hope the motion 'fli 'at i ndefinite . - postkone- •
mewl will nut pter til.
'L Tire tiece.:'sity 'Mr furtl er legislation to pro
tect-the territory. i.)i - K t sas froMci,yi.t \ war,
1 1,„
was apparent before the k, resident of th- Uni.
ted States ofricially 4 e4need . it; and eye - ry
'day- adds testiMony to t at declaration.* l To'
show the.state o f Stlin e ,a Which exist, in Kam.
sas alla-21iis.. , : , Ouri well as in various. other
portions - of this
,Union, wi 1. read : extracts
front several authentic p. pers.' •' : . :
• Plave a letter s4ritten by R. Atchison,
friAtterli: Senator from lissOuNand chosen ,
by- the Senate of the Uni ed States to preside 1
over their' deliber, ions. o It is. addressed to
.the editor:of-Lb , • • L.C.-3:-/- -S.r.-+t a ,r.A
..,.,41-r'......1.43;Ane11i:.4. t. 0. , . vapor. . le t 14 1 ,) S .
- "tWe :Ire in is ebnstan state of eicitentent
here, , (Pli i itte.eity. - y - TI e bord er'. rufrins . 7
have acceis to. my irootn ay and night.' T.The
vei'v air is full of.runaors 'We wish to keep
ourselves right before 'th . world; and are pros
yoked and aggEayated bekond.sufferance , . •
a Let vriur yout,,g menome forth to Mis
souri arid Kansas . ll Let t hem conic well arm
ed, with nipney et;:ciughto,stippior !bent .for
twelve months ; atid determined to see this
thing out ! One Ihundr lose men wilt be
an
,ticquisition. The tw o e the\better. I do
not -See how we ate to a oid civil 'war.; come
it will. Twelve xnd I will-, not elapse be.
fore-war—civil wrar - I> ti e, fi erei.Afitlind—will
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g (i)NTROSE 1 , THURSDAY; F i EBRUAT,y . '2,.. .8'5.f•.-•,,.
Miasouril . let c4mcnittees be appoint
ed to collect tuhds, ancl dePOsit them 'ready
for use.at a moment's rjotice, to bear tfit ex
penses. Of a cat,r(paign." I • • .• .
I will Also read anotherletter showing that
.these Appeals not made vain, that when
the struggle conies, hundreds will rush to the.
conflict from ixith sections of the_rnion.
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" LAWRENCE, K. T., Jan. 5, 1850."
" Col. Lane received a itOti . froni Gov..
Wright of Indiana, by the Mast mail from
Wei4ort,,whi4,h; from the iniineneeit has ex-•
crted, cleserveslto be recoriled, in the_ annals
of - our Stale.. It is dated Indianapolis, Dec. ;
4. He says that news had just been reeeiv-:
,ad of Line's reiistanee to the Border Ruffians.
He has money hod sons, andisl , ready to come
himself, and 's . ric:nd eeryicentt e has got . in
.defense of the iNtorthern Free-State rimigrants.
He has'five hnikired men who are' ready to
march' at onedor Kansas. Write immecii-
ately, and tele i eraph if.possible. The ; boys
here are great )- 'excited, - but have. confidence
itt Jim Lane."
Such is the substance of the letter.
• ." As it is more than probable , thal we will
Bare to fight; un,the ' . first Monitor ot Marph
nexi-'-when otir-. Legislature . . aqqernbles raid
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the State:Govtrnment is wit in operation—it
would be welt of the yoUng men, of tlip North
who are. read i tolassist4lS to ;the death,l l
neeesSary, wo 9d emigrate at soon as `naViga
flint opens, tit.,tead of waiting until special
messengers or 'l.elegraphie distiatehes apprise
you a our diMger." . . ..
•in the midst' of the dangers and diffictiltic9
*which ibeset titbni, the people of Nansak sent .
forth an .aropeaitcellie executive of the United
Stateii; and al4o to their . .brothers the people
of the jUnited States. The itritnediate - eatm
of 1 hilt a ripwil by—but,
..ss we
hive seen, 11,- , 4_,0n1y postponed,: not sett . led.
I deem it a piper place to read this, appear,.
and:l hope : 4o,y one who hears it will heed
it: • .
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" To' ihe Ci(i.iftts of the United States :
..” «'e, the Undersigned, Coniznittee of Pub
lic Safety, app s pinteil by the, - citizens Of- Kan , '
sas Territory, asseMbled. at the - city Of },n*-
voice; rfotifi• y:Oil that th- said eily i.:;Veleag
_urea liy- a'caro force of men from a foreign,
State, arrived 4fitti all'tle implements of wai,
including seviyal . .batteries ofd ,pantipn ;. that
said body of irien are perpetiating all manner
'of outrages up'rn our hatinlea,l,\.orderly and .
unotrending eittzens . --stoPp:ng and • arreting•
the persons.artil seizilig the property-of trayr .
eters, threatening the iromvdiate de,Ntruction
Of ttdi city nito L , murdqc.. of its inhabitants;
That -Said.han4 of lawless men'etalin 04%,..Lh e y,
are ..aCting enact the authority ok tlie.,,Goy
ernOr 'of said Territory ;, that
,mid; Governor
has.isi , uo',.a.tiOclaniation which:they - elaim,
autitorizt; , :s , 'their inVasion of . our Te?rilory and
tbedlestruetiOoif our. proi.iv , rty , and livfs--.
e or ,tae ~ Imt :...1 - ,.. , tairti r it o mprritr
thls:Territory , • . Anil, under these extraordi; ? ,
nary ‘'eircuinskanc,es, we feel i puthoriied• to
i d . e inand . Your ii Min ed late. assi stince in our 'be
half,
.. ;- [signed]' .
J. Miller; ' .1-...- 2C. Robinson,
M. f: Conway,' —J. S. 'Ernony, ,s.
Robt...M.orruiv;' '••G. W. Hutchinson,, • . -..
G. P. Lowery,: C. W. Babcock;
G. M. Dutel , er, g. W. Brown. '
- "le his Exe lleney the-President of the 'Uni
ted States '1 • . -
. • We, the - citizens
.of Kansai Territory, no
tify. you' alai the city of LaWrence ' in Said
Territory is beleaguredeby a hand of armed
men from alifighboring -.State, ,committing
depr4tionsl upon the inuiltaiding akizelis of
said Territory, stopping. arresting and Seiz-.
ing the pro, erty 4 It . tra vele rs, and .threatening
the -destrueti i pn of its,b-habitants.- This -law
less_ assemblage,. it is - Claimed is here under
the authoriti of Wilson. Shannon, Governor
of Kanses . Territory. - -
" We trnit - yon Will' take Such steiisAs will
remove this 'armed band front our border, and,
restore peace to our people:,' .. .
.-- i • [signed.) ,'. . • ' •
' • • . 1 C. Robinson., --
. • • 1 J. 11. Lane,
- 1 -and others,
• : 1 . Lswarsea,.Dec. 4, 1§56. 77-
N. 4. am ftircibly ireminded, by this memorial,
of the titnekberi our fathers appealed. first
to the N kingland then to the p&iplizt of Eng;
land and`Wheri, „ " they top iwere deaf to the,:.
voice of . consangnienitY," appealed to the God
of battles.
..1 The peOple of Kansas will do like ;
wise unless their grievances are redressed.—
Rut I hopel the .people'Of the .United States
will not turn a deaf ear to their Calamities;
I hope Ct.ntress may interpose to :Save - tbem-;
Iho is House" will not refuse its council
and. taco Mendation for that end.
' , in cons dering 4 remedy: for these -.diffical.
ties it is n - essary td recur to the cause ; arid
that .cause i s the; passage of the Kansas and
Neb*lta 'Act, which 'made' a new territory
the battle griund between freedoined ilaVe
ry:, The avoWed object of the act was to pei
mitAbe pektple of those . territoriestO — fix their
oatn Instifutioni. and
. govern themselves in
their °Wit!. way. The North resisted - the
pasage of \ the aet ;. but after it was - pased
the . resistis energy of the, North poured Its
.never ending stream of emigration in :that di.
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rection.
~,
-lien With strong:arms, accustomed to dal , .
.IY labia r, 14aid 'despisingdependenees pon oth- .
crs, sold Out their possessions' in the pwpled
regions of the East and West, and gathering
together heir moveables, witiktheir wives and
.claildren.*kught new homes amid ,the -maples
and wainnts that skirt the waters of Kansas.' ,
Although these men came thousands,of mites,.
and onlytco mmeneed settling there after the
passage 4 . the Kansas act, yet before that act
was six 'months old, the: bon.4 . ,fide settlers:
from tbejlree State? Were far more numemue
than shfitlar settlers friim the:Slave States.-
1 4 .1otwithitandlpg the. close neighborhood: - of
Missouri; and adjoining States—notaltbstr.nd• '
big their_: easy access to , Kansas on.the - watiks
of the' .*itriissippi and :Missouri, the Attie
'holdere iha.d not beep able to put enough' . 6O
r.ta Afr — Ottlers into Kansas to o,ifitml the first ,election'j The plan which Atchison had con
i tri ved With ..so much • labor,-was about &fail.
Made, d‘iperate h . y. tie course Of events, Gain.
Stringfellow in addre4ing 'a-ma...A meeting ttt
St.. Joseph in Missouri; eablaim t . ' •
I'.l tall ypu,- flark - ev rylacoun among
I you,- that-is in the I .tainted free.sOil
rism, or abolitianista, d-exterminate hitn.—
''. Neitlierl ii tie or take quarter from the - 4 -:—.1:41
V , risairil.: 11) those who- have hualintot cOO-
1
scienbbilis tO 'Ablation Uwe:At:ate 4 Natio*
.444balimelloi ., batitemsrlieri each inipositiell 6
tatol hs), disregarded, as your rights tad pre,7
7 ~
i '
ID ROOKY actatmou oLa
- . .
etry are i lndanger; and I ;advise you one and
all,. to enter every election district in Kansas,
in defiance of Reeder and his vile myrmidons,
and vote at the point of .the bowie-knife, and'
revolver. Neither give or take quarter ea
our case demands it. - Itt - is enough that thii
slave holding interest *ills it, from "which
hich is no appeal.' What rifht hai • Gov.
Reeder to rule Misouriati.44n kansasl - Ms
prochtmation and. prescribed oath must be re:
nudiated. .It is your interestte do so.. Mind
that slavery.is established where it is riot pro
hibited. - -
,--.• t - . ..
'.. This advice was too %101 l followed. An 'erg
my of Missourians, not less than five thou -
and in number,artved with . rifles and 'revel:
- vent andbowie-knivos, entered the Territory
. on the day election ; and divided into com
panies for each electiondistrict in the territo
ry. - Where the preiOr election officers could
not be forced-to let them vote, they took
pos
session Of the polls z' arid not only.,voted them
selves, but prevetted . real:settlers from vot
ing. ..-I.he result -was. in accordanee with tbe
wishes of the ..Missonrians.• Whitfield was.
elected delegate to- Congress. Thiltis in
. ,
November,. 1854,"
In March, 1355, Go; , . Reeder issued. a Pro
clamation for an.eleetion for -,Represeesativesi
to the Territorial Legislature. - Warned. by
the Ekrt-v jous.inirasion . of what Ahoy had to-ex
pect/from the popolar sovereigns of Missou
ri,
Gov. Reeder spared no wins to s,eciire a
fair and honorable expressiob tram the bonal
fide settleri of Kansas: .. He' declared that" a
voter must dwell in theTerritorylvat there
f offeringo his vote. He niust also have . mi, ‘
:iieneed :At - actual inhahit'atcy/which 1 0 3 e. -let ,
*illy interidcd to continue perthanen y - , 'and
he :mist have made the Territory his resi
dence to the exclusion of;any; other home.".
The result, however, proved precisely • the
same, .Barder . RticOanism made its appear
once - ?xe•reising_ even/greater violence:' They
•eleeted such men Os they
,desired in alropst
every district—seme of the men elected be
ing citizens of .M isSouri, The • actual voters
in the Territory-sr" strangers in a :Strange
land"---strngglingto make the soil yield them,
a scanty sirpport, with the loved and the help-i
l;.ss de:pending, upon them, did not. feel like
- entering. into a blood v.con test, for. their rights.
They believed the COnstitution of their coun
try/would in the•end protect them.
_ln sonic
'districts; 'however, they contested the seats,of
/ the members who claimed to be elected ;
and Gov. Reeder, arnviticed of -the ill4ality
and illjuStiCe of the .proceeding - !, refused to
give certificates of election to these ' men.—
But men who could purSue such a .. course to
secure, their election cared little for legal
forms and i• - c.httical - idittetilties.: They met;
.and promp ly _ eiptitect .the members who
:were rightfully elected. Th e y Is s , r o,,ed the
seat , :ef. government in defiance •of Governor
Reder's veto. Themissed laws hi defiance
- l ar ationlnlndependence-indefiance. of hu
. of
..
manity ano common sense. • It is my pur-.
pose only to dwell Upon
.those laws which
t h e y missed •in difiance of the Constitution.
•• Thin2th and k3th .sectiiins . of an act eirti- .
tled „an net' to pOrish offenses' agitinit slike/ 1
property, are as follows'',:.. .
.
" S.Ec l i 12. 1 Ifiny ln Person - shall by speaking 1
or• writing assert: Or maintain that persons •
have. not _thefigh .. lo hold slaves in this Ter
ritory,:or shall inikriluce..into 'this Territory
print, publish, wr,t circtilitte or muse to be
introduced' into t'' territory, Written, ; print - .
ed, published, or Cu lilted. in this -territory,
any, book, papei, . agazine; pamphlet - or eir- -
cular containing; y denial 'of the, right lof .
persons to.hold - - es in this Territory, such
persons shall 'be. med guilty of felony,and ;
punished by imp' . nment at hard labor for
• - -
a term - -d not les:,-.. han two
,years.
Sze: , 13. Ns A per Son. who is -. ocinscien
tionsly opp - t'smil tilt holding slaqs, or who
does not adrnitright'to:hold siaVes in this
tt
Territory; shall.
..as 0.. juror don the trial of
any proseCuti4i any' viola iron of any of
the sections oft i act,"
Pl
at -Legi4l. , even,if it were a regular-.
ly elected Legifiture,'ipossessed no povier.
Which was not4nferred upon it by :Con-.
gress: and t . .xmrs could confer no power
upon that body . ichit did not possess it
self. But Cate ~ ' , a:could pass - no such 'act •
as the. o oe to F , I have referred, because.
the Constituti) preOly deelares'that " Con
gress shall p'
to-- law abridging the , free- '
turn .of speed
, of the press," which is the
gale o bj ec t , t sections quoted. •' , i ; • '
l •• Besides, l e',.. t organizing Kansas, limits
the power 1'
tic subjects.
i
. ..ie Territorial. Legislature, to .
gislation consistent :with. the
Constitutio, )
It would seen, therefore,that
an aet'so , - ,i,, in. its cc.theoption; so-subver
sive of all) -
tiples of civil rights, so contra-•
ry. to thi • in. 'letter 'ef tW.. Constitution,
would at ri. 1I declaredvoid 'by the judg
' es, and 14 dto scorn 'by tho authorities Of
the Unit./ ,teS..
. ,
H ow ; - s tl.: , The judges acquieseed,i—
And-thil! , ident who was sworn to aupport .
t he-Glairion, - rind• pledged in • a thousand
volun 4rt ,d unneceSsary pledges to, uphold,
• that'Cinst ttion; WNhat did be.d4l - I'll tell
you Alit . -- did.
.• :He : . removed - Governor
' Reeder w . "had ,stdird.up so brauly 'fur the
p-rinciple ; popular 44vereigitty upon which
:the - Kau„.• - - )ct professed to be tounded.s Aye..
sir ! he r oved him in the mostdisgraceful
manner,
on a charge which Gov. Reeder
d en i e d ; ' s :after he had asked time : . in the
most cot. - • us manner to prove
.biiiisOf in- .
nocent. ; tie-no mar): who wished to, know
.
the trut
.. as dee.ei'ved in that. It is. Stamp•
ed indel „ - 'ripen President Pieree,' that he
struck c'.
... n . Gpv. 'Reeder, - because the' stpve
interes ;-
.matided it.. ,He forgot his. oath
tai' - so : ''i the Corititution—he.forgot - his
- th onsa r !edges to I maintain -• the .Constita..
L i o n a t i ;' • e-Union. " He could hot see' 'that
si lo • tution - protected white men.") If .s
.. .
new - Ststes Are
in i w i liave•beentled out ~- but when a
f ew ,t d'white Men were being,trnmpled
un d e i • • .t, and robbedol the dearest-rights
;• o ff•- nt be could do . nothing 'except id re
mos,. • :;esolute and honest . man „who : had
- a l oe
.• . between them and their .Oppres.
iors . :,. le atipOinted Gov. ,Shannon in the.,
•i, - Reeder, and v,ee the change. rirbe
P -' ' s poliermftY .beseenin - the act if •bia
•
6 .Shannon deolltiedrin a piblie alite4s,
• . sciuri •. Wore b - 'had, - plaet*bil roPt ,
~, 'the itoll - hf Kan
..• t e Kansas Leolol . - ill:. Wei .-Validi,t4i/
-, , s,l'ilie ' -‘O4 : -. 0 -ii ' ' clcitited„Nyit4: .ty,
„,,, to . ei l oot a tt ri , ,,r03, twa t . war*,
stilk,_
issark to iijOhetit Vi e egitit',.,.. -•-. riexi.s.s4g::,
Ihe sturdy 'merger: of .hat territtory saw that
they had Aotlitis to hype' - frit* (Oen,” and
1;
however despe4te the i contest, they rintst
depend upon themselves alone. The 'same
spirit which ani'ated ,he disorderly rebels
of,the Revoluti on animated them. They.de
termined to . haY% "libtirty or death." They
armed themselTes, appointed officers, and
made every preparation for a de.sperate 443-
fence. The " Jaw andkirder men" from . Mis.'
souri---4he menwho defied and despised all.,
law, -and all ordet'----gatliered around dovern
or Shannon, tad' marched to invade the
homes,' and mu r er the real settlers of Kan
sas. - Rat the h rt of
) old Wilson Shannon
I t
waxed ftiat,.; no content with Misscsiii at
his back, he waiited/ to make sure' of the
United States tifiny; and when he on
ly a few companies were at , his service. ` he
concluded ; with Sir John Falstaff, that 4, dis
li
cretion is the better „part of . valor." Oslo'
do-the old maxi jistiCe a l it is possible that same
-lingering sparks ';of humanity were left in his
bosom. :At all ',events, the arm- of. bloody .
strife was stayed. and Ithe ciinfliet: postponed: li
It is true, a feW.hien were wantonly mnr
dered'•'it istrue, the tide of emigration .was
sapped; it is ti i iie, the habd.of industry was.
paralyzed ; the /prosperity of the territory
,thecked ; but the more bloody conflict was
postponed.- I stiv postponed, for unless Con
'. '
gress interpese*,..the conflict will surely
come. A terriory of 'Vast extent, with - a
luxuriant soil, Well timbered and well wa
tered, *Rife mi)d, healthy clime, has been
-thrown open and made the battle ground for i
two mighty and contending . interests. The
question is shall freedom exejude slavery, ••••on .
shall slavery exclude freedom.? ' Shall it be
come the home of the'negeo slave or of
.the
free laboring white man ? On the one' sidel
is the honest energy of' freemen' on the)efs;
er side the cunning and the desperate reek
, lessness of slayery. ITlie superior strength '
' of freedom is reduced, by divisions . and ap.
lathy in the North; while the closer proximity
of the; slave power gives it great advantages.
IThe disorders and the bloodshed which have
; already occurred are Only the
,first foreshad
-1 °wings of • what is to I follow, unless pi ompt,
and decisive action is .laken by the general
goverment,.This, it is proposed,' shall be
/done ;in the resolutions now before the House.
It is proposed that the act which has' . opened.
the dO6r to so much discord shall be repeal
edfand in place of, it; to shbstitute such-an
act as has been found well adapted to secure
the peace and prosperity of 'all the rest of the
; Territories, The Kansas and Nebraska act_
differs froin!all other] territorial acts in. this
I respect. The laws of the Territorial Legis-
I 'attire are made valid withoht a clontirrosleee
act of. es.e g ssos: • Ttli..ekstatures of other
Territories are subservient to_the, 11eit...3
I States, but the i.....osteture of Kansas is made
; independent..., , The constitution -.gave Con
l'gre.ss the Ipower - to ; make all needful' rules
and rgii ations respecting the . territory of
"lore ; eve sup s• • 'l49l4 i ,rA n c -'stots' ,
delegate Oat 'power i to- another body. The 1
constitutigni recognizes States •with independ-,
ent prevef•s, and • it' recognizes Te.rritories
without hidependent powers, being underibe
-guardianship of Congress •, but the constitu
tion does not recogi, i!ze this political peruato.
ry between a State and Territory,and no body t "
.ever heard of such a thing under (Jur govera
ment until 1,854, ; .
The mighty AtchiSon, the giantouglas, I
and . the most potentlPierce, receiv eda spar- '
ritual revelation -which entirely turned the tM- -
bles lof Denaiscraticl understanding. They
suddenly
_became donscious' that all their 1
Democratic predeeeSsors had failed to under-)
stand the. fundameetelki-4-'eciplee of Dembe
racy.
They pereeisle&by their illuminated t
understandings thatOe men who framed the
constitution were igherant of popular rights,
and had made a terrible blunder' in 'frothing i
that instrument, as well as in the laws • they 1
passed . about that tilne. They declared the •
people of the 'territory; instead Of. Congress,
had the-right to make all needful rules ,And
regulations; and did nut hesitate •to declare ~
that the ordinance of 1787, wastVPret,sive—
although 'that ordinance was made by the ,
nien' who fought th.. 1 1 „. battles of the-revolution,
and formed ous ins4tutions.. -
The resolutions now before-us propose to.l
discard this new4i,gl,t d ,ctrine, which has al- I
ready produced so' Much diseoid, and to re -1
turn,to the fold of isnistittitional liberty.
The act organizing Oreg on differs from the
act organizing Ka n sas in one other particular. i
it is this: Sectioml l 4th Provides, ".That -the '
inhabitants of said territory shall be entitled
to enjoy all and singular the sights, privile
ges and adl:anta,ges granted and j secured to 1
the people of the (Territory -of'the United . 1
States, northwest of the river. Ohio, by the,
articles of cow pact !contained in the ordinattesl
for the governmenti-of said Territory on thg.,
13th day of July, 1787; and shill be sebject
to all the eenditionls, and reStrietionsand'pree
hibitioni in: said articles of compact imposed.
upon the people ofrid Territory." - .
' It is because of his difference that I prefer
the act establishing the-.oyernment of Ore..'
gon to that of any `net F have it
veneration for that old s oz dinahce of 1787.
I remember that it was the production of the ;
sonic hand that. drafted -the Declaration , of
Independence. '1 remembeilt, was establshed
by Ate same men Whei assisted in the strug
gle?of the 'Revolutidn and who aided , in the ,1
formation - of the fetie.ral government ; but 1
nre rest all 'I ronember. the glorious ie.
s
s otihat law which has given freedom and.
r l k
pperity to , the }Great West ; and 1 desire,.
that-the sanie..oidimuree. may, be permitted ,
to give freedom and. p ro sperity to the vast
fertile regions fketypnd the Mississippi. .
.„
The ordinance kefe T red to in the Oregon
act s provides 1.... 1 neither.slavery nor mvoi
untary servittkie,' except in the. punishment
of erime whereOf he party shall f!ttve been
f... i i i
duly convicted 4 1.1 exist in the said Tern'to
11.. Had it not.
,een for this act, Ohio, 'ln.
diana, Illinois,. a .'.'se've:ar adjoining States
_,,
n
,s
Would now bee ~ed with slavery.- Instead
of beingeke ho and the resortof the over
plus of free laborers from the East, they.
would
would be theof 'the toaster attil sla%o.
4nd let nie tell_ im sii, that 'the law of slave. )
'hlflft
ry - is more poten to keep out creelabOr limit ;
the_most strmg4 t enactments - ot Congies*4 '''''
When I atisert that,this.ordinantai has gir ,
en freedom _ a nd. rosperity to the great West
I SPCA of a Eng, well known.. The records ;
of Congress elm thatthe people dins:liana
.while.they were "Still-a territory - niadd - every
/AO. to :establi .- slavery. there .' to 'lBOB
they-petitioned ngess,Cci suspend ; the.o.
di l ate:foe of 1787IraT a_ period . ol " ten 4r 3 e 1 .77-:
Their petition - iffii'4feried to a' ogled Oin
tnittee, ' %Ouch osip' tted : - the cu u .
mittee deem it lilt!) , dangeruP and ineape•
D waorna.
• ,
•.( _ 14 , r,.•
FRAZIER & SMITH, PT-7131-.ISPIERS---;:VOLA - - --- *
- i !' • :,04'
.
tlittit to impair a provision -Wisely Palcelated:
tO'promote the'happineas-.and prosperity' of
the North western' country:
. In -the salutary •
operation iia .this sagacious and: benevolent. ,
'restraint,
; it is .helievedVthat the.' inhabitants
of Indiana, will at no Very distant . daii .. ; ;. find\
ample remuneration fora temporay priya...-.•
tion of labor and emigration." This petition .
Was renewed, again and again, and every time
it' was renewed, that wise and Patriotic, Con
gress refused their petition: Behold the con
trast between, them and the,- DetnocracY of.
the present day. From 1803 to 1808, Con-.
gross refused 'a territorY, permi4ion to estab- - ;
fish slavery, although they nrianimonslyasked
it its a fUeor ; but in 1855 *e find . Congre.ssc
permitting slavery to be ftirced npon ,a ter
ritory by a neighboring State against the
. Will of the,aetual residents; and not only per- :
bitting this, but permitting - armed, -mobs to
go from that neighboring• State in thonsandi ,
to Crtistc'out the liberties of the peoplejheril- -
Selves t . pouring upon them lkods of abuse,
and often destroying prlopettrand pernetitit-
ina-/murdere. -
. I:,
: Is thpre 'a man
.in this ; House*ho. does nor:
know these to be the facts? - If there is I. en
' treat him -to .investigate the occtirrenoes 'of
'"the. taut Year: - He will! find that in the S e. re
marks the." half has not been t01d.".: And
with such facts before him, can.any man re...
fuse theinflaenee of hiS vote to have these ,
outrages suppressed, and a healthy -- govern::
inept established in the place- et
. the dread'!
anarchy which. now exists ? .1 'Alas, I need net I
ask.. There' is a
_confession of 'faith, for th - e'l
Rernociatic, party, and! a politteat•inqutsition
(for hereties—freedOm forKanias is
,not in:
t the creed . ; . and -therefore' theSe resolutions
will notlhe adopted; Pelt; sir; there - are pea
-1 pie bey o nd these walls ' From: St. Johns
1 river to the iMississippi---from th . e.--Oltio . to .
i the St. Lawrence and the Great Lakes; there
are millions' who undCrStand. _tbes e” passing
1
events -c-millions• of freemen who will not
permit thethselves anittheirposterity to be . .
I . driven'from the immense ternries 'of this
' 'Union, bi.the. aristocratic mas t
r and.thede 7
)
_graded negro. _ These men- - do not choose
the issne.so temptingly thrown outby Pierce,
Atchie . _On 3."' Co., of shouldering their rifles
and 'marching to _Kansas to engage in, civil -
war. . They know their constitutional Xights.
better—they know ' . . .
"There. is a Ireapon firmer set, - •
And surer than the ! bayonet." .• i •'-
-: That weapon, Sir, rwill cOnquer . :all the,
Peaceable enemies orfreedoin ; and if:there
relliainsi any,parts.• ket4v---to.;,:overthrow the
( --,,,„„ A - 4 ,. 4 ct 0 p, to secede from . iliii . -Alulist.4o,,
destro our henvest i
- . ,;tits , citutions, to
y . _
n i ur A.:::::;;Ltt. - unottending brothers, they, sir,
will find the remedy applied: - which General
' Jackl . .itai . propsed for them on a--.foriner ciel .
irasion. -- Their treason, will fall . before (Or
Cannon, and 'their.traitors -Thrrs---1..54.-r--;---tt-
Haintui. • , -• • ;
--ntr, Speaker— it haa : become the habit of
t :muse wno•ativocate the Nebraska Act to stig
matize their opponents as disunioniats: It Is
a tune "played upon a
; harp of
. li - thousand
strings ;" but,. sir, it is the, 014 trick of thieves
Crying ' stop the thief" Lit... is
,the • trick. Of
the ineetidiary who sets a.village in a' blate,,
and then cries "fire.'l.- They have :violated.;
•the ConipromiSes- of !1-1e Constitution--have
stirred Op 'every eleinent of sectional bitter,;-
`!less--and now' they . . stigmatise - the Men;
whose only sin is that, . h ey have done, noth
ing, with being, the ca ge of this 'dangerous
agitation I - Theii.effronterjr--their cool 'dis
regard of the true cause-ef this difficulty, ap
proaches the . sublime and it'is Only,- . equalled
by an Old..Qualrer, ot -tYhom 1 haiig - read :---t
His wife sn'spqted him of -. being . rather . .too
:
intioiate with their ;'hired 'girl; and - kept an.
eye upon ' his • - prOceedings. • One day ,she _
looked .through a eraek 'in the door; and found: •
them hugging tinelciSstng With
~ great" relisb.
At that moment h; Intiked up, and -observing
his wife, exclaiined; `: - 4ib, Attartha,',ll.Artlia,-if
thee does not st.opthy.peepitg;•thee'll make
a disturbance in • the •fitmily.
_The applies
tion is obvious. *Douglas andlis,- follewers.
have taken . the slaYn master . .with his' *degrad
e negroes 'to their embrace- - ---they • have.
: i hoed the soil of freedom with them" irttle;..
fi4nce- of the constittition; and the thriee - ye . -
,peated
; compact of'onr•fathers,aud now=-they.
cry 4 .- if Thee 'does _tint stop thy peeping thee 11
:destroy the: Union ', 'Oh, sir ; ; - this, is too
literally truefor njest. ''Northtitn Men' WhO
never step, even in ; word, - beyond the :,letter
and spirit of the Constitution, are ., brand- .
ed as traitors:chile' southern men hoidannur ;
al
; conventions with' the express object; of. se-,
cession and disuniiin; and are, called "friends
of the" Union." This groSs perversion 'Of len
;
guage cannot long continue. 'The real diSitn-;
lonists-7the true sectionalists--must soon be .
.;
content tO wear, the name, and reeeive.,thQ,
mark. - No.-man - but a•f iii and ,nArtinnion7l
Ist, . en make disunion nut of a pnlitY AdOpt- - - ;
ed th thConstitution; and prtitieryed.'withi
i ntil within the last. Jew years:: This "pot
ti t t
- e y the -msolotions before `us .propoie;t6 -re.. 7 ,
some and, continue. -. ..\.:- .• •- ..,- .
'• The latter clause or the resolutionsinstrupts.
our , Senators in _ general terms,' . - to_ soort.ort; i'
•,stch laws 'for the goyertiment - Of icansas'od .
,INebiliska as:shall protect the inbitbitentsriof
. those Territories from armed invasion, .tuid
secure to . .them life,.liberty.and the puFSUit ot,
happtiika. . The necessity fiir,such;laws.,.hasi
been ~ 'The peoPle ,. orltansiuti
ard , at thia dale suffering froth-our ntileetH-
Artarchyl reigns there, because - tine-national
•Legialatarti will not. discharge 4.4 4r)
,griti,WthittJ
-al - obligation.,: .Mobs and , m . urdera - aro atatosi
of daily occurrence.;:cly)l., : war.rii,;-rnpitt3ipg , ;„
it„ is time for the people . to act . ; . .atidT appeal
to this - Assembly. to - give "the Weight Of its in,
fluenee' , iii 'favor - *Him - \o64oeabla . -csithhijOni
tif the ceniliet...-.. :. -.- -.: .: - • ---- -.•- -
..-,,...:-.,-1.-
.. . .
'llam
as Two Iluxesar , IcsiiisHanga;--f•
[Seale. , ..Partor in- the., house , ill . an elderly'
gent in New . Ynrk. o,ld ,gentTtelegniphs , tO
the hiteben, and_ vialt g tricenck in 'a
haiitxml-
OM gent--John, - $y over to South 'Aracrl
ca,'and telt*. Johnson that I W t ill, he itati6; -
to-have` him tiop with`rni;. , - Pen% trund'yotie
coats rio.w.' g 9. ... --.-• -- .. .-. ::'. ,-. . ~, ,-.- ‘ i
Jobol teaves,, • and at the end Or five minut
returns:. .- . .;\ , .. '
i,-„
iii;hn- •-•-•74ttr:"Johnson aaifibelatil - k.in '.
ne- .. -; he
has *got to - ,go to - the North !Nile; fur A rni)-
went, 'and then be Willlbelleidt.z'' ' 1 , '•- ' : 1...
Pl4, l gentrrYerY, -Wen , 49 11 c::i NoW sits l -tti ,
the machine
_foi s etting.. t 6 ,t 01.1!, itodc wi t h
g _1 : 44 , h Xto 01) 1 :c.le's , room, 'and tell: !?e - !..
- 'lltia„!t
,
Mr, :lOWS,' it - thinint 'then' bi , diith liii*7o7l
•ballook.toelitsaiiang,hgernent urteudtn,-1
•Eit't,W4tra''4:Mock. -. , '- - '33 - -.'...- 3.:..3, i, ri' ~. , 1, ' ' ,":-' jii'_
diAO) flies out to ezecu!*4 -I * - Ord 01 1 1 ; , :ftk
'the old' gentlemen runs, over to the West
,n:
dies for 0 morPant, to ii" a , f , e o t " Illi gr e ' .1
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;MAIL ROBBBRT sTim,y;
In the early'annals of one: conntry says'
Mr, Halbrtiok in his "Men- years among the
thelMail - Bags," 'many ' '
initanoes of Mail rot
beirarp found, some
of which:
'display I ,of great intrep7.4lltY and 4'64 'ogle .
pgrumi of the ft:al:Ming wilt show
White the •country was. yet thinly settled
- and the mails were transported Oft hoi.seliaelti
or in different, kinds"pt vehleles, 'from Abe gig.
to the' stage=coach, and ifiei7through. isxten:
forestoi which , afkr4e4 ev,eri facility. for
robbery, the Am; of - itage4river or mail;
carrier .was no sinecure. - Resolute men were
required: for this servie,'Who onemergebayi,
-could handle% pistol as well is a whip.
Some thirty or forty years ago - a mar
„ ,
coach ran Iti.the northern pare of the' SAate of
New -Y,orlt,throtigb the famous arateaugay.
wOods.; ,Thc forest Was many in ex
teat. and coninion and many legends
gaye it, the reputation of 'a noted place for
freebooters and highWaymaa,, ,
I On,e morning the stage driver onlis route'
had oe l easiotilo eiamlno his piatols,- and firund
that instead of 4 the usual tharge, l they7firere
hided with - wheat bran A daring villain
had; through: an accomplice, thus disarmed
the driver, prOiratory to waylaying, him.—
Ile drew _the” charzes, cleaned the,rieeapons,
and carefully loaded them! *ith powder and '
ball.
1 ;
Thai afternoon shei mounted his stage for
his drive. through the, thateaugay
There twits not a . pasSenger..in his ,Ire,ltielb.=-7
Whistling as. he went hel.!.eraeked up "
leaders and droVe into the forest, :Jtrt
_beta the centre of die" weisia,a Mau. sprang - ,
ont,frOm. behind a tree and' eel* die horses
14 the bit.'' . •
" I Say,- driver,r said the'', footpad, with Con
. . -
coon
summate coomess. went„to ,take'alook.
i at that rode
i.
"les you de \no
1 . ,
s py ma 41.4" .replied`)
be so free, unless ...p
mission. „ 4 „l'm :drive;
1.
up my mails except.
I l e : 3 :0 1 , you don't eh i l i l Wellitere's . m}r'aitthoe
itY:',showilig die butt of a large piatot part-
IY Con*led in his sont. : :. ' • ,-'.-.. , .- `, .-.
F " Now dismount and bear a hand, my Enef'
felloW, for yeti see I've got the document
about me." . • .-, • . i ' i. , i . .:" •
`1
"Yew and so've . I," said the driv e r instant
ly leveling hiSown trusty WeliperfatOe high
Waymtm. . - 1.•'": : -_,...‘. :
•..,..,!:,..--o,,,,lottzon't..jkup,AWy, I'Auess.
\
14.;-,...7--..--:,.....„-- ; ;„,,-.4.y.s. 4 .. . k .... , ... , - . ,7 . ..• 97 ~ .
. I "Just drop pose remii,,:. sat . • : 1 , ..z.
_.....:
Sam's milt bags, ",,ars take i the cent •
• a, - '
• . -.. •:. .:
IA 0, vow you'relkokiaetny fine B
-. ;00.A1Dok aliveif r Pict in a hurry' _ , it IS nes
ly night." . . • - I ' -,"' ' I '." •
A sharp report t.b',Oedlthrousit the fere
[ and,the diseiple of Diek'rurpin lay stretch:
upon the sround. - _One ;roan. and all w ,
;over. The ball had entered his temple. ..
I The driver line the bOdy - int - O.lthi mac
1
drove to the:next - t,Oliping place; iFelated' t, •
'circumstances;ainkgav,etimself Op; A bri '.
'iexamination I:C(6mi - a magistrate. resUlted
'his acquittal, ana highwaypeatiabout:Chatea , •
Igay • wood:s, learned,that_pisttila might be d .
,1 ,
;geroUs weapons, . :even if they were, load: •
with wheat bran, provided theyi,*ern in t.
rhands ofone who knew hOw'tolse thein4
1 ' ' - ' . Great Cities of the tirftid. -
'l. - , ,t0nd0n'71.4 the greatest city the:globe.
!Itictuding the cities and towns which it ha
I
swallowed •up andl tnadeili part of itselg i
leovers an .area s -of:.thirtylwe square mil - -,
Ithickly"..planted with housys, most of mille
are four and fivems. stories; high. It has about
!twoi millions and - tt (half of inhabitatiti. Ne
York,reckoning among it s inhabitants all wit
ii g
-habitually do busittess within sight of Trin -
p i ty steePle, is - in point ofspopolation, the , •
ond" city, , of the world, embracing . St least i
i Milliod 'people.. 'Within its Chartered limi ,
it has probably about eight hundred tt,inutak;
inhabitants, In this - v i i -itetiatuittivi..
itL
i Pari sand Cortsten:• - •Ple Veit% more pop s
lou . s ,:
he e s . mii , iiulatifte..of the pities
Asia have z - ;7. - -.,..:• \ ".5t extra vagantly ex i agg ,
ated; -• It isst tiled that there isnotone of the'.
that has: a POpulation exceeding wmilliop..
'The• laige4 city: in intlia;s. Benares, has n
over six huudred-thouSandinhabitentskwhi
the{ great eities.of ,china, Pekin,-NaOltiNtt
Canton insteakiar three, tWo,o4bnaltiti
hors are neither. of thent catimateitto ecni
a. population over six or eight hundred thb
hold.. -... ,- : t 2 : - 1" -• -'.'f -.1 'l'
Philadelphia has aboit - halfa million ini A
itiiii. ; . Vie n na and Berlin nearly as maitj
..Naples 'three, hu;dred; and. fiftysthoussni
and-the eity"cif M like aboatthei)tine. 'lt
tiniore has - ttoti,:prolittb,iy: '4pdpulaion,
of ;nearly or Ant" eite..!„,fitinai4 ;arid ern
thousand ;;.Cincinniti*ohandred and se ' n
i ty•Ave thousand :; - [ Niir:lOrleans and :Box .
.• ,
about one' hundred italfifty tho,.osan, ette ,
Venice one hundred , and': terf-tigie*Ar; t-
I
1 Louis one-lirldr 9, 4 : l ! t ! us 1• 7 7 i ... a'
,
ted. ~ . • . . I. t - y• i r.-- - • , 4. - -- • -
l',
rir * N - i ATHAIII*L. PRICITISS BMWS,' Jti,- a
thornr in Waltham,lMiadletinicci.,lMOs:, I • i
J n._;1816 . , .. He ntindea: the littblib' Itch.
- . .
in tit he was tWi l lv.e' ynat_.a . of ; age, tina• - - . 1
],
considered an • • apt'. Iseholar. 4.tithe 1 - ,
t elv es he began to .-Worktiif a cotien fact it
--.lmtterWarfta. be assisted his Ittkar f ' who- • .
'it )lotiiP Carcateth 7 tkin i tie acquired. the 4 ..
of 4. inaebinist ti wnticktg.atit itu V althittn
irt i -.Bnston. '''.llabing-,..-provecil .'a 1, ;
hottyit 4f - studying taW-With Robert lliin _
J r,., in 1848,1e - Wati: - ad 'Adel toi ttia:s,Ca I
bar., ; 't`, - Althongti.'te 'new', atttr_,ldai a- , c
'.alter Ike age' of t i Welye t i yetipitait obtain
0., 't - )lilinTyledirei of the pritinipalli • . 1 ..
Kerthernk and s4tith c ern -Parertej: -.
4 . Mr. ' Banks is !bed, otriptat4o4•4 , l4
eirir . l pu6uitic aba,.:yet:lntiliti,S boiste .
politicallife. - .
'Attired iittioOcractentrat
t'i_ -be 4a rneitlyl , 4lippolo Van' , Varet-- 1
t il og, and •in;"tti•lS *at' iilcited tfite' • -
iily• ' 19 1851lie1 1 4itieit4'Pt'atii "--
n,,1"4411.1144 iliie***44:thelliatt. and
t , ,,t)si3n Speaker,* a fusionof De 11390
is
Mires 'Sntletit4thoetin' in -10 - ;:::if l '
ter"-1* thti'' , tike-TaYlpittgi ; Toleiit,y(eikkt
4i 6 *'..-041,iki e i , :'',..!-
tlisiVo.roioe-.tttt:,C4lll4ligtiOrk,iVe •
r Aettai over , limo hii wsteilo44l - 13**111-
• In- 1 18544 bit* thii itkictakAixeir4iiir
.. .-lillo;fu tli .* . P: 4 sl,'o- A. , ,_ *ra,, a
04.1.0t.Vii'44ism ,_,* - citsite
howliaai 'by Ipoomiksty: -. ttaii, i
co•openacd with:Ana Roe'lltibboan '
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the driver, "butt can't'
au shim .rne your am.-
here , „ and I. neve.rgirl
to one,regularlY author-
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