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----- Tlll - FOUTRAGES - IN 'XANZAS. '
Report Of'the Confireitilo'nal Commitee
.
Th0,80r.4e,r,, ,Ruffian Irivasiom
- 'The Report of the clommittes . of Con,iress"
aPpitiated.to visit Kansas autltake testimony
•in re'aiion rerthe several elections held there ,
' was inade in the U. B. Rouse of Representa= .
..,.
ties on, Tuesday, of last week., - Xts great-
length will preclude its.eutire publication In
tuipap 9 eiv, and we therefore.make the follow.
extracts, showinglow the Border.Ruflians of
,Nligseuri invaded Kansas and with forge and
ilelence took connol of the various election
districts.. Such. outrages are withoti s t pre
of Ulla:country_ The
,
Report proceeds to Say ;
REPO'R.T,ON KANSAS
Within a few days, after the - organic law
passed, and as-soon an its passage - , : could" be
known
,on the betiler:sleading;Oitizens
sourl,eropekime t gbe Territory, held Squatter
and then returned to their homes.
Among their res'elutions are the. following ;
, "-That we will afford protection to no Abo
as.a settler of this Territory. , •
' "That we recognize the institution. of, slit
--very as
• .
ready-exi n-t is-Te rri tory, _ and
sivise slaveholdere to introduce - their property
, a. early as possible." .
Similar - resolutions were - .-possed in various
parts of the - Territory,, and by. meetings in
_ 'several counties.
, • This unlawful interference has been • con
___Ainned in every important event in the - history
of the Territory ; ivcry elextionhaa. been :con
trolled not by the actual settlers, but by citi
- fens of Missouri, and as `a consequence every
officer in the, Territory, fromeonitables to leg
islators, except those appointed by the PlTss.
dent, owe their positions to noresident
vo
'ters.' None have been elected by the settlers,
and year Ctimirilifeeinive been_unable 16 find
that any political power 'Whatever.. linwevcr
• unimportant,lms been exercised by Os p „.
ple of the Territory.: -
.--.---. •
- In "October ,
- - A. D. — lss4 -G ov. A-
-and the other officers appointed lty Pie- -
• dent, arrivedla the Territory Settle.
all parts of the country, were raining fn. it ,
great numbers, making the'ir chtitns and
ding their. cabins. About the same time, and
before - any election was or could be held in
the Territory, a secret political society was
formed in the (tats of Missouri. se It was
known by different ntunes, .snob ae "Social
Baud," ".Frientl's Society," " Blue Lodge,".
The Sons of the South." Its memheis were
bound by secret oaths,. and they had pas's
. words, signs and grips,, by which they were
known to each other. Penalties were impost
.. ed for violating:the rules and secrets of the
Order. Written minutes were kept of she
proceedings of the Lodges, and the different
-Lodgeswere_connected_togather by art effec
tive organization. It embraced great num
bers of the citizens of Missouri, and was .ex-
Itended into other . slave States and into the
Territory. Its avowed purpose was `not only
to extend slavery into' Kansas; bat also into
other territory'of the United 'States, and to•
form a union of all the friends of that institu
tion----`. Its plan of .operating was to organize
:rind send men to vote at .the elections in the
Territory, to collect moneY.;to pay their ex ,
,penses; and if necessary„., to„pretect. them in
voting,. It also proposed terindoet Po ~,slatier
y men to emigrate into the T, i , ory, too
slid sustain them while th, 1,• rnl to elect
none to office but those views
This dangerous society was
.eut.titilled,,,ty.
tnen - Who avowed their purpose to extend slit
----very into. the Territory at all liazaids, and,
was altogether the most effective instrument
in organizing the subsequent armed lava 4 .llone
and forays. In its Lodges in.Nlicsouri the at%
fairi of Kansas werolliscussed, the, foroeneo
' • eesary to control the elesition was divided into'
--- bitiilitriktidlettilertrivere - selectedi-means were
• coPected, and signs and badges Were agreed
• upon. While the gteafrbody"Of the actual
_ settlers Of the territory Were relying upon the
rights secured to theta by the orgy tic
and,hq4 Jortmed no organizatiOn or con3,bina
tion.whatever,:even of a party character, this
conspiracy against their:rights was gathering,
'strength in a neighboring State, end would
haircbeen sufficient at their Crsi election to
•
have, overpowered tnetn,•if they bad beetittni..
ted• to a MAD."' •
_. .
The first election was forfors Delegate to Con-
grew. ;,,it wee appointed (or the 29th "et ...No.
venskler,, • /844 : .. The 'Cii:gerp?ir diOded the,
77.1reiritiiiyinto --- stwentemi - 14eotintr - Distriais;
appointed Judges,, , aid-presdribed4Toper roles
fpr the electleo,
_le the,,lSti_B 816,_ . 9th,_
.I . oih_ll. o th, •ith , inil 17th jitiriets, there op - -
peen; toleve been but little ifiiei Dranduient•
- 'iii he 2tlDititriet • - titt'se coMinnies ii; Me
Gam lute, the .vilhige of: Donee*, . robe, e ,the
' po was to be held,- deelaringtibat tbe' wire'
from Missouri, and' were ;pink to vet ;•-•,,0n
.
ti; morning of the, eleotioe, they surrouudid
she poll, elected a judge front their own num7..
her, all loted, and after the polls were close '
m
the - mob - all triouvi,ted,thoit..-hordes.and
tathei agops,;-and—drgve—off—ot
aboard'for Westport. mid - KIITIPSB City
the 4th Dietrict,_p,
_mob of
,150 Wesouria
the-eame-thing,entering-in-prooesaion,
edly from Missouri, elaimiug no actual,
ammo, but foruingtheir votes in, tieeau . l
they went along, 'they bad driven 'stake.
the ground,,profeseing 'thereby to have
claims. After the election they wentbaelt.ti ,
Misieuri,../Similardetails- are given of the
frauds in the fifth, Atli, seventh; eleventh,
fourteenth and .filteenth Disitiets, in
which large numbers of - Missouri".
and in--bands,- : overawed Abe_ few:, : seatteritte
settlers and . took poSsessinn
They voted themselves without
. having . a
lbw of right; nlyt,prevented the ttetlial resi
,dentsWoliiidefoii Win ninny caties.• "None of
thetri - lired in Kansas; aind-all , went-back--to
MissMiri-arter, the elpsing - of the r;
Thus in tlih, the-.first-electioo in the Vend':
,tort', n; very large majority of the vote's Were
cast by tho.citiiens;,of the
,State of Mitiseuri,
in violation the organic• law of the Torrito:
ry.' . Of the legal voles:. cart, Geri. Whitfield.
received' nplurftlify. Th” Settlers took but
little intvrest election; not ene,,half..4
them voting. 'This. -may-,be : .fteiconnlett-i'gr
from the fact that the settlements were seat
retell over a great elttent 7 —that the' term of
the Delegate to 'be elected was shortL4and
.thatihe.queetiori et" Free and Slaver institti7
tions WO not generally regarded by` them as
distinctly at•issoe. 'Under these. cirourostan-•
cesTa eystetna.tic invasion, 'front- an edjointng .,
State, by Nh h large numbers ofillegal votes
wereeast .in reinot. and 'sparse 'settiemen' ts
for the nvowed'ptirpese exteridiOg" . slaviry
jute the Territory,
.even though it did- not
chntigo the tesolt..-of-the-election,was_n_crime_
of great titngnieude.- Its immediate effect was
to further excite the people - of the . Northern
States—induce nets of retaliation. <and ezna
.,
perste the actual ;let tiers ttgainst thtdr neigh-*
hers in Missouri, . • ••• •
In jantiary and Febrtieri,r 1855, the Giver.
nor caused a new census to be taken:, and—one
the -, l,ky it.was conifile!ell he issued liis precis:
nLtrrl,'tut• an elveihm to be' held - on Alto 30th
~t Nl,.relii,,r-ineatnels of the Legislative
f Before'theelection,, ,
were cirdels ted
.Westerir• Missouri.. The
c.11;i• if the entigrs.tiott
11110 Ot t :, .01011,.fy were'greatly xag ,
gurgled and. tutbreprebented. Through
, the
active exertions of runny of leading citizens
aided by the secret societies . beforat 'refejred.
the . Passiona and prejudices of .the • people
of that State were greatly excited. Severer
residents there have testified to the character
of the reports circulated among and credited,
by the People. These:efforts wore successful.
By an organized movement, Which extended
from Andrew county in the north to Jasper
county-in the south, add as far eastward as
Boone and polo counties, companies of men
were arranged in regular parties and sent
into every Council District the Territory,
and into every Representative District but one.
The numbers were so distributed as to control
the election in each District. They went to
vote, and vilth' -- the avowed design to - make
Kansas a Slave State. They were ,generally
armed and equipped, and carried With -them
their own provisions and tents, and so march
ed into the Territory, The details of this in
vasion, from the mass of the testimony taken
by your. Committee, are so voluminous that
_ .
we can here state but the -leading facts
elicited. _ ° . •
114 T DISTRICT-7-MAIIO7 30. 1853-;7LAwit,iNe6
1 The company of perrilto who-wort:bed loin
i this District, collecterl•in Rny. liovard, Car
roll, Boone, Larayette, Itanuolph, Saline and
Chen counties in the State of Missouri. Their
expeniies-were,,,,paid 7 -those who__could_ ) not
come contributine'provisions, wasps. )&o.
provisions were deposited fir those wiin were
expected t,o come to Lawrence in'thi house of
Wilma Lyhins, and were distributed among
the Missourians, after they arrived there.
The; before and the - morning -of . the
day of the ejection. about I',ooolnen from•the
aboVe counties , arrived 'at Lawrence, and
camped in a ravine a short' distance from
town, near tite - planior voting. ',
They came In wagons—of 'whit:Alll'er° were
over one hundred-rand on bersebani, under
the command of Col. Samual . Yonag, of Boone
county, Missouri. and Claiborne F. Jackson,
of Missouri.—They„ were armed with
.guns,
rifles, Pistols and bowie knivei, and had tents;
music and Hoge with , them. They ' brotight
with them two, pieces'of,artillery loaded with
musket balls, _ On-.their- -way -T to Lawrence
'some ofthein'ilet 'Mr, N. tanton, - who ,
had been apTiottilecr "ate et ' ifirJlia lititirme,.
131,
.04iiii'hyGOv. Iteoder, itnit after-Jet villig-freml
hies - that he considered. it hia_daty _to_ demand
an oath from them.aito - their .pla e 'of reel..
dense, - first attempted to bribe, and - then
tithuitentid • hint with' banging,' 'in .,, order to
Wilde hira 'itr dispenee with that oath: ",
In,
cansquenee of these threats. be did_ not sp
ear at the polls the .next, morning to wit 1113
Threvring before _the: electiou,Ovhils 'in'
-.
~:,,,• Mp kr tlAll3diatiourittuel were rallied together at
fltfri
:tans ot'; CIA It: Claihorti'.• 401 6 3 0 n; 'and . l
tondo to. thim '0,91,..1:Y0up.g;11
— . others
,celling:_for:VolunteOrs,:to. go,. to.
, r 'districts, where-there were not Missou
d-tmOugh_te o_ontistLi he election, as there
o : more at• Lawrence than Were 'needed'
re., Many :Valunteered to-go, and:the' inor
,g of the, electitucsevOral ,companies, from
te'*/ . •menj mid', went .off Teowntieb,.
clickory Point, Bloomington hnd other places.,
°tithe merning,.of, the eleetfon, tho
nails came over to'the •pliicO i of. voting; :froth
their camp,* in bodies of .ono 'hundred•itt. a,
tuna_ Mr., Blanton* not appearing .another
.Indgerwas. appOintml. in his, .1:Root—Col.;
YOUng - clainitng - thaCes7the PeOple,:of-the Ter
ritory had two Judges,
,it was nothing more
than right that the Missourians. should have
the other uncle look aftnr their . inn4ests.c and'
Roliert CUtilMitiS was eleeted
. Blanton's
stood, becauStihe considered . that every man
had-a right-to Yote.iit-fo.badbeen - ik - thrfer.:i
ritniy hut an hour.' The, Mistionrianobrought
their tickets' with thetn, - ..bUt not , having j
enough, they lout three hundred moro,.printed
in LaWience tv.nig_tiefore atyLthe day
of the•election: They 'had white. ribhons
• their
button.bcdes 'to 'distinguish them from
the-settlers—__ • .
When the voting commenced .the question
Of the legality of the.vete of a Mr. Pnge was
rdiSed. Before it' was decided, Col. Samuel
Young stepped up to tbo window where the
votes were received, and settled tlii - C matter.,
The. vote of Mr. Pogo •wan ,withdrawn, and .
Colonel Yontig offered to 'vote.. Be refused
to take the ouch tyescribecl by the Governr,
but - swore he Was a resident of the Territory,
upon which - his vote was ".roceived. - - Ile told
Nlr.Alilikt, one (dim : Judges, when oohed if
- be-intendeti-to tnakeXansas-his• futtire_home,
that it was none of his husineis; that if he
were a resident then, he should ask. no more;
After his +rote wee received..: C01..i. Young
got UP •in the window - sill . and .anne.pil.4tl - to
the_crowd that be had been, pertnitte ,, i ,Ovoie.
Ile told the Judges that - there was
. o use in
swearing tbe - othersYtts.they-would-01l -.swear
.
.as be had dope. After the other Judges eon
clude&to reoeive . Col. Young's vote, Mr. Ab
irlit resign'ecrnsludge of eieetitni; and..Mt '
Benjamin watrelected . in hislilneei- ," r . ,
•I'lie polls were so much - crowded until JAW .
iti the evening that, for a tiine ? wlien.the men
had voted, the' were:ohliged to get out by
being hoisted up •on the roof of the building
where, the election wriiN)eing held, and Os
out over the house. ;Afterward, a_ passnge
way through' .the (weird - was Made, by'.
lines of mffinteing formed..threugit which 114
voters could get.tiplo the polls.: 'OA Young
asked that the old men be allowed to 06... tip
•first awl vote,,,.tui-tbey' were tired 'with'. the
traveling, and wanted to - get hark to camp.
Missourians semetimespme up to the polls
in procession..two,•by.tw i c7 -- , and voted.
During the day the Missourians ° drove off
the ground some of the citizens: - They said
they came to the Territory and persons frdin
the East and_Noith wanted tmeleat a Legisle
cure dint would not suit thetii. ^ They said
they bed a right 'to make Kansas a,
.filave
State, bemiuse the people of .the Nottb had
Sent pereops out to make it a free State.—
So e claimed that they had heard that:: the
Emigre •Aid Societies land sent men out to
ho nt - th election, and they bad come to off:
set the' votes; but the most of them made
no,e ch claim: Col,, Young said he wanted
the citizens - to vote in' .order.te•give the elec
tion.
some show of fairness. .
The whole numbeiof games appeltrin
on the poll lists is 1,034. After full exia4.-
tion, we are satirfted that not over 232 o reae
were legal voters, iindi 802 : were nonresident
find illegal voters. This Istria is strongly
in favor of making Kansas Tree State, iind
there is no doubt that the F e State condi
ilites for the Litfilliitifin -- 4 - vo td - have - been
elected by large majerities;;if no - a but, the ao
tultsettle-ra had voted At th preceeding.
election in Noveinber;,' 1854, whore none but
legal votes Were polled, General Whitfield who.
reMdived_the,olll atrength of the Pro Slaver)
pity, got but 46 votes. ,
2$D. DISTRIOT-;-,-BLOONIINGTON!
On the morning of the election, the Judaea
„ ,
appointed by he Governor appeared and
.opened the polls. Their names were Harri
son .
Burson, Nathaniel Ramsey and Mr. Eli
eon. The Missourians began .to coine in early
in the morning', somnsoo or 000 of — thora, in
wagone,, carriages and ~en horeebackoander
the lead of Banal J. '_49nes, „ then - postmaeter
- of' Westport,sso
Miuri Claiborne , P. Jackson
.
and Mr. S teely i" of Independence, Misswiri.
They were armed, with double barrelled su p ec
(rifles, bawlekk,olves and Edstole, anci, bad flags,
iiiiiiirlhey iiiii4lolort : Of • - infoilcal- 7 --elee,.--
_ tion _ offix it on e a libi; at r'f
first o Gernor
ov .of
-Ransae,and_eltertly', afterwards announ ced
Thomas Jo ;eon .oi. Shawnee Mission . elected
Governor.' The' olie had been opened , but a
short ti when Mr. lonei'Marched with ,the'
•. ,
the : windo w
. ,
aro , up , to the window anti dentantled -that
, ,
'they should be Allowed to vote without-eisear,
log as to their realdence. After some' 'noisy
and tifeatening talk, claiborne F. Jacksoti
adoi.i - eir - da, - ..or s iwci,saying' ifitiz, back 13 91 : 10
there to vote, that they bad a right to vote if
A :.ei , ,- -111 ' 4 , --- 1 °. .
darlislegeralb.
thftlicAl been there•tiut five tniiiiitee, *cud he
.ivas not to go 'Pbonie.
wits "received Jackson
then - called upon`then3.-koiarminto Mile hands
of lifteed r oi• - tweitti; - Which`tliey did, - and i'ent
' to en ox wee'on !ilia a irith gone, - iiiiiiiiiWeicT'
.distributed among theni, and, proceeded, to'
load, some of them on the ground. , In per , '
saance of.Jeektion's request; they 'tied - white
I :
-tope or ribbons in their,betton holea f iro as to.
distinguish. them • from The "'Abolitionists."'
They again, demanded. that the Judges should
resign,and upon.their refusing to,do so, smash..
'ed in the window, - sesh and all, and presepted
their - pistols and guns to .them,:threatening , to
aboot- tlietri. Someone on'lbe- outside cried
got to them got to abbot, as•tanre were Pio
Slavery meit in the room with the Judges.
They then .put a pry under Ito corner of the
house, which as a' log house, and lifted' it up
a few inches and let it - fallirgain,.but desisted'
uporillreing told_-there.were-p_re_ Slavery _men
in the house. During thia - time - Ora-crowd
repeatedly, demanded to be allowed tb vote
wit4ai being sworn, and Mr.' Ellison, one of
the Judges, expres-ed himself willing, but th.e•l
other two Judges refused';: thereupon.- a body.
of men, headed by --'sheriffsJoiies;" rushed
into the Judges' room with cooked pistols and
drawn howl() knives; in their -- liandkand -- ap. - I
preached Burson and Ramsay. Jones pulled
out his watch and said 'he would give, them
five minutes to resign in or die. . When the
ire TIMM es airexpited, end the - Judges — did
not resign, "Jones said be would give t - an-
other minute, and no more. - Ellis° told his
associates that. if ,they dill not re 'gni there
give t
be one hundred shots fired into' the I
room iu less than•fifteen .minutes; and - then
snatching up the ballot box ran out into the
erowd,holding up the ballot, box and burnt•
irig for Missouri. • About that time'Burson
and Ramsey. were called out by their friends,
:and nut suffered - to return. As • Mr. Burson
went
_0,4. - t, he put thk.billot poll,,books_in-Lis
poi liet, and• tools' them with' hirn . ;' and as he
was, going out J'anes enittehed .some papers'
away front him, and-eliortlyarterward_. ciame_
*Ourilitisellboltling them up, crying " htiFrah
for .Missouri." ' .after he - discovered they were,
not the poll :book!, he- took a ,party. of men
men with him and started off to, take the poll
hooks - Jima -Burson.__E - _Mr. - _ - _ - _ - Durson - saw - • - them
'Coining, and he gave - the booke to Mr. Umber
ger; and told' hint' to start off:in another, di•
rectriniTstrawto-rnislead Jones and his party.
Jones and his party caught Mr. Umberger,
took the poll books away from him, and Janes,
ook him up behind hint ours horse, and -car ,
ried hint back a prbioner. After Jonas. and
his party had taketitmberger back, they
went to the house of 'Mr. Ramsay and took
, ~.
Judge.Johu A. -Wekefield•prisoner, and. cat:
tied him to - tle place 'of: election and made
him get upon a wagon nqd make them a
speech ; after which they put a white ribbon
in his button bole and let him go. They,then
chose t*o new Judges, and proceeded with
the election. Three hundred anr:forty one
votes were polled there that dirk, - of .which but
some , thirty were eitixens.--Ihtßtestimony is .
uniform, that ueVeven 30 otihose whe voted
there - were entitled to-vote, leaving 811 illegal
votes. We are padded from .'the testimony
that, had the actual settlers alone voted, the
Free State candidates would trave been elect•
ed by a handsone majority. • -
DIEITRIOT . -TEOI7MBEEI
On the 28th of March, persons - from Clay,
Jackson, and Howard counties, Missouri, be•
gin to come We Tecumseh, in ,wagons, air
riogrs, and on horseback, armed with guns,
bowie knives anti revolvers; and wittithreate /
and encamped close by the town, and contirt•:
ued camping Until the day of election. The
night before the election' 200 men were sent
for from the camp of Missourians at Lawrence.
Oti the morning of the election, before the
pets -- 10 - eitropened; - some - 800 or-400-Missouri—
ans andithers, were •;collected in the-y/10.
about the Louse of Thiimari Stinson, where the
election was 'to be •lield, armed , with bowie
knives, revolvers and clubs. • They JI aid 'they
lame tn.
_yote.:and yid • : the damned -Yankees,,
and' eeld vote withOut'being sworn. Some
said they bad come to hive arfight, and want
ed one. . Col. Samuel H. Woodson; of Indepen
donee, Missouri, was in the mein of the Jud
ges when they it:rived, preparing poll-books,
and tally,lists, and remained there during their
attempts to organize. The room of the Judg
es wait also filled by many of the titrangere.:- 7 -
The JUdgea u l o!. agree - m 2 0 037111 4 ittie
oath to be takenty, themselves. wad the oath
to beredmiiistered to the 'eters, Burgess
desiring io administer the oath prescribed by
the Governor, and 'tbe other. two Judges '‘op
potting it. During this discussion , between the
Judgee i liehieh-lested-sotne_time,....thelerowd
Outside beitime excited and noisy, threatning,
and cursing Mr. Snrgess,: the Free ,State
Judge. Ifent — elys - Wore ` sent _ at iiitlercntrtitaes
by the crowd outside` into' room where the
judges were With ',tin : o46l3in; teessigee, ea
fefilel:4'sligeiest Mr. Burgles , and 'at 45t te
Minutes` were given Willi to organise in, or
lege.; and as the time passed, persons' out
sidevisuld-eall out the number of minutes
-left., : with,threats against Burgess if ho did
not agree to orgintte., At the eta t af that time
ME
the Judges not bring able to orgailize; left,the
room : nand-tile crowd proceeded ._ to elect new
Judges and carry on the election. Theyre°
Slate men generally left the; ground without
~--'
voting;sinifq flinT,:ttiertivrea - ntruse - in Abell-- .
i - dflifihiriTt. — ThiffyoihTiVore so eroWdailn
ring the first part of the day, that the citizen '
could not gekuP to the window, to vote.—
Threats wore Made against the Free State men. •
In the , afternoon till Rev. Mr: Giipattiolt wee
attacked and driven off by tbe,.trioh. ' • .". .
..
.
A large mejority, four to one, of the actual • , '.
littler° of that district, were Free State men,
and
.tlere Retinal° the least
.doubt that if - '
none blitihe 'fiauelsettlers of the'distriet bad '
voted at that electiote the Free .State loatuli.. .
date would have been elected. ,The - number -
of the legal votes in the-district,, according to
the census returns, Was 101. The tetra num.: -
ber of votes cast 372, and of thepe but 'B2 are •
on the return's, and from the- testimony' and • . '
records, we are_satisfied tbat ,, not_over4Olegal
„7
votes ivere-cast at- that- election.
The testimony in relation to the other.djs.
tries deibils equal if liot greater outrages;
The Committee took a large mass 'of testi-.
irony repirding the pioceedings of the Legis
lative. Assembly, which they say lire' daimon
terized by reeklessneaatid injustice: They
likewise speak - of - the crimtsi-such aB ninrders
and robberieS„committed which were frequent, -
saying that in no case, with the exoeption - of
Mcßae, (a Free State man) was there any .
arrest - ondictmonVor,proseoution for thostuf
fences.
The,report coptains 'fall and complete de- •
tails of every thing connected with the Terri
tory of tense's, prior to the. 19th 'of March
last, and says it is , clearly and distinctly pro
ven flint SumuelJ.iones, the Sheriff, was the
Cause of the, recent distut,bances in which be
'.too prominently figured: Mr.
_'Oliver of Mie.,
souri, one of the Inveitigating Conimittee made
speech in t'ae fifteenth district, but did nut
- vote;altheugh be went over with one of' the _
• .
companies from that State intii Kansas. •
.•
- The conclusions of the Committee are, that
- each 'ofth'e - elebtions in Kansas were carried _
the invasion from Missouri; that the Legi!la..
dye Assembly is an illegally conatitutedhOdy.
'and therefore•has no power to - pasi valid\latvs."-
For these reasons its enactments are void.' The
election of J. W, Whitfield was not held tinder
any. .va,id..uw, nor wait the election of Reeder
held
held in accordance with lel. The Commit-.
tee
tee suigest no remedy. The report treats of "
Obstructions thrown in the way of the corn.
mittee, and of the"general violence_thst - pre
vette in'the.Territory. At is 'Very 404nonitraa.- ‘,
and is signed by Mossre Sherman tualfl i lloer,..'
ard.
14 J. KIIFFER, DRUGGIST,
14• has moved his store from the former stand to his
oew ',wilding immediately opposite, and; adjoining Mr.
C. Inhott's thole Having made every arrangement tO"
preserve his Medicines fresh and pure, and Wring:
replenished his assortment' of carelully elected drugs,
he is now again prepared to attend to business with
are anti pramptness. His assortment will furnish . '
almost. every thing that may be called for, either by the
physicists orthe tamily„ - for domestionso.-- thegrestetti- -
cat e and precaution will be observed in the "upponnit
big of prescriptions and dispensing of 'medicines. IHe
assortment of eoutertionaries and ' , luny Goods is very
general, and will enable purchasers to suit themselves.
May '..8,1850.
4 . DRUGS, AND CHEMICALS,
With a Sploutild variety of
= CONFECTION ARY AND FA NOY.0001)8.
Trio undersigned has just replenished his stalk of
goods;
,and as Wel/rugs and Chemicals, have been so.
iected with great care, ho is prepared to fill all Ordeal
promptly. his friends may rely.upon the gem:duel:4i+
and purity'of every article.
his stock of 01.110011T1tiNfillY is large and seltnted •
with speciai reference to the holiday's. it will afford
any variety persons may , desire in that line. Ile bus a
!liege:assortment of French,herman and domestic irenty
Candies, all fresh' and of the. very best quality. Ws aa.
sortment ortANCY WOODS is large .aud ointments!.
most every thing necessary for 'the Toilet and Namily.
Us invites special attention to, his Nancy Work bonlea,
Ladies' ilags, Cologne bottles, Watch and Card Trays,
Port... Yolks, l'ortmonies, do, *c. •
Quick sales, small, profits and strict oonitistatio in
trade shall characZerise onr business.
. dee-19.'14. . B. J. RIZIFBR.
RES.11111#108;iiIEDIOMS --- 414i • -
j: • .46-1 have just received from' Philadelphia and
, Now York very extensive additions' hp my
lbrmer stock; embracing nearly every/OMo -•
~,. Of Medicine. 'now in use, together with
Paints; 011 s, Varnishes, ' Turpentine, Perfu
-• wry, Saps, Stationary, Yine Cutlery,,Yinti
lug Taakle,DrUsheit of iduleist every denalp-
len,_witn_nwendlose var l et tikr, other articles, which
amm - determined to veil the vinfreiriter - Prine4: -
All Phys T r a tz2ountr, -Merchants, Pedlars anti oth
ers,. are ly requested , not to , pass' the OLD
STAND, as they nuty rest, assured that every artichtwill
benold of a good N
quality, an d upon reasonableinriiii • '
13
„ . . •uaticen
• . , .
May SO. • • , • Alain atteet. Darldeles
Ripas !,_DRufasKpAusas I Riesh
i 5,
suip,,. . I have illet; l ,received a fresh . iiiniir of
lfMedicines, Paints, • GlaMO, .011,, Al, which, bating
-been we'll:med. crith- griat ; ,earcrat the hist chi
houses, Icanoonlideetly recommend to ..Paskilt
rninicinn4 quantal Merchant* and Deal aili 11l
ins fresh and pure. •.. .- ' , - t . i .•
... lipg,G,ol3-,-Patent Medicines, Pliiii • therolails; Inatrir
E nnuts, pure Xaccoltial,olla, Herbs and illsAracts, SpiCes,
gmiudiuill, whole; Gramm; Pertamery,../ic. . •••
God iArt.r.oll--wanant al: Med**. Su genuine. • .
GY,GAITUVIS-rilidig" • nni; kolltiilti
and Oars Woods, Oil Vitriol, Copperas, Leo Dye. ''
PAlNTS—Wetborili cot .111ither'll I'We Lead, elm**.
Green and Yellow, Paint and •VaraliV,DrushaviAern7.
AYlndowMiase , ..blusecut.oll...TurptuitineXopiden.qpaeP, -4..
Vmash, and Red Lead. 'Which will holisild'al• !All - '
very lowest market price:. •. ••••:- - •...,- - - y,,,- - .
Also, a fresh and opleudid eingitmen . '•
ir AT, 'LC Y
GOODE4 Fruits; Confectionary ; Mid' Innumerable - Otter '
articles ozdenlatod •for cum 'ftud-ormunent, all tit.* * , • _.igeh • - ...•
are offered at the lowest onals pricer,* the ellesW'ro
Booklind-pancy Store of,the•autotriW- the
north'M
over street' • ' • .' ' ' -.'-' : ' .'B.'ll'' TIAVEitB/74 1 ‘. •
.... _
.
IVAILB . I MYR' ‘ /*%
14
/1 Pired to supra* . coilitiryideieliinfal:with mill A
rciatiiillicturers paces. ° 13A;.TON.
11/ 1 0HAllt HEAD bRigSSI4.,.- I '- , : the ,
jj subscriber has"just , received Metudr Aiwa Dray
sea,. irt Hoops, ands tow Spring Dress Goods;
'March 6.. - • GEO. W. 111T/§lllll.' •
iZrug