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,CALIFORNIA L1R1C8.
TBS HIHEX’s LAMENT.,
High on n rough and dismal crag, ,
Where Kean might say, “Ay, there *”Tlie
Where oft, uo doubt, some midnight hag
Had danced ajig with Beelzebub—-
There stood, beneath the pale moonlight',
A nliuer grim,-with vo-agelong,
Who "vexed the drowsy ear of Night’’
With dreadful rhyme ind dismal song.
-TCWT '!> ...
MsBifiimlliitfo
He sang: “I hare no harp nor lute
Tosouud the stern decrees of fate;
I once possessed a two-holed flute,
But that I sold to raise a stake.
Thetqwake thy strain, my a i tLtlafaflto’fi
gift :hccricketr..fiom their lairs l
wood and mountain ring again,
nd terrify the gristly bears.
tbe Store of Wilson fc yeal.
* tSEORQtJt.
Jan3
P1TNER & ENGLAND.
Wbulesaleb.Retail Dealers'! n
Groceries, Dry Goods,
HARD WARE, SHOES AXD BOOTS,
April* ArnExs, Ga.
clark & carter.
DEALER* IN
Family Groceries and
Provisions. ;
At D.N. Judeon’s old stand, Broad, street,
Athens, Ga.
MOORE & CARLTON, >
DEALERS IN
SILK, FANCY AND STAPLE GOODS,
HARDWARE AND CROCKERY.
April No. 3, Granite Raw, Athens,Ga.
LUCAS & BILLUPS, ,
WHOLESALE AXD RETAIL. DEALERS IX
DRY GOODS,
GROCERIES, HARDWARR.4c. Jtc.
No. 2, Broad Street, Athens.
My home is on a distant shore,
Aly gentle love is far away. •>.
She t .earns njjt that my clothes are tore,, ,
And all besmeared with dirty clay.
She little knows howmuchof late,
Amid those dark and dismal scenes.
I’ve straggled with an adverse Fate,
Acd lived, oh Le’rd 1 on pork and beaus.'
Oh, that bean would "never grow,
'IVfling iU shadow u’er my heart,
Hy tears of grief i}re hard to flow.
But foed like this most make them gfw »fr :
The good «dd times have passed away.
And all things now are strange and new
All «nde my shirt and n-ofcsers gray,
, Three •'ockin.-sand one cownhide sl oe, ? r ’j
OI>! give me back tlie days of ybrfe.
Ami all those bright though fading scenes,
Connected with that happy tJior*.
" here turkeys grow and ciadis nnd greens
lliose days tbatsaijk. long peeks ago,
Deep in the solemn olden time.
And left-no trace that-man may-know,
Save trowsers nil patched up behind, .
Aid boots all worn, aud .>ft’rfb all torn. *
.Or botched with mog Aotrngeous stitches,.
Oh. give me back the days of yore,
And my best go-to-meeting breeches 1
30I1N II. CHRISTY,
PI AIX AXD FAXCY
Book nnd Job Printer,
“Franklin Job Ofioe.” Athens. Ga.
% til work entrusted in hi* carsfaiililully..correctly
Mid paactaally eiecmert, at jirire* rnrnvpoml-
'rlie limes
J*sIS iagwMiihslMcdan«*fib«l
WILLIAM N. WHITE, \ ,
vaouuu and retail
BOOKSELLER AND STATiWKtt,
A AdXivjp operand Magazine Agent.
HEALER IN
MUSIC nnd MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS
LAMPS, FINE CUTLERT, FANCY COOKS. AC.
N*. S, Cullen Avenue, Newmn llnu.e, Athens, Oa
■iERPf “ White’* University ‘took Store.”
Orders promptly filled at Augusta rates.
SUMMEY k JONES,
A THR Ll\kG/INDlANT^AGfDy '
The following graphic description of
the dentil of the braver Fontanel!*, chief
of the Omaha*. ip a w>g|e handed conflict
with a hand of Sioux, we, copy from the
Missouri Democrat. It w the-afore inter-
eating on account t»f having occurred
very recently t a 'j . 7
was a noble fellow, nnd in this Inst
mortal conflict he despatched'several of
the enemy to the spirit land before, to
herald the coming of his own soul. He
fought long, desperately, and with great
i-ffect; but numbers Anally overcame
him, and bra -life departed through a
hundred wounds.
DEALERS IN
GROCERIES. HARDWARE, STAPLE-
DRYGOODS, STOVES, IRON. CAST
INGS. CROCKERY-WARE, Ac,
Corner of Broad and Wall streets,
Athens, Ga. August 16. 1856.
II. JONKS. r. A. Sl’UMEY.
—. #L_k . : l_
JAMES M. ROYAL,
HARSKS8 MAKKBi
H AS removed his shop to Mitchell’s old
Tavern, one door east of Grady A Nich
olson’s—where he keeps always on haud a
pmeral assortment of article* in bisline, and
uatways ready to fillordersiothe best style.
Jan 26 tf
COLT & COLBERT,
♦ DEALERS IN
STAPLE DRY GOODS .GROCERIES
AND HARDWARE.
No. 9 Granite Row...... Athens, Ga
•JAMES i. COLT. | WJI. C. COLBERT.
August fl, 1863. <•
T. BISHOP & SON,
Wholesale and Retail Gocers,
April 6 No. I, Broad street, Athens.
they knew it was for the bole purpose of
leading them off from the party whose
encampment they had first discovered.
Logan saw them going round with
glaring ton**, and understood their
object, and know that his only chance o
safety was in immediate flight towards
his home ; and lie f«Mmr knew that by
the. time they could their way to
their place of MartingSbid find thn trail
that his own peopIe®«d taken, they
would be beyond thei ’* d
vine Sioux, in the mea
ed into smaller bands, ti
Was to return and
AUNT AND DEAF
jge.tea WIFE. . ...
I had an aunt coming to visit me for
the first time since my. marriage, and I
don’t know what evil orenius nmmni..i
don t know what evil genius prompted , laugh, that all gravity was upset, nnd we
the wickedness which 1 perpetrated screamed*iu concert. /.
towards my wife and my ancient rela-1 I know it was very wrong, and aH .that
tlve ' , ! to tell such falsehoods; but I think that
My -dear, said I to my wife, on the Mrs. Opts herself would have laughed
day before mv mint’s arrival << .nn if abo hurt com, A,,»* — - • ■
ch of danger,
ile, had divid-
rgest of which
. pursul the Omaha:;,
and the others to endeavor to capture
the one limy liad They knew
IBtlie must be an Omaha, and that he
would either go.funher and kindle an-
oUier watch-fire, or start for his nation
“ . straight line; and therefore one
party went on a little further, and the
others spread out towards the Omaha
country, for the purpose of intercepting
him.. Logan pressed forward as Tasl as
his jaded Meed could bear him, until be
thought he had entirely eluded them,
but as the/flky- dawned, to bis horror and
djsmay.hesaw his pursuers blo-e upon
his track. He turned his couse for a
ravine, which he distinguished at a-dis
tance, covered whh trees :‘i nd under
growth. He succeeded in reacliibg it
wubiu its vergo he met an Iadi-
* n pfyl dipping water from the spring.—
She r as startled', and about to cry for
help, when lie hastily assured her * that
he .needed pietection and assistance.^-
With the true instinct of a nobler woman.
*»ppreefatcd bis.situation in an instant.
*7 all’her sympaihies were with him.
She directed him to dismount and go‘ to
a small natural bower to which she point
ed bim^jn the ^erge of the woods, while
*ho would mount his horse and lead his
pursuers away. He obeyed her, and
sl.e mounted his horse, and dashing on
iu a serpt-ntine way through the woods,
leaviug niarks along the bushes by
.whiclislie could be traced; The pur.-uer
eo R9 folfoyed - When, she bad gone'
d|»tauce down the branch she rode
into the water and followed its descend
ing coarse for'q few steps, malting her
horse touch ii» side and leave footprints
then turtivd up the
stream and ; rode sjbpvp the place at
which she entered it, ivuliout leaving a
trace, find back Vo where Logan wa9
coUeewled,.bShf1ohl hinMo mount and
m J aunt’s arrival, you if she had seen Aunt Mary’s exptessioh
kn ?, W T r Dt 1* coming to-inorrow, when she was inforned that Aer hearing
well, I forgot to mention a rather anuoy- — 1 ” *
rather anuoy
mg circumstance with regard to her.
|\he’s very deaf; and although-she can
hear my voice, to which she is'accus-
tomed, in its ordinary tones,
ROMANCE OF MAGNETISM.
Eugene Guizot gives us an inci den
will K_ , 'i --■«=» -I.awljllt Pwuiaa life, -which he regard- ns
ill Older tr f to S:,eak extremely loud romantic,-and which is at least amus-
in oider tc be heard. It will be rather
who
inconvenient, but I know you will do
everything in your power to make her
stay agreeable.
Mrs. S. announced her determina
tion to make herself heard
ble,
I then went to John T-
loves a jok e about as well as any person
1 know of, and told him ' to be at the
house at 6 P. M, on the'following even
ing, and felt comparatively happy.
I went to the railroad depot with a
carriage next night, and^vhen I was on
my way home with \my aunt, I said—.
My dear aunt, there is one rather
annoying infirmity that Anna (his wife)
has, which I. forgot to mention before.
She’s very deaf, and although she can
heai. my voice, to which she is accus
tomed, in its‘ordinary tones, yet;ou
will be obliged tospeuk extremely loud,
in order to be heard. I am vefy sory
for it, ' • •' . - •
Aunt Mary, in the’ goodness of her
heart, protested, that she rather liked
speaking loud j and to do so would afford
her great pleasure.
The carriage drove up—on the steps
wan my wife—in the .window was John
-, with a face as utterly solemn as
if be had buried all his relatives that
Logan Fontanel)**, chief of the Oma-
t , has just been s!*ia and coalped ml
upFwrk, bynbamlof Sioirx. Logan »P9V:d away, while bis puivuerstwere ge-
, W. W. LUMPKIN,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
Athens, Ga.
Wm* 4 Practice iu all the counties of the
We*UrnCircuit. Particular attention
Pt<-« to collecting.
Office on Broad street, over WUte k Moss’
store.
Jan 81
w. L. MARLER,
attorney at law.
Jefferaoa* . Jackson County, Ga. "*
Mw»rs. McLcsIer a Hunter
Thompson. E*qe., Jefferson; D.
Z- J * Pcc P^’ Ksqs- I*w.
••dJM PeeplBBi Baq.
Sir £■*■»*; Shensi Law & Clarke
la 17 r *l‘‘ m ’ Bsq *’ Galoe » Till *‘
W, G. DELONY.
JJTORHEY AT LAW,
WILL give hii.pecial atUnUun to collect-
titled !a’i ,d ^ ®l*itns of atl persons en-
SSto J 4 *'*?$*•****•*•• the late
SJ y nif n * Bi,lo, ‘ hel “ t Congress, i
TM°f2n" Bt?ad Stre6t ° Ver the 8 -*
A»wh 16-1865-1f.
C- W. & H. R. J. LONG,
ATHENS, Ga.
SLOAN & OATMAN,
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It'llU1U, A m < ) icon
^"twilTnu 1 ! rn * a " <1 Vilse ‘ | ; MurL-le
i^^sasia^-
, He died a martyr to his people, ‘ind
his name *hould be carved upon fame’*,
brightest tablet
He was on his annual hunt with ’ his
nation. A number of his lodges'were
pitched upon the plains near Loup Fork/
As a young warrior one day rode around
the adjacent hills, Ue espied .a powerful
band of Sioux encamped along a stream
in a sequestered vale. He hastened to
inform Logan of the propinquity and
power of their natural foe. Logan or
dered bis people to back immediately,-
nnd proceed in a straight line, >vitli all
speed, for home, when he would remain
behind, and divert ihe Sioux by false 1
camp fires and other devices, from ft
direct pursuit of them. This was about
twilight The people got under way as
quickly as possible', but not too soon ;
lor scarcely had they turned a highland
when several Sioux warrioi s cfpteinsight
nnd discovered the place of .their recent
encampment. They examined it found
that the Omahas had been theft, aftd
they then, returned to notify their chief
and bring an adequate force to pursue
and slaughter them. *
Logan, from a hiding place, saw nil
and knew that no time was to beulost in
drawing their attention from ihe trail
which they .would soon discover and fol
low ; and, mounting bis horse, be dashed
a way at foil speed across (lie prairie, at
right angles with the route his tribe had
taken, and strut* a fire about eight miles
distant, oil an eminence where the Sioux
could distinctly see it. He had scarcely
done so before a powerful band were on
the spot be and liis people had just left,
and who without stopping to distinguish
the trail, started for the fire which ihey
saw rising against the clear, blue sky,
and ivhere' they expected in'another md.
ment to imbrue their hands in the gore.'
of their unguarded victims. But Logan
had not been unwary. As soon as the
fire was lighted, he again mounted *nd
rod j eight or ten miles further, and kin
dled another fire just as they reached
the first. This rather bewildered them-
They dismounted and examined tbp
store ground. Logan anticipating ibis. i 1Hl l
trotted and Walked his horse around * it,
so as to make the appearance upon the
grass of treading of a dozen horses.; and
this drew them into the belief that a
small body had lingered behind and kin- ,D8
died this fire, and then gone to where
they could see tbe new fire burning; and
so they followed with renewed avidity.
The same thing happened as before, rrt
Logan had gone,.' and another fire met
their astonished gaze, while the. same
sort of foot prints were about the one
around which they were now gathend.
Their suspicions were now awaken, d.—
They examined the ground more closely,
both far and near, discovered that a soli
tary horseman had deceived them; md
ingin a contrary direct ion\ibwo the ravine
He did so, snd got a long distance out of
sight, nnd again lhauglu birpsejf out of
the reach of danger, when in a valley
just i^. front df him* lie saw fifty braves
coming Xrp tlie hill tn meet him. They
were: some of those who were returning
fit>in the pursuit of hi* people. He
mbanged-liis direction and tried to escape,
but hir poof hor e was 'oo much exhaust/
edfto hear him with sufl)c< ht speed.—
With.saxage yells they .plunged their
rowels into theii horses’ sides and gained
u|ioii him. As the foremost approach-
ad will'iiti good shouting distance Ldgah
turned suddenly and sent a bullet through
his brain..; Then loaded as he galloped
on, he soon made another bite the dust a
and then another, atnj another, four wer,
strewn along the plain.. Just then, how
ever, as he was again reloading, his
liorse stumbled and fell’.’ nnd the band
rushed upon him before; he had weH re-
coyereil from the shock. He was. shot;
with bullets and arrows,and gashed with
totnahaxVks, and piercbd with lances;
noTwitfotandihg'all which he rose amid
bis foes, and with Ills - clubbed rifle and
hunting knife, lie piled around .him five
prostrate bodies, and fell with his back
upon their corpses, and expired still fight
ing. He was scalped, Aid hundred* of
warriohs held a great war dance ovefr
Inta.'
Thus Logan Fontanelle departed, and
his noole spirit was followed to the. spirit
land by the sighs and lamentations of his
nation and the.' sympathies and aspira
lions of the brave of every land.
How the Modest Man was Mista
ken.-—The Lowell Courier is respon-i
ble for the following
v In a neighboring city, at Thackeray’s
lecture, a few evenings since, a young
gentleman—the most modest man of his
sex, and no less polite than modest, was
sitting in a pew raiber remote from the
Ifoht. A pretty lady was sitting next
to°him. Looking on the floor during the
lecture; he espied what he thought was
the lady's handkerchief,the lace-’.rimmed
bd»e just visible from under her dress.—
Turning to his pewmate, he gallantly
whispered, «you\ e dropped your hand-
kerchief, madam ! w and b fore she could
risply, he proceeded to pick it up. Hor
ror! he had seized the edge ot her pet
f fr-v* and did not discover l.is
mistake until the top of a gaiter stared
him in the lace, and the faint sound ot
laugh just nipped in the bud bjfthe ap
plication of a real handkerchief, warned
his of his mistake. ? Pbancy bis pheel-
up
Moral.—Don’t attempt to pick
anything with lace to it befo.e you know
what it is.
DEAF
I know not what the. end would have
been, if John, in his. endeavors to appear
respectful and sympathetic, had not
given vent.tosuch a groan and a horse
was defeotive,
mg.
Special Message m
HMW
Kausas
reference to
'fairs.
TaTHE SENATE AND HOUSE OF
junv-14
“The Danish Sound Does —A Paris
letter, published in the New York Com
mercial Advertiser, stales that Sucre/
tary Marcy’s circular in regard to the
Danish Sound Dues gives great satis-
faction, and tbe difficulty is regarded
as settled upon the basis of that docu
ment;
afternoon.
I handed ofat my, annt—she ascended
thejsteps. •
4p Jipm delighted to see you,” shrieked
;iny wife, and the policeman on the op
posite sidewalk started aud my aunt
nearly fell down ihe steps,
f Riss me, my dear,” howled my
aunt; and the hall lamp clattered, and
the windows shook as with the fever
and ague. I loolyd at., ihe window—
John bad disappeared. Human nature
could stand it no longer, I poked my
head into the carriage, and went to
strong convulsions.
When I entered the parlor my wife
was helping Aunt Mary to take off her
hat and cape; aMd there sat John with
his face.
Suddenly, ** Did you have a pleasant
journey T’ Went off iny wife Tike a pistol,
and John nearly jumped to his feet.
Rather dusty,” was the response in
a war-whoop, and so the -conversation
coBtinaed.
The ueigbbors fur blocks around
must have heard it; ; when 1 was in the
third story of the building I heard ever)
r & ’•
In the course 6! the evening my aunt
took occasion io say to me—
“ How loud your wile spjpak?, don’t
it hurt her !” *
I told her all deaf persons talked
( oudly, and that my wife, being used to
it, was not affected by the exertion, and
that aunt Mary was getting along very
nicely with her.
Presently my wife said, softly—
. “ Ah, how very loud your aunt talks.”
Yes," said I, “ all deaf persons do.—
You’re getting along' with her finely ;
she' hears every word you say.” And l
rather think she did.
Elated by their success at being un
derstood, they went at it hammer and
topgs, till everything on the mantle-piece
clattered again, and I was seriously
afraid of a crowd collecting in Irontuf
the house. :
But the end was near. My aunt be
ing of an investigating turn of mind,
was desirous of finding out whether the
exertion of talking so loud was hotdn-
jurious to my wife.' So—
” Doesn’t talking so loud strain your
lungs t” said she, in an unearthly whoop,
for her voice was not as musical as it
was when she was young.
It is an exertion,” shrieked my
wife. ’
“ Then why do you. do it?” was the
answering scream.
Because—because—you can’t hear
if I don’t,” squealed my wife.
What?” said mj aunt, fairly rival
ing a railroad whistle ihia time.
I began to think it timeto evacuate
the premises; and looking round and
seeing John gone, I stepped into the
buck parlor and there he lay, flat on his
back, with his feet at right angles to his
body, rolling from side to side, with bis
face poked into his ribs and a most
agonizing expression of countenance,
but not uttering a sound. I immediate
ly and involuntarily assumed a similar
attitude,- and I think that Irons the re
lative position of our feet.and head, and
in our attempts to restrain our laughter,
appop'exy must have inevitably ensued,
if a horrible groan, which John gave
vent to in h;s endeavor io suppress his
risability, had not betrayed our hiding-
place. —
In rushes my wife and my aunt, who |
by this time, *o nprehendeiJ the joke,
and such a scolding as l then got 1
■ever got before, and I hope never to
get again,- .
The scene is laid in the pavilion at
tached to-a country house' in the neigh
borhood of the great city; the time at
few minutesof H P. M. Mans. Armand
awaits with impatience Madame X.
with whom he has arranged an interview
at that hour, quite innocently, but less
prudish people should not so regard it,
quite secret.
Close to the appointed time Mons.
Armand hears footstep* ? It is the lady?
The door opens f He stands stupefied
in the presence of the husband. Mons..
X. has returned from"P»ris, and deem
ing it too late to awaken the sleepers of
the house, comes to share the room of
his friend iu the pavilion.
Tbe conversation between the lover
(shall we call him so ?) and the husband
is amusing, and as the hour approaches
the perplexity of tlie former increases.
His agitation leads him to the most in
consistent remarks, and tlie most inex
plicable questions. ' •
“What is the matter with you ?’ asks
tbe husband.
“Noibiag at all.” ■
--*1 discompose you—how strangely
you- look! Have I interrupted some
thing serious ?” • * .
The lover stands, with bis ban Is pres
sed upon a little table, weak and ner
vous with agitation.
“Ah!” exclaims the husband, “I see,
you were about to try an experiment in
table turning I’* .*
The suggestion saves the lover. Grad
ually recovering, he admits tbe fact. The
whole public was then in a rage of table
turning, aad The most marvelous effects
were attributed to the mysterious, pro
cess. 'JL2J .1 V. .VI i. -'T .
“Yes,” exclaims Mons. Armand. “1
admit.it. You smile at me. You doubt.
Shall I- prove to you^ by an exhibition
of true science, one of those miracles of
magnetism of which I speak! Will you
close your eyes to the evidence of facts!”
“No, I ask nothing better than an ac
tual proof.”
•‘You shall have it. My will can
traverse space and overawe distance.
Name some one at the chateau, and I
will summon him .here in a moment
.■shall it be your aunt ?"
“Oh, no! she is too old, and the ex
periment would ruin us.”
•‘Your wife, then."
“Very well-my wife.”
Mons. Armand, with an air of intense
thought, leans on the table, and inwardly
exerts bis magnetic will.
In a few moment* Madame X. enters
and perceives her husband, stands mute,
pale, with dilated eyes and outstretched
arms, and an air of stupor wholly un
affected. a
“Prodigious 1”. -exclaims the- hus
band. .. . . . ,1
“Hu^b—silence,”, says the magne-
tiser.” -s ■-.
“Do not awake her. Do you, at last,
admit the power of magnetism?' Do
you acknowledge.The mysjer/ ’of sdm
nambulism and the magnetic-currents ?”
“I am indeed convinced,” murmured
the astonished husband.
Fearful of awakening the somnam
bulist tlie magnetiser forbids the hu
band to speak or to approach; and with a
few words nnd gestures willed her de
parture, and the sleeping medium walks
off - ' j.
We will not pursue the story further.
All learned a lesson by the experiment
and the husband was thereafter a firm
believer in animal magnetism.
REPRESENTATIVES:
.Circumstances have occurred to dis
turb the course of governmental organi
zation in the Territory of Kansas, anil
produce there a condition of things
which renders it incumbent on me to
call your attention to the subject, and
urgently to recommend the adoption by
you of such measures of legislation as
the grave exigencies df the case appear
to require. -- -• . --f
» -A brief.'exposition Of the circumstan
ces referred to, and of their causes, will
. be necessary to the full understanding
of the recommendations whieh it is
proposed to submit:' 1 f
The act to organiie the Territories of
Nebraska fin'd Kansas w>,s a manifesta
tion of (he legislative opinions of Con
gress on two great points of constitution^
al construct'.on, or e,< h it the designa
tion of the boundaries of a new Terri
tory, and provision for its political or-
mmwm
partly of the unjustifiable inlerfci e: !C«; : * jk
of the inhabitants of some of the Staten,
foreign by rt-sidence, interests, and;
rights'tCthe Territory,
r The Governor of the Territory r.f*
Kansas, commissioned, as before Mutedfe
on the 29th ofJlme, I854vdid riofreac .
the designated .seat of his government,
unril the 7th of the ensuing Oetpber ;
and even . then failed to make the (ir.-i
step in iis legal organizatidp—-that of cl- -V
dering the census or enuaieratioif of its ■
inhabitanU—until sn Ut* a day ibut
election of the mcnjbeis of the legisUt-
tive a-sembly did aot lake plaewuntHthe ~ ! ’
30th of Mjjj-yib go ihaVlo “
year alier tlio territory was constitul
by t ie act of Congress and the officers
to be appointed by the Federal Exec;:-
tive ; had been coniitlissihned, it was;
without a comp’etd goverhment, witUpuk
any legislative authority, without local
law, and of course, without theorilUiary.,
guarantees of peace and public order.
In other respects, the governor, in^
stead of exercising constant vigijance'
and putting .forth all his.energies% pre^'
vent or counteract the tendencies t<>
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has been eloquently and truly said that if
Christianity were compelled to flee from
the mansions of-tite great, the academies
of philosophers, the halls of the legisla
tors, oc tbe throngs of busy men, we
shoul^ nnd her last retreat with women
at the fireside. Her last audience would
be the children gathering round the knee
of a mother; the last sacrifice, the secret
prayer, escaping in silence fron her lips,
and heard perhaps only at the throne of
God. • • =' * •
When we are young, we are slavish
ly employed in procuring aometbing
whereby we may live comfortably when
we groMfoId; and when we are old, we
perceive it is too late to live as we pro
posed. ; So saulffi learned author 100
years ago. And is the world any wiser
yet? Not much, if any. It is still the
grab game all over. ’• Get money if
you can, honestly. At. all, events—get
money!” Preoy lesson this, with all
our would be moral principles blushing
around, our. necks. But these we cons
ti iye to hide in our pockets, and 9f.ly
parade them at church on Sunday. The
poet talks something about “ Man’s
inhumanity to man.” How pious we go
it at church, too! But let us not despair
—the world is on the raendj however
slow;
fall within the powers of the General
Government; and the other, that the
inhabitants of any sucb Territory ^con
sidered as ait inchoate State are entitled
in tl:q exercise of self" government, to
determine'for themselves what shall be
their own domestic institutions, subject
only to the Constitution and the laws
duty enneted by Congress under it, and
to'the power'of tbe existing States to
decide according to the provision and
principles of the' Constitution at what
time the Territory shall be received as a
Stale into the Union. Such are the
great political righfs which are solemnly
declared and affirmed by that act.
Based upon this theory, the act of
Congress defined ' for each Territory
the outlines of republican government,
distributing public authority among
lawfully- created agehts—executive,
judicial, and legislative—to be. appoint
ed either by the General Government
or by the Territory. The legislative
functions were intrusted to. a council
and a house of representatives duly
elected nnd empowered to enact all the
local laws which they might deem es
sential to their prosperity, happiness,
land goo’d government. Acting in the
same spirit, Congress also defined the
persons who were in the first instance
to be considered as the people of each
Territory; enacting that every free
whi'e male inhabitant of the same above
the age of twenty-one years, being an
actual resident thereof, and possessing
the qualifications hereafter described
should be entitled to vote at the firsi
election and be eligible to any office
within the Territory ; but that the quali
fications of voters and holding office at
atl subsequent elections should be such
ns might be prescribed by the legislative
assembly : Provided, however, that the
right of suffrage and of holding office
should be exercised only by citizens of
the United States, and those who should
have declared on oath their intention
to become such, and have taken an oath
to support the Constitution of the United
States and the provisions of the act.
And provided further, that, no officer,
soldier, seaman or marine, or other
person inthe array or navy of the United
States, or attached to troops in their
service, should be allowed- to Vote or
hold office in either Territory by reason
of being-on service therein.
Such oFthe p'ublicofficers of the Terri
tores as. by the provisions of the act.
were to bo appointed by the General
Government, including the governors,
were appointed and commissioned in due
season; the law having been enacted on
the 30th of May, 1654, and the co.tit-
mission of the Gdverntfi- of the Terri
tory of Nebraska being dated on the 2d
day of August, 1854, and of the Terri
tory of Kansas on the 29th day of June
1854 -H
Among the duties imposed by the act
on the governor, was that or directing
and superintending the political organi
ze on of the respective Territories.
The Governor of Kansas was required
to cause a census or enumeration of the
inhabitartts ami qualified' voters of the
several* counties and districts of the
Territory to bfe taken by such persons
and in such mode as he might designate
and appoint; to appoint and direct the
time and places of holding the first elec
tions, and the manner of conducting
them, both as to the persons to superin
tend such.ele^tions and the returns
thereof; to declare the number of the
members nf the council and house of
representatives for each county or dis
trict; to declare what persons might ap
pear to be duly elected : and to appoint
the time and place of the first meeting
of tbe legislative assembly. Iu sub
stance, the same duties were devolved on
the Governor of Nebraska. .
While, by this act, the principle'-'of
the constitution for «ach of the Terri
tories was one and the same, and the
details of the organic legislation regard
ing both were as nearly as could be
identical, and while the Territory of
Nebraska was tranquilly and success
fully organized in the due course oflaw,
and its first legislative assembly met on
the 16th ol January, 1855, the Urbani
zation of Kausas was long delayed, and
has been atietded with serious ddfimi
lies and embarrassments, partly the con
imperfectly-organized and newly-ns:
ciated communities, allowed his atten-.
tion to be diverted from official obhga^
lion by other objects, and himself sef an*
example of the violation of law-in the;
performance of acts, which rendered it
tny duly,.in the sequel, to remove him:
from the office of chief executive magis^
trate' uf the Territory. .
Before thp requisite preparation waV
accomplished for tbe election of. a terri-’
torial legislature, an election of delegate
to Congress had been held in the Terri*'
tory on the 29th day of November, 185
and the delegate took his seat in the'
House of- Representatives without chal
lenge. fff arrangements had been per
fected jbijr tiife governor, so that the elec-'
tion of members of the legislative as
sembly might be held in the several-'
precincts at the same time as for delegate'
to Congress, any question appertaihihg'
to the'qualification of the person^ voting '
as the people of the Territory would
have passed necessarily and at orise-
under the supervision of Congress; as
the judge of the raBdily of’ the return of- »
the delegate, anil' would have been de-;
termined beft,re-conflictingpassionk hhd
become inflamed, by tin*?, and before
opportunity could have been afforded for
systematic interference of tbe people of .
individual States!
This interference, in «o far asTf con
cerns its primary causes and its imme-’
diate commencement, was one of tho
incidents of its pernicious agitation on
the subject of the condition of the color-
e 1 persons held to service in some of the
States, which has so longdisturheiLthe. 1
repose of onr country, and excited in
dividuals, otherwise patriotic and law
abiding, to toil with misdirected’ zeatin'
the attempt to propagate their social
theories by the perversion and abfrse of
the powers of Congress, The persons
and the parties whom the tenor of tlie
act to organize the. Territories ofNe-'
braska and Kansas thwarted in the en
deavor to impose, through the agency of
Congress, their particular views of social-
organization on the people of the future
new States, now perceiving that the
policy of leaving the inhabitants of .each-
State to judge for tbemselvse in this-’- •
respect was ineradicably rooted in the
convictions of the people of the Union,
then had recourse in the pursuit' of theii 1
general object, to the extraOrdinary
measure of a propagandist colonizatiorA
of the Territory of Kansas, to prevent'
the free and natural action of. its inha
bitants in its internal. organization and
thus, ro anticipate or to forde the deter-'
minaiion of that question in this inchoate-
State. !#
With such views, associations were-'
organized in some ol the States, and.their
purposes were proclaimed -through the
press in language extremely irritating and 1
offensive to those of whom' the colonists'
were to become the neighbors. Those'
designs and acts Ir.uj the necessary con^
sequence to av\a $n emotions of intense
indignation in States near to'the Territo-'
ry of Kansas ahd especially in the adjoin
ing Stattyof Missouri, whose domestic
peace waff hat the most directly i-nlan-
gered; but they are far from justifying
the illegal and reprehensible counter-
movements which enaueiL - tvjfcjit-
Under those inauspicious circumstances- -
the primary elections for members of the
legislative assembly were held, in the
most, if not all,- of the' prf.cinbls at the
time and tne places, and Hy trim person^
designated and appointed by the'GoV--
enur according to law.
Angry accusations that illegal votes'
had been polled, abounded on all side-*;
and imputations were made both of fraucl
and violence. But the Governor,in the
exercise of the powe'r, and the discharge'
of the duty conferred and imposed by
the law on him alone, officially received
and considered the returns ; declared »
large majority of the members of the
council and the Ifonse of represent..
tives‘‘"duly electedwithheld certifi
cates froin' others' because of al'eged
illegility of votes; appoin ed a new
e'ection to supply tbe place of the per-
,sons not certified ; and tints at length;
in all the formt of statute, and with his
official authentication, complete
legality was given to the first legislative
assembly of the Terri tory;
Those decisions of the returning
officers and $f the governor are final.
•qneuce of local mal-administratiou, andf except that, by tho parliamentary usage