Quindaro Chindowan
A Free State Paper
VOL. I Quindaro, Kanzas, Saturday, September 5, 1857. NO. 17
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HOTELS.
WYANDOTT HOUSE,
No. 2, Kanzas Avenue, Quindaro, E. O. ZANE, - - - Proprietor.
The above House is now open for the accommodation of the travelling public. May 4. 1tf
QUINDARO HOUSE,
Nos. 1, 3, and 5, Kanzas Avenue,
Quindaro, Kanzas.
Colby & Parker, - -Proprietors.
A line of Hacks starts every morning for Lawrence, connecting there with routes to
every part of the Territory.
May 4, 1857. 1tf
CARVEY HOUSE,
Corner Kanzas and Fifth Avenue,
TOPEKA, K. T.
C.C. Tuttle, - - -Proprietor.
BOARD
Per Day.............................$1.50
Per Week.............................6.00
Single Meals..............50 cts.
PARRY'S HOTEL
Leavenworth City, Kanzas.
Corner of Shawnee and Fifth Streets.
The house lately kept by Mr. Adam Fisher, having been
enlarged by addition of a spacious dining room and kitchen, and twenty-on sleeping apartments,
and being furnished with now beds, etc., is now open for the accommodation of the traveling
public. The present proprietor solicits the customs heretofore given to the former proprietor, and
of the public generally. May 1, 1857. 12—4t H. Parry
PHYSICIANS
DR. R. M. AINSWORTH,
OFFICE,
No. 10 Kanzas Avenue.
DR. GEO. E. RUDINGTON,
Offers his
professional services to the citizens of Quindaro and
vicinity.
Boards at the Quindaro Hotel.
OFFICE, No. 1 Kanzas Avenue.
J.B. WELBORN,
Physician and Surgeon,
Tenders his professional services to the citizens of
Quindaro and vicinity. The Doctor has spent several years in practice in the West, and flatters
himself that he is thoroughly posted in the modifications of disease in this climate.
Also, specialattention paid to diseases of the Eye.
Office, No. 38, Kanzas Avenue. Quindaro, May 20, 1857.
DR. ANDERSON,
Who, for more than ten years has had an extensive practice in Chicago, and during the
past two
years has been practicing as a Traveling Physician in the principal cities of Mexico, and having
certificates of unrivalled success, feels pleased to offer his services to the citizens of Quindaro,
and all others who may be so unfortunate as to need a Physician. He would further say to those
who are Deaf, or afflicted with Sore Eyes, that he has given extra attention to caring said
affections, and to all who are thus afflicted be warrants to give relief if curable.
Enquire at the Office of the Quindaro Chindowan.
LAND AGENTS
M. B. Newman. R. M. Ainsworth.
NEWMAN & AINSWORTH,
Real Estate Agents,
Quindaro, K. T.
Will attend Promptly to all Business in their line.
Office, No. 10, Kanzas Avenue.
Refrences: Hon. M. H. Nichols, M. O. Lima, O. " Wm. Lawrence, C. P. Judge,
Belfontaine," Dunlevy, Drake, & Co., Bankers, Cincinnati," Henry Kip, Supt. U.S. Express,
Buffalo, N. Y. J. F. Ritcherdson, Mo. Express, St. Louis, Mo. May 4, 1857.
R. P. Gray J. M. Walden.
R. P. GRAY & CO.,
Real Estate & Land Agents.
No. 10, Levee, Quindaro, Kanzas,
Will promptly attend to all business entrusted to their care.
KANZAS LAND AGENCY.
BLOOD, BASSETT & BRACKETT,
General Land Agents,
Surveyors and Civil Engineers,
Quindaro, Lawrence, } Kanzas.
Prompt attention given to all business entrusted to our care. Information given concerning
every important locality in the Territory.
REFER TO
Renn, Williams & Co. Bankers, Fairfield, Iowa. A. J. Stevens & Co., "Ft. Des
Moines," Coollough & Brooks " Burlington," White, Cook, & Co., """ Col. T. A. Walker, "Ft.
Des Moines," Col. O. Bassett, Kewance, Ill., Hon. G. S. Boutwell, Groton, Mass., O. (???),
Cincinnati, Ohio. May 4th, 1857
(???), Goodwick, H. J. (???), CHADWICK & BLISS, GENERAL LAND AGENTS,
Quindaro, Kanzas, (???)
Quindaro Chin-do-wan.
J. M. WALDEN...EDITOR
Saturday, Sept. 5, 1857.
Cloe to Clara-A Saratoga Letter.
By John F. Saxe.
Dear Clara:–I wish you were here; The prettiest spot upon earth! With everything
charming, my dear,–Beaux, badinage, music and mirth! Such rows of magnificent trees,
Overhanging such beautiful walks, Where lovers may stroll, if they please, And indulge in the
sweetest of talks!
We go every morning, like geese, TO drink at the favorite spring; Six tumblers
of water a-piece, Is simply the regular thing; For such is its wonderful virtue, Though rather
unpleasant at first, No quantity ever can hurt you, Unless you should happen to burst!
And then what a gossiping sight! What talk about William or Harry; How Julie was
spending last night; And why Miss Morton should marry! Dear Clara, I've happened to see Full
many a tea-table slaughter, But, really, scandal with tea Is nothing to scandal with water!
Appropos of the Spring–have you heard The quiz of a gentleman here On a pompous M. O. who
averred That the name was remarkably queer? "The Spring,–to keep it from telling. With wood
is encompassed about, And derives from its permanent railing The title of ‘Congress' no doubt!"
‘Tis pleasant to guess at the reason–The genuine motive which brings Such all-sorts of
folks, in the season, To stop a few days at the springs. Some come to partake of the waters; (The
sensible, old-fashioned elves,) Some come to dispose of their daughters. And some to dispose
of–themselves! Some to exhibit their faces To new and admiring beholders; Some come to
exhibit their graces, And some to exhibit their shoulders; Some come to make people stare At the
elegant dresses they've got; Some to show what a lady may wear And, perhaps–what a lady
should not!
Some come to squander their treasure, And some their funds to improve; And some for
mere love of pleasure; And some for the pleasure of love; And some to escape from the old, And
some to see what is new; But most–it is plain to be told–Come here–because other folks do!
And that, I suppose, is the reason, Why I am enjoying, to day, What's called "the height of
the season" In rather the loftiest way. Good bye–for now I must stop–To Charley's command I
resign,–I'm his for the regular "hop," But ever most tenderly thine. Cloe.
The Moon.
I am fain to feed upon the beauty of the moon! Sorrowful moon; seeming so drowned in
woe; A queen, whom some grand battle-day has left Unkingdom'd and a widow, while the stars,
Thy handmaidens, are standing back in awe, Gazing in silence on thy mighty grief; All men have
loved thee for thy beauty, moon! Adam has turned from Eve's fair face to thine, and drank thy
beauty with serene eyes. Alexander Smith
Thomas Dick and Eugene Sue.
The same mail from Europe which brought intelligence of the death of Eugene Sue also
bore tidings of the Demise of Dr. Thomas Dick, author of "The Christian Philosopher," and many
other works written in vindication of the sacred and sublime truths of Revelation–works which,
particularly in Scotland, have been circulated most extensively, consoling, teaching, and elevating
the minds of millions. He ran his earthly course in pain and poverty. He did not sit at rich men's
tables. He was not clothed in purple and fine linen. He had scanty, simple fare, and knew no
luxury, save the luxury of his duty. In the fullest and most beneficial manner he was a Teacher of
the People, devoted to scientific studies, and had the art–so rare and so valuable–of writing on
these difficult and abstruse subjects so plainly, that even the peasantry of his native land could
understand him. Nor was his character unknown, unappreciated, or unhonored in this country.
His numerous works (moral, religious and scientific) were largely reprinted and circulated all over
the Union. His name was even as a household word among hosts of serious-minded, thoughtful,
religious people. American travelers who visited Scotland often went out of their way to visit him
at his humble cottage, in the village of Broughty Ferry, on the banks of the silvery Tay. There
they found an aged man, infirm of body but strong of mind, acute, and learned; poor in worldly
riches, but whose life had indeed been devoted to laying up for himself treasures in heaven. The
American heart warmly sympathized with this fine old man, and, a few years ago, some
benevolent and wealthy citizens of Philadelphia practically illustrated their sentiment toward him
with a handsome pecuniary gift, as some provisions for his closing days. Strangely enough, this
American liberality led to Dr. Dick's receiving some justice, tardy and small enough, from the
British Government. He was the recipient of a small pension (£50 a year) and, limited as the dole
was, it sufficed for his humble wants. He died, a fortnight ago, at Broughty Ferry, at the ripe age
of eighty-five.
About the same time there passed away into the far Hereafter, the French novelist, Eugene
Sue, one of the most popular and mischievous writers ever produced by a country which, though
it gave the world such men as Felelon, Pascal, Bossuett, and Massillon, also cast up, on the scum
of its society, such men as Voltaire, Rosseau, Paul de Kock and Alexander Dumas. Infidels,
scoffers in the very foulest obscenity, were the writes who for several years, corrupted the mind
of evil was Eugene Sue. Not was the mischief he did confined to his own country. He wrote so
remarkably well that his works got translated into almost every living language of Europe. They
circulated widely in England, and here in America they commanded a sale so large that we should
probably be considered romancing if we stated it. But, even at this risk, we will add that over a
million of copies of "The Mysteries of Paris," "The Wandering Jew," and "The Seven Capital
Sips," have been sold in the United States, at a price and in a form calculated to throw them into
the hands of the masses. They figured largely among the infamous "yellow cover literature," for
some years a disgrace to our country, and they demoralized the public mind to a greater extent
than can readily be calculated.
Communism and Socialism, with the strongest infusion of impiety and indecency, wore the
staple of Eugene Sue's popular fictions. He painted Vice in the most attractive manner, so that,
looking at her gorgeous habiliments, the spectator scarcely heeded her laidly features. He even
while sometimes pretending to condemn sin, drew its semblance so attractively that the opposite
of repulsion was the effect produced. He was constant and consistent in insinuating and declaring
that Reason, (as he called it, in the slang of old Encyclopedists,) was a surer and better guide than
Revelation. All through his works there is a ruling doubt of God's goodness and merciful justice,
of man's honor, of woman's chastity. Sue had no faith in Virtue. He professed to champion
popular rights, and, while he lived in luxury which on epicurean might have envied, invariably
turned a deaf ear to all personal appeals from Poverty. He was returned as member to the
National Assembly, between the last French Revolution and the reorganization of the Empire, but
made a very remarkable failure in public life. Finally, suspected of complieity in some of the plots
against what is called "The State" in Paris, he became and exile.–Once off his own soil, it seemed
as if his skill as a writer had vanished. He commenced a Socialist novel, called "Les Mysteres du
Peuple," the publication of which was prevented by the Government–a needless prohibition, for
his former admirers, the workmen, contemptuously pronounced that he had written himself out.
He died in exile at the age of fifty-two.
Such, and so contrasted, were Thomas Dick and Eugene Sue, the believer and the infidel.
Unquestionably, large intellectual gifts were bestowed upon each. How one used, and how the
other misused them, we have briefly indicated. These men might almost stand as representatives,
among modern writers, of Good and Evil. One felt that his mission was to teach, to look through
Nature up to Nature's God, and the other acted as if he were convinced that his allotted work was
to defile the purest and holiest decencies of life, and impress dark doubts of a world beyond the
grave upon the minds of all who reads his works. The Christian philosopher to whom at the age
of eighty, a pension of £50 a year was comparative wealth, lived in privation, self-denial and
frequent poverty. The novelist was surrounded with all that wealth can supply, and with the
flattery and adulation of millions. Yet who, life's fitful fever ended, would prefer a career like
Sue's? With indignant truth has the poet said: "—I'd rather be One of those hinds that round me
tread, With just enough of sense to see The noonday's sun that's o'er his head, Than thus, with
high-built (???) That hath no heart for its foundation–Be all, at once, that's brightest, worst,
Sublimed, meanest in (???)." Forney's Press. He who lives only to benefit himself, gives the
world a benefit when he dies.
Gen. Washington a Marshal of France.
It is not commonly known that Gen. Washington, during the revolution, received the
honorary title of Mareschul de France. The fact, however, is corroborated by a letter from G. W.
P. Custis, Esq., dated the 13th ult., which we find in the Frederick (Md.) Examiner, addressed to
Col. Anthony Kimmel. Mr. Custis says:
"In regard t to Washington as Marshal of France, I have in this hour, ‘proof as strong as
strong as holy writ,' in an engraving of Napier of Marchistoun, the celebrated inventor of the
Logarithmus, which was presented to Washington by the Earl of Buchan, a relative of the
philosopher, with this endorsement on the handwriting if the Earl: ‘To Marshal General
Washington, with the respect of Buchan.' Now, Buchan lived in the age of the revolution and
was the associate of courts, and certainly he would not have addressed to one he so loved and
admired, as he did to the chief, a title to which the chief had no claim. Lord Napier, on a visit to
Arlington House, was greatly gratified by a sight of reminiscence of his ancestor treasured among
the relics of Washington." "The history of an American, a Marshal of France, is simply this:
When, in 1781, Colonel Laurence went to France as special ambassador, a difficulty arose
between him and the French ministry as to the command of the combined armies in America. Our
heroic Laurence said: ‘Our chief must command; it is our cause, and the battle in on our soil.'
‘C'est impossible,' exclaimed the Frenchman; ‘by the etiquette of the French service the Count de
Rochambeau, being on old Lieutenant General, can only be commanded by the King in person, or
a Mareschal de France.' ‘Then,' exclaimed Laurence, ‘make our Washington a Mareschal de
France, and the difficulty is at an end.' It was done.
"A friend of mine heard Washington spoken of as Monsieur le Mareschal at the siege of
Yorktown. Our beloved Washington never coveted or desired rank or title, but it is beyond a
doubt that, from the force of circumstances just related, the rank and title of Mareschal de France
was conferred upon the General-in-Chief of the combined armies of America and France."
Early Sabbath Schools.
By the Rev. J. M. Peck.
The first Sabbath School ever started west of the "Great River" was for the African race in
St. Louis, in March, 1818. Certificates were required of the master of slaves, and in nearly every
instance were freely granted. Next year, a Sabbath School was organized for white children and
youth, in the borough of St. Louis, and also one in St Charles.
The first Sabbath School in Illinois was started on the first of May, 1820, at Upper Alton,
by E. Long, Esq., who was superintendent and teacher, with such assistance as he could get. The
school numbered about forty scholars, and continued till September, when it stopped from the
prevailing sickness of that season. It was resumed the next season, and continued with an average
attendance of from 20 to 25 scholars, and continued every summer except 1826 and 1827, when
the superintendents and others interested were absent to the lead mines of the Upper Mississippi.
The next Sabbath School opened in Edwardsville, June, 1820, in charge of a Ladies'
Society, managed by Mrs. Todd, Mrs. Stevenson, Mrs. James Mason and others. In 1821,
Thomas Lippimcott(now a venerable minister of the Gospel) was a teacher. This school at that
period had an average attendance of forty scholars.
There were seldom any pulpit ministrations in these and other towns, and these schools
were of great service to morals and religion. In the summer of 1821, a Sabbath School was
taught for a few months in Lebanon, and in 1828 another was started at Rock Spring. A colored
Sabbath School for all ages was established in Edwardsville, in 1822.
A smart fellow by the name of J. Robinson, among the darkies, set up claims to infidelity,
and went to this school to learn to read, that he might puzzle and confute Christians. He was
hopefully converted, and became a zealous and correct Christian. There was a young preacher of
the Cumberland Presbyterian sect, who disliked the notion of a school on the Sabbath, by seeing
the effect on Robinson, and finding out that the Scriptures were the source of instructions, he
gave in, and became a zealous advocate of these institutions.
In 1824, Stephen Hancock, one of the Daniel Boone men of Kentucky, in the 82d year of
his age, started and taught a Sunday School near his residence on Wild Horse Creek, at the foot
of the Tavern Hills, the western side of St. Louis county.
How Buchanan was Elected.
When, in October last, we declared in the Bulletin that the election in this city has been
carried by gross fraud, the assertion was denied in quite positive terms by certain journals. The
Court of Quarter Sessions has, after the most patient examination, confirmed our view of the
case, and pronounced that Lewis C. Cassidy, the Democrat candidate for the District Attorney,
was not elected, but that William B. Mann was.
A similar investigation in regard to every other officer elected in October would have
doubtless led to a like decision, and the number of illegal votes, if all could be ascertained, would
be counted by thousands instead of hundreds. The determination of the party loaders was plain.
They knew that the city must be carried, even if frauds had to be committed; that if the city was
carried, the State would be, and that this would secure Buchanan's election in November.
We hesitate not to declare that the election of October, now declared fraudulent, was the
means of Buchanan's success. If the opposition had carried this city in October there would not
have been the least chance for Mr. Buchanan. His party had been completely demoralized by the
result in Maine and Iowa, and a defeat in Pennsylvania in October would have been fatal to his
prospect. It was the consciousness of this that make the party lenders determine to carry the city
by foul means or fair. By a system of frauds the most flagrant ever witnessed in this city, a
domestic majority was figured up, and from that amount the Democrats felt sure of the State for
Buchanan. It is lamentable enough to see a single office obtained by such villainous means os
those exposed by the Court; but in this case the whole policy of the country was controlled by the
frauds committed; a great and powerful party was defeated; and a man was chosen President of
the United States who could not possibly have succeeded except through the frauds committed by
his supporters in Philadelphia at the at the October election. Mr. Buchanan has to thank the
inefficiency of the Pennsylvania election laws, and the very deliberate process of justice, for the
seat he now holds as President of the United States. Could the wrongs committed have been
exposed and proved at the time we first declared them, John C. Fremont would have now been
the President of the United States.–Phil. Bullitin.
Bow or be Broken.
Such is the motto of the slaveocracy of our nation sometimes expressed, always
understood. Northern judges, philosophers and divines must force law, science and religion, to
harmonize with the infamous sentiment that the negro "has no right which the white man is bound
to respect," before Southern youth can profit by their instructions. The following resolution
passed by the Trustees of Mississippi College, located in Clinton in that State, present the true
spirit of the would-be rulers of our nation, in a most instructive light. Party ties must be stronger
than the combined tires of freedom, learning and truth, before men can read such outbursts of
proscriptive malignity, without emotions of honest indignation. The resolution is as follows:
Resolved, That the Trustees of Mississippi College do hereby condemn the teaching of Dr.
Wayland, in his "Moral Science," on the subject of African Slavery, and that the Faculty of the
College be requested to discontinue the use of Wayland's Moral Science as a text book.
Regarding the action of the Trustees, the Mississippi Baptist says: "The writings of Dr.
Wayland are all infected with the taint of Abolitionism. He has done more to corrupt and
misguide the popular sentiment, than all the other Baptist writers in the United States. His
teachings are in direct conflict with God's word, upon the subject of natural rights, and those
connected with slavery."
The writings of Dr. Wayland, and especially his great work on "Moral Science," have
become standard books on both sides of the Atlantic, and have placed the distinguished author in
the front rank of moral philosophers. We have reason to be proud of our honored countryman;
but what care our Southern dictators for American genius, unless it can be enlisted in the work of
perpetuating and extending the peculiar institution? What care they for either theoretical or
practical ethics, unless the arguments and inductions of the philosopher be so shaped as to leave
the African unpitied and unrelieved beneath the hut of his lord. Dr. Wayland may gain in the
estimation of enlightened men by such attacks form the South, but the gifted President of Brown
University can certainly lose nothing.
A man must possess fire in himself before he can kindle up the electricity that thrills the
great popular heart.
Free Negro Suffrage in Louisiana.
The Alexandria (La.) American of Aug. 8, has an article under the above head from which
we extract:
"‘Ten Mile Bob' and ‘Anti-Know Nothing.'–The Democrat of the 28th July contains a
communication over the signature of ‘Anti-Know Nothing,' in which an attempt is made to
defend ‘Ten Mile Bob'(Col. Robert A. Hunter) from charges made by us in our issue of the 18th.
The writer has been badly duped as to the facts of this free negro voting, or he intentially perverts
the truth.
"The only defence set up by the winter is a weak attempt to recriminate the American
party. This is a mean and contemplated subterfuge. For, if both the parties did contend for the
negro vote, and, as has been falsely stated, that the ‘Whigs began it,' would this legalize the
monstrous fraud?
"Anti-Know-Nothing admits all we contended for in our issue of the 18th ult. that free
negroes do vote at the Ten-Mile precinct, and that this degradation of the elective franchise is
contenanced and sustained by Col. Hunter, the candidate of the Democratic party for State
Treasurer. When and effort was made by Americans to support the illegal and incendiary outrage,
he says Col. Hunter and Sheriff Wise were both on the graound to prevent it, and that Col. Hunter
and the Democratic Committee of New Orleans have the right to arm those people.
"In accordance with the ethics of the Cotile correspondent, he would admit that the
Democratic party have the right to use any means to carry out their ends, even to the arming of
the free colored population of ‘Ten-Mile," going, we suppose, upon the Jesuit principle that the
‘end justifies the means.'
"Such is the morality of Anti-Know Nothing, and such is the means by which the
Democratic leaders sustain the party in Rapides, and by which they expect to foist upon Louisiana
the champion of free negro suffrage for State Treasurer."
To substantiate the charge of negro suffrage there, the American publishes in the article form
which the above is take, a letter, in which thirteen family names are specified, and all persons
bearing those names charges with being of negro descent. The writer says:
"That is has been but a few years since these people attempted to pass themselves off as
white, and they were first induced to do so by politicians, in order to obtain their vote, and that
none of the older stock over pretended to be anything more than free persons of color. "I will
state for myself that formerly, in this parish, the status of these people was that of free negroes,
but as the African blood becomes diluted with the Caucasian, they are gradually pushing
themselves forward to the annoyance of all good citizens, and it is time a check was given to
them."
This is a result of the intimate connection of Master and Slave to which a free white
people, who are giving character to their society, may, with profit, give attention.
A Centenarian.
Interesting Incidents.–On the 11th inst., Capt. Anthony Christy keeper of the light house at the
mouth of the Christiana river, Delaware, celebrated his one hundreth birthday by a public dinner,
which was attended by all his children, grand children, and great grand children, to the number of
forty, with their husbands and wives. About one hundred and fifty persons sat down to the table.
The Delaware Gazette says:
"The venerable old captain, erect as in youth, with a weather-beaten and bronzed, but not
wrinkled face, sat at the head of the table, and enjoyed the scene as much as any of the company.
His faculties are unimpaired, and his senses acute, except some deficiency of hearing. His wife,
now over seventy, looks so well as to give promise of attaining the same round age of her
husband. The captain first visited America as a sailor in the ship Runaway, which came over from
Europe in 1780, with supplies sent by France, Germany and Prussia, and which, after having been
chased by British cruisers, succeeded in reaching Great Egg Harbor, and placing the supplies
safely in the hands of Gen. Washington.
"He returned to Europe the same year, and in 1807 came back to this country, landed at
New Castle, and has been a resident of Wilmington until the present time. During the war of
1812 the captain commanded the supply boat which carried powder from the Messrs. Dupont's
works to the various points where that important article was ordered by the government, and
many times was his little vessel chased by the British cruisers, who kept a sharp look-out for all
such craft, and for none more keenly than for Christy's powder-boat.
Mr. Gathrie, the late Secretary of the Treasury, made him keeper of the Christiana Light,
and from the condition of the lantern, and everything else about he place, it is evident that the post
is well filled. Mr. Cobb has continued him in that position. He is certainly a remarkable man, and
doubtless owes much of his present health to his uniform sobriety, not having tasted intoxicating
liquor or used tobacco for fifty years, and having always lived with much simplicity of diet.
Ten Rules to be Observed in Making Butter.
In making good butter there are several nice operations to be gone through with, which requires
an eye to cleanliness, forethought and experience.
- On milking clean, fast, yet gently, regularly twice a day, depends the success of the
dairyman. Bad milkers should not be tolerated in a herd; better pay double the price for good
ones.
- Straining is quite simple, but it should be borne in mind that two pans about half full
each will produce a greater amount of cream than the same milk if in but one pan; the reason of
this is the greater surface.
- Scalding is quite an important feature in the way of making butter in cool weather; the
cream rises much quicker, milk keeps sweet longer, the butter is of a better color, and churns in
one-half the time.
- Skimming should always be done before the milk becomes loppered; otherwise much of
the cream turns into whey and is lost.
- Churning, whether by hand or otherwise, should occupy fifteen minutes.
- Washing in cold soft water is one of its preserving qualities, and should be continued
until it shows no color of the milk by the use of the ladle; very hard water is highly charged with
lime, and must in a measure impart to it alkaline properties. \
- Salting is necessarily done with the best kind of ground salt; the quantity varies
according to the state it is taken form the churn; if soft, more–if hard, less; always taking taste for
the surest guide.
- First working after about 24 hours, is for the purpose of giving it greater compactness.
- Second working takes place at the time of packing, and when the butter has dissolved
the salt, that the brine may be worked out.
- Packing is done with the hands of with a butter mall; and when butter is put into
wooding vessels, they should be soaked two or three days in strong brine before using. After
each packing, cover the batter with a wet cloth, and put a layer of salt upon it; in this way the salt
can easily be removed at any time by simply taking hold of the edges of the cloth.
Butter made in this way will keep any length of time required.–J.C. Adams, G. Farm.
National Thanksgiving.–In view of the abundance and excellent quality of the crops of every kind,
almost without exception, throughout the country, it is suggested by many of our exchanges that
President Buchanan appoint a day of National Thanksgiving to the Bounteous Giver of so many
blessings, that the whole nation may unite, on the appointed day, in one grand Harvest Home.
Things Wise and Otherwise.
He is the best accountant who can count up the sum of his own errors.
Absence destroys small passions, and increases great ones, as the wind extinguishes tapers
and kindles fires.
If you would not have affiliation visit you can often, listen at once to what it touches.
Which can smell a rat the quickest–the man who knows the most, or the man who has the
most nose.?
It has been satisfactory ascertained that ducks enter the water for divers reason, and come
out for sun dry motives.
Our Devil says that when you see a young man and woman walking down street, leaning
against each other like a pair of badly matched oxen, it is a pretty sure sign that they are bent on
consolidation.
"My dear," said an affectionate spouse to her husband, "am I your treasure?" "Oh yes!"
was the cool reply, "and I would willingly lay it up in heaven."
An Irish sailor once visited a city where, he said, "they copper-bottomed the tops of their
houses with sheet-lead."
Brown is a married man. A few days since he thought of taking a trip to Paris. One of his
friends, meeting him in the street inquired: "Well, Brown, my boy, when are you off?"
"Tomorrow." "Do you take your wife with you?" "No, it is a voyage of pleasure."
A learned doctor, referring to tight lacing, avers that it is a public benefit, inasmuch as it kills all
the foolish girls, and leaves the wise ones to grow up to be women.
"Sambo, what's you up to, now-a-days?" "O, I'sa a carpenter and jambon (???)(???)
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QUINDARO CHIN-DO-WAN.
J. M. Walden..................EDITOR.
Saturday, Sept. 5, 1857.
For Delegate To Congress,
MARCUS J. PARROT
of Leavenworth.
J. E. (???), General Newspaper Agent, Corner of Olive and Main streets, St. Lewis, Mo., is
authorized to receive Advertisements and Subscriptions for the CHINDOWAN.
We are indebted to the droughtful attention of D. N. Gillenleaf, Esq., clerk of the first
packet Point Star, for late papers from the East.
Mr. A. Robinson jr., clerk of the Lightning Line steamer New (???), will please accept our
thanks for late papers in advance of the mails.
Thanks to Gro. W. Harris, Esq., of the Trople, for a package of St. Louis and Eastern
papers.
A New Southern State.
S. Fulsome, and Choctaw, and one of the most prominent of his nation, paid us a visit
yesterday. Mr. Fulsome is in favor of having the Indian Territory west of Arkansas, between the
Red and Arkansas rivers, and westward to the one hundreth degree of west longitude, or into a
state, and admitted into the Union. We think such a step absolutely necessary for the protection
of the South. The Choctaw and Cherokees are slaveholders, and would add another slave-holding
state to the Confederacy. These Indian tribes are better citizens, more advanced in the principals
of our governments and laws than the people of New Mexico, or the mongrel adventurers from
foreign nations and our own, who are to make a Free State of Kanzas.–Memphis Enquirer.
This article is going the rounds without little or no comment although it reveals a scheme
which will involve great interests. It shows that the repetitions of an old and heretofore successful
game is contemplated. The question of maintaining an "equilibrium of power" is again to be
forced upon Congress. The South is nor confident of making Kanzas a slave state. If defeated in
the deep-laid plot to do so which has already embroiled our territory is war and endangered the
peace of the whole country, they are quick to inaugurate another movement to further their
propgandism of slavery. A convention is in session in Minnesota forming a state constitution ,
which will, without doubt, positively exclude slavery from that new state. Minnesota will soon be
knocking for admission into the Union. Its admission will create two more senators whom the
south cannot reasonably expect to control, and hence there must by some means of compensation.
What that means will in all probability be, is shown in the above extract–Minnesota must be
confronted by a slave stare and her admission must hinge upon this new southern–Indian–slave
state.
This is an old game and one the South has played with too great success. Maine could not
get into the Union as a free state until it was agreed to admit Missouri with Slavery; California
whose social institutions were determined in accordance with the principals of that modern
political panacea, "Popular Sovereignty," could not be permitted to take a place among the states
unless the South should have a compensation in the modification of the Fugitive Slave Law. In
other matters it has been the settled policy of the South whenever a measure of importance to the
North came up, to attach to it something that would–favor her darling institution. We feel
confident that this movement to form a slave state in Indian Territory at an early date is expressly
for the purpose above stated, to revive the Calhoun doctrine of an "equilibrium of power" and
through such a scheme add one more to the states now cursed with slavery.
The South with a minority in Congress has for many years controlled the whole country
whenever there has been a conflict between Slavery and Freedom. Impelled by all the arrogance
and ambition of a despotism it is intent upon still wielding that control. To attain this end
Southern statesmen hesitate not to disregard established precedents, violate sacred compacts or
repudiate their own former actions. To make Missouri a slave state or the people the doctrine of
compensation; to make Kanzas a slave state they seize upon Squatter Sovereignty, and with it
break down the wall of protection that had been thrown around her. This bad faith, this craving
lust for political power which will not be satisfied until it the country is completely subdued,
should keep the people constantly on their guard.
That Indian Territory ought to be made a Free State. Under the decision of the last
Presidential election the liberty loving people of the country–have a perfect right to emmigrate
thither in such numbers as will secure to them the control of its organization. The South has put a
weapon in our hands that it is duty to use. Emmigration it to settle the question of Slavery. The
issue has been forced upon us–in Kanzas the Free-State party has been on the defensive, striving
to retain only what had been guaranteed to Freedom–now we should change the character of the
content becoming the attacking party. There should be an army of emigrants equipped with the
implements of industry, marched down through Kanzas into that territory, an army so large that
success would be certain. What it has been declared Congress shall not do; the people should do,
and that is to prevent the formation of any more slave states. The emigrants who shall check the
progress of Slavery, will perform for their country a noble, a generous service.
Bridge over the Kaw River. A meeting was held in Quindaro on Wednesday evening last to
consider the expediency of inaugurating a movement for the purpose of building a bridge over the
Kaw river. The proceedings of that meeting, published in another column, show that a committee
was appointed to canvass the matter and report to a meeting be hereafter. The importance of
having a bridge over the Kaw at a point not very far distant from here has been discussed
privately, not only in Quindaro but also in other places. The residents of this section of Kanzas
appreciate the advantages that would accrue from the consummation of such an enterprise.–The
best location for a bridge is one of the matters submitted to the committee to be reported upon
and therefore requires no discussion at present. We would however suggest that it should be at
that point where it will be most easily constructed and at the same time subservient to the best
interests of that portion of the country south and south-west of here, and, from what we can learn
from those who have examined the ground with an eye to those interests, that point is nearly
south from Quindaro and near where the free ferry is now established.
The citizens of Quindaro, of course, feel interested in having a bridge in the immediate
vicinity mentioned, because of the immediate advantage it would be to our town, but they are also
inclined to regard it in a more comprehensive light, by taking into consideration that a bridge
located at any point not remote from the mouth of the Kaw river would subserve. The immediate
advantage to Quindaro, it is evident, is that trade and travel between here and the territory to the
South and south-west would thereby be facilitated. The interests of that extension section demand
that the Kaw should be bridged at some convenient locality so as to make access to a good point
on the Missouri river and in Kanzas, some Free State town, by far more easy than it now is. Our
citizens think that Quindaro is that point because one of the most favorable locations for a road in
eastern Kanzas lies southward from here and because we have on e of the best landings to be
found on the Missouri. Furthermore, Quindaro has shown a disposition to accommodate that
section by placing and maintaining upon the Kaw at the most convenient point, a free ferry, the
only one we believe now on the river.
All of that wide section of country of which we have spoken may become thickly settled in
a few years and if so a large proportion of that population must be drawn from the northern
states. The better the facilities for traviling in this direction the sooner will a due share of
emigration tend thither; the sooner the country will be a surplus of products the facilities afforded
for transportation by the means in contemplation will be an incalculable advantage to the
producers. The trade and travel on this line will be very great.–Already it is demonstrated that a
ferry will not accommodate it even at present. In establishing the ferry and making it free,
Quindaro has done all that could be done under the circumstances. Our citizens, fully
appreciating the requirements of the trake and travel to the south and south-west, feel disposed to
make a strong effort toward securing a bridge at the earliest date possible, a fact we wish the
people of Kanzas who are interested to keep before them, that they may with confidence cooperate
with our citizens fully and freely.
Nebraska and Kansas.
A citizen of Nebraska who has recently traveled through portions of Kanzas has furnished us the
following notes:
"Kanzas and Nebraska–twin-born of one Organic Act–have a family resemblance with individuals
peculiarities.–They each stretch over an immense tract of country–each are watered by the
Missouri and its tributaries–each include within their limits a large amount of prairie lands.
Nebraska covers a much larger area than her southern sister but with a smaller proportion of
valuable land for settlement. Kanzas, though smaller in extent, has a greater number of
inhabitants. The best lands in Nebraska range about twenty miles west of the Missouri, and
claims can now be found vacant which are supplied with an abundance of good water and
handsome and productive prairie as there is in the West. No one spot can be claimed as the
especially good part of Kanzas as there is fertile land in almost every section and few vacant
claims can be found near the Missouri whilst settlements are made at different points more than a
hundred miles back.
Nebraska is better supplied with water than Kanzas, but no so well supplied with timber.
In the former there are some small groves along the creeks that will afford firewood for a sparse
population–in the latter there are many large tracts of woodland and the rivers and creeks are all
bordered by forests of greater or less extent. This want of timber in Nebraska is the greatest
drawback to its settlement. But having an abundance of water in most beautiful and fertile prairie
in a few years timber may be raised, so the settlements will rapidly increased. In Nebraska there
are salt springs that must soon become valuable; especially is this the case on Salina river, a
branch of the Platte forty or fifty miles from the Missouri where there are springs that may be
made to furnish large supplies of excellent salt.
To sum up the natural advantage of the two territories–the prairies in each are about on
par; Nebraska has better water and is perhaps more healthy. Kanzas has better timber, a milder
climate, more tillable land and is more densely settled. The vote in Nebraska at the August
election was a little more than half that cast by Free State party of Kanzas in August. Of the
towns in Nebraska Omaha alone can be compared with Leavenworth. It is the seat of government
and focus of speculators, but Leavenworth has a larger population and does more business.
Nebraska City is behind Lawrence; Brownville, Florence, Bellevue and Plattsmouth are about on
par with Topeka, Iowa Point, Wyandott and Quindaro.
Kanzas Falls, Aug. 22, 1857.
Ed. Quindaro Chindowan:–Sir: As you paper is medium of communication to many, will you
notice a town springing into life out here in the West? Kanzas Falls is the Geographical centre of
the U.S. and about the centre of the Territory, and is surrounded by a picturesque, beautiful and
very rich country. It is eight miles west of Fort Riley on the Kanzas River, and from its position
and its surroundings must become a great inland town. You may, if you please, invite emigrate
thither; food claims can be had in the neighborhood, employment for artisans and laborers can be
had every day in the town.
A good mill is running here (the only one west of the Fort) and the facilities now for
building are such that it is a desirable point for the emigrant.. A valuable stone, which we
designate Kanzas marble, is at hand here; it quarries easily and works very beautifully, and will
eventually be the material for buildings in town.
The Indian rumors that reached you amount to about nothing; true they fought with each
other but have molested none of the white settlements, and we do not here apprehend the least
danger. Yours &c., A Traveler.
Another Murder at Leavenworth.
On Wednesday morning lat, the workmen at a saw-mill near Leavenworth say a pool of
blood and following some bloody traces they found where there had apparently been a struggle on
the bank of the river. This lead to suspicion that there had been foul play. It was subsequently
ascertained that a Mr. Walls from Indiana who had been stopping at he Planter's House, was
missing. He bad brought on a stock of goods for a store, and was known to have had some
money about him.
An old gamble named Gillespie was arrested, but as nothing could be ascertained that
tended to implicate him, he was discharged. A vigilant search was kept. About two o'clock
Thursday morning, a young man was found sleeping in a lumber pile, whose dress was much
deranged, and bore marks of blood. They endeavored to extort a confession from him by putting
a rope around his neck, and running him up on the same tree where Quarles and Bays were hung.
On the first attempt he refused to acknowledge anything, but upon being rim up again with the
declaration that it might be for good, he confessed his complicity in the murder.
He said that Gillespie, O'Brien and himself had murdered the man on Tuesday night and
found about $250 on him–said that he was only accessory to the murder, Gillespie and O'Brien
being the leaders. Gillespie was arrested immediately. O'Brien had gone down the river. On
Thursday a Vigilance Committee of fifty was chosen to try the parties were such that it was
deemed necessary to have O'Brien present. Officers had been sent down on several boats in
search of him.
A strong guard has been placed over the parties arrested, and although there is some
excitement, they hope to prevent any summary measures until there has been time for O'Brien's
arrest.
Murderous Assault at Atchison.
On last Saturday, a hotblood from South Carolina nearly killed an inoffensive teamster.
The teamster was quietly driving through the streets of that town, when the Southerner made an
unprovoked attack upon him, fired a revolver at him three times, and failing to hit him, rushed up
and stabbed him. At last accounts no steps had been taken to arrest the would-be murderer.
A Strange Letter.
A letter was recently found in Atchison, to which the name of Kelley, the former editor of
the Squatter Sovereign was attached. It stated that Gen. Lane was to start at a certain time from
Doniphan, taking seven muskets with him, and insisted that he should be waylayed, the guns taken
from him, and that he should be attended this time without fail. It further stated that Lane wore
mail under his clothes, and therefore to make the thing certain he must be shot in the head. The
General has been advised of this matter, and it is said that if the latter is identified he will kill
Kelley. A compositor is the Sovereign office says the writing is Kelley's.
Post Road Convention.
Pursuant to previous notice, a Convention was held at Prairie City, Kanzas, on the 2d
inst., to consider the opening of a Post Road from some point on the Missouri River, South
westwardly to the Neosho Valley.
Hon. W. G. Roberts, of Wyandott was called to the Chair, and O. A. Bassett, of
Quindaro, Mr. Bartlett, of Gardiner, Mr. Austin, of Centropolis, H. Gifford, of Prairie City, A. S.
Oliver, of Susannah, were appointed Vice Presidents. Dr. Canniff of Prairie City, and J. M.
Winchell of Wyandott were appointed Secretaries.
Committee on business, Messrs. Dr. Graham of Prairie City, Judge McKay and B. Gray of
Wyandott, M. B. Newman of Quindaro, Mr. Austin of Centropolis, and Mr. Bartlett of Gardiner.
The Committee on Business reported the following:
"Whereas, The rapid settlement and growing interests of Southern Kanzas demand a more
easy communication with the Missouri River; and
whereas, it is for the interest of the Territory that the commercial metropolis of this region
be located within the city limits of said Territory, there for
Resolved, That a road be constructed from the most practicable point on the Missouri
River, near the mouth of the Kanzas, leading into the South-west portion of the Territory.
Resolved, That a Committee of Three from Quindaro, Three from Wyandott, One from
Savannah, One from Shawnee, One from Olathe, One from Princeton, One from Gardiner, One
from McCammish, One from Prairie City, and One from Centropolis, be appointed, whose duty
shale be,
First, To solicit funds to defray the expenses of a preliminary survey;
Second, Employ on or more Engineers, who, under the direction of the Committee, shal
make a survey and plan of the road, from the Kanzas River Southward.
Third, Put the same under contract at the earliest practicable day.
Fourth, Confer with other towns interested in the same general route.
Fifth, Report at some future meeting at a time and place to be fixed upon by this meeting.
The following are the Committee appointed, viz: Messrs. A. Gray, Geo. W. Veale and M.
B. Newman, of Quindaro; J. M. Winchell, C. D. Chestnut and Dan. Kitlin, of Wyandott; A. S.
Oliver, of Savannah; C. Chouteau, of Shawnee; O. B. Gardiner, of Gardiner; J. B. Barton, of
Olathe; J. M. Haigies of McCammish; H. Gifford, of Prairie City; J. A. Marcell, of Centropolis,
and (???) Mattone, of Princeton. Adjourned to meet at Olathe on the 16th inst., at 12 o'clock, M.
W. Y. Roberts, Chairman. Dr. Canniff, J. M. Winchell,} See'ys.
Public Meeting. A meeting of the citizens of Quindaro was held on Friday evening Sept. 4. P. H.
Woodward was elected Chairman, and A. D. Richardson, Secretary. After remarks by Messrs. O.
A. Bassett, J. M. Walden, Dr. Budington, S. C. Smith, Alfred Gray, Charles Chadwick, G. E.
Upson, C. B. Ellis and P. T. Colby, a resolution was adopted to instruct the delegates elected on
Wednesday night, to the County Convention. They were instructed to vote for the nomination of
J. M. Walden for member of the Territorial Legislature, and Alfred Gray for member of the board
of County Commissioners.
Adjourned sine die. P. H. WOODWARD, Ch'n. A. D. Richardson, See'y.
Bridge Meeting.
On Wednesday evening September 2d, three was a meeting of the citizens of Quindaro to
take into consideration the expediency of inaugurating a movement for the purpose of erecting a
bridge over the Kaw River.
P. H. Woodward was chosen Chairman and F. M. Edmonds Secretary. \
Messrs. R. P. Gray, J. M. Walden and S. C. Smith were appointed to report the names of
a suitable committee to take the matter into consideration and report at a future meeting.
The following persons were reported: A. Guthrie, Capt. O. Webb, Gov. C. Robinson, and
G. E. Upson. Upon motion the report was amended by adding R. P. Gray and J. M. Walden to
the committee.
The Report as amended was adopted.
The committee were requested to call a meeting as soon as they could make a report upon
the matter before them.
Meeting adjourned. P. H. WOODWARD, Ch'n. F. M. Edmunds, See'y.
Primary Meeting.
A meeting of the citizens of Quindaro was held on Wednesday evening, Sept. 2nd, to select
Delegates to the County Convention at Delaware on Saturday September 5th.
J. M. Walden was make Chairman and A. C. Henderson Secretary.
Upon motion the meeting proceeded to make said nominations which resulted in the
choice of P. T. Colby and Charles Chadwick for Delegates and Dr. G. E. Budington and G. E.
Urson for Substitutes. A motion was then made to select a Committee whose duty it should be to
call public meeting in Quindaro when deemed necessary. It was determined that this committee
should consist of five persons, three of whom could at any time issue a public call. The
committee was constituted of J. M. Walden, P. T. Colby, D. D. Henry, Charles Chadwick and G.
E. Upson.
Meeting adjourned, J. M. WALDEN, Ch'n. A. C. Henderson, Sec'y.
Gov. Manson At Wyandott.
On Monday evening last Epaphroditus filled his appointment at Wyandott. He spoke two
hours and had respectful attention. His speech consisted of three parts, on being a vindication of
Democracy as it used to be; another, a violent attack upon Massachusetts, his native State, and
the third, a defiance of negro slavery. Upon slavery he spoke three quarters of an hour, and
endeavored to prove that it was a divine institution. He never touched upon affairs in Kanzas.
When he commenced speaking he said that he did not wish to question any person, and would
prefer not to be interrupted while be was speaking.
After he closed there was a feeble attempt to give him three cheers. Some on called our
three cheers for Mark Parrot, and they were hearty and loud. Then there were three more called
for the Topeka Constitution, and the response was more emphatic than before.
M. W. Delehay was called out, and made a very effective speech in favor of the Free-State
policy and candidates, which was frequently applauded.
Epaphroditus was afterwards heard to remark that he did not approve of such Democratic
meetings.
Mr. McDonald of the U. S. Express Company paid our town a visit a few day since. That
company is about to commence running between this and other points on the Missouri river, to
St. Louis and the Eastern cities.
Largest and Best.–We call attention to the advertisement of Messrs. Shepard & Henry. These
gentlemen have a very large and well-furnished Hardware and Stove Store–the largest we believe
in Kanzas Territory. Their stock embraces every variety of arrival in that line, and they have
unusual facilities for offering them at low prices, both at wholesale and retail purchasers. Their
collection of Stoves, in particular, is very large; and in this department they can hardly fail to
satisfy any and all customers, both in regard to quality and cost. Our friends will do well to call
on their establishment.
S. N. Simpson, Esq., Superintendent of Investments for the Quindaro Company, arrived here on
his return from an Eastern trip, a few days since.
Should we issue no paper next week, it will be on account of the confusion attendant upon
the removal to our new office on Kanzas Avenue.
Sumner–Its Growth and Prospects.
During a visit to the town of Sumner withing the past week, we could not fail to be
impressed by the wonderful rate at which improvements have gone on during the summer.
Though but about three months since the first buildings were erected, the town now contains
between forty and fifty buildings, which make a very fine show from the river; a good school, five
stores, two brick yards, two steam mills, and some four hundred inhabitants. Some very
substantial edifices are going up, including several fine stores and warehouses. The foundations
for a large four-story brick hotel (to be erected in the best style at a cost of $15,000) are now
being laid–the work to be completed on the first of January.–Washington Avenue, leading from
the river to the brow of the hill, is being graded rapidly, and the wide-awake spirit of young
America is visible on every side. Sumner is beautifully and eligibly situated, in the great western
bend of the Missouri river and is most emphatically a live town. Nearly two hundred shares have
been sold subject to improvements within ten months from the date of sale, rendering it probable
that its future improvement will not only equal but excel, its almost unparalleled growth of the last
twelve weeks.
Some Leaf.–The other day we pulled a sycamore leaf, the margin of which measured five feet and
eight inches. It measured transversely in three ways, 14 &fraq12; , 15, and 15 &fraq12; inches. It grew near
our office where a tree was cut down last spring, and attained this size in less than three months.
Schlessinger's Pen. We have been using Schlesinger's Patent Gutterpercha-coated Pens, and find
them to be an excellent article. They a re manufactured from a compound of silver, steel and
albata, are pointed with platinum, and so coated with gutta-percha as to prevent corrosion. They
are pointed in such a manner as to prevent their scratching the paper, which keeps them from
spattering as many pens do. Ink does not seem to have any corrosive effect upon them, and we
are told that they may be subjected to strong nitric acid without injury. The points of the pens are
so perfect that they may be thrown against any solid substance without being thereby impaired.
The manufacturers have received premiums in this country and in Europe at different times.
Johnson & Veale are solo Agents for this pen in this vicinity. Price 50 cents per dozen, or $4 per
gross.
The Cincinnati Volksblutt, a German paper of much influence, which supported MEDILL for
Governor two years ago, has come out warmly for Chase. The Dayton Journal, alo, which two
years ago opposed the election of Governor Chase, now comes vigorously into his support.
There will scarcely be a grease spot left of the Buchaniers in Ohio this fall.
Three persons on the Democratic State Ticket of Ohio, voted for Hon. Salmon. P. Chase, the
Republican candidate for Governor, when he was elected U. S. Senator–Henry H. Payne
candidate for Governor, Whitman for Supreme Judge, and Morris for State Treasurer. At that
time Payne was a thorough Free Soiler.
Trips in Kanzas–No. 2.
>From Quindaro to Oskaloosa,–Hickory Point.–Grasshopper Falls.
The Delegates chosen to represent Quindaro at the Grasshopper Falls Convention, started
on their trip Tuesday morning, August 25th. It was deemed important for them to be at the
Convention in season, so two dimutive mules were hitched to a bulky spring-wagon in which the
delegates took seats and proceeded. They were three in number, and for reasons unnecessary to
state, addressed each other as "ye Merchant," "ye Correspondent," and "ye Editor." The
Merchant took the reins and was eminently successful in getting the mules to take a fair start
about nine o'clock. They followed the Lawrence road twelve miles through the densly wooded
lands we have heretofore described, halting several times to give the Editor a chance to enquire
for melons at every Indian house they passed–a pursuit in which he as quite as unsuccessful as
persistant. The Merchant make one attempt in the melon line, and for a big price got some very
small, very tart, half-ripened apples, which tasted not unlike green persimmons. They stopped for
dinner at a well known Indian tavern in the edge of the prairie, on the Ft. Leavenworth road
thirteen miles from Quindaro, where they feasted on tough beef, cold potatoes, boiled corn, wild
honey, bad bread, and good butter.
The road from this point ran in a westerly direction, across the prairie in the Delaware
Reservation that is passed over in going to Lawrence. They crossed the Stranger at the ford of
the Delaware and Lawrence road, where the precipitate banks make the transit very difficult, for
which reason there should be a substantial bridge there, like that over the same stream on the
Quindaro and Lawrence road. Four miles further they passed the Leavenworth and Lawrence
road, beyond which there is an abrupt elevation in the prairie extending north and south, which,
when seen at a distance, resembles a high, terraced, grass-covered embankment, which is readily
imagined to be one of those ancient works, of gigantic proportions, around whose origin hangs an
impenetrable mystery. A nearer approach is fatal to such fancies. The elevation is found to be on
of nature's productions, having instead of a smooth even outline, a contour make irregular by
spurs which project like frowning bastions of a huge fort. In many places the soil has been
abraded from these rock-ribbed elevations, leaving the edges of the solid strata exposed. Such
elevations are found in many parts of Kanzas, and they give to her prairies much of that diversity
which renders them so beautiful.
The Merchant who had already found it necessary to coax speed out of the mules by an
application of the whip, was compelled to ply the lash with increased vigor to accomplish the
ascent of the hill. The top attained, there was spread out to view a most beautiful country. To
the East for miles the lover prairie which the mules seemed to leave so reluctantly, spread out in a
succession of gentle slopes divided here and there by dark lines of timber; to the south were the
high and low woodlands along the Kaw river; to the north between the elevation on which we
were traveling, and another many miles distant, there was a basin in which the grass was darkly
green, and this elevation proved to be a high rolling prairie stretching away westward to the
horizon. Along the southern verger of this for miles there was a wide and dense body of timber.
The Merchant, the Correspondent and the Editor agreed that they had never seen an expanse of
country so large and beautiful at a single coup d'ceil.
Westward our course lay across this high and rolling prairie–how far we did not know, for
neither of us had traveled that way. We had endeavored to become posted by enquiries before we
started, of a gentleman who know something of the route. We understood that in going to
Oskaloosa we would pass the Leavenworth and Lecompton road, and that the town was on the
Topeka road some distance north-east of where we got within a few miles we could see the town,
and by cutting across the prairie save some travel. All went on very well till towards evening.
We had been pushing on through the Delaware Reservation, a tract of country and fertility
without seeing a single human abode. It is now a wide profitless waste, containing many
thousand acres of land, owned by an indolent set of beings, who, by their presence and
possession, are preventing it from being converted into grain fields and gardens.
Travelers in Kanzas are subject to innumerable contingencies, which continually frustrate
their intention and so it was with the delegates. They expected to reach Oskaloosa before dark,
perhaps in time to reach Hickory Point. But by the time they got their dinner it was unanimously
agreed that Oskaloosa would be the place to stop for the night, and that they would reach there
before night. As they proceeded, and it was definitely ascertained how much physical exertion it
took to whip four miles an hour out of the mules, they began to think that it might be later. The
prairie frequently deceived them as prairies do deceive travelers. When they reached the brow of
that far hill, they expected to be able to see some encouraging "landmark"–that hill-top reached,
another still higher was just ahead and so on. As the night approached the more eagerly they
pushed ahead–and so they went on wondering and (???), and goading the mules. Just at dusk the
Lecompton road where they expected to be by the middle of the afternoon, was reached. Upon a
suggestion of the Correspondent they ate a lunch with which they were provided, so that they
would not have to supper at Oskaloosa if they arrived late.
Since they had entered this elevated prairie they had not seen a being of whom they could
enquire about the way. They had no assurance they were on the right road–in fact had no distinct
idea of where they were pushing to, save that they were traveling westward. They felt like the
man whose potatoes were frozen–in a "bad predicament." All day their spirits had been high, but
they now very rapidly subsided, and instead of puns, jokes and stories, there was a dry discussion
of the possibility of having lost the way, and of bing too late to the Convention. They felt
decidedly uncomfortable. At length there was a shout that was encouraging; two Indians about
half drunk came along; we questioned them; they knew nothing about Oskaloosa; nothing about
any watering place; said the road we were on lead to Grasshopper Creek, and that if we went far
enough in the right direction we might find Osawkee. The Correspondent who now drove,
pushed on the mules with great success–he got them to trot–and after a while saw a pool of water
by the road side, from which the mules were duly watered. It was soon after determined to seek a
good spot and spend the night on the prairie, which was done and we all slept soundly.
Oskaloosa.
To make the story short, we found our way in the morning, and breakfasted at Oskaloosa.
It is a thriving village a few months old, situated in Jefferson (Bogus) County near the edge of the
Delaware Reserve. It contains a saw mill, store, hotel, school house, and a dozen dwellings.
>From here we went directly north to Hickory Point six miles distant, crossing (???) Creek and
passing in sight of considerable timber. The land is all occupied, and improvements are being
made.
Hickory Point.
Which figures in the history of the troubles, consists of (???) houses and a forsaken
blacksmith shop. In the houses the traces of the Free-State (???) may be seen. We here (???) The
military road which is wide, smooth, and well-traveled. We followed it a mile and then turned
north-west toward Grasshopper Falls. The country is very fine, and in every directoin we could
see houses, pioneer homes of people of Kanzas.
Grasshopper Falls
Is situated on the west bank of the Grasshopper, a stream twice the size of the Stranger.
It is a considerable village containing two or three stores, a hotel, and apothecary, a saw mill, and
a few residences. It may in time make a considerable inland village, as it now manifests such of
the enterprise necessary to build up places in Kanzas.
There was the Convention held, to which ye Merchant, ye Correspondent, and ye Editor
were delegates, and as they reached it in good time, they felt in a very good humor with mankind
in general, and the little mules in particular.
QUINDARO LITERACY ASSOCIATION.
There was a full attendance at the meeting of the Association, Thursday evening last, and more
than usual interest was apparent in the transaction of business.
Two amendments to the By-Laws were adopted, as follows:
Amendment No. 1–There shall be two regular disputants chosen by the President, and no
person shall be required to discuss any question to which he is consciously opposed.
The Article in the By-Laws to which the above is an amendment, gives the President the
power, in the absence of volunteers, to select disputants, who must discuss that side of the
question to which they are chosen, or procure a substitute.
Amendment No. 2–No person shall be allowed to participate in a discussion of any
question who is not a member of the Association, except strangers and invited guests.
The Association then proceeded to a choice of officers for the ensuing month which
resulted as follows:–President–O. Howard Carpenter, Vice President–W. O. Abbott,
Secretary–Mrs. C. I. H. Nichols, Treasurer–Albert S. Corey, Executive Committee–Valorious
Rick, James Clark, and Miss Carpenter.
The following questions was discussed and decided in the affirmative:
Resolved, That the prosperity of any community is in proportion to the thorough and
practical education of all its members.
Adjourned to Thursday evening, Sept. 10th.
The papers state that a sister of Louis Kossuth is teaching school, at Cornwall, Orange county,
New York–a respectable and useful calling, in which we wish her good success. The sister of
many a greater man has been worse employed,–Pauline Bonaparte, for example. An honest
woman, with (???), and a little (???) has no need to be (???) in this country, because she is (???),
and (???) Kossuth is more respected, we doubt, but then a dissolute duchess, who sells her
reputation to support her idle tastes and extravagant habits of life
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Another Invasion.
Rev. Mr. Stewart, a gentleman of intelligence and veracity, who had been traveling
through the border counties of Missouri, and just returned from a trip of considerable length in
that direction, says that he say and heard evidences everywhere on his route, conclusive to him
that preparations were being made in Missouri to invade Kanzas in October with the view of
participating in our Territorial elections. If this is the design, unless Gov. Walker takes efficient
means to preserve the purity of the ballot box the people of Kanzas will. We have no threats nor
bluster, but the people of Missouri must be taught that they have interfered in our elections for the
last time. Unless Gov. Walker gives the people full assurances that the polls shall be full
protected in October we hope the people will continue to prepare themselves for a warm
reception of the invaders. We have not believed that there would be any further interference on
the part of Missouri in our elections, and now we are firm in the conviction that Gov. Walker will
head off the movement, and yet we are satisfied an attempt will be made to perpetuate power as
they have done in the past. The villainous apportionment, by which every district but one was
bounded by Missouri shows that Johnson and Mathias had another invasion in view, and that they
apportioned the Territory with a view to it.–Herald of Freedom
The Lecompton National Democrat declares that it is petit larceny to copy from its columns the
Bogus Apportionment, without giving it credit for the same, and that they will exchange with no
journal guilty of such little crimes. That journal is the organ of the Territorial government, and is
published at its Capital. It has the publication of the Territorial and U. S. Laws. In civilized
States it is not, we believe, usual to give credit to papers from them into other journals. We
presume such a course is not proper here. The Government is existence here is in such entire
opposition to all custom and justice in refined and civilized communities, that we doubt not its
organs have greater demands upon other journals, than are conceded to such instruments in the
communities named.–We hasten to acknowledge to the Lecompton National Democrat, that the
Bogus Apportionment which was copied into our journal, had its first publication is that sheet.
We trust that this frank confession may save His renowned Excellency, Gov. Walker, from issuing
a new proclamation and add another to the ligaments which already bind our "Glorious Union
together."
Escape of Wm. Haller.
It is generally understood that Wm. Haller, who has been confined for some months in a
cell at the Fort, awaiting his trial for the death of James Lyle, took an unceremonious "departure"
on Sunday night last, from his uncomfortable quarters. Mr. Haller's case was peculiarly severe.
At his preliminary examination, abundant evidence was presented to satisfy even the most
incredulous that he only struck the fatal blow in self-defense. But this testimony was entirely
disregarded and the notorious Lecompte even refused to admit Haller to bail, although this same
functionary has been instrumental in effecting the escape of some of the most dastardly villains
that ever went unhung. The Judge was suddenly seized with a most anxious solicitude for the
safety of society, and though he could see no impropriety in allowing Fugit–a devil incarnate, who
amused himself by murdering in cold blood and then mutilating the bodies of his victims–thought,
we say, this Lecompte did not see any impropriety in the acquittal of such a fiend, he thought the
safety of society demanded the incarceration of Wm. Haller, than whom there never lived a better
man in this good town of Leavenworth. Nor is this all. At the time, Governor Walker was
vegetation at Lecompton. Reports were brought to him of the trouble existing here, and down he
came to take as active part in the conspiracy against Haller.
All then went well.–As soon as bail had been refused bu Lecompte, Walker put Haller under the
charge of General Harney, by whose order he was closely confined in a small, dirty and miserable
cell dungeon; and it was intended by the conspirators that be should there be kept till the next
term of Court, when, with the aid of a packed jury, it was expected they might succeed in hanging
him. This plot against Haller being so clearly developed, and it being so evident that there was no
the slightest prospect of his having a fair and honest trial, (which was all he desired) he has seen
fit to take the responsibility of "acquitting" himself for a time, much to the chargrin and
mortification of a specious set of the Pro-Slavery gents who seem actually thirsting for his blood.
Though it is not generally our wont to rejoice at the escape of prisoners, we must confess that we
have but a few tears to abed over the "departure" of William Haller.–Leavenworth Times, Aug.
29.
The Free Labor Movement in Virginia.
The New York Herald announces that "the Homestead Aid Society propose to establish
what they call a manufacturing city in Wayne county, Virginia, near the borders of Kentucky , and
a little south of the southern dip of the Ohio. We understand they have selected and secured 5000
acres on both sides of what is known as Twelve Pole Creek, two miles from the mouth of the Big
Sandy River. Governor Wise gives the undertaking the weight of his support, seeing clearly the
immense advantages which Virginia is (???) To derive from it. The company have already sent
out $40,000 worth of engines and machinery, and the first detachment of settlers is to leave in
August. They are not to move in large bodies before September."
Another Expedition.
Some parties in this city, who have heretofore been conspicuously engaged in General
Walker's Central American crusade, significantly assert that preparations are on foot for another
grand demonstration, at no distant day. A secret plan is said to exist which contemplates the
rising of an army of ten thousand men, all of whom shall embark of set sail about the same time
for some port in Nicaragua. Nothing is to be left undone which shall tend to secure efficiency and
eventual success. Baltimore is to furnish from three to four hundred, as her complement to the
above named army, with full equipments, money, etc. It is further states that persons fully
pledged have already been secured in the city, who are only waiting due notice and the full
consummation of General Walker's plans to be off. It is known as the "Cental American
League." Who the parties are that are attached to this league we are unable to say, or whether
they have been absolutely consolidated as rumored cannot be fully ascertained except so far as
current rumor goes. Such secret filibustering expeditions are reprehensible; and if the one is
question does really exist, its movements will, doubtless, be more fully ascertained in due time.
New York, Boston, Philadelphia, New Orleans and all the other leading cities in the Union, are
said to be united in this movement.–Baltimore Patriot.
If you wish to make your neighbors and your family happy–if you would see calmness and
evenness of temper developed in you children–if you would lighten the cares and smooth the path
the companion of your bosom–do not irritate, or scold, or be in a passion when your humor is
crossed, but remember that others have hearts as soft as yours, and let the sunshine of Christian
meekness and gentleness always beam from your eye. How happy will be the circle in such a
case! Ay, this Christian temper is about the only requisite to make firesides happy–places which
husbands and children will regret to leave, and be glad to return to. Let the husband be indulgent
then to the annoyances of his ever-working and often over-working wife; and let the wife always
meet him with smiles when he comes home perplexed with the cares of business; and let both be
forbearing under their mutual imperfections, and homes will be more as God intended them.
"My dear," said an affectionate spouse to her husband, "am I your treasure?" "Oh, yes!" was the
cool reply, "and I would willingly lay it up in heaven."
QUINDARO MARKET.
Saturday, Sept. 5, 1857.
Reported weekly for the Quindaro Chindowan, by Dr. Welborn, of the firm of A. C. Strock & Co.
Flour p ewt.,....$4.00;
Corn Meal p bushal,...1.40;
Hams, country cured, p lb.,...15;
"canvass,""...16;
Shoulders,""...12 &fraq12;;
Lard, ""...15;Butter ""30;
Sugar, Brown,...14;
"Crushed ""...20;
Rice, ""...8 1/3;
Coffe, Rio, ""...15;
Tea,Young Hyson, ""...90;
"Imperial, ""...90;
Saleratus, ""...10;
Tobacco, ""...40@1.00;
Raisins, ""...40;
Figs, ""...30;
Almonds, ""...40;
Candy,Rock, ""...40;
Candy,Assorted, ""...30;
Powder, ""...50;
Shot, ""...10;
Lead, ""...10;
Candles, Star, ""...10;
"Mould, ""...20;
Soap, ""...10; Starch, ""...15;
Tar Tar Acid, ""...1.00;
Cream Tarter, ""...50;
Soda, ""...10;
Ginger, ""...20@75;
Pepper, ""...20;
Allspice, ""...20;
Eggs p dozen,...15;
White Lead p Keg,...3.00;
Molasses p gallon,...1.00;
Linseed Oil p gallon,...1.25;
Sweet Oil "...1.50;
Olive Oil per doz...9.00;
Spirits Turpentine, p gallon,...1.50;
Vinigar Cider, ""...30;
Alchohol, ""...1.00;
Brandy Puresignet. ""...8.00;
Wine,Port,old, ""...4.00;
Wine,Sherry, ""...2.00;
Bay Rum, ""...3.00;
Rose Water, ""...1.50;
Lime Juice, ""...1.50;
Nails,assort'd, p keg...5.75;
Glass, 8-10 p Box, 50 ft...3.00; "10-12" """...3.25; "10-14""""...3.50; "12-16"...3.50; "24-
30""""...7.50
DIED.
In Lawrence, on the 2d inst. of bilious remitent fever, Mr. Augustus P. Nixon, formerly of
Flanders, Morris Co., New Jersey, aged 26 years.
CANDIDATES.
W. W. Gallagher, of Leavenworth City, is a candidate for Sheriff of Leavenworth County at the
October election, subject to the decision of the Free State County Convention.
H. C. Fields, of Leavenworth city, is a candidate for Treasurer of Leavenworth County, subject to
the decision of the Free State County Convention.
For Judge of Probate Court. The undersigned, the present incumbent, announces himself a
candidate for the office of Judge of Probate Court for Leavenworth Co., at the ensuing general
election. George W. Perkins.
August 15, 1857.
J. W. H. Golden, of Leavenworth city is a candidate for Clerk of the Probate Court, and Recorder
of Leavenworth county, subject to the decision of the Free State County Convention.
Editor Quindaro Chindowa–Sir: You will please announce the name of Robt. L. Ream as a
candidate of the office of Clerk of the Probate Court and Recorder of Leavenworth county,
subject to the decision of the Free State County Convention.
John Kendall is a candidate for Sheriff of Leavenworth County, subject to the decision of the Free
State voters.
Wm. Lucas, O. I. Thompson, Wm. S. Gunn.
Fall 1857.
Lucas, Thompson & Co.,
(Successors to C. M. McClung & Co.,)
will have in store this fall a complete line of a very superior
STOCK OF DRY GOODS
Prints, Delanes, Cashmeres, Merinoes, Alpacas, Indiana Cloths, Bombazines, Cloths, Cassimeres,
Satinets, Jeans, Tweeds, Over Coatings, Blankets, &e.
Our stock of foreign goods
will embrace all the latest styles and newest goods.
Offered to the trade. Our White Goods Room will be filled with a Very Choice Selection of
Everything under that Head. We will also keep a complete line of Notion Goods, which we will
offer to the Trade upon good terms, as houses exclusively in that business. Our
STOCK OF STRICTLY STAPLES
Brown Muslims, Ticking,
Kerseys, Bleached Muslims, Negro Goods, Shirting Stripes, Osnaburgs, Drillings, Shirting
Tweeds, Linseys, Apron Checks, Bagging, &e.
Will be found as complete as any store in this market. We are determined to offer these goods at
very close profits, and desire to call the attention of all Cash or Prompt Time Buyers to them.
Lucas, Thompson & Co.
St. Louis, Mo, August 15, 1857.
News Advertisements
Alfred Gray,
Attorney at Law and Real Estate
Agent,
No. 179, East Main Street,
Quindaro, Kanzas.
Will give prompt attention to all Legal Business entrusted to him.
HARDWARE
and
STOVES.
SHEPARD & HENRY,
Wholesale
Hardware & Stove Dealers,
179 Main Street, Quindaro, Kanzas.
Have replenished their Stock, and are prepared to furnish County Merchants and others with
every variety of Hardware and Cutlery.
They have on hand
Circular Saws
from 6 inches to 6 feet in diameter.
Mulay and Gand Saws,
of all sizes.
Crosscut saws.
A complete assortment of
Carpenters' Tools,
House Trimmings,
cut and wrought nails; Butcher's & Goodlad's Files of all kinds.
All kinds of Chains, and every other article necessary to fill all orders in their Line:
Also, Iron, Steel, Zine and Glass.
Shot guns, rifles, pistols,
and Bowie Knives, Powder and Shot.
Copper, Sheet Iron, Japaned, and Tin Waro, Force, Cistern, and Chain Pumps.
PARLOR, COOKING
and
OFFICE STOVES of the latest styles and patterns.
All of which they will furnish on more favorable terms than they can be bought at any other point
West of St. Louis, and at a less cost than a Retail Stock can be bought in St. Louis and shipped
here.
Quindaro, Kanzas, Sept. 5, 1857.
NOTICE!
The copartnership heretofore existing between Blood, Bassett & Brackett is this day dissolved by
mutual consent, and hereafter the same business will be conducted by Bassett & Brackett.
S. H. Blood. O. A. Bassett. G. C. Brackett.
Quindaro, Sept. 4, 1857.
Pioneer Store in want of Funds.
Those owing us will please way immediately, in order to enable us to buy again.
W. J. McCown & Co.
A CARD.
The undersigned are now ready to furnish Settlers with Land Warrants at the lowest rates,
and will assist pre-emptors in obtaining their Claims on the most reasonable terms.
Having acquired accurate knowledge of the Territory from actual observation, are
prepared to give the Immigrant such information as will enable him to secure a good home.
Persons desiring to invest capital in wild Lands, Improved Farms or City Property, will find it an
advantage to confer with us.
O. A. Bassett, Quindaro, Kanzas, G. C. Brackett, Lawrence, Kanzas.
Good New For Ladies!
Any lady that will send her address to Mrs. Creager, Baltimore City, Md., with 3 three cent
postage stamps enclosed, will receive, by return mail, information of importance to her. Women,
know thyself and be happy.
The Great Female Pill.
Dr. J. P. Creager is the General Agent, Wholesale and Retail, for Dr. "Wheatings" celebrated
Female Pills. These Pills are truly valuable for Ladies, for they will restore the monthly courses
where they have failed in any cause whatever. They never have failed in any case where the
directions around the box containing the Pills have been strictly followed: indeed, there has no
case of failure ever come to out knowledge. Being purely vegetable they are perfectly safe.
Mailed to order, post-paid upon receipt of one dollar, by J. P. Creager, Baltimore City, Md. A
liberal discount of Druggists
Why Labor so Hard when Washing?
I have a chemical process for Cleaning Clothes, by the use of which the clothes can be
washed very clean without boiling, and with very little rubbing. By this method much hard labor
can be saved; the washing is done in half the time, and the clothes are very white and clean, and
last much longer, for they are not worn out by rubbing as by the old way of washing by machines,
&e. The articles used cost but little, and are easy to obtain. I mail the receipt to order, postage
paid, upon receipt of 50 cents, three cents postage stamps as good as money.
Address Dr. J. P. Creager, Baltimore City, Md.
HONEY, THE BEST OF HONEY.
I have a valuable receipt for making Honey, which i will send to any person upon receipt
of 50 cents. We make and use it in our family at half the cost, and consider it as good as the best
article of genuine bee made honey, "from which it cannot be told." Any person who will make
and sell it, can clear from two to three dollars per day. It only requires four articles to make it,
and they can be had at any store for 50 cents. Every family may have this delightful luxury, for
any lady can make it in fifteen minutes at any time. Three cent postage stamps as good as money.
Address Dr. J. P. Creager, Baltimore City, Md.
DR. CREAGER,
BALTIMORE, MD,
is the sole agent for Dr. Winders' celebrated Matrimonial "Series," three Books; No. 1, "A Book
for Young Men, designs to prepare them for Female Society," No. 2, "Errors in Courtship;" No.
3, "Reproductive Control."
Either of which will be mailed to order, post paid, upon receipt of 25 cents.
BOOT AND SHOE
MANUFACTORY.
No. 18,.....O'Street, Quindaro, K.T. P. C. Muhlebach.
CAUTION:
All persons are hereby cautioned against purchasing Certificates No. 122 and 430, issued to me by
the Quindaro Company for Shares, as the said Certificates have ben Lost of Stolen. J. M.
Winchell. Wyandott, Aug. 1.
P. P. Strong......Dr. Witt Upson.
Architecture! House-Building!!
STRONG & UPSON,
Quindaro, Kanzas,
Practical Architects and House-Joiners,
Will give prompt attention to all work trusted to them. They will furnish plans and estimates on
short notice, and take contracts at reasonable terms. They refer the public to the work they have
already done in Quindaro.
TO LEASE,
Several rooms convenient to business, that will accommodate several small families. Those
desiring to rent will do well to apply soon, or they may be compelled tp tale vastly inferior winter
quarters to those now offered. R. C. Anderson. House Leasing and Land Agent.
S. H. MARCHANT,
CARPENTER AND JOINER,
Quindaro, Kanzas.
Will promptly attend to all work in his line, and respectfully solicits a share of public patronage,
believing that he can give general satisfaction to all who entrust their work to him.
FROM
J. E. DUDDRIDGE
(Successor to W. S. Swymmer.)
Newspaper Advertising
Agency,
Corner Olive and Main Sts.
Over John J. Anderson & Co.'s Banking House, St. Louis, MO.
Ticknor, Robbins & Co.,
Dealers In
Fine Ready-Made
CLOTHING, and Gent's
FURNISHING GOODS, No. 176
North Main Street, a few doors South of the Virginia Hotel.
St. Louis.
DOWDALL, MARKHAM & CO.,
WASHINGTON FOUNDRY,
ENGINE
AND
MACHINE SHOP,
Corner Second and Morgan Sts.,
St. Louis, Mo. Manufacturers of Steam Engines and Boilers, Saw and Grist Mill Machinery,
Single and Double Circular Saw Mills, Tobacco Screws and Presses, Lard Kettles, Lard Screws
an Cylinders, Wool Carding Machines, Building Castings, Young's Improved Patent Smut Mills,
&e.
Agents for the sale of James Smith & Co.'s Superiors Machines Cards.
F. Johnson. Geo. W. Veale.
JOHNSON & VEALE,
Wholesale & Retail Dealers In
GENERAL MECHANDISE,
Quindaro, Kanzas.
Agents for the sale of Pittsburg Salamander Safes and German Anchor Bolting Cloths.
Particular attention paid to putting up orders.
May 4th, 1857.
JOB PRINTING,
Neatly and Promptly executed at the Office of the Chindowan.
WYANDOTT!
DAVIS & POST,
COUNSELLORS AT LAW
Exchange Building,
Kanzas Avenue, Wyandott, K. T. May 4, 1857.
KANSAS CITY.
James A. Frame. H. B. Conwell.
FRAME & CONWELL'S
Large and Commodious
POWDER MAGAZINE!
Being just completed, they are now ready to supply purchases with the celebrated.
Miami Rifle & Blasting Powder. Which is equal, if not superior, to any manufactured in the
United States.
Obtaining Our Powder From
The MIAMI POWDER WORKS,
We can sell as low, adding transportation, as it can be purchased in St. Louis. And our facilities
being such, we can supply all of Western and Southern Missouri, also, Kanzas Territory, with
Powder enough to blow them to the
Other side of Jordan.
We will receive and store all the power consigned to our care. Office at the Furniture Store,
where samples can be seen at any time. Kanzas City, July 14, 1857.
ROBINSON, WALKER & CO.'S
DAILY
Passenger & Express Line,
From
QUINDARO TO LAWRENCE.
FARE,- - -$2.50.
The nearest and cheapest route from the Missouri to the Interior of Kanzas.
Quindaro, May 20, 1857.
The Beautiful & Unrivaled Regular
PASSENGER STEAMER
MORNING STAR,
T. H. BRIMLY, Master.
H. M. Blosson........Clerk.
Leaves
St. Louis for St. Joseph,
Every alternate Tuesday, at 4 o'clock, P. M.
Leaves
St. Joseph for St. Louis, Every alternate Monday, at 10 o'clock, A. M.
For SAINT LOUIS,
Leaves Leavenworth City, Parkville, Quindaro, Wyandotte, Kanzas, Independence, Liberty,
Richfield, Sibley, Camden and Wellington, on TUESDAYS, June 9th and 23d, July 7th and 21st,
August 4th and 18th, Sept. 1st, 15th, and 29th, October 13th and 27th, November 10th. Passing
Parkville at 7 o'clock, A. M. Quindaro at 7 &fraq12;, A. M.; Wyandotte at 8 A. M.; Kanzas at 9 A.M.;
Wayne City at 11 A. M.; Liberty at 12 P. M.; Richfield at 2 P. M.; Sibley at 3 P. M.; Camden at 5
P. M.; Wellington at 6 P. M., remaining at Lexington over night.
The MORNING STAR was built, without regard to cost, for a first-class Missouri River Packet,
and in point of speed, elegance and luxurious accommodations, is pre-eminently without a rival in
the trade. Every effort will be made on the part of her offices, and their subordinates, to secure
the completest comfort, safety, and convenience of passengers. May 30, 1857.
TO RENT.
A store on Kanzas Avenue. Esquire of Dr. Budington.
Water Cisterns.
The Subscriber, an experience hand at the business, offers his services to person wanting first-rate
reservoirs for catching rain-water and keeping it pure. Drop him a line at Parkville, Mo. Henry
Powell. June 1st, 1857.
THE KANZAS
CLAIM AGENCY and
QUINDARO HOUSE-LEASING AGENCY
Is now opened in Quindaro by the Subscriber, who would desire to say to all having Cabins to
sell, that they will do well to write me, or come and see, me, and give me an accurate description
of you Claims, and where they are located, and the price, keeping in mind this fact that I am
advertising extensively , and stand a hundred chances to your one to find you a purchaser. And
those emigrating to Kanzas will find it greatly to their interest to land at Quindaro, and call upon
me and get posted about the chances for Claims in Kanzas, as I have traveled over the most
desirable lands in Kanzas, and know where there can be obtained many very desirable Claims.
And all desiring to Rend a Dwelling House, Store, or Lots in Quindaro, will do well to
enquire of me before spending time and unnecessary labor in looking.
R. O. ANDERSON. Claim and House-Leasing Agent.
N. B.–All owners of Dwelling Houses, Stores, of Buildings of any kind, of Lots in Quindaro or
vicinity, who desire to lease said described property, will find it greatly to your advantage to call
upon me, and leave your terms and the descriptions of your property, as I shall advertise promptly
and extensively any and all such Houses, Lots or Lands to Lease, and probably I shall have a
hundred chances to the owner's one of securing to him a good customer, as I am continually
being inquired of by those desiring to Rent Dwelling Houses, Lots, &e. My commission for
acting at Agent shall, in all cases, be made satisfactory to the parties for whom I may act.
Esquire at the Quindaro House of R. C. ANDERSON, Agent.
OH, YES, NEW HORSES TO THE OLD COACH!
W. J. M'COWN & CO.,
(Successors to M'Cown & Buck,)
Have a large Stock of well assorted
DRY GOODS,
GROCERIES,
Hardware, Crockery,
Boots and Shoes, Hats,
Caps, Clothing, Yankee Notions, &e., &e.,
Which will be sold low for Cash, either a Wholesale or Retail.
Please give us a call at No. 4, North Kanzas Avenue.
Quindaro, July 11, 1857.
ADDITIONAL.
We have received, in addition to our former stock, 30 bbls. Cement, 10 doz. Brooms,
10 doz. Buckets, 2 doz. Wash Tubs, 2000
Seamless Bags, 20 Bundles Sash,
100 kegs assort'd Nails,
100,000 asso'd Cigars,
5 boxes Tobacco.
All of which will be sold unusually low for each. June 1st, 1857. JOHNSON &
VEALE.
RUSSELL'S
FIRE & WATER PROOF
PATENT
MASTIC ROOFING
ON CANVASS.
This Roofing is applicable to steep or flat Roofs, Steam Boat Decks, Rail Road Cars, Foundries,
&e., &e. It is Fire Proof, will nor crack or run, will wear under foo, and is adapted to Roofs of
every description. It can be put over old shingles, tin and metal roofs without removing the same.
This roofing is desirable on account of its low cost, easy application, great durability, and exact
adaptation to any climate, by its expansion and contraction through the influence of heat and cold.
It will unquestionably by far excell any Roofing now in use.
Tin and Slate not excepted.
The undersigned have purchased the full and exclusive right of manufacturing and vending the
above roofing for the Territory of Kanzas, and are now prepared to execute all orders with
promptness and dispatch. Town and County rights for sale. For further particulars inquire of the
subscripters.
SHEPARD, HENRY & CO. Quindaro, K. T., May 28, 1857.
JOSEPH M'CARTY,
FORWARDING AND COMMISSION
MERCHANT,
Wholesale and Retail Dealer in
GROCERIES AND PROVISIONS
of Every Kind;
Liquors, Cigars and Tobacco.
KANZAS CITY, MO. Salesmen: Jas. A. Hutcheson, John H. Cadwell. (???) T. (???), Clerk.
BLACK & WAGON MAKER WANTED.
A Large Settlement in the vicinity of Robinson, are much in need of a Blacksmith and WagonMaker.
Liberal inducements will be offered by the Town Company, to any such who chose to go
and supply the want.
Apply to C. B. Ellis, Quindaro House. Quindaro, July 11, 1857.
THE PEOPLE'S
VARIETY STORE,
No. 36, Kanzas Avenue.
MESSRS. A. C. STROCK & CO.
Wish to call the attention of the citizens of Quindaro and vicinity to their Stock of Goods
consisting of a general assortment of Dry Goods,
Groceries, Boots, Shoes, Hats, Caps, Ready Made Clothing, Dress Goods & Bonnets
together with all the variety of Domestic Goods usual to the Trade.
Hardware are Cutlery, Also, Carpenter's Tools, a general assortment of Drugs & Medicines,
Paints, Oils and Dye Stuffs, Glass Ware, Window Glass, Fine Tobacco and Cigars,
together with the usual variety of articles usually found in that line of business.
Dr. Welborn, who is a practical Physician, having special care of the Drug Department, hopes to
give general satisfaction.
A. C. STROCK & CO. Quindaro, May 4, 1857.
TO THE PEOPLE OF KANZAS!
The Undersigned have taken Store-Room under the Quindaro Hotel, and offer at wholesale or
retail, the largest and best assortment.
CHAS. B. ELLIS,
Civil Engineer & Surveyor,
Attends promptly to all descriptions of Engineering and Land Surveying, on reasonable terms.
Also, attends to all kinds of land business.
May be found at the Office of the Quindaro Company. Also, at the Office of the Parkville
Grand River, and Burlington Railroad Company Parkville, Mo. May 4, 1857
LAWRENCE ADVERTISEMENTS.
James G. Sands,
SADDLE, HARNESS & TRUNK
MANUFACTORY.
Always on hand, everything in my line.
Also Belting Leather, Whang Leather, Copper Rivets, &e.
Opposite Morrow House.
Lawrence, Kanzas, April 1, 1857.
HUNT & CLELAND,
No. 17, Massachusetts St., Lawrence, Kanzas
RECIEVING, FOWARDING
AND
COMMISSION MERCHANTS
and Wholesale Dealers In
FLOUR, GRAIN AND PROVISIONS.
Consignments respectfully solicited.
Geo. W. Hunt. Wm. Cleland. July 25, 1857.
S. N. WOOD & CO.,
GENERAL LAND AGENTS,
Lawrence, Kanzas,
Will invest money, and locate Land Warrants in all parts of Kanzas, and guarantee from 50 to 100
percents, on investment. Letters of enquiry promptly answered.
S. N. WOOD,
COMMISSIONER OF DEEDS FOR OHIO.
Office, No. 2, Mass. St., Lawrence, Kanzas.
E. D. Ladd, S. B. Prentiss.
LADD & PRENTISS,
REAL ESTATE BROKERS AND GENERAL LAND AGENTS.
E. D. LADD,
Notary Public, Reg'r of Deeds, & Conveyancer,
Will take acknowledgments of deeds and other papers.
Office, No. 13, Massachusetts St., Lawrence, Kanzas.
May 13, 1857
BOOKS, STATIONARY & C.O.
WILMARTH,
Lawrence, K. T.,
Would inform his friends and the public generally, that he keeps on hand as good an assortment of
articles in the above line as can be found in the Territory, consisting of
School, Childrens' and Miscellaneous Books! Also Blank and Memorandum Books; Writing
Books; Slates, Pencils, Musical Instruments, Musical Merchandise, &e, &e.
HIS CIRCULATING
LIBRARY!
Is supplied with some of the most popular works published, and is constantly receiving additions
form the East.
WHITNEY HOUSE,
NO. 5 NEW HAMPSHIRE STREET,
LAWRENCE, KANZAS.
T. L. WHITNEY, - - - Proprietor.
May 13, 1857.
ROB'T L. FRAZER,
PRACTICAL WATCH-MAKER
AND
JEWELLER!
Dealer in all kinds of
CLOCKS, WATCHES & JEWELRY!
Watches and Jewelry Thoroughly and Promptly Repaired.
No. 25 Main Street------Lawrence, Kanzas.
CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.
RICE, BLAKE & EDDY,
REAL ESTATE AND
Law Office.
Room No. 5, Masonic Temple, Dearborn St.
Opposite the Post Office.
P. O. Box 2539. Chicago, Ill. R. A. Rice, J. W. Eddy}Chicago. F. N. Blake} Kanzas Territory.
Lots, Lands and Farms for sale. Title investigated, Taxes paid, (???).
FOR SALE.
200 BUSHELS
SEED WHEAT
To arrive and for sale by the subscribers in
Quindaro, Kanzas.
Of the following varieties, viz.:Genesse of Blue Stem, Smooth, White Wheat, and the
Mediterranean, a bearded Wheat, both sure crops and very productive.
The above Wheat has been grown on their farms, in Eastern Indiana, for several years, with most
satisfactory results, and is carefully selected. They therefore recommend it to the entire
confidence of the Farmers of Kanzas.
Persons desiring to procure good Seed Wheat, should send their orders as early as possible during
this month. Address–R. P. GRAY & BRO. Quindaro, K. T.
BREADSTUFFS AND GROCERIES,
300 SACKS FLOUR, Superfine, Extra and Double Extra.
60 Bbls, Flour, Superfine, Extra and Double Extra.
4 Bbls. Crackers,
60 Bushels Corn and Meal.
2000 Canvassed Hams.
10 Bbls. Sugar–Brown and Crushed.
10 " and Kegs Syrup and Molasses.
Old Hamburg Cheese, Figs, Dairy Salt.
Tea, Coffee, Rice, Vinegar.
HOUSES,
Window and Door Frames, Lath, Sash, Nails and Glass, for sale by
HALL, ENGLISH & HENDERSON. Quindaro, July 25, 1857.
FARM FOR SALE.
One Hundred and Sixty Acres of Land, sit rested on Seven Mile Creek, one mile west of
Delaware, and three miles from Leavenworth, and the Military road–12 acres under cultivation.
A Good double-hewed log House, an excellent Spring, and well timbered. Terms liberal. Enquire
of BLOOD, BASSETT & CO. No. 3, Kanzas Avenue. Quindaro, May 20, 1857.
FARM FOR SALE.
One Hundred and Sixty Acres, situated on the N. E. qr of Sec. 34, Town 9, R. 21 on the Del. T.
Lands, seven miles from Delaware, and eight from Leavenworth. Eighty acres are under
cultivation. On the premises there is a good Double-Hewed Log House, an excellent Spring, 400
Fruit Trees, and good timber in the neighborhood. Terms liberal. Enquire of BLOOD,
BASSETT & CO. No. 3, Kanzas Avenue. Quindaro, May 20, 1857.
FOR SALE.
The Machinery in the Steamer Hartford, consisting in part of two Boilers and two Engines, at St.
Mary's Mission, on the Kanzas River. Terms liberal. Enquire of BLOOD, BASSETT & CO.
June 4. At Quindaro or Lawrence.
TIMBER LAND FOR SALE!
60 ACRES of fine Timber Land, situated on the Wyandott an Lawrence Stage road, three miles
from Quindaor, six from Wyandot, and two and a half from Parkville. The above land borders on
improvements, has a fine spring of water, and well covered with oak and walnut Timber. It is
rolling land. Price, $25 per acre. Enquire of NEWMAN & AINSWORTH. Kanzas Avenue.
Quindaro, June 30, 1857.
Flouring Mills for Sale.
The Subscriber has two Portable Flouring Mills (Burr Stone), all ready and complete to be
attached to power, for sale very low. ISAAC W. ANDREW. Corner Kanzas Avenue and Levee,
Quindaro, K. T. May 20, 1857.
FOR SALE
BY
JOHNSON & VEALE,
10 BALES brown sheetings.
7 cases of bleached sheetings and shirtings.
12 cases of assorted prints.
150 kegs assorted nails.
50 boxes assorted window glass.
70 boxes door locks and latches.
SCREWS ASSORTED.
2 dozen Hatche's counter scales.
1 " Tea " "
6 boxes assorted glass tumblers.
12 assorted glassware.
Log chains, trace chains, shovels, spades, forks, scythes and coffee-mills; shot guns, rifles,
revolvers, shot-belts and powder-flasks; broad cloths, cassimers, tweeds and satinetts; black silks,
dress silks, lawns and challes, berages, hats and bonnets, boots and shoes. A large stock of
VARIETY GOODS
and
Yankee Notions,
all of which are offered at Unusually Low Prices, to Cash Customers. May 4th.
STONE CUTTING
AND
MASONRY.
FREDERICK KLAUS,
Has Opened A
STONE YARD IN QUINDARO,
And is prepared to furnish all kinds of
CUT STONE FOR BUILDING PURPOSES.
Made of
Material of a Superior Quality from a quarry which he has opened near this place. A sample of it
may be seen in his residence. No. 13, O St. He will also contract for (???) rates, and is prepared
to (???) and in good style, all work (???) for him. Quindaro, May 1st, 1857.
ARCHITECTS AND BUILDERS.
S. F. OTIS & C. H. CARPENTER,
PRACTICAL BUILDERS,
Are ready to contract for the Erection of Stores, Residences, &e. All work promptly executed,
and in the best manner.
References: Gov. Chas. Robinson, Shepard & Henry. A. Gray. O. H. Macaulay. M. B. Pride.
Quindaro, Aug. 14, 1857.
H. M. Simpson, O. M. Macauly.
SIMPSON & MCAULY,
FORWARDING & COMMISSION
MERCHANTS.
QUINDARO, KANZAS,
Refereces:
Amos A. Lawrence, Boston, Mass.
Prof. E. Daniels, Ripen, Wis.
Jno. W. Ellis, Cincinnati, O.
May 4, 1857.
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Quindaro Chin-do-wan.
Saturday, Sept. 5, 1857.
FREE-STATE PLATFORM,
ADOPTED AUGUST 26, 1857.
Whereas, it is of the most vital importance to the people of Kanzas, that the Territorial
Government should be controlled by the bonafide citizens thereof, and
Whereas, Gov. Walker has repeatedly pledged himself that the people of Kanzas shall have a full
and fair vote at the election to be held on the first Monday in October, for Delegate to Congress,
Members of the Territorial Legislature, and other officers, Therefore, Resolved, That we, the
people of Kanzas, in Mass Convention assembled, agree to participate in said election.
Resolved, That in thus acting, we rely upon the faithful fulfillment of the pledge of Gov. Walker,
and that we, as heretofore, protest against the enactments forced upon us by the votes of the
people of Missouri.
Resolved, That the Mass Meeting proceed to the appointment of a Committee to wait upon the
Territorial authorities, and urgently insist upon a revision and correction of the wicked
apportionment, endeavored to be forced upon the people of Kanzas, to govern the elections of
Members of the Territorial Legislature.
Resolved, That Gen. J. H. Lane be authorized and empowered to tender to Gov. Walker the force
organized by him under the resolution passed by the Convention at Topeka on the 15th of July
last, to be used for the protection of the ballot-box. Resolved, That this Mass Meeting express
their unalterable determination to adhere to the Topeka Constitution and Government, and that all
our action shall be pointed toward setting that Government in motion in a legitimate manner at an
early date.
Restrictions of Delegate Convention.
Resolved, That there be a Territorial Executive Committee appointed by the Chair, consisting of
twenty members, who shall keep an office at some central point, and remain in session continually
until after the October election; and that five members shall constitute a quorum for the
transaction of business.
Resolved, That this Convention recommend to the Citizens of each voting precinct, in the
Territory, that they choose a Committee of three responsible men, who shall record all votes for
such a refusal, and that the citizens be present in sufficient numbers to protect the Committees.
Free-State Platform.
Adopted July 16, 1857.
Whereas, At the first election of a Territorial Legislature hold in Kanzas, the government was
wrested from the hands of the people and an usurpation substituted in its place; and
Whereas, Said usurpation is still forced upon the people of Kanzas, and they are thereby deprived
of all the rights of American citizens, there fore be it Resolved by the Free State men in
Convention assembled:
I. That the Topeka Constitution and the Sate Government originated in a public necessity, that
subsequent events have proved the wisdom and justice of that movement, and that present
circumstances render it an imperative demand of justice, common sense and patriotism, that it be
unswervingly maintained and supported.
II. That the Topeka Constitution is the fist and only choice of the Free State men of Kansas–that
we look to our admission as a State under it as the surest and only method of regaining our lost
rights and that all our efforts as a party in whatever direction shall be subservient to that end.
III. That Congress will consult the wished of a very large majority of the inhabitants of Kanzas,
by immediately admitting her as a State under the Topeka Constitution.
IV. That the Free State men of Kanzas now as heretofore utterly deny the validity of the
Territorial Legislation–that they still recognize it as the creature of fraud and violence, and that
they acknowledge neither the validity nor the binding force of its enactments.
V. That the recent vote for delegates to a Constitutional Convention, has demonstrated to the
world that the Pro-Slavery faction is a "miserable minority" of the people of Kanzas; that an
attempt to frame a Constitution by delegates thus elected would be a gross outrage upon the
people, and that the admission of Kanzas under a Constitution so framed, unless first submitted to
ta fair vote of the bonafide residents, would be an act of injustice and despotism so flagrant and
alarming as to justify her people in a resort to the extremest measures for the protection of their
rights.
VI. That the Free State party of Kanzas is emphatically a peace party; that we deprecate
agitation; that now as ever we will seek to avoid all occasion of collision with the authorities of
the United States, and that all we ask is simple justice and the enjoyment of the rights guarunteed
to us as American citizens by the Constitution of our common country.
VII. That we urge upon the Free State men of Kanzas the necessity of a thorough organization
for the August election, and that as far as possible a full vote be polled at that election.
VIII. That we recommend to the Governor the propriety of submitting the Topeka Constitution
to a full vote of all bonafide residents of Kanzas at the August elections.
IX. That the Free State Central Committee is hereby instructed to have 20,000 copies of the Sate
Constitution of Kanzas printed in English, and 5,000 in German, for circulation throughout the
Territory, and that the Free State papers be requested to publish it in their columns at an early
day.
Whereas, Gov. Walker, in his speech at Topeka, as reported in the "Kanzas Statesman" of June
9th, holds the following language: "In October next, not under the act of the late Territorial
Legislature, but under the laws of Congress, you, the whole people of Kanzas, have a right to
elect a delegate to Congress, and to elect a Territorial Legislature," and
Whereas, Gov. Walker has, on various occasion, used similar language, and Whereas, Under the
above decision "the whole people of Kanzas," may participate in an election for Delegate for
Congress, and for members of the Territorial Legislature, without recognizing the validity of a
Bogus Legislature imposed upon them by fraud and by force,
therefor
XI. Finally, that standing upon the eternal principles of justice and truth, contending only for
what is right, we, here, today renew our realty to the great cause in which we are engaged, and
pledge to each other our (???)(???)(???)
CHAS. B. ELLIS,
Civil Engineer & Surveyor,
Attends promptly to all descriptions of Engineering and Land Surveying, on reasonable terms.
Also, attends to all kinds of land (???)
(???)(???)
TO RENT.
A STORE, on Kansas Avenue. Enquire of Dr. Budington.
ECLECTIC MAGAZINE FOR 1857.
A NEW VOLUME.
In commencing a new year of the Eclectic Magazine, it needs hardly to be said that its sphere and
its general (???) Are to remain unchanged. Its position in the field of letters has become so well
defined, and it supplies a want in the periodical literature of the country so marked and wide
spread, that no essential deviation from its chosen coarse is either desirable or wise. For thirteen
years the Eclectic has found favor with the public, and high commendation from the (???) For the
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(???) of thought, and the ablest in the Reviews an (???), as they appear in the Reverse and
Periodicals of Great Britain and the (???). These sources furnish many of the richest fruits of the
literary nativity of the age–eloquent forms of thought, taste and expression. These will adorn the
pages of the Eclectic. This plan of selecting the (???) articles from the noble family of European
Periodicals, furnishes an amount of literary reading which could not be obtained in its original
form, except at an exorbitant cost; and the excellence and attractiveness of which no one
magazine could hope to equal. It is literary gold without dross–mental nutriment for youth or
age, without moral poison.
TERMS:
The Eclectic Magazine is issued on the first of every month. Each number has 144 large octavo
pages, on fine paper, neatly stitched in green covers. Twelve numbers, three vols., with titles and
indexes. Twelve embellishments, or more, and nearly 1800 pages in a year. Price, $5.00 in
advance, or $6.00 at the end of the year. The Eclectic will be promptly sent by mail to any
address, as ordered. The postage is only three cents a number, prepaid, at the office of delivery.
Any post master is authorized by law to order the work, and remit the subscription free of charge,
to the subscriber.
Address, W. H. BIDWELL, No. 5, Beekman Street; New York.
A First Class Family Newspaper.
HARPER'S WEEKLY.
A JOURNAL OF CIVILIZATION.
Neither labor nor expense will be spared to make it the best Family Newspaper in the
world–one whose cheerful and genial character will render it a welcome visitor to every
household, while its constant devotion to the principles o fright and justice shall win the
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and moral questions; to diffuse useful information, and to cultivate the graces and amenities of
life. Harper's Weekly will contain a full and impartial summary of the political, social, religious,
commercial, and literary new of the day. It will chronicles the leading movements of the age,
record the inventions of genius, the discoverier of science, and the creations of art. It will, in a
word,(???). It will also give a due share of attention to the taste, the imagination, and the feelings.
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The publishers have made arrangements with the best American writers who will
contribute to the various departments of the paper. The large space at their disposal will (???).
Harper's Weekly, is intended, in any way, to supersede or take the place of Harper's New
Monthly Magazine. Each periodical will confine itself to its own proper sphere; and no portion of
the contents of the one will appear in the other. Harper's Weekly will contain sixteen pages of the
size of the London Illustrated news, each number comprising as much matter as an (???)It will be
printed in a form and upon suitable paper for binding; and as the pages will be electrotyped, the
back numbers(???)
TERMS.
Harper's Weekly will appear every Saturday morning and will be sold at five cents a copy. It will
be mailed to subscribers at the following rates, payment being invariably required in advances.
One copy for twenty weeks...$1.00, One Copy for one year..$2.50, One Copy for two
years...$4.00, Five copies for one year...$9.00, Twelve Copies for one year...$20.00, Twenty-five
copies one year...$40.00.
HARPERS & BROTHERS. Franklin Square, N. Y.
CARBONDALE.
Notice is hereby given , that the south half (&fraq12;) of the south west quarter (1/4) of section number
twenty-three (23), and the south half (&fraq12;) of the south east quarter (1/4) of section number twenty
two (22) and the north half (&fraq12;) of the north east quarter (1/4) of section number twenty seven
(27) and the north half (&fraq12;) of the north west quarter (1/4) of section number twenty six (26); all
in township number fifteen (15) south, and range number fourteen (24) east, in Kanzas Territory,
containing three hundred and twenty (320) acres, are taken by the Carbondale Town Company for
a town site according to the act of Congress authorizing the preemption of public lands for town
sites.–Notice is further given that the plat of the town of Carbondale has been duly recorder in the
office of the register of public lands at Lecompton, Kanzas Territory.
ALSON C. DAVIS, HORACE WHITE: Trustees Carbondale Town Company. Dated
Carbondale, K. T. May 1, 1857.
Blackwood's Magazine and The British Quarterly Reviews.
GREAT INDUCEMENTS TO SUBSCRIBE.
Cost reduced 50 to 75 percent.
L. Scott & Co., New York, continue to publish the following leading British periodicals, viz: The
London Quarterly (Constervative), The Edinburg Review (Whig), The North British Review
(Free Church), The Westminster Review (Liberal), Blackwood's Edinburg Magazine (Tory).
These periodicals ably represent the three great political parties of Great Britain–Whig, Tory, and
Radical,–but politics forms only one feature of their character. As organs of the most profound
writers on Science, Literature, (???) in the world of letters, being indispensable to the to the
scholar and professional man, while to the intelligent reader of every class they furnish a more
correct and satisfactory record of current literature of the day, throughout the world, than can be
possibly obtained from any other source.(???)(???)
Prospectus if "THE CINCINNATUS," FOR 1857.
This Monthly, which has completed its first year under most favorable circumstances, will
be issued at Farmers' College, College Hill, as hitherto. Its subscription list has been continually
growing, up to the last number, person uniformly desiring the back numbers. The word has been
stereotyped and can be furnished to subscribers from the commencement. The aim of this
Magazine, as hitherto, will be to give to the Agriculturist and Horticulturist a journal of the
highest order of scientific and literary merit. To the friends and patrons of Farmers' College, it
will furnish the results of our systematic observations and experiments, on the Model and
Experimental Farm and Botanie Garden, now opened and in successful operation. To them and
to the public, it will give the recorded experience of the distinguished Agriculturist of both Europe
and America. It will also maintain the importance, and endeavor to promote the progress of
Industrial University Education, aiming thereby to dignify and make honorable the various
pursuits of Industry. The Magazine will aslo contain much of the choicest current Literature,
suited to the improvement and entertainment of the Family Circle. "The Cincinnatus" will be
edited by the Faculty of the Institution, and the President of the "Ohio Female College." Each
number will contain forty-eight pages of reading matter, of medium octavo size, and be printed on
fine white paper, in suitable form for binding, and in the best style of typographie art.
Odd Fellows' Literacy Casket.
The Casket is a monthly periodical of 64 pages, devoted to Odd Fellowship and general
literature. The established character of the Magazine, both as a literary work and as a journal of
Odd Fellowship, will commend it to the patronage and encouragement of the fraternity. It is our
aim to give, in addition to articles illustrative of the principles, (???)(???) The volumes commence
with the numbers for January and July, of each year, with which Numbers all subscriptions mush
begin.
The Eclectic COLLEGE OF MEDICINE,
Cincinnati, Ohio.
The Winter Session of 1857-8 will commence on Monday the 12th off October, and continue
sixteen weeks. A full and thorough course of Lectures will be given, occupying six or seven
hours daily, with good opportunities for attention to practical Anatomy, and with ample Clinical
facilities at the Commercial Hospital. The preliminary course of Lectures will commence on
Monday and continue daily until the commencement of the regular Lectures. (???)
3000 SHARES SOLD IN THREE WEEKS!
A Map of Kanzas, and a
Share in Saratoga City!
Consisting of FIVE LOTS, with a chance of drawing the Principal Prize, valued at
$10,000!
For One Dollar!
The subscribers at the solicitation of many shareholders, are induced to alter their original plan for
disposing of Saratoga City, and have adopted the following, viz: Saratoga City has been divided
into 500 shares, each share consisting of Five Lots. There are THREE SPRINGS, the largest
Sixty by Seventy-five feet. These Springs will have TEN ACRES of Land connected with them,
and will constitute the principal prize, being valued at $10,000. These Springs are worth a
fortune to the person that draws them. The water that discharges from them would supply a large
city, and is pure, cold and sparkling, and possesses mineral properties which must render this city
the Saratoga of Kanzas. These Springs constitute on of the Five Hundred Shares. There will be
10,000 Certificates issued, and each holder of a certificate will draw a Map of Kanzas, worth One
Dollar, or one of the Five Hundred Shares in Saratoga City!
LOCATION OF SARATOGA CITY.
Saratoga City is located in Calhoun Co., in Sec. 22, Township 9, Range 15–about 14 mile North
of Topeka, 16 from Tecumseh, 25 from Lecompton and 95 from Lawrence; is adjoining the
Pottawatomie Reservation (30 miles square,) which will soon be open for preemption.
10,000 MAPS!
We are happy to state that one of our most respectable Land Agency firms are engaged in getting
up the most authentic Map of Kanzas that has ever been produced, and that we have Engaged
10,000 Copies for the first edition! We can now supply a beautiful Colored Sectional Map of
Kanzas to those who do not wish to wait until our Map is published.
THE NORTHERN INDEPENDENT.
Price, $1.00 per Annum.
In the first six months of its existence, the Northern Independent has attained a Circulation of
over Nine Thousand. Rev. WM. HOSMER, Editor,. Rev. D. W. Bristol, Rev. H. Mattison,
Rev. J. Watts, Rev. H. R. Clarke, Rev. B. T. Roberts, Corresponding Editors. The Independent is
a Weekly religious paper, published at Auburn, Cayuga county, N. Y., by Central New York
Publishing Association, devoted to the interests of the M. E. Church, and more staunchly AntiSlavery
than any official paper in the Church. This Paper is designed especially for the Laity, and
will enlist their energies more fully than any paper which they cannot own or control. The
Northern Independent is what its name imports–it is the Northern and Independent in the full
sense of these terms. It was started to redress a great wrong inflicted by the late General
Conference, at Indianapolis, in denying the Annual Conferences of Western and Central New
York, their customary and proper voice in the choice of an Editor for Northern Christian
Advocate–a paper published in their (???)
THE PEOPLE'S
VARIETY STORE,
No. 36, Kanzas Avenue.
MESSRS. A. C. STROCK & CO.
Wish to call the attention of the citizens of Quindaro and vicinity to their Stock of Goods
consisting of a general assortment of Dry Goods,
Groceries, Boots, Shoes, Hats, Caps, Ready Made Clothing, Dress Goods & Bonnets
together with all the variety of Domestic Goods usual to the Trade.
Hardware are Cutlery, Also, Carpenter's Tools, a general assortment of Drugs & Medicines,
Paints, Oils and Dye Stuffs, Glass Ware, Window Glass, Fine Tobacco and Cigars,
together with the usual variety of articles usually found in that line of business.
Dr. Welborn, who is a practical Physician, having special care of the Drug Department, hopes to
give general satisfaction.
A. C. STROCK & CO. Quindaro, May 4, 1857.
HALL, ENGLISH & HENDERSON,
COMMISSION MERCHANTS,
STORAGE AND FORWARDING,
Quindaro, Kanzas.
References:–Cushing, King & Degraw, 10 Warren St., New York. Simmons & Leadbeater,
Forwarders, St. Louis.
BLACK & WAGON MAKER WANTED.
A Large Settlement in the vicinity of Robinson, are much in need of a Blacksmith and WagonMaker.
Liberal inducements will be offered by the Town Company, to any such who chose to go
and supply the want.
Apply to C. B. Ellis, Quindaro House. Quindaro, July 11, 1857.
TO THE PEOPLE OF KANZAS!
The Undersigned have taken Store-Room under the Quindaro Hotel, and offer at wholesale or
retail, the largest and best assortment.
LAWRENCE ADVERTISEMENTS.
James G. Sands,
SADDLE, HARNESS & TRUNK
MANUFACTORY.
Always on hand, everything in my line.
Also Belting Leather, Whang Leather, Copper Rivets, &e.
Opposite Morrow House.
Lawrence, Kanzas, April 1, 1857.
HUNT & CLELAND,
No. 17, Massachusetts St., Lawrence, Kanzas
RECIEVING, FOWARDING
AND
COMMISSION MERCHANTS
and Wholesale Dealers In
FLOUR, GRAIN AND PROVISIONS.
Consignments respectfully solicited.
Geo. W. Hunt. Wm. Cleland. July 25, 1857.
S. N. WOOD & CO.,
GENERAL LAND AGENTS,
Lawrence, Kanzas,
Will invest money, and locate Land Warrants in all parts of Kanzas, and guarantee from 50 to 100
percents, on investment. Letters of enquiry promptly answered.
S. N. WOOD,
COMMISSIONER OF DEEDS FOR OHIO.
Office, No. 2, Mass. St., Lawrence, Kanzas.
E. D. Ladd, S. B. Prentiss.
LADD & PRENTISS,
REAL ESTATE BROKERS AND GENERAL LAND AGENTS.
E. D. LADD,
Notary Public, Reg'r of Deeds, & Conveyancer,
Will take acknowledgments of deeds and other papers.
Office, No. 13, Massachusetts St., Lawrence, Kanzas.
May 13, 1857
BOOKS, STATIONARY & C.O.
WILMARTH,
Lawrence, K. T.,
Would inform his friends and the public generally, that he keeps on hand as good an assortment of
articles in the above line as can be found in the Territory, consisting of
School, Childrens' and Miscellaneous Books! Also Blank and Memorandum Books; Writing
Books; Slates, Pencils, Musical Instruments, Musical Merchandise, &e, &e.
HIS CIRCULATING
LIBRARY!
Is supplied with some of the most popular works published, and is constantly receiving additions
form the East.
WHITNEY HOUSE,
NO. 5 NEW HAMPSHIRE STREET,
LAWRENCE, KANZAS.
T. L. WHITNEY, - - - Proprietor.
May 13, 1857.
ROB'T L. FRAZER,
PRACTICAL WATCH-MAKER
AND
JEWELLER!
Dealer in all kinds of
CLOCKS, WATCHES & JEWELRY!
Watches and Jewelry Thoroughly and Promptly Repaired.
No. 25 Main Street------Lawrence, Kanzas.
CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.
RICE, BLAKE & EDDY,
REAL ESTATE AND
Law Office.
Room No. 5, Masonic Temple, Dearborn St.
Opposite the Post Office.
P. O. Box 2539. Chicago, Ill. R. A. Rice, J. W. Eddy}Chicago. F. N. Blake} Kanzas Territory.
Lots, Lands and Farms for sale. Title investigated, Taxes paid, (???).
KANSAS CITY.
James A. Frame. H. B. Conwell.
FRAME & CONWELL'S
Large and Commodious
POWDER MAGAZINE!
Being just completed, they are now ready to supply purchases with the celebrated.
Miami Rifle & Blasting Powder. Which is equal, if not superior, to any manufactured in the
United States.
Obtaining Our Powder From The
MIAMI POWDER WORKS, We can sell as low, adding transportation, as it can be purchased in
St. Louis. And our facilities being such, we can supply all of Western and Southern Missouri,
also, Kanzas Territory, with Powder enough to blow them to the Other side of Jordan. We will
receive and store all the power consigned to our care. Office at the Furniture Store, where
samples can be seen at any time.
Kanzas City, July 14, 1857.
JOSEPH M'Carty,
FORWARDING AND COMMISSION
MERCHANT,
Wholesale and Retail Dealer in
GROCERIES AND PROVISIONS
of Every Kind
Liquors, Cigars and Tobacco.
KANZAS CITY, MO.
Salesmen: Jas. A. Hutcheson, John H. Cadwell. (???) T. (???), Clerk.
THE KANZAS
CLAIM AGENCY
and
QUINDARO HOUSE-LEASING AGENCY
Is now opened in Quindaro by the Subscriber, who would desire to say to all having Calins to sell,
that they will do well to write me, or come and see, me, and give me an accurate description of
you Claims, and where they are located, and the price, keeping in mind this fact that I am
advertising extensively , and stand a hundred chances to your one to find you a purchaser. And
those emigrating to Kanzas will find it greatly to their interest to land at Quindaro, and call upon
me and get posted about the chances for Claims in Kanzas, as I have traveled over the most
desirable lands in Kanzas, and know where there can be obtained many very desirable Claims.
And all desiring to Rend a Dwelling House, Store, or Lots in Quindaro, will do well to
enquire of me before spending time and unnecessary labor in looking. R. O. ANDERSON.
Claim and House-Leasing Agent.
N. B.–All owners of Dwelling Houses, Stores, of Buildings of any kind, of Lots in Quindaro or
vicinity, who desire to lease said described property, will find it greatly to your advantage to call
upon me, and leave your terms and the descriptions of your property, as I shall advertise promptly
and extensively any and all such Houses, Lots or Lands to Lease, and probably I shall have a
hundred chances to the owner's one of securing to him a good customer, as I am continually
being inquired of by those desiring to Rent Dwelling Houses, Lots, &e. My commission for
acting at Agent shall, in all cases, be made satisfactory to the parties for whom I may act.
Esquire at the Quindaro House of R. C. ANDERSON, Agent.
KETCHUM'S
PATENT MOWER
WITH OR WITHOUT
REAPER ATTACHED.
This Machine too the First Premium at the World's Fair held in New York in 1852, in competition
with McCormick, Manny, Burrill, Hussey, and several others; also, at State Fair in Ohio 1853, ‘4,
in New York 1852, ‘4, ‘5, at the American Institute in the city of New York in 1852, ‘3, ‘4, ‘5, at
the Fair held in Philadelphia in 1855, besides many other State and County Fairs; also, the $600
premium in Massachusetts in 1855.
This machine is warranted to cut from 10 to 15 acres of grass or grain per day, in as good a
manner as if done with a Scythe or Cradle.
Price of Mower $110; Mower or Reaper combined $130. For Sale By ALFRED GRAY.
Quindaro, K. T. May 28, 1857.
OH, YES, NEW HORSES TO THE OLD COACH!
W. J. M'COWN & CO.,
(Successors to M'Cown & Buck,)
Have a large Stock of well assorted
DRY GOODS,
GROCERIES,
Hardware, Crockery,
Boots and Shoes,
Hats, Caps, Clothing, Yankee Notions,
&e., &e.,
Which will be sold low for Cash, either a Wholesale or Retail.
Please give us a call at No. 4, North Kanzas Avenue. Quindaro, July 11, 1857.
ADDITIONAL.
We have received, in addition to our former stock, 30 bbls. Cement, 10 doz. Brooms, 10 doz.
Buckets, 2 doz. Wash Tubs, 2000 Seamless Bags, 20 Bundles Sash, 100 kegs assort'd Nails,
100,000 asso'd Cigars, 5 boxes Tobacco. All of which will be sold unusually low for each.
June 1st, 1857. JOHNSON & VEALE.
RUSSELL'S
FIRE & WATER PROOF
PATENT
MASTIC ROOFING
ON CANVASS. This Roofing is applicable to steep or flat Roofs, Steam Boat Decks, Rail Road
Cars, Foundries, &e., &e. It is Fire Proof, will nor crack or run, will wear under foo, and is
adapted to Roofs of every description. It can be put over old shingles, tin and metal roofs without
removing the same.
This roofing is desirable on account of its low cost, easy application, great durability, and exact
adaptation to any climate, by its expansion and contraction through the influence of heat and cold.
It will unquestionably by far excell any Roofing now in use. Tin and Slate not excepted. The
undersigned have purchased the full and exclusive right of manufacturing and vending the above
roofing for the Territory of Kanzas, and are now prepared to execute all orders with promptness
and dispatch.
Town and County rights for sale. For further particulars inquire of the subscripters. SHEPARD,
HENRY & CO. Quindaro, K. T., May 28, 1857.
SHEPARD & HENRY
Wholesale and Retail Dealers in
HARDWARE AND STOVES,
QUINDARO, KANZAS.
Agents for
J. M. Crosby's Patent Eccentric Latches, Locks, and Bolts.
P. H. Pense's Horse Powers & Agricultural Implements. (???)
FOR SALE.
200 BUSHELS
SEED WHEAT
To arrive and for sale by the subscribers in
Quindaro, Kanzas.
Of the following varieties, viz.:Genesse of Blue Stem, Smooth, White Wheat, and the
Mediterranean, a bearded Wheat, both sure crops and very productive.
The above Wheat has been grown on their farms, in Eastern Indiana, for several years, with most
satisfactory results, and is carefully selected. They therefore recommend it to the entire
confidence of the Farmers of Kanzas.
Persons desiring to procure good Seed Wheat, should send their orders as early as possible during
this month. Address–R. P. GRAY & BRO. Quindaro, K. T.
BREADSTUFFS AND GROCERIES,
300 SACKS FLOUR, Superfine, Extra and Double Extra.
60 Bbls, Flour, Superfine, Extra and Double Extra.
4 Bbls. Crackers,
60 Bushels Corn and Meal.
2000 Canvassed Hams.
10 Bbls. Sugar–Brown and Crushed.
10 " and Kegs Syrup and Molasses.
Old Hamburg Cheese, Figs, Dairy Salt.
Tea, Coffee, Rice, Vinegar.
HOUSES,
Window and Door Frames, Lath, Sash, Nails and Glass, for sale by
HALL, ENGLISH & HENDERSON. Quindaro, July 25, 1857.
FARM FOR SALE.
One Hundred and Sixty Acres of Land, sit rested on Seven Mile Creek, one mile west of
Delaware, and three miles from Leavenworth, and the Military road–12 acres under cultivation.
A Good double-hewed log House, an excellent Spring, and well timbered. Terms liberal. Enquire
of BLOOD, BASSETT & CO. No. 3, Kanzas Avenue. Quindaro, May 20, 1857.
FARM FOR SALE.
One Hundred and Sixty Acres, situated on the N. E. qr of Sec. 34, Town 9, R. 21 on the Del. T.
Lands, seven miles from Delaware, and eight from Leavenworth. Eighty acres are under
cultivation. On the premises there is a good Double-Hewed Log House, an excellent Spring, 400
Fruit Trees, and good timber in the neighborhood. Terms liberal. Enquire of BLOOD,
BASSETT & CO. No. 3, Kanzas Avenue. Quindaro, May 20, 1857.
FOR SALE.
The Machinery in the Steamer Hartford, consisting in part of two Boilers and two Engines, at St.
Mary's Mission, on the Kanzas River. Terms liberal. Enquire of BLOOD, BASSETT & CO.
June 4. At Quindaro or Lawrence.
TIMBER LAND FOR SALE!
60 ACRES of fine Timber Land, situated on the Wyandott an Lawrence Stage road, three miles
from Quindaor, six from Wyandot, and two and a half from Parkville. The above land borders on
improvements, has a fine spring of water, and well covered with oak and walnut Timber. It is
rolling land. Price, $25 per acre. Enquire of NEWMAN & AINSWORTH. Kanzas Avenue.
Quindaro, June 30, 1857.
Flouring Mills for Sale.
The Subscriber has two Portable Flouring Mills (Burr Stone), all ready and complete to be
attached to power, for sale very low. ISAAC W. ANDREW. Corner Kanzas Avenue and Levee,
Quindaro, K. T. May 20, 1857.
FOR SALE
BY
JOHNSON & VEALE,
10 BALES brown sheetings.
7 cases of bleached sheetings and shirtings.
12 cases of assorted prints.
150 kegs assorted nails.
50 boxes assorted window glass.
70 boxes door locks and latches.
SCREWS ASSORTED.
2 dozen Hatche's counter scales.
1 " Tea " "
6 boxes assorted glass tumblers.
12 assorted glassware.
Log chains, trace chains, shovels, spades, forks, scythes and coffee-mills; shot guns, rifles,
revolvers, shot-belts and powder-flasks; broad cloths, cassimers, tweeds and satinetts; black silks,
dress silks, lawns and challes, berages, hats and bonnets, boots and shoes. A large stock of
VARIETY GOODS
and
Yankee Notions,
all of which are offered at Unusually Low Prices, to Cash Customers. May 4th.
QUINDARO
STEAM SAW MILL CO.
The citizens of Quindaro and vicinity are hereby informed that the Saw Mill belonging to the
above Company is now in operation, and that Lumber can be furnished on the most
accommodating terms. Quindaro, May 14th, 1857.
ARCHITECTS AND BUILDERS.
S. F. OTIS & C. H. CARPENTER,
PRACTICAL BUILDERS,
Are ready to contract for the Erection of Stores, Residences, &e. All work promptly executed,
and in the best manner.
References: Gov. Chas. Robinson, Shepard & Henry. A. Gray. O. H. Macaulay. M. B. Pride.
Quindaro, Aug. 14, 1857.
IRELAND & M'CORKLE, CARPENTERS AND JOINERS.
QUINDARO, KANZAS.
Are Prepared to Attend to
BUILDING in all its Branches.
Contracts for Buildings taken, Stores fitted up, and all works in their line promptly attended to.
May 4, 1857.
STONE CUTTING
AND
MASONRY.
FREDERICK KLAUS,
Has Opened A
STONE YARD IN QUINDARO,
And is prepared to furnish all kinds of
CUT STONE FOR BUILDING PURPOSES.
Made of
Material of a Superior Quality from a quarry which he has opened near this place. A sample of it
may be seen in his residence. No. 13, O St. He will also contract for (???) rates, and is prepared
to (???) and in good style, all work (???) for him. Quindaro, May 1st, 1857.
Transcribed by Brandon Israel