Jasper Banner, Volume 2, Number 10, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 12 April 1855 — Page 2

would not find AM wuirauou, nM. »««-; likt: nil the |w< it h*d no port holes. Our.large,building.which we entered, j •tood, on the edge of the, .precipice, with iu front wall circular and flush w ith the hank, which formed the back nart. making the around plan of the building like a half moon There were no windows in th©* lower story of nnv binkling, and axery entrance j was made as difficult and hidden as , possible. The door, or hole, into the J one last mentioned was guarded by j neo tfr three wall* of different angles, thtUjmaking a crooked narrow pass-! age to the door, and every part of: this passsage was in full view from j the port holes of the building, the front wall being full of them, like 1 , pigeon-holes, pointing In every possible direction; they were not more i than two inches in diamater on the j Sutsidfc. nnd were plastered smooth on the Inside with a kind of cement, with which the stones are laid and the room plastered, and is as hard as j •tone. The inside arrangement of all the bouses was much alike, all having port holes in the partition walls, and j obscure passage-ways from one or two houses, into the mountain. — Some on the cliffs above were connected with those below. iWe noticed there was no water about there, and inquired of the Indians how the former inhabitants could have managed. They told us that they had Heard that a long time ago there was renter running there.— We asked them who built those housThey smilingly shook their heads and said that they* had never heard. hat tfalS idrely somebody must have built them a very long time back. OCT* The Herald thus writes of: May or Wood: 3*U Mayo* as* his Reforms.— Mayor Wood continues the good work. He has surmounted the obstacles which, at the outset of his career, seemed to prevent his assailing the wealthier temples of vice, and to restrict him to the obscure dens of iniquity. Now, the luxurious gambler of Broadway and Fifth avenue has as much to fear as the wretclicd reprobate of Water street. A wonderful consummation, truly ! ~ j When Fernando 1 Wood was pro-! posed for Mayor, all the rich, all the | religious, alt the respectable people j —at least all the class which passes for such in New York—voted against him- We believe there was not a journal in the city that did not oppose him. On the other hand, it is lair to: suppose that all the drunkards, all : the rowdies, all tho gamblers, all free-and-easy owners of a vote, bestowed it on hint. People said he was to be tkc'rowdy’s man, the rum Major, the blackguard’s friend, and many other such things. What + blunder was here!. It is actually a fact, so ably and thoroughly has he performed his duties, that in the churches frequented by some of the most energetic of his religious opponents, prayers are offered for him! every Sunday, and Almighty Providence is beseeched to spare him to I continue his career of usefulness.— i There is even talk ofauttingbim in tM tttmyv. On the other hand, the rum party and the rowdies are free to Confess that they are disappointed j in their man, and that Fernando Wood is a failure. Let him persevere. A short time hence a Governor will be wanted for this State. The man who was so good a Mayor would not prche a very bad Governor. Nor could he on occasion.fail to serve the country well; if he were sent to Washington. Men! have their eyes on Fernando Wood.: iCTQaTueilay'morning last, a; drayman of this city drove his team I in frontof one of our large mercantile establishments on the Public SquQMßnnd stepped in to transact somoHliness. Duringhis absence,! a young woman came along with a! child a few weeks old, in her -arfns,] which she laid carefully upon the drayvand leftit there. A eroded soon! collected, eager to know tha cause of! such strange conduct on the part of' the vepmatt; • and' upon enquiring,' found tha owner of the dray, v/fio it i was supposed could explain the mat- j tar. upon his approach the child I looked up and s&Jed, ai though to! say “Good mor*mg,twhe r ,» but father stopped not to r ther —he turned and fled through a dUre room back to aft alley, andpaftf Uuktxmn, leaving the baby and team to tali«j care er themselves. The mystery * waseolyed —the young woman was * hiULwith him jjo roannw, wqv mother. did amt, however, and the child naiJUWOU Into Custody In* the Sheriff, |*ho provkfoHbr its wants, hW suuilar so “Mope* in the bulrui>hei>,” and he PharabhV daughter.

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[FT Mr. Clare Oxley is authorized I 1 to act as our agent in procuring sub-j j scriber* to the “Banner.” j JNTJohn Cas&d Esq. is authorized to as our agent, in receiving subscrip-; I tlons to the ’Banner. 4

The Work of an Inenediary.

The building occupied by Dr. Wu. Tichkkor, And its entire contents, was destroyed by fire on last Friday morning. I The family had left about two o’clock, j | the day previous, to visit a friend residing | some six dr eight miles from this place,; with the intention of being absent during | the night. JJefors leaving the fires were j | entirely extinguished, and the house care- \ ; folly secured. j About three o'clock on Friday morn-: ; ing the building was discovered to be on ( fire. The discovery was not made, how-ever,-until it was nearly - 1 Strange keys were found in frontof ! where the building stood, and on examining the lock to the front door, it was; discovered that the bolt had been thrown; back—affording grounds to conjecture, ; that the house had been entered and set on fire. The loss to Dr. Tjclienor, in property and valuable papers, will hot fall short of j ®!SUO. There was aft ifisiirance' of * i 8500 on the furniture. The house was | | owned by It. Westos. Fire. —On Thursday morning, the, sth Inst., the residence of A. Rowe*, one and a half miles from this place, was entirely consumed. The fire originated in the roof, and was communicated, as we are informed, from - ’ surancc. j JESTIt will be seen by referring to the j , new advertisements of this week, that j Wst. Pakky will in future fun a line of i four-horse coaches between this place and ! Bradford Station. We understand that i t t Mr. Parry has made every provision, that; could be desired for the comfortable and speedy conveyance of passengers on the above mentioned route.' Mr. Wm. Cran- | die. who is in the employ of Mr. P., enjoys the reputation of being one of the most accomodating and skillful drivers in the west.-

In Luck.—Our esteemed friend Je6BK R. Henry, of Delphi, who is one of the cleverest fellows on the Wabash, and always furnishes the very best wearing material, has presented us with a beautiful Vest which we shall regard with peculiar favor, coming, as it does, from an old | friend of our former place of residence, j Time* please copy.* ‘ [~ ~ 'Famine at Work.— The fence cor- ■ ners along the highways, says the; Brownstown Democrat . will demon-• etrate by the number of carcasses! and flocking vultures, that famine has been doing its work. The lank- j sided hogs and the lean cattle and horses, proclaim the fact. If we say that thousands of hogs hare died in county for the want of corn—-it; | !true;.and accounts from adjoining! j counties arc even worse. Cattle and} ! bouses have been dying in great j ! numbers for the want of food. Faro- ; ; ine may not have laid its hand on j man in many instances, but wc hear j | of a few cases, even in the opulent; ' city of Madison, and there is doubt-; | less want in many instances. Now lis the time for charity. Doubtless j many who have given largely to send j light to the heathen in foreign count tries, will now find a larger field and, j a more pressing demand for the ex-, , ercisc of this noble virtue, (charity) j | at home- - J The New Maine Lw:oa Law.— ‘ I The last session of tlie Maine Legis-: j lature enacted another Prohibitory | | liquor law which has been approved i ' by the Governed—The-penalty forj Sent,; for! UUJL mh-j one hey j hen 1 grown up iirey mane Tnctrnearts f jjj ' Men often blush In hear nf ♦ H bat they wer* Hot ashaHied tn act. :;r?sisgasasfcw^

i ■ r yeem no* *ahbas> 7 • The following let ter , written do one j of jouroitiapns) has been furnished us • for publication: l*Awvrx, Kansas Territory, J March 15,1855, \ j FRiE?»i) W atti.es.- Your letter of tho 28th ult., reached me a few day* ago, ■ and I avail myself of tho first con- ; vehient opportunity to answer. It affords me great pleasure to give you ; what information I can in relation to the Garden Spot of the Western ; World; although you would have jbeen better satisfied, probably, had , you applied to some one more folly acquainted with this country than myself—-but lam to hear from | you, and hop* you will write again, j As my letter must necessarily be j lengthy, in order to give full answers Ito your interrogatories, I will waive ! the expression of many thoughts ' which olhorwisq I should desire, to \ communicate, and proceed abruptly to the most important parts of the • subject; For Convenience sake I will | place your questions in regular or- : <ier, and answer likewise. 1. “The best time of the year to !• come, and the best mode of coining?” i—2. “Better to sell off here altogether and buy tliere?” 3. “Will it be better to have ox teams or horses?” 4. “If horses, where., and at what coat, can feed be got?” 5. “How far west must 1 go to get | unclaimed land, with timber, waters i stone-quarries, dec?” j 0. “Do you know of a pleasant ! unoccupied territory, aufficient for 500 families?” 7. “Would it be better for a man or two in each family to come first and prepare buildings, put in crops, "Sic., belW bringing the women and j children?” i 8. “What kind of building raate- ! rials are at band?” 1, The best time to come here isj ixi the fall, say the first of September, j i with families. There are three j months, then, before winter sets in, and no risk of having the “shakes” or any other billions disease, prevalent in the spring and summer in new countries. The first winter acclimates the settler. There is not much fever and ague, however, even in the spring. Another reason in fa-

vor of the fall is, that the weather is j extremely favorable to out-of-door life. The heayy rains are in the j spring and early summer. If you come by land, starting from Indiana in May or June, and arriving here in August, you will find it decidedly! the best mode of emigrating. Ship what furniture you wish to preserve,' and other articles too cumbersome to! haul, to some point on the Missouri; river—Kansas City, Leavanworth,! Weston, or Parkville,—and pack; your wives and children in the wag-, ona, with plenty of bed-clothes and] food, and come over the prairies. 2. If vou come over laud, df course I you will not want to bring anything | more than what is absolutely ncces- j sary. Furniture, farming utensils,; be purchased in Missouri,: near Kansas, for less than if would j cost to bring them from Indiana.—: Bedding, clothing, dec., you can bring - along with you, Ido not think it 1 would be advisable to sell the teams; and cattle—cows especially—for j horses, oxen, and milch cows are very high here. A good cow isj worth fifty dollars, horses, from a j hundred dollars up as far as you are j pleased to go; oxen, seven a hundred dollars per yoke. 3. Either ox teams or horses.— J Both are valuable—horses more so, I should thiak. 4. Grain is scarce. But there wifi '. ■ 1 be plenty of grass. You can get corn in Missouri, for from one to two dollars per bushel. 5. Isolated claims can be got with* in fifty miles of the eastern boundary of Kansas, sparsely timbered and watered.' The best place to go w at 4bo head -waters of the Kaw—or Kansas—river, over 160 miles west. 6. “A pleasant, unoccupied territory, sufficient for 600 families” is j not-so easily found. You tell moi your plan is to have a village, in the centre off so many sections, ea<-h lauiilv a quarter section of land. ' '■ ■ i

i You mil find Midi a plan can be laid off* much cornier On paper thau on Urrttfirma. I don’t think such a spot can be found in Kansas. Therf are , ravines, blofle, hills, creeks; die., which would present insurmountai ble ojwtaclesto the laying off of such a quantity of land. But certainly there are places where that many people can form a neighborhood, and each one have a claim; but the prairies arc not like they are in Indiana; and Illinois—-they are entirely un-, suited to.the purpose for which you After you have traveled through this Territory you will perceive the truth of my remark. In the eastern portion, I am not so sure j but that you could find just such a place as you speak of—but unfortunately, it is too thickly*settled. 7. Instead of sending men from i Indiana out in advance of the families. bring them all together. Stop on the frontier of Missouri, where Iced and shelter can be procured —? j there leave the women and children, ; and some of the men—and those of the men who can take it “rough and | tumble,” and eat corn bread and bacon—(it’s a poor country for vegetarians) —take their teams and start ! out through the Territory, on an exI ploring tour. Co south of the Raw river, along the Neosho, and in the Opage country; then up to the head of jdie Kaw, and out west from there, directly, as far as you please. If k you can’t find locations there, go up | in the Nemaha country, between the j Kaw river and the Nebraska line.— 1 ~ The trip may occupy three or lour j weeks. Be well provisioned, forvou j will meet with but few “hotels” or j “houses of entertainment.” By’the j time you get back to your families yournlfUave found a place to suit you; and I prophesy that will not be more than forty miles west of Ft. Riley, either on the Smoky Hill, Republican, or Solomon’s fork. You will be kept busy through the remainder of the fall and winter in building, &c., and will be on the ground, ac- j climated to the country and used to I pioneer life, with its ups and downs, to put in your crops early in the spring. I 8. The building material will be stone, (or at least ought to be," after tile cabins are done with) of which < mexhauatable quantities (of the best quality of limestone) can be found in the bluffs. It can be quarried with but little labor, and rolls out in blocks, j ready for building, of various ?izes. j When first excavated,it is soft, and; yields to the slightest With a penknife you can cut it and, carve your name, age, country, and j hcoupation. After an exposure _tbj the atmosphere of several months, it j becomes hard as iron, and can be| broken about as easily. If you were ' to see a man buildiug a bouse of; timber when feady made bricks were] lying in piles all around, you would say he was a great fool; so; should I, if any one were to build his; good house of any thing else than this same limestone.

j Ido not know that I can tell you ! anything more just now, particular-; !ly interesting. You must come to j see tho country for yourself; and >comc to Pawnee. j Let me, before closing, say a word or two about Pawnee. It is situated jat the head of navigation on the Kansas river, within sight of Ft. j Riley, and where the Repulican and ! Smoky Ilill forks unite—is surroundi cd with splendid farming and grazing country, stone blufTs, chalk, marble, iron and gypsum beds, and cannot fail to become the great big town of Kansas. We have numerous buildings up and going up, a good wharf, expecting a steamboat every day, and have a printing press on its way here- And here, too, it is rendered almost certain, will be the Capital —for its location is just central enough; Gome, yourself, to Pawnee, and tell your neighbors to come. — There is no danger to be apprehended from the Indians, or from any otbr ! er source. ! Hoping you may receive little information from what 1 have; written, . 1 remain yours,

JAMES H. GREENE.

| An extract from another letter •ays: “Oar cattle have not teqdired any feeding, as yet, only about three days at times when the snow covered the grass, and as soon as it was off the cattle would do well, again. J think this a fine grazing country, ns there have been many hundred head of cattle, poneys and mules kept on the wild grass until now, March 20th. L-V""* { Ij * ‘ " ’ # •

Cincinnati Election.

Returns have be#n made out from the Eleventh and Twelfth Wards-, and the Democratic candidates have all received certificates of election.— j Mr. Farax, the new Mayor, has been | duly sworn into office.

RENSSELAER, April 9th, 1855.

At a meeting of the ladies of the Rensselaer Presbyterian 'Sewing Society, the following resolutions were unanimously adopted. Resolved, That the respects of this j Society be tendered to the ladies and gentlemen of Rensselaer, for their (liberal contributions towards the j purchase of a bell for the church. Resolved, That the thanks of this ; Society;are. doe, ami are hereby ten- ! dered Henry Clark, Esq., of Cleveland, Ohio, both for his services in procuring so fine a toned hell, and also for his libera) donation towards the same. Resolved, That the above resolutions be handed to the editor of the Jasjxr Banner, for publication, and u | copy of the same be forwarded to !Mr. Clark, in testimony of our rcj sped and esteem.

MRS. S. S. BOWMAN,

Home Papers.

j There is a class of men in every j community who do not take a home! paper, because they can get some eastern paper a little cheaper. Such men are always foreign in their thoughts and knowledge. He. in fact, in an intellectual point of view 7 does not live in the community where his body walks abroad daily, but: Over the columns oi his eastern paper 1 Ihe lives in the scenes and transac-l tions of the City and State where his! ■ paper is published. True, he ouca-1 sionally hears from his own State, | and is startled once in awhile with an I item of news, which his neighbors who take a home paper knew two weeks before; and as he meets them bores them to death with what is news to him, but old and stale to his neighbor. And yet., poor man, be is perfectly unconscious that he is a boro, and is laughed at behind his back for being so far behind the intelligence of the times. We have been not a little annoyed ourselves* by some of these men who do not! take a home paper. Men who feci the greatest interest in the election j have come to our office the day after j wo have published the news, and put, us to the trouble of telling it all o ver to them by the word of mouth. We think if they cannot afford to take a I home paper they ought to be willing j to wait two weeks until they can get ft through their eastern papers. It seems to us if these men who do not take a home paper were aware that everybody who meets them and hears them converse, knows them to be at least two weeks behind the times, and wonder at the man,s ignorance, they would not sleep until they, had subscribed for some paper at home.

Such a man Ts^iviysTbefiln3““Bi6” intelligence of the age in every respect. If he is a farmer, produce goes up and down before he is aware of it, unless his neighbors tell him of [it. Banks fail, and he takes the mortey, before he is aware ofit; Insurance Companies fail, and his house is uninsured weeks beforo he knows it; and perhaps his house during that time .burns down; and when lie exults that he is “insured,” he is told by the man who docs take a home paper that the company failed the wjgek beforo. His wild land is advertised and sold for taxes, while he is poring over the columns of his “cheap” eastern paper —his cattle •tray, and involve him in a long bill in “keeping,” when had he taken a ham© paper he would havesccuthem advertised as taken up weeks before. He wants torefta form, but his neighbor who takes the home paper sees an adyertitejnelt for ope, and sells his at a good price. And thus, in those onil sa t k/ui aa n/t At »«» incse nnu cl uioußnna owier wnjs, the man who don’t fake a home paper is “too late to supper.” Hqd he not much better subscribe? Mat Jho circulstiea of tho suspended Free Banks of this State is said by the ■ Indian* Republican to be reduced to ■ f 1 ,000,0110. . 4}

Indiana Money New Aibany & Salem Railrond.

receive the free bank paper of this state, w ith the exception of two or three hanks, at hot over 70 cents on the {foliar. This should be known bv the people generally, who have any business to transact with them, as they may be swindledr-for it is a well established.iact, that the bills of the free bank ii» the No, 1 list, published in nearly every newspaper in the state, is as readily convertablo into coin as the bills of any other banks, and eastern exchange can be bought at from 1 to 5 per cent premium. The N. A. &S.R. R. passes through the entire length of.the state and through a country where the cui - reney is mostly free bank paper, und many who patronize Ihe road do not think of providing themselves with coin when they start on a journey of 50 or a hundred miles. Their ignorance ol the rules of the road istnkciL advantage of, after they get aboard the cars, and they are obliged to pay §1,40 in*par bank paper for what SI,OO should pay for, or be left oft the road, to curse monopolies in general and the N. A. & S. R. R. iffparticurur- This is a wrong which should be corrected in some way. If the traveling public are informed, they can provide themselves to meet such emergencies. — Lnporle Union.

The Columbian gives the following summary of the decision: Mr. IVndery then read the affidavit made by Air. Dennison, and Upon which the original warrant was issued by Mr. Pendery. This was in effect that Rosetta, a dark mulatto, five feet high and sixteen years of age had escaped on or about the Bth of March. Air. Pendery denied that prior to March 8, llosetta was a slave, and then he proposed to examine in making his decision whether upon his affidavit she was a fugitive within the terms of the fugitive slave act. Ist. He held that the fourth section of the fugitive slave act clearly gav o him jurisdiction. 2d. He examined the relation of Dr. Miller, and lipw far the rights of the claimant were effected by l)r. Al.’s agency. Did Dr. M. transcend his authority? Was there any direction given as to the route to be taken? Certainly not. There is a presumption from tho evidence, that the route of travel was left to the discretion of the agent, or otherwise, the agent would b*K|£9ponsible. for the lods. and tire claimant would not be responsible for the expense of transit through the S ate. 3d. The next point examiued, was whether Rosetta was a fugitive, and it wos held that 5 iSandford R. 031, and the decision of Judges Hitchcock and Lane of our own State, have settled thnt the right of trail#t of merchandize or property through free States is not recognited, that slavery is Only established by local municipal law, that the slave has in a free State ns much light to assert hi* freedom as the master has to claim him, and that the consent of the master to enter the State, sets a. slavo free. mTThat there was here no escape. If so, was it going on board the boat, or on the trip here, or from the ears, or at Columbus? Even her preference for freedom, was not a technical escape. In conclusion. Mr. Pendery decided that Rosetta was free. The audience Applauded, but order was soon restored. The room was cleared, Rosetta was then taken to another room, until acarrage was procured, when in charge of her trier/ds, and Mr. Van Slyke* the was taken rapidly g out of the city. This was not from any apprhensionso/an attempt to kidnap, but solely to quiet the public excitement, and prevent broils. At the conclusion of the trial, Mr. Dennison went up to Mr. Pendory and remarked,'“ Well, you have got me through after a fashion, but you tare hot done me justweT* TOO* considered improper, oven by MrDennison’s friends, since Mr. Pen* dery has evidently labored throughout the case to act fairfy and ju»»y Mat A bill has been mtreefoeed into the California Legislature for the sapression of gambling. Good thing. ~|C]P The Detroit Tribune says that that place a few dsysUws bound foe Kansas- 7.' 777777* > : ■-- v — ~•- ' j MW It is said. that the prospect for a good f ropof wheat in Northern Missouri is nfifre promising than for »• number of year* JaiL,,.. J

Scc'y.

Rosetta Free.