Indiana State Guard, Volume 1, Number 10, Indianapolis, Marion County, 9 August 1860 — Page 4

THE PLATFORMS.

For the convenience of future reference, we present our readers with the five political platforms: Platform of the National Democratic Party. The Candidates." For President John C. Breckinridge, of Kentucky. For lice President Gsa. Joseph. Lane, of Oregon. Resolved, That the platform adopted by the Democratic party at Cincinnati he affirmed, with the folIowinr explanatory resolutions:. 1. That the Government of a Territory organlnA Uwt art oof rf Pmiirrpcfi i nrnvwinnfll and temporary, and during its existence all citizens of the United States have an equal right to settle with their property in the territory, without their rights, either in person or property, being destroyed by Congressional or Territorial legislation. ' 2. That it is the duty of the Federal Government, in all the departments, to protect the rights of persons and property in the Territories, and wherever else its constitutional authority extends. 3. That when the settlers in a Territory, having an adequate population, form a State Constitution, the right of sovereignty commences, and being consummated by their admission into the Union, they stand on an equality with the people of other States, and a Slate thus organized ought to be admitted into-the Federal Union, Whether its Constitution prohibits or recognizes the institution of slavery. 4. That the Democratic party are in favor of the acquisition of Cuba, on such terms as shall be honorable to ourselves and just to Spain, at the earliest practicable moment. 5. That the enactments of State Legislatures to defeat the faithful -execution of .the Fugitive Slave Law are hostile in character, subversive of the Constitution, and revolutionary in their effect. 6. That the Democracy of the United States recognize it as an imperative duty of the Government to protect the naturalized citizen in all his rights, whether at home or in foreign lands, to the same extent as its native born citizens. 'Whereas, One of the greatest necessities of the age, in a political, commercial, postal, and military point of view, is a speedy communication between the Pacific and Atlantic coasts; therefore be it resolved, 7. That the National Democratic party do hereby pledge themselves to use every means in their power to secure the passage of some bill, to the extent of their constitutional authority by Congress, for the construction of a railroad to the Pacific Ocean, at the earliest practicable moment. Platform of the Douglas Faction. The Candidates. For President Stephen A. Douglas, of III. For Vice President IIerschel V. Johnson, of Georgia. Resolved, That we, the Democracy of the Union in Convention assembled, hereby declare our affirmation of the resolutions unanimously adopted and declared as a platform of principles bv the Democratic Convention at'. Cincinnati, in the year 1856, believing that Democratic principles are unchangable in their nature when applied to the same subject matter, and we recommend as our only further resolutions the following: That inasmuch as diiFerences of opinion exist in the Democratic party as to the nature and extent of the powers of a Territorial Legislature, and as to the powers and duties of Congress, under the Constitution of the United States, over the institution of Slavery within the Territories; Resolved, That the Democratic party will abide by the decision of the Supreme Court of the United States over the institution of Slavery in the Territories. Resolved, That it is the duty of the United States to afford ample and complete protection to all its citizens, at home or abroad, and whether native or foreign born. Resolved, That one of the necessities of the age, in a military, commercial and postal point o view, is speedy communication between the Atlantic and Pacific States, and the Democratic party pledge such constitutional enactment as will insure the construction of a railroad to the Pacific coast at the earliest practical period. Resolved, That the Democratic party are in favor of the acquisition of the Island of Cuba, on such terms as shall be honorable to ourselves and just to Spain. Resolved, That the enactments of State Legislatures to defeat the faithful execution of the Fugitive Slave law are hostile in character, subversive to the Constitution and revolutionary in . their effect. To the above is added the following resolution adopted at Baltimore for the purpose of gaining votes in Louisiana. Resolved, That it is in accordance with the Cincinnati Platform, that during the existence of Territorial Governments,. the measure of restriction, whatever it may be, imposed by the Federal Constitution on the power of the Territorial Legislature over the subject of the domestic relations, as the same has been or skull hereafter be decided by the Supreme Court of the United Stales, should be respected by all good citizens, and enforced with promptness and fidelity by every branch of the General Government. The Republican Platform Adopted at Chicago, May 13, 1360. THE CANDIDATES. For President Abraii am Lincoln, of Illinois. For Vice Peresidenl Hannibal Hamlin, of Maine. THE PLATFORM. Resolved, That we, the delegated represetatives of the Republican electors of the United Slates, in Convention assembled, in the discharge of our dutv we owe to our constituents and our country, unite in the following resolutions: 1st. That the history cf the Nation during the last four years has fully established the propriety and necessity of the organization and perpetuation of the. Republican party, and that the causes which called it into existence are permanent in their nature, and now, more than ever, demand its peaceful and constitutional triumph. 2d. That the maintainance of the principles promulgated in the Declaration of Independence, and embodied in the Federal Constitution, that "all men are created equal; that they are endowed by their Creator with certain inalienable rights, among which are those of life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness, and that Goveraments re instituted among men to secure the enjoyment of these rights, deriving their just power from the consent of the governed" are eseniial to the preservation of oar Republican institutions.

and that the Federal Constitution, the rights of

the Statesand the union of the States, must and shall be preserved. 3d. That to the union of the States this nation owes its unprecedented increase in population, its surprising developments of material resources; its rapid augmentation of wealth; its happiness at home and its honor abroad; and we hold in abhorrence all schemes for disunion, come from whatever source they may; and we congratulate the country that no Republican member of Congress has uttered or countenanced the threats of disunion as often made by llie Democratic members of Congress, without rebuke and with applause from their political associates; and we denounce those threats of disunion in case of a popular overthrow of their ascendency, as denying the vital principles of ft free Government, and as an avowal of contemplated treason which it is the imperative duty of an indignant people sternly to rebuke and forever silence. J " . . ....... . . i . i ' - e it. 4th. That the maintenance inviolate, oi uie rights of the States, nnd especially of each State to order and control its own domestic-Institutions according to its own judgment exclusively, is essential to that balance of power on which the perfection and endurance of our political fabric depends; and we denounce the lawless invasion by armed force of the soil of any State or lerritory, no matter under what pretext, as one of the gravest of crimes. 5th. That the present Democratic Administration has far exceeded our worst apprehensions in the measureless subserviency to the exactions of a sectional interest, as especially evinced in its desperate exertions to force the infamous Lecompton Const'nution upon the protesting people of Kansas, construing the relation between-master and servant to involve an unqualified property in persons; in its attempted enforcement everywhere, on land and sea, through the intervention of Congress and of the Federal Courts, of the extreme pretensions of a purely local interest; and in its general and unvarying abuse of the power entrusted to it by a confiding people. 6th. That the people justly view with alarm the reckless extravagance which pervades every department of the Federal Government. That a return to right economy and accountability is indispunsible to arrest the plunder of the public treasury by favored partisans, while the recent startling' developments of frauds and corruption at the Federal metropolis show that an entire change of administration is imperatively demanded. 7th. That the new dogma that the Constitution of its own force carries Slavery into any or all the Territories of the United States, is a dangerous political heresy, at variance with the explicit provisions of that instrument itself, with cotemporaneous exposition, and with legislative and judicial precedents, that it is revolutionary in its tendency and subversive of the peace and harmony of the country. 8th. That the nominal condition of all the ter ritory ot the United btates is that ot treedom; that as our Republican fathers, when they had abolished slavery in all our national territory, ordained that no person should be deprived of life, liberty or property without due process of law, it becomes our duty by legislation, whenever such legislation is necessary, to maintain this provision of the Constitution against all attempts to violate it; and we deny the authority -.of Congress, -or a Territorial Legislature, or of any individual, to give legal existence to slavery in any Territory of the United States. 9th. That we brand the recent 'reopening of the African Slave Trade, under the cover of our national flag, aided by perversions of judicial power, as a crime against humanity, and a burning shame to our country and age; and we call upon Congress to take prompt and efficient measures for the total and final suppression of that execrable traffic. 10th. That in the recent vetoes by their Federal Governors of the acts of the Legislatures of Kansas and Nebraska, prohibiting slavery in these Territories, we find a practical illustration of the boasted Democratic principles of non-intervention and Popular Sovereignty, embodied in the Kansas-Nebraska bill, and a demonstration of the deception and fraud involved therein. 11th. That Kansas should, of right, be immediately admitted as a State under the Constitution recently formed and adopted by her people, and accepted by the House of Representatives. 12th,. That while providing revenue for the support of the general Government, by duties upon imports, sound policy requires such an adjustment of these imports as to encourage the development of the industrial interests of the whole country, and we commend that policy of Nation al Exchange which secures to the working men liberal wages, agriculture remunerating prices, to merchants and manufacturers an adequate reward for their skill, labor and enterprise, and to the nation commercial prosperity and indepen deuce. 13th. That we protest against any sale or alienation to others of the public lands held by actual settlers, and against any view of the free homestead policy, which regards the settlers as paupers or suppliants for public bounty, and we demand the passage by Congress of the complete and satisfactory homestead measure which has already passed the House. 14th. That the National Republican party is opposed to any change in our naturalization laws, or any State Legislation, by which the rights of citizenship hitherto accorded to immigrants Horn foreign lands shall be abridged or impaired, and in favor of giving a full and efficient protection to the rights of all classes of citizens, whether native or naturalized, both at home and abroad. 15th. That apropriations by Congress for river and harbor improvements of a national character, required for the accommodation and security of an existing commerce, or authorized by the Constitution and justified by the obligation of the Government to protect the lives and property of its citizens. 16th. That a railroad to the Pacific ocean is imperatively demanded by the interests of the whole country; and that the federal tiovernment ought to render immediate and efficient aid in its construction, and that preliminary thereto, a daily overland mail should be promptly establashed 17th. Finally, having thus set forth our distinctive principles nnd views, we invite the cooperation of all citizens, however differing in other questions, who substantially agree with us, in their affirmance and support. The National Constitutional Party. candidates. For President John Bkll, of Tennessee. For. Vive President Edward Everett, of Massachusetts. platfopm. The Union, the Constitution and the Laws. The Sam. Houston Party. CANDIDATE. For President Sam Houston, of Texas. platform. The Candidate's old Indian blanket.

Acceptance of Hon. John C. Breckinridge.

Democratic National Convention, Baltimore, Md., June 23, 1860. 860.J Sir: I am directed by vote of the Democratic National Convention to inform you that you have been this day unanimously nominated by it as the candidate of the Democratic party for the office of President of the United States and in their behalf to request you to accept the nominanation. I beg leave at the same time to inclose you a copy of the resolutions adopted by the Convention as the political platform on which the party stands. I have the honor to be, Very respectfully, . C. Ci'siiiNO, President. Washington Citv, July 6, 1860. Dea Sir: I have your letter of the 23d ult., by which I am officially informed of my nomination for the office of President of the United States by the Democratic National Convention, lately assembled at Baltimore. The circumstances of this nomination will justify me in referring to its personal aspect. 1 have not sought nor desired to be placed before the country for the office of President. When my name was presented to the Convention at Charleston, it was withdrawn by a friend in obedience with my expressed wishes. My views had not changed when the Convention re-assembled at Baltimore, and when 1 heard of the differences which occurred there, my indisposition to be connected prominently with the canvass, was confirmed and expressed to many friends. ' Without discussing the occurrences which preceeded the nominations, and which are, or soon will be, well understood by the country, I have only to say that I approved, as just and necessary to the preservation of the National organization, and the sacred right of representation, the action of the Convention over which you continued to preside; and thus approving it, and having resolved to sustain it, I feel it does not become me to select the position I shall occupy, nor to shrink from the responsibilities of the post to which I have been assigned. Accordingly I accept the nomination from the sense of public duty; and, as I think uninfluenced in any degree by the allurements of ambition. I avail myself of this occasion to say that the confidence in my personal and public character impelled by the action of the Convention, will always be gratefully remembered; and it is but just, also, to my own feelings to express my gratification at the association of my name with that of my friend General Lane, a patriot and a soldier whose great services in the hem and in council entitle him to the gratitude and confidence of his countrymen. The resolutions adopted by the Convention have my cordial approval. They are just to all parts of the Union, to all our citizens, native and nat uralized, and they form a noble policy for any Administration. The questions touching the rights of persons and property, which have of late been much discussed, find in these resolutions a constitutional solution. Our Union is a confederacy of equal sovervign States, for the purposes enumerated in the Federal Constitution. Whatever the common Government holds in trust for all the States must be enjoyed equally by each. It controls the Territories in trust for all the States. Nothing less than sovereignty can destroy or impair the rights of persons or property. The Territorial Governments are subordinate and temporary, and not sovereign; hence they cannot destroy or impair the rights of persons or property. While they continue to be Territories they are under the control of Congress, but the Constitution nowhere confers on any branch of the federal Government the power to discriminate against the rights of the States or the property of their citizens in the Teriitories. It follows that the citizens of all the States may enter the Territories of the Union with their property, of whatever kind, and enjoy it during the territorial condition without let or hindrance, either by Congress or by the subordinate Territorial Governments. These principles flow directly from the absence of sovereignty in the Territorial Governments, and from the equality of the States. Indeed, they are essential to that equality, which is, and ever has been, the vital principle of our constitutional Union. They have been settled legislatively settled judicially, and are sustained by right reason. They rest on the rock of the Constitution they will -preserve the Union. It is idle to attempt to smother these great issues, or to misrepresent them by the use of partisan phrases, which are misleading nnd delusive. ihe people will look beneath such expressions as Intervention," "Congressional Slave Code," and the like, and will penetrate to the real questions involved. The friends of constitutional equality do not and never did demand a "Congressional Slave Code," nor any other code in regard to property in the Territories. They hold the doctrine of non-intervention by Congress or by a Territorial Legislature, either to establish or prohibit Slavery; but they assert (fortified by the highest judicial tribunal in the Union) the plain duty of the Federal Government, in all its departments, to secure, when necessary, to the citizens of all the States, the enjoyment of all their property in the common Territories, as everywhere else within its jurisdiction. The only logical answer to this would seem to be to claim sovereign power for the Territories or to deny that the Constitution recognises property in the services of negro slaves, or to deny that such property can exist. Inexorable logic, which works its steady way through clouds aud passion, compels the country to meet the issue. There is no evasive middle ground. Already the signs multiply of a fanatical and growing party, which denies that under the Constitution, or by any other law, slave property can exist; and ultimately the struggle must come between this party and the National Democracy, sustained by all the other conservative elements in the Union. I think it will be impossible for a candid mind to discover hostilty to the Union or a taint of sectionalism in the resolutions adopted by the Convention. The Constitution and the Union repose on the equality of the Stales, which lies like a broad foundation underneath our whole political structure. As I construe them, the resolutions simply assert this equality. They demand nothing for any State or section that is not cheerfully conceded to all the rest. It is well to remember that tne chief disorders w hich have afflicted our country have grown out of the violation of State equality, and that as long as this great j principle has been respected we have been bless ed with harmony and peace, rtor will it be easy to pursuade the country that resolutions re sectional which command the support of a majority of the States, and are approved by the bone and body of the old Democracy, and by a vast mass of conservative opinion everywhere, without regard to party. It has been necessary, more than once in our i htstory, to pause and solemnly Rsserl the true

character, of this . Goverment, A memorable in

stance occured in the struggle which ended in the civil revolution of 1800. The Republicans of that day, like the Democracy of this, were stigi t- ' . i . . i ti i ... .1 mauzeu as uisunionisis, outiney nooiy conducted the contest under the Constitution, and saved our political system. By a like constitutional struggle it 'is intended to assert and establish the equality of the States, as the only basis of union and peace. When this object, so national, so constitutional, so just, shall be accomplished, the last cloud will disappear from the American sky, and with common hands and hearts the States and the people will unite to develop the resourses of the whole country, to bind it together with the bonds of inI tercourse and brotherhood, andtqJmpe Litonward in its great career. The Constitution and the Equality of the States ! These are symbols of everlasting Union. Let these be the rallying Cries of the people. I trust that this canvass will be conducted without rancor, and that temperate arguments will take the place of hot words and passionate accusations. Above all, I venture humbly to hope that Divine Providence, to whom we owe our origin, our growth, and all our prosperity, will continue to protect our beloved country against all danger, foreign and domestic, I am, with great repect, your friend, John C. Breckinridge. The Hon. C. dishing, President of the Democratic National Convention. General Lane's Letter of Acceptance. Baltimore, June 23. . To Hon Joe Lane I am directed by a vote of the National Democratic Convention to inform you that you have bee,n this day nominated by it as the candidiate of the Democratic party for the office of Vice President of the United States, and in their behalf to request you to accept the same. I beg leave at the same time to enclose to you a copy of the resolutions adopted by the Convention as the political platform on which the party stands. 1 have the honor to be very respectfully, 1 (Signed,) C. CUSIIING, Pies' t. Washington, Saturday June 30. Hon. Caleb Cushing, President : I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of the communication you make in behalf of the Democratic National Convention, at which you inform me that on the 23d, I was unanimously nominated by that body for the office of Vice President of the United States, with the request that I should accept the nomination. The platform adopted, of which you enclose me a copy, meets my hearty approval, and it embraces what 1 have been contending for as the only means of stopping sectional agitation by securing to all equality and constitutional rights, the denial of which has led to the present unhappy condition of public affairs. Compromises of constitutional principles are very dangerous, and I am rejoiced that the true Democracy have seen fit to plant a firm foot on the rock of truth, and to give the people an opportunity to vindicate their love of justice and fraternal regard for each others rights. Non-intervention on the subject of slavery I may emphatically say is the cardinal maxim of the Democracy.. Non-intervention by Congress and non-intervention by Territorial Legislatures is fully stated by the first resolution of the adopted platform. In vain would we declare ' the former without inserting it upon the latter, because to permit Territorial Legislatures to prohibit such slavery or by informal legislation to invalidate property would be granting powers to the creature or agent which it is admitted do not appertain to the principle or power that must necessarily extend to Congress and to the people of all the States. The right of every citizen to enter the common Territory with whatever property he legally possesses, necessarily devolves upon the Federal Government the duty to protect the right of this citizen whenever and wherever assailed or infringed. The Democratic party honestly meet this agitating question which is threatening to sever and destroy this brotherhood of States. It does not propose to legislate for the extension of slavery, nor for the restriction, but to give to each State nnd every citizen all that our forefathers proposed, viz., perfect equality of rights, and then commit lo the people the determinations as to what kind of institutions, but fitted their requirements in their constitutional limits, and declaring as a fundamental maxim that the people of a Territory can establish or prohibit slavery when they come to form a constitution preparatory to their admission as a State into the Union. If happily our principles shall prevail, an era of peace and harmony will be restored to our distracted country and no more shall we be troubled with the agitation of this dangerous question, because it will be removed from the Teriitories and Legislatures as well as from the halls of Conr.. ..i. i... c ...... jiess. iiu &imji uv nee lu nun uiu oli-ciiiujii iu more uselul issues the motive of growth and national greatness. Our union must be preserved; but this can only be done by maintaining the Constituiion inviolate in all its provisions and guarantees. The judicial authority as provided by the Constitution must be maintained and its decision implicitly obeyed as well in regard to the rights of property in the Territory as in all other mat ters. Hoping for success and trusting in the truth nnd justice of the principles of our party, and in that divine Providence that has watched over us and made us one of the greatest nations of the earth, and that we may continue to merit divine protection, I cheerfully accept the nomination so unanimously conferred on me, and cordially indorse the platform adopted by the Convention. I have the honor to be sir, with much respect, your friend nnd obedient servant, (Signed,) JOSEPH LANE. LOCOMOTIVE STEAM PRESS BOOK AND JOB PRINTING OFFICE. WK wouM call the attention of Hnltrond Men, Pru,teii. of Colleges niirt Acfi'lciHie, tho .Medical Profession. ml ull others, lo our assortment of NEW & BEAUTIFUL TYPE! Jum received from the best KoiiimI rieMit Hits I'liilutl States. em ! bntcihf all ttm JUtriirat 5i, ttenta fraction . Frttnch Ltttera, jilfftbraicmi Sin$. and all Uit modern facilities for doing work in liif bestiljle All our Type and .Matliinery is nw.and in iroo4 order, inHm.injr three of A vims'1 linprored STEAM PRINTING PRESSES which enables as to do our work in a superior slrto, on as short ! lim-, and as pod terms as any other office. ! We hare on hand a superior nrtirle of Hook mid Col orfcroep. wo piiarahtv all ,vorli entrusted lo lit to be dona in tho neatest manner. wiUi promptness and accuracy. O.ir DrnitWrnrar Wfi! n i.ii!it with all killdsof KftW twi Pn.hinn.ijio Type, ami we aro prepared t Jt2a.XXa.dlS OX dOO w j on Ibe shortest notice, and at the lowest living rates; and j H L A H K F E V K H V DESUIII T ION, wo Cap, letter. Full" Post. Plat Cap, French, or Colored Paj Tors. and Curtis or Card Board For the character of our work we confidently refer to any l Book or Job nwarinr oar imprint. i ri.,r are rernlated at the oweit cah stamlnrd .so as to be recnlar and uniform, and eonal lo all: and enntrneu for work will be adhered lo, without rrsftl to eilra chances.-Tf-f Order, (mm a distance prompt 1 attended to, and acca-ra-guarantied. iT"OHrsii Meridian street, immediately opposite the Post mr'' hi. II hi! A HAKKNKSR.

THINGS TO BE REMEMBERED BY THE PEOPLE. That every Democratic United States Senator save only Mr. Push and Mr. Douglas, endorses the nomination of Breckinridge and Lane, and will render good aid in electing them. KEEP IT BEFORE THE PEOPLE ! That in the House of Representatives three-fifths at least, of the Democratic members, go the same ticket. AKEEP IT BEFORE THE PEOPLE 1 That ex-President Pierce, and so far as heard from,

every member of his Cabinet, are openly in the field for Breckinridge and Lane, the Union and the Constitution, KEEP IT BEFORE .THE PEOPLE I That James Buchanan and everv mcnilior of hi Cabinet, including Gen. Cass, the leader of the De mocracy in the campaign of 1848, are firm in their support of the nominees of the Democracy Breckinridge and Lane. KEEP IT BEFORE THE PEOPLE ! That lion. Daniel S. Dickinson, of New York, and the most prominent men of the party in every State of the Union, have declared the same way. KEEP IT BEFORE THE PEOPLE ! That seventeen of the States of the Union are as certain to cast their votes for Breckinridge and Lane as ttiat tne sun will nso on tlie morning of the elec tion.- . ' KEEP IT BEFORE THE PEOPLE 1 That the Electoral College consists of 303 votes.two thirds of which are 202 Douglas' vote on the last ballot was 181 votes or 20A less than the renuisite two-thirds which his friends at Charleston voted for. KEEP IT BEFORE THE PEOPLE! That when it became apparent to the friends of Judge Douglas that he could not receive 20 more votes, then they gave him the regular (.') nomination by a trick, and declared he was " nominated unanimously," THE WHOLE TRUTH IN A NUT-SHELL. The whole number of votes cast were 194 J. There were 108 delegates absent, and not voting, even after the admission of the. bogus delegates from Alabama and Louisiana. Deducting these, there were but 189 regular legal delegates or 123 less than a full Convention present. Of the Free State delegates, 3 from Maine, 3 from Massachusetts, 2 from Connecticut, 4 J from New Jersey, and 17 from New York 30 in all had seceded. Stcubcnville Union. TO CORRESPONDENTS. Wc solicit our friends in all parts of the State tofaorv us occasionally with communications short, but to the point so that the public may be informed of the strength and spirit of the Breckinkidge movement in this State. SiT The opposition papers are talking about Gen Lane just as they used tojtalk about Gen. Jackson say he is illiterate, unpolished, spells wrong &c, but, like the hero of New Orleans, he will convince them that he knows how to win success, let him spell as he may. -. We have sent a large number of prospectuses to our friends throughout the State. We hope that each one will exert himself to. procure as largo a subscription as possible. Let the people be thoroughly informed in regard to the true position of parties, and Douglas' doctrine of "Squatter Sovereignty" will fall as if touched by the spear of Ithuriel. Advertising. As our paper will have an extensive circulation throughout the State of Indiana, we solicit advertising on the usual terms. From the assurance of our friends, we believe that our circulation will equal or exceed that of any paper in Indiana. BY AUTHORITY. ;' N E IS K A S K A . Synopsis of Ihe President's Proclamations IV o. OGO, dated April 20, 18GO. TT orders public sales in the Territory of Nebraska, as L follows : At the loud office at Brownsville, on the 6th day of August next, of twenty-six townships, heretofore nn- . ottered, in tho counties of Jones and Saline. At the land office at Brownsville, on the 20th day of August next, of twenty -four townships, licrctofore unoft'ered, in the counties of Fillmore and Jefferson. At the land office at Nebraska City, on the 13th day of Aupust next, of twenty-eight townships and fractional townships, heretofore nnoficred, in the counties of Clay, Lancaster, Calhoun, Saline, Greene and Butler. At the land office at Nebraska City, on the 27th day of August next, of twenty-seven townships nnd fractional townships, heretofore unoffercd, in the counties of Saline, Greene and Butler. At the land office at Omaha City, on the 13th day of August next, "of thirty-three townships ..nnd .fractional; townships, heretofore nnoficred, in the counties of Piatt, Izard and Cuming. At the land office atDKCOTAH City, on the Cth day of August next, of forty townships and fractional ttwni-hips, heretofore nnoffercd", in the counties of Cedar; Dixon, l'iercc and Qui Court. At the land office at Decotah City, on the 20th day August next, of thirty-seven townships, heretofore tinoffered, in tho conntics of Tierce ond Qui Court. The lands will be offered witli the usual exceptions of school sections, &c, &c. The sales will be kept open until the the lands are all offered, which is to be accomplished within two weeks, and no longer, and no private entry of any of the lands will be admitted until after the expiration of the two weeks. Pre-emption claimants arc required to establish their claims to the satisfaction of the proper Register and Re ceiver, and make payment for tlio samo on or before the day appoinled for the commencement of the public salcn, otherwise their claims will be lorleiten. JOS. S. WILSON, Commissioner nj'llie General Land Office. General Land Office, June 14, 1560. July 24-6 w, I a week. K A N S A X . Synopsis of lc President's Proclamations No, 059s dated .April 20, 18CO. IT orders public sales in the Territory of Kansas, as follows: At the land office at Junction City, on the 6tli day of August next, of forty townships and parts of townships, heretofore nnoft'ercd, in the counties of Marshall and Washington. At the land office at Junction City, on tho 20th day of August next, of thirty-three tow nships heretofore r.ioffcred, in tho counties of Clav and Bickison. At the land office at Junction CiTY.on the 10th day of September next, of thirty-four townships nnd fractional townships, heretofore unofl'ered, in the comities of Wise Mid Bntler. At the land office t Foht Scott, on the 13th day of August next, of twenty-five townships nnd parts of tow?tship', heretofore nnoficred, in the conntics of Anderson, Coffee, Madison and Butler. The lands will be offered with the usual exceptions of school sections, &c, &c. The sales will be kept open until the lands are all offered, which is to le accomplished within two weeks, and no longer, and no private entry of any of tlie lands will bo admitted until after the expiration of the two weeks. Pre-emption claimants are required to establish their claims to the satisfaction of the proper Register and Receiver, and mnke navnent for the same on or before the day appointed fcr the crimrm'nccment of the public sales, otlierwue their claims vi)l be forfeited. JOS. S. WILSON, CniMmistionrr of the General Land QJjfict. General Office, Junr, 14, IPSO; Julv 24 6w, 1 a week.