The Grasshopper from Grasshopper Falls, Kansas • 2

THE GEASSHOPPBE. 2 taia from Kansas are repaid, will ho Uy down his arms. In fact, says he, 14 It does not suit mo to leave, just cow." Ossawatomie Herald. The Fort Scott Difficulties. If thero any criterion whereby we can of the troubles existing in tho touthern portion of this Territory, wo have it iu fall the border settlements of It is Tni3 That our Toivn holds out great inducements to persons of great and small means.

The nun of lit'lo means can now procure balding lots to THE GllASSIlOPPEK, J. A. CODY, iMitorand I'roprictor. cIasSteS FALLS, K. Saturday Homing, June 5, Tha Condition and Prospects of Oar Town.

and do a thousand other things which the people would have to da under a State organization. Tho ciuz.i.s of every new territory nre without mean a3 compared with tLoso of tho old -They Have plenty to do in providing for their own and family wants. They navo nothing to spare to feed the political cormorants hovering abcut them and crying for prey. tho South-western States It is an undeniable fact that tho settlements on tho borders cf our western States and Ter iy Hare Turning Copper to Cold. Being in this city on a visit from tha State of Missouri, embraced the opportunity to call on Professor Hare, to sea which good ttl- had, at from fifteen to Seventy-live dollars each, and on very reasonable" terms.

The lots are 50 feci front and 150 feet rear The man of large menu' an invett Lis money in lots, in faruing-ids, iu buildings, or loan It on good security, at remunerative rales of interest. ritories have in them the elements of a bold, fearlcea and hardy people, whonro About two rears niro our town was jealous of what they letl to be their rights and whoso party prejudices are in themselves paramount and their Wc shall rcsumo this sul j-jct at 110 d'statt Wheat-Sugar. The Spring and Winter Wheat Jefferson County looks extremely well. If this bo a fair show, no countiy in the what new developments or discoveries he tv4 inakhg in spiritualism. My main object in writing ihU letter ia to state what 1 was witness to myself.

Tho manifestations that are taking place before the analytic mind of Dr. Hare, in his laboratory, are certainly of the most extraordinary, nnd of a kind the world ha never seen or heard of, which will force conviction upon the minds of thoso who nre even determined not to believe, for very reason that, under the cir. proverbial opposition to all innovations upon their modes of life, and f.om their noted dislike for common schools and new improvements, it caii not reasonably be expected that such men Will coma tinder tho common restraints of more enlightened communities. In many cases, the Eansa3 Present and Future. Kansas, at this tirTV, presents a healthy appearance.

The sierra cloud that had so been gathering ovr us, accumulating its force from the potr, onou i vapors of the South, arising fromjk lowest sinks of in world can beat Kansas in that kind of famy, was ad, rwcrera are en yj f.iniedJ cunstances, it is JmpoSfiolirlor Mortal man to do them. I will, however, state loose upon socieiy ior crime, arm some times, perhaps innocently, who, smarting under the wrong, are not slow in retaliating alike upon the innocent as well ns well as the guilty. And such is the pe II pOSSIOle, CrusU OU UlO liihl VChtlgO Ol freedom and consigt us to eternal bondage; but at that niofnent when the storm was ready to break upon us in all its fury and force, theurifying winds from lbs Noitb began to blow tornado-like, bearing the words of the immortal Hen some of the manifi stations the doctor told me have taken place within a short tirre pat. grain. Between this nr.d Leavenworth, as well as in this vicinity, are many fine fields of War, well ret, rank, and green as a Jo k.

The formers r-rtf tlono lUcrn-selves honor in prilling in so bountifully this and other crops. They have settled tho long vexed question whether Kansas or is not wheat growing country. Many of our farmers aro also trying another experiment the planting of tho Sugar Cane We believe this will aho be successful, and our sweet luting appetites will he fuliy gratified in two years at most. Go on yo lovers of A common manifestation, or one that culiar caste of men engaged in most of the difficulties at Fort Scott. Wc do not is frequently made by Dr.

Hare, is tho changing a copper cent in a few minutes' ry "Give us Liberty or give us death This warning cry stayed the proud wave laid in ashes by the mdits from Mis-souii, an I tho Hula property cf our citizens was either stolen or destroyed. It wrs not till after llio land sales in August ht and the stew it; of titles to our Jand, that rebuilding commenced: find now wo can boabt of forty or fifty buildings of different lind-t. There aro Uo saw mil's in the place, one ptopellud by steam, the other by water. A ast famountof luwbtr is manufactured for town nrid coiintryaiso. A nether sawmill a flouring mi.l nnd woollen factory are soon to be erected nnd put in operation in tho place, by Mr.

Baldwin, of Beren, Ohio. Cricks aie now being extensively manufactured by Dr. L. NoiiTiiRcr and several brick buildings will be erected between this and next winter. We have five stores in town, well supplied with English Goods and Groceries, and an Apothecary shop.

There is ono fine Jitilc church building erected by Itev. Mr. McAfee, in which wc have divine f.crvice every Sabbath. A second is to bo built this summer by Kev. Mr.

Wood, ford, of the Congregational order, and to cost two thousand dollars. The Uev. Mr. Downey, of tho Methodibt Episcopal Church, contemplates erecting a chapel ns early ns possible. Five very resectable buildings nn 9 now in process of erection, nnd will soon bo completed.

There aro timber, limestone, nnd clay in abundanco. Indications of coal pro-tent themselves iu nil directions, nnd no doubt some valuable bds of it will soon bo developed. and said "thus fir shalt thou go, and no farther." It was Tthen known to the South for the first time in the history of Free Stite, and good living vou will have enough and to spare. know but mat great honor may yet accrue to the party which cotnes out victorious, but for the life of us we can not ditrine wherein. Ve are of th opinion that these factions ars similar to thoso who havo and to some extent ytt forav along the borders of Arkansas and Texac, and will require the samo treatment as that dealt out by the Vigilance Committees of San Francisco nnd Texas.

time into a piece of gold. The Doctor has quite a number of pieces of gold, all of which have ben made by the spirits from copper cents, lie showed mo a solution of platinum, made from thooro by the spirits. Also a piece of pure silver, weighing grains, which had been converted into a fluid state by the spirits, and then changed back to the original solid maas. He placed at ono time a number of coins of different kinds gold, silver and copper into a glass our government, that there was a North, nnd that the knew her rights and dare maintain them. rid tho North now says, wo be to thtiiiju "or set of men, that dare trample with impunity on these sacred rights, and compel her to exert tho majesty cf her strength.

wo jar, closely corked, and then put tho jar A Suggestion. Would it not boa good plan for the young men of bur Town to form a society for debate nnd intellectual improvement? There are latent mental powers in every man which nothing can develop but conflict cf mind with mind. Such process cannot well be carried on wiihout book knowledge, and such knowledge cannot be acquired without a library. Wo would therefoic, recommend the formation of such a society, and subscriptions for the purchase cf a email library of well selected bonks. We hope thero will bo no delny in this matter.

A Churnbnsco Defeat. The 2d day of August the Lecompton bribe is to be submitted to the people of Kansas for their acceptance or rejection. The miserable myrmidons who suppose that a constitution "conceived in fraud and brought forth in iniquity," will ever be sanctioned by an outraged people, will bo surprised when, in tones which shall mako tho White House and Capitol tremble from bate to dome, saying, '-Get theo behind me. Satan." The soul-dam- be unto that man who shall first make the itltempt to take away the right of tho people to govern tlit mselves, better that "a millstone was hanged about his neck, and ho cast into the depth of the sea." The people would raise in the majesty of their strergth, tho deep-toned and stern denunciations of an indignant mul-ti udo would be borne to the ear of the South by the sam9 breeze that wafted the cry of the inirfwtal Henry to the containing the coins into an empty wooden box, which was then also closed. In three minutes the Doctor sianding by with his watch in hand it was changed into a two-and-a-half dollar gold coin.

After ho had examined it, and placed it in a jar, and then in the box, in five minutes it was converted into the samq kind and number of coins he hnd put in. On With nil ttcso great natural udvnn-1 fur season to slink back into his lair an institution of this kind, and gladly energy of our citizens, nothing can pro- be buried in that oblivion they so richly nnd hide his diminished bead from the deserve. vent the rapid growth and prosperity of avail themselves of an opportunity of hearing tho debates. They would also gaze of tho world. The cry of disunion Grasshopper Falto.

Captain Montgomery. seo that tho books should not moulder and secession by the South, can no longer The Captain was born in Ashtabula Stato or Territory Which will you upon the shelves of tho library. produce these fearful effects on the once timjd car of the North, but she now says county, Ohio, lived sixteen years in Ken To the People. tucky, and has been in Kansas about four to tho South If legl-lators are corrupt and betray coins of different kinds, in like manner, in a jar, and bad them converted into a solid mass in a few minutes. Tho spirits then changed thii solid mass of metal into the same kind and number of coins he had put in.

Many other extraordinary raanifesta. lions have taken placa in the Doctor's laboratory, and have been witnessed by others. I will now state what I saw Dr. Hare, tbo medium, M. Aug.

lluggles (a young man, eighteen or twenty years pf to whom I was an entire stranger when I entered the laboratory), and my- the confidence of their constituents. it Choose? What the administration and its adherents intend as a chastisement of the people of Knnsas, will, ind the end, provo a great blessing. They threaten us with exclusion from ti Union as a Stale kr years to come, unles will become as cor-jupt as themselves, and accept the hribo magistrates and judges fail to administer justice, if any one inolltco neglects the duties of his station, the fault is, in most respects, your own. It will not exoner years. He is about forty-three years of age, has black, curly hair, black beard and moustache; a black twinkling eye, and-a contour not far different from what is frequently ascribed to a brigand of the olden time.

The expression of his face has no maik of cruelly about it, but rather that of a man who combined a certain degree of recklessness with a fair proportion of generosity. He has a deep Cut but aliair car: shall know, A darker, deadlier or wo Than history's cvlmonod page hath told S'ince Nero's car iuood was rolled. liissolve the Unionj Yes, you may. Poor counterfeits noble CLA I When mind shall mciler with the brute, And Thistles bear Hesperian fruit. A hell in her red arches bo A welcome heaven tosvxh na ye." Dependence upon ilissouri at an End It is impossible to estimate with pre-ci-ion the amount of money paid byfbu they offer.

If wo Lavo a just view of ate you to say your appointees havo be truyed and jeopardized your best inter crests. To be sure, you ur not guilty self were present The medium seatid of the breach cf faith, but you are re sponsible fo elevating such men to office himself before the spiritoscope, which was upon tho table in the center of tho Our Territory abounds in aspirants to hollow nigh when he occasionally refers room, Dr. ILv and myself being seated office. It would bestrango indoed, if there citizens of Kansas to thot'e of Missouri sines the crganizition of the Territory. Our groceries, clothing, bacon, lard, cat to some of his adventures, and a tone on the opposite side, and near the table.

were not mrny seekiegfor political prefer which seems mote to gloat over revenge After a fiw minutes tho spirits said, menf, ho are destitute both of the moral tle, horses, mule, 'sheep, swine, flour, than a source of actual amusement. He meal, buckwheat nnd oats, have nearly tlnough the spiritorcopc, ''Let Dr. S. A. reteia put two tubes nnd two pie tho moral qualities of our people, they lontho nothing so much ns bribery, and halo nothing to much ns those) miscreants who wovld thus corrupt them, There is not a man upon the soil of Kan-fas, unless ho bo a Border Ruffian, that do 8 not spurn the vilo attempt.

There nre indeed, soma reasons for a Blate organization some advantages to bo derived frcm nn early admission into the Union as a Stato. We might, hi this way, rid ourselves of obnoxious Govern ors, of corrupt Judgcp, nnd a host of other officials', tot of our choice, nnd whom we ha'te, and whom nobody but eld Buchanan would impose upou w. But wo honestly think there arc more good reasons in favor of our remaining in a territorial condition for a few years and cducatioufd qualifications necessary to the discharge of legislative and ofli-cia! duties. Tho most dissipated, unprincipled and voc ferous demagogue in com claims to take the field by necessity, and certainly, frcm his appearance, we would not accuse him of taking it for gain. He says he desires to stay in Kansas, id- ces of itussi i ore in the box." Dr.

Hare then left his seat and got me two fclass all been purchased at tho most exorbitant prices, of the jeople of Missouri, and not a sentiment of griitiuidj has ever escaped their lips towards our people. munity is the office-seeker. You should thongh he has been requested to leave, I tubes about six inches in length and about ha'f aa inch in diameter, hermet If wc were to gucjs at the amount of ever havo your eye upon such a man; and though he may be hunted like a dog nnd tho harder he tries to lcist himself by tho troops, on whom he was compelled into office, the stronger should you oppose him. We rarely ever saw a man anxious for office, worthy of promotion. The only true way is to make no pledges l'j such men to, to 11 them you are loo to fire, ho will still bo on hand to protect free stato and drive off' obnoxious pro-slavery ones.

He says he avoids frightening or abusing women or children, and in all cases seeks to do Lis work money thus expended, we should not lay it less than ono million of dollars. In addition to this, nTo iuimeuso mercantile trade in Enghh goods, done at St. amountin to a million more. After tho next hu vest our people will be wholly independent of Mjsaouii in whatever we need to eat, diink or wear. Wo may conlinie to buy at St.

Louis understandingly. When in town he was accompanied by twelve men heavily ically scaled at tho ends, and also two pieces cf Russia platinum, each about the size of a common bullet The boi into which 1 was to put them I examined. It was on the table before me. It wa3 in the shape of a writing desk, two feet or more in length, and a foot and a half iu breadth, and from four to eight inches in depth, having a sloping lid, with bin. ges and a clasp.

In this box I placed the two glass tubes and two pieces of platinium nothing else being in tho box and closed it. Dr. Hare and myself then took the seats we had occupied before, and the medium (M. Ruggles) continued to remain at the spiritoscope. armed with at least a hnudred shots, and busy to ajteud to such and that his qualificntions wiil be considered in the primary meetings.

And these primary emanating from tho people, should always be punctually attended. It is in these mee- re says he and hia men in all cases ride some of tho heavier kinds of groceries, but as soon as iho Hannibal nnd St. Jo pro slavery horses, aud as far as lies in seph's Railroad is completed, in October da power, makes pro-slavery money that tho qualifications of men for support Lira. Of his forces, though sim next, our trade will be with Northern cities. A finer prospect for a rich harvest of ple Captain Montgomery, when occasion requires, ho can number a heavy force, to come.

Tho expenses of maintaining a Slate government, under tho most economical administration of it, nre enormous and burdensome to tho people. No sano man would estimate the expenses cf a State Government at much les3 than one hundred and fifty thousaud flollais per annum, And this amount roust be exacted from the hard earnings of the people. And for what? To satisfy the cravings of the political Turkey Buzzards infesting every State in the Union. While a territory, we get rid of this normous taxation wo throw the burthen upon the General Government. It, not the people of the territory, must pay all the expense of its administration, The Government must provide a State House, construct "roads, build bridges, ofiico should to fieely discussed, and where judicious selections only can be made.

He collect the office-seeker is designing, and exceedingly fertile in political But most generally, he gets his associates together in some secret corner, and thero plots and forms schemes to defeat the objects of tho primary meet, ings. Always be on your guard against such characters, and defeat them if you can. and wo have no doubt that 00 men would scarcely cover tho number which can come at his call. lie says Lo does not like bis calling, and not until the last of a heavy stock was driven off for several times, and he found himself unsafe with his family, and abused and persecuted, did he tako the field, and now not until men who threatened and en all kinds of ediblo3 was never presented to any people than to thoio of Iv3nsai There will be a ft'irwrabundance of all kinds of grains and vegetables, unless some unforeseen calamity happens. In a few short years, when her slave population is emancipated, it is highly probable Missouri will te as dependent upon us, a3 we lieretofure have been upon her.

After waiting 55 minutes the spirit said through lha spiritoscope, "Wc have a present for' Dr. S. A. let him go to 1 the box and get it." I then went to the box, which was only a few feet from mef opened it, and found tbo two pieces cf Russia platinium insida of the two hermetically sealed glass tubes. S.

A. Philadelphia, April 1858. deavored to drive him acd the free state.