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AFFAIRS IN KANSAS.

! correspondent Of The Ailwaukee SeRtlnel,
who went out with the second EmigratiDg par,
| ", writes from Kansas on Sept. 8 as follows
I'VE came out from We stport some two
miles. to he Methodist Mission satsbli.lnept,
among the Shawnee Indians in tbs territory.
We Wsre rather giuiay received and enter
tNined with supper, lodging and breakfast. The
Church at this Mission ~ holds slaves |
Good Lord; what Inconsistency, what hypoCra-
Cyl How, are, the principles of the holy reli-
gion prostituted to the qualification Of human
pride and arrogance aud the love Of dominion,
both within aud without the Church.
III was informed by a negro, of fair intelIi-
gence aud good mind, who appeared to have
charge Of the general out. door concerns Of the
establishment, that they own FIVE slaves---that
there is considerable jealousy Of feeling toward
the Baptist Mission, some two miles from them
because they. the. BaPtists, will notSllow them
to work out the amount, but do not in the
mean time regard them slayes-thst formerly
the old gentleman, Mr.. johnson, in charge at
the Mission, used to feel so too, but now he
is as bad as any Of them."'
I'VE found the Missourians, both up the
Missouri River and since, very kind and obi
ging. They pretend to have inexperienced
the nature and design Of this emigrant move
ment, having been led to consider it as dicta-
ted and controlled by the ultra abOlitiouists,
who we're sending and about to send out a lot
Of Irish and other foreign paupers. rs veil as
the otfsl Of the northern cities generally, stim-
ulsted to prey upon the frontiers, and incite
their negroes to insubordinaton and running
away. They appear to be very happy to be
undeceived, and even Mr.. Malgee himself, au.
thor of the famous West2ort resolutions, after
expressing bis prOfOundest regret for what had
then transpired. and the Misrepresentation
which led to it, kindly extended an invitation
to the next party to encamp upon his grounds.
on account Ofsuperior accommodations for va
ter and feed for tenants.
1t seems to be the universal opinion in
Missouri, and, il we may judge by the expses.
sion, the almost universal wish, that Kansa,
will be free State. The post ultra Slavery
propsgandists, aud theIs include Northern
men, rho have becsp.e shareholders, say ii they
we're citizens Of The Territory when the vote
is taken. theS would vote to exclude Slavery
] am nes disposed to place the most unlimited
confidence in these assertions. At the same
time We are assured by those who have been
over the Territory and Lave lived in it since il
was opened to making claims. that nine tentbs
Of the whole number Of claimants. both from
North and South will vote for freedom. Kan
sas is sure to be free State. Some Of the
finest portions are held in reservation by the
Indians. lam sure have seen the finest coun,
try ever saw. between the Kansas line and
this point These Indian reservations are TO
come into market BY public sale.
Permit me to take this occasion to say I'd
all northern men who purpose coming here,
come this fall by all means. if possible. TO
be sure the drouth has been very severely felt,
or more than it has been represented to be:
still there are plenty Of provisions on the from
tiers, aud tAe means for getting them up abun.
dant. They are not so dear, and will not pro.
badly be as they are Ess: Flour is now 81
per 100 lbs, Bacon 10 cents per ID. Cattle
are very cheap and declining fast. IpurchaSed
the "hest yoke OF oxen in this part Of the
county," SO said by every one acquainted
with them, Tor 500. The same we're sold a
few weeks since fOrs147 50. Prices general.
| ly ranged from $50 to s75.a Ponies were in
quite active demand among our young blOOds
from down East. who paid from ESQ 70 $40,
(which was just about twice the usual prices
charged for them, One Of our mess was offer
ed a bette one than he saw elswhere for $35
But bought wit is the best Their ponies viii
be Of no use 10 them when they get into The
oodntry on to their claims. e''a
"A very large proportion Of the timber along
the streams open to claims has undoubtedly