The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1855-08-13

Stringfellow, who is speaker Of the Kansas House
Of Representatives and editor Of the Sqnasser Sove-
reign at Atchison, discourses as follows in regard
to the security of slave property in Kansas:-
We receive letters by nearly every mail asking
our opinion regards thesecurity Of slave property
in Kansas Territory. We can truly answer thai no
Territory in Uncle Sans dominion can be found
where the slave can be made more secure, or his
work command higher price. Kansas is adapted
to slave labor Ok all testify who have expert
mented in the matter Our slave population is gra-
draiiy increasing by the arrival Of emigrants aud
settlers from the slave States, who, having eye
to making fortune, have wisely concluded to se.
cure farm in Kansas and stock it well with vaina-
bic slaves. There are nearly one hundred slaves in
this immediate neighborhoOd, and we have yet the
first case of ones escaping to record. Situated as
Missouri is, being surrounded by free States we
would advise the removal Of negroes from the from
tier counties to Kansas where they are comparative
ly safe Ab0tionists too wen know the cnaracter OF
the Kansas Squater to attempt to carry out the ne
farious schemes Of the underground railroad COM
panies.
FREE NEGROES IN KANSAS.
The following bill, concerning free persons of
color, was beforet he Kansas Legislature ON the Sd
inst
Section l. Be it enacted, &C.. That free colored
persons who carry arms, are expressly directed TO
carry with them q certificate OF Justice OF the
Peace attesting their freedom, for want OF which
they shall be subject to the forfeiture of their arms.
Sec. 2. The different crimes ahd offences, herewith
particularly described, are hereby declared to be
negro, or muatto shall maliciously burn destroy
any stack of grain or produce, raw manufactured,
Of this Territory or shall set fire to- or shall wiully
or malic0nsly burn or destroy any building or house,
shall wilfully or malici0usy poison or malicousiy
administer poison to any freeman, woman, child,
servant or slave, or shall commit or attempt to COM
NIT rape upon the body OF any white woman or
girtbis slave, free negro or mu!atto shall suffer
H., aud fran rf nrICr nFn ndavA
should maliciously steal harbor any slave, he
she shall suffer death.
Sec. 8. 1t shall be the duty Of al notares or other
public officers, not to pass any act wherein any free
person of color may be concerned without inserting
after the name and surname of such free person of
color these words:-"f. msn (. woman OF
c.;' it likewise shall be the duty of oil printers
and auctoneers who give public NOTES.-The object
OF which is TO announce the sale Of some property
belonging to free person Of color, TO comply with
sad fOralites under the penalty for the delinquent
OF paying fine of 800, onehalf of which shall be
to the benefit of the inlormer, and the other half to
the use of the State
Sec. 4. II free person of color insult or assault
and heat any white person, such offender, convic
ton of either Of said Offences shall be punished by
imprisonment, or thirty-nine lashes on his bare back
by both, ut the discretion Of the court, according
to the enormty of the offence.
Sec. 5. No slave shall he admitted witness either
in civil criminal matters. for or against free
person Of color except in case such free individual
insurrection among the slaves Of this territory
with taking part in their insurrcction either in
acting, or by assisting or aiding them.
Sec 6. No free negro or colercd person who shall
have been convicted of my crime and sentenced to
serve term of years shall be imported or brought
into the territory and if any such should be brought
they shall be seized and sold to the highest bidder
for cash. for the term of service that they have
been condemned to serve from whence they have
been brought: one-haR Of the purchase money to
be applied to the use Of the territory and the other
half to the use Of the iuformer; aud every person
who shall import or bring into this territory such
free negro or colored person who shall have been
condemned as aforesaid knowing it shall, upon con-
viction before any count Of competent Jurisdiction,
be fined in the sum of $500 for each and every one;
one-haf thereof to be applied to the territory and
the other half to the use OF the informer.
TIE BORDER RUFFIANs" AND THE CONSTITUTION
AND LAWS.
An act is before the Legislature of Kansas Terri
tory regulating oaths, and prescribing the forms Of
oaths of Office The substance Of this act il, that
oil officers of the Territory shall take oath to sup
port tie constitution Of the United States to sus
tain and support the provisions Of the Kansas-Ne-
braska act, and the laws of the United States par
tculariy that commonly kuown tina Fugitive
Slave law