The Kansas herald of freedom. [volume] (Wakarusa, Kan. Territory) 1854-1860, 1855-05-19

grants and-others going up the Missouri
river at this season, great many of the
Baltimore's passengers went the evening
of arrival Immediately on board the Sono-
ra, a steamer engaged to start at 4 P. NJ.
on Monday. and engaged berths to Kan
sas city, Mo-, each paying S13. This
promptness was found necessary, as be-
fore noon on Sunday every berth was en-
gagged. On Monday morning an old man
and his son, from the South, took pas
sage on board of the Sonora. The father
being feeble, the son carried the money,
and it was not long before hewas feeced
ofevery S350-by an entire stran-
ger, in the following manner:-The
stranger, having been on board for sever
al hours, apparently with the intention
of going with the boat, induced the young
man to go up town with him; the fellow
soon had occasion to make bet with an
other seeming stranger, and borrowed
the young mans money for the purpose,
giving him to hold as security a worth
less piece of paper having some resem-
blance to bank check, for $500, with
the assurance that he-the loaner-should
receive half the amount of the bet; the
gaining of which, on his part, he made
his victim believe matter of certainty.
The sharper having obtained the money,
very soon, in common language, made
tracks, leaving his dupe so bewildered by
fear and astonishment as not only to be
utterly incapable of following, but also of
giving any accurate description of the
fellow; therefore no steps were taken in
the matter. The clerk of the boat paid
the young man and his father their pas
sage money again, and the twain left inn
mediately for the South, apparently salts
fed it was no worse, concluding that the
portion ofthe elephant visible on the oc-
casion was enough.
On Sunday the writer was much as
tonished at seeing the laborers on the
Leveeloading and unloading the steamers,
although many were not advertised to
leave till the Monday following. 1t was
a strange coincidence, that while reflect
ing On so gross an evil, he turnedinto st.
Georges Church, and there heard a dis
course preached by the Rector on the
text, "The Sabbath was made for man
and not man for the Sabbath" 1t was
SO forcibly plain as to seem, even on
the lowest ground, quite unanswerable.
While listening, he could not help con-
trasting the miserable, degraded appear
ance of the laborers he had just seen, with
the clean and manly aspect of such as do
not willingly violate the ordinances ol
the Sabbath.
At ] past 4 on Monday afternoon the
writer left st. Louis on the Sonora, but
SO great was the number of passengers
that at night the cabin floor was covered
with sleepers. As the weather was cool
after leaving st Louis, no serious incon-
venience on thataceount was experienced,
but had the mercury risen much higher,
much suffering and danger must have
ensued. There was very little sickness
on board. though ON the boats arrival at
Kansas city on the morning of Saturday
following, young man died, it was
said, before he could be removed ashore
some said of cholera. 1t is due here
to say, that although arms and liquor
were in abundance, and opinions many
and various, more quiet, respectable,
and social company, seldom met together.
Itis but justice also to the officers of this
boat to observe that their conduct to-
wards the passengers formed praise
worthy contrast to that of the officers oi
the "Sam Gloom" a boat that left st.
Louis for Kansas short time before the
Sonora. The statement given to the wri-
ter by one of the passengers, gentleman
whom he met at Westport, Mo-, was in
substance as follows:-The Sam Gloon
left st. Louis for Kansas with about ! SO
passengers, many of them SO poor that
the clerk observed to informant that from
some of them he had just taken the last
dollar. Upon the arrival of the boat al
Rocheport, miles below Boonville, and
237 miles from Kansas city, the officers
declared that they could proceed no fur
ther at present, but must wait till the riv-
er rose, which probably would not take
place for 3 or days. The passengers
were then put ashore; to prevent any suf-
fering or inconvenience to them, they
were considerably told that as many as
chose to stay on board could be boarded
for 81 so per day. The condition te
which many of these poor dupes were
thus reduced was truly pitiable. A few
hours after the dismissal of the passen-
gers, the boat proceeded up the river on
its course, and was then-Saturday-ly-
ing at Weston. The Sonora was seen
passing up about the time of helanding
The gentlemen's expenses, in this way,
from st. Louis-to Kansas city, was neal
S25. The writer paid just Sl3 for the
same distance. There were other boats
at the same time doing the same disgrace
| full business, mentioned to the writer
but as the information was not so direcl
concerning them, they will be watched
and their case attedend to at a future op
portunity; as the writer has resolved t
expose to his eastern friends, thus pub
icly, every fraud and imposition prac
ticed on the weak and unwary, that fab:
under his notice. WIN. D.LYSMUR.
Old Maxims no Longer Applicable
DR.. Franklin is reported 70 have saiC
that three moves are as good as a FIRE
But IN this age of gas and steam, tha
proportion no longer exists. For If ths
/ Doctor coald stand at one of our railroad
depots, and witness the passengers bag
] gagethrewn on and of, itwould not great
II tax his mathematical powers 10 Sc
that the difference of having ones effect
! smashed by the employees of a railroa,
company, and burned up ata FIRE, woult
reasonably grow beautifully less and less
in proportion to the distance travelled ant
the number of times of changing cars
This is q great country. and We are s.
much of q great people as torender alter
atoms necessary, even in the prudentia
maxims of our forefathers.
j fyou wish to pronounce an impartia
Judgment, never accept any favor.