The Sumter banner. [volume] (Sumterville, S.C.) 1846-1855, 1855-05-09
,rhe Kansas ELECTION.

The fA:aMsas Election.
The great problem, whether Kan
sas is 10 be q free orsa slave STATE,
has been partially solvcdby the cleo.
ton Which came or in-thc Territory
on @the 3lst ult. The pro slavery
ticket is triumphant by al ovcrwilcIm.
ing majority, proving that tho PRO
slavery feeling is emplaticalIy pre-
dominant. We know. not how to
account for il; for previous 10 The elcc'
&tion sWarms Of settlers from the
North, q minority of whom were sup
posed to have been sent out by ant
slavery societies, anu all IF whom
were counted cn rs te;iable anti.slave.
ry voters were passing up the Mis-
souri, river, destined for Kansas. Sev.
eral thousand might be reasonably
set down as having passed by this
city. Yet net e:!es anti a~!!a"cry Herre.
sentative or Councilman has been
returned to the II Legislature
and that; body is colnposel entirely Of
pro;slavery men.
Even in those districts wlicI, we
have regarded as the stronghold,
peculiarly, of antislavcry sentiment,
and the rendezvous exclusively Of
anti.slavery scttlers-even in these,
the free soil candidates have cen left
in all emphatic and hopeless minority.
In Lawrence, the New England settle
mcnt. the pro.slaYery votc runs up to
IT'S. while The free soil reaches only
to 255. Other districts exhibit Il
more marked contrast. and show q
Creator prepoudcrance of pro's!avcry
votes.
With these figures before us, VIC
cannot think that the emigrants from
the North have been true to the
pledges under which they were sup.
posed to have come out. Indeed, tic
opposite party in Kansas boast Of
having, with unlocked for readiness,
converted scores Of Northern cmi'
grants, and induced them to vote the
p~roslarery ticket AMI the results
show that the boast is not without
ground.
WcSthink that on tho 3lst ofMarch
there were in Kansas more settlers
from tile Northern States than from
the Southern. But it, seems that all
the Northern emigrAnts were not Free.
s%oiiers, 8hi.c all the Southern settlers
were protslavery men. The candi
dates of the latter were undoubtedly
the better canvasscrs and more cxpc'
ricnced electioneerers, but even this
will not account for the great diSpari.
~ perceplible in tho vote brtwepM the
two parties, and we are forced to
believe that, the free'soilers'are rcspon.
sible for tIeir own. defeat. Large
numbers Of them voted for the vely
men they were sent out to vote against,
md ifthc result is distasteful to hose
in3the North who desired t 0 make
Kansas o free Stale, let them make Of
it what theyscan. There was no bull.
wing, no trickery, no undclhand means,
used by either party that VIC. have
heard ONO excitement or fighting.
Everything past off quietly, and the
result is rs we have stated 81. louis
LnteHigeaeer.
RECIPE TO. PREvESr MoLEs, Ctr
WoRMs AND BIRDS FROM DESTROYING
: SEED CoRN.-Mr. John G Turpin, Of
Clover Dale, near Petersburg, furnish
,es at our request the following recipe,
which we feel no hesitation in recon-.
mendiag, particularly as Mr.. .Turpin
) says. that5With him and those who use
ibis Seompound,thc trouble is to thin
the corn and not I replant it, which
IS sneper necessary.
Ioeach bushcl ofsecd corn add one
gallon Of coalsor gass tar; stir in the
corn until itais well coated and salura.
ted;1then take three parts Of wood
ashes ahdsen Of fine salt --unleaohed
ashes are best--mix them. thoroughly,
aGdr6fEthe tarfed corn in it, until
each grain is well coated. Prepare
no more at time than can be plan.
ed4n a.day.
a Coop REAsoN.-""Whye arc you
forever iinmming that air?p asked
foote ola mnn without q sense of
fnnein him. Because it haunts me-
eNo wonder" said Footeyssasu arc
forever fhnrdering it."
An editorfout West, says, lhat.he
hoped to be able to present u MARI.
age aud o. death, as original matter
for his cofulnns; but$a thaw broke up
tle'Wedding, andStho' doctor fell sick,
SO tho patient recovered.