New-York daily tribune., 1856-07-22
THE PROsPECT-KANsAS AFFAIRS.

From Our Own Correspondent
WASHINGTON, July 20, 1856.
The Senate was not in session yesterday.
The House went into Committee of the Whole
on the Private Calendar, and executed nothing OF
Importance except an adjournment at 3 o'clock!
The working Members feel confident that the
House can fix upon anal adjournment two weeks
hence and complete all the business necessary to
be accomplished by that time.
Whtfeld's case will come up Immediately, and
every Free-State Member off, on pair or ottercise,
should return forthwith and be engaged actively
in the closing scene.
One of the New York papers, in publishing the
list of Yeas ard Nays upon the resolution to admit
Mr. Archer to seat, on Friday, has done great in
Justice to Mr.. King of New. York, by placing him
among the Nays He voted YEA. He was also
reported during the Brooks assault case as having
voted with the Bludgeonists. He did no such
thug. He voted against Brooks. MIR. King al
WAYS votes on the side Of Freedom.
Mr. Dewitt of Massachusetts, informs me that
be will resign his place in Congress at the close of
this session.
Private letters received here from all parts of
the North and West give assurances that the great
work Of concentration by the People for the pur-
pose Of checking the power of Slavery and placing
the Government in the hands of wise and honest
Statesmen is progressing rapidly snd surely.
The news which comes in from the South shows
that the ranks Of Buchanan are being everywhere
broken.
Bets are running high here in Washington that
Fl lmiore will carry Virginia.
When the Delawares "a noble tribe of 1ndians)
in Kansas heard that Col. Fremont was to be their
next Great Father" (the name by which they
call the President of the United States), they ex-
pressed the most exultant Joy. II seems that
l... xkaG Goln mi lcla nf
Ksnsas be found the Delawares among his best
friends. He camped ia their midst, traded con-
sideraby with them, made them presents, and
finally, when about to start upon his celebrated
Ride of One Hundred" he selected from among
them FIVE of their bravest warriors for his body
guard. He is greatly esteemed by the Delawares,
and is known among them as the " IRON MAN"
Mr.. TappaB, whose arrival announced some
days since, from Kansas, brought with him one of
the chains with which the eight Free-State men
were bound by United States Marshal Donaldson
at Osawattamie, and confined in camp nearly one
month, and then driren by a company Of United
States Dragons under Lieut.. IrersOn, Ike CATTLE
fhirty miles beneath burning sun in less than four
teen hours, where it was found that there was not
20 much as charge against any OF them except
two, and they were sham
The chain is about seven feet long, and is such
as is commonly used as trace chain. The two
ends were fastened around the ankles with two
heavy psdlocks. The slack part of the chain was
then brought up by strap, fastened in the center
and attached to the body. do not know Its
weight, but it is quite heavy. This relic OF bar
barsm (not of ancient Nero, but OF modern Piercel
has been exhibited to some OF the Members OF
Congress here, and will be conveyed to Boston,
and likewise shown to the people there, and then
be presented to the Rev. Theodore Parker who
viii undoubtedly use it as text for q sermon,
which should very much like to hear
The testimony taken in Kansas by the Investi-
eating Committee has been laid before the Men,
bers, at last, in printed form. 1t makes about
twelve hundred solid octave (d0cumen) pages.
About eight hundred of that number is testimony
taken from the mouths of witnesses before the
Commissioners. The rest is composed of copies
of the BOll.bOoks, census returns, executive
minutes, and Journal and majority and minority
reports. The aforementioned report is published
LII The Union Of to-day for Sunday reading 1t Oc-
cupies about forty pages in the printed document
report, only eight pages of which s devoted to
legitimate testimony taken before the Commits
sioners. The remainder is eI parte testimony of
occurrences that happened after the Commission
was appointed, and portion of which it was
unanimously voted by the Commission (Mr. Oliver
presently, should not be considered in ecidenee.
desire specially to call the attention of Congress
to the testimony of Governor Reeder 1t was
taken In New-lOrk immediately after the Com.
mission returned to the States and iuasmuch as it
specially related to Mr.. President Pierce, copy
Was promptly prepared and forwarded to His
hAcehencX with an opportunity afforded him to
reply. To this hour he has not done So which has
caused no little surprise in certain circles.
The Nebraska election case comes up to- morrow
and will soon be decided. There il considerable
pulling and hauling on both sides.
Herbert, the alleged murderer of Kesting, still
PrOmenades the Avenue for an airing. The poor
young man who, short time since shot the scoun
drel who seduced bis sister, does not accompsnv
him, but is compelled to content himself in a
lonely cell Such is justice in Washington n.