New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1856-01-07
IMPORTANT FROM KANSAS.
WINTER BEGUN IN EARNEST.
GREAT FALL OF SNOW.
THE FREE STATE CONVENTION.
RoRDER RUFFIAN OUTRA0Rs.
ANOTHER PRESS MoBpED.


the broad prsiries Of Kansas snd is carried into
ripped and ledge-lke drifts BY the cold northwest
wind The wind is not so violent as il was yester-
day and Monday, but is still sharp and piercing.
The sun has been out to-day and the weather looks
pleasant above but ii is stll cold, very cold Last
night the thermometer stood somewhere between
90 aud coz below zero. Some said -, others 30o:
Suffice IL TO say il was decidedly below the range
of mu Thermometer My ink "a new bottle) csa
only be kept from freezing by putting it on the
stove: nv nose cannot keep from feeling very
much like freezing aud my fingers are oil thumbs.
The New-England people here do not seem to mnd
il so much; and have heard several express them
selves quite philosophcal!, estimating il as mot
ouite so cold as at home;" but have never beea
accustomed to anything quite 80 Kamtchatka-ish.
| Only think Of finding your beard, after takings
wash, looking ike cauliaower in bloom; or. al
er walk over the prairie, of finding delicate and
| beautifully uncomfortable web spun between your
| breath and Jack Frost, and drawing prismatic
vail over your eyes, aud your mouth too, supposlns
| YOU are Turk enough to wear mustaches.
| have been wondering, while sitting at the
stove and trying to keep my toes warm what
would become Of the man! new settlers who had
come into Kansas too late in the season to have
their houses properly and comfortably closed. Ii
is not 80 much the climate of Kansas, for 1t Is
"a very mild climate the New-Englanden tell
me- but it is the kind OF houses that have to shelter
| the pioneers and shut out the visible ornament
| from the family circle. Oh, the blessed hoping and
trusting that looks beyond the lOgcabn hurriedsy
thrown up against the weather, or the more impos-
| inc but less comfortable cottonwood frame" IL
which the family comforts and dscomiorts are cus-
tured. and sees in looking over the rich and invIt-
inc prairies OF Kansas, future fund OF wealth and
independent comfort, when the rich black moia
shall have given up its treasures to the shifting oil
rod almost as potent in perseverance as that I"
Moses was in faith Yet even with cheerful mop
inc spirit. and there is much OF it IN Kansas eAer
csed by those whose feet have been accustomed !"
resd the close rooms and the soft carpets OF luxury,
there must be much suffering If the Winter con-
tinues to be az Indictment as it has begun. Usage
may 40 good deal, but it Is not everything. and
cannot keep north. wester out oil caoin as opea
as meal.seive However everybody says mat"
will be frst-rate weather in day or 1Wo'
The poor horses and cattle Of Kansas, n !aep
masters fare but middliDg, fare much worse.
Many settlements that have visited might put tho
query, :" Have we stable among us p without an
affirmative answer. The poor jacks, '" "Toms."
"Grays," "Brindles' and '.JSukeys' may be seen
clustering on the sunny side of a stack OFF prairie
grass hay, where it has a sunny side, looking most
unphilosOphcaly unresigned; scale OF snowy or
seety armOr on their backs, which are curved up
after the pattern of rainbow, while the wind is
going to the tune of ten degrees below zero
(wenty at night But enough was not bOrs
at the north pole and have ambition TO distn
gush myself by exploring Symmess Hole. Kan
sos l suppose would be very good country ia
Winter if there were good houses. IL is often
quite mild, and as can testify, has been 30 this
Fall; only never was fond of the country in the
Winter and have but moderate faith in "cotton-
wood towns" at any time.
sent an account of the Free-State Conven-
ton which vas held here to nominate candidates
for Office; these Offices to be Voted for on the third
Tuesday in yanpsly ensuing and the officers thus
elected to take their posts when the machinery o.
Government of the State of Kansas under the new
Constitution goes into motion.
in the Convention at Topeka was opposed to Stats
organization until Congress nad received the new
Constitution. Some wished the wheels OF State
Government to start in January, 1856, aud a sort
of compromise was effected Git is the ageof com
promises by which il is to commence operations in
March. 1t was held that Congress would have
abundant time before then to act on the applica-
ton; but will it The great argument in favor OF
immediate State organization was that there was
no Government in the Territory, and no protection
| to lives, property and rights of the people, and
those who have not been in Kansas form No
adequate idea OF the justice OF this argument. A
band OF lawess Williams and corrupt Territorial
officers pretend to be its rulers, but there is no Law
save for one party. And yet if this new Government
goes into operation before Congress has done some
thing that will give it legal power and protection.
il will merely afford another preiext for invasion
BY the msrauding Missourians who are now
| only waiting for a chance and better weather.
If Congress- by placing the Territory under martial
law, or doing something to keep the MissOursns
from invading the country at elections and at all
| other times when the Border Rufians are bent on
mischief would thus secure the safety and rights OF
the people of the Territory believe that they would
be sat sfied But ifthe National Government contin-
ues to wink at and encourage these enormites, asst
has hitherto done, through the officers the Execu-
tive has sent here, what can the people do but pre-
nI NO.