Kenosha tribune & telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1856-1859, 1856-10-23
A Sight for Buchananites.

the wall, on bench, was family of
thirteen, the father, the mother, and
eleven children, weary, dirty, destitute
and wretched beyond all parallel in this
prosperous city. AT one end was full
grown boy of sixteen, without shirt.
his skin blue and cold, except where
scanty garments of thin and course linen
covered it. lie had been sick and was
wrapped i'll course coyerlet. Near
him sat young woman, sister, with
her husband She was bare-headed and
hardly covered with rags that had not
touched water, apparently, since they
were made. n pale and puny baby lay
i'll her arms. Three or four little bows
sat next, wan looking creatures, as white
as their little wool hats, except where
the dirt gave an appearance of health
and flesh.
They were ragged and shivering with
cold, but they didn't speak nor cry; so
utterly unlike the cheerfulness and Vi
vacity Of boys were their silence and
quietude, that it made ones heart ache
to see them. One Of them once passed
his hand caressingly over the face of the
little baby which lay motionless in its
mothers lap, but there was no smile or
glimmer of affection in his pale face
The mother was bare-headed, mwashed
and pale, as were all the family. She,
like her daughter, nursed Il little sickly
child, that lay noiseless, but staring with
its round eyes at the crowd of plying
spectators. A son, dressed, or rather
undressed, like all the rest, sat in the
middle, shiyering with a chill He
writhcd from side to side, and groaned
sometimes, but never spoke.
The father, a man apparently forty
five years Of age, had wrapt Il small
quilt about his shoulders, and either I'M
der the cheering influence of so much
greater warmth than the rest enjoyed, or
because he felt it incumbent upon him
as the head Of the family, was the only
one that spoke while we were within
hearing. He had been driven from
Kansas, he said, by the Buchanan men,
as so many other poor settlers have
been, and robbed of every dollar he had
in the world. His cattle had been sto-
len by Butord's thieves, and he expelled
from the Territory because he would not
take arms against the ''traitor Lane" as
the Sentinel calls him. He moved from
near Lexington, Ky, and his name was
Richie. They had no property, no
money, no provisions, no medicines,
though several of them were sick, and
almost no clothes. So t0rlorn and
wretched a family we never saw, and
they were made so by the infamous
seoundrels whom the Administration
hired as kansas militia to execute the
; Kansas laws. They were one of the
productions Of the Democratic policy.
The spectators contributed literally
to help them on their road to Lexington.
Mr.. David Hayes, of the city police, ex-
erted himself most efficiently on their
behalf, and raised some ten or twelve
dollars. Nearly every man or boy who
approached loft some contribution for
them. We saw sturdy railroad vngln-
GERS and tiremen emptying their pocket
books, news-boys gathering. their cop
pers into a convenient heap, kind-heart-
ed citizens unrolling bills. Everybody
seemed touched by theft silent, uncom-
planning distress. Now and then we
could hear men saying, "There is some
thing for an old line to look atn' One
little gentleman Of the Buchanan stripe
paraded up and down the depot, with
an indignant strut, grumbling and ours
inc bitterly as he would hear some stur-
dy Fremonter say, "Come up here and
see what your party in Kansas have
done" 1t was quite scene-altogeth-
er.-H'dimoapohs Joun'o', Sept. 26.
KANsAs.-A correspondent at st.
I Louis, telegraphs as follows to the n. y.
! Tribune:
ST. LOUIS, Oct. 10, 1856.
have Just received letter from a
perfectly reliable man in Lawrence, X.
. f., of which the following is an extract:
'LAwRENcE, Oct. 3, 1856.
Many Of our people are leaving for
fear of famine III the winter. Can they
be re-assured? We are having an arm
istice till after election, then we expect
the storm to come. Gov. Gcary is a
failure. His only object is to make Blu
chanan capital for the East.
Il have learned from Il reliable source
that it is the intention Of the Missouri
Rufiians to make an attempt upon the
Free-State men Of the Territory, and to
drive them out sometime between the
middle of November and the first Of
December. This can only be prevent
ed by an immediate effort to supply and
strengthen the Free State men, who are
now suffering and struggling with des-
potism.
II trust our friends in New York and
New England viii see the necessity of
forwarding all the means they can spare
before the 1st of December, so as to
supply provisions and clothing for the
suffering"
A SEVERE PUNIsHMENT-As Mr.. w.
Henry Palmer, the eminent pianist, was
quietly returning from his business late
last evening, crossing f and Tenth SITS,
! two cowardly scoundrels set large
fierce dog at him. As the beast flew at
him, Mr.. Palmer, with great dexterity
and presence Of mind, caught the dog
| by the mouth, one hand in the upper
and the other in the lower jaw, and, in
a moment, literally tore the lower jaw
ont Of its socket. Then turning upon
! the scoundrels, who were preparing to
attack him, Mr.. Palmer struck the near
est a left-hander in the face, and valu-
able diamond ring catching in the flesh,
cut the fellows cheek open from his eye
TO his chin. The other rufian had seen
enough and bolted, but p. was the swift
est runner, and in less time than it takes
to write it, he was caught, and receiv-
ed as sound a thrashing as he could well
get. We are glad to learn that Mr.
Palmer was not injured Washington
STIR.