The Cadiz Democratic sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 1854-1864, 1857-07-23


lound Mr.. Brown. the editor busy putting up a
new steam press He has 200 subscribers,
and on learn NJ that / was q member Of the
craft, offered me $1,000 year to foremAnize for
him. Though seeming good wages fort jour
neyman printer little Inquiry Soon satisfied
me that IT was scarcely equal to $500 in Sleu-
benSille.
At Lawrerce the small pox was raging,
which cat short our stay, A party Of six OF
US chartered a hack for I.ecOmpton-lo miles
diStant-ior $40. The country was the most
beautiful ever saw. We followed the divide
between Wakarusa and Kansas, here running
nearly parallel For eight to ten miles distant
on each side the prairie gradually sloped of to
the timber, presenting as lovely view Of rich
land, probably, as human eye ever rested on
There seemed TO be house on every quarter
section,-whle hundreds OF Ox-teamS were con-
verting the priineval prairie into ecrntields.-
At Lecompton we found Governor Walker,
boarding in a one story frame building. -lmmc-
diateIy opposite, Governor Shannon resides in
\ two story irame-the most imp ,sing building
in the place. The town Is the "deadest'' have
seen in Kansas. There is but two small stores
and no building going on. Work on the Estate
House" has been suspended Tor lack of funds
the S55,OO0 spent upon it not having brought
it up sufficiently to discover the design OF the
architect Ii seems to he understood that the
capitol will be removed from the place, and this
suppose has thrown a wet blanket upon Its
prospects 1t is badly located, and the popula-
ton are very hard drinkers OF very bad Whls-
key.
After passing two days at LecomptOn, came
to Topeka-l5 miles further west-passlng
through the tlourishing town Of Tecumseh, at
both Of which places the small pox was very
prevalent. The country wore the same beauti-
full appearances aS between Lawrence and lIe-
compton. At Topeka we heard Governor wal
ker, Secretary Stanton and Mr. Perrin make
speeches, and seldom have | heard better ones.
The object of the Governor was to induce the
Free State men to abandon the Topeka move
ment, and vote at the Constitutional election
He pointed to the fact that they had large ma.
iority Of the voters, and told them all they had
to do was to exercise their rights, to have mat.
ters their own way. lie advised that the ques.
ton of slavery or no slavery should be submitted
in separate clause, and pledged himself to use
his utmost endeavOrs to leave the constructor
which might be framed to vote of all the actu
al bona file residents of the Territory, without
regard to the Census tests or any other restnc'
| ton; and that in the event of failure he shoult
| be found speaking in every county in the Terri
tory in favor of that line of policy which shoult
seem to promise redress. OF the same teno
were the other speeches, and although the audi
ence were most determined Free State men
they were not without effect.
! At Topeka we were at the end Of stage trav'
ell, and bought an Indian pony, and having
provided a stock of crackers and dried beef Sc
out for a journey farther west. But presumint
that the reader has had enough for one time
shall reserve an account Of what have saw anc
! heard for another time. ~. D.