The national era. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1847-1860, 1857-10-15
The Election in Kansas.

4.s, The Election in Kansas.
81, Louis, Oct. l0.-The Republican has re-
turns from Kansas which put down the Demo
cratic 'msjority in Leavenworth at 244; in
Atchisou, g. and Doniphan, so. In Johnson
couoty the Democrats are reported to have a
large uaajority, and the Democrats are under
stood 70 have been successful, likewise, in JEFF.
ferson. "a. 1..l1 Is ,.-ls,
In Douglas comfy, the Republicans are said
to have a maj GRITTY of l ,l65, and in Shawnee a
majority of $50. The Legislature, according
to the ) anne authority, is certainly Democratic;
while }tr Congress, Parrot, the Republican
candidate, is alleged to have been successful.
st. Louis, Oct. 0.-Leavenworth advices
state tat by the returns of the Kansas election
received up to the 9th, only Leavenworth coun-
Returns given as authentic give a Republican
majority six counties of over 1000 votes.
Later dvices from Kansas state that Parrot
Free St)te) for Congress has a majority of
from 5000 to 5000. According to the esti.
mate of the Free State men, the Legislature
stands; flouncil-Republicans, 9; Democrats,
4. Hout e-Republicans "a; Democrats, Is.
johnson county gives Democratic majority
of 250. s
The Earthquake at St. Louis.
The telegraph has already recorded the fact
that two shocks of an earthquake were felt at
St. Louis and vicinity, q little after four o'clock
on Ihnrsday morning last. 1t appears, from
the papers of that city, that one of them was
very violsnt. The Democrat has the following
particulars:
The first premonition is said to have been
given by a slight conclusion about midnight;
but ct tie time stated, those who were awake
heard ow and distant rumbling, which failed
to srousa attention, till it rapidly increased to
the volupe of the sound of heavy trains of cars
thnnderiog through every street of the city.
Some Ryen the noise to a protracted, reverbe-
raang explosion; others, to the roar of whirl
wind Others, to the mere passing of market
vi gons--but all agree that it was tremendous.
W hen At its height, the buildings began to
70 K appallngly. Thousands sprang from
tn cir beds in alarm, and rushed into the street.
Tie nogthern sky was clear, but from the south
w.rd heavy mist was swiftly advancing, and
in q moment nearly obscured the street lamps.
Ir many instances, the lamps were in an in
st,pt unaccountably extinguished.
"The violent shock lasted full three-fourths
of q minute, and was instantly succeeded by
second roar and attendant shock, of less sever.
it3. Many describe both as one, and aver that
the heavy shock lasted full three minutes. In
about, five minutes afterwards, the noise and
hildness, but very perceptibly."
Damages Claimed for the Negroes Hung by the
Louisville Mob.
Legal action has been instituted in the JEFF
ferson Circuit Court, against the city of Louis
vile, for the value of the slaves George, Bill,
aud Jack, the murderers of the Joyce family.
George aud Bill, it will be remembered, were
hung by the Infatuated mob and Jack cut his
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befet his companions. For their horrible crime,
Sl.5GO is claimed as damages by the owner of
thu negroes.
The vanderbilt's Last Trip.
The steamer Vanderbilt left Sandy Hook on
the afternoon of September Ii, and arrived at
Cowes early on the morning of the 22d, equal
to run to Liverpool of nine days two hours
and forty minutes. The passengers presented
Capt. Higgins and his officers with some highly
complimentary resolutions at the end of the
voyage.
The Niagaras Mails.
Tie mails of the steamer Niagara have been
received, but we find that the telegraphic dis
patches have given pretty much everything of
interest. The collections for the fund for the
relief of the sufferers in India were actively
prog ressing in England. No less than 10000
had been subscribed in London, 5000 in Liv-
erpcOl, and less amounts in every considerable
toVfI Of Great Britain.
4 One of the victims of the Sepoy murders in
India was Mrs. Farquharson, the wife of Colonel
Farauharson, late of the 7th fusileers, a beauti-
full out eccentric woman. One account says
she was burnt alive, after the most frightful
atrocities were committed on her person; but
the Dublin Erening Post says a private letter
has been received in that city, stating that, az
Ter suffering series of indescribable barbara
Ties: she was placed alive between two boards,
and cut through with saw.
Great Britain.
The London Times continues its appeal for
mote rapid enlistment of troops for India and
COZ ,plains that "the recruiting sergeant is
svesywher rejecting men who do not come up
to tAe standard height of s feet inches" 1t
URGES that eight weights" are Just what is
mot required for recruiting the light cavalry,
VIII are most useful in pursuit in Indian war
arr.
rShe London Globe says:
: Recruiting for the army has been for some
wef'ks going very satisfactorily, on the whole.
Fo' the artillery, for instance, we are now get
tim about 700 month, but as regards the
lin-both cavalry and infantry-althoughl large
M nbers are coming in, we should mislead
we g we to say that the rate is calculated to
me It all our wants. 1t must be borne in mind
~ we have decreased our home and colonial
est sblishment by seven regiments of cavalry
an about thirty.two battalions of infantry,
wb ch must be replaced, and that we cannot
hs re less than about l 900 men as q nucleus
for reinforcements to the fifty -four Queens regi
ms hts now in India, or on their passage to that
COUNTRY"
Che same paper furnishes the following in
fol- nation in regard to the reinforcements on
thu ir way to India:
I'm addition to the reinforcements already an.
no ,nced, the next accounts from India will
pr bably inform US that about three more regi-
mi hts have arrived. These reinforcements are
tir ely and valuable beyond their mere numbers,
but they can hardly be considered as impor
TAFT additions to the regular strength of the
Greens troop, in India. At the outbreak of
thu mutiny, and even after the return of the
9Th and 18th from the Persian expedition, the
ROYAL infantry regiments in India were two, Tor
2,000 men, under their established number of
"a battalions, and the % on the spot were
awaiting the usual draughts sent out every year
frgm the depots to keep up their strength.
These draughts amounted in the aggregate to
about 5000 men. The mutineers, therefore,
sc zsd a time of the year for their purpose when
thare were nearly 5000 fewer Europeans to be
ov ercome than would be in India in the au.
tn IN.
iHThis deficiency has been before this made
az, not by the regular draughts and regiments
destined for reliefs, but by certain regiments
forwarded from the colonies or diverted from
she projected China expedition. We have heard
of the arrival of the 9Th fasileers (which had
been ordered to China) from the Mauritius, the
9e,h light infantry, intercepted on its passage