The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1857-11-28
Interesting from Kansas.

GOV. WALLER LEAVES THE TERRITORY WITH HIS
PERSONAL EFFECTs-EO CALL FOR SESSION or
THk OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES VIEWS AND OPIN-
IONS CONCERNING THE BOGUS CONTEMPORARIES
FIGHT ON BOARD THK STEAMER oGLEsBy.
Correspondence of the Chicago Tribune.l
STEAMER 0GLEsBy, Missouri River, Nov 90 1857.
The good steamer Ogesby is approaching Jefferson City
wha passenger list embracing Hon Robert ]. Walker
Hon J. H. Sringfeow Hon Somebody of South Carolina
and your correspondent Our trip from Leavenworth
been envened by sayings and Incidents which will per
haps be OF interest to the public
Firstly, Gov. Walker came on board at Ieavenworth,
with the most remarkable lot of travelling apparatus
seen this thoroughfare Among other portions Of his
outfit his whole Kansas library, boxed and secured ap
parently for long journey Ia addition to this he has
about two dray loads of miscellaneous freight comprising
should say all the movable property belonging to the
Governor Of Kansas i His Escseney has not been
the Territory, whence his fellow passengers have
inferred that he does not anticipate returning at all
from Washington, and the transportation OF his
freight by land from Jefferson to Lecompton will cost
somebody ten dollars per hundred ponndsan expense
which so shrewd tnancier the Governor would Ger.
tainly not incur in crisis like the present
There TO be no special session OF the Kansas Legsa
ture. The Free State Territorial Committee Law
few days before left the Territory and ap.
pointed committee OF their number to wait upon
the Governor urge him to call such session to take
action concerning the INDUSTRIOUS proceedings OF the lie
compton bogus convention. This committee divided itself
into two embassies one going to ecompton and the other
to Leavenworth. The Governor found at the latter
place, or rather at an embryo town just outside of Lea
venworth and just inside of the For, Leavenworh Reser
vaton The Governor said II was quite clear special
session ought to be called but he doubted his power
issue the call He would examine the law and he found
within the scope of his authority he would in ae
cordance with their suggestion The committee said they
would remain in Ieayenworth until the Governor could
post himself up. They called the next day in sea
son TO learn the Governor had taken passage the
steamer Oglesby for ST Lonsso am informed by gen
teman who came board just the steamer showed of
The committee which Lecompton found stanton
and urged upon him the necessity OF special session He
agreed fully with their views and thought that
dspensabe but Of course declined to take any
his own part while his superior in the Territory Mr.
Stanton knows by this time that his superior ran aw ay
from the responsibility of either calling the session or not
calling IT, The Secretary, who is now Acting Governor,
will doubtless avail himself of some other dodge.
Governor Walker has expressed himself very freely
during the trip concerning the trainers of the Iecomptou
constitution. In point OF fact, the Governor has been
says that these bogus characters are 'feons He
alleges that they liable to indictment al law
for conspiracy more beggary and butcherly crowd OF
sots rufians and assassins according the Governor
never assembled together the face OF the earth His
Excelency renews this theme every few minutes with the
utmost energy of cursng. / happen know that the
Governors maledicuons richly merited but confess
both surprise and admiration at the faithfuness with
which they have been applied.
Among the passengers on the 0glesby, mentioned
before Is DR.. j. H. Strngfelow soinew hat notorious in
Kansas history. though not quite prominent his
brother, b. T. stringfeow, late editor Of the Squater
Spereign last evening after Gov Walker had retired 10
bis state inebriaed Strngfellow got into dispute
with an iooking customer who hailed from South Caro-
lima the fruitful topic of the oxford election returns
Stringfeow maintained that Walker had acted properly
IN throwing out those returns South Carolina exactly
the opposite OF course the proper way to arrive at the
truth was to shoot each other Out couple of re
volvers and bang OF them the head Of the
hereto the other side of the table Fortunately or
fortunately, both weapons were struck aside and the
combatants separated by the bystanders.
The excitement IN Leavenworth the subject Of the
bogus constitution Is intense. meeting held there
last saturday which addressed by General Lane Mr.
PARROT and other prominent free State men Mr. Hender
son. Of the Leavenworth Journal, OF the trainers OF
the constitution indscreety made his appearance in the
hall The excitement and indignation great tina
he ohcers OF the meeting had great difficulty in restrain
ing the people from visiting him with the punishment o.
treason against liberty on the spot.
Another meeting Will be held at Leavenworh on the
ton or fight.