The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1857-04-17
FROM KANsAsi
81. Losis Dsmoerat.l


for Kansas, has inspired new bousage ,sk<
those who wish to 'nnake kAasas o.,saae(
state. Stock IN the pro-slavery towns ixVg.
sing. a spirit Of violent and reckless law.
lessness is agnin beginning TO be exhibited
II is now considered a sure thing that thu
power OF the government nj Washington viii
be used to make Kansas \ slave State. The
appointments of leaders of the law ana order
rutfians to Offices give great encouragement
to ell who would follow in their footsteps
W. L. Murphy, of Leay enw orth, 4 aOtsd ring
leader in the pro-slavery difioulties, has been
appointed agent to the sPottowntomieE In.
dams. Cartain Emory, who led on the kanc
that plundered xnd burned houses in Leaven-
worth last September and murdered Ar. Phil.
lips, besides driving ont industrious and use-
full citizens because they happened to be free
state men, has been rewarded BY an appoint
mcnt in the land ONCE, instead OF being put
on trial for his crimes, ~ he deserves. The
government can hardly be ignorant Of the
frauds on the Shawnee lands, under which
actual settlers are defrnuded, and false
census list has been made to carry the dele
gate election. SO far from potting stop
to this, the governmeat has become respon-
sible for it, and has placed the fraud hey
the reach Of cure, by appointing johnson,
who lives near Westport, and who is reported
rs being actively engaged in the same fraud,
as Shawnee agent. Other appointments Of
the same kind have been made; j. G. Ander-
son, Of Lexington, q member Of the bogus
territorial legislature, has bsan appointed to
one Of the new land omces. Even Mr.. Bah
cock, postmaster of Lawrencs has been re-
moved, and Mr.. Christian, pro slavery and
member Of the bogus council, has been APP
pointed IN his place.
This is the kind Of democracy that is be-
ing inaugurated in Kansas. Men OF stern
Jeffersonian democracy are being sacrificed
because they will not worship the niger
The desire to advance the interests OF prop
erty-slave property At that--is backing our
governments to Discard every principle Of
republication and democracy. The men of
Kansas can have NO security unless they
worship the "nigger interest,"" Those who
murder men for their devotion to the policy
OF free state, are rewarded with ONCE.
Horrors 81 Chinese opium Ssn Kim r.
Give, in his description Of China and Chi
nese cYG10ms states Chat one of the streets Of
Cantod occupied by shops for the sale Of
the deadly drug. zone Of the objects in this
place, that had the curiosity to visit, was
the Opium smoker in bis heaven; and GER
tainly it is fearful sight, although mot 80
degrading in the eye ~ the drunkard from
spirits lowered to the level OF brute and
wallowing in his 9th. The idiot amils and
death-like stupor, however, Of the opium de-
bauchee, has something arssmore awful TO the
gaze than the beustiality Of the latter. The
rooms where they sit and smoke are sur-
rounded by wooden couches, with places for
the head to rest upon, and generally side
room 10 devoted to gambling. The pipe 10 4
reed about an inch in diametef, and the apcr-
ture in the bowlfor the admission Of the Opi-
nm 10 nos larger than pins had.
The drug is prepared with some kind of
conserve. and a very small proportion Of it
10 sufficient 10 charge it, one or two whiffs
being the utmost that can be inhaled from 4
single pipe, and the smoke is taken into the
lungs as from the hooka in India. On a begin
ner, one or two pipes will have an effect, but an
old stager will continue smoking for hours
At the head OF each couch il placed small
lamp, the fire must be held to the drug during
the process Of inhaling, and from the tifi-
Guilty OF filing and properly Lighting the pipe,
there i generally person who waits upon
the smoker to perform the ONCE. A few DAYS Of
this fullnxury when taken to excess, gives
a hnggard look to the face, antf-n few months
or even weeks, will change the strong and
healthy man into little better than an idiot
skeleton. The pain they suffer when depr,v-
cd OF the drug. after long habit, no language
can explain, and it is TO certain degree un-
der its influence that their faculties are alive
In the houses devoted to their ruin, these
infatuated people may be seen by nioe o.
clock in the evening in all the different sta
ges, some entering half distracted 10 feed
the craving appetite they had been obliged
~ subdue during the day, and others laughing
and talking wildly under the effects OF q
first pipe; while the touches around are filled
with their different occupants, who lie Ian
guild with nn idiot smile upon their counte-
nances, too much under the influence Of the
drug to care for passing events, and fast
merging TO the wished-for contamination
The last scene of this tragic play 10 general
10y room in the rear of the building, q spe-
cies OF dead house, where lie stretched those
who have passed into state Of bliss thu
opium smoker madly seeks--an emblem Of
tho long sleep to which he is blindly hurry.
ing.
| A MOHAWK DrTcHHANI SLAvKRv.--In De.
cember last, a company Of strolling playeru
visited Linden, Cattaraugus county, N. Y.
where resides family named Barnhart, whs
were among the early settlers, and are Mo.
hawk Dutch This family had . SON who
was not celebrated for the delicate whiteues,
OF his complexion, but who was splendid
violinist. Young Barnhart went to the show
and took with him his violin to show what
he could do in the way OF music. He played
was admired by the actors, and after some
negotiation, was hired to travel with the
company and grace their orchestra. They
went into Pennsylvania, then into MARYLAND
and so on into Virginia. Since then, until
some three weeks since, nothing had been
heard of the young and inexperienced fiddler
The FIRST intelligence was, that the play act
ors, when they got into the interior of vir-
GINA, sold him into slavery, where he is now
held. When our informant left Linden the
father Of young Barnhart was about to start
TO Virginia TO reclaim his son from slavery.
Buffalo Express, l4,h.
EDITOR CAsgp.--Thc editor Of tho Upton
Advertiser was caned last week By an old fell
low named samuel Long. The editor &C.