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discussion. throughout tho whole Of the protraet-


ed imbroglio.
moderation and forbearance worthy of ali nraise.
have submitted for the action of the people OF
Kansas, the question-Shal or shall not Slavery
In Kansas be sanctioned by the Constitution,
In doing this, they have practiced no fraud,
neither have they scught to take any unfair ad.
vantage Of that Infamous Topeka party, whose
historyin Kansas Is stained by thotisa nd crimes,
Of the Convention. which has so expressly recog-
Missed the doctrine Of popular sovereignty So
anxious were the members Of this Convention to
hlthfuily carry out the spirit Of the Kansas Ne
braska act, that they have offered Lane and his
followers fair opportunity Of excluding slavery
from Kansas, II they have, as they boast, large
popular majority In that Territory. The pretext
that the whole Constitution Is not submitted is n
mere excuse to prolong the dscord and ag itatioa
which have been the bone Of contention In Kan
sas for three years.
"Gov Walker and Lane both know that there
Is not single clause in the Constitution framed
oy the Lecompton Convention In which the peo.
pie Of that Territory feel the slightest interest
except that which relates to slavery, and that
clause Is fairly and honestly submitted for the
adoption or rejection of the people of Kansas, as
they may deem best. Does such concession as
this 10 faction of Abolitionists and Black Re-
publicans, who have never by accident been fair
or honest In any Of their bogus conventions i'm
Kansas, indicate that the members of the l.s-
compton Convention were desperate and unprin-
cipled adventurers' outlaws sborder ruffisns'
and professional agitators' as they have been
called? Can Governor Walker expect any one
to believe these ISLANDERS by which he and his
new associates seek to discredit the work Of a
Convention, the members Of which were SO much
devoted to the doctrine of popular sovereignty,
that they resisted the temptation which power
offered for abusing it, and have submitted the
question Of slavery in Kansas to the people at the
polls! Can be point TO any such instance of fair
dealing on the part of the Black Republican par
ty in Kansas! The Black Republicans, IL they
have a majority there, have now an opportunity
ShONVipT nufh a HAT
porthnity has been afforded them by those WHO
have been branded as border rufians' aud 'des-
peradoes.'" s-.-,.
The House CHAPLAINCY-For the Lord
knows how many years past no Congress of the
United States has organized without a sort of
legislative squabble over the question of elect
ing Chaplain to the House, which in its in
variable features exhibits the tendency of men
in our land to differ as wide apart as the poles
upon all things theological. One cannot listen
to Chaplaincy debate without concluding
that there are nearly as many sects, or shades
OF religious opinion, in the United States as
there are honorable members in the Hall.
Some are for prayers every day others for
none. Some for prayers by single clergyman
OF particular church; others for prayers by
clergymen, in turn, of all denominations Some
for paying one; some for paying all; and many
again for paying none for clerical services out
of the public treasury. On the whole, the SUBJ
ject, at the North especially, is "bunkum"
question. In some portions of the country-in
New England particularly-the clergy are
politically united for the most part, and thou
sands of them would combine, at the drop of
hat, to smash up the prospects of any public
man who might strike at "the cloth in legisla-
ton. In other quarters Of the North and West
there exists much animosity-for such it really
is-against any paid employment of preachers
by the General Government, among men, espe-
cially, who carry their religion into politics
Hence much of the diversity of Congressional
opinion on this subject. We witness the now
annual squabble about the House chapIaincy
with regret, because it not only embraces a
waste of valuable legislative time, but goes to
show that there is more of passion and preju-
dice at the bottom of the differences in popular
opinion on the subject, than of vital religion.
GOMEZ K MILLss PATENT SAFETY FUSE
AND TRAIS.-On Wednesday last an expert
mental trial of this new invention was made
at the U. S. Arsenal in this city, which was at
tended by the Secretary of War and distin-
guished gentlemen Of the Army and Navy, as
well as by a number of the foreign diplomatic
corps and other gentlemen. Two or more guns
were fired from the muzzle without printing
them at the touch hole, the ignition taking
place from the mouth Of the piece.
Several severe tests were made by the sub
marine train, with satisfactory success, we
hear. The fuse was also placed on gun powder,
to show it would not ignite it without being
confined. 1t was also placed in a newly invent
ed rocket, which Of itself proved of great value;
rs it went almost treble the usual distance, and
retained its power of ignition while in the air
The value of this invention of patent fuse
and train for the Army and Navy is judged to
be great. 1t is claimed that a whole battery
Of q ship can be discharged in an instant with
it without endangering man, and that an en-
envy can be reached through its use at double
the distance possible otherwise.
LATE AND IMPORTANT FROM THE ARMY OF
UTAH.-Reports have been received at the
War Department from Col A. S. Johnston, I'd
Cavalry, commanding the army Of Utah, dated
South Pass, October Is, in relation to the posi-
ton and movements Of the Utah army.
lie has ordered Col. Alexander to the mouth
of Fontenelle creek, and intends, after joining
him at that place, to move down Green river
to lienry's Fork, and then 60 into winter quar-
tiers. lie suggests being reinforced by way of
the Cheyenne pass, which is accessible two
months earlier than any other, and that expe-
dtions be sent against the MormOns from Cali
mia and Oregon.
He writes that their most potent enemy thus
far is the snow; that the thermometer that
morning at sunrise was 10 degrees above zero,
and that eleven mules of Colonel Smith train
persisted from cold on the preceding night.
Col Johnston says, in conclusion: " The
ground may be assumed that no retrograde
movement will be made by this force''
SENATORS HENDERSON AND HOUSTON-We