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81 The Charleston Mercury "pokes
fun" at Gov. Walker, as follows:
We give below a statement of the
causes which produced the late array of
military power in Kansas by Governor
Walker. This formidable demonstra-
ton was to put down a voluntary arrange
ment, by the people of Lawrence, to pre-
serve order in that little village of
some five hundred inhabitants. The
voters are one hundred and fity-six in
number. Governor Walker stood quiet
ly by and allowed Black Republican
Legislature, assuming all the powers Of
legislation for the Territory, to meet at
Topeka under his nose, and to go on dis
tricting the country for future elections,
and providing for holding them, and ex-
ercising other acts of sovereign authority.
After doing this business, this Legislature
most unmolestedly adjourned. He now
calls out the military of the United
States, issues a proclamation, and marches
down upon little village fer setting up
voluntary police organization for its
better governance and order. Who now
will doubt Governor Walkers faithful
enforcement of the authority of the I'm
tied States ? He ought to be Lieu
tenant General, at least, of the United
States Army. VIII not posterity, will
not Congress, place him beside Scott for
his military attainments? ?"
The Western (Mo) Despatch says
the pro-slavery cause has no reason fol
desponding. 1t cheers up in the follow
ing terms:
eve are sorry to see a faint-hearted
few who, by the way, are not thoroughly
acquainted with Kansas matters, are in
dulging in words of dependency, as tc
making Kansas a slave state. Those
best acquainted with the affairs of tht
Territory, and who have labored lone
and faithfully for the purpose of implant
ing Southern institutions there, have
high hopes of success, and look upor
> the signs of the times as more cheerin!
to their cause than at any former perioc
in the history of the Territory"
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Radical AbolitiOnists.

The radical abolitionists of this county
met in Convention at Albany on the 9th
ult., and chose Noah Spalding chairman,
and Rev. George Putnam Secretary
4 committee of four, Nessrs. S. Roberts,
S. Smith, II. Hovey and G. Putnam, was
appointed to make nominations and report
to the convention. Said committee re-
ported the name Of Mr.. A. c. Rabbit
Of Greensboro, for county senator, and
also that it was not advisable to make any
further nominations.
The convention prepared quite lengthy
address to the people, setting forth the
horrors of the slave traffic, their OWL
views, &c, which for want Of space We
must decline to publish.
We are requested to say that Mr.
Babbitt has declined the nomination, ant
that the committee have substituted tht
name of VIM. Joslyn of Barton.
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From KANsAs--Gov. W,,,.
EVACUATED LAwRENCE-THE FL
TIoN.-St. Louis, August 5. Ad
from Kansas state that Gov. Walker
cuated Lawrence on the Sd inst, T5s
but forty of the troops. The @teas5e
cause ofthis is the Indian attack On P,,,
Riley, which is regarded here as rus
to get the troops away.
The vote in Lawrence on the Tuak
Constitution was six hundred and ff
two in favor of it, to two hundred AGAIN
it. The Free State ticket for minor
ficers has been elected.
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TIE RECENT Han s.

The RECENT Han SroRv = !,
CANA letter from Tenn, ''Ito
Sd inst, gives the following u, "
particulars of a great hail slo.
recently visited a portion Of Ma; 'as
ave had on Friday last > Jug,
hail storm, such as was pev..
known in this country. TWAS fon, ',,a
in width, but the extent of its re. ~, . :
not know, The damage done ~ ~
Crops of all kinds were destrovas "a
stripped of their foliage-sheen =, "
tie knocked down and brp;,a3 ~ q
made through roofs-siding NJ,
split, and breaking window, :, ~ I'''''
doors. The stones measured fasp q,
to fourteen inches in cirounfs, sn q
They came with such force as ~
themselves in the sod Of the MAJ, y!
Hundreds of acres of corn are cut t w.
with the earth, and some late Di.,. "''
wheat utterly destroyed" ''''
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Fort RILEY THREATENED
ANs.-St. Louis, August7. Tb.r ''O''
Herald Of Freedom of 80 inst .... lNAi'@
Gov. Walker had received odr;s ''' !, 'na'
the commander effort Riley, that at, 4 l aor
force of Cheyenne Indians b.5 : '4igs
tina station, and that an att.sL '','Deu
ly expected. The fort has no forts s,
ton, and is garrisOned by Oulv hi, lI,' ;,
company of Infantry, The Indian, !,
driven in the settlers, and CONNIE,
several murders in sight ofthe fort q,
Walker Immediately sent Col. Cool -
all the force under his command to H.,
assistance.
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Mrs. CUNNINGHAM's EXAMINATION
New York, Aug.7. Mrs. Cunninghn
had a preliminary examination beor
Judge Davies, at her own house. HFs
very brief, and in substance as follows
Judge. What have you to say in reply
to the charges made against you ?
Hrs. @. l am innocent. 1 trust that
time will show it.
Judge. Have you anything further to
say ?
Mrs. G. / am too i'll to make any
further remarks and, by advice Of ny
counsel, decline to say anything further
at present.
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now reached the end Of this chapter IN
Kansas history. Not so. The Free
State men could easily carry the i've
counties designated above, and the whole
balance of territory, but border sagacity
again interposes and cuts off tie entire
emigration of 1857. The free State
men win undertake to settle the business
of LeaveGworth county as against It's en-
tire pro-slavery population, assisted by
any number of adventurous gentlemen
whom Platte county may contribute to
the transient population. This is per-
fectly well known. The Free State men
now have majority in every county in
the territory Except, perhaps Marshall,
as above mentioned,) Iowa Point, Ell
wood, Geary City, Doniphan, Atchison,
Sumner, Leavenworth, Delaware, Quin-
daro and Wyandotte, all river towns, are
in possession of the Free State men by
greater or less majorities, but under the
ruling of the bogus authorities, more than
twO-thirds of their aggregate population
are prevented from having any voice in
the election Of the next Territorial Legis-
lature. Finally, as a proper cap-stone
to this symmetrical structure, bogus
| Judges Of election are to preside over the
farce ofvoting, assisted by limited mum.
Der of Federal bayonets in each precinc
to preserve tie purity of'tbe ballOt-6or !
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ELECTION IN TENNEssEE.-Nashville,
August 8. The incomplete returns re-
ceived indicate the election to Congress
OF seven or eight Democrats, or two OF
three Americans. The election of Messrs
Zollincofer, Ready and Etheridge, i.
doubtful. The new legislature is Demo
cratic in both branches. The majority o
Harris for Governor will exceed ten thou
sand.
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WASHINGTON NEws.-Washington,
Aug. 9. Capt. Armstrong, of the San
Jacinto, at Hong Kong, reports that an
apology has been made by Sir VIM. Haste
commanding II. B. M. ship Spartan, for
the insult offered our government by pull
ling down the American colors on board
the American barque Henrietta Maria
The injury is yet a matter for considera-
ton by the two governments.
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KANSAS.

The following is the apportionment for
the Second Territorial Legislature for
the Territory of Kansas, prepared by the
presiding officers Of the recent bogus
Legislature, to whom the task was en-
trusted by Gov. Walker
FOR THE COUNCIL.
Council Dist. No members.
1-Leavenworth County 3
2-Atchinson l
3-Doniphan
4-Brown, Nemaha, Marshall, Pota-
watsmie, and Riley, and all that
part of the Territory in Kansas
which lies west of Marshall, Riley
and Davis Counties z
5-Jeferson and Calhoun l
6-DougIas and johnson .
7-Shawnee, Richardson, Davis, Wise,
Breckendridgeand
8-Bourbon, Godfrey, Wilson, Dorm
and MCGEE and
9-Butler, Hunter, Greenwood, Madi-
son. Weller, Cofey, Woodson and
Allen Counties
10-Anderson, Lykins, Lynn & Frank
lin, and all that part of the Terri
tory of Kansas which lies west of
Wise, Butler and Hunter Counties
/ Whole number i
VIM. G. MATTHIAS,
Speaker of the House of Representa-
tives at session 1857.
THOS. JOHNSON,
President Of the Council.
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UnequaIIed Braveryll---" Old
Put Distanced!!! Capt. May.
Nowhere Ill


1t is gratifying that in this, our age
not exactly golden age nor an iron age,
but a little Of both, and a great deal more
one Of political and railroad swindles-
there is some manly and self-sacrifcing
heroism left. As the great warriors OF
ruder times had their attendant bards to
sing Of their achievements, so r. J.
Walker, the fourth Governor of the Ter
ritOry Of Kansas, has an attendant scribe
to sound forth through the columns of
the n. Y. Times the honor, the wisdom,
and the prowess of his chief. Under
date of July Doth he writes from Le-
compton as follows:
Among the many extravagant things
which our Lawrence friends have been
guilty Of during the last week, one Of
the most foolish was the frequent itera-
ton, by some of the leading spirits there.
OF threats Of personal violence TO the
Governor. As the Governor is possess
ed Of the utmost courage and confidence
he determined to test the sincerity o
these threats, and drove from Lecomp
ton to Lawrence this morning in thu
government ambulance, passed through
the town, stopped at the hotel for two o.
three hours, dined within ten feet of in
LANE, and was not offered, am inform
ed, discourteous remarks"
Who can read that without feeling
shiver Of admiration run through hi
blood at the bare thought Of such dar
ring exposure 1t strikes us that it wi
be well to suspend all further collection
for the completion of the Washingto
Monument till it be determined ho
much a proper memorial of the Nation
gratitude to r. J. Walker will cost
Certainly the less should give way f
the greater.-Free Press.
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rur MINNrsorA CoNsrIrurIoNAL

THE MINNESOTA CONSTITUTIONAL
CoNvENT1oNs.--The linnesotian, of
July 81, says
. We again call the atiention of the
people to the fact that the third week OF
the session of the constitutional conven-
ton will close tomorrow and as yet
there is no sign of yielding on the part Of
the factious minority, who meet once
day in the council chamber. They have
raised the last man they can procure, on
any pretext, to take part in their illegal
deliberations, and they only number fifty
four-iust one-half of the number OF
members which they claim that the con-
vention consists of. Thus they have met
and adjourned, doing nothing from day to
day. There they are, with six Pemblna
men seated as Delegates two of whom
never received a vote for the place which
they hold, and the third a resident OF
Hennepn county.
They have finally concluded to go on
with this fify-four-being less than a
ouorum-and make a constitution
Judge Flandreau shakes his government
al gold at the Republicans, and brags
that the administration and Congress are
on their side, and will sanction their con-
stitution let what may happen, These
men, in fact, care not what the people o.
Minnesota think of their course. Theil
reliance is upon government money anC
government rascality.
The legally organized convention i:
still hard at work, and progressing rap
idly with its business. It almost SEEM
that its members will have their consti
tuition completed and before the people
before the bogusites commence work.
The minority worthless may rest assured
that they have got themselves into
mortal warfare with their opponents, ant
there will be no letting up on that side. "
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eB Col. FOrney's new paper u

e. Col. Forney's new paper
Press, refers to Mr.. Banks and bis HO|
ination for Governor, as follows
aWbo knows lint Mr., Banks may SCI
up his own presidential standard
made a capital speaker OF the iio', :,
he sailed through all the troubles o. :
party with much tact; and he va :,
generally impartial that Dir. A'AsD
South Carolina offered the res0'''s
complimenting him. Rely on H. Dc =
an eye on the White House"
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Coon GRowTH.-Mr. F. II. Hoff-
man of Burke, sent US a bunch of herds
grass, the longest stalk of which was six
feet and six inches in length. Send in
your grass and grain, gentlemen, we
have horse, now Caled0njan.
Mr.. H. H. Frost of Coventry, has in
his possession a stalk of blue joint grass
grown on Dea. S. F. Cowles' island, near
that village, which measures seven feet
and three inches in length. We can
beat you, Mr.. Stone. and not half try.
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The Iowa ELECTIoN.-Dubuque,
Iowa, Aug. 8. Returns from 26 COUNTIES
foot up $685. for the new Constitution,
and 1898 against it. The counties to hear
from will probably increase the majority
for the Constitution.
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Missouri ELEC TIoN.-St. Louis,
August z. Returns from thirty-eight
counties give Rollins upwards of 1000
majority.
Clark (Democrat) is elected in the
Third Congressional District.
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NORTH CAROLINA ELEcTToy-g,
leigh, N. c., August z. The few returns
received from the election in this STATE
show that the Democrats have carried
everything.
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POSTMASTER ARRESTED FOR ROE.
BING THE MAILS.-Augusta, Ca, Aug. l.
Samuel c. Scott, Postmaster at Colliers,
s. c., has been arrested for robbing the
mail, and is now in jail in this city.
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CoTToN FACTORY BURNED MON
real, August 8. Harris's cotton iao'oi'
at Lachine canal was destroyed BY liz
last night. Loss considerable. ln'sD
diary.
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B. B. Clark, Esq, of this place, has
shown us a Pea vine, from his garden,
measuring nine feet and eight inches in
length Caiedonian.
And we have seen an "old Pea vine, -
now in the possession of Mr.. Sabin KEEL
lam of this town, which is nearly six feet
in circumference.
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FATAL REsULT.-New York, Aug. Z.
Alexander Boyd, who was shot on Tues
day, by burglars, died this morning.
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g. The wife Of Ex-Postmaster Cen
eral Campbell died in Philadelphia on
the 3lst.
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FOR THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVE
Dist. No. members.
I-Leavenworth County s
2-Atchison county 3
3-Doniphan county 5
Drown and
5-Nemaha counties l
6-Marshal county l
7-Jeferson county 2
8-Calhoun county l
9-Potawatomie and Riley counties 2
10-Douglas and johnson counties, and
all that part of the Territories of
Kansas lying west of the counties
of Wise, Butler and Hunter s
11-Shawnee county
12-Richardson, Davis, Wise and
Breckenridge, and
13-Weller, Madison, Butler, Hunter
and Greenwood, and
14-Bourbon, Godfrey, Wilson, Dorm
and MCGEE, and
Woodson, Cofey and Allen, and
Henderson and Franklin counties {
17-Lynn county
18-Lykins county
Whole number 3!
WI. G. MATTHIAS, Speaker
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anu nCOGG, anu
Woodson, Cofey and Allen, and
16-Anderson and Franklin counties
LYNN county 3
18-Lykins county 2
Whole number 80
WIN. G. MATTHIAS, Speaker
House ofRepresentatives at session of 81.
THOS. JOHNSON,
President of the Council.
The gross partiality of this allotment
is thus exposed by the Lawrence cores
pendent of the Chicago Tribune:
To understand the full, sweeping in
iquity of this appOrtionment is only neces-
sary to notice that out of the whole num-
Der of Representatives (39), fourteen
counties have thirty-six and nineteen
counties three and that these nineteen
counties, with only one-twelfth of the re-
presentation, embrace the whole territory
south Of the Kaw river, except five coun-
ties and still further, that two-thirds of
the Free State emigration of the present
season have gone into the disfranchised
region. In this territory are the flourish
ing Free State towns of Waubonsa, Og-
den, Kansas Falls, Emporia, Ottunwa,
Hampden, Neosho City, Leroy, Hyatt,
;. Dread, Potawatomie, Burlington, Maple
/ ton, Ohio City, CentropOlis, and know
not how many more new settlements,
which are here Jumped into a representa-
ton a little more than one half that Of
the single county Of Doniphan, while con
tanning six times the population. But
that is not all. Shawnee and Marshall
counties are entitled under this arrange
ment TO one Representative each. Shaw
nee county contains the towns of Topeka
Tecumseh, Washington, Big Springs
Brownville, Burlingame, Carbonate and
Heberlings, and is closely settled through.
out Marshall county is up in the North.
west corner of the Territory, and con
tains only the Marysville station on til,
! Fort Laramie road, and a half-starvet
fragment of Buford's thieves who recent
ly murdered and plundered detachmen
of Col. Summers Cheyenne expedition
The entire county does not contain tw
hundred inhabitants. Calhoun county
:, two-thirds Of which is in the Potawatc
/ ME Reserve and the other third JUS
opened for settlement by the Delawar
= Land Sales, is on a par with Shawne
II and entitled to another Representative
v and Lynn and Lykins counties, in th
= Southeast, on the Missouri border and /
- convenient proximity to Little Santa T
and West Point, from which Reds arm
proceeded to the devastation Of Osaw;
n, tonne last summer-these conveniel
N counties are entitled to two Represent
IN tives each. To sum up the fraud in
tie grand total of " National Democrat,
Or swindling, FIVE counties on the Nilsson
Il border, Doniphan, Atchison, Leavei
I'd worth, Lykins and Lynn control 6o
a. branches Of tie Legislature.
a Perhaps the innocent readers of Il
Chicago Tribune imagine that we ha'
Kenosha tribune & telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1856-1859, 1857-11-26

web festooned even the frames of these
and were woven in every availablenook
| A mark as of fingers over the lock Of
the ancient cabinet attracted Royston's
notice. "This is a fine piece of old work.
manship; l never saw anything of the
kind richer or more elaborate" he OBJ.
served. .'Does the interior correspond
in beauty with the outsider"
eyes; the drawers are inlaid with
ivory replied Nicholas; but he made no
further movement to crafty his guests
curiosity.
SIT is remarkable looking cabinet"
said Royston, lingering before it still.
'You are right; it belonged to those
miserable brothers, and contained proofs
of their guilt when the one was taken.
The footsteps start from it, and go down
the corridor and back again"
go, Grizzie, and do you keep your
treasures in this wicked old cabinet?''
asked Adie, half alarmed yet half laugh
ing. "You will find them changed into
withered leaves and gray dust some
day."
"They are no better than dust now,"
replied Nicholas. "Come out, you have
seen enough"
Royston was standing at the window,
from which he had contrived to rub a
| little of the accumulated dirt He saw
that it looked upon garden, and asked
whose it was, and if Adie ever walked
there.
"No; it belongs to the people who live
in the old palace, said she, passing from
the closet into the room. Nicholas had
to stand two or three minutes before his
guest followed her, and then the door
was re-closed and locked. As he was re-
turning the key to his pocket, Royston
asked to look at it. 1t was a very curl
Gus, heavy, rude implement, eaten with
rust in round spots, as if blood had fallen
upon it.
''It is strong enough to keep out le-
gion of ghosts said he, weighing it in
his hand. "They do not make KEYS like
thisnow-a-days; it seems as if it had been
| formed to lock in deadly secrets on which
hung mems lives. / can imagine many a
plothaving been hatch'd behind those an
cientdoors, while thiskey was tightly held
in nervous fingers; but it tells no tales"
AS he spoke the Minister clock struck
eleven, and Martha entered to bolt the
door for the night. Seeing Royston still
there, she would have retired, but her
master babe her stop. "You must go
now," he added, addressing the young
man. eve keep early hours in the court.
Go gently" Royston descended the
creaking steps, and paused at the last to
repeat his Good night which Adie ech-
oed pleasantly as she stood at the door,
way with Nicholas.
Beware the fiendw cried she, as he
walked towards the gateway. "Say your
prayers as you cross the Minister gardens;
it is broad moonlight still" He turned
round, laughing, and promised to obey;
then disappeared under the shadow Of
| the arch.
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Rates Of Advertising.

steps came nearer and nearer-threats
ening angry steps they were. They
traversed the length of the corridor
several times and then all was again
stall; Adie could hear the beating of he,
own heart in the hush that followed
Nicholas passed his hand over her head
which rested against his breast say
ing, 'God shield thee from harm. childlu
ct that moment an impulse CANA
strongly upon her to tell Nicholas WIZ
had passed during his absence; bud
thought Of Royston checked the 81 ~
;esslon ON her ongue--might he not
tlspleased with her?-so she held her
peace, and withdrew herself from the
kind arm which had been so long her
protection. She went to the window.
and looked out into the dense, brown.
wintry night, there was faint refiec-
tion on the wet pavement of the court
from some fire in room below, and her
eye fixed on the glistening pools. It
was not possible she could have been de-
ceived, but she half doubted the EVIL
dence of her senses when the figure Of
Laurnce Royston emerged stealthily from
the open doorway of the house; and
darkening the light for moment, pass.
ed out at the arch into College Lane
She made no remark, but returned to
the hearth; Nicholas was unlocking the
doors of the oak-closet. He went in
alone, leaving them ajar, and presently
he called to her: "Adie, did you or Lau-
renee Royston observe where the cabi-
net stood last last summer" he asked.
Il have not been in here since showed
it to you both, and it seems to me that
it has been thrust from the wall; it eer-
tainly stood close to it formerly"
TO be continued.