New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-06-29
NOTES OF 4 TRIP TO KANSAS.
Coue.popdence Of The N. Y. rrissns.


For my Sis am once more on the Missouri
River The White Cloud lay at the evee at Leav-
enwortb. Ny valise was on board an was about
| TO pay my fare when the Meteor hove in sight l
was advised to take her. being assured that she was
much faster boat and l should gain az least
twelve hours by 80 doing. With that longing for
speed vi ich cbaracterizes the nercan mind in
| general and the New-York mind in particular
! took the advice and the boat.
| But. alas the race is not always to the swift.
| We were steaming along with rapid current and a
| favoring gale twenty miles an hour at least. ST.
Louis was but 81 hours distant, and the n'ai boat
WAS nowhere when a sudden shock nearly threw
| me from the perpendicular the Stern swung round,
| our broadsde to the current and we were hard and
| fast upon q sand-bank.
Here we have been for sixteen hours. We are
out Of wood out Of temper, out Of nearly everything
| but waters would We were out OF that! And, TO add
insult 10 injury, the White Cloud goes by triumph
| sniy. m
The derricks have been az work all night. The
| boat bow is lifted till it points up stream; pow
erful head of steam is applied and we jump one bar
| to slght upon another.
We are fortunate in some respects. The Meteor
| is an admirably managed boat in her Stewards de-
| partment-the cleanest boat have seen IN the
West: an excellent kitchen and liberal table. Then
we are fortunate in having on board one OF those
| hghthearted, happy darkies whom We read OF IN
| Southern papers, but who is rara avis indeed IN
real life-snging and dancing in the intervals OF
| fring-up. One of his songs is new 10 me. rec
ommend it to the Chrlstys:
And the young coon played with tie old cOOn's tail"
| Did YOU ever hear the Western hail You spy
friend across the street-you do not call, Hilloa,
"Sam, or hioa Jim, but "Oh, Sam Oh, Jim.
This is universal You hear il in all tones from the
| J.,I tn THAR I'M The bows catch II. of
course from their elders, and it sounds drol enough
| in their shrl trebles. Ii is caught, think, from
| the steamboat hail The Western man worships
the steamboat He will tell you the speed, the cost,
the captain and the fast tips of every boat on his
river. The moment the steamer touches his levee
he PUSHES aboard, gets st. Louis paper if he can,
| exchanges a word with the clerk, u How are you,
| Cap, :" with the captain takes drink at the bar
for the good of the boat and fingers on board TILL she
| shoves of.
| At last we are of. As We once more tempt the
dangerous passage every man holds his breath for II
we 20 on this time we may lie for week. We are
through. The bell rings for alanding. We shall
stop for wood and then eastward, no for ST. Louis.
| ST. Louis, April 81, 1857
| We reached here without further detention; but
ha sing been nearly as long on the downward trip as
on the upward. We naturally surprised at this,
as the speed down is fifteen to twenty miles an hour
/ Willie upward IL IL hDOut tA. Out uONu thtJ
dare not run at night; they come with such speed
that if once fast it is easy matter to get Off Go
| ing up, if they touch they can generally back of.
| There are some admirable regulations upon these
| Western boats which might be copied with advant-
age at the East In each state-rOOm are hung life
preseryers, with full directions as 10 the mode of
using them; cards, too, telling you where the if'-
boats are to be found and that the doors and blinds
| lift Of their hinges, and good llie-preservers
Cd m intim THAR intenda1
course when meeting, by the whistle. The ascend
| ing boat is entitled to her choice She whistles once
| for the right, twice for the left. The descending
| boat must respond slow her engine, and take the
side indicated under heavy penalty and the loss OF
the pilots license.
| Rely upon it, the Pro-Slayery men are becoming
luke.warm in the cause On the day of the election
| Stanton ard DR.. StringtelOw made democratic
speeches Stanon's guarded, Of course; String
fellow defended himself against charse Of having
become q ITee-Stdte man Il had been charged, he
said that he ccnsorted with Lane and was in favor
| Of Kansas being Free-State. Lane came to bis
| hOnse o. a private Citizen fearessy, in strong
Pro-Slavery time; he had no personal dimculty win
him, and he received him as persona! friend. AS
regarded the other charge, he was Ia favor OF Kan
.ss being Slave State; he should work for it; but
II h, b,Sams satisfied that she rould become Free
State be should labor TO make her true Democratic
| Free State, and not an Abolition one like Nassa
cbusetts.
What say you to thisl In one of my early let
tiers ventured prophesy that quarter section OF
land would convert Atchison and corner LOT In
Lawrence would temper Stringfelow's fiery ZEAL
The corner lot seems to have been found.
/ kno,c that many Prostate men regret the ac-
,D; - .se;r Convention. / knoio that many nomi-
MI p u Slavery mea would stay from the polls, or
rote sor tbe Free State aidates upon alleged per-
sonaI grounds. have seen ccheersti set VI ds-
eated voters ne you can wenimagine, SWcss oPeny
rejoicing in their own defeat; and am sausueu 'A'S
cur true poicyis to vote upon every oppPf'u"i''
The borderers, too, hs7e changed their views1ai
under the influence III the almighty dollar. AT han
sss City ard W.stport on account OF the Great emi
grafton ,.,,ibg through those towns, buying up al
tt.y have TO SELL and employing their teams ana
Their time Across the Missouri, from the great de-
and for their products, purchasers from the lar III
6erior Of Kansas are securing the country t"eht!
! ard ,hr.y miles back from the river IN search Oh
corn. dried apples, bacon, -four and every other ar,
tce of food. raising the price OF corn from Az 20 oo
cents bushel e-o,,
The Topeka Triban, contains proclamauons rom
Gov Robp-.n calling for special elections to Ill va,
"a ,eies in the Free-State Legislature. was pained
10 So them. Ii seemed like mockery; Chidreh
| playjng AZ Kings AID Queens. We VIII not recog-
rze The Government officers, say the leaders oil
mr. NAVY Unfortunately the country does recog'
rize tt.n, II will be hard 10 convince Republicans
elsewhere that Robinson end not Walker ls 'ne
Governor Of Kansas. H.