New-York daily tribune., 1857-04-27
KANSAS.
ARRIVAL OF SECRETARY STANTON.

AhhIN AL VT AN A-'iON'
| From Our Special Correspondent.
LAWRENCE, K T., April l6, l'57.
Mr.. Stanton, the new Secretary of the Territory,
| has Just arrived He came into the Territory by
| the "back door" via Kansas City and Westport,
Mo- So did Shannon, and so have several Of the
distinguished Pro-Slavery officials. 1t s trfng
matter of etiquette but good taste might have die
tated decentralization at Quindaro or LeavenwOrth.
He is q pOrtly gentleman and looks respectable
He will be acting Governor until Gov. Walker ar
riycs. j do not suppose he IL endowed with any
extraordinary powers and the likelihood Is that he
will keep very quiet till his successor arrives. lle
was greeted in kind and respectful manner by sew
eral Of the men of Lawrence and, in reply to a
courteous invitation, promised to visit us next
Monday.
TAXEs-Tbe bogus County Judge has been in
Lawrence to-day, and threatened that Sheriff Jones
will be down to collect the taxes or to seize prop
erty therefor The bogus officials getting so ex
cessivcly exalted account of the appointment OF
Border Ruflians to all the Federal Ohres that they
can scarcely keep within prudent bounds. The Le-
compton Union exults in the appointment Of alker.
MISSOURI INTERFERENCE.-A young F'rte-State
squatter who lived down on the Potawatamie
Creek was recently seized by band of men from
Missouri and carried to that State by violence. He
is supposed to be lodged in prison thereabOuts. His
friends went to LecOmptOn to get thu authorities to
nterUose They could get no satisiaction the au-
thoritics would do nothing in their favor.
MISSOURI PREPARATION.-The brass cannon
which was taken by the L. 5. troops at the time the
Hickory Point prisoners were captured last Fan,
and which has been in LecOmpton ever since, until
lately has been removed from that place by the con
niyance of the authorities, and is now on the Mis-
souri border close to Westport 1t is doubtless the
intention to have it there to be ready In case sn IN
yasion should BE- necessary. 1t ought to have been
| taken from Lecompton by the Free-State men, and
would have been, but for fcyerlsh anxiety to avoid
doing anything that might be regarded as wrong by
| the unduly sensitive.
THE LAND OFFICEs.-AmOng the other means
| by which Gov Gcary succeeded III gaining the good
| will of the people Of Kansas, was the promise. on
| his part, that the new Land Offices should be fairly
| located and AT points which have been made prom-
| nent by the hOw of emigration and enterprise
| Manhattan was to have been one of the points
| Now. it is asrertaned that the new Administration
has exhibited its fancy for BorderRuffkns in the
| most abicct WAY. While there many thriving
| and real towns in Kansas the Land Offices have
been located at bogus towns, the creatures OF
bogus legislation, where there is no enterprise,
| and where the settlers do not 60, ana
| will not 90; town Spcculations owned by Missouri.
"a arc the laws and local officers of Kansas. Oh
this stripe would enumeratc the torn of Ogden,
| ON fine Kansas and the torn OF Fort Scott, III the
south part of the Territory Not content with siy'
ing the. Land offices to the Ruiiians, the ncw PreSi-
dent has sent the Land Offices to their paper towns,
to the Inconvenience Of the people, aud To buld "p
the men who rob and Cypress Kansas
| THE MISUNDERSTANDING the other ap-
pointecs. il would appear that Whitfield, bogus
Delegate TO Congress, receiver OF one OF the land
| ,fices Clarke the ex POtawatame agent, has
got post in one of these Offices for brohrr-n-law
| of his named Dake. As the latter individual is
not, riously incompetent, although qualified by being
very great Ruilian, il is stated that Clarke vii
reall, hold the flee and that this adopted
| as Clarke has an indictment Tor murder hanging
over linn for the case Of Barber aud could not holC
tit do not see the necessity for such beating about
| the bush Emory, another Of the appontees, Ii
| also indicted, or at least under bonds, and near!!
every other Of the hate apponecs, is either charged
with murder robbery, or, ut least, ought To be
The only exceptional case is Ransom, the eX
Governor Of Michigan, who has been here and ht
recommended himself we'll 10 the PrO-Shyer,
men by his ProSlayery professions that they are vii
ling to take him.
CIVIC ELECTION IN LEAyENweRTH.-The peo
pie of Lcayenw orth have had al election for Mayor
The FTce-State men nominated Mr. Adans mem
ber OF the state Senate" and that gentleman ha'
been elected over his Pro-Slayery compeer. This
! the people Of LeaycnWOrlh have done before. Thl
lat MNur a PrC.Slaycry man, was I'll 'ctrl by
,ciy barcfaccd iraud-Stuffng the baIo, boxes
Willie this election Will be regarded by the prppl- o
Icaycnworth rs victory there is II feature con
ncctcd with il that may deceive them. This election
was not conducted on these fraudulent census lists
Again the Mssourirns living over in Platte county
did not consider il worth their while to over tt
vote at purely local election. II cannot Tor 4 mo-
mcnt be trusted a. an indication of what tn Consti
tuti,ral Delegate election would be.
CrNsrs IIsTS.-The census lists have not ye
been stuck up 10 the gaze Of All adniriug world.
have been trying my best TO SEE the list Of tht
county and, also of Johnson County, bat in vain
The hitter. have reason to believe, would make
some rich Developments, but il is sedulously KEEP
| ir,m the vulgar gaze
ELECTION The sales of Government land ar
To lie held in June. The Constitutional election l.
also to be held al that time. What conc'delce
Can tie Ex.Prcsidcnt who issued the proclaim! ,iol
fer the lands, tell us the meaning oi thls y Il
significant to those who understand Kansas Affairs
LANE Col. Lane is here Like H., r''' o
mankind, he has gone into specnlaiion' ana inr & q"
nor about his expedition 10 kansas beng minus
ter one is, like good many Of the other stores
trmped up He returned some days ago ne
sl'l with Ere, State company, have purchase,
thc town oi Doniphan. Whist makes list ii1r. r:tA
is, that the President has just located lahl-Oh''
there, no doubt under thr impression thai it wa'
still a Pro-Slavcry town. The Missouri papers rep
| res.ut that Robius.n nd .,ne Ia ~. nuYrssNI