New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-05-09
KANSAS.
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~hed be id II Free State man should bold proper
Ely there, for il destined TO be the Creates ciy
n the Territory and he wanted 20 show me AuD,
chemists what Pro -Saveryism could do. your o.. e.
respondent has watched with considerable interest tne
growth Of that town. 1 wanted 10 see Wnst 80,
1averyism could do Ia the way OF building " :. g. -
S,ty The General Government has done al o az !"
~ Iecamnton. by the location Of the Land once,
generally considered an important item ~ n ~
and the bogus Legislature made II ine app; .e
headquarters of the Territorial nIsce of hold
s,rtspts Abe county seat, and the place "a holu-
ING the First District Court Nearly every c."I re-
seived q commission either TO sct a. deputy u; ..
AarsksL Sheriff, other ofhGers, "noIeoy they
sssd have their hands IN Uncle sam treasury
!. fsrt living on Government pap. Notwithsand-
mo sll tbese snriaries usually considered important
Lecompton has progressed but little for the last two
y.sys The onIy business that seems 10 flourish the
yhiskv trade | am crsdiby informed that The last
feamer for Lawrence landed at the leYee ~ barrels OF
the ardept" destined for that town, in which every
house shanty contains bar Lots IN lecoi lP
cell ct very low price, if sold at all but htte oud-
ing going on, while the FreeState towns are progress
ing rapidly. Jones and company have shown Us whal
Pro.Slaverysm could do in the way oi oun9inS Cities,
and LecOmptOn stands to-day about g. II 1ld Two years
400 % remain NO until Free-Sate men take hold OF IT.
Delaware CITY, with of the best landings on the
Nissouri--much better than Leavenwortn-a ROCK
shore an excellent site rom hve 70 zen les nearer
date taken rossesson of by the citizens of Platte City,
Mo- who were determined to make it Pro-Slavery
city and every preparation was made 10 e1ciude
Eree-State men from its limits. But, with Lecomp
ION Pre- -Saveryism could make nothing OF Delaware
City. No business done there; steamboats, from
ST. Louis and other points refused TO stop at Its eVee
Shares Of ten lots sold for less than w SOLD al all
and IL passenger on one of the steamers should have
asked the officers about Delaware City he would have
received the answer that it wss as dead as hay"
A few weeks since some gentlemen from Lawrence,
Oh their way from this city 10 Leavenworth, passed
through Delaware City, and were favoraby Impressed
with the site It's central position, the landing, and
other advantages of the place. They determined 10
buy the town; and soon the Pro-Slavery city the
Headquarters OF the South Carolina regiment at one
time, passed into the possession OF Lawrence com
pany. As soon the fact became public real estate
N the vicinity found market at 200 per cent more
than was asked for il before the purchase of the city
The State prOpietOrs commenced operations I'M
ediately to grade the levee streets and the building
Of good roads to Lawrence and other points the cree
bon Of buildings, &C., and shares containing ten lots
each have since sold for $500. Business il brisk.
Every steamer stops TO land passengers and freight,
and Delaware City is no longer dead as hay" but
an active enerprisng business place, in striking con-
trast with what it was less than five weeks ago.
Doniphan considered, until quite recently,
stronghold of Pro-Slaveryism; but the Free-State
men have taken il. II surrendered without firing
gun. Gen. Lane, with some friends visited the city
few days since, paid over the gold took Donphan, and
put IL in his pocket.
Atchison Is about to capitulate TO a company of
Free-State men, in about the way; and hereaf-
ter these places will not be known the stronghold OF
the enemies of white labor, but as Free-State cites
and there is not town in Kansas peopled BY free
QUISD,Ro, Kansas, April "a 1857.
Kansas still remains comparatively quiet. Muter-
c and threats are occasionally heard the border,
bnt nothing alarming has yet occurred TO Indicate
another disturbance OF the public tranquility The |
mobiles, in and out of the Territory manifest dis
position to keep quiet for the present at least depend
ING upon the OF their arrangement TOR taking the
census and the election of delegates to Convention
to frame Constitution preparatory to the admission
Of Kansas into the Union as Slave State
The newly appointed Secretary of the Territory, |
Frederick Stanton arrived in Kansas about two weeks
since and IL now quartered at Lecompon in the build
ing formerly occupied by Gov. Geary 1t is under
stood here that stanton has published an address to
the people, in which he declares his determination TO
enforce the Territorial laws while acting Governor,
Including the act providing for taking the census and
the election of delegates to Constitutional ConVen
ton. He says that the General Government having
recognized that act valid, becomes his duty to see
II carried out. He unes with the PrO-Slavery men
and the editor of The New- York Times in advising
the Free-State men Of Kansas to VOTE at the time
specified by the bogus Territorial Legislature" OF
they want the people TO recognize the spurious
concern legal, 20 obey its mandates, and submit
quietly 10 slavery The Border Ruians, aided by the
General Government have been trying for the lasttwo
years to have il done, without success. Having now
secured the aid Of The Ner York Times they doubt
hess expect the people to yield the position OF repuda
ton 20 succumb and quietly submit We shall see
The Frse-State men of this Territory have met in
convention at Topeka, and unanimously resolved TO
take no notice Of the fraudulent election nor to Parci
pate in any manner The people are united ana deel
mined on that. 1t is presumed that they, being most
Interested here the ground and fully posted, under
stand their duties and responsibilities "a WELL IT not
better than an editor seated in his sanctum in the City
of New York. who is continually giving advice and
denouncing US for refusal to vOTE-and thus become
party TO the fraud.
The way the census is taken ny the bogus officials
s enough TO convince any reasonable man that we can
have hope Of justice in the arrangement, made and
provided by worst enemies, who have fixed mat
ters TO be certain OF success, without regard TO
the will of majority OF the actual settlers.
Late one evening the "census-taker Of Leavenworth
County arrived in this city. No knew his bust
ness here until the next morning, when he busted him
cell about an hour taking the Of Quindaro. He
left for Wyandotte, and left at the same time on
horseback for Delaware City, distance OF twenty
miles, arriving there about O'Clock in the afternoon,
and at o'clock again met the "census-taker'-he
having since morning, taken the census OF this city
and Wyandotte, and rode about twenty-five miles l
was present when the following names, residents OF
this city, given him: q. H. Maceuley, Il. III.
Bassett, Hemphill, III. A. Bliss and G. Chad
wick They were all received by him and recorded
In his book. The published lists of the qualified vot-
ems of this district before me, and not of the
above appears Ii very strange that the off-
eiM should forget the names of the Free-State men,
while not Of the Pro-Slavery men is omitted. In
Leavenworth City OF the Oldest and most proml
pent citizens, well known to the people, excluded
their names are not upon the lists. They happen to
BE- members Of the Free-Sate party, and are conse-
quenty forgotten II. Miles Moore, Marcus j. Par
rott C. y. Currier II. =. Adams the present Mayor,
and scores of Others
Lawrence is below the notice Of these officials; they
do not even condesccnd to let them have voting pre-
einct in that city. any one 10 that Free,Sa town
Il DESTROYS of following the advice of MI Raymond Of
The " u Tunes on the dayof election, he must trnv-
al twelve miles to do IT,
The steamer coming which takes this letter to ST.
Louis and must close. More anon. S>NrN'
SorrssPoo6cpce vi The Missouri Democrat.
- QulNDARo, KANSAS, Apfl -, 1871