New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-08-08
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20 travel. Al ths: Z poltclsn u Tue ola's 10" -
G nsn. bow % Ss.s IVA. ard pes his patty
into Office. A blurder is unfor:unste eas Fever is'
aud q successful. naneuysr il in.'.rsy recognLsa.
Fame il easily Won. In Rsrsas blunder woua 70
fatal Here political parties are engaged IN
a struggle foY life. Every man, by tho ne
cessiiy Of his position, thinks often and ciosey
on the state Of affairs and affairs OF Sta'e--o3-
where else leaders 50 closely ana ua ngasa ny
people 10 adhere to single line Of policy; or, or The
other hand for politician 10 divide destroy party
and induce them to adop, aEother policy is task tn1
requires the strongest Isee' ss well nrrg ssdsr IL
the bud I. has elevated toe popular re9uifem'nt "
leadership.
Henry Wilron, for example, has brilliant repI.a-
ton in Massachusetts,, but be left the Territory win
diminished celebrity. So Of Mr. Bigler Of Pernsyl-
ysnia and Col. Or 81 South Carolina.
TIRE CROPS
The long drouth and excessive heat have eeriousJ
iriured the crops. In this neighborhood and IN the
interior Of the Territory at most points corn is poor
wheat poorer and grass poorer ssi. TaeIe Is very
little prospect Of getting hay Under these circIm
stances the people rear the camp hI s,S
hundreds in number-upon their claims and grass.
KANSAS POLITICIAN.
Governor Robinson spends his time partly at Quinn
daro and panty at LsxTencs He has sii,ces a. DON
tour, in the ne:ghborhcod OF Atchison and Leaven-
worth.
Gen Lane divides his time between Donphan and
Lawrence. He also has Off ,es and pecuniary In
terest in both OF thsse places He Is now stamping In
the north part of the Territory. 49,
Mcssrs. PHILIPPE Conway, Deitzler, jenkins, G. w.
Smith, Blood and others sill live in Lawrence: fnl.
lin, is sumping in the vicinity of Atchison; Conway
in the southern pant Of the Territory.
Mr. Parrott the candidate for Congress, IS stnmping
all over the Territory.
dotte; 20, also, il Lieut.. Gov. Roberts, Whitman,
Root and others. 49,
Capt. Walker owns, in partnership. with Allied
Robinson, the line Of stages between Lawrence ana
Quindaro.
Capt Cracklin of 'the Stubs" is living at new
town in the southern part of the Territory called ri
| Dorado. go,
Old Brown is Invisible but still within range Of his
Excelency the paccator and will appear it is said,
like avengiDg angel if there is any occasion f'r his
| sword ard services.
| invaded the State of Missouri with company OF six
men. and carried off piles" of booty hes gone to
| work on bis claim, and teams for others also.
| Charley LeDhart, the founder OF the Free-Stafe
| cuerrlas is living at Topeka few days ago he
| beaded temperance party who destroyed
liquor saloop which was becoming nuisance to the
leighborbood.
Holiday and Dickey ARE at Topeka.
Sheriff Jones, it i: said, is drinking whisky very
Marshal Donaldson has left the Territory in disgust,
| because he could not get nomination. 49,,
Col. BrewersOD, the special correspondent OF Ire
| ~ Y. Herald, and the author of book called The
War in Kansas" published by Messrs. Derby &
Jackson has left the Territory in the same state Of
| mind and for a similar reason.
Dr. StIinofellow is specializing near the town Of
Mr.. Ksgi, correspondent of The National Era, is
stumping in the neighborhood OF Topeka.
Judge Elmore lives at Tecumseh.
Judge Wakefield is specuatirg in the southern part
Gen. Pomeroy, the agent of the Emigrant Aid Com
papy, is engaged on his own account IN building up
| Dr, Webb, the Secretary Of the same Company, is
at present in the Territory on Writ.
| The Rev. Daniel Foster late Chaplain of the Mas
.achusetis House of Representative, is living on
claim at MapletOn, in the southern part OF Kansas
| The Rev. Mr.. Mute jr., is in Lawrence.
| The Rev. MIR. Pardee Butler, | see it announced,
| lately preached sermon at the town Of Sumner.
Capt abbott bo SbaP, the Kansas wars living
| their claims or have gone into speeulatons: m:
| Mr. Joseph Anderson, twice member OF the Terri
tora Legislature an officer IN ae o. ,hS
black laws" is living where he has, or has had' MS
| only residence-at Lexington, Mo.
Nearly all the fiery-mouthed Border kuisn Leaders
have been transformed into honey-tongued National
| Democrats Among them is the wealthy firm OF Major
4 Russell of LeavenwOrth, who contributed so hber.
ally Of wealth, influence arms, ammunition, men, and
time to apnihiIate the Free party last Summer
| In the Free State ranks l find there have been
| many revolutions. Several politicians who were pOC.
ers two years agoin the days Of the Constitutional
| Cow tlOn-haNe LOST al lpnueucc, anu uecH
| supplanted by other and more radical leaders.
LAWRENCE.
Lawrence, Gov Walker says, is in state Of insur-
rection. You couldn't discover the fact II you were
here No sound Of martial music, no sign of military
preparation .alutes the ear or meets the eye. In
| stead Of the pOmp and circumstance OF war, " the
ear piercing fife and spirit stirring drum," you see
oxen and their drives stages flod with passe ngers,
houses in the Of erection, citizens attending to
their busiress or lettering by their doors, the sound
of the hammer and the saw, the ring Of the anvil and
| the clink Of the trowel.
| Lawrence has a population Of two thousand eight
hundred. Itsuppofts two weeklyjpspers- The Herald
| of Freedom, edited by George w. Brown, and The
LoWrtnce Repabhedn, new paper, edited by Norman
Allen and T. Dwight IhateheT-b4ta young men M ,h o.
| Walker faction Of the Free State party; The Repa1t'
can, of the Robinson and Lane men, who support the
Free State organization aud the Topeka Constitution
"frst, last and oil the time" the Herdid q Freedom
is very unpopular in Lawrence. or its influence and
| popularity, or want of both, in other sections, will
speak as soon as can form opinion from personal
knowledge.
Lawrence has two large churches-the Unitarian
and the sationast but there several Other
religious societies, none Of which, however, have al
yet erected any place OF worship.
| BOARDING ACCOMMODATIONS.
There are five large hotels in the town, aud another
as large a. Kings in ST. Louis, In course OF erection
Every house lie clearinghouse. If there is house
where they don't keep boarders, have not yet beer
| able TO find its locality.
Board and lodging are very high. The hotels
charge $40 week, and private houses from - to e.
House rent is from 80 70 100 per cent on the cost Of
building aud that is enormous, to say the least OF IL
| n. LAWRENCE MARKET.
Flour 70 bbi 90 Cta : IL OQISboulders ib........E
Beef B.............'loI msns Io.'"'.'''' =
Tss. ~ Potstoes y bush. 81 u
Butter, sugar t1ro"nb 10
4 Molastes q ss.on.Sl W Crushed sugar. b'....;'.a
Syrup y ssilon. 81 % Calico common YARD "a
l csaar !, n........... 20 Corn y bb. rs
Rice hey, tun o.