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KANSAS NEWS.
From the Leavenworth Times

From the Leavenworth Times.
& tremendous gathering of the Free State
MN of Leavenworth county met in Market
Boil on Saturday night, to consider whether
WI, should 60 into the election for State officers
acd members of the State Legislature on the
AZ, of January.
krhe meeting was addressed by Vaughan,
Ce trier, DR.. Davis, W. W. Backus, and others,
AL adjourned to meet last night, when there
W. a glorious rally of the freemen of Leaven-
w5ith. "The boys" were there, the solid men
wsfe there, and never was q Convention more
harmonious or enthusiastic.
sChampion Vaughan, in response to the call
of she meeting, defined his position. He had
besn for voting from the first. A Delegate
Convention, of which be had been member,
was chosen, to meet at Lawrence on the I'd of
December, to advise as to the course the Legis-
asgre should pursue. That Convention was re-
assembled on the 23d inst, for the purpose, as
We understand, of making nominations for
State officers, under the Lecompton Constitu.
ton. Their power from the people did not JUS
tisy them in deciding not to 60 into that cleo.
ton but rule was unfortunately adopted, by
which delegates present cast the full vote to
which their counties were respectively entitled,
aud that rule defeated the voting policy. He
would still have abided by the action of the
Convention, but from evidence he had obtained
that an unworthy trick was practiced upon the
Convention, which defeated the policy. He
held himself absolved from all obligation to
support the election 80 unfairly obtained and
went in now, with his whole heart, for Free
State vote, and the triumph of the State ticket
on the 4th.
]. c. Vaughan followed in a speech, urging,
with good effect, harmony and concerted action.
letter was read from one of the head men
of the party, and of the Delegate Convention,
urging concession, and recommended the voting
policy.
Sam Smith, of Quindaro, followed in a telling
speech in favor of securing the officers under
TIE Lecompton Constitution.
Delegates were elected to the county conven.
ii n, which meets on Wednesday to nominate
S 'nators and Representatives.
An executive committee of nine was ap.
pSjnted to act in concert with the executive
Committee at Lawrence, with power to adopt
q. d execute measures for communicating to
Il counties north of the Kansas river the pur-
p sc of the people of Leavenworth, and for see.
il full turnout and fair election.
We take the following from the Kansas Her.
AZ of December 30:
The following is the vote on the Constitution
o, the Dist, as far as heard from. The vote
By ballot-Constitutio with Slavery, Con.
st ;ution with no Slavery:
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and we desired to stop every avenue whereby
success was possible.
But none of this nor all of this reasoning
We aid suffice, and 80 the Convention separated.
II ose in favor of voting, put in nomination a
st tie ticket, and will also nominate county
tie gets for the Legislature. We hope to succeed;
be. should we unfortunately fail, the RESPONSE
bi ,ty will rest on those who will not vote. For
tn action, you may expect to see us charsc-
tie, zed as National Democrats, Pro.Slavery
be ,ers, and enemies of the Free State party
W Il, to all this we say, "Les it comei" If
it hsll prove as harmless as like epithets did
lay summer and fall, when we advocated going
ini the October election, we can well afford
to tand it. To bolt from do nothing party,
or as it has been appropriately termed) the
pa " of "naasterly Inactivity" we hope will
no be to commit the objectionable sin.
me word in relation to the decision of the
&C ,vention. After some debate upon the man
ne. of casting the vote of the several districts,
it gas agreed that when. delegations were not
fust. those in attendance should cast the vote of
the. district. By this mode, the vote stood IS
na,s to Ga ayes. The vote, as recorded by
the1 actual delegates in attendance, stood Al
ays to A noes. Unfortunately, some of the
be . and strongest men in the party pledged
themselves in advance of the vote being taken
to cbide by the vote, whatever it might be, and
80 gave tied their hands against future action.
50 should we, in consequence of our stupid
ity- or rather the stupidity of part of the
patsy, be defeated. You may warn the Gov
ernment to look out for tremendous force to
be brought against it by the do.,othing party.
Whist will be its peculiar mode of warfare. am
uaeble to say. / presume, however, it will
Thoroughly. organize, aud stand still and see
the Federal Government crushed out of exist
ence.
You must not forget that this is very
Courageous party; one, to use a Kansas phrase,
"that is ready to defy all creation, and pitch
IN" And yet it is afraid of ballots, afraid of
freud, and afraid of stultitying itself by enter.
ing into honorable conflict with it's enemies.
Yea may expect to hear as favorable report
from the votes cast as the circumstances will
pee mit Away from Lawrence and Topeka, l
tn ok good vote will be polled.
Yours for universal freedom,
ERAsTUs HEATH.
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NeW York, Jan. 10 The steamer Africa
arrived here about noon to-day, fom Liverpool,
with dates to the 18th ultimo. The steamer
Fulton arrived out on the Oath
The English bank rate had been reduced to
8per cent.
Later news from India had been received
Lucknow has been relieved, after severe fight
ing. The insurgents had also been defeated
at various other points.
Sir Colin Campbell had been slightly wound.
ed, but would forthwith proceed to subdue Dude
All alarm, however, for the safety of the garri
son and outposts there had ceased.
No failures of consequence had occurred in
England since the previous advces. better
feeling prevailed under the banks reduction of
the rates, but the markets had been suspended
for two days by the Christmas holydays.
1t was said that the English and French
Governments were trying to settle the difficulty
between Spain and America, in regard to the
frigate Fenelans.
Bullion in the Bank of England has increased
fl,300,000.
American securities are generally unchanged.
From India, the advices are important. Luck
now was captured by the British forces on the
18th. The fighting commenced on the 18th,
when two guns were captured, and part of Jel-
labad destroyed. On the 18th, after contest
of two hours, Sir Colin Campbell succeeded in
occupying Dslkosah and Mortiniere. The ene-
my attempted to recover the position few hours
subsequently, but we're repulsed with heavy loss.
On the 10th, the commander.in.chiefa advanced
across the canal, and took Secunder Bagh, after
an obstinate struggle. The heavy artillery then
opened on Samuch for three hours, and the
position was carried, after an obstinate fight.
Early on the 18th, communications were opened
with the barracks. A long cannonade com.
menced, and the "mess-house" was carried by
assault at 3 o'clock, and the troops pushed on
and occupied the Montremahal before dark.
The British loss in the several engagements
is said to have been only four officers killed
and forty wounded.
The loss of the rebels is not stated. Sir Colin
Campbells attacking force numbered twelve
thousand. The sick and wounded, women and
children, we're sent from Lucknow to Cawnpore
under escort.
keinforcements were daily arriving, and all
alarm for the garrison and outposts had sub
sided.
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Fully half the above vote came directly from
ssouri. 1t is well known that there are not
owe 400 legal voters in Kickapoo, nor more
Il ~ l50 at Shawnee Precinct, or 35 at Oxford.
~. Walker visited Oxford in November last,
d, IN his report to the President, he describes
it IS Village of sac houses, without tavern,
a containing not more than 30 or 40 legal
,es OF the outside" This little townlet now
r,<urns $50 votes for the Slavery Constitution.
More than half the vote at Delaware was
C; It by .Missourians. At Lesvenworth, some
arrests were made of Missourians, who
C ne over and voted. An eyewitness thus
s, ties the manner in which the gentlemen from
.oss the river were allowed to deposit their
b lots:
These men had been voting all the morn
il :, and about III o'clock some of the Free
tie men began to challenge them. They
re sworn by kissing the Bible, and then asked
il they were inhabitants of the Territoryi' To
.ich they would reply, I am for the present
I ,e Judges would take their ballots and call
O their names. In two or three cases, men
yore they were citizens of Missouri, but paid
IL, Dir taxes here, and therefore claimed the
r! -ht to vote, and the judges deposited their
b. 1ots in the box, and recorded their names as
ELECTORS. This is not q rumor / was present
m self, and witnessed the whole scene"
notwithstanding all the frauds, the rufhans
sc unable to swell their poll to over 1000.
TIE no Slavery vote did not amount to
n ach. We are anxious to know the result of
t election held on the 4th inst, when all par
Il 8 were to vote on the Lecompton Constitu-
Il q.
Washington, Jan. I, 1854 despatch re-
C wed here from Fort Scott, dated Dec. 26,
s. tes that three hundred Missourians, who had
e. camped near that place, had been compelled
b. Gen. Lane to liberate thirty Free State pris-
o. ers, and return to Missouri. One hundred
,goons, with civil officers, then undertook to
a, sest Free State men, but Lane with power
f, force resisted and prevented it. Thereupon
Il ] dragons avoided collision by returning to
l. avenworth. Lane broke up his camp, and
p.sce was restored. There was general rejoic-
il among the settlers.
The recent acts of the Kansas Legislature
a. sustained by the people.
| A letter from Lawrence says that present
| r, urns show six thousand votes for the Lee
| c, npton Constitution, and they boast that they
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friends OF the prisoner arrived from New York
In the morning train. His father was not there.
AT o'clock P. M, Friday, he was hung in
the presence of an immense crowd first hav.
ing made speech of some two hours long in
which ne ably reviewed the testimony and reit.
Grated his innocence.
His body was taken to New York, attended
by DR.. Cummings. Washington Star.
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KANsAs.-The report which we published
last week, that General Lane and the United
States troops had met in battle, and several OF
the latter were killed, proved afterwards to be
untrue. The Territory is greatly excited, but
there has been no fighting with o. s. troops.
The Free State men seem to have been divided
upon the policy of voting for State officers on
January 4th but the report is, as we go to
press, that the enemies of the Lecompton Con-
stitution have triumphed.
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Rev. Arson Rood, late proprietor of the Phil
adelphia Times, died recently at West Philadel-
phia. He was worn out by his labors on that
journal.
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upon a subject which the people of Kansas
have thus settled. The most intelligent and
persistent of the Republicans here consider
that the question has been given up by the
| people of Kansas themselves, and by the Free
State Legislature of Kansas itself"
The first paragraph is unwsrranted. The
people of Kansas, portion of them, voted un-
der the provisions of the Lecompton Constitu-
tion, protesting against it, that, in c,,se Con-
gress should not give them justice, it nil ht be
easier to take it into their own hands.
The second paragraph is not true Not one
Republican member of Congress consiser that
the people of Kansas have given up lis ones
ton. No one who reads their Journals can fail
to perceive that they are excited to the borders
OF revolution upon it, and that they still expect
to see the Lecompton Constitution rejected by
Congress.
The London Times is out in favor Of a sys.
tenn OF Asiatic Slavery. This great journal has
never 30 fully represented the people of Eng
land as has been supposed in America. 1t is
rather the organ of the moneyed classes, and
does not reflect the moral sentiment of the
English nation
The aged and venerable mother of the poet
Whittier died, few days since, in the cottage
which has for many years been ths home of
herself and gifted son.
More Kansas lands will soon be open for pre-.
emption. IS
The Country Gentleman, published weekly at
Albany, N. Y, is one of the very best agricul-
tursl journals on our exchange list. 1t is truly,
as its title-page imports, "a journal for the
farm, the garden, and the fre-side."
Rev. Arson Rood, late proprietor of the Phil
adelphia Times, died recently at West Phadel-
phia. He was worn out by his labors on that
journal.
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will have ten thousand. The same letter states
that the Free State men would probably take
part IN the election of the 4:h, by voting bolt
ers' ticket.
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More Kansas lands will soon be open for pr
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The aged and venerable mother of the poet
Whittier died, a few days since, in the cottage
which has for many years been ths home of
herself and gifted son.
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WASHINGTON ITEMS.

Congress adjourned over the 9Th of January,
in honor CT the anniversary Of the battle of
New Orleans. The city, in consequence, was on
Friday last in a lively condition.
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The debate in the Senate last Thursday upon
the Presidents Nicaraguan message was some
what excited. Messrs. Toombs, Davis, and
others, differed radically in their views from
those expressed in the message
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The Detroit Times says that the Insurance
Companies refuse to pay the 900 for which
the life of Mr.. Holden was insured, who was so
mysteriously killed at Ann Arbor, Michigan, in
July last. The bal! which was taken from his BODY
exactly fits the pistol which was found short
time since in a marsh a short distance from
where Mr.. Holden's body was discovered. The
Insurance Companies contend that Mr.. Holden
committed suicide to benefit his familv.
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The London Times estimates the failures in
London and Provinces, since October, at over
fl5, 900, 600 in the metropolis and EDS, GOO, 900
in the country. Total, about G50,OOO,OOO
sterling, or about two hundred and fifty million
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1925, 1887, and lS45, and the end is not vet.
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