Kenosha tribune & telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1856-1859, 1858-02-25
Latest from Kansas.
Correspondence Of THE Missouri Deru.erat


The session of the territorial legisla-
ture will close this week. 1t is. limited
to forty days by the organic act. There
is now an immense amount of half COM
pleted business before it, and many of
its important measures seem likely to go
by default, in the great 6 rush Of work
at the end of the session." The majority
of the members are new men, inexper-
fenced in public business, and they I'M
dertook too many things to do them
well. ee,f ,I ssat tal ,5.l.-.. !
The Topeka legislature meets again
on the 10th inst At present it seems
likely to go on and frame a code OF laws
but our public affairs are now in so un-
settled state that it is unsafe to proph
~ s;auy .IrIIlSs .lioIe imam Two hours anead
of us. 81 h. s ID nct.rsh.ea =.
We have had several spasmodic at
tempts at hail storms during last week,
but nothing will pass for genuine winter.
Unless we have some weather soon, the
people of Kansas will have to go with
out ice altogether next summer, or I'M
port it from some regionnearer the north
pole. r,al, t..r a 8
The recent action of the legislature,
in permanently locating the territorial
capital at what is called 'Minneola,' is
receiving great deal ofridicule. There
is not single building of any kind on
the town site of Minneola. 1t is right
out on the open prairie, twenty miles
south from here. Under the provisions
of the bill, the functions of government
are to be performed there from, and at
ter March 1st
The legislature was elected purely or
Free state issue. No one dreamed
that ii. was to permanently locate tbs
capital. Nearly half the territory is
unrepresented in it. The utmost that
| it could have done with propriety in the
matter, would have been to take the
seat OF government from the infamous
nest of nullifers at Lecompton, and re
move it temporarily to Lawrence, Leay
enworth, Topeka, or somewhere else
where there are some accommodation
for it, until the people could locate it
either by electing a Legislature on that
issue, or better still, by popular vote
The commissioners appointed by the
Legislature to investigate the election
frauds, have adjourned to Leavenworth
They will not complete their work il
season to report to this session of the
Legislature; but when the full result o
their labors is made public, they vii
show up in authentic shape the mos
systematic and damnable series Of out
RACES ever practised upon any people.
No doubt the letter writers generally
tell YOU that John Calhoun, Jack Hen
derson, and others of that class, viii
never dare return to Kansas. Dom
believeit just as long as these mer
know they are backed by the admins
tration and the troops, they will come
here whenever they please, and they
will continue their practices until the
too patient people get tired o
the forbearance-policy (as they will one
of those days,) and set an example By
hanging two or three of them right W
without Judge jury. If the Calhoun
constitution passes Congress, and they
attempt to enforce it upon US, believe
this viii be done.
ST. LOUIS, Feb. Is.
L Late advices from Kansas state that /;
party of Lanes men had visited West
port, Missouri, in search of Mr.. Danfortf
member the Lecompton Convention
The Missourians made no resistance.
4 Stofer, the Democratic Representa-
tive from Leavenworth county, is recov
ering from the wounds received in The
late attempt to murder him.
The grocery of Pat. Laughlin, who
killed Collins at Doniphan, year O
two ago, was broken open during hi
Iabsence, few nights since, and its con
tents burned in the street.
| A skirrnish is said to have taken plac
at Fit. Scott: no particulars are given
Gov. Denver has refused to send troop
there. 4'