Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1858-01-02
FROM KANSAS.
respondents Of the Cincinnati Gazctt..1
QUISDARo, X. t.,
Saturday, Dec. 10, 1857.

The Legislature adjourned sine die, at 5 O'Clock
Thursday evening. Before doing SO, it passed ii
Ulll repeating the famous Rebellion Act" and
another, directing The prosecuting attorneys Of
the Territory to enter noHe proSeQuies in all cases
now pending under the 'ReUeillun Law" Gov.
Stanton vetoed both these bills, but the former
~as Immediately re-en .cted over his disapproyal
The following is a synopsis of ull the action com,
pleted NJ this extra session
|. Passage of the Militia bill, and election I'm.
Ter it ct Il Territorial Military Board. 9. joint
RESOLUTIONS protesting against admission into the
Union under the LecUmpton Constitution. 3. Con.
current Resolutions, r~e-aiirming the Topeka Con
,titu,ion, aud praying for admission under 1t. t
Act tor the punishment of ali election frauds. 5
Act repeating the Bogus Law, under which the
LecOmpton Constitution was framed. 6. Act iUl
submitting the whole %Leconpton Constitution to a
,ute OF the people. Z. Act repeating the ! rebel,
lion. Law.
There is much censurc cast upon the members
tlat they did not provide for re Submitting the To-
peka Constitution 10 the people. The public sen
Cment is likely to force them into such an enact
meut TT their regular session. which commences
on the first Monday in January.
FEDERAL TRooPs--TLE suGAR MOUND DISTURBANCE
The number of Federal troops quarIered for
the winter al Fort Leayenworth, is about twelve
hundred.
At the latest accounts, Gov. Stanton had not
icceueu 10 the REQUEST VI u L IO'cIh'eTy mtH at
Sugar Mound, that he She uld send troops there To
help t, suppress the Free State despeIalOes.'
Another messenger from that vicinity reached
Lawrence T light before last. lie reports that eigh;
prominent Free State men, Including Rev. Mr..
Stewart, are imprisoned in Fort Scott, having
been arrested under the "Rebellion Act :" that
the country is in n very iTfamahle state. skirmish-
es having occurred at two or three points that
there are two hostile forces in the field, ard that
10th Free State and PrV-Slavery men are hasten
ing tli!her from various directions. The neigh
bcrhood of Fort Scott contains more Pro. Slavery
men. and is now more liable TO an invasion from
Missouri than any other part of the Territory.
Unless this disturbance elbows over" very soon.
the whole Territory will he in a blaze. a party
of Free State men from Lawrence, were TO start
for Sugar Mound last night, taking a cannon with
them. A company from OssawattUmie, under Gen.
About, is already in The field.
HIGHLY IMPORTANT FROM THE pLAISs.
According to Information just received from Fort
Leavenwurth, an express messenger from the
plains arrived there two or three evenings since,
with startling intelligence. lie came through in
80 DAYS. You recollect that the time the Nor.
mons fell upon the Government trains and destroy
ed them. some weeks ago, they drove of two thou.
sand head Of cattle. About one thousand of these
had been collected again and were under the care
Of the United States fOrces when the Mormons fell
upon them once more dispersed the cattle so wide
ly 40 to render their recollection hopeless.
The Mormon force was nearly double that OF
the troops and it was stated that ut a bridge not
Gar of, fifteen thousand more armed Mormons
were encamped. Col Johssn had been mott,
fed BY Brigham Young, that if he remained
with the United States forces at the place he had
selected for winter quarters. they must give up
their arms. Under these circumstances our
troops were returning to Fort Laramie, with the
view Of spending the winter there.
The men who accom- panied the trains that were
destroyed, are returning home on foot. Squads of
them arrive daily at Fort Leavenworth. The cold
weather has caused intense suffering among many
Of them.
Mr.. Russell Of Fort Leavenworth. who has trans
ported the Government stores across the plains for