The national era. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1847-1860, 1858-06-10
KANSAS 1Rws.


pc 'ntm. ut { all save those interested in the
growth IF va City" &c. Err.
KANSAS MRws.
The sls aph announced some DAYS AGO that
tn, Bo I'd misioners under the Enolisb
co afere ics ~ had agreed upon the first Mon.
day in IN ut as the day on which to hold the
election o. he Lecompton Constitution. The
day hsn' perfume one, as the State election
occurs issouri 1t the same time, and fewer
vqses can zen be spared by the Border Ruff.
bf Us Il rate in Kansas than at any other
pt rod.
The iri Monday of August was secured by
tb pro NJ ,ction of Messrs. Babcock, Detzler,
al Vie, rho called upon Gov. Denver, and
NJ sed in hold q meeting of the Board. The
u iverI Or bjected, aud showed letter of in
ct ucta ns rom Secretary Csss, in which this
Sc atente Cured: You will not, of course,
CO aveust Board until the successor of Mr..
"ier NJ Davis) is qualified" To this it was
r. oiled u Mr.. Wier was certainly Attorney
q sners g. Kansas as yet, and that the major
IL Of lie 'oard we're not only ready to con.
VI ne, Tat ere determined to do so. Mr.. Da.
We cou ID It of course qualify until he had re.
q ived u. ,fhcial appointment, and if that was
aaye' + fas the fault of the Administration
q ID n 'h- 2 else. Gov. Denver reluctantly
y eldee, ( ! Mr.. Wier, whose sympsthies are
o aders oe to be with Babcock and Deitz 'er, as
o ;sins { 2. Denver and Walsh, although de-
c'pitai I'd seems, possessed vitality enough to
d. e loi iced. Perhaps Denver, Walsh, and
I-svis, wi undo it under further Washington
il strutsie -Czereland Leader. (
The vc on the Lsavenworth Constitution
vas a ig one, but it seems that the result lie
rati6 "a q. Here Az voted for it, and 256
sains i. A proposition to confer the priv.
hge Of g. rage upon negroes was rejected in
Il dis city, 81 to "A. The vote here upon this
opos til and upon the Constitution may be
ssum d fair index of the vote in the Terri.
try at laa /. The indifference manifested by the
p sople o. this occasion is attributable to the
bslief BIS ven the ratification of the Constitu
i on et ul ,ot impart sufficient vitality to it, as
tie leea of the act calling the Convention is
d snied b, sov. Denver.
ha We eat pleasure in informing you there
4 not h. ightest chance Of the people of Kan
s.s &C En- 70 the English bill. EOen the Pro.
,aUery etion WiH cote against IT. On no
Suesti there such unanimity as on the Lee
,,mpt IN institution in its Protean forms; and
VI its rs, nm the unclean thing is, if possible,
n,ore chr sious than ever. Whatever has been
aid Of Il detestation and disgust with which
tie pc 'p! of Kansas regard this thrice ID
Htquiy,' y one who visits the Territory can
uorrob ort The land bride has but super.
added O tempt to Indignation and hatred.
When ad tted into the Union, Kansas will get
tle Gu 'te AIRY land grants and they will not de.
cline ia ne during the intervening period.
1t b rs en- doubtless with view of making
SApita f ;he English bill, that the President
pas ad ,ome changes for the better in his
kansss jcisls. Emory, who killed Phil.
fps, q I'd 40 was Register of the Land Off ce
a. Og iei aas been removed, and Ira Norris,
OF Veto appointed in his place. Jesse Mo.
ran, o tie, supersedes +. Robinson as
lodiar Il laware) Agent. w. Wier, Attorney
General, YES place to A. c. Davis, of Wyan.
dott, nd ourke, who held the office of Regis.
ter of he sand Office at Fort Scott, for his broth
es-in-hsw, J. W. Clarke, who killed Barber, and
who n IL an (Pottawatomie) Agent, has been
removed, L have not heard of the name OF
pourse's ccessor.-LearenDorM Correspond.
eM Of The .. Louis Democrat.
We hae sent sixty muskets and Halls rifles
to-day, to he companies now in the field, and
would sc, more if we had them, but Lawrence
is now lie more poorly armed than the coun-
try at il 20. We are sadly deficient every
where in ms, ammunition, and money. There
are n, olic arms in the Territory-not a
dollar of ,oney for the common defence-the
season. o. ,lanting is now flattering US with its
genial b. szes-all our men in Southern Kan.
sas have cen active as minute men the whole
Spring Sme of them have not been able to
sleep at .ome for weeks, and Captain Mont.
gomeryE |, not dared to sleep at his own house
Tor the IL eight months. Still, now, when the
crisis We Is, every man responds willingly, and
the una nous impulse in those counties is
tt6erty o Heath. Day after day, those half fed,
halfequ ped men perform the honest part of q
citizen idiery, with brave and stout hearts
IT any living deserve the lasting gratitude
and res It of the entire people of Kansas, ii
y Capt, -ontgomery and his little party. Still
now vii ( have they been traduced and Sian
iered .Saey have borne the censure for every
crime CT United in Kansas nearly for the last
.hree NJ Ahs, when every charge of the char
ac.er lie .alse and Infamous. They haze moi
been .ng of thieves and robbers but the
facts sr montgomery has endeavored to enforce
. mora I'D humane discipline, and whenever
be cou ascertain that any of his party had
stolen Q fobbed, they were invariably dressed
In the 3rest suit belonging to the company
deprive of their horse and arms, and expelled
from tb Scompany. There have been several
instsnc of this character, and these discharg
ed desl 'Adoes, thus rebuked, have organized
on thei swn hook, and taken up robbiug and
stealin' ,s profession. Wherever they 60
they &C themselves Montgomery's party, by
way o. 1taliation. For this he suffers, and
Brown I'D others lash him with vengeance
Last T say and Saturday nights, not less than
six hoI > were taken from this vicinity by the
same iditti, and some of their owners have
ident6 both horses and thieves, and are still
in purl of them.
She. + Walker started yesterday for the
south arrest the murderer, Brockett, and
says hi ill employ Montgomery's army as a
posse, pecessary. Gov. Denver went again
to Fort ,eavenworth yesterday, after receiving
a dspe d from Judge Williams, of Fort Scott
He int is to start all the troops that can be
spared ,om Fort Leavenworth Immediately
and ha promised to meet Sher6 Walker in
Bourbe County on Friday. He talks very
bravely bis determination to show the Gov
ernor 1issouri that his people cannot invade
our TIE tory and murder our citizens with i'm.
punity, cd says he will find that he has got no
Saanm ito deal 10Th this time. We hope he
is in Ell Jest; but, really, the troops in that
vicinity ave heretofore been such kingly bar
riers to ar freedom, and have so unmistakably
aided q oppressors, that We have very small
faith in ..eir services at present. We will re.
main ( .vious, however, to better evidence.
We ar satisfied that this invasion has been
matutii the last three months, and something
worse intended than q little midnight Skin.
misbinr While they have abandoned Kansas
in the in, they intend to conquer the south.