Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes County, Ohio) 1856-1865, 1858-02-18
pictures of Kansas Notable..

A Kansas correspondent of the Missouri
Democrat draws the following outline
sketch of Regent Calhoun:
His age is somewhere near ffty-six;
about the middle size and strongly built;
his countenance stern and fordidding; his
greyish blue eyes full of arrogance and
cruelty; the forehead high, narrow and re-
ceding; thick and pretending lips and
massive jaws, eyincing sensuality in its
strongest form; and lastly, complexion
varying with the quantity of his potations
in the morning gentle roseate hue, at
noon it presents the appearance ofthe sun
in an eclipse, and at midnight, in the midst
of his bacchansian orgies, it resembles
the blue and purple color of tough bull
beef in fly time. He is entirely destitute
of political principle, and, although receiv-
ing an ample salary from the government,
he is in debt to every store and grocery
in Lecompton. Tne doggeries, in particu-
lar, hold him in execration, for he not on
ly drinks without pay himself, but he is
always attended by a number of his sateli-
tes who are always very free to imbibe at
his nominal expense.
John Calhoun's Secretary-who swore
to an assortment of lies in Kansas the 9th
er day, and being caught at it fled over
the border-is thus described:
He is ably supported by his Lieuten-
ant and chief, yclept Gen. Mclean, a bon
ny Scot from the wilds of Inverrayr. He
left 'his country for his country's good;'
we next find him on the soil of Kansas, and
the exciting times brought him into no.
tice and favored his adyancement-he was
coadjutor of much importance in those
warlike times, for his marauding qualities
and plundering proclivities were invalua-
ble to an invading force. He was at once
appointed quarter master general, and truly
he more than realized the expectations of
his compatriots, for was there train to
be rifed, a yoke of oxen to be impressed,
or a fat porker to be victimized, he was
then and there ready for the occasion, and
the camp literally revelled on beef and
whisky during his administration. In
such forays no description Of valuables ever
escaped the vigilant eyes or The nimble fin
gers of his detestible myrmidons- fact,
he became as notorious and terrible to tho
affrighted people of Kansas, as Rob Roy
to the peaceable inhabitants of the low
lands. He is man of large but ungainly
statue, apparently ofgreat physical strength,
of stolid countenance, set of by a pecu-
liar costume which he effects, brace of
revolvers in his belt, the handle of huge
knife protruding from his bosom, in Els
brawny fist cudgel of tremendous pro-
portions, and you have the picture of
man who has done much to perpetuate the
present unhappy state of affairs in the Ter
ritory.
JUDGE cATo's COURT.
Go in during the regular term, when
you might expect numerous audience,
and you behold thin, red faced man with
elongated features and Bardolphian nose,
seated on bench elevated a step or two
above the level of the floor, he is evident
ly in state of somnolence, from the fre-
quent mods and occasional boisterous snorts;
upon looking round you find two other per-
sons occupying the same apartment. The
one engaged SO busily in whiting is the
deputy marshal, who eyes with wistful
look the corner house on the other side of
the street. The other occupies small en-
closure near the bench, and appears busily
employed in asserting papers. You ap-
proach this specimen of humanity, and in
quire if this is the Court and when it will
be in session; be turns lacklustre and
fishy eye first on you and then more
lengthy look on the sleeping dignitary, and
in peevish and querulous voice answers
that the business of the court will be pro-
ceeded with after his honor wakes up and
takes some additional refreshnent.