The Kansas herald of freedom., 1858-06-12

more variety in supply and prices tn,
must be called reasonable for the in.s,;o-
Building is going on as rapidly as emil
be expected in these times of pressr.-
and the crops of every description wes.
abundant and thriving. Two rope fen;ss
are in operation across the Kansas. andtLs
travel exceeded our expectations IT,
stage lines of Messrs. Richardson and IL
Eldridge Brothers arriving and departips
at all hours, gives to the town an AIR ~
life and hustle afforded by no other locartx
in the interior. We visited the Office :,
the Herald Of Freedom, and were surprissS
to find so extensive an establishment
with press driven by steam. We NET
the editor as all foemen meet on neutral
ground, with cordiality, aud we are greatly
indebted to him for his attention ana
courtesy to us during our stay.
On Sunday evening, news arrived fror,
the southern portion of the Territory of
the new troubles which have sprung m
and there was much excitement manifext'
ed. We saw an extra from the PeunJg-
can Office. headed Pro-Slavery murdersr
Free State men killed." etc, and Was
asked by person rather excited, TO read
it aloud to the crowd, which we did and
after hearing them comment upon it, took
occasion TO say to them in reply to an in
quiry "what we thought of such thingsin
Missouri" "that if they would only droo
the cry of Pro- Slavery and Free State,
every time horse was stolen or citizen
murdered, and call things and desperadoes
by their right names-thieves, robbers and
murderers. that the people of Missouri
would not be found wanting in the efforts
to put them down. But that, so long Is
they persisted in the folly of charging
upon Pro- Slavery men and Missouri, every
outrage committed by outlaws and muf-
derers, it was useless to expect men thus
charged to act as they otherwise would
do-and so long as Montgomery, with
commission from Gen. Lane, was permit
ted to pillage the country without protest
Missouri would protect her property and
her lives as best she could" We were
gratifed to hear many of the most infu-
entail men agree with us, and express q
hearty desire for the people on both s;des
of the line to come to common under
standing for common protection. In this
connection we must say that we found 10
responsible man that did not denounce
Montgomery, and express determination
to stop his career. But it is in Lawrence
as it has been elsewhere-there are class
of men who delight in broils, and their
strength is such as to deter many good
citizens from measures TO put down the
present troubles, for fear of their resent
ment and revenge.
We saw the redoubtabie hero, Jim Lane,
and were surprised that man of his evi-
dent capacity, temper and character, could
have led any body Of men to such pitch
as he has done. Nothing but public
feeling excited to insanity, could have
ever put such a mental wreck at their
head. He was extremely DESTROYS Of Wis
iting Kansas City, for the purpose Of
making Railroad speech, as he informed
us that his attention was now exclusively
devoted to law and internal Improvements.
1t struck us as rather farcical for a man
who has for three years been systemati-
cally trampling upon all law, to set him
self up as legal luminary, to expOund,
enforce and inculcate its rigid and order
conserving principles, with blackstone for
his interpretation of all men. Lawyers
should be the most law abiding.
We left Lawrence Monday morning on
our return, by the route north of the river.
through Wyandott. We thus passed
through the entire length of the Delaware
Reservation, over a very superior road,
and through dense forests of the finest
description of timber. Many farms, with
their improvements, speak highly Of the
progress of the Delaware Indians in civil
ization. We arrived at home about five
O'Clock, having performed the journey in
eight hours, in crowded coach of thirteen
passengers and their baggage.