New-York daily tribune., 1858-02-08
Nesp1)ork Daily @ibm,ts
KANSAS.

From, Our special Correspondent
LAWRENCE X. L., Jan. q. 1863
The Territorial Legislature has done nothing of
very great importance this week. ie'teruay she1
were debating on bil which is sort OF prohioi
tory law, but no positive action WAS taken on Il.
The Convention bill is stin held for further consid'
Grafton, as are the bills for the repeal OF Slavery
and the rediyision of the counties. Muca Of the
work they design doing is still in the hands OF the
Committee BY far the greater portion oil what
hs, been done by this body, 40 far, is of private
character, charters, SC.
By trip to johnson County yesterday learn
that there is no serious disturbance as YET. Tho
hotel at Lexington has been burned down, but the
rap.rts Of houses burned at Shawnee aud Oxford
ara learn incorrect. There is still some political
excitement at WestPort, and on the border gea'
erally.
messenger from Fort Scott this morning [
learn that no further hostiltes have occurred IA
that quarter, but there issvery unsettled state Of
feeling When my informant was IN fort SCOTIA
week ago. several yoke of cattle belonging 10 Free
State settlers were driven in and sold there Ihes
was also all intention of selling the horses Oh tns
eight prisoners they captured during the recent dii'
culties. A notice WAS pOstcd up 'hat 'h.! """o
be sold on the 27th inst. These men, II VIII Dc rs-
membered, were taken as prisoners OF war. when
the force went down to Fort Scott they were all
liberated but two and these have subsequently gos
svay They could not get their horses, noweveri
the captors had put them in stable, purportpg to
be livery stable, and they now propose TO sou
them on the plea of paying charges. some oi tho
mscreants who hang about Fort Scott are pars
residents of Missouri, Arkansas, the Indian Terri
tory ard Kansas. They are no better than high
wsymen. and deep.seated feeling against them is
entertained by the settlers in the Osage valley.
A GOOD deal of amusement is created here by tho
Washington story about intercepted dispatches be.
tween Gen. Lane and Brigham Young. 1t s M
seouel 70 the story Of Lane and the mad-house. l
suppose his visit to the lunaticasylum must have
been when he was Lieutenant Governor OF Indiana.
While the story about the intercepted dispatches
very absurd it is still fact worth noting that no
Anti mormon fever exists IN Kansas. Not msn
could be raised to go snd hght the hormons.
AZ tLe same time these people are held In as thor
onvb contempt for their practices they could b.
anywhere: but as the Federal troops are being
used. and have been used to Oppress the people Of
Kansas, so is there no sympathy here for the sue
cess of such power
Public opinion, and the pulse of public peace
here beats quicker md slower, just as the news from
Washington Indicate the chances for acceptance OF
rejection for the LecOmpton Constitution.
IL is now stated that evidence may be obtained
TO prove that the election returns have been changed
by Calhoun himself after they have been made 10
HIM.
The excitement among the Shawnee Indians is
more quiet; but Sharley, who shot Touley. thu
Shawnee Indian, has again been shot himself, and
il ID thought will die.