, 1861-11-12

tNU1EEtpnu0tIEE VI tue
FoRr LKAvENwonru, Nor. 6, 1861.
iLd myself again In camp, aud the fact
bripga NJ Te1ectlonsi on the changes which |
have occnred Rince, when, In June, 1856,
with party Of thirty Northern men, I took
up the line ct march to Kansas from Iowa
City. TEe1 We were encountering not only
the forces Of the South, but indirectly the
rational army ard administration. OF that |
long summer journey Of SEQ miles, Performed |
on foot, over wide stretches OF untnhabited |
prairie, ard with insufficient supplies, every
incident Is deeply grsxen On ono ny y memory: l
braska AID Kansas. our train, which had aug |
Eented to ovtr ECO persons, was met by a !
company of 1iflemen from Topeka, under the /
command of Aaron D. Stevens then known
as Col Whirple] who on the 6th Of March,
1860, WAS hung at CharlestoWn, Va, for hon
The company With which your correspondent
wss connected formed the van Of the train,
and rs our captain rode forward he WAS re-
reiyei by uiilitaIJ salute from tie Topeka
boye.. He hailed them with
What are You doing here, boYs?"
"Holding toWn.raeeting, was the reply.
where's your b7llot-bo1es?"
"Ttere," responded every man, as the right
bards came down simultaneously upon the
lccks Of their ssharps."
I found afterwards this was the common
method Of designating their armed meetings.
+ was . significant Introduction to Kansas.
It was indeed a town meeting and the rifle is
too often, perhaps, the only ballotrbox to the
arbitration of which diEputing communities
will submit. Slavery always compe1s re-
courEe to this. It has ever been 50 and WILL
as long 1t shall exist. Then it was the princI
stitntions which made the men Of Kansas take
a1Ds. Again ere the people OF Kansas with
the Nation In arms, and this time for national
existence IS well as individual rlghta- as
mans life desirable. Only now, instead Of
being hunted and driven forth, the logic Of
events has enaucipated the National Govern
ment, driven the South into treason, and
armed Freedom with the authority Of LAW. In
fine, Kansas has covered the Ndrth-that 1s,
national one To-day in camp again, renem-
ber these vast changes, and rejoice to see
Freedom roll her radiant Way !.
THE 5A1HAWKERs.
| This 1e the camp Of the 15t Kansas Cavalry,
| commanded by Col c. R. Jennison. Il il
| about 10 move, and when It does your cor
| respondent Eill travel with It until he feaches
| the csmp Of Generals Lane OF Fremont. The
organization numbers noW about VOC men
and has inst received equipments for the whole
| from st. Louis. About half Of the regiment
| under its Colonel, hsve beea in tho servlcs
since laat May, ana they are composed Of th<
nen who In Southern Kansas have been tht
! NO
three months they acted as An independen
command. Hence their nRme Of JaJhaWkets
which il O title given to the Free State Guer
i1las by the Miss ourtane, as that Of Borde
RIfaan vas given to them by the Kanslna
They we're under Montgomery at DryWoo'
l. eourtans under Gen. Rains- Authority hay
leg been given to Col. Jennison to raise
! regiment, he went into quarters here, AID il
less than two months has succeeded in r.
cruiti1g to the full standard q moat efacie1
corps. It Is the only Kansas reglment that !
full
Col. G. r Jenniton is a man Of thirty. H
came to kansas in 1856, sud settled to til
practice OF N. diclne IN Southern Kansas. Bu
The troubles there soon prevented peacete
pursuit Of his profession. An active caara
. Ter, bravery undauDted, and stern hatred {
became Moutgomery's friend Rnd second
command, ard bore conspicuous part in 4
the later troubles. The hootlsss march I
I nerIey AID Frost to the K2nEas border Ia
tall will be remembered. The primary cauI
Of that Wss the capture by Jennison Of
email party Of five persons engaged II T. II
nappirg, ard the conse equent hal glns Of theE
Q This Is q specimen Of the Jayha1ker's chic
He has risked his Life many times to defend
fugitive slave, and no one could venture In
bis camp to arrest one. He publicly stat
lis intention to resign his command befo
| uQiUEEO+ lUE 241Eub-l1AlL NtIQuEi, ~. Is u
1bony, Is Postmaster Of Leagen worth, a
+ Publisher Of the Daily Conservative. He b
q Eeen one ef the most active and untiri1g an
10 slavery men in the west, having twice be
indicted for rescu!ng fugitives, Wills three
four t1mes attempts have been madc to ass
+ ei1ate him for biz principles. He Is Eealt
> man, young sud dauntless as one needs to
= So with all the staff. The Majors are Jud
Lee and D. Il. HerEick, the first Of whom v
d lately District Judge under the State, and
+ lstter Senator. Major Lee Lived st Elwo!
j. opposite St. 10, and hss had consifera
expenence Of the tender mErcies Of slaTe
Lieut. snoddy, Adjatant, is brother of
,d craft, ha1ing been editor Of the Linn coul
e paper. He is an accomplished writer 8
= gentleman, and an efficient of1ceT.4 I !
served in the regiment survivor Of :
Msr.as dee c{gnss M1s5scEs Sc OF My q asss s.;
.H age, and Was very severely wounded at
n& eftair, being left for dead by the aseass
IH But be still lives and considers himself TlG
ors enough tor campaign against the reo
He is native Of England, and except hia !
ience In Kaneas, hss spent his entire IL
T. the slave States. His crime was voting aga
The Lecompton S6ind1e. Such are SON
the materials Of which the regiment II c
posed. -:
The term "Jayhavkess has become so
~ orally applied In Kansas that some inte
- NAY be felt out6ide to know its mean
The peeple here are more than likely to
chrdstened By that term, g the Hlino1ssns
t. called "HooEie1e," atc. It arst became
xao eral in the fall Of 1857, when the trouble
gg gr3e Southeastern kansas having commenced
aaB f1te State people established Equntter *
lefore which they TILED the men who J
asa. accueed Of fomentlpg disturbances: 7
:, method Of punishment gave dse to the n
r:r Of s.JsyhaNkinK," Men Eera fined for
= o31ences Of which Judge Lynch found t
y guilty. On refusal TO meet the fine,
we're yifited by aI1ned parties, n ho,: perl
]. z. ft;ghtened them By firing, or took that y
they considered necessary to .psy the cl
a,ds It offences ware again committed, the
elaveryites were ordered to feaTe; tnat ~ e
the order was enforced. Il vas @ :empaat1
fay there's q variety of havk which. does
st once sweep on its prey, but, uke 9
tormenta it aNhtle Hais, u known: -
"Jaynask.n The similarity Of proceed
caused tha asme to ha spplied TO the q
las Of Southern Kansas. I do not know
there is bird Of these habits, ana a
,nt. books ase 'eilsnt thereon, am incline
7 doubt It; but the word Ia nnRn use n
~ tioR to 2, Kansas. had ~ origin n1os,t,
81: eI4pty, let me-. correct iR:.stAtemens
ss**% eoirg the tonndB, that the, word = I" sk
- de" used in the :; army; generally
lET. eignIfy' . ridden 1essing,. was Inv
ct Washington, or. had its orig
the present: war.': As: riea1ly IS
~ IT, miber9 of Colc1ado.. What its .ortgt
;.r Idou't: know. Iei5e this statement Il
- benefit Of tho 1euned pnnafts pf tho New
RN Eet7nQ fost. whose colum7s set the
- ststsmEnt Aho2t& -.
81 ,sirIss fsd -, ;e7Aaz:; LECTION. r.:
Ter + TIE Election took place yesterday In
.t Ct sn~orth :ese1y thlpe " anist; Thss'