THE
ANNALS OF KANSAS.
BY
DANIEL W. WILDER.
At first, during the period of America's colonization and her controversy with England,
and her affirmation and establishment of her programme.of political principles, the great
national work of the disunited provinces was a struggle for local self-government against
despotic centralization beyond the sea. It was an egort against the vicarious rule of the
middle ages, which allowed the people no power in the State, the laity none in the Church,
the servant none in the family. It was a great effort —mainly unconscious —'in favor of the
direct government of each State by itself, of the whole people by the whole people; a national
protest against Theocracy —the subordination of man in religious affairs to the accident of
his history; Monarchy, the subordination of the mass of men to a single man; Aristocracy,
the subordination of the many to the few, of the weak to the strong; yes, in part also against
Despotocracy, the subordination of the slave who toils to the master that enjoys -in their
rights they were equal. This forced men to look inward at the natural rights of man; outward at the general development thereof in history. It led to the attempt to establish a
Democracy, which, so far as Measures are concerned, is the government of all, for all, by
all; so far as moral Principle is concerned, it is the enactment of God's Justice into human
laws.
One day the North will rise in her majesty, and put Slavery under our feet, and then we
shall extend the area of freedom. The blessing of Almigllty God will come down upon the
noblest people the world ever saw —who have triumphed over Theocracy, Monarchy, Aristocracy, Despotocracy, and have got a Democracy-a government of all, for all, and by all
-a Church without a Bishop, a State without a King, a Community without a Lord, and a
Family without a Slave. - THE NEBRASKA QUESTION: DISCOURSE BY THEODORE PARKER,
FEBRUARY 12, 18.54.
TOPEKA, KANSAS:
GEO. W. MARTIN, KANSAS PUBLISHING  HOUSE.
1875.




Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1875,
BY DANIEL. W. WILDER.
In the office of the Librarian of Congress, at Washington, D. C,




TO
GEORGE W. MARTIN,
A KANSAN,
OF EIGHTEEN YEARS' RESIDENCE,
WHO,
WITH HIS CUSTOMARY NERVE,
HAS
ASSUMED THE FINANCIAL RISK OF BECOMING THE PUBLISHER
OF THIS BOOK,
IT IS
GRATEFULLY  DEDICATED.




THE CHILD OF FATE.
BY EUGENE F. WARE.
[From the Fort Scott Monitor, April, 1873.]
I am the child of fate;              What should it matter me,
What need it matter me               Falling as others fell,
Where I shall buried be!               Shattered by shot or shell,
Death cometh soon or late —        Either on land or sea,
Whether on land or sea,               Wrecked on the foaming bar,
What may it matter me!               Flung from the misplaced car;
That which hope hangs upon           Whether by Arctic cliffs,
We can no insight get.             Where the ice-current drifts,
Blindly Fate leads us on,             Where the bleak night-wind sobs,
Storming life's parapet;             Where the black ice-tide throbsThat which our course impels         What though my bark may be
Naught of the future tells.          Sunk in some sullen sea!
Whether upon the land,               Each has his work and way,
Whether upon the strand,             Each has his part and play,
What may it matter me                Each has his task to do,
Where I shall buried be!             Both of the good and true.
Death cometh soon or late;           Though thou art grave or gay,
All are the sport of Fate.           Be thou yet brave and true.
Work for the right and just,
With an intrepid -trust;
Then it need matter thee
Not that thou buried be
Either on land or strand,
Either'neath soil or sea.




THE ANNALS OF KANSAS.
EARLY DISCOVERIES.
1542.
Francisco Vasquez de Coronado, a Spaniard, commanded an expedition
which marched from Mexico to the northern boundary of Kansas. Albert
Gallatin says, in the Transactions of the American Ethnological Society,
vol. II, p. 64: "Coronado appears to have proceeded as far north as the 400
of latitude."- Gen. J. H. Simpson, U. S. A., in the Smithsonian Report for
1869, p. 337, says: "Coronado continued his explorations northwardly
to the 400 of latitude, where he ieached a province which the Indians
called Quivira." He was in search of gold and silver. Coronado said:
"The province of Quivira is 950 leagues (3,230 miles) from Mexico. The
place I have reached is the 400 of latitude. The earth is the best possible
for all kinds of productions of Spain; for while it is very strong and black,
it is very well watered by brooks, springs, and rivers. I found prunes (wild
plums) like those of Spain, some of which were black; also, some excellent
grapes and mulberries."  He traversed "mighty plains and sandy heaths,
smooth and wearisome, and bare of wood." "All that way the plains are
as full of crooked-back oxen as the mountain Serena in Spain is of sheep."
This is the first authentic account of the buffalo. The route of Coronado
was through that part of Kansas now embraced in the counties of Barbour,
Kingman, Reno, Harvey, McPherson, Marion, Dickinson, Davis, Riley,
Pottawatomie, and Nemaha. Coronado left Quivira, or Kansas, in April,
1542.
The following statement is copied from Brantz Mayer's History of Mexico, vol. I, p. 145: Between the years 1540 and 1542, an expedition was
undertaken for the subjugation of an important nation which, it was alleged,
existed far to the north of Mexico. A Franciscan missionary, Marcos de
Naza, reported that he had discovered, north of Sonora, a rich and powerful people inhabiting a realm known as Quivara, or the Seven Cities, whose
capital, Cibola, was quite as civilized as an European city. After the report
had reached and been considered in Spain, it was determined to send an
armed force to this region in order to explore, and if possible to reduce the




6                    ANNALS OF KANSAS.                       [1542.
Quivarans to the Spanish yoke. Mendoza had designed to entrust this expedition to Pedro de Alvarado, after having refused Cortez permission to
lead the adventurers-a task which he had demanded as his right. But
when all the troops were enlisted, Alvarado had not yet reached Mexico
from Guatemala, and, accordingly, the Viceroy despatched Vasquez de Coronado at the ]head of the enterprise. At the same time he fitted out another
expedition, with two ships, under the orders of Francisco Alarcon, who was
to make a reconnoissance of the coast as far as the thirty-sixth degree, and,
after having frequently visited the shores, he was, in that latitude, to meet
the forces sent by land. Coronado set forth from Culiacan, with three hundred and fifty Spaniards and eight hundred Indians, and, after reaching the
source of the Gila, passed the mountains to the Rio del Norte. He wintered twice in the region now called New Mexico, explored it thoroughly
from north to south, and then, striking off to the northeast, crossed the mountains, and wandering eastwardly as far north as the fortieth degree of latitude, he unfortunately found neither Quivara nor gold. A few wretched
ruins of Indian villages were all the discoveries made by these hardy pioneers, and thus the enchanted kingdom eluded the grasp of Spain forever.
The troop of strangers and Indians soon became disorganized, and disbanded; nor was Alarcon mnore successfill by sea than Coronado by land.
His vessels explored the shores of the Pacific carefully, but they found no
wealthy cities to plunder, nor could the sailors hear of any from the Indians with whom they held intercourse.
Hildreth says (vol. I, p. 48): While De Soto was engaged in this exploration, a not less adventurous expedition was undertaken to regions still
more interior andremote. By the orders of Mendoza, Viceroy of Mexico,
Vasquez Coronada, with a force of three hundred and fifty Spaniards and
eight hundred Indians, set out from Culiacan, on the southeastern shore of
the Gulf of California, then the northwestern limit of Spanish-Mexican
conquest, whence he penetrated north along the shores of the Gulf to the'
river Gila, now the southwestern boundary of the United States. That
river he followed to its head, and, crossing the mountains, reached the upper
waters of the Rio del Norte, which he followed also to their sources, and
then struck off northeasterly into the great interior desert as far as the 40th
degree of north latitude.
Gen. Simpson gives a map showing Coronado's line of march. He places
the Province of Quivira, (Quivira and Coronado are slightly changed in
spelling' by different writers,) between the Platte and Kansas rivers. and
between the 95th and 98th degrees of longitude. As yet no county in our
State bears the crowning name of its discoverer.
De Soto discovered the Mississippi in 1541, and was buried in it in
1542.
Some writers say De Soto entered Missouri, and also went into the Indian
Territory, to the place where Fort Gibson now stands. Bancroft says (vol.
I, p. 51): "The highlands of White River, more than two hundred miles
from the Mississippi, were probably the limit of his ramble in this direction. The mountains offered neither gems nor gold; and the disappointed
adventurers marched to the south." The American Cyclopaedia places




1609-73.]             ANNALS OF KANSAS.                          7
"the highlands of the White River" in the "eastern portion of what is now
the Indian Territory." It was in the month of August, 1541, that De Soto
reached the most northern point of his journey.
Consult the following:
A. Relation of the Rev. Father Friar Marco de Nica, touching his Discovery of the Kingdom of Cevola or Cibola. 1539. (Hakluyt's Collection
of Voyages, vol. III. London. 1600.)
The Relation of Francis Vasquez de Coronado, Captain General of the
People which were sent in the Name of the Emperor's Majesty to the
Country of Cibola. 1540. (Hakluyt, vol. III.)
The Rest of this Voyage to Acuco, Tiguex, Cicuic, and Quivira, etc. By
Francis Lopez de Gomara. (Hakluyt, vol. III.)
A Brief Relation of Two Notable. Voyages: the first made by Friar Augustin Ruyz, a Franciscan, in the Year 1581; the second by Antonio de
Espejo, in the Year 1583, who together with his Company discovered a
Land, etc., which they named New Mexico. (Hakluyt, vol. III.)
Relation du Voyage de Cibola entrepris en 1540. Par Pedro. de Castaneda de Nagera. (Coll. H. Ternaux-Compans. Vol. IX. Paris. 1838.)
Relation du Voyage fait a la Nouvelle-Terre sous les Ordres du General
Francisco Vasquez de Coronado, Commandant de 1' Expedition. Redigee
par le Capitaine Juan Jaramillo. (Coll. H. Ternaux-Compans. Vol. IX.)
160 9.
MA2 23.-The second charter of Virginia (7th James I.) granted "all
those lands, countries, and territories, situate, lying, and being in that part
of America, called Virginia," from Cape or Point Comfort, to the northward, two hundred miles, and to the southward, two hundred miles, and'up into the land throughout from sea to sea."  This grant made Kansas
English, Point Comfort being on the 37th degree of latitude.
1 6 7 0.
In writing to the Superior of Missions, in 1670, Father Marquette spoke
of the Missouri river, from the report he had of it from the Indians. "Six
or seven days below the Ilois" (Illinois river), he says, "is another great
river, on which are prodigious nations, who use wooden canoes; we cannot
write more till next year, if God does us the grace to lead us there."
Among these "prodigious'nations" was the Kanzas. (Hale's Kanzas and
Nebraska, p. 9.)
16 7 3.
JUNE 10.-Marquette, accompanied by Joliet, a trader of Quebec, and
five other Frenchmen, descending the Wisconsin in canoes, entered the Mississippi. They floated down as far as the Arkansas. In returning they
ascended the Illinois river. Father Dablon published his narrative of this
expedition in 1678- with a map on which appears the name of the Kansa
tribe of Indians. Marquette's manuscript map is still preserved at St.
Mary's College, Montreal. John Gilmary Shea has translated and pub-'
lished the narrative, and with it a fac simile of the map.




8                    ANNALS OF KANSAS.                  [1677-1712.
1 6 7 7.
La Salle obtains from the King of France a commission for perfecting
the discovery of the Mississippi, and, at the same time, a monopoly of the
trade in buffalo skins.
168'2.
JANUARY 13.-La Salle, who had been detained by ice and winter at the
mouth of the Illinois, begins his descent of the Mississippi.
APRIL 9.-La Salle reaches the Gulf of Mexico.
Hildreth says: "Formal possession of the mouth of the river was ceremoniously taken for the King of France. The country on the banks of the
Mississippi received the name of Louisiana, in honor of Louis XIV., then
at the height of his power and reputation; but the attempt to fix upon the
river itself the name of Colbert did not succeed." Colbert was the French
Minister of Finance.
Father Membre wrote a narrative of this expedition, which is published
in Shea's History of the Mississippi. He says: "We found the Ozage
(Missouri) river coming from the west. It is full as large as the river Colbert, into which it empties, troubling it so that from the mouth of the Ozage
the water is hardly driflkable."
In 1684, La Salle left France with four ships, to plant a colony at the
mouth of the Mississippi. The vessels-missed the entrance of the Mississippi, passed to the westward, and landed their company on the coast of
Texas, in February, 1685. In January, 1687, La Salle determined to reach
Canada by land; but, after three months' wanderings, he was murdered by
two mutinous companions.
1683.
Hennepin published in France an account of his exploration of the Mississippi, from the mouth of the Illinois to the Falls of St. Anthony. Hildreth says the French missionaries and fur traders had explored the
Mississippi, the Fox, the Wisconsin, and the Illinois from their sources to
their mouths, while the upper sources of the Connecticut, the Delaware, the
Susquehanna, the Potomac, and the James remained as yet unknown to
the English colonists.
1699.
FEBRUARY 27.-Iberville, born at Quebec, with two brothers, Sauvolle
and Bienville, and two hundred colonists, most'of them Canadian soldiers,
entered the Mississippi, never before entered from the sea.
MAY.-Iberville plants a colony on the Bay of Biloxi, within the limits
of the present State of Mississippi. Sauvolle was the first Governor of the
infant colony, but soon fell a victim to the climate. Bienville succeeded'
him as Governor.
Iberville died of yellow fever, in 1707, at St. Domingo.
1712.
SEPTEMBER 14.-The whole province of Louisiana, with a monopoly of
trade, granted to Anthony Crozat, a wealthy French merchant. Crozat




1717.]                  AVNNALS OF KANSAS.                               9
agreed to send every year two ships from France with goods and emigrants. He was to be entitled, also, to import an annual cargo of slaves
from Africa, notwithstanding the monopoly of that trade in the hands of a
special company. The French Government agreed to pay annually 50,000
livres ($10,000) toward supporting the civil and military establishments.
In the grant, the river "heretofore called Mississippi" is called St.
Louis, the "Missourys" is called St. Philip, and the "Ouabache" is called
St. Jerome. Louisiana is made "dependent upon the General Government
of New France" (Canada).
The following is copied from the grant:
"3. We permit him to search for, open, and dig, all sorts of mines, veins, and minerals, throughout the whole extent of the said country of Louisiana, and to transport the
profits thereof into any part of France, during the said fifteen years; and we grant in
perpetuity to him, his heirs, and others claiming utnder him or them, the property of,
in and to the mines, veins and minerals which he shall bring to bear, paying us, in lieu
of all claim, the fifth part of the gold and silver which the said Sieur Crozat shall cause
to be transported to France, at his own charges, into what port he pleases, (of which
fifth part we will run the risk of the sea and of war,) and the tenth part of what effects
he shall draw from the other mines, veins, and minerals;' which tenth he shall transfer and convey to our magazines in the said country of Louisiana. We likewise permit him to search for precious stones and pearls, paying us the fifth part in the same
same manner as is mentioned for the gold and silver.
"7. Our edicts, ordinances, and customs, and the usages of the Mayoralty and Shrievalty of Paris, shall be observed for laws and customs in the said country of Louisiana.
"Given at Fontainebleau, the 14th day of September, in the year of grace 1712, and
of our reign the 70th.                                          "LOUIS.
"By the King: PHELIPEAUX, &C.
"Registered at Paris, in the Parliament, the four-and-twentieth of September, 1712."
After five years Crozat resigned his patent.
171 7.
The exclusive commerce of Louisiana for twenty-five years, with extensive. powers of government and a monopoly of the Canadian fur trade, was
bestowed on the Company of the West, otherwise called the Mississippi
Company. The American CyclopFedia says: "On the death of Louis XIV.,
and the accession of the Duke of Orleans to the regency, John Law reentered Paris with a fortune of more than $500,000, made by gambling.
The financial affairs of the French kingdom being at this time in the
utmost embarrassment, he soon gained a hearing, and, having secured the
patronage of the regent, in 1716 established a bank under royal authority.
This institution was authorized to discount bills of exchange, and to issue
notes redeemable in specie of fineness equal to that of the current money
of the realm. As it accepted at par Government bills, on which there was
a discount of nearly eighty per cent., and as there was a general want of
private credit, its stock was soon taken, and a very lucrative business established. Law, however, aimed higher than this. He believed that while
there was no standard of prices, or of money, credit was everything, and
that a state might with safety treat even possible future profits as the basis
of a paper currency. With this view he established the Mississippi or
West India Company, based on the scheme of colonizing and drawing
profit from the French possessions in North America. This company,




10                    ANNALS OF KANSAS.                     [1718-19.
enlarging its scope, soon absorbed the French East India Company, under
the general title of the'Company of the Indies.' It extended its capital
to 624,000 shares of 550 livres each, and engaged itself to lend the King
1,600,000,000 livres at three per cent. An extraordinary fever of stock gambling had been gradually excited by these financial efforts, and the result
was that the shares of the company rose to thirty-five or forty times their
original value. Great extravagance resulted. Land near Paris rose to the
value of 100 years' purchase, and most objects of commerce in the same
proportion. But the constant decrease of specie in France, and the constant issue of Government notes, which by May, 1720, had reached the
sum of 1,925,000,000 livres, soon undermined the company. A crash
came, the shares sank in value, and Law, from the position of the Comptroller-General of Finances, became a fugitive. It seems, however, to be
well established that he was a sincere believer in his own scheme, and that
he acted honestly, and with a lively desire to promote the public welfare.
He laid'by no money, and when he left France took with l)im only 800
louis d'or....  He finally died in great poverty in Venice."
17 18.
The city of New Orleans founded by Bienville.
1 719.
The following is copied from Hale's History: "M. Dutisne, a French
officer, was sent from New Orleans, in 1719, by Bienville, the Governor,
into the territory west of the Mississippi. He visited the village of the
Osage Indians, five miles from the Osage river, at eighty leagues above its
mouth. Thence he crossed to the northwest, one hundred and twenty miles,'over prairies abounding in buffalo, to the villages of the Panionkees or
Pawrees. Here were two villages, of about one hundred and thirty cabins,
and two hundred and fifty warriors each, who owned nearly three hundred
horses. They were not civilized, he says, but readily accessible on receiving
a few presents. Fifteen days more westward marching brought, him to the
Pad6ucahs, a very brave and warlike nation. Here he erected a cross, with
the arms of the King, September 27th, 1719. In his report of his expedition, he gives the details which we have quoted, and notices the salines and
masses of rock salt found to this day in the region he travelled over. He
found the Osages at the spot which they still occupy. If his measurements
were exact, his first Pawnee or Panionkee village was near the mouth of
Republican Fork. Fifteen days' westward travel must have been up the
valley of one of the forks of the Kanzas river; but the name of the Padoucah Indians is now lost. From the time he reached the Osage villages,
Dutisne was exploring the territory of Kanzas."
Dutisne was the first Frenchman who trod this soil. His line of travel
in Kansas, coming in along the Osage, was. probably through the counties
of Linn, Miami, Franklin, Osage, Lyon, Morris, Davis, and then west some
two hundred miles. On this supposition he crossed Coronado's route near
Fort Riley, thus making that point the junction of the great trails made
by the Spanish and French explorers.




1720-63.]            ANNALS OF KANSAS.                          1
1720.
A Spanish force, from New Mexico, ravages an Indian village in Kansas,
and is cdt to pieces by the Indians.
172 O.
The seat of government removed to New Orleans.
1724.
The Pawnee Indians visited by Bourgmont. They inhabit the country
on the river Platte, and their hunting ground extends as far south as the
Arkansas.
173 2.
The Mississippi Company, for 1,450,000 livres, surrender their charter to
the Government. Thus the "Mississippi bubble" burst. The Company
had held possession of Louisiana for fourteen years, and left it with a population of 5,000 whites, and 2,500 blacks.
17 5 5.
Ste. Genevieve, Mo., settled by the French.
1760.
The English defeat the French in Canada, and complete the conquest of
that country. Louisiana alone remains to France.
1762.
NOVEMBER 3.-France cedes Louisiana to Spain. On the same day, all
the region east of the Mississippi, except the island of New Orleans, was
yielded, by the treaty of Fontainebleau, to England, by France. The navigation of the Mississippi was to be free to both parties. The sovereignty
of the eastern half of North America, from Hudson's Bay to the Gulf of
Mexico, is vested in the British crown.-Louisiana contains about ten thousand inhabitants.-M. D'Abbadie, Director-General of Louisiana, grants to
a company of merchants, of whom Pierre Laclede Liguest was the leader,
the exclusive right of trade with the Indians on the Missouri.
1763.
FEBRUARY 10.-Definitive treaty of peace and friendship, similar to the
preliminary articles of November 3, 1762.
France cedes Canada and Nova Scotia, or Acadia, to Great Britain.
The boundary between the British and French territories "shall be fixed
irrevocably by a line drawn along the middle of the river Mississippi
from its source to the river Iberville, and from thence by a line drawn
along the middle of this river, and the lakes Maurepas and Pontchartrain,
to the sea." The nineteenth article provides for the restoration of Cuba to
Spain. In consequence of this stipulated restitution, Florida and all Spanish possessions east of the Mississippi are ceded to England.
OCTOBER 7.-Proclamation of the King of Great Britain, erecting the




12                   ANLNALS OF KANSAS.                   [1764-82.
countries and islands ceded to him by the treaty of February 10 into four
Governments, called Quebec, East Florida, West Florida, and Grenada.
1764.
FEBRUARY 15.-Laclede's company establish themselves on the present
site of. St. Louis. He founds the city, and gives it its name.
APRIL 21.-A letter from Louis XV., King of France, to M. D'Abbadie,
in Louisiana, ordering him to deliver up the country and colony of Louisiana to the Governor or officer appointed for that purpose by the King
of Spain.
Colonel Bouquet estimates that the Shawnees have 500 fighting men.
This tribe of Indians belongs to the Algonquin group, living on the
Wabash and other neighboring affluents of the Ohio.
1 766.
Don Antonio d'Ulloa, the Spanish Governor, arrives in New Orleans.
He was coldly received, and departed in 1767, without having produced
his credentials.
1768.
AUGuST.11.-A company of Spanish troops under Captain Rios take possession of St. Louis, in the name of:the King of Spain, under whose sway
it remained until its transfer to the United States, in 1804. Rios retired
early in the summer of 1769.
176 9.
JULY 28.-Don Alexander O'Reilly, Captain-General, lands at New
Orleans, and the dominion of Spain begins in Louisiana.-Pontiac, the
Ottawa chief, visits St. Louis. He was killed soon afterwards at Cohokia,
and his remains buried in St. Louis.
17 70.
Lieutenant Governor Piernas arrives in- St. Louis and extends the Spanish authority over Upper Louisiana.
1780.
Early in this year, Benjamin Franklin, in Paris, writes to John Jay, at
Madrid, respecting the value to the United States of the Mississippi river.
He says: " Poor as we are, yet, as I know we shall be rich, I would rather
agree with the Spaniards to buy at a great price the whole of their right
on the Mississippi than sell a drop of its waters. A neighbor might as well
ask me to sell my street door."
178'2.
NOVEMBER 30.-Provisional articles of peace negotiated at Paris between Great Britain and the United States. Boundaries of the United
States defined. The navigation of the Mississippi shall forever remain




1783-1800.]            ANVNALS OF KANSAS.                            13
free and open to the subjects of Great Britain and the citizens of' the
United States.
The western and southern boundary line is declared to be the middle of
the Mississippi river from as far north as the Lake of the Woods and south
to the thirty-first degree of north latitude.
17 8 3.
SEPTEMBER 3. —Definitive treaty of peace negotiated at Paris between
the United States of America and His Britannic Majesty. The independence of the United States acknowledged. Boundaries established.
September 3, 1783, by treaty with Great Britain, the territory of the United States
was declared to extend from the Atlantic ocean westward to the Mississippi river, and.from a line along the great lakes on the north southward to the thirty-first parallel and
the southern border of Georgia. —U. S. Census Report, 1870, Vol. 1, p. 573.
1787.
SEPTEMBER 17.-The'Convention of Delegates, in the State House at
Philadelphia, adopt the Constitution of the United States.
179 0.
The following is copied from James Parton's Life of Jefferson:
"As Secretary of State, in 1790, when there appeared some danger of Great Britain
seizing New Orleans, Jefferson gave it as his official opinion to President Washington,
that, rather than see Louisiana and Florida added to the British empire, the United
States should brave the risks of joining actively in the general war then supposed. to
be impending. But, not less averse to the French possessing it, he warned them also,
in the samle year, to let it alone."
1_798.
Population of St. Louis, 925 persons.
1800.
MAY 7.-The Ordinance of 1787, amended in 1789, provided that the
legislative power should be vested in the Governor and Judges, who were
directed to adopt and publish such laws as they considered necessary. The
act of May 7, 1800, creating the Territory of Indiana, conferred the same
powers upon its officers as had been exercised by the officers of the Northwestern Territory under the Ordinance of'87.
MAY 9. -John Brown born, at Torrington, Litchfield county, Conn. He
was of the sixth generation in regular descent from Peter Brown, one of the
Pilgrim Fathers who landed from the Mayflower, at Plymouth, in 1620.
His grandfather, John Brown, was a captain in the Revolutionary army and
died in the service.
OCTOBER 1.-Treaty concluded at St. Ildefonso, the 9th Vendemiaire, an
9, (1st October, 1800,) between Napoleon, the First Consul of the French
Republic, and the King of Spain. By the third article of the treaty, the
King of Spain agrees to retrocede to the French Republic "the colony or
province of Louisiana, with the same extent that it now has in the hands
of Spain, and that it had when France possessed it." This treaty was con



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firnied and enforced by the treaty of Madrid, March 21, 1801. Spain had
held Louisiana thirty-seven years —from 1763 to 1800.
18 01.
MARCH 29.-A despatch of this date, from  Rufus King, American Minister in London, contains an intimation that Spain has ceded Louisiana and
Florida to France.
DECEMBER.-Rufus King sends what he believes to be a true copy of one
of the treaties making the cession.
1802.
APRIL 18.-Jefferson writes to Livingston that the intimated cession of
Louisiana to France"Completely reverses all the political relations of the United States, and will form
a new epoch in our political course. We have ever looked to France as our natural
friend —one with whom we could never have an occasion of difference; but there is on
the globe one single spot, the possessor of which is our onatpral and habitual enemy.
It is New Orleans, through which the produce of three-eighths of our territory must
pass to market; and from its fertility it will ere long yield more than half of our whole
produce, and contain more than half of our inhabitants. France, placing herself in
that door, assumes to us the attitude of defiance. Spain might have retained it quietly
*for years. Her pacific dispositions, her feeble state, would induce her to increase our
facilities there, so that her possession of the, place would be hardly felt by us, and it
would not, perhaps, be very long before some circumstance mlight arise which might
make the cession of it to us the pricetf soimething of more worth to her. Not so can
it ever be in the hands of France..  The day that France takes possession of
New Orleans fixes the sentence which is to restrain her forever within her low-water
mark. It seals the union of two nations, who, in conjunction, can maintain exclusive
possession of the ocean. From that moment we must marry ourselves to the British
fleet and nation. We must turn all our attentions to a maritime force, for which our
resources place us on very high ground; and having formed and connected together a
power which may render re-enforcement of her settlements here impossible to France,
make the first cannon which shall be fired in Europe the signal for tearing up any
settlement she may have made, and for holding the two continents of America in
sequestration for the common purposes of the united British and Amiurican nations."
The whole letter was an argument that it was for the interest of both
countries for France to cede Louisiana to the United States.
OCTOBER 16.-The Spanish Intendant of Louisiana issues a proclamation interdicting the privilege, secured by the treaty of 1795, of depositing
American merchandise in New Orleans. Hildreth says:
"This interruption to their commerce produced a great commlotion in the Western
country, and led to emphatic remonstrances from the Governor and Legislature of
Kentucky, threatening to drive the Administration to a speedy use of force."
It was the disaffection in the Southwest that led Burr to engage in his
conspiracy.
-James Pursley the first hunter and trapper to cross the plains to New
Mexico.
— Greeley says, in the American Conflict:
"In 1802, Napoleon Bonaparte, then First Consul, induced the feeble and decaying
Bourbons of Spain, then in close alliance with revolutionary France, to retrocede to
her Louisiana, almost without consideration; and the French flag once more waved
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1803.
APRIL 10.-Parton says:
"On Easter Sunday, April 10, in the afternoon, after having taken conspicuous part
in the revived ceremonies of the occasion (Mr. Monroe being still many leagues from
Paris, but expected hourly), the First Consul opened a conversation with two of his
ministers upon Louisiana. One of these Ministers, who reports the scene, was that old
friend of Jefferson's, Barbe-Marbois,* for whom, twenty-six years before, he had compiled his Notes on Virginia- a gentleman ten years resident at Philadelphia, where he
married the daughter of a Governor of Pennsylvania. The other Minister had served
in America under Rochamnbeau during the Revolutionary war.
"'I know,' said the First Consul, speaking with'passion and vehemence,'-' I know
the full value of Louisiana, and I have been desirous of repairing the fault of the
French negotiator who abandoned it in 1763. A few lines of a treaty have restored it
to me, and I have scarcely recovered it when I must expect to lose it. But if it escapes
from me, it shall one day cost dearer to those who oblige me to strip myself of it than
to those to whom I wish to deliver it. The English have successively taken from
Frafice Canada, Cape Breton, Newfoundland, Nova Scotia, and the richest portions of
Asia. They shall not have the Mississippi, which they covet. I have not a moment to
lose in putting it out of their reach: I think of ceding it to the United States. I can
scarcely say that I cede it to them, for it is not yet in our possession. If, however, I
leave the least time to our enemies, I shall only transmit an empty title to those republicans whose friendship I seek. They only ask of me pne town in Louisiana: but I
already consider the colony as entirely lost; and it appears to me that in the hands of
this growing power it will be more useful to the policy and even to the commerce of
France, thin if I should attempt to keep it."'
The next morning Bonaparte resumed the conversation:'Irresolution and deliberation,' he said,'are no longer in reason. I renounce Louisiana. It is not only New Orleans that I will cede; it is the whole colony, without any
reservation. I renounce it with the greatest regret. To attempt obstinately to retain
it would be folly. I direct you to negotiate this affair with the envoys of the United
Statep. Do not even await the arrival of Mr. Monroe; have an interview this very day
with Mr. Livingston. But I require a great deal of money for this war, and I would
not like to commence it with new contributions. If I should regulate my terms abcording to the value of those vast regions to the United States, the indemnity would have
no limits. I will be moderate, in consideration of the necessity in which I am of making a sale. But keep this to yourself. I want fifty millions of frands, and for less than
that sum I will not treat; I would rather make a desperate attempt to keep those fine
countries. To-morrow you shall have your full powers.'"
APRIL 30.-Treaty concluded at Paris between the United States and
the French republic. France cedes Louisiana to the United States. Treaty
negotiated by Robert R. Livingston, James Monroe, and Barbe-Marbois.
The following is copied from the treaty:
"ARTICLE 1. Whereas, by the article the third of the treaty concluded at St. Ildefonso, the first of October, 1800, between the First Consul of the French Republic and.his Catholic Majesty, it was agreed as follows:'His Catholic Majesty agrees and engages
on his part, to retrocede to the French Republic, six months after the full and entire
execution of the conditions and stipulations herein relative to his Royal Highness the
Duke of Parma, the colony or province of Louisiana, with the same extent that it now
has in the hands of Spain, and that it had when France possessed it, and such as it
should be after the treaties subsequently entered into between Spain and other states;'
and whereas, in pursuance of the treaty, and particularly of the third article, the
French Republic has an incontestable title to the domain and to the possession of the
said territory: The First Consul of the French Republic, desiring to-give to the United
States a strong proof of his friendship, doth hereby cede to the said United States, in
the name of the French Republic, forever and in full sovereignty, the said territory,
*MARBOIS  had been Secretary to the French embassy in America, and was now at
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with all its rights and appurtenances, as fully and in the same manner as they have
been acquired by the French Republic in virtue of the above-mentioned treaty, concluded with his Catholic Majesty.
"ART. 4. There shall be sent by the Government of France a commissary to Louisiana, to the end that he do every act necessary, as well to receive from the officers of
his Catholic Majesty [the King of Spain] the said country and its dependencies, in the
name of the French Republic, if it has not been already done, as to transmit it, in the
name of the French Republic, to the colimissary or agent of the United States."
Two conventions, regulating the payment of the consideration, bear the
date of the treaty of cession. The first stipulates that the payment of the
sixty million livres shall be made in six per cent. stock of the United
States, to the amount of $11,250,000. Under the second convention, the
claims of citizens of the United States on France are to be paid at the
American treasury, to the amount of $3,750,000.
The following is copied from the "Land Laws," compiled in virtue of a
resolution of Congress, of April 27, 1810:
"By the grant of Louis XIV. to Crozat, dated 14th September, 1712, all the country
drained by the waters emptying directly or indirectly into the Mississippi, is included
within the boundaries of Louisiana."
"East of the Mississippi, the United States claim, by virtue of the treaty of 1803, all
the territory south of the thirty-first degree of north latitude, and extending eastwardly to the small river Perdido, which lies between Mobile and Pensac(ola, and was,
when Louisiana formnerly belonged to France, the boundary between that colony and
the Spani'h province of Florida. That territory, together with the residue of Louisiana east of the Mississippi, was, by the treaty of 1763, ceded by France to Great Britain,
who, by the same treaty, acquired also Spanish Florida. The preliminary articles of
that treaty were signed on the third day of November, 1762; and, on the same day,
France, by a separate act, ceded to Spain all the residue of Louisiana west of the Mississippi, and including the city and island (so called) of New Orleans. By the treaties
of 1783, Great Britain ceded to the United States all that part of the'former colony of
Louisiana east of the Mississippi which lay north of the thirty-first degree of north
latitude; and to Spain, under the name of West and East Florida, both that part of
Louisiana east of the Mississippi which lay south of that parallel of latitude, and the
old Spanish province of Florida. The thirty-first degree of latitude was, by the subsequent treaty of 1795, between the United States and Spain, confirmed as the boundary between the possessions of the two nations. The title of the United States to the
territory in question, under the treaties of St. Ildefonso, and of 1803, is fully established by those facts."
The province of Louisiana thus purchased comprised 1,160,577 square
miles. The whole domain of the original thirteen Colonies was only 820,680 square miles. The amount ultimately paid by the United States, in
principal and interest, was more than $23,500,000.
Parton says:
"Bonaparte was so well pleased with the bargain that he gave M. Marbois 192,000
francs of the proceeds. Sixty millions, he said, was a pretty good price for a province
of which he had not taken possession, and might not be able to retain twenty-four
hours. He also said:'This accession of territory strengthens forever the power of the
United States, and I have just given to England a maritime rival that will sooner or
later humble her pride.' Strange to relate, the British Government expressed approval
of the cession.
"One consideration embarrassed the President'amid the relief and triumph of this
peaceful solution of a problem so alarming. He, a strict constructionist, had done an
act unauthorized by the constitution. He owned and justified it thus:'The constitution has made no provision for our holding foreign territory, still less for incorporating
foreign nations into our Union. The Executive, in seizing the fugitive occurrence




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which so much advances the good of their country, have done an act beyond the constitution. The legislature, in casting behind them metaphysical subtleties, and risking
themselves like faithful servants, must ratify and pay for it, and throw themselves on
their country for doing for them unauthorized what we know they would have done
for themselves, had they been in a situation to do it. It is the case of a guardian,
investing the money of his ward in purchasing an important adjacent territory, and
saying to him when of age: I did this for your good; I pretend to no right to bind you;
you may disavow me, and I must get out of the scrape as I can: I thought it my duty
to risk myself for you. But we shall not be disavowed by the nation, and their act of
indemnity will confirm and not weaken the constitution, by more strongly marking
out its lines.' He proposed that the case should be met. by an additional article to the
constitution."
Parton fails to quote the following, which Jefferson wrote to his Attorney General:
"The less that is said about any constitutional difficulty, the better. Congress should
do what is necessary in silence. I find but one opinion about the necessity of shutting
up the constitution for some time."
OCTOBER 20.-A session of Congress, called by the President, met October 17. On the 20th, the Senate ratified the treaty and conventions. Ratifications were exchanged, and the bargain became complete.
OCTOBER 31.-Act of Congress authorizing the President "to take possession of the territories ceded by France to the United States," and "for
the temporary government thereof." By this act the government is "vested
in such person and persons," and "exercised in such manner as the President of the United States shall direct."
NOVEMBER 10.-Two acts providing for the payment of the fifteen million dollars to France were approved:
NOVEMBER 30.-Laussat takes possession of Louisiana. Casa Calvo and
Salcedo. the Spanish commissioners, present to him the keys of the city,
over which the tri-color flag floated but for the short space of twenty days.
DECEMBER 20.-Formal delivery of the island and city of Orleans made
Py citizen Laussat, as commissioner of France, to General Wilkinson and
C. C. Claiborne, commissioners on the part of the United States. Claiborne
had been commissioned by Congress "to the supreme and sole government
of the new province." The star-spangled banner supplants the tri-color of
France.
1804.
MARCH 10.-The United States authority in Missouri dates from  the
10th day of March, 1804. On that day Major Amos Stoddard assumed the
duties of Governor of Upper Louisiana.
MARCH 26.-Act of Congress erecting Louisiana into,the Territory of
Orleans and the District of Louisiana.  The division line was the southern
boundary of Mississippi Territory and the thirty-third degree of latitude.
"The executive power now vested in the Governor of the Indiana Territory shall
extend to and be exercised in the said District of Louisiana. The Governor and Judges
of the Indiana territory shall have power to establish in the said District of. Louisiana
inferior courts, and prescribe their jurisdiction and duties, and to make all laws which
they may deem conducive to the good government of the inhabitants thereof."
The following is copied from vol. I, p. 575, U. S. Census Report, 1870:
"By act of March 26, 1804, to take effect October 1, 1804, (the act dividing the'Province of Louisiana,' ceded by France, into the Territory of Orleans and the District of
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Louisiana,) the District of Louisiana, being all of the French cession west of the Mississippi river, except the present State of Louisiana, was committed to the government
of the officers of the Territory of Indiana."
MAY 14.-The expedition of Lewis and Clarke leaves St. Louis.
Parton says of Jefferson:
"How eagerly he availed himself of his opportunities for increasing the sum of
knowledge, his letters exhibit, and the fact is part of the history of that age. It was
hie thought that sent Meriwether Lewis and William Clarke up the Missouri to its
sources in the Rocky Mountains, across those mountains to the Columbia river, and
down the Columbia until huge waves, rolling in from the ocean and tossing high their
light canoes, notified them that they had reached the Pacific. Counting from the time
when Captain John Smith sailed up the Chickahominy in search of the South Sea, the
world had waited two hundred years for this exploration. Never was a piece of work
of that kind better done or better chronicled, for it was Jefferson who selected the two
heroes that conducted it. Captain Lewis was the son of one of his most valued Albemarle neighbors. Lieutenant Clarke was the brother of that General George Rogers
Clarke who held back the -Indians from joining in the war of the Revolution; and both
of them were such masters of all frontier arts that the perilous expedition of two years,
four months and ten days was one joyous holiday excursion to them. Returning to
St. Louis laden with spoils and trophies, Captain Lewis, besides his journals and other
official results, sends off exultingly to the President'sixty-seven specimens of earths,
salts and minerals, and sixty specimens of plants.' It was Jefferson, too, who set on
foot the two exploring expeditions of Lieutenant Zebulon Montgomery Pike, whose
name lives in that of the peak which he discovered, and in those of ten counties of the
United States. Pike was the first American who explored the upper Mississippi beyond
the Falls of St. Anthony, noting the sites of the cities now rising on its banks, and
shaking hands on the way with' Monsieur Dubuque,' who was working the lead mines
and lording it over a wide domain. Lieut. Pike was the first American to explore the
valley of the Arkansas. He said truly, in one of his letters, that the regions which he
had traversed were little more known to the world than the wilds in the interior of
Africa. In seventy years we behold them populous, and more familiar to our knowledge than the next county."
- Governor Wm. H. Harrison, of Indiana, arrived in St. Louis. Having
learned the wants of the people, he returned, and, with the Judges of the
Territory of Indiana, passed such acts as were deemed necessary for the
new District.
OCTOBER 1.-The Governor and Judges of Indiana Territory enact the
following laws for' the District of Louisiana: Providing for punishing
crimes; establishing justices' courts; a law respecting slaves [the Ordinance
of 1787 was not allowed to come over from Indiana]; a law regulating
county taxes; one regulating the militia; one establishing recorders' offices;
one relating to attorneys; one on constables; one on boatmen; one on defalcation; one regulating court practice; one establishing a court of probate;
one establishing courts of judicature; one regulating the oath of office; and
one establishing the office of sheriff.  They also, April 24, 1805, enacted a
law regulating marriages.
Saint Vincennes, on the Wabash, the seat of government of Indiana
Territory.
By a treaty made at St. Louis, the Foxes and Sacs were united into one
tribe. They ceded all their land east of the Mississippi to the United
States. The Fox Indians, or Ottigamies, are a tribe of the Algonquin
nations, belonging to the Western group, with the Sacs, Miamis and others.
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they lived in Illinois and Missouri.  In 1846, their agency was at the
Osage river.
1805.
The Territory of Orleans given by Congress the same government with
that of Mississippi —the government of a Territory of the first class, having a Legislature chosen by the inhabitants.
MARCH 3.-Act of Congress changing the District of Louisiana to the
Territory of Louisiana. It provides for a Governor, Secretary, and three
Judges. The legislative power is vested in the Governor and Judges.
Hildreth says:
"The District of Louisiana, hitherto annexed to Indiana, was now erected into a
separate Territory of the second class, the power of legislation being. vested in the
Governor and Judges. A section of this act, by continuing in force until altered or
repealed by the Legislature, all existing laws and regulations, gave a tacit confirmation
to the system of slavery, already established in the settlements on the Arkansas and
Missouri."
JuLY.-Aaron Burr visits St. Louis, and excites in General Wilkinson's
mind "definite suspicions" as to his designs.
-Governor James Wilkinson ordered by President Jefferson to leave
St. Louis and watch the movements of ex-Vice President Aaron Burr.
AUGUST 9. —Zebulon M. Pike leaves St. Louis, with twenty men, on an
exploring expedition. He is gone nine months.
1806.
Pike discovers the peak, in the Rocky Mountains, now known by his
name.
Lewis and Clarke return.
1808.
JULY.-The Weekly Missouri Republican founded by Joseph Charles.
1811.
DECEMBER 16.-The whole valley of the Mississippi shaken by an earthquake, and the town of New Madrid, Mo., destroyed.
-The first steamboat on the Western rivers built by Mr. Roosevelt, of
New York, at Pittsburgh, and named New Orleans.
1812.
APRIL 8.-The Territory of Orleans becomes the State of Louisiana.
JUNE 4.-Act of Congress making the Territory of Louisiana the Territory of Missouri. It provides for a Governor and a Secretary. The
legislative power is vested in the Governor, Council, and House of Representatives. The House is elected by the people. The House sends to the
President of the United States the names of eighteen persons, and from
these the President, with the advice and consent of the Senate, selects nine
persons; who form the Council. The judicial power is vested in a Superior
Court, in inferior courts, and in justices of the peace. The Judges are
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1816.
JANUARY 19.-The Legislature of Missouri Territory passes a law making the common law of England the law of the Territory.
Governor Reeder, in his message of July 2, 1855, said:
"It appears that'the laws of the United States, not inapplicable to our locality; the
laws of the Territory of Indiana, made between the 26th of March, 1804, and the 3d of
March, 1805, enacted for the District of Louisiana; the laws for the Territory of Louisiana; the laws of the Territory of Missouri; the common law; and the law of the Province of Louisiana at the time of the cession, except so far as the latter have superseded
the former, still remain in force in the Territory of Kansas. As the common law, to a
considerable extent, was adopted for the Territory by Congress as late as 1812, and by
the Missouri Legislature as late as 1816,...   it has, without doubt, suspended
and supplied a great amount of the law previously existing."
-Stephen H. Long begins his explorations.  He spends eight years in
the West, traversing more than 26,000 miles of wilderness. One of the
highest summits of the Rocky Mountains is named from him Long's Peak.
An account of an expedition from Pittsburgh to the Rocky Mountains, in
1819-20, from the notes of Major Long and others, by Edwin Adams, was
published in 1823.
APRIL 29.-By an act of Congress, the Council of Missouri Territory is
elected by the people.
In 1817 and 1819, two treaties were made by the Cherokees, which
resulted, twenty years later, in their enforced emigration to the Indian
country. The Cherokees are a tribe of the Appalachian group of American Indians, and were formerly the occupants of the most salubrious region
east of the Mississippi.
1819.
FEBRUARY 22.-Treaty with Spain. The following is copied from vol.
I, pp. 573-4, of the Ninth Census of the United States, 1870:
"April 30, 1803, by treaty with France, the'Province of Louisiana' wasceded. Its
western boundary, as finally adjusted, February 22, 1819, by treaty with Spain, ran up
the Sabine river to and along the seventeenth meridian (94th Greenwich), to and along
the Red river, to and along the twenty-third meridian (100th Greenwich), to and along
the Arkansas river, to and along the Rocky Mountains, to and along the twenty-ninth
meridian (106th Greenwich), to and along the forty-second parallel to the Pacific ocean.
Its northern boundary has conformed to the boundary established between the British
possessions and the United States. On the east it was bounded by the Mississippi river.
as far south as the thirty-first parallel, where different boundaries were claimed. The
United States construed the cession of France to include all the territory between the
thirty-first parallel and the Gulf of Mexico, and between the rivers Mississippi and
Perdido, the latter of which is now the western boundary of the State of Florida.
Under this construction of the cession, the'Province of Louisiana' is now covered by
those portions of the States of Alabama and Mississippi which lie south of the thirtyfirst parallel; by the States of Louisiana, Arkansas, Missouri, Iowa, Nebraska, Oregon,
Minnesota west of the Mississippi river, and Kansas [except the small portion thereof
south of the Arkansas river and west of the twenty-third meridian (100th Greenwich)];
by the Territories of Dakota, Montana, Idaho, Washington, and that known as the
Indian country; and by the portion of the Territory of Colorado lying east of the
Rocky Mountains and north of the Arkansas river, and all of the Territory of Wyoming north of the forty-second parallel, and that portion of the Territory of Wyoming
which is south of that parallel and east of the Rocky Mountains. In 1800, however,
the,'Province of Louisiana' had been ceded by Spain to France, Spain. claiming that
she ceded to France no territory east of the Mississippi river except the'Island of
New Orleans,' and also contending that her province of West Florida included all of




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the territory south of the thirty-first parallel and between the Perdido and Mississippi
rivers, except the'Island of New Orleans.' Under this construction, the' Province of
Louisiana' included on the east of the Mississippi river only the territory bounded on
the north and east by the' Rivers Iberville and Amite and by the Lakes Maurepas and
Pontchartrain.'"
MARCR 2.-Arkansas Territory created; cut off from Missouri. Bill to
admit Missouri as a State introduced in Congress, and lost.
The Western Engineer, with a corps of topographical engineers under
Major S. II. Long, was the first steamboat to ascend the Missouri. It was
a stern-wheel boat.
1820.
MARCH 6.-The following is section eight of an act approved March 6,
1820, "to authorize the people of Missouri Territory to form a constitution
and State government, and for the admission of such State into the Union
on an equal footing with the original States, and to prohibit slavery in
certain Territories:"
"SEc. 8. That in all that territory ceded by France to the United States, under the
name of Louisiana, which lies north of thirty-six degrees and thirty minutes north
latitude, not included within the limits of the State contemplated by this act, slavery
and involuntary servitude, otherwise than in the punishment of crimes whereof the
parties shall have been duly convicted, shall be, and is hereby, forever prohibited:
Provided always, that any person escaping into the same, from whom labor or service is
lawfully claimed, in any State or Territory of the United States, such fugitive may be
lawfully reclaimed and conveyed to the person claiming his or her labor or service as
aforesaid."
The Territorial Governors of Missouri were: 1805, James Wilkinson;
1807, Meriwether Lewis; 1810, Benjamin Howard; 1813, William Clarke;
1820, Alexander McNair.
JULY 19.-The people of Missouri, in State convention, assent to the act
of March 6.
- Grasshopper visitation in Kansas and Missouri.
1821.
MARCH 2.-Missouri admitted, with conditions, by joint resolution.
AUGUST 10. —Conditions accepted.  Proclamation admitting Missouri as
a State.
1822.
DECEMBER 9.-The Legislature passes an act incorporating St. Louis as
a city. It has 4,800 inhabitants.
In the spring of this year, General William H. Ashley, the head of the
Rocky Mountain Fur Company, of St. Louis, equipped two boats to ascend
the Missouri to the mouth of the Yellowstone.
1823.
The first Santa Fe train from Missouri.  It set out from Franklin, now
Booneville.
182 5.
APRIL 29.-Public reception of La Fayette in St. Louis.
JUNE.-Major Sibley appointed, under an act of Congress, to survey and




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establish a wagon road from Missouri to Santa Fe. He established the
Santa Fe trail, through Independence, Mo., and through Kansas.
JULY 25.-Treaty of peace with the Cheyennes and Arapahoes.
NOVEMBER 7.-Treaty with the Shawnees. The United States give them
a tract of land equal to fifty miles square, situated west of the State of Missouri, and within the purchase made from the Osages on the 2d of June,
1825.
DECEMBER 30.-By treaty with the Osage Indians, the tribe is located
upon a tract lying between latitude 370 and 38~ north, and longitude 940
and 98~ west, and watered by the Arkansas, Verdigris and Neosho rivers.
The tract contains 7,564,000 acres. The tribe numbered 5,500 persons. The
Osages belong to the Sioux or Dacotah family.  The name by which they
were known to the Algonquins (Ouasash) means bone-men; and the word
Osage, of French origin, is a corruption of that name. From early times
they have been prominent in this section of the country.
The following statement in regard to treaties with the Osages and Kaws
is copied from F. G. Adams's Homestead Guide:
"Treaties made with the Osages and the Kaws both, in 1825, affect portions of this
territory-that of the latter tribe nearly the whole of it; showing that the Kaws then
claimed to have, in a great measure, supplanted the Pawnees in their right to the occupancy of the country now embraced within the homestead region. The treaty with
the Kansas Indians or Kaws, of June 3, 1825, ceded the following-described territory:'Beginning at the entrance of the Kansas river into the Missouri river, from thence
north to the northwest corner of the State of Missouri, from thence westerly to the
Nodaway river, thirty miles from its entrance into the Missouri river, from thence to
the entrance of the Nemaha into the Missouri river, and with that river (the NTemaha)
to its source, from thence to the source of the Kansas river, leaving the old village of
the Pania (Pawnee) Republic to the west, from thence on the ridge dividing the waters
of the Kansas river from those of the Arkansas, to the western boundary line of the
State of Missouri, and with that line thirty miles to the place of beginning.'
"To understand this boundary, it must be remembered that at that time the western line of Missouri extended due north from the mouth of the Kansas river to the
Iowa line, leaving what was afterwards called the Platte Purchase, now a part of Missouri, still, till the date of this treaty of 1825, a part of the territory claimed by the
Kaws.
"In the above description, the southwestern terminus of that portion of the boundary line extending' from the head-waters of the Nemaha to the sources of the Kansas
river,' was evidently intended to strike the sources of the Smoky Hill. Thus that line
crossed the Republican river far below its source,'leaving the Pawnee Republic to the
west,' thereby conceding that the Pawnees of the Republican had a right to the occupancy of the upper portion of the valley of that stream. But, by the treaty of 1833,
the Pawnees relinquished to the United States all their right to territory south of the
Platte.
"In the above-mentioned treaty with the Kaws, that tribe reserved for their own
occupancy the tract on the Kansas river, thirty miles square, which was afterwards
ceded to the Pottawatomies; also some twenty individual half-breed reservations, of a
square mile each, extending from the principal reservation, near where Topeka is now
situated, along the north bank of the Kansas river, to about the mouth of Grasshopper
creek.
"The Osage treaty of June 2, 1825, ceded to the United States the territory west of
the States of Missouri and Arkansas, north of Red river, south of the Kansas river,
and east of the line from the head sources of the Kansas river to Rock Saline. By
Rock Saline is meant the salt plains about the line of Kansas and the Indian Territory."




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By the treaty of December 30, 1825, the Osages reserved the tract first
above described.
1826.
NOVEMBER 20.-The seat of government of Missouri removed from St.
Charles to the City of Jefferson.
1827.
A part of the Third regiment U. S. troops stationed at the place where
Fort Leavenworth now stands. It was called a cantonment until 1832,
when it became a fort. The name of the fort comes from the Colonel of
the regiment, Henry H. Leavenworth. Its latitude is 39~ 21/ 14"; longitude, 940 44/.
1828.
MAY 6.-Treaty with the Cherokees.
SEPTEMBER 24.-The Delawares, called in their own language the
Lenapes, are one of the Algonquin tribes of American Indians. At the
beginning of the sixteenth century they occupied the valley of the Delaware river. In 1751, they are found on the Susquehanna. In 1781, a
part settled on the Muskingum, and were ordered to remove to Sandusky.
After 1812, they stopped for a time on the Whitewater river, in Indiana.
Thence they crossed the Mississippi. On the 24th of September, 1829, a
treaty was made, giving the Delawares "the country in the fork of the Kansas and Missouri rivers, extending up the Kansas river to the Kansas [Indians] line, and up the Missouri river to Camp Leavenworth, and thence
by a line drawn westwardly, leaving a space ten miles wide, north of the
Kansas boundary line, for'an outlet." The Delawares relinquish all claim
to the country now occupied by them, on James's fork of White river,
in Missouri.
1830.
Rev. Isaac McCoy described the Osage and Neosho valleys in letters to
the War Department, from 1830 to 1838. Lewis Cass speaks of Mr.
McCoy in the North American Review, vol. XXX. Mr. McCoy came here
in 1828, and soon after published a pamphlet describing southern Kansas
and the northern part of the present Indian Territory.
1831.
AUGUST 8.-By treaty, the Shawnees of Ohio are given lands in Kansas
contiguous to the land of the Shawnees of Missouri, if that cession is not
sufficiently large.
AUGUST. 30.-The Ottawa Indians residing in Ohio cede their lands to
the United States and receive "a tract of land to contain thirty-four thousand acres, to be located adjoining the south or west line of the reservation
equal to fifty miles square granted to the Shawnees of Missouri and Ohio,
on the Kanzas river and its branches."
The Baptist Shawnee Mission, four miles west of the Missouri line,
established by the Baptist General Convention of the United States. Rev.
Isaac McCoy was appointed an agent for the Government, for colonizing




24                   ANNALS OF KANSAS.                       [1832.
the Indians, and established this and other missions. In 1839, Rev. Francis Barker took charge of this mission. In 1848, the mission erected a
church, one of the first frame buildings in Kansas. Mr. Barker still had
charge of the mission in March, 1855.
1832.
Independence, Missouri, becomes the outfitting point for western trains.
APRIL 6.-The Wyandotte Indians sell their lands in Ohio to the Government, and remove to the junction of the Kansas and Missouri rivers, in
Kansas. They number 687 persons. The Wyandottes are of the Iroquois
family, are called Hurons by the French, but call themselves Wendats or
Yendats. When the French settled Canada, they were on the island of
Montreal, and numbered 40,000. A part of them went to Quebec, and a
part south of the great lakes. In 1829, a small band lived on the river
Huron, in Michigan, but the principal portion was collected on the headwaters of the Sandusky river.
In 1855, January 31, by treaty, they acquired the right to become citizens, and the Kansas lands of the tribe were divided among them, giving
to each person about forty acres.
OCTOBER 24.-The Kickapoos cede their country, on the Osage river, in
Missouri, and receive a tract of land with the following boundaries: "Beginning on the Delaware line six miles westwardly of Fort Leavenworth,
thence with the Delaware line westwardly sixty miles, thence north twenty
miles, thence in a direct line to the west bank of the Missouri, at a point
twenty-six miles north'of Fort Leavenworth, thence down the west bank
of the Missouri river to a point six miles nearly northwest of Fort Leavenworth, and thence to the beginning."
OCTOBER 27.-"The United States cede to the combined tribes of Kaskaskias and Peorias, and the bands united with them, one hundred and
fifty sections of land, forever, or as long as they live upon it as a tribe, to
include the present Peoria village, west of the State of Missouri, on the
waters of the Osage river, to be bounded as follows, to wit: North by the
lands assigned to the Shawanoes, west by the western line of the reservation made for the Piankeshaws, Weas and Peorias, and east by lands
assigned the Piankeshaws and Weas." The Peorias relinquish their lands
in Missouri and Illinois.
OCTOBER 29.-The United States cede to the Piankeshaw and Wea tribes
two hundred and fifty sections of land within the limits of the survey of
the lands set apart for the Piankeshaws, Weas and, Peorias, bounded east
by the western boundary line of the State of Missouri for fifteen miles,
north by the southern boundary of the lands assigned to the Shawanoes,
west by lands assigned to the Peorias and Kaskaskias, and south by the
southern line of the original tract surveyed for the Piankeshaws, Weas and
Peorias; said tract being intended to include the present villages of the
said'Piankeshaws and Weas.
NOVEMBER 26.-By a supplemental article to the Kickapoo treaty, it is
agreed that the boundary lines of the lands assigned to the Kickapoos




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"shall begin on the Delaware line, where said line crosses the left branch
of Salt creek, thence down said creek to the Missouri river, thence up the
Missouri river thirty miles when measured on a straight line, thence westwardly to a point twenty miles from the Delaware line, so as to include in
the lands assigned to the Kickapoos at least twelve hundred square miles."
183 3.
FEBRUARY 14.-Seven millions of acres of land ceded to the Cherokees.
MAY 13.-The United States agree to convey to the Quapaw Indians
one hundred and fifty sections of land west of the State line of Missouri,
and between the lands of the Senecas and Shawnees.
OCTOBER 9.-Treaty made with the Pawnees at Grand Pawnee Village,
on the Platte river.
The following is copied from F. G. Adams's Homestead Guide:
"The Pawnees were a powerful and warlike tribe, and for a century they maintained
sway over the country embraced by the branches of the Kansas river, and over the
whole region watered by the Platte, from near the Rocky Mountains to its mouth.
They were divided into several villages br bands, one of which, the' Pawnee Republic,'
gave its name to the Republican river. The Otoes, Omahas and other tribes acknowledged the superiority of the Pawnees, and lived under their protection. In 1832, however, all these tribes were ravaged by the small-pox, and it is said that the Pawnees
then lost half their population. The following year, by treaty, they disposed of, to the
United States, all their claims to the land lying south of the Platte river, and agreed to
locate themselves north of that river and west of the Missouri. This they did. But
large bodies of Sioux came down on their new settlements, and drove them back with
great slaughter. Some returned to their old villages; others joined their allies, the
Otoes and Omahas. They continued to be unfortunate, and by the ravages of wars and
disease rapidly dwindled in numbers."
1834.
The first printing press brought to Kansas by Rev. Joseph Meeker. The
Ottawa (Franklin county) Republican of May 20, 1875, says:
"The press in question was brought to Franklin county in 1834, when this country
was all in Indian reservations, and was set up at the Baptist Mission farm, five miles
northeast of Ottawa, and two miles down the Ottawa creek from the J. T. Jones place.
It was sent out by the Baptist Home Mission Society, of New York, at the urgent
request of Rev. Mr. Meeker, the first missionary to the Ottawa Indians. Mr. Meeker
published a small missionary paper in the English and Cherokee languages. In addition to this paper, he wrote and published several school books in the Indian:Janguage,
a book of the code of laws of the Ottawas, a hymn book, and several' Sunday school
books, all in the native language.....   The type and other material used at the
mission farm by Rev. Mr. Meeker were finally scattered broadcast by the Indian children; and Mr. Richmond tells us that he could pick up whole handfuls of type, as late
as 1865, near where that zealous missionary and his wife lie buried."
-The first stock of goods landed near the present site of Kansas City,
Missouri.
JUNE 30. —Congress enacts that all that part of the United States west
of the Mississippi, and not within the States of Missouri and Louisiana or
the Territory of Arkansas, shall be taken for the purpose of the act to be
Indian country, and certain regulations are prescribed for its government.
So much of the laws of the United States as provide for the punishment
of crime committed in any place within the exclusive jurisdiction of the




26                   ANNALS OF KANSAS.                    [1835-36.
United States are declared to be in force in it, with the proviso that the
same shall not extend to crime committed by one Indian against the person or property of another Indian. For the purpose of carrying this act
into effect, all that part of the Indian country west of the Mississippi river
that is bounded north by the north line of lands assigned to the Osage tribe
of Indians, produced east to the State of Missouri, west by the Mexican
possessions, south by Red river, and east by the west line of the Territory
of Arkansas, is annexed to the Territory of Arkansas; and the residue of
the Indian country west of the Mississippi is annexed to the judicial district of Missouri.
I835.
APRIL 20.-First railroad convention in St. Louis.
MAY 29.-Expedition of Colonel Henry Dodge, U. S. A., to the Rocky
Mountains. Colonel Dodge left Fort Leavenworth May 29. He followed
the west bank of the Missouri nearly to the mouth of the Platte, traced the
Platte to its source, went south to the head-waters of the Arkansas, and
returned through that valley. In other words, he marked the line of the
railroads from Leavenworth and Atchison to near Omaha, took the Union
Pacific west, followed the Colorado railroads to Pueblo, and came home
by the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe line. Fort Dodge is on the return
trail.
DECEMBER 29.-The United States agree to convey to the Cherokee
Indians "the following additional tract of land, situated between the west
line of the State of Missouri and the Osage reservation: Beginning at the
southeast corner of the same, and runs north along the east line of the
Osage lands fifty miles to the northeast corner thereof, and thence east to
the west line of the State of Missouri, thence with said line south fifty
miles, thence west to the.place of beginning —estimated to contain eight
hundred thousand acres of land; but it is expressly understood that, if any
of the lands assigned to the Quapaws shall fall within the aforesaid bounds,
the same shall be reserved and excepted out of the lands above granted,
and a pro rata reduction shall be made in the price to be allowed to the
United States for the same by the Cherokees."  This treaty was confirmed
by Congress in 1838, and General Scott marched into their country, in
Georgia, with 2,000 troops, and forced their removal.
1836.
JUNE 7.-The western boundary of Missouri was a line drawn north and
south from the mouth of the Kansas river. In 1836, June 7, Congress
passed an act by which the "Platte Purchase" was added to Missouri.
The eastern boundary of this triangle was formed by a line drawn north
from the mouth of the Kaw; the western boundary was the Missouri river.
This tract of land became slave territory, in violation of the Missouri compromise.
JULY 21.-The office of the St. Louis Observer, an Anti-Slavery paper,
edited by Elijah P. Lovejoy, broken into in the night. The presses were




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overthrown, and the type scattered into the street. Mr. Lovejoy removed
to Alton, Illinois, where he was killed, November 8, 1837. The press
moved from St. Louis had been destroyed at Alton, and Lovejoy was murdered while defending another press, lately brought to Alton.
18 37.
FEBRUARY 11.-The United States agree to convey "to the Pottawatomies of Indiana a tract of country, on the Osage river, southwest of the
Missouri river, sufficient in extent, and adapted to their habits and wants."
MARCH 28.-The act of June 7, 1836, takes effect by the proclamation
of March 28, 1837, and the western boundary of Missouri is extended to
the Missouri river.
MARCH 29.-Launching of the first steamboat built in St. Louis.
OCTOBER 31. -Plan of defences of the western frontier proposed by
Charles Gratiot, and published in the report of J. R. Poinsett, Secretary
of War. This is another railroad map. The lines of the Missouri Pacific
and North Missouri railroads, the route from Kansas City to Omaha, and
directly south to Fort Smith —these and other lines in Missouri and Arkansas anticipate with marvellous accuracy the present railroad system.
Posts were recommended at Fort Scott and Kansas City.
NOVEMBER 17.-Burning of the State House at Jefferson City, and
destruction of official papers and records.
DECEMBER 20.-The United States agree to reserve a location on *the
head-waters of the Osage river for the Saginaw tribe of Chippewas.
1838.
JANUARY 15.-The United States agree to set apart to the New York
Indians "the following tract of country, situated directly west of the State
of Missouri: Beginning on the' west line of the State of Missouri, at the
northeast corner of the Cherokee tract, and running thence north along
the west line of the State of Missouri twenty-seven miles to the southerly line of the Miami lands; thence west so far as shall be necessary, by
running a line at right angles, and parallel to the west line aforesaid, to
the Osage lands, and thence easterly along the Osage and Cherokee lands
to the place of beginning; to include one million eight hundred and twentyfour thousand acres of land, being three hundred and twenty acres for each
soul of said Indians, as their numbers are at present computed."  This
land is also intended as a future home for the Senecas, Onondagas, Cayugas, Tuscaroras, Oneidas, St. Regis, Stockbridges, Munsees, and Brothertowns, residing in the State of New York.
1842.
MAY.-Lieutenant John C. Fremont arrived at St. Louis May 22, 1842.
Thence he proceeded to Cyprian Chouteau's trading house, on the Kansas
river, about six miles west of the Missouri line; latitude 39~ 5, 57"; longitude 94~ 39' 16"; elevation above the sea, about 700 feet. He started




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thence June 10, with Kit Carson as his guide. On the 12th he seems to
have camped near the site of Lawrence:
"We encamped in a remarkably beautiful situation on the Kanzas bluffs, which
commanded. a fine view of the river valley, here from three to four miles wide. The
central portion was occupied by a broad belt of heavy timber, and nearer the hills the
prairies were of the richest verdure."
On the 14th, he crossed to the north side of the river, probably at the
point where Topeka now stands. On the 16th, he says.
" We were now fairly in the Indian country, and it began to be time to prepare for
the chances of the wilderness."
His journey thence was northwest, to the Blue and the Platte. The
expedition went as far west as the Wind River mountains; left there
August 18; returned by the Platte, and reached the Missouri at the mouth
of the Platte, October 1:
JUNE.-Captain Moore, of the U. S. Dragoons, and Dr. Mott, of the
Regular army, select Fort Scott as a military post. It was occupied by
United States troops until 1854.
1843.
MAY.-Fremont passes up the Kansas river on a second expedition.
DECEMBER 14.-The Wyandottes purchase of the Delawares 23,040 acres
of land at the junction of the Missouri and Kansas rivers. This contract
was ratified by the United States, July 25, 1848; on the 1st of April, 1850,
they agree to pay the Wyandottes $185,000 for the lands promised them.
1844.
"The Commerce of the Prairies," by Josiah Gregg, published in Philadelphia; two volumes.
- Colonel Dodge, of the Third U. S. Dragoons, makes an expedition from
Fort Leavenworth to Pike's Peak.
-The Mormons cross the plains, starting near the site of the present city
of Atchison.
-General Kearney marches from Fort Leavenworth to Santa Fe.
1846.
JANUARY 14.-The Kansas Indians cede to the United States "two millions of acres of land on the east part of their country, embracing the entire
width, thirty miles, and running west for quantity."
JUJNE 5 and 17.-The United States grant to the Pottawatomies a tract
of land containing 576,000 acres, being thirty miles square, and being the
eastern part of the lands ceded to the United States by the Kansas tribe of
Indians, January 14, 1846, adjoining the Shawnees on the south, and the
Delawares and Shawnees on the east, on both sides of the Kansas river.
AUGUsT 8.-President Polk sends a special message to Congress, asking
an appropriation of money to pay for territory to be acquired by treaty
from Mexico. A bill was reported appropriating $30,000 expenses of negotiations, and $2,000,000 to be used in making a treaty. The House was
Democratic by 120 to 72. A few Northern Democrats —among them Hannibal Hamlin, of Maine, Preston King, of New York, and David Wilmot,




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of Pennsylvania, held a caucus and decided that, inasmuch as Mexico had
abolished slavery some twenty years before, all territory acquired from that
country should come in free. In accordance with this understanding, Mr.
Wilmot offered the following proviso to the first section of the bill:
"Provided, That, as an express and fundamental condition to the acquisition of any
territory from the republic of Mexico by the United States, by virtue of any treaty
that may be negotiated between them, and to the use by the Executive of the moneys
herein appropriated, neither slavery nor involuntary servitude shall ever exist in any
part of said territory, except for crime, whereof the party shall first be duly convicted."
The bill passed the House with this proviso, by 85 to 80. It then went
to the Senate, in the last hours of the session, and remained there without
action upon it when the session ended, August 10.
1847.
The Catholic Osage Mission established in what is now Neosho county.
The boys' school opened May 1, and the girls' school, October 10.
DECEMBER 24.-Lewis Cass first promulgates the Squatter Sovereignty
dogma, in a letter to A. O. P. Nicholson, of Nashville, Tennessee. He
says:
"The Wilmot Proviso has been before the country for some time. It' has been
repeatedly disicussed in Congress, and by the public press. I am strongly impressed
with the opinion that a great change has been going on in the public mind upon this
subject-in my own as well as others'; and that doubts are resolving themselves into
convictions, that the principle it involves should be kept out of the national legislature, and left to the people of the Confederacy in their respective local governments.
" Briefly, then, I am opposed to. the exercise of any jurisdiction by Congress over
this matter; and I am in favor of leaving the people of any territory which may be
hereafter acquired the right to regulate it themselves, under the general principles of
the constitution."
The letter is published in Niles's Register. This firebrand did not make
Cass President in 1848, nor Douglas in 1860. On the 1st of March, 1847,
Mr. Cass said, in the Senate, of the Wilmot Proviso: "Last year I should
have voted for the proposition, had it come up."
1848.
FEBRUARY 2, 1848, Mexico ceded the territory now covered by the States of California and Nevada; also her claims to the territory covered by the present State of Texas,
by the Territories of Utah, Arizona, and New Mexico, by portions of the Territories of
Wyoming and Colorado, and by the unorganized territory west of the Indian country,
except that part of the Territory of Arizona and that part of the Territory of New
Mexico lying south of the River Gila and west of the old boundary of New Mexico,
which lands were ceded by Mexico December 30, 1853, and are known as the Gadsden
Purchase.-U. S. Census Report, 1870, Vol. I, p. 57k.
The United States paid to Mexico $15,000,000.
-Major W. H. Emory makes a military reconnoissance from Fort Leavenworth to San Diego.
1849.
Publication of The California and Oregon Trail, by Francis Parkman.
-Fort Laramie, established.by a fur company, is transferred to the
United States.




30                     ANNALS OF KANSAS.                        [1850-53.
185 0.
In 1850 the boundaries of the Indian country were as follows: On the east, the present western boundaries of the States of Missouri and Arkansas; on the south, the Red
river; on the west, the twenty-third meridian (100th Greenwich) as far north as the
Arkansas river, and along that river to the intersection of the Rocky Mountains and
the twenty-ninth meridian (106th Greenwich), and along that meridian northward to
the proposed southern boundary of the original Territory of Nebraska, which became
the northern limit of this country. Within these limits, however, is included that part
of the territory ceded by Texas to the United States which was not included in the
Territory of New Mexico, being a parcel of land between the Arkansas river on the
north and the present northernmost boundary of the State of Texas, and between the
twenty-third and twenty-sixth meridians (100th and 103d Greenwich). Including this
latter territory, the area of the Indian country'at 1850 was 195,274 square miles. By
act of May 30, 1854, the Territory of Kansas was erected, and its southern boundary,
from the State of Missouri to the twenty-third meridian (100th Greenwich), became the
northern limit of the Indian country. The limits of the Indian country remain as
they were left by that act; area, 68,991 square miles. A part of the territory above
mentioned as ceded by the State of Texas was included in the Territory of Kansas.U. S. Census Report, 1870, Vol. I, p. 577.
Military road established by the Government from Fort Leavenworth to
Fort Kearney.
I851.
SEPTEMBER  17. —Treaty with the Cheyennes and Arapahoes.  The
boundaries of their country are thus defined: "Commencing at the Red
Butte, or the place where the road leaves the North fork of the Platte
river, thence up the North fork of the Platte river to its source, thence
along the main ridge of the Rocky Mountains to the head-waters of the
Arkansas river, thence down the Arkansas river to the crossing of the
Santa Fe road, thence in a northwesterly direction to the forks of the
Platte river, thence up the Platte river to the place of beginning."
1852.
JULY 31.-T. T. Fauntleroy, Colonel of First Dragoons, while in Washington, writes a letter to Major Gen. T. S. Jessup, Quartermaster General,
U. S. A. He says: " Some time since," as commanding officer of the post
"at Fort Leavenworth, I. T.," he refused to recommend an expenditure for
repairs, etc., there, because he "did not consider that post as best suited for
the military operations in that quarter." He urges the establishment of a
military post "at or near a point on the Kansas river where the Republican fork unites with it"-now Fort Riley. He urges "the discontinuance
of the Leavenworth, Scott,. Atkinson, Kearney and Laramie posts," and
the concentration of troops at the post proposed.-A military camp, called
Camp Centre, was soon made at this place.
DECEMBER 13. —Willard P. Hall, of Missouri, offers in the House a bill
organizing the Territory of Platte (embracing Kansas and Nebraska).
1853.
FEBRUARY 2.-William A. Richardson, of Illinois, from the Committee
on Territories, reports a bill organizing the Territory of Nebraska.
FEBRUARY 10. —Richardson's bill passes the House by 98 to 43. Neither




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Hall's nor Richardson's bills proposed to make the new Territory Slave
territory.
FEBRUARY 17.-Stephen A. Douglas, in the Senate, reports Richardson's bill without amendment.
MARCH 3.-The Senate puts the Richardson-Douglas bill on the table
by 23'to 17.
MARCH 4.-Franklin Pierce inaugurated.
Fort Riley established. It is in latitude 39~ 03' 38"; longitude 960 24'
36//; elevation above the Gulf of Mexico, 926 feet. Major Ogden superintends the building of the fort.
JULY 28.-In 1855, a correspondent of the Chicago Press made the statement that a convention was held at Wyandotte July 28, 1853, a Territorial
government organized, and a Delegate to Congress nominated. Abelard
Guthrie was put forward by the friends of Thomas H. Benton, and Rev.
Thomas Johnson by the friends of D. R. Atchison. Guthrie received the
nomination. Late in the fall, Thomas Johnson was brought out as a candidate, and was elected by Indian votes. He went to Washington, but the
Territory was not organized, and he was not received as a Delegate. The
Washington Union spoke of him as "the Rev. Thomas Johnson, a noble
specimen of a Western man."
DECEMBER 4.-Augustus C. Dodge, of Iowa, offers in the Senate a bill
to organize the Territory of Nebraska.




TERRITORIAL ORGANIZATION.
1854.
JANUARY 4. —Stephen A. Douglas reports Senator Dodge's bill, with
material amendments.
JANUARY 23.-Senator Douglas reports a substitute for his former bill,
providing for the organization of two Territories, Nebraska and Kansas.
The important provision of the bill is the following, copied from section 32:
"That the constitution, and all laws of the United States which are not locally inapplicable, shall have the same force and effect within the said Territory of Kansas as
elsewhere within the United States, except the eighth section of. the act preparatory to
the admission of Missouri into the Union, approved March sixth, eighteen hundred
and twenty, which, being inconsistent with the principle of non-intervention by Congress with slavery in the States and Territories, as recognized by the legislation of
eighteen hundred aid fifty, commonly called the Compromise Measures, is hereby
declared inoperative and void; it being the true intent and meaning of this act not to
legislate slavery into any Territory or State, nor to exclude it therefrom, but to leave
the people thereof perfectly free to form and regulate their domestic institutions in
their own way, subject only to the Constitution of the United States: Provided, That
nothing herein contained shall be construed to revive or put in force any law or regulation which may have existed prior to the act of the sixth of March, eighteen hundred and twenty, either protecting, establishing, prohibiting, or abolishing slavery."
Mr. Douglas advocates his revolutionary measure as embodying "the
great principle of Squatter Sovereignty, or non-intervention."
MARCH 2.-Salmon P. Chase thinks the sovereign squatters ought to be
free to have freedom. I He offers this addition to the 32d section (following
the words, "subject only to the Constitution of the United States"):
"Under which the people of the Territory, through their appropriate representatives, may, if they see fit, prohibit the existence of Slavery therein."
Only ten Senators vote for this provision; thirty-six Senators vote
against it.
An amendment offered by Mr. Chase, enabling the people of these Territories to choose their own Governor, is also voted down.
The following is copied from Greeley's American Conflict, vol. I, p. 235:
"Within the three months immediately preceding the passage of the Kansas bill,
treaties were quietly made at Washington with the Delawares, Otoes, Kickapoos, Kaskaskias, Shawnees, Sacs, Foxes, and other tribes, whereby the greater part -of the soil
of Kansas lying within one or two hundred miles of the Missouri border was suddenly
opened to White appropriation and settlement. These simultaneous purchases of Indian
lands by the Government, though little was known of them elsewhere, were thoroughly
understood and appreciated by the Missourians of the Western border, who had for
some time been organizing'Blue Lodges,''Social Bands,''Sons of the South,' and other
societies, with intent to take possession of Kansas in behalf of Slavery. They were
well assured, and they fully believed, that the object contemplated and desired, in lift



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ing, by the terms of the Kansas-Nebraska bill, the interdict of slavery from Kansas,
was to authorize and facilitate the legal extension of slavery into that region. Within
a few days after the passage of the Kansas-Nebraska act, hundreds of leading Missourians crossed into the adjacent Territory, selected each his quarter-section or larger area
of land, put some sort of mark on it, and then united with his fellow adventurers in a
meeting or meetings intended to establish a sort of Missouri pre-emption upon all this
region. Among the resolves passed at one of these meetings were the following:
"'That we will afford protection to no Abolitionist as a settler of this Territory.'
"' That we recognize the institution of Slavery as already existing in this Territory,
and advise slaveholders to introduce their property as early as possible."'
MARCH 3.-The Kansas-Nebraska bill passes the Senate by 37 to 14.
MARCH 15.-The Ottoe and Missouria Indians cede to the United States
all their country west of the Missouri river, excepting a strip of land on
the waters of the Big Blue river, ten miles in width.
APRIL 26.-The following is copied from the Report, made in 1856, by
the Congressional Investigating Committee:
"In April [the 26th], 1854, the General Assembly of Massachusetts passed an act
entitled'An act to incorporate the Massachusetts Emigrant Aid Society.' The object
of the Society, as declared in the first section of this act, was'for the purpose of assisting emigrants to settle in the West.' The nominal capital of the corporation was not
to exceed five millions of dollars, but no more than four per cent. could be assessed
during the year 1854, and no more than ten per cent. in any one year thereafter. No
organization was perfected or proceedings had under this law.
" On the 24th day of July, 1854, certain persons in Bostonr Massachusetts, concluded
articles of agreement and association for an Emigrant Aid Society. The purpose of
this association was declared to be,' assisting emigrants to settle in the West.' Under
these articles of association each stockholder was individually liable. To avoid this
difficulty, an application was made to the General Assembly of Massachusetts for an
act of incorporation, which was granted. On the 21st day of February, 1855, an act was
passed to incorporate the New England Emigrant Aid Company. The purpose of this
act was declared to be,'directing emigration westward, and aiding and providing
accommodation after arriving at their place of destination.' The capital stock of the
corporation was not to exceed one million of dollars. Under this charter a company
was organized."
APRIL 26.-The incorporators under the act of this date creating the
Massachusetts Emigrant Aid Company are Benjamin C. Clark, Isaac Livermore, Charles Allen, Isaac Davis, William G. Bates, Stephen C. Phillips,
Charles C. Hazewell, Alex. H. Bullock, Henry Wilson, James S. Whitney,
Samuel E. Sewall, Samuel G. Howe, James Holland, Moses Kimball,
James D. Green, Francis W. Bird, Otis Clapp, Anson Burlingame, Eli
Thayer, and Otis Rich. One of the most active men in securing the organization was Eli Thayer.
MAY 6.-The Delaware Indians cede to the United States their lands in
Kansas, excepting the country sold to the Wyandottes, and excepting the
part "lying east and south of a line beginning at a point on the line
between the land of the Delawares and the half-breed Kanzas, forty miles
in a direct line west to the boundary between the Delawares and Wyandottes, thence north ten miles, thence in an easterly course to a point on
the south bank of Big Island creek," on the Missouri river.
MAY 10.-The Shawnees cede to the United States the tract of land set
apart for them November 7, 1825, and conveyed to the tribe by deed May
11, 1844, containing 1,600,000 acres,'excepting 200,000 acres for homes for
the Shawnee people.
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MAY 17.-The Ioway tribe of Indians cede to the United States the small
strip of land lying between the Kickapoo land and the Grand Nemahaw
river, containing 400 sections, but reserving a portion for a permanent
home.
MAY 18.-The Kickapoos cede their land in Kansas to the United States,
except the western part, containing 150,000 acres.
MAY 22.-Vote on the passage of the bill to organize the Territories of
Nebraska and Kansas.
The House voted May 22. The ayes are as follows, from the Free States:
Maine, McDonald; New Hampshire, Hibbard; Connecticut, Ingersoll; New
York, Cumming, Cutting, Rowe, Taylor, Tweed (William M.), Walbridge,
Walker, Walsh, Westbrook; Pennsylvania, Bridges, Dawson,. Florence,
Jones, Kurtz, McNair, Packer, Robbins, Straub, Witte, Wright; New Jersey, Lilly, Vail; Ohio, Disney, Green, Olds, Shannon (Wilson); Indiana,
Davis, Dunham, Eddy, English, Hendricks (Thos. A.), Lane (James H.),
Miller; Illinois, Allen (James C.), Allen (Willis), Richardson; Michigan,
Clark, Stuart; Iowa, Henn; California, Latham, McDougall -from the Free
States, 44.
From the Slave States: Delaware, Riddle; Maryland, Hamilton, May,
Shower, Vansant; Virginia, Bayly, Bocock, Caskie, Edmundson, Faulkner, Gpode, Kidwell, Letcher, Powell, Smith (William), Snodgrass; North
Carolina, Ashe, Craige, Clingman, Kerr, Ruffin, Shaw.; South Carolina,
Boyce, Brooks (Preston S.), Orr; Georgia, Bailey, Chastain, Colquitt, Hillyer, Reese, Stephens (Alex. H.); Alabama, Abercrombie, Cobb, Dowdell,
Harris, Houston, Phillips, Smith; Mississippi, Barry, Barksdale, Singleton, Wright; Louisiana, Dunbar, Jones, Perkins; Kentucky, Breckinridge
(John C.), Chrisman, Cox, Hill, Elliott, Grey, Preston, Stanton; Tennessee,
Churchwell, Jones, Ready, Smith, Stanton (Frederick P.), Zollicoffer;
Missouri, Lamb, Lindley, Miller, Oliver (Mordecai), Phelps (John S.);
Arkansas, Greenwood, Warren; Florida, Maxwell; Texas, Bell, Smythfrom the Slave States, 69. Total ayes, from Free and Slave States, 113.
The noes are as follows, from the Free States: Maine, Benson, Farley,
Fuller, Mayall, Washburn; New Hampshire, Kittredge, Morrison; Massachusetts, Banks (N. P.), Crocker, De Witt, Dickinson, Edmands, Eliot,
Goodrich, Upham, Walley, Wentworth; Rhode Island, Davis, Thurston;
Connecticut, Belcher, Pratt, Seymour; Vermont, Meacham, Sabin, Tracy;
New York, Bennett, Carpenter; Dean, Lyon, Fenton (Reuben E.), Flagler,
Hastings, Haven, Hughes, Jones, Matteson, Morgan (Edwin B.), Murray,
Oliver, Peck, Peckham, Perkins, Pringle, Sage, Simmons, Smith (Gerrit),
Wheeler; New Jersey, Pennington, Skelton, Stratton; Pennsylvania, Chandler, Curtis, Dick, Drum, Everhart, Gamble, Grow (Galusha A.), Hiester,
Howe, McCulloch, Middleswarth, Ritchie, Russell, Trout; Ohio, Ball,
Campbell (Lewis D.), Edgerton, Ellison, Giddings (Joshua R.), Harlan,.
Harrison, Johnson, Lindsley, Nichols, Ritchey, Sapp, Stuart, Taylor, Wade
(Edward); Indiana, Harlan, Mace, Parker; Illinois, Knox, Norton, Washburne (E. B.), Wentworth (John), Yates (Richard); Michigan, Noble, Stevens; Wisconsin, Eastman, Wells —from the Free States, 91.
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Rogers; Tennessee, Bugg, Cullom, Etheridge (Emerson), Taylor; Louisiana,
Hunt; Missouri, Benton (Thomas H.) —from  the Slave States, 9. Total
noes from Free and Slave States, 100. Absent or not voting, 21.
MAY 24.-The Senate finally passes the bill without a division, the call
of the ayes and noes being refused.  The vote of the Senate on the third
reading of the bill was as follows:
Ayes-Atchison (Mo.), Badger (N. C.), Benjamin (La.), Broadhead (Pa.),
Brown (Miss.), Butler (S. C.), Cass (Mich.), Clay (Ala.), Dawson (Georgia),.Douglas (Ill.), Fitzpatrick (Ala.), Gwin (CYal.),' Hunter (Va.), Johnson
(Ark.), Jones (Iowa), Jones (Tenn.), Mallory (Fla.), Mason (Va.), Morton
(Fla.), Norris (N..), Pearce (Md.), John Pettit (Ind.), Pratt (Md.), Rusk
(Tex.), Sebastian (Ark.), Shields (Ill.), Slidell (La.), Stuart (Mich.), Thompson (Ky.), Thomson (N. J.), Toombs (Ga.), Toucey (Conn.), Weller (Cal.),
Williams (N. H.), Wright (N. J.) -35.
Noes —Allen (R. I.), Bell (Tenn.), Chase (Ohio), Clayton (Del.), Fish
(N. Y.), Foot (Vt.), Gillette (Conn.), Hamlin (Mlme.), James (R. L.), Seward
(N. Y.), Sumner (Mass.), Wade (Ohio), Walker (Wis.) —13.
MAY 30.-The Kaskaskias, Peorias, Piankeshaws and Weas cede to the
United States the land given in October, 1832, excepting 160 acres for each
soul in said tribes.
MAY 30.-President Pierce signs the Kansas-Nebraska bill. The following is copied from the act:
"SECTION 19. And be it further enacted, That all that part of the territory of the
United States included within the following limits, except such portions thereof as are
hereinafter expressly exempted from the operations of this act, to wit, beginning at a
point on the western boundary of the State of Missouri, where the thirty-seventh parallel of north latitude crosses the same; thence west on said parallel to the eastern
boundary of New Mexico; thence north on said boundary to latitude thirty-eight;
thence following said boundary westward to the east boundary of the Territory of
Utah, on the summit of the Rocky Mountains; thence northward on said summit to
the fortieth parallel of latitude; thence east on said parallel to the western boundary
of the State of Missouri; thence south with the western boundary of said State, to the
place of beginning, be, and the same is hereby created into a temporary government by
the name of the Territory of Kansas; and when admitted as a State or States, the said
Territory, or any portion of the same, shall be received into the Union with or without
slavery, as their constitution may prescribe at the time of their admission: Provided,
That nothing in this act contained shall be construed to inhibit the Government of the
United States from dividing said Territory into two or more Territories, in such manner and at such times as Congress shall deem convenient and proper, or from attaching
any portion of said Territory to any other State or Territory of the United States:
Provided further, That nothing in this act contained shall be construed to impair the
rights of person or property now pertaining to the Indians in said Territory, so long as
such rights shall remain unextinguished by treaty between the United States and such
Indians, or to include any territory which by treaty with any Indian tribe is not, without the consent of said tribe, to be included within the territorial limits or jurisdiction
of any State or Territory; but all such territory shall be excepted out of the boundaries, and constitute no part of the Territory of Kansas, until said tribe shall signify
their assent to the President of the United States to be included within the said Territory of Kansas, or to affect the authority of the Government of the United States to
make any regulation respecting such Indians, their lands, property, or other rights, by
treaty, law, or otherwise, which it would have been competent to the Government to
make if this act had never passed."
Hale says:
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Missouri, on the south in part by the line of 370, which divides it from the Cherokee
country, and in part by New Mexico, and on the west by the highest ridge of the
Rocky Mountains."
KANSAS.-By act of May 30, 1854, formed as a Territory, extending from the western
boundary of Missouri westward to the Rocky Mountains, then the eastern boundary of
the Territory of Utah; and from the thirty-seventh northward to the fortieth parallel,
excepting that part of the Territory of New Mexico north of the thirty-seventh parallel; area, 126,283 square miles. By act of January 29, 1861, that portion of the Territory
east of the twenty-fifth meridian, 81,318 square miles, was admitted as a State. By act.of February 28, 1861, the remainder of the Territory, 44,965 square miles, was included
in the Territory of Colorado.-U. S. Census Report, 1870, Vol. I, p. 578.
The distance from the eastern to the western boundary is as great as the,distance from Boston, Mass., to Sandusky, Ohio.
The part of the Territory of Kansas not included in the Louisiana Purchase was derived from Mexico. The Spanish title dates back to Columbus, Coronado, Ponce de Leon, or Cortez. The following is copied from
Edward Abbott's "Paragraph History:"
" Hernando Cortez, a native of Spain, but for several years a resident of Hispaniola,
landed in Mexico in March, 1519, in command of an expedition for the conquest of that
country. After a prolonged campaign, marked by many battles and varying fortunes,
-he finally captured the city of Mexico, and completed the subjugation of the people.
His character and policy were such, however, as to surround him with enemies, and,
though he was made Governor of Mexico, his administration was brief, and far from
prosperous or peaceful. In 1536, he explored parts of California, and of the gulf since
called by the same name, and, returning to Spain, died in 1547, in. comparative ob-;scurity."
JUNE 5 —The Miami Indians cede to the United States the land given
them in 1,840 and 1841, excepting 70,000 acres for homes, and 640 acres for
school purposes.
JUNE 13.-The Leavenworth Town Company organized, at Weston, Mo.
Mr. Gist, President; Major Macklin, U. S. A., Amos Rees, and L. D. Bird,
Trustees; Joseph Evans, Treasurer; H. Miles Moore, Secretary.
JUNE 24.-Commission issued to Saunders W. Johnston, of Ohio, as
Associate Justice; to Andrew Jackson Isacks, of Louisiana, as United
States District Attorney.
JUNE 29. —Commission issued to Andrew H. Reeder, of Easton, Penn.,
as Governor; to Israel B. Donalson, of Illinois, as United States Marshal;
to Daniel Woodson, of Lynchburg, Va., as Secretary; to Madison Brown,
of Maryland, as Chief Justice; to Rush Elmore, of Alabama, as Associate
Justice. Mr. Brown did not accept the appointment, and Samuel D. Lecompte, of Maryland, was appointed.
JUNE. —A new Emigrant Aid Company organized in Massachusetts,
of which Amos A. Lawrence, Eli Thayer and J. M. F. Williams are the
Trustees.
JULY 7. —Governor Reeder takes the oath of office before Peter V.
Daniel, one of the Justices of the United States Supreme Court, in Washington.
JULY.-The Massachusetts Emigrant Aid Society obtain a charter from
the Connecticut Legislature, and operate under it until the next winter,,when they procure a new charter from the Massachusetts Legislature.
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JULY 18.-The New York Legislature charters the Emigrant Aid Society
of New York and Connecticut.
JULY 22.-An act of Congress creates the office of Surveyor General of
Kansas and Nebraska.
JULY 24.-Eli Thayer, Amos A. Lawrence, and J. M. F. Williams, of
Massachusetts, Trustees of the Emigrant Aid Stock Company; Dr. Thomas
H. Webb, Secretary.
JULY 27.-The Atchison Town Company formed in Missouri. Peter T.
1Abell, President; J. H. Stringfellow, Secretary; James N. Burnes, Treasurer.
JULY  29.-The "Platte County Self-Defensive Association" holds a
meeting at Weston, Mo. G. Galloway, President; Benj. F. Stringfellow,
Secretary. It was an aggressive Pro-Slavery organization. Similar meetings were held at other places on the border.
JULY 30.-Charles H. Branscomb, of Massachusetts, arrives on the border with the first company of Eastern immigrants, to found the city of
Lawrence. Two weeks later they were followed by a second and larger
company, with whom came Dr. Charles Robinson and Samuel C. Pomeroy.
JULY 30.-James Findlay appointed Clerk of the Supreme Court.
JULY 31.-William Walker, of the Wyandotte Indians, signs a letter,
which is published in the papers, as "Provisional Governor, K. T."
AUGUST 1. —The first party, of thirty, led by. Charles H. Branscomb,
arrive at the Wakarusa.
AUGUST 2.-Treaty with the Shawnee Indians.
AUGUST 21.-A book published with the following title: "Kanzas and
Nebraska: The History, Geographical and Physical Characteristics, and
Political Position of those Territories; an Account of the Emigrant Aid
Companies, and Directions to Emigrants. By Edward E. Hale. With an
Original Map from  the Latest Authorities.  Boston: Phillips, Sampson
and Company."  The book contains 256 pages.  Mr. Hale's is the ablest
of the books on Kansas, and many a year will probably go.by before
any other book on our State is written by a man so eminent and patriotic
as the author of "A Man without a Country." The following is copied
from the preface:
" I have followed up, as carefully as I could, the memoirs of the early French travellers who first opened to the civilized world the valley of the Missouri. Of more use, in
the view in which that valley is now regarded, are the more recent travels of our own
countrymen, a body of official reports which deserve very high praise for the skill and
gallantry displayed in exploration, and the care with which their history has been
written. I have made such use as I could of the travels of Lewis and Clarke, Captain
Pike, Colonel Long, Mr. Breckenridge, Major Bonneville, Colonel Fremont, Colonel
Emory, Lieutenant Abert, Mr. Parkman, Major Cross, Captain Stansbury, Captain
Gunnison, Governor Stevens, Lieutenant Williamson, and others.
"I have used some recent letters published in newspapers, and have been favored
with personal narratives of agents of the Emigrant Aid Company.
" In my sketch of the Indian tribes I have followed the invaluable treatise of Mr.
Gallatin, the spirited sketches of Mr. Catlin, and Mr. Parkman's interesting journal of
his sojourn with the Ogillalah, besides the notices in the travellers I have named.
" It will not be long, I suppose, before historical societies and antiquarian institutes
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tory and geography. I shall watch such collections with great interest, as well as with
the pride of being the first collector in the field. Working with the disadvantages of a
first collector, I have simply tried to make this book accurate as far as it goes."
Mr. Hale's purpose was to send Northern men here to make Kansas Free.
He was one of the Committee, with Richard Hildreth, the historian, who
reported the "plan of organization and system of operations" of the Massachusetts Emigrant Aid Company, on the 4th of May, 1854.
AUGUST. —A pamphlet of twenty-four pages printed in Boston, by Alfred
Mudge & Son, entitled: "Organization, Objects, and Plan of Operations of
the Emigrant Aid Company: Also, a description of Kansas for the Information of Emigrants." The officers of the Company are given as follows:
Trustees —Amos A. Lawrence, Boston; J. M. F. Williams, Cambridge; Eli
Thayer, Worcester. Treasurer —Amos A. Lawrence, Boston. Secretary —
Thomas H. Webb, Boston.
AUGUST 23.-Congress appropriates $25,000 for public buildings in
Kansas.
AUGUST 26. -John Calhoun, of Illinois, appointed Surveyor General.
AUGUST 29.-Thos. J. B. Cramer appointed Territorial Treasurer.
AUGUST 30.-John Donaldson appointed Auditor of Public Accounts.
— Father John Schoenmakers, of the Osage Mission, now Neosho county,
reports a grasshopper raid. They "came down like a fall of snow." They
hatched in the spring of 1855, and destroyed all the crops and "all the grass
on the prairies," in that vicinity.
SEPTEMBER 1. —The second New England party arrives at the mouth of
the Wakarusa.
SEPTEMBER 15.-Appearance of the first newspaper in Kansas, the Leavenworth Herald. It was printed under an elm tree, on the Levee, near the
corner of Cherokee street. It was a Pro-Slavery paper. In 1861, it was
discontinued.  No file of it is known to be in existence.  H. Rives Pollard, of Virginia, was at one time its editor.
SEPTEMBER 20.- Chas. Aug. Williams appointed Executive Clerk.
SEPTEMBER 21.-First sale of city lots in Atchison.
SEPTEMBER 28.-Daniel Woodson takes the oath of office as Secretary,
in Washington.
OCTOBER 1.-First sermon preached in Lawrence, by Rev. S. Y. Lum.
OCTOBER 3. —Commission issued to Samuel D. Lecompte, of Maryland,
as Chief Justice.
OCTOBER 6. —Lawrence is the name given to the "New Boston," "Yankee," or "Wakarusa" settlement, in honor of Amos A. Lawrence, its
benefactor.
OCTOBER 7.-Gov. Reeder arrives in the Territory, and establishes the
Executive Office temporarily at Fort-Leavenworth.
OCTOBER 9.-First sale of town lots in Leavenworth; amount realized,
$12,600. -
OCTOBER 15.-This is the date of the Kansas Tribune, of Lawrence, the
first number of which is printed in Ohio, by John Speer. The articles were
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-Rush Elmore takes the oath of office as Associate Justice, before Gov.
Reeder, at Fort Leavenworth.                                          /
OCTOBER 18. —Gov. Reeder, Judges Johnston and Elmore, and Marshal
Donalson, go into the Territory, "to examine the same."
OCTOBER 19.-Robert L. Ream appointed Chief Clerk of Surveyor General. Miss Vinnie Ream is his daughter.
OCTOBER 21.-This is the date of the first number of the Kansas Herald
of Freedom, published at Wakarusa, by G. W. Brown & Co. It was printed
at Conneautville, Crawford county, Pa., where Mr. Brown had been publishing the Courier. No. 2 was printed in Kansas, and is dated Jan. 6,
1855, Lawrence City. No. 1 is a handsomely-printed and well-edited eightcolumn paper. During a part of 1855 and 1856 the paper was reduced to
seven columns. A wood engraving in the centre of the head of the paper
has been closely followed in our State seal. This number records the arrival in Kansas, on the 6th of September, of "the second Kansas party."
It left Boston August 29th, was conducted by Chas. H. Branscomb, and
contained between one and two hundred persons. They were publicly received at Albany and Rochester, New York. At Rochester, a Bible was
presented to the emigrants, inscribed "To establish civil and religious liberty in Kansas," and an address delivered by Hon. Wm. C. Bloss.
Bryant's poem, "The Prairies," is copied in the Herald, and the following poem written by Whittier:
THE KANSAS EMIGRANT'S SONG.
AIR-Auld Lang Syne.
We cross the prairies as of old      We go to plant her common schools
The pilgrims crossed the sea,        On distant prairie swells,
To make the West, as they the East,   And give the Sabbaths of the wild
The homestead of the free.            The music of her bells..Cho.-The homestead of the free, my boys,
The homestead of the free,  Upbearing, like the ark of old,
The homestead of the free;           The Bie in our van
To make the West, as they the East,
We go to test the truth of God
The homestead of the free.
Against the fraud of man.
We go to rear a wall of men
No pause, nor rest, save where the
On Freedom's Southern line,          That feed the Kansas run,  [streams
And plant beside the cotton tree,    Save where our pilgrim gonfalon
Save where our pilgrim gonfalon
The rugged Northern pine!           Shall flout the setting sun.
We're flowing from our native hills,  We'll sweep the prairies as of old
As our free rivers flow;             Our fathers swept the sea,
"The blessing of our mother-land      And make the West, as they the East,
Is on us as we go.                   The homestead of the free.
A letter written from Kansas by Samuel N. Wood is copied from the
National Era. Two files of the Herald of Freedom, neither complete, have
been examined in preparing this book. One was bought by Chief Justice
Kingman of Judge George W. Smith, of Lawrence, and one by Hon. David
Dickinson, State Librarian, of James Christian, of Lawrence. Both files
are now in the State House, and accessible to the'public.
OCTOBER 26.-Birth of Lawrence Carter, the first child born in Lawrence. In June, 1875, the Atchison Champion published the following:
"A BRAVE LAWRENCE Boy.-Yesterday morning an accident happened down the




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river, that but for the presence of mind and prompt action of Lawrence Carter, fireman
on the yard-engine of the A. & N. road, would have proved fatal. A little son of D. G.
Lett, about twelve years of age, was playing in the river and accidentally fell off the log
on which he stood. The swift current immediately carried him out in the river, and he
sank twice under water, when Lawrence Carter jumped from his engine and plunged
into the river to save him."
The Lawrence Standard of July 1st, 1875, copies the above, and adds:
"Rev. D. G. Lett until recently was a citizen of Lawrence, and the young man who
saved his son's life was the first child born in Lawrence, and was therefore christened
Lawrence Carter. A lot was then deeded to the boy by the Town Company. The lot is
now in the centre of the city."
OCTOBER 31. —Sterling G. Cato takes the oath of -office as Associate
Justice.
- Pawnee was a town made by the officers at Fort Riley, viz., Col. Montgomery, Capt. Nathaniel Lyon, Dr. Hammond, Dr. Simmons, Lieut. Long,
Robert Wilson, the Sutler, and others, most of them Free-State men, in the
fall of 1854. By order of Jeff. Davis, Secretary of War, the boundaries of
Fort Riley were so enlarged as to absorb the Free-State town of Pawnee.
This was done in the summer of 1855. The order of Davis was not executed until fall, when Col. Cooke arrived from Texas. The settlers were
then driven from Pawnee, and the buildings nearly destroyed.
NOVEMBER 6.-David R. Atchison made a speech in Platte county, Mo.,
of which the Platte Argus, of Nov. 6, gives the following report:
"Gen. Atchison said his mission here to-day was, if'possible, to awaken the people of
this county to the danger ahead, and to suggest the means to avoid it.
" The people of Kansas, in their first elections, would decide the question whether or
not the slaveholder was to be excluded, and it depended upon a majority of the votes
cast at the polls. Now if a set of fanatics and demagogues a thousand miles off could
afford to advance their money and exert every nerve to abolitionize the Territory and
exclude the slaveholder, when they have not the least personal interest, what is your
duty? When you reside in one day's journey of the Territory, and when your peace,
your quiet, and your property depend upon your action, you can, without an exertion,
send five hundred of your young men who will vote in favor of your institutions. Should
each county in the State of Missouri only do its duty, the question will be decided quietly
and peaceably at the ballot-box. If we are defeated, then Missouri and the other Southern States will have shown themselves recreant to their interests, and will deserve their
fate."
NOVEMBER 7.-The Governor returns from his journey into the Territory.
NOVEMBFBR 8.-The Territory is divided into sixteen election districts,
by Gov. Reeder.
NOVEMBER 10.-Proclamation from  the Governor for the election of a
Delegate to Congress, on the 29th inst.
-The office of Surveyor General opened for business at Fort Leavenworth.
— Marshal Donalson takes the oath of office before Judge Elmore.
-John A. Halderman, Private Secretary of Governor Reeder from November, 1854, to July 1st, 1855.
NOVEMBER 17.-The Leavenworth Herald of this date notes the appearance of the Kansas Pioneer, published at Kickapoo.
NOVEMBER 24. —Executive office removed to the house of Thos. Johnson,
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NOVEMBER 25. —Proclamation for the formation of the seventeenth election district.
NOVEMBER 29.-Attorney Isacks takes the oath of office before Governor,
Reeder.
NOVEMBER  29.-First election  of Delegate  to  Congress.  Whitfield  is:
the Pro-Slavery candidate; Wakefield and Flenneken are Free-State men.,
ELECTION AND CENSUS OF NOVEMBER 29, 1854.
1 Place of Voting... 
1   Lawrence................46    188                                  51   15     300      369
2   Douglas....................................................   235  20  6......   261  199'
3   Stinson's                                            40.........    7......    47    101
Dr. Chapman's..........................................   140  21...............   161  47
5   H. Sherman's........................................  63    4      15......    82     442
6   Fort Scott...................................   105....           12.........   105  253
7 " 110"......................................................... 9.........  7......  604  53
7                                                      597.......... 7 I... 604 53
8   Council Grove...................................    16.......................  16    39
9   Reynolds's................................................  9.........  31......  40  36
10   Big Blue Crossing......................................  2  6      29......    37      63
a11   a rysville................................................  237..   3  5    245       24
12   Warton's Store...................................   31     9.........  1       41      78
13   Osawkee.......................................... 69      1       1......    71      96
14   Harding's.......................................130......... 23              153. 334
15   Penseneau's...................................   267.........   39......   306  308
16   Leavenworth..........................................   222.........   80......   312  385
17   Shawnee Agency....................................  49             13.........   62      50
18...............................................................................................................    28
Total............                         2,258    248    305   21   2, 833   2,905
DECEMBER 1.-A daily mail is established between Weston and Leavenworth, and the Herald hopes that Leavenworth may yet have a post
office.
DECEMBER 3.-J. M. Burrell takes the oath of office as Associate Justice.
DECEMBER 4.-Judges of election make returns of election held November 29.
DECEMBER 5.-Topeka founded by C. K. Holliday, M. C. Dickey, F. W.
Giles, and others.
-J. W. Whitfield  declared  by  the  Governor duly  elected  Delegate  to
Congress, and certificate of election issued.  Whitfield  took his seat.   The
Thirty-third Congress ended March 3, 1855, The brevity of the session
prevented Republicans from making a contest.
— Samuel D. Lecompte takes the oath of office as Chief Justice, before
Governor Reeder.
DECEMBER 23.-The first Free-State meeting, reported in the Herald of
Freedom, was held at Lawrence. Rev. S. S. Snyder was Chairman, and
Charles Robinson Secretary. Resolutions were reported by John Speer'
and Samuel N. Wood.  John A. Wakefield, C. K. Holliday, S. Y. Lumn
and James S. Emery took part in the meeting.
DECEMBER 25.-At a meeting held in Lafayette county, Missouri, the
following resolution was adopted:
"Resolved, That we, the shippers, merchants, planters, and citizens generally, of'
Lafayette county, deem it an act of' injustice that steamboats on the Missouri river




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should give their aid or countenance to the base attempt to abolitionize the Territory
of Kansas by aiding or forwarding any persons who may be sent by Abolition societies
thereto, or in giving aid or assistance to any such object; and that in our trading, shipping and travelling we will give preference to such boats as will refuse their aid and
comfort to such emigration as may be forwarded by any Abolition society for such purposes."
- A book published, with the following title: "A Journey Through Kansas; with Sketches of Nebraska: Describing the Country, Climate, Soil,
Mineral, Manufacturing and other Resources. The Results of a Tour made
in the Autumn of 1854. By Rev. Chas. B. Boynton and T. B. Mason,
Comimittee from.the'Kansas League,' of Cincinnati. With a new and authentic Map, from Official Sources. Cincinnati: Moore, Wilstach, Keys &
Co., 1855." pp. 216. The map is about eight inches by six in size, and
shows the region between the Missouri river and the Rocky Mountains. It
is "Redrawn from  official sources, with emendations, by H. V. Boynton."
It is not a book of events or politics, but a pleasant description of a delightful journey. The writers ardently desired that Kansas might be free.
Leavenworth, visited in September, 1854, is thus described:
"A squatter city has little resemblance to any other city; it belongs to a distinct'
genus of cities. This is a large and important one, the capital, as many hope, of Kansas, and is therefore worthy of description. There was one steam-engine,'naked as
when it was born,' but at work, sawing out its clothes. There were four tents, all on
one street, a barrel of water or whiskey under a tree, and a pot, on a pole over a fire.
Under a tree, a type-sticker had his case before him, and was at work on the first number of the new paper; and within a frame, without a board on side or roof, was the
editor's desk and sanctum. When we returned from the Territory to Weston, we saw
the'Notice,' stating that the editor had removed his office from under the elm tree to
the corner of'Broadway and the Levee.' This Broadway was, at that time, much
broader than the streets of old Babylon; for, with the exception of the Fort, there was,
probably, not a house on either side for thirty miles."
Fort Riley and Council Grove are visited, and Stinson's, "where the
town of Tecumseh has been laid out."  Lawrence is spoken of as follows:
"Just before sunset we-reached the'Yankee settlement.' A few tents were pitched
on the high ground overlooking the Kansas and Waukereusa valleys, others were scattered.over the level bottoms below, but not a dwelling beside was to be. seen. It was a
city of tents alone. We were cordially received by the intelligent and active agent, Dr.
Robinson, from whom we learned, with much satisfaction, the plans and expectations
of the Company.....  We had a comfortable night's rest in Dr. Robinson's tent,
and in the morning were introduced to the only'boarding house on the hill.' Two very
intelligent ladies, from Massachusetts, had united their forces and interests, and had
taken' boarders.' In the open air, on some logs of wood, two rough boards were laid
across for a table, and on wash-tubs,.and kegs, and blocks, they and their boarders were
seated round it. This was the first boarding-house in the new city of Lawrence. All
were cheerful, hopeful and full of energy, and the scene reminded me of Plymouth
Rock."
-During the years 1854 and 1855, by treaties with the Chippewa tribe,
nearly all of the lands owned by them were ceded to the United States. A
number of reservations, limited in extent, were set apart for the different
bands. One of these was in Kansas.
-The Chippewas, or Ojibways, are a tribe of American Indians, the type
of the Algonquin stock, and were occupants from our earliest historical
period of the basin of Lake Superior.




1855.]                 ANNALS OF KANSAS.                             43
185 5.
JANUARY.-The Easton (Pa.) Argus says:
"We have just seen the seal of the Territory of Kansas, engraved by Robert Lovett,
of Philadelphia, according to the design of Gov. Reeder. It consists of a shield with two
supporters, surmounted by a scroll motto, and is emblematic of the life of the pioneer
and the agriculturist. The lower compartment of the shield contains the buffalo and
the hunter; the upper contains the implements of agriculture. The left-hand supporter
is a pioneer with his smock frock, leggins, rifle, and tomahawk; whilst on the right is
the goddess Ceres with her sheaf; at their feet, and between them, lie a fallen tree and
an axe. The motto is a beautiful allusion to the principle on which the Territory was
organized, and consists of'Populi voce,' thus translated -Born of the popular will."
JANUARY.-Major Dorn, U. S. Indian Agent, concludes treaties with the
Seneca, Shawnee and Quapaw Indians.
JANUARY 19.-A. tri-weekly mail between Leavenworth and the Fort is
paid for by private subscription.  Lewis N. Rees, "without fee or reward,"
acts as postmaster.
JANUARY 22. —Gov. A. H. Reeder issues a precept to certain persons to
take a census.
JANUARY 31.-The Wyandottes cede to the United States the country
purchased by them of the Delawares, December 14, 1843, with a few special
exceptions.
-Teesdale, Elkins & Co., Akron, Ohio, print a "History of Kansas and
Emigrant's Guide," by "J. Butler Chapman, Esq., a Resident since its Settlement." Mr. Eugene M. Cole, of Indianola, Shawnee county, a very intelligent printer, owns a well-worn copy of this peculiar book. Has any other
new State called out so many books and newspapers?  This book contains
116 pages. The writer was known in Kansas, where he spent a few months,
as John B. Chapman. He was a candidate for Delegate to Congress, and
the projector of "Whitfield City." Of Lawrence, Mr. Chapman says:
"A printing press was established at this town in October, (1854,) by the enterprise of
John and Joseph Speer, of Medina, Ohio; and another has followed since, from Pennsylvania; but we know the Speers are the pioneer editors to Lawrence City."
FEBRUARY 1.-The Kansas Free-State Society formed at Lawrence:
R. G. Elliott President, E. D. Ladd and John Speer Secretaries. —C. W.
Babcock appointed Postmaster at Lawrence.
FEBRUARY 3.-Robert S. Kelley and John H. Stringfellow  start the
Squatter Sovereign, at Atchison. In 1857, it became a Free-State paper,
and was edited by Robert McBratney and Frank G. Adams. John A.
Martin bought the office, and changed the name of the paper to the
Champion, February 28, 1858. The Daily Champion came out March
22, 1865. This is the oldest newspaper office in the State.
FEBRUARY 9.-There are three Free-Soil newspapers in Lawrence: The
Herald of Freedom, Kansas Tribune, and the Kansas Free State. The
Tribune is published by John and Joseph L. Speer; the' Free State by
Robert G. Elliott and Josiah Miller.




44                         ANNALS OF KANSAS.                                   [1855.
FEBRUARY 23.-The Leavenworth Herald says: "Five months ago there
was not a building in the place. The town had just been laid off and the
brush cut down.  Leavenworth now has a hotel, a saw mill, a tailor's shop,
a shoemaker, a barber, two blacksmiths, three carpenter shops, several law
and two doctors' offices."
A correspondent of the Liberty (Mo.) Tribune says: "Lawrence is the
resort of about 400 Abolitionists."
FEBRUARY 26.-Gov. Reeder issues a proclamation defining the judicial
districts of the Territory, and assigning the Judges to them. The First District embraces the thirteenth, fourteenth, fifteenth, sixteenth and eighteenth
election districts, and is assigned to Chief Justice S. D. Lecompte; the
courts to be held at Leavenworth.
The Second Judicial District includes the first, second, third, fourth, fifth,
sixth, and seventeenth election districts, and is assigned to Rush Elmore;
courts to be held at Tecumseh.
The rest of the Territory, including the seventh, eighth, ninth, tenth,
eleventh, and twelfth election districts, is made the Third District, and is
assigned to Saunders W. Johnston; courts to be held at Pawnee.
The terms of the courts are prescribed by the same proclamation.
FEBRUARY 28.-Census completed; 8,501; voters, 2,905. Governor
Reeder divides the Territory into eighteen districts, appoints judges of
election, and orders an election for a Territorial Legislature to be held
March 30th.
FEBRUARY.-John  Brown, jr., Jason, Owen, Frederick, and  Salmon
Brown, sons of John Brown, come to Kansas "early in -1855," and settle
near the Pottawatomie river, eight miles from  Osawatomie.
CENSUS TAKEN IN JANUARY AND FEBRUARY, 1855.
By whom taken..                    3      o                   3 i
C. W. Babcock.........  1    623    339    369    459    887   75.........   962
O. H. Browne...........  2    316    203    199    237    506   19    1    7    519
T. W. Hayes......... 3    161       91    101    112    215   12........   6    252
O. B. Donaldson.       4    106      71     47      97    169    2    1    1    177
William Barbee........5    824    583    442    724  1,385   22   27   26  1,407
William Barbee........  6    492    318    253    418    791   12   11   11    810
J. B. McClure......... 7    82      36     53      50    117    1    1    1    118
J. B. McClure...........  8  56      27     39      28      76    7   13   10       83
M. F. Conway...........9    61      25     36      31      66   12   14    3       86
M. F. Conway..... 10        97      54     63      61    108   23... 151
B. H. Twombly........11     33       3     24       5      30    6................   36
B. H. Twombly.       12    104      40     78      35    109   37    1    7    144
H. B. Jolly...............13    168    116  96    145    273    9   14   14    284
Albert Heed............. 14    655    512    334..        301   46    1   35  1,167
H. B. Jolly............... 15    492    381    308    448    846   16   15   15    873
Charles Leib............ 16    708    475    385    514  1, 042  104   48   33  1,183
Alex.. Johnson..... 17     91      59     50      54    143    5    4   23    150
B. H. Twombly........18     59      40     28      51      97    1...............    99
Total............................ 5,128  3,383  2,905  3,469  7,161  408  151  192  8,601
MARCH.- Dr. Thos. H. Webb, Secretary of the Emigrant Aid Company,
offered a prize of fifty dollars for a Kansas song. Eighty-nine were presented; the following poem  obtained the prize:




1855.]                    ANNALS OF KANSAS.                               45
CALL TO KANSAS.
BY LUCY LARCOM.
AIR —Nelly Bly.
Yeomen strong, hither throng!          Mother, come! here's a home
Nature's honest men;                   In the waiting West;
We will make the wilderness            Bring the seeds of love and peace,
Bud and bloom again.                   You who sow them best.
Bring the sickle, speed the plough,    Faithful hearts, holy prayers,
Turn the ready soil!.                 Keep from taint the air;
Freedom is the noblest pay             Soil a mother's tears have wet
For the true man's toil.               Golden crops shall bear.
Ho, brothers! come, brothers!        Come, mother! fond mother,
Hasten all with me;                    List, we call to thee;
We'll sing upon the Kansas plains        We'll sing, etc.
A song of Liberty!
Father, haste! o'er the waste         Brother brave, stem the wave!
Lies a pleasant land.                  Firm the prairies tread!
There your fireside's altar-stones,    Up the dark Missouri flood
Fixed in truth, shall stand.           Be your canvas spread.
There your sons, brave and good,       Sister true, join us too,
Shall to freemen grow,                 Where the Kansas flows;
Clad in triple mail of right,          Let the Northern lily bloom
Wrong to overthrow.                    With the Southern rose.
Ho, brothers! come, brothers!         Brave brother! true sister!
Hasten all with me;                    List, we call to thee;
We'll sing, etc.                       We'll sing, etc.
One and all, hear our call
Echo through the land!
Aid us with a willing heart,
And the strong right hand!
Feed the spark the Pilgrims struck
On old Plymouth rock!
To the watch-fires of the free
Millions glad shall flock.
Ho, brothers! come, brothers!
Hasten all with me;
We'll sing, etc.
MARCH 8. —Governor Reeder issues a proclamation for an election,
March 30, of thirteen members of the Council and twenty-six members
of the House.
MARCH 13.-Dr. Charles Robinson leaves Boston for Kansas with about
two hundred persons.
MARCH. —A few days before the 30th, John Ellis, owner of the Weston
and Kickapoo Ferry, had the following bill printed and tacked upon his
{boat:
CSOME illy-disposed persons have tried to injure my Ferry by
stating that I refused to cross persons, last fall, to go to the
election. This is false; it will be difficult to find one more
sound on the "goose" than I am.
Signed,                JOHN ELLIS.
MARCH 30.-About one thousand Missourians, under Samuel Young and
~ Claiborne F. Jackson, arrive in Lawrence to vote, and vote. Mrs. Robinson,says: "They were armed with guns, pistols, rifles and bowie-knives.  They,brought two cannon loaded with musket balls."




46                                              ANNALS OF KANSAS.                                                                          [1855.
RETURNS OF ELECTION OF MARCH 30, 1855, BY DISTRICTS.
COUNCIL.    HOUSE.
Place of Voting.                                                 l
— ~~~~...
1       Lawrence..........................................       781       253......         1           2           2            3
2       Bloomington.....................................                     318         12      11         2           1           3            2
3       Stinson's, or Tecumseh.......................                          366          4        2        3           1           4            1
4   Dr. Chapman's                                                            78         2......71.........        1            1
Bull Croeek..........................               377          9........................................
Pottawatomie....................................                       199         65......................................
Big  Sugar Creek................................                         74        17       7         4           2           7            4
Little  S gar Creek.............................                        34       70.........................................
6       Fort          tt.........................................             315         35...          5           1           6            2
7       Isaac B. Titus's..................................                     211         23......        3.........        5             1
S       Council Grove..................................                         17        17......       3.........        5........
9    Pawnee.............................................                      23        52......        6          1                         1
10       Big  Blue........................................                       27        42......    10.... S....       8........
Rock  Creek..................................                           2       21......        8.........        8........
11        Marysville..............................         328............           9.........        9            1
12       St. Mtary's.......................................                         4         7......    10.........        9........
Silver Lake...................................                          12       19        2         1.........        9........
13       Hickory  Point..................................                       233          6......    10.........      10             1
Doniphan.........................................                      313         30       3         7..............
14    Wolf  Creek.................................                             57        15        6        7                     11             2
Burr  Oak....................................                         256          2      48         8........       12             2
15  H1ayes's................                                                     412........  5    9                                 13             2
16       Leavenworth....................................                       899        60        5       10           2          14             3
17       Gum   Springs.................................                         43        16......         1.................
18       Moorestown................................                            48        14.....       7.................
Total...........................................              5,427         791       89                   13.          26




ELECTION  OF MARCH  30, 1855, BY COUNCIL DISTRICTS.
Co. Precincts.                   Pro-Slavery Candidates..Free-State Candidates.. 
~  ob..s
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~.
11Lawee.                                   Thomas Johnson..        780.....Joel K. Goodin..                         254.. 034
I~ Larec....................  2 
LEd. Chapman.783....Sam. N. Wood.................                                        255.
Thomas Johnson..................   78..      Joel K. Goodin...................        2......... 10.........
4 C a m n s.............................  E. C a m n.......................  783.........   Sa.N.W o d...........................  25............................
4 Chapman's..l~~~~~Ed. Chapman.7..........Sam. Nq. Wood.2....
Thomas Johnson.............42   900  Joel K. Goodin...16                           59
h.........................       Ed. Chapman....................................     N. Wood.................16.       1,183
3  3............1  H. J. Strickler.370..A. McDonald............... 374..
7Titus's.....................................H. J. Strickler........211..W. F. Johnson...........................                 234.......
8....Stike.7    59 J- ie..                     1      443K62.
8..................................on............   4 2. J.0 Soodick e...............................  17  59] R c.........[  9 ~....................  7 4  7 6 2
4   5BlCre.............2  jA. M. Coffey..................377......M. G.Morris.................                                     9...............
David Lykins..................      376..James P. Fox.9.                         393.
oA. M.C............................... 199.. M. G. Morris..6.
Pottawatomi..........................  David Lykins.... 199...... James o.................................  63.   266.........
Big Sugar Creek..                 A. M. Coffey................................      M. G. Morris.............................|   17....
David Lykins.. 74....James P. Fox..16..
David Lkins.............................. 34   680  James P. Fox.70   158   855    85
5   6....!...................1   Wm. Barhee..................343   343........................................343    343    4,:
6   9.......................................... 1    John Donaldson........................... 23..M. F. Conway.50.........   7.........
Ro ck Blue..............................  J.    Donaler...........................  27......... M. F. Conway............................  2..........  69.........
11 cMaryevi............................John Donaldson..............8.............Cow........... ay................................331..................
1      slle........................  John Donaldson..       2..        M. F. Conway.................................31.
12  Si ver   ake.......................r J h n    D nald ons....................... 2......... M.F..Co way~.......................... 19......... 3........
St. Maryv's............................. John Donaldson..4   396  M. F. Conway.................................7   140    11    538
Dotwaolipeh.........John W. Forman................................................................................   6..............................
Doni han.......................,.a.id  Jykins W.Fo m..........................  3 3.......1 9.........I    ae.Fx.......................................................]................
18................. o................................1    478............   61 rris.....................................................8.........
8  14  Burr Oak...........................  1   W. P?. Richardson.y.ins....234   234  John W. Whitehead......................[68    68   302    302
9  15.................1.........................  I   D. A. Al. Grover...........................  411   411.............................................2...........................412
R..R..Rees...................................233......... B. H. Twombly................................. 70..........
10  13..........................................       L. J. Eastin.................................. A. J. Whitney.............................. 6.........   4 
16...........................        JR. R.Doees..............................896.........B. H. Twomhly...................................................
L. J........................  893 1,129  A. J. Whitney.......................... 59    66   964  1,216




48                            ANNALS OF KANSAS.                                       [1855.
ELECTION OF MARCH 30, 1855, BY REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICTS.
E  E        Precincts,         Pro-Slavery           a         Free-State       E   E
and                                      9
A        Place of voting.            Candidates.                      andidat
b~~~~~~~~~~  a nid a        t     e    s..~
1 4 Dr. Chapman's...........1 A. S. Johnson........... 77.....A. F. Powell...............
17 Shawnee Mission.......... A.S. Johnson........... 43 120 A. F. Powell............16  19
2 1 Lawrence..................3 James Whitlock...... 780......John Hutchinson... 252......
J. M. Banks           781...............    D.   Ladd. 253.
A. B. Wade........ 781 781 P. P. Fowler............254 253
3 2 Bloomington..............2 G. W. Ward.............. 318 Isaac Davis............. 12 
O. H. Browne...........318 318 E. G. Macy..............12  12
4 3 Tecumseh..................1 D. L Croysdale......... 366 366 C. K. Holliday.........4   4
5 7 I. B. Titus's...............1 M. W. McGee............  210...... H. Rice.................. 23......
8 Council Grove......... M. W. McGee........... 12 222 A. I. Baker.............. 25 49
6 6 Fort Scott..................2 Joseph C. Anderson.. 315...... Jno. Hamilton...... 35 35
S. A. Williams..      313 315 William  Margraves  16......
7 5 Bull Creek.................4 W. A. Heiskell.........377..... John Serpell....... 9.....
Allen Wilkinson......Adam Pore.
Alle   Wilinsn.....375]......lAdam Pore............9......
Henry Younger.......375...... S. H. Houser...........   9......
Samuel Scott           377............377.. William Jennings...  9...
Pottawatomie Creek.... Wm. A. Heiskell...198...... John Serpell........... 61 
Allen Wilkinson...... 198...... Adam  Pore............ 54......
Henry Younger........198...... S. H. Houser........... 64......
Samuel Scott           198............  Wm. Jennings......... 62......
Big Sugar Creek.... Win. A. Heiskell............ John Serpell...... 7..... 17
Allen Wilkinson...... 74...... Adam  Pore............ 16......
Henry Younger          74.......... S. H. Houser....... 17.....
Samuel Scott............ 74...... Wm. Jennings........ 17 
Little Sugar Creek.... Win. A. Heiskell... 33...... John Serpell........... 62 
Allen Wilkinson.... 2...... Adam  Pore............ 62......
Henry Younger......... S. H. Houser...........64..
Samuel Scott...        35 684 Win. Jennings... 66 152
8 9 Pawnee.....................    Russell Garrett.............D...Houston...  5 
10 Big Blue.....................   Russell Garrett............ S.D. Houston......... 43 
Rock Creek..................Russell Garrett       2 41 S. D. Houston.........21 120
9 11........................      Fr. J. Marshall..   328.
12 Silver Lake............ Fr. J. Marshall  12......]'  H.."cCar tney.  19....... 
St. Mary's.................4  H. McCartney......... 26...~~~ ~~ 4Fr. J.cMarshall.........ii
10 13 Hickory Point...........1 Wm. H. Tebbs......................37 237 C.3.1 14 Wolf River............... Joh  H. Stringfellow  57. G. A. Cutler..................
R. L. Kirk................52.. John Landis...........8
Doniphan............. J. H. Stringfellow       31...... J. Ryan..................8
R. L. Kirk................ 292......   A. Cutler   30 
John Landis............ 25 
18 Nemaha.................... HJ.. Stringfellow...........  Joel Ryan.        18.
R. L. Kirk............... 50 420 G. A. Cutler............ 14......
12 14 Burr Oak..................2 Joel P. Blair....... 256.   John Landis............13 54
Thos. W. Waterson... 258 258 John Fee................  2......
-13 152.................................2 H. B. C. Harris. 412
H..C.Hars.........
J. Weddell....................................................
14 16 Leavenworth............3 Wm. G. Mathias........899    Felix G. Braden.....59..
H. McMeekin.......899.......  Samuel France........ 59......
Archy Payne........ 895 897 F. Browning...........59  59




1855.]             ANNALS OF KANSAS.                                  49
APRIL.-Election returns opened by Gov. Reeder, Secretary Woodson,
and Clerk Halderman.
APRIL 6.-The Leavenworth Herald announces the result of the first
Legislative election in these words:
"All hail! Pro-Slavery Party Victorious. We have met the enemy,and they are
ours. Vei, Vidi, Vici. Free White State Party Used Up."
n"The triumph of the Pro-Slavery party is complete and overwhelming. Come on,
Southern men; bring your slaves and fill up the Territory. Kansas is saved. Aolitionism is rebuked, her fortress stormed, her flag is draggling in the dust! The tricolored Platform has fallen with a crash; the rotten timbers of its structure were not
sufficient to sustain the small fragments of the party."
Kansas has proved herself to be S. G. Q."
Those letters meant: Sound on the Goose Question.
APRIL 14.-The Parkville (Mo.) Luminary destroyed by a Pro-Slavery
mob from Platte City.
APRIL 16.-Gov. Reeder calls an election, May 22, to fill vacancies in
theHouse and Council, in the 1st, 2d, 3d, 7th, 8th and 16th districts, on
account of irregularities in the previous election. The Legislature is ordered to meet at the town of Pawnee, in the 9th election district on the
first Monday in July, "in the building which will be provided for that
purpose."
APRIL 17.-The Governor leaves for Pennsylvania.
APRIL 30.-Pro-Slavery Vigilance Committee appointed at Leavenworth.
Nine resolutions were adopted, the following among them:
"elved, That we recognize the right of every man to entertain his own sentiment
in all questions, and to act them out so long as they interfere with neither pulic or
private rights; hut that when the acts of men strike at the peace of our social relations,
and tend -to subvert the known and recognized rights of others, such acts are in violation of morals, of natural law, and systems of jurisprudence to which we are accustomed
to suhmit.
"Reselved, That a Vigilance Committee, consisting of thirty memhers, shall now he
appointed, who shall ohserve and report all such persons as shall openly act in violation
of law and order, and hy the expression of Aholition sentiments produce disturhance
to the quiet of the citizens or danger to their domestic relitions; and all such persons
so offending shall he notified and made to leave the Territory."
The report of the meeting in the Leavenworth Herald says: "The meeting
was ab ly and eloquently addressed by Judge Lecompte, Col. J. N. Burnes,
of Weston, and D. J. Johnson.."
APRIL 30.- Cole McCrea kills Malcolm. Clark, at Leavenworth. The
Congressional Committee (1856) reported:
"Your committee in their examinations have found that in no case of crime or
homicide mentioned in this report, or in the testimony, has any indictment heen found
against the guilty party, except in the homicide of Clark hy McCrea; McCrea heing a
Free-State man."
McCrea was arrested and imprisoned at Fort Leavenworth, and in jail.
The Grand Jury in September failed to find a bill against McCrea. Mrs.
Robinson says:
"At the adjourned term of the court, in Novemher, Judge Lecompte had added seven
new memhers to the Grand Jury, and a hill of indictment for murder in the first degree
was found against him. Four of the counsel within the har, and officers acting at this
trihunal, including the clerk of the court, were connected with the lynching of Phillips,
on the 17th of May."
McCrea escaped from jail, and made his appearance in Lawrence Dec. 1st.
4




50                       ANNALS OF KANSAS.                               [1855.
-The District Court for the Second District organized at Tecumseh; Rush
Elmore, Judge; John A. Halderman appointed U. S. Attorney pro tern.,
and Ben. I. Newsom Clerk.
-The Herald of Freedom says a drought prevailed from June'54 to May'55, "with scarcely any rain or snow to cool the atmosphere or moisten the
earth."
RETURNS OF THE ELECTION OF MAY 22, 1855, TO FILL VAICANCIES
-CALLED BY GOV. REEDER.
Place of Voting.                        C. O
1  Lawrence......................................   288    18    306
2  Douglas................................................................................  127.........  127
3  Stinson's................................ 148  1  149
7  "110......................................................................   66    13  79
8  Council Grove.............................................................. 33  3
16  Leavenworth................................................560   140   15    715
Total number of votes cast....................................   l.  1,409
MvAY.-The steamers Emma Harmon, Financier No. 2, and the Hartford,
arrived at Lawrence.  A Government boat, the Excel, wag the only one to
ascend the river before the Harmon. The Harmon was six days in reaching Topeka, from Lawrence. On the return trip, she went from Lawrence
to Kansas City in six hours.
MAY 11.-The Leavenworth Herald publishes, with editorial approval, a
communication which says: "Suffer not an avowed Abolitionist to remain
within your borders. You [the Pro-Slavery party] have got thie start;
keep it."
MAY 17.-Lynching of William  Phillips.  The following account is
copied from Gladstone's History:
"A Vigilance Committee was appointed in the spring of 1855, having for its object'to observe and report all such persons as shall,... by the expression of Abolition
sentiments, produce disturbance to the quiet of the citizens or danger to their domestic
relations; and all such persons so offending shall be notified and made to leave the
Territory.' On this committee were several members of the Legislature. The first
person'observed and reported' by the committee as acting so as to endanger'their
domestic relations' (by which delicate expression is meant the institution of slavery)
was Mr. William Phillips, a lawyer residing in Leavenworth, whose offence was that he
had sworn to a protest against the validity of the election in his district, in consequence
of which protest Governor Reeder had ordered a new election. Mr. Phillips was
notified' to leave the Territory. He refused to do so, whereupon he was seized by a
party of Missouri men to the number of fourteen, taken across the river, and carried
several miles into Missouri. [To Weston.] They then proceeded to shave one side
of his head, next stripped off his clothes, and put him through the horrible ordeal of
tarring and feathering. This being completed, they rode him on a rail for a mile and
a half, and finally put him up at auction, a negro acting as auctioneer, and went through
the mockery of selling him, not at the price of a slave, but for the sum of one dollar.
Eight days after this outrage a public meeting was held, at which the following resolution was unanimously adopted:
"' That we heartily endorse the action of the committee of citizens that shaved, tarred
and feathered, rode on a rail, and had sold by a negro, Wmn. Phillips, the moral perjurer.'
"The meeting was presided over by Mr. Rees, a member of Council in the Kansas
Legislature, and the resolution was offered by Mr. Payne, a Judge, and also member of
the House of Representatives. The outrage committed against Mr. Phillips was not,
therefore, the hasty act of a few murderous ruffians, but one advisedly carried out and




1855.]                 ANNALS OF KANSAS.                             51
afterwards deliberately endorsed by a number of citizens and by members of both
houses of the Legislature. Mr. Phillips returned to Leavenworth, but has since, according to accounts received in the autumn of 1856, been shot."
MAY 20.-The Leavenworth Herald devotes a column to the description
of the tarring, feathering and riding on a rail of Wm; Phillips. The crime
of Phillips was, that he protested against a fraudulent election. The Herald
says: 
"Our action in the whole affair is emphatically endorsed by the Pro-Slavery party in
this district. The joy, exultation and glorification produced by it in our community
are unparalleled."
-A public meeting was held to approve of this dastardly outrage. The
Herald says:
"On motion of Jarret Todd, R. R. Rees was called to the chair, and C. C. Harrison
chosen Secretary. On motion of Judge Payne, five resolutions were unanimously
adopted, one of which reads as follows:
"'Resolved, That we heartily endorse the action of the citizens that shaved; tarred and
feathered, rode on a rail, and had sold by a negro, Wmn. Phillips, the moral perjurer."'
-About this time M. W. Delahay begins the publication of the Territorial
Register. His papler does not meet the approbation of the violently ProSlavery Herald; hence Delahay is denounced as a "traitor."
JUNE 8.-Free-State Convention at Lawrence. Committee on Organization:
Win. Partridge, S. F. Shore, Wm. Jessee. Committee on Resolutions: S. N.
Wood, John Brown, jr., Jas. P. Fox, Aug. Wattles, A. F. Powell. Officers:
John A. Wakefield, President; John Brown, jr., J. E. Curtis, and Joseph L.
Speer, Vice Presidents; R. G. Elliott and Chas. A. Foster, Secretaries.
Resolutions were adopted in favor of making Kansas a Free State, and
against the illegal voting by citizens of Missouri. Also, the following:'Resolved, That in reply to the threats of war so frequently made in our neighboring
State, our answer is, We Are Ready."
Speeches were made by Wood, Robinson, Elliott, Foster, Speer, Stockton,
and others.
JUNE 1 1.-W. L. Marcy, Secretary of State, writes a letter to Gov. Reeder,
charging him with irregularities in the purchase of Indian lands.
JUNE 25.-Gov. Reeder, having returned to Kansas, denies Mr. Marcy's
charges.
JUNE 25.- The Governor declares duly elected John Hutchinson, Erastus
D. Ladd and Philip P. Fowler, Representatives from the Second District;
John A. Wakefield, to be duly elected, from the Second District, and Augustus Wattles and Wm. Jessee, also Representatives from the same district;
Jesse D. Wood, a member of the Council from the Third District; Wm. G.
Mathias, A. Payne and H. D. McMeekin, members of the House from the
Fourteenth District, and C. K. Holliday, a member of the House from the
Fourth District;
JUNE 27.-Executive office removed from Shawnee Manual Labor School.
- Convention of the "National Democracy" at Lawrence; James H.
Lane, Chairman; J. N. O. P. Wood, Secretary. They resolved that "the best
interests of Kansas require an early organization of the Democratic party
upon truly national ground;" fully endorse the Democratic platform of 1852;
kindly request citizens of adjoining States to let them alone, and that they
cannot permit "the purity of the ballot-box to be polluted by outsiders, or
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Garvin, James S. Emery and Hugh Cameron, were the committee on resolutions.
JULY 2.-The Legislature meets at Pawnee, near Fort Riley, as ordered
by the Governor. The executive office established at Pawnee.
-Congress appropriates $25,000 for public buildings in Kansas.
The Third Judicial District organized at Pawnee, Saunders W. Johnston presiding. A. J. Isacks, U. S. Attorney, present. R. H. Higgins appointed Clerk.
July 3.- M. F. Conway resigns his seat' in the Council.- Gov. Reeder's
Message is read.- John A. Wakefield and Jesse D. Wood, elected from the
Second and Third Council Districts on the 22d of May to fill vacancies,
enter their solemn protest against being denied seats.
JULY 4.-Donaldson, McDonald and Strickler admitted to seats in the
Council.
S. D. Houston, in the House, protests against the action of the House in
refusing seats to John Hutchinson, Erastus D. Ladd, Philip P. Fowler,
Augustus Wattles and William Jessee, who have received certificates of election from the Governor. The seats are given to the Pro-Slavery candidates
voted for on the 30th of March. The ousted members also protest.
The Kansas Freeman appears, published by Edward C. K. Garvey &
Co., at Topeka. The first paper in Topeka.
-A daily paper published in Lawrence one week, by John Speer. The
first daily attempted in the Territory.
JULY 6.-John T. Brady elected Public Printer.- An act to remove the
seat of Government to the Shawnee Manual Labor School passes both
branches over the Governor's veto. Adjourned to meet at Shawnee July 16th.
JULY 10.-Surveyor General's office removed to Leavenworth City.
JULY 16.- Legislature reassembles at Shawnee.
The following are copies of tables printed at the time:
MEMBERS AND OFFICERS OF THE COUNCIL.
Naes. Age.  Occupatio  Nativ- How long Quotations from their Speeches.
N~ames.     Age.  Occupation    l.inert'                          ehs
ity. in Terril'y
T. Johnson, Prest.,
Supt. of Shawnee
Mission............... 53  Farmer........... Va... 18 years.. Justice to all.
R. R. Rees, Prest.
pro tern................ 43  Lawyer........... Ohio. 10 mos... Just laws and rigid execution.
John W. Forman..... 36  Merchant....... Ky... 12 years.. The organic act- our charter of liberty.
A. M. Coffey............51  Farmer........Ky... 4...  years... The Union; it must be preserved.
D. Lykins............. 34  Physician........ Ia 12 years.. Cuba must be annexed.
W. P. Richardson,
Maj. Gen. Com'g
K. M.................... 53  Farmer........... Ky...9 years... Hemp for negro-stealers.
H. J. Strickler, Brig.
Gen. K.M............ 24  Surv.&civ.eng. Va.. 6mos.....The South and her InstiL. J. Eastin, do.,                                    tutions.
Ed. Leavenworth
City Herald..........40  Printer............ Ky.. 9 mos.... Negro Slavery for Kansas.
"Good."
D. A. N. Grover....... 26  Lawyer....y.......   10 years.. Homestead for the squatters.
Win. Barbee............29  Lawyer........... Ky.. 1 year.... Majority shall rule.
John Donaldson...... 25  Merchant.......Ky 6...  mos.... The cause I advocate must
succeed. It is right; it is
just.




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MEMBERS AND  OFFICERS OF THE COUNCIL- Concluded.'
Nfiames.     Age   Ocup           Nati v- Hw long Quotationsfrotheireeches.
ity. in Territ'y         s      h      eeches.
A. McDonald........... 37  Lawyer....... Va....a 10 mos... United we stand.
E. Chapman............ 27  Lawyer....    La.... La10 mos... As an American, I reverence  the  Constitution,
Jno. A. Halderman,                                            now and forever.
Chief Clerk......... 24  Lawyer....    Mo.... M   14 mos...
Charles H. Grover,
Assistant Clerk.... 24  Lawyer......    Ky.... 11 years.. A  new  treaty  with  the
T. C. Hughes, Eng.                                            Delawares.
Clerk................... 37  Farmer...... Md... 5 mos..... Down with the National
S. J. Waful, Eng.                                             Democracy in Kansas.
Clerk................... 23  Farmer.......... N.Y.. 14 mos... Kansas-May her virgin
soil be unpolluted by the
C. B. Whitehead,                                               foul stain of freesoilism.
Sergeant-at-Arms. 41  Farmer             Va......... Va    2 years...
MEMBERS AND OFFICERS OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
Nai-How long
Names.          Age Occup     ation.  t.v-  in the  Quotations from their Speeches.
______________________   _______. i___  Territory. _____________
J. M. Banks.................  36  Farmer.... Penn     year Justice and truth.
J. P. Blair..................... 47  Farmer.... Tenn  6 mos......
O. H. Browne............... 34  Farmer.... Md... 1 year... Be just, and fear not.
D. L. Croysdale............ 26  Physician Mo... 1 year.....
H. B. C. Harris..............30  Physician Va.... 9 mos......Act justly, but fearlessly.
W. A. Heiskell.......... 47  Merchant Va.... 476 years  The South-her rights and
interests.
S. D. Houston............... 36  Farmer.... Ohio................ 
Alex. S. Johnson....    23  Farmer..... K. T. 23 Fyears.. Peaceably if we can - forcibly if we must.
R. L. Kirk............   37  Farmer.... Ky...... 9 mos   My  country, my  whole
country.
F. J. Marshal!.........   38  Merchant Va.... 4 years... Be sure you're right, then
go ahead.
W. G. Mathias............... 29  Lawyer... Md... 10 mos....No disorganization, no fanaticism.
M. W. McGee................ 36  Merchant Ky... 1 year..... Kansas, with Southern institutions.
H. D. McMeekin........... 33  Merchant Ky... 5 years... We fight to conquer.
A. Payne..................... 36  Farmer.... Ky... 1 year    Union first- South all the
time.
Samuel Scott.......... 52  Farmer.... Ky... 7 mos......Onward march to victory.
W. H. Tebbs................. 32  Physician Va.... 1 year.....  Non-intercourse, and Southern rights.
A. B. Wade................... 26  Farmer.... Mo... 1 year.....
G. W. Ward.......... 55  Farmer.... -Ky... 1 year..... Justice and the South.
T. W. Waterson........... 44  Farmer.... Penn  18 mosK.... ansas for the South, now
and forever.
Jonah Wedile             28  Teacher... Va............ 1 year. Kansas, the South, and the
Union.
Jas. Whitlock.............. 37  Farmer.... Mo... 10 mos   My country's flag.
Samuel A. Williams...... 35  Farmer.... Ky... 6 mos......Kansas and the Union.
Allen Wilkinson........... 35  Farmer.... Tenn8 mos......
H. W. Younger............  43  Farmer.... Mo...  8 mos.  Order and liberty.
J.HI.Stringfellow, Sp'k'r,
Ed.Squatter Sovereign  35  Physician Va.... 1 year.   Squatter rights.
J. C. Anderson,
Speaker pro tem......... 25  Lawyer... Ky... 10 mos....Vox populi, vox Dei.
Jas. M. Lyle,
Chief Clerk........   22  Lawyer... S. C L... 6 mos....Civil and religious liberty.
John Martin,. 
Assistant Clerk.......21  Lawer... 2 1 Tenn  6 mos....Strict construction  of the
J. C. Thompson,                                              Constitution.
Engrossing Clerk....... 25  Lawyer... Ohio. 1 year..... To the victors belong the
B. F. Simmons,                                               spoils.
Enrolling Clerk.       29  Lawyer... N... 6 mos...... Union only when it protects
T. J. B. Cramer,                                             our interests.
Sergeant-at-Arms...... 38  Farmer.... Va.... 1 year
B. F. Campbell,
Doorkeeper..............28  Farmer.... N. Y. 10 mos.... Kansas to be the brightest
John T. Peery,                                               star of all.
Chaplain               38  Minister... Va.... 12 years.. Religion the corner-stone of
John T. Brady,                                               civilization.
Public Printer         24  Lawyer... Md... 16 mos.... The Constitution.
S. A. Lowe,
Eng. Clerk................. 35  Lawyer... Md... 2 years... Money makes the mare go.




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JULY 16.- Gov. Reeder receives notice from Mr. Marcy of the intention
to remove him.
JULY 21.- Message from Gov. Reeder, in which he says:
"It seems, then, to be plain that the Legislature are now in session, so far as the place is
concerned, in contravention of the act of Congress, and where they have no right to sit,
and can make no valid legislation. Entertaining these views, I can give no sanction to
any bill that may be passed; and if my views are not satisfactory to the Legislative
Assembly, it follows that we must act independently of each other."
A resolution was passed by the Council asking the President to remove
Gov. Reeder.  Onthe 23d the House concurred in the resolution.
JULY 23.-S. D. Houston resigns his seat in the House. This left both
branches unanimously Pro-Slavery.
JULY 24.-The Chairman of the Judiciary Committee in the Council
makes a written report sanctioning the penalty of death as the punishment
of persons who decoy slaves from their masters.
JULY 28.-There are four Free-State papers in the Territory - the Herald
of Freedom, Free State, and Tribune, at Lawrence, and the Freeman, at
Topeka.  The Leavenworth Herald, the Kickapoo Pioneer and the Atchison
Squatter Sovereign are the Pro-Slavery papers.
JULY 30.-First session of the Supreme Court, at the Shawnee Manual
Labor School, Johnson county. Lecompte, Johnston and Elmore present,
and A. J. Isacks, U. S. District Attorney. Marcus J. Parrott is appointed
Reporter of the decisions of the Court.
JULY 31.- Removal of Gov. Reeder officially announced.
-The appointment of Governor was tendered to John L. Dawson, of
Pennsylvania, who declined it.
JULY 31.-Mr. Donaldson, in the Council, offered the following resolution:
"Whereas, Reliable information has been received of the removal of'Squire A. H.
Reeder; and, whereas, this body wish to make suitable arrangements to celebrate the
day: therefore,
"Resolved, This body do adjourn."
AUGUST. —S. D. Lecompte and Rush Elmore, Judges, and A. J. Isacks,
Attorney, give the Legislature a written opinion declaring that the removal
of the seat of government to Shawnee is valid, and the legislation at Shawnee legal.
AUGUST 8. —The Legislature, in joint session, votes to establish the permanent seat of government at Lecompton.
AUGUST 10. —Wilson Shannon, of Ohio, commissioned as Governor.
AUGUST 14-15.-First Convention in Lawrence of Free-State men, made
up from the various political parties. Philip C. Schuyler presided; Chas.
Robinson reported the resolutions; and Colonel James H. Lane took an
active part. The Convention adopted the following resolution:
"Whereas, The people of Kansas have been, since its settlement, and now are, without any lawmaking power: therefore, be it
"Resolved, That we, the people of Kansas Territory, in mass meeting assembled,
irrespective of party distinctions, influenced by common necessity, and greatly desirous
of promoting the common good, do hereby call upon and request all bona fide citizens
of Kansas Territory, of whatever political views and predilections, to consult together
in their respective election districts, and, in mass conventions or otherwise, elect three
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of Representatives of the Legislative Assembly, by proclamation of Governor Reeder,
of date 19th of March, 1855; said delegates to assemble in convention, at the town of
Topeka, on the 19th day of September, 1855, then and there to consider and determine
upon all subjects of public interest, and particularly upon that having reference to the
speedy formation of a State Constitution, with an intention of an immediate applica
tion to be admitted as a State into the Union of the United States of America.
A Free-State Convention was also called to meet at Big Springs, Douglas
county, September 5.
The following Free-State Executive Committee was appointed: Charles
Robinson, Chairman; J. K. Goodin, Secretary; George W. Smith, J. A.
Wakefield, L. Macy, F. W. Giles, William Phillips (afterwards murdered),
Charles A. Foster, J. P. Fox, J. D. Stockton, W. K. Vail, John Brown, jr.,
W. A. Ely, G. F. Warren, John Hamilton, Hamilton Smith, Lotan Smith,
M. F. Conway, S. D. Houston, L. R. Adams, L. R. Palmer, J. E.Gould,
Abelard Guthrie.
-The Emigrant Aid Company have four steafnm saw mills at Kansas
Cit-one for Manhattan, one for Osawatomie, ands one for Hampden, on
the Neosho.
AUGUST 16.-Gov. Reeder informs the Legislature that he has received
official notice of his removal.
-Acting Governor Woodson continues G. P. Lowry in the office of Executive Clerk.
AUGUST 16.-Rev. Pardee Butler sent from Atchison by the Pro-Slavery
men.  The Squatter Sovereign gives this account of the affair:
"On Thursday last, one Pardee Butler arrived in town with a view of starting for the
East, probably for the purpose of getting &s fresh supply'of Free-Soilers -from the penitentiaries and pest-holes of the Northern States. Finding it inconvenient to depart
before morning, he took lodgings at the hotel, and proceeded to visit numerous portions
of our town, everywhere avowing himself a Free-Soiler, and preaching the foulest of
Abolition heresies. He declared the recent action of our citizens in regard to J. W. B.
Kelley, the infamous and unlawful proceedings of a mob; at the same tine stating that
many persons in. Atchison, who were Free-Soilers at heart, had been intimidated
thereby, and feared to avow their true sentiments; but that he (Butler) would express
his views in defiance of the whole community. On the ensuing morning our townsmen
assembled e~n inasse, and, deeming the presence of such persons highly detrimental to
the safety of our slave property, appointed a committee of two to wait on Mr. Butler
and request his signature to the resolutions. passed at the late Pro-Slavery meeting in
Atchison. After perusing the said resolutions, Mr. B. positively declined signing them,
and was instantly arre sted by the commuittee. After the various plans for his disposal
had been considered, it was finally decided to place him on a raft composed of two logs
firmnly lashed together; that his baggage and a loaf of bread be given him; and, having
attached a flag to his primitive bark, emblazoned with mottoes indicative of our, contempt for such characters, Mr. Butler was set adrift on the great Missouri, with the letter R legibly painted on his forehead.
" He was escorted some distance down the river by several of our citizens, who, seeing
him pass several rock-heaps in quite a skilful manner, bade him adieu, and returned
to Atchison. Such treatment may be expected. by all scoundrels visiting our town for
the purpose of interfering with our time-honored institutions, and the same punishment we will be happy to award all Free-Soilers, Abolitionists, and their emissaries."
The m~ottoes on the flag were'these: "Eastern Emigrant Aid Express.
The Rev. Mr. Butler, Agent for the Underground Railroad;" "The way
they are served in Kansas;" " For Boston;" " Cargo insured - unavoidable
danger of the Missourians and the Missouri River excepted." "Let future




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emissaries from the North beware. Our hemp crop is sufficient to reward
all such scoundrels."
AUGUST 25.-The Legislature, in joint session, elects Probate Judges,
Commissioners, and Sheriffs for all the counties and District Attorneys for
the three Judicial Districts. The appointment of Justices of the Peace and
Constables is given to Commissioners chosen by the Legislature.
AUGUST 30.-The following appears in the proceedings of the Legislature:
"Mr. Speaker J. H. Stringfellow, Mr. Anderson in the chair, ofered the following concurrent resolution:
"Whereas, The signs of the times indicate that a measure is now on foot fraught with
more danger to the interests of the Pro-Slavery party, and to the Union, than any
which has yet been agitated, to wit, the proposition to organize a National Democratic
Party; and
" Whereas, Some of our friends have alrdady been misled by it; and
" Whereas, The result will be to divide Pro-Slavery Whigs from Democrats, thus weakening our party one-half; and
"Whereas, We believe that.on the success of our party depends the perpetuity of the
Union: therefore
"Be it resolved by the House of Representatives, the  uncil cnurring therein, That it
is the duty of the Pro-Slavbry party, the Union-loving men of Kansas Territory, to
know but one issue, Slavery; and that any party making or attempting to make any
other, is, and should be held, as an ally of Abolitionism and  isunionism.
The resolution was adopted.
AUGUST 30.-The Council confirms Acting Gov. Woodson's appointments
of Major Generals, Brigadier Generals, and Colonels; and the appointment
of Thos. J. B. Cramer as Auditor of Public Account, and John Donaldson
as Treasurer. Legislature adjourns.
The private laws fill 212 pages of the statute book. The cities incorporated are Leavenworth, Lawrence, Kickapoo, Pawnee and Lecompton.
Among the town companies'incor porated are Marysville,. Iola, Atchison,
Fort Scott and Paola.
AUGUST 31.-Commissions issued by Gov. Woodson to A. M. Coffey,
Major General; Win. A. Heiskell, Brigadier General'; Win. Barbee, Brigadier General; Win. C. Yager, Colonel; Geo. W. Johnson, Colonel; S. A.
Williams, Colonel; Skilman Fleming, Colonel; Win. P. Richardson, Major
General; F. J. Marshall, Brigadier General; Lucien J. Eastin, Brigadier
General; Robt. Clark, Colonel; Jas. E. Thompson, Colonel; David M..
Johnson, Colonel; Archibald Payne, Colonel; Hiram J. Strickler, Adjutant
General; and Thoma,' J. B. Cramer, Inspector General.  Commissions
were also issued to the county officers appointed by the Legislature, for the
following counties: Doniphan, Atchison, Jefferson, Calhoun, Leavenworth,
Douglas, Johnson, Lykins, Bourbon, Allen, Anderson, Franklin, Shawnee,
Nemaha, Marshall, Riley, and Madison. * Commissions were issued to Chas.
H. Grover, H. A. Hutchinson and John T. Brady, as District Attorneys for
the First, Second and Third Judicial Districts.
SEPTEMBUER 1.- Nearly all the acts of the first Legislature, commonly'
called the " Bogus Laws," took effect as soon as they were passed. The
volume of laws, 1058 pages, was published in October. General Stringfellow, in a letter to the Montgomery (Alabama) Advertiser, uses this
language as to the character of the laws of the Territory in reference to,
slavery:
"They have now laws more efficient to protect slave property than any State in the




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Union. e laws have just taken effect, and have already silenced Abolitionists;for,
in spite of their heretofore boasting, they know they will be enforced to the very letter,
and with the utmost rigor. Not only is it profitable for slaveholders to go to Kansas,
but politically it is all-important."
The following is a copy of the "Act to punish offences against slave
property:";
"Be it enacted by the Governor and Legislative Assembly of the Territory of Kanas, asfllws
"SECTION 1. That every person, bond or free, who shall be convicted of actually raising a rebellion or insurrection of slaves, free negroes, or mulattoes, in this Territory,
shall suffer death.
SEc. 2. Every free person who shall aid or assist in any rebellion or insurrection of
slaves, free negroes, or mulattoes, or shall furnish arms, or do any overt act in furtherance of such rebellion or insurrection, shall suffer death.
"SEc. 3. If any free person shall, by speaking, writing, or printing, advise, persuade,
or induce any slaves to rebel, conspireagainst or murder any citizen of this Territory,
or shall bring into, print, write publish or circulate, or cause to be brought into, printed,
written, published, or circulated, or shall knowingly aid or assist in the bringing into,
priting, writing, publishing or circulating, in this Territory, any book, paper, magazine, pamphlet, or circular, for the purpose of exciting insurrection, rebellion, revolt,
or conspiracy on the part of the slaves, free negroes, or mulattoes, against the citizens
of the Territory, or any part of them, such person shall be guilty of felony, and suffer
death.
SEc. 4. If any person shall entice, decoy, or carry away out of this Territory any
slave belonging to another, with intent to deprive the owner thereof of the services of
such slave, or with intent to effect or procure the freedom of such slave, he shall be adjudged guilty of grand larceny, and on conviction thereof, shall suffer death, or be imprisoned at hard labor for not less than ten years.
Sc. 5. If any person shall aid or assist in enticing, decoying, or persuading, or
carrying away, or sending out of this Territory, any slave belonging to another, with
intent to procure or effect the freedom of such slave, or with intent to deprive the owner
thereof of the services of such slave, he shall be adjudged guilty of grand larceny, and,
on conviction thereof, shall suffer death, or be imprisoned at hard labor for not less than
ten years.
"SEc. 6. If any person shall entice, decoy, or carry away out of any State or other
Territory of the United States auy slave belonging to another, with intent to procure' or
effect'the freedom of such slave, or to deprive the owners thereof of the services of'
such slave, and shall bring such slave into this Territory, he shall be adjudged guilty of
grand larceny, in the same manner as if such slave had been enticed, decoyed, or carried
away out of this Territory; and. in such case the larceny may be charged to have been
committed in any county of this Territory into or through which such slave shall have
been brought by such person; and on conviction thereof; the person offending shall'
suffer death, or be imprisoned at hard labor for not less than ten years.
" 1Si~c. 7. If any person shall entice, persuade or induce any slave to escape from the
service of his master or owner in this Territory, or shall aid or assist any slave in escaping from the service of his master or owner, or shall aid, assist, harbor or conceal any
slave who may have escaped from the service of his master or owner, shall be deemed
guilty of felony, and punished by imprisonment at hard labor for a.term of not less
than five years.
"SEC. S. If any person in this Territory shall aid or assist, harbor or conceal any
slave who has escaped from the service of his master or owner in another State or Territory, such person shall be punished in like m anner as if such slave had escaped from
the service of his master or owner in this Territory.
"1S~c. 9. If any person shall resist any officer while attempting to arrest any slave
that may have escaped from the service of his master or owner, or shall rescue such
slave when in custody of any officer or other person, or shall entice, persuade, aid or
assist such slave to escape from the custody of any officer or other person who may
have such slave in custody, whether such slave have escaped from the service of his
master or owner in this Territory or in any other State or Territory, the person so




58                       ANNALS OF KANSAS.                              [1855.
offending shall be guilty of felony, and punished by imprisonment at hard labor for a
term of not less than two years.
"SEC. 10. If any marshal, sheriff, or constable, or the deputy of any such officer, shall,
when required by any person, refuse to aid or assist in the arrest and capture of any
slave that may have escaped from the service of his master or owner, whether such
slave shall have escaped from his master or owner in this Territory or any State or
other Territory, such officer shall be fined in a sum of not'less than one hundred nor
more than five hundred dollars.
"SEC. 11. If any person print, write, introduce into, publish or circulate, or cause to
be brought into, printed, written, published or circulated, or shall knowingly aid or
assist in bringing into, printing, publishing or circulating within this Territory, any
book, paper, pamphlet, magazine, handbill or circular, containing any statements, arguments, opinions, sentiment, doctrine, advice or innuendo, calculated to produce a disorderly, dangerous or rebellious disaffection among the slaves in this Territory, or to
induce such slaves to escape from the service of their masters, or resist their authority, he shall be guilty of felony, and be punished by imprisonment and hard labor for
a term not less than five years.
" SEc. 12. If any free person, by speaking or by writing, assert or maintain that persons have not the right to hold slaves in this Territory, or shall introduce into this Territory, print, publish, write, circulate, or cause to be introduced into this Territory,
written, printed, published or circulated in this Territory, any book, paper, magazine,
pamphlet or circular containing any denial of the right of persons to hold slaves in this
Territory, such person shall be deemed guilty of felony, and punished by imprisonment at hard labor for a term of not less than two years.
"SEc. 13. No person who is conscientiously opposed to holding slaves, or who does
not admit the right to hold slaves in this Territory, shall sit as a juror on the trial of
any prosecution for any violation of any of the sections of this act.
" This act to take effect and be in force from and after the fifteenth day of September, A. D. 1855."
By these laws only a Pro-Slavery man could hold office. Every officer,
whether elected or appointed, was compelled to take an oath to support the
Organic Act and the Fugitive Slave Law. (Page 516.)
The following is section 13, chapter 92, page 445:
"No person who is conscientiously opposed to the holding of slaves, or who does not
admit the right to hold slaves in this Territory, shall be a juror in any cause in which
the right to hold any person in slavery is involved, nor in any cause in which any injury done to or committed by any slave is in issue, nor in any criminal proceeding for
the violation of any law enacted for the protection of slave property, and for the punishment of crimes committed against the right to such property."
Chapter 22, page 165, defines the terms "hard labor" and "convicts." A
person found with a copy of the New York Tribune in his pocket, or who
uttered a word against slavery, would probably remember his punishment.
Section 2 of this law provides that the keeper "having charge of such convict, shall cause such convict, while engaged at such labor, to be securely
confined by a chain six feet in length, of not less than four-sixteenths nor
more than three-eighths of an inch links, with a round ball of iron, of not
less than four nor more than six inches in diameter, attached, which chain
shall be securely fastened to the ankle of such convict with a strong lock
and key; and such keeper or other person having charge of such convict,
may, if necessary, confine such convict, while so engaged at hard labor, by
other chains or other means in his discretion, so as to keep such convict
secure and prevent his escape; and when there shall be two or more convicts under the charge of such keeper, or other person, such convicts shall
be fastened together by strong chains, with strong locks and keys, during




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the time such convicts shall be engaged in hard labor without the walls of
any jail or prison."  The next section of this law provides that the convict
may be "employed upon private hiring at labor," for fifty cents a day. This
would place the Anti-Slavery man, with his ball and chain, at work in the
field by the side of the slave.
Of this code and this Legislature, Mr. Gladstone says:
"Being in haste to give a code of laws to Kansas, they transferred into a volume of
more than a thousand pages, the greater part of the laws of their own State, substituting
the words'Territory of Kansas' for'State of Missouri.' In protection of slavery, they
enacted far more rigorous laws than obtain in Missouri, or than were ever before conceived of, making it a felony to utter a word against the institution, or even to have in
possession a book or paper which denies the right to hold slaves in Kansas. Some of
these laws have already been quoted in this volume. It will have been seen that for
every copy of a Free-State newspaper which a person might innocently purchase, the
law would justify that person's condemnation to penal servitude for two or five years,
dragging a heavy ball and chain at his ankle, and hired out for labor on the public roads,
or for the service of private individuals, at the fixed price of fifty cents per diem. So
comprehensive did these legislators make their slave code, that by the authority they
thus gave themselves, they could, in a very short time, have made every Free-State man
in the Territory a chained convict, standing side by side, if they so pleased, with their
slaves, and giving years of forced labor for the behoof of their Pro -Slavery fellowcitizens.
"The Legislature proceeded also to appoint officers for the Territory. Even the
executive and judiciary were made to hold office from itself; and a Board of Commissioners chosen by the Legislature, instead of the inhabitants themselves, was empowered
to appoint the sheriffs, justices of the peace, constables, and all other officers in the various counties into which the Territory was divided.
"Every member of succeeding Legislatures, every judge of election, every voter; must
swear to his faithfulness on the test-questions of slavery. Every officer in the Territory,
judicial, executive, or legislative, every attorney admitted to practise in the courts,
every juryman weighing evidence on the rights of slaveholders, must attest his soundness in the interest of slavery, and his readiness to endorse its most repugnant measures.
"For further security, the members of the Assembly submitted their enactments to
the Chief Justice for confirmation. This judicial confirmation was gratefully given; all
they had done was declared legal. And the sheriffs and other local officers appointed
by the Legislature were equally ready with their aid in the execution of these unjust
laws."
The following is copied from the Report of the Special Committee appointed in 1856, to Investigate the Troubles in Kansas:
"The material differences in the Missouri and Kansas statutes are upon the following
subjects:
"The qualifications of voters and of members of the Legislative Assembly; the
official oath of all officers, attorneys, and voters; the mode of selecting officers, and
their qualifications; the slave code, and the qualifications of jurors.
"Upon these subjects the provisions of the Missouri code are such as are usual in
many of the States. But, by the'Kansas Statutes' every officer in the Territory, executive and judicial, was to be appointed by the Legislature, or by some officer appointed
by it. These appointments were not merely to meet a temporary exigency, but were to
hold over two regular elections, and until after the general election in October, 1857.
Thus, by the terms of these'laws' the people have no control whatever over either the
legislative, the executive, or the judicial departments of the Territorial government,
until a time, before which, by the natural progress of population, the Territorial government will be superseded by a State government.
"No session of the Legislature is to be held during 1856, but the members of the
House are to be elected in October of that year. A candidate, to be eligible at this election, must swear to support the Fugitive Slave Law, and each judge of election, and each
voter, if challenged, must take the same oath. The same oath is required of every
officer elected or appointed in the Territory, and of every attorney admitted to practise
in the courts."




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SEPTEMBER 1.-Andrew B. Moore, of Alabama, declines the appointment of Associate Justice, vice Elmore, removed.
SEPTEMBER 1.-Gov. Shannon arrives at Westport, Mo.
SEPTEMBER 5.-Big Springs Convention.  Organization of the Free-State
party. President, Geo. W. Smith; Vice Presidents, John Fee, J. A. Wakefield, James Salsbury, and Amory Hunting; Secretaries, R. G. Elliott, D.
Dodge, and A. G. Adams.
The following resolutions, reported by James H. Lane, were afterwards
known as the "Big Springs Platform." It was the first platform of the
Free-State party of the Territory:
Whereas, The Free-State party of the Territory of Kansas is about to originate an
organization for concert of political action in electing our own officers and moulding
our institutions; and,
Whereas, It is expedient and necessary that a platform of principles be adopted and
proclaimed to make known the character of our organization, and to test the qualifications of candidates and the fidelity of our members; and,
"Whereas, We find ourselves in an unparalleled and critical condition-deprived  y
superior force of the rights guaranteed by the Declaration of Independence, the Constitution of the United States, and the Kansas Bill; and,
Whereas, The great and overshadowing question, whether Kansas shall become a Free
or Slave State, must inevitably absorb all other issues, except those inseparably Connected with it; and,
" ereas, The crisis demands the concert and harmonious action of all those who
from principle or interest prefer free to slave labor, as well as of those who value the
preservation of the Union and the guarantees of Republican institutions by the Constitun: therefore,
Resolved, That, setting aside all the minor issues of partisan politics, it is incumbent
upon us to proffer an organization calculated to recover our dearest rights, and into
which Democrats and Whigs, native and naturalized citizens, may freely enter without
any sacrifice of their respective political creeds, but without forcing them as a test upon
others. And that when we shall have achieved our political freedom, vindicated our
right of self-government, and hecome an independent State of the Union, when these
issues may become vital as they are now dormant, it will he time enough to divide
our organization by these tests, the importance of which we fully recognize in their
appropriate sphere.
"Resolved, That we will oppose and resist all non-resident voters at our polls, whether
from Missouri or elsewhere, as a gross -violation of our rights, and a virtual disfranichisement of our citizens.
"Resolved, That our true interests, socially, morally and pecuniarily, require that
Kansas should be a free State; that free labor will host promote the happiness, the rapid
population, the prosperity and the wealth of our people; that slave labor is a curse to
the master and the community, if not to the slave; that our country is unsuited to it,
and that we will devote our energies -as a party to exclude the institution, and to secure
for Kansas the constitution of a free State.
"Resolved, That the host interests of Kansas require a population of free white men,
and that in the organization we are in favor of stringent laws excluding all negroes,
bond or free, from the Territory; that nevertheless such measures shall not be regarded
as a test of party orthodoxy.
"Resolved, That the stale and ridiculous charge of Abolitionism, so industriously imputed to the Free-State party, and so persistently adhered to in spite of all the evidence
to the contrary, is without a shadow of a truth to support it, aud that it is not more
appropriate to ourselves than it is to our opponents, who use it as a term of reproach, to
bring odium. upon us, pretending to believe in its truth, and hoping to frighten from our
ranks the weak and the timid, who are more willing to desert their principles than they
are to stand up under persecution and abuse, with a consciousness of right.
"Resolved, That we will discountenance and denounce any attempt to encroach upon
the constitutional rights of the people of any State, or to interfere with their s laves;




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conceding to their citizens the right to regulate their own institutions, and to hold and
recover their slaves, without any molestation or obstruction from the people of Kansas."
The following resolutions, offered by James S. Emery, and written by
eeder, were also adopted:
"Resolved, That the body of men who, for the past two months, have been making
laws for the people of our Territory, moved, counselled and dictated to by the demagogues of Missouri, are to us a foreign body, representing only the lawless invaders who
elected them, and not the people of the Territory; that we repudiate their action as the
monstrous consummation of an act of violence, usurpation and fraud, unparalleled in
the history of the Union, and worthy only of men unfitted for the duties and regardless of the responsibilities of republicans.
"Resolved, That having, by reason of numerical inferiority and want of preparation,
been compelled to succumb to the outrageous oppression of armed and organized ands
of the citizens of a neighboring State - having been robbed by force of the right of
suffrage and self-government, and subjected to a foreign despotism, the more odious
and infamous that it involves a violation of compacts with sister States, more sacred
and solemn than treaties -we disown and disavow with scorn and indignation the
contemptible and hypocritical mockery of a republican government into which this
infamous despotism has been converted.
"Resolved, That this miscalled Legislature, by their reckless disregard of the Organic
Territorial Act, and other Congressional legislation, in expelling members whose title
to seats was beyond their power to annul, in admitting members who were not elected,
and in legislating at an unauthorized place-by their refusal to allow the people to
select any of their own officers, by leaving us no elections save those prescribed by Congress, and therefore beyond their power to abrogate, and even at these selling the right
of suffrage at our ballot-boxes to any non-resident who chooses to buy and pay for it -
by compelling us to take an oath to support a law of the United States, invidiously
pointed out -by stifling the freedom of speech and of the press, thus usurping the
power forbidden to Congress, has libelled the Declaration of Independence-violated
the Constitutional Bill of Rights, and brought contempt and disgrace upon our republican institutions at home and abroad.
"Resolved, That we owe no allegiance or obedience to the tyrannical enactments of
this spurious Legislature-that t heir laws have no validity or binding force upon the
people of Kansas, and that every free man among us is at full liberty, consistent with
all his obligations as a citizen and a man, to resist them if he chooses so to do.
"Resolved, That we will resist them primarily by every peaceable and legal means in
our power, until we can elect our own Representatives and sweep them from the statute
book; and that as the majority of our Supreme Court have so far forgotten their official
-duty-have so far cast off the honor of a rawyer and the dignity of a judge as to enter,
clothed with the judicial ermine, into a partisan contest, and by extra-judicial decisions
giving opinions. in violation of all propriety, having prejudged our case before we could
be heard, and have pledged themselves to the outlaws in advance, to decide in their
favor, we will therefore take measures to carry the question. of the validity of these
laws to a higher tribunal, where judges are unpledged and dispassionate-where the
law will be administered in its purity, and where we can at least have a hearing before'the decision.
"Resolved, That we will endure and submit to these laws no longer than the best
interests of the Territory require, as the least of two evils, and'Will resist them to a
bloody issue as soon as we ascertain that pqaceable remedies shall fail, and forcible
resistance shall furnish any reasonable prospect of success; and that in the meantime
we recommend to our friends throughout the Territory the organization and discipline
of volunteer companies and the procurement and preparation of arms.
"Resolved, That we cannot and will not quietly submit to surrender our great American birthright - the elective franchise -which, first by violence, and then by chicanery,
artifice, weak and wicked legislation, they have so effectually attempted to deprive us
of, and that we with scorn repudiate the election law, so called, and will not meet with
them on the day they have appointed for the election, but will ourselves fix upon a day
-for the purpose of electing a Delegate to Congress."
The Convention adopted a resolution offered by John Hutchinson, fully,




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endorsing "the People's Convention of the 14th ult., for a delegate convention of the people of Kansas Territory, to be held at Topeka on the 19th
inst., to consider the propriety of forming a State Constitution."
On motion of M. F. Conway, A. H. Reeder was nominated for Congress,
by acclamation. It was decided to vote for a Delegate to the Thirty-fourth
Congress on the second Tuesday in October.
SEPTEMBER 6.-John Donaldson commissioned as Auditor of Public
Accounts.
SEPTEMBER 7.-Surveyor General's office removed to Wyandotte.
- Governor Shannon, the second Governor appointed for the term of
four years, takes the oath of office before Secretary Woodson. Commissions issued to the officers of Arapahoe county.
SEPTEMBER 13.-Sterling G. Cato, of Alabama, appointed Judge in
place of Elmore, and J. M. Burrill, of Pennsylvania, in place of ohnston.
SEPTEMBER 19-20.-Convention at Topeka to take measures to form a
Free-State Constitution. Called to order by Geo. W. Smith, of Lawrence.
Officers: President, W. Y. Roberts; Vice Presidents, J. A. Wakefield, P.
C. Schuyler, L. P. Lincoln, J. K. Goodin, S. N. Latta, R. H. Phelan; Seretaries, E. D. Ladd, J. H. Nesbitt, M. W. Delahay. Among the delegates
were Geo. W. Deitzler, Geo. W. Brown, John Speer, Jas. H. Lane, C. K.
Holliday, and M. J. Parrott. Committee on an Address to the People: J. H.
Lane, W. Y. Roberts, Hamilton Smith, P. C. Schuyler, H. Miles Moore,
Jas. S. Emery, A. M. Jordan, M. W. Delahay, E. D. Ladd, G. W. Deitzler,
J. A. Wakefield, Samuel C. Smith, Thos. J. Addis, J. H. Nesbitt, L. P.
Lincoln, John Speer, G. W. Brown, S. N. Latta, James Pierce. An election
was called for delegates to a Constitutional Convention at Topeka. Territorial Exaecutive, Committee: J. H. Lane, Chairman; C. K. Holliday, M. J.
Parrott, P. C. Schuyler, G. W: Smith, G. W. Brown, and J. K. Goodin,
Secretary.
SEPTEMBER 21.-A hook issued with this title: "History of the Shawnee Indians, from the Year 1681 to 1854, inclusive. By Henry Harvey, a
Member of the Religious Society of Friends. Cincinnati: Ephraim Morgan & Sons. 1855." pp. 316.
Mr. Harvey quotes from a report made to a Yearly Meeting of Friends,
in London, the statement that the basin of the Cumberland was the early
home of the Shawnees. He says the Shawnees were a party to the treaty
made by William Penn, in 1682. The address to Congress, made at the
Huron village, near the mouth of the Detroit river, December 18, 1786,
was signed: The Five Nations, Hurons, Ottawas, Twitchtwees, Shawnees,
Chippewas, Cherokees, Delawares, and Pottawatomies. The first treaty with
the Shawnees was made at the mouth of the Great Miami, January 31, 1786.
In 1830, Mr. Harvey took char ge of the Friends' School among the
Shawnees in Ohio. In 1833, the Ohio Shawnees came to Kansas. Schools.
were established by the Friends, the Baptists, and the Methodists. Mr.
Harvey took charge of the.Friends' School in 1840. He left them in 1842.
"In the year 1844," he says, "they were visited by a great flood, which
swept off their houses, and a large amount of grain; many of their farms
were laid waste." This flood extended through the whole Kanisas river




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valley. In the year 1854, the Shawnees numbered 900 souls, and owned
1,600,000 acres of land.
Mr. Harvey's History contains much valuable information.
ELECTION OF DELEGATE TO CONGRESS, OCTOBER 1, 1855.
Counties.                                         Townships.
Atchison...................................   Grasshopper.........................................
Shannon...............................................     131         4
Bourbon..................................................................................................    242......
B row n..............................................................................................................  4......
Calhoun............................................................................................ 29.......
Dvs...........................................................................................................84
B3~~~~r~~own......................................
Calhoun~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~4..29.
Wayne..................................................
Davis~~~~~~~I....4
Washington................................................
Wolf River..........................................        53......
Douglas........................                Franklin...............................             86....
Lawrence.............................................        42......
Lecompton................................                 101...........
Willow  Springs................................            103..........
Franklin..........                                                                                           15......
Jefferson............................ 42 3
J.190......
Johnson.................................... Fal....................................................
Leavenworth........................            Alexandria...............................42......
Delaware..............................................      239......
Kickapoo.                                                   150 1
Leavenworth........................................           12......
Wyandotte.246  5
Lykins...................................................................................    220......
Linn...........................................................................................          67......
Madison................................... (See Wise county.)................................
Marshall...................................1.............................7..................................  171......
Nesnaha.....................................................................                                 6......
Riley....................................................28.................
Shawnee..................   One Hundred and  Ten2.................................
Tecumach.532....
~~~Wise....  Co~~Tecume..................................... G....... roe
iTotals.........................................2717......................................                  4......
T otal......................................................................................................  2672   17..
I................................................................ 
The Free-State men took no part in this election.
OCTOBER 3.-Meeting of Pro-Slavery men at Leavenworth. A. J.
Isacks, J. A. Halderman, D. J. Johnson, WT. G. Mathias, R. R. Rees,
L. F. Hollingsworth and D. A. N. Grover issued an address, asking the
"lovers of law and order" to obey the bogus laws, and declaring it treason
to oppose them. It also called for a convention at Leavenworth, Nov. 14.
OCTOBER 9.- Election of delegates to the Topeka Constitutional Convention.
ELECTION OF DELEGATES TO THE TOPEKA CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION, OCTOBER 9, 1855.
FIRST DISTRICT.
Candidates.'a
Jas. H. Lane                                                                                   70......70
G. s.  Smitho...................................................................  670                  16 T 
G.......................................................70                    16 
~J~~..........Goodin.6.....................................................                      16
Edward Jones......30 16   
Morris Hunt................................................................................    72       16              
Abraham  Still.....................................................         40.........        W
Total....................................................    74                16           558




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SECOND DISTRICT.
Candidates. 
A. Curtiss...............................................................................................    116
H. Burson....27.............................................................................................   27  116
J. A. Wakefield....24.....................................................................................   24  116
J. M. Turner............................................................................................   27  116
Total................................................................................................   27  116
THIRD DISTRICT.
n~:2 
Candidates.                              |  g: ~.
W. Y. Roberts........................................................... 31        7      94       33        19
C. K. Holliday.31 7 104 33 19.. HCowles      y.1....................................................                  104       33        19
J. Cowles..................................................................................14..........
H. H. Wentworth......................................................                     12
Edward Segraves........................................................                    2.........
Scattering...........................................................................     3
P. C. Schuyler...............................................................   5
Total....................................        31        7     119.33.24
FOURTH DISTRICT.
Candidates.                                                  rings.
Spr'ings.
M. Mewhinney.... 55
Wm. Graham.................................................................                                 55
Total........................................................................................................  55
FIFTH DISTRICT.
Candidates.                                         Q _
Win. Turner....................    24          49        8      16.67      32       35        8       33
Jas. M. Arthur...................    24        49        8      16       67       32      35        9       33
M. T. Morris....................      23       49        8      16       66      32       35        9       33
Orville C. Brown................    24         49.........    16       66      32       35.........     33
Richard  K night.................    2         49.........16            67      32       35.........     33
Hamilton Sm ith...........             2       4......8         16       66      32       35..................
Hiram  Hoover                           17....................3.............................
David C. Forbes                                                  16.............................................
N. S. Nichols.....................................................................
N~~~~~~~~~~~~~.S.....  "::                                4.........       7........ / 1............
Wm. S. Nichols.....................    6..... 
Isaac Woollard.......................................................    29.........
Frederick Brown...............     24          47.....        16       64      32       35.....           33
Total......................      24       49    13    16            67      32       35    13          33, ~ ~~~~                                                    I~




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SIXTH DISTRICT.
Candidates.   
W. R. Griffith................................................................................... 12...........
John  Hamilton.....................................................................................          12    27.....
A. W. J. Brown........................................................................................  12...........
Wm. Saunders..........................................................................................12...........
W. J. Griffith...............................................................................  27......
T.   H.   B urgess.............................................................................................. 2 4
A. H. Brown...................................................................                                      26.....
Jas. H. Phenis........................................................................I   20...
Jas...........2...............
Total....................                                                                            12 27 20
SEVENTH DISTRICT.                         EIGHTH DISTRICT.                            NINTH DISTRICT.
a3
Candidate.                               Candidates.                                  Candidates.
Ct~~~~~~~~~~~~~i
Ph. C. Schuyler......... 60   J. H.. Pillsbury.............               27   Robert Klotz.........                   53
Pl. C. Shuyler..........           27      A. Hunting..........i.........  54
Total.......               62_
Total.....................27             Total...............-........76
TENTH DISTRICT.
Candidates.
Dr. A. Hunting.....................................................................................                 30    64
Robert Klotz.................................................................................................  30    73
Total.......................................................                                                30    80
ELEVENTH DISTRICT.
No returns except Black Vermilion precinct; total, 14.
TWELFTH DISTRICT.
Candidates.. 
-"..l............... 19  12
Joseph  F. Coles..................................................................................................  18
J. S. Thompson.................................................................................................            21
Total............19  21
5...................................................................................I —.1 21




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THIRTEENTH DISTRICT.
~~~~~,~~~~~~~~~
Candidates..         a
George S. Hillyer......................................................................................  43
William  Grigsbee......................................................................................   41 
William  Hicks..................................................................................................  4
J. Whitney......3..
J. W hitney.....................................................................................43
Total..............................................................................................  4 3 43
FOURTEENTH DISTRICT...
Candidates.
~  ~.~                                        ~   ~1~~~~      a  -~
G. A. Cutler..........................................................................40  33  18       18
John  Landis........................................................................  40  33  18       18
D. M. Field...........................................................................  40  33  18     18
C. M. Stewart.............................   39                                      33      18        18
Total..                                             |40 33 18 -18
Total..............................................................................    40  33  18  18
FIFTEENTH  DISTRICT.
_~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Candidates.,
Caleb May................................................................................................  29
R. H. Crosby........................ 29 
Stanford McDaniel................  30
James S. Sayle............                                                         30
H1. B. Gale............2.8..............  28
Charles S. Foster.............2...................                                                      2
Total.................................................................................................  29  30
SIXTEENTH DISTRICT.
Candidates.                                      ZsQ.
_~~~~~~~~~~ _
M. J. Parrott..........                                            492  38  47  61   22
M. W. Delahav...........................................................  49,5  38  47       61        22
Matt. France............................................................  493   38  47      61         22
S. N. Latta.................................................................  493  38  47    61        22
Robt. Riddle..............................................................  493  38  47      61        22
D. Dodge.................................................493                38      47       61......22
Total................................................................514  38  47     63         22




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SEVENTEENTH DISTRICT.
Candidates..      11
William  Graham........................................................................................   13  5
Samuel Mewhinney....................................................................................   13  5
Total.................................................................................................   13  5
RECAPITULATION OF VOTES CAST.
District.                   Vote.                      District.                     Vote.
First district...................................648    Eleventh district..............................    14
Second district...............................  143    Twelfth district...............................   40
Third district.................................  214    Thirteenth district...........................   86
Fourth district...............................    55    Fourteenth district...........................  133
Fifth district..................................  282    Fifteenth district..............................    59
Sixth district.................................    59    Sixteenth district.............................  684
Seventh  district............................    62    Seventeenth district.........................    18
Eighth district................................    27 
Ninth district.............................   76       Total.......................................... 2, 710
Tenth district.................................   110
OCTOBER 9.-ELECTION OF A. H. REEDER, DELEGATE TO CONGRESS.
Place of Voting.                  al                    Place of Voting. 
_                                            _                                                       _Lawrence.......................... 557    10    Rock Creek..................      30
1   Blanton................................  77  11   Black Vermilion..14
Palmyra.................................     16    12   St. Mary's..19
2    Bloomington...........................   116            Silver Lake............................. 28
Benicia....................................    27  Pleasant Hill...........................   43
Brownsville..        24    13    Falls Precinct........................4..   45
Topeka....................................  131  Hickory Point........................    11
3    Tecumseh................................    31         Burr Oak.................................    33
| Big Springs..............................    35 14    Doniphan...............................   43
Camp Creek.............................  7   Palermo.................................    32
4    Willow  Springs......................... 54  Wolf River.............................   17
Hampden..............................32
H amp en........................ 33       Oceana...................................  32
Neosho....................................    16    15    Crosby's Store..........................    39
Stanton.........................    44    Jackson Crane's.......................    30
5    Osawatomie.........................    74  Leavenworth...........................503
Pottawatomie.........................    56           Wyandotte..............................   38
Big Sugar C reek.......................   28    16       Delaware................................   22
Little Sugar Creek...................    41           Easton.................................... 63
Scott Town..............................    27        Ridge Point..........................    48
6    Columbia................................    20    17    Wakarusa............................... 7
Fuqua's...................................    12      Mission...................................    13
7    Council City...........................    62          Iowa Point............................   40
( Wabaunsee.............................    26           Moorstown.................16
8    A. I. Baker's...........................    16      
9    Pawnee..................................    76           Total........................     2,849
10    Big Blue........................   77
OCTOBER 16.-Proclamation by the Free-State Committee, giving the
names of the following delegates to the Topeka Constitutional Convention:
First District, Samuel Mewhinney, William Graham; Second, G. W. Smith,
J. H. Lane, J. K. Goodin, C. Robinson, J. S. Emery, Morris Hunt; Third,
J. A. Wakefield, A. Curtiss, J. M. Tuton, H. Burson; Fourth, C. K. Holliday, W. Y. Roberts; Fifth, P. C. Schuyler, J. H. Pillsbury; Sixth, James




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Phenis, Dr. Burgess, N. Vandever; Seventh, W. T. Turner, Jas. McArthur,
W. T. Morris, O. C. Brown, Richard Knight, F. Brown, H. Smith, W. G.
Nichols; Eighth, Robert Klotz, A. Hunting; Ninth, M. F. Conwa, J. G.
Thompson;, Tenth, Geo. S. Hillyer, J. Whitney; Fourteenth, Robert Riddle M. J. Parrott, Matt. France, S. N. Latta, D. Dodge, M. W. Delahay;
Eleventh, G. A. Cutler, John Landis, C. W. Stewart, D. W. Field; Thirteenth, R. H. Crosby, Caleb May, Sanford McDaniel, James S. Sayle.
OTBER 20.-Thomas J. B. Cramer commissioned as Territorial Treasurer.
OCTOBER 23.-Constitutional Convention meets at Topeka.
The following is an incomplete list of the members of the Topeka Constitutional Convention:
4__ ___ __o___   _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _     _ _ _ _ _   _  -lo m     what
Name.'2  Occupation.b Native State.  Residence.   Politics.    State
Arthur, James M... 38  Farmer.....Indiana..... Sugar Creek.. em......   D
Brown, Orville C.... 44  Farmer..... New York.. Osawatomie.. Freesoil.. New York.
Burson, H.............. 36  Farmer..... Virginia... Bloomington Whig    Illinois.
Crosby,. H  21  Merchant... Maine...   Oceana........Minn. Tep rr.
Curtiss, A.............. 32  Lawyer...... New York.. Bloomington None  Kentucky....Cutler, G. A. 23  Physician.. Tennessee.. Doniphan...... Freesoil.. Missouri.
Delahay, M. W.    27  Lawyer...... Maryland.. Leavenworth Dem......Alabama........... 25  Lawyer...... New York. Doniphan..... Dem......
Emery, J........... 26  Lawyer...... Maine....... Lawrence......  em......   e k.
Goodin, J. K....31  Lawyer...... Ohio.......... Clear Lake... Dem......Ohio.
Holliday, C. K. 28  Lawyer...... Pennsylv'a Topeka......  Dem  Pennsylv.
Hillyer, G. S....35  Farmer.....    Ohio.......... Grassh. Falls. Whig....Ohio.
Hunt, s.........27  Lawyer...... Ohio......... Lawrence...... Whig  Ohio.
Hunting, Auory... 61  Physician.. Mass........ Manhattan... Rep.......Rhodesid.
Hicks, W. H..... 53  Farmer..... Pennsylv'a Dayton......... Dem.....Indiana.
Klot rt.........35  Merchant... Pennsylv'a Pawnee.......  Dem. Pennsylv.
Knight, Richard.... 43  Clergyman England.... Lawrence...... Free St'te s.
Lane, James H.....33  Lawyer...... Kentucky.. Lawrence...... Dem......Indiana....Latta, S. N. 30  Lawyer...... Ohio......... Leavenworth Whig    Iowa.
Landis,.........28  Farmer..... Kentucky.. Doniphan..... Dem......Missouri.
McDaniel, Sanford.30  Farmer....   Indiana..... Round Pr'rie Dem......Missouri.
Mewinney, Sam'l.45  Farmer..... Ohio.......... Prairie City.. Dem......Illinois.
Parrott, M. J..26  Lawyer...... S. Carolina. Leavenworth Dem......Ohio.
Roberts, W. Y. 41  Farmer.....Pennsylv'a Washington.. Dem......Pennsylv.
Robinson, C..........37  Physician.. Mass......... Lawrence...... Indep....Mass.
Sayle, James L.....37  Farmer..... Illinois...... Kickapoo..... Rep.......
Schyler, P. C......50  Farmer.....New York.. Council City. Rep.......New York.
Smith, G. W.. 50  Lawyer...... Pennsylv'a Franklin...... Whig  Pennsylv.
Thompson, J. G....55  Saddler...... Pennsylv'a Topeka........   en.......  e
Tuton, J..........33  Clergyman Tennessee. Bloomington Dem......Missouri.
Wakefield,. A......59  Lawyer...... S. Carolina. Bloomington Whig....Iowa.
OFFICERS.
Na me.'~    Office.  Occupation.        B Residence.   Politics.   l  wat
S.,..
Sam  C. Smith. 27  Secretary  Farmer... Mass. Lawrence.. Republican. Mass.
Chas. A. Fdster 28  Ass't Sec.. Lawyer.;.. Mass. Osawato'ie. Republican. Mass.
Sam. F.Tappan 24  Clerk...... Mechanic. Mass. Lawrence.. Abolitionist Mass.
John Dailey.... 24  Clerk...... Farmer... Ind... Topeka....  Democrat... Indiana.
James Redpath 22  Reporter.. Journalist Engl. St. Louis.... D. & Emanc. Louisiana.
ABSENT  MEMBERS.
Messrs. Brown, Burgess, Field, France, Graham, Morris, Nichols, Phenis, Riddle,
Hamden, Smith, Stewart, Turner, Yandever.
The Convention was called to order by J. A. Wakefield; prayer by Rev.
Richard Knight; calling of the roll by Joel K. Goodin; twenty-one mem.bers, less than a quorum, present.
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Garvey, publisher; J. F. Cummings, printer. The Weekly Freeman was
started in July.  The Daily edition was printed during the sessions of the
Constitutional Convention. Mr. Cummings still possesses copies of ten
numbers of this paper. The size of the paper is eight by twelve inches,
with three columns to a page. It was an evening paper.
Sale of lots at Lecompton.
OCTOBER 24.- James H. Lane elected President of the Convention, receiving fifteen votes, to five for W. Y. Roberts, and four for J. A. Wakefield.
Samuel C. Smith was elected Secretary, and Rev. H. B. Burgess, Chaplain.
Samuel F. Tappan appeared as reporter for the Herald of Freedom, and
John Speer for the Kansas Tribune. Lane's speech, on taking the chair,
marked out very briefly the policy the Convention ought to pursue. Why
he made the following assertion, it would be difficult now to tell:
When the Kansas-Nebraska bill was before Congress, no one of its supporters claimed
that Kansas could ever become a Slave State; all, from the highest to'the lowest, discarded the idea that slavery could ever be extended within her borders. Our Southern
friends were among the most prominent in pressing this position before the country."
James Redpath was given a seat as a reporter for theMissouri Democrat,
W. A. Phillips for the New York Tribune, and Joseph L. Speer for the
Chicago Tribune. Mr. Redpath was elected Reporter for the Convention.
OTOBER 25.-Samuel Collins killed by Patrick Laughlin, near Doniphan. Laughlin claimed originally to be a Free-State man, and became a
member of the "Kansas Legion." He afterwards exposed this Free-State
organization, and became a violent Pro-Slavery man. Gladstone thus
describes the murder:
"tMr. Collins, who owned a saw-mill at Doniphan, was shot on political grounds by a
-violent Pro-Slavery man, named Patrick Laughlin. Laughlin came, it is said, originally
from Ireland, and had rendered himself famous by an exposure, as it was termed, of the
Kansas Legion. Laughlin was aided in this attack by tbree or four armed associates,
and Mr. Collins's sons were present, and sought to defend their father. There was considerable interchange of bowie-knife cuts and pistol-firing on thi's o ccasion, and the
murderer himself was wounded. But the victim being a Free-State man, the law took
no cognizance of the murder, and Laughlin found protection, and was rewarded by a
situation in. a shop in Atchison."
OCTOBER 26.-The printing for the Convention was divided, E. C. K.
Garvey, John Speer and M. W. Delahay each receiving a portion.
The vote on striking the word "white" out of the Constitution stood as
follows: Yeas-Brown, Crosby, Hillyer, Hunting, Knight, Robinson,
Schuyler-7. Nays-Arthur, Burson, Curtiss, Cutler, Delahay, Dodge,
Hunt, Klotz, Lane, Latta, Landis, McDaniels,. Mewhinney, Parrott, Robertsl Sayle, Smith, Thompson, Tuton, Wakefield, Hicks, Emery, Goodin,
Hollid'ay, Graham - 25.
OCTOBER 30.-John W. Whitfield receives his certificate as duly elected
Delegate to the Thirty-fourth Congress.
NOVEMBER.- John Speer moves the Kansas Tribune from Lawrence to
Topeka, and Win. W. Ross becomes his partner in its publication.
NOVEMBER. 5.-Josiah H. Pillsbury having resigned, J. H. Nesbitt was
-elected and admitted to the Convention as a delegate from the Eighth
District.




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NOVEMBER 6.-W. R. Griffith admitted as a delegate from the Sixth District, to the Convention. M. F. Conway, elected a delegate, thus far prevented by sickness from taking a seat in the Convention.
NOVEMBER 11.-The Convention completes its labor, and submits a Constitution to the people. The fourth of March is appointed as the time for
organizing the State government.
NOVEMBER 14.-A Convention at Leavenworth organizes the "Law-andOrder" party. Gov. Shannon presides. John Calhoun, Surveyor General,
makes a bitter Pro-Slavery speech. J. IH. Stringfellow, Daniel Woodson
and Judge Lecompte are present. Marcus J. Parrott is hissed down.
NOVEMBER.-The scrip issued by the Free-State Executive Committee
amounted to $15,265.90. The first Topeka Legislature, as required by the
Constitution, made provision for its redemption, but the laws of that body
were only on paper, and the scrip was not paid. The following is a copy
of a piece of Free-State scrip:
NO. 62.          TOPEKA, NOV. 26, 1855.           $20. a
% This is to Certify, That Cyrus K. Holliday, or bearer, 
8 is entitled on presentation to receive from the Treasurer of the
S TATE OCF HA NSALSX, 
8 g Twenty Dollars, with interest at ten per cent. per annum, for a
A account as per bill on file, for the payment of which the faith of''
the State is pledged. 
0
A#test-J. K. GOODIN, Secy. 
J. H. LANE, Ch'n Ex. Corn., Kansas.     
[The Kansas Freeman Print, Topeka, Kansas.]           _
NOVEMBER 2L- Charles W. Dow killed by Franklin N. Coleman, ProSlavery, near Hickory Point, Douglas county. The Free-State men held a
meeting on the 22d, at the scene of the murder. That night Sheriff Jones
arrested Jacob Branson, with whom Dow had lived, for taking part in the
Free-State meeting. Jones, with his prisoner and a posse of fourteen men,
proceeded towards Lecompton, via Blanton. Near J. B. Abbott's house, at
Blanton, Jones's party was confronted by fifteen Free-State men, among
them Samuel N. Wood, J. B. Abbott, and Samuel F. Tappan. They requested Branson to leave the Sheriff's party; he did so. Jones sent to
Shawnee Mission for aid. A meeting was held in Lawrence, and was addressed by Branson. A mob from Missouri was feared, and the citizens
were placed under arms. On the 2d of December, Free-State companies
from Bloomington, Wakarusa and Palmyra had arrived in Lawrence.
Jones, with a body-guard, rode through Lawrence. Gen. Richardson and
staff dined with J. H. Lane. A company of 100 armed Free-State men
arrived from Topeka at nine in the evening. On Monday, the 3d, a proclamation was received from Gov. Shannon calling upon all good citizens to
aid the Sheriff in the recapture of Branson. It was dated November 29.
A public meeting, through Chas. Robinson, Chairman, reported that there
was no association of lawless men in Lawrence. The roar of the cannon at
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State town. On Tuesday, the 4th, it is reported that Judge Cato's court has
found bills of indictment against the leading Free-State men. Loaded
wagons destined for Lawrence are stopped and robbed of proyisions and
ammunition. Messengers are sent to Gov. Shannon asking him to remove
the mob which is menacing Lawrence. Dr. C. Robinson. is elected Commander-in-Chief, and the citizen soldiery is fully organized. On Friday,
the 7th, news is received of the murder of Thomas W. Barber, the previous
afternoon, while returning to his home, near Bloomington, from Lawrence.
He was accompanied by his brother Robert Barber, and his brother-in-law
Thos. Pierson. Four miles southwest of Lawrence they met twelve horsemen,
who were going to Franklin. The Free-State men refusing to surrender,
were fired upon. One ball passed through the body of Thomas W. Barbei; he rode a short distance, fell and expired. His body was brought to
Lawrence, which he had so lately been engaged in defending. Gov. Shannon arrives, and consults with Robinson and Lane. Shannon, at night, goes
to Franklin. John Brown and four sons, all armed, are in Lawrence.
On Saturday, the 8th, Governor Shannon again appears, with Col. Boone,
of Westport, Mo., and one or two others. News is received that S. C. Pomeroy, who had left Lawrence to go to the Eastern States, is a prisoner at
Franklin. The body of Barber is temporarily buried. Robinson and
Lane go back to the Pro-Slavery camp with Shannon. Sunday morning,
December 9th, was extremely cold. Negotiations with Gov. Shannon were
finally completed, and were made known by Laneand Robinson. A supper
for Gov. Shannon was arranged for Monday night; he was not present. It
was a joyful occasion for the citizens. On Tuesday, the 11th, the volunteer
companies from other towns took their departure. Of Gov. Shannon, the
Herald of Freedom says: "He came, learned the facts, and, like an honorable man, has done what he could to retrace his steps."
On Saturday, the 15th, a public funeral was given to the remains of Thos.
W. Barber. The sermon was preached at the Free-State Hotel by Rev. L. B.
Dennis; addresses were delivered by Lane and Robinson. Lane said Dow
and Barber were the first martyrs of freedom in Kansas, and monuments
should be erected to their memory.
-There was a Hickory Point ten miles south of Lawrence, on the Santa
Fe road, and another Hickory Point in Jefferson county. It was at the
former place that Dow was killed. The Free-State resistance to an officer,
Samuel J. Jones, who was the Sheriff of Douglas county, and Postmaster
of Westport, Mo., led to the "Wakarusa War," as it was colled, the ProSlavery militia being called into the field as a Sheriff's posse to aid him in
making arrests and executing the law. 
NOVEMBER 27.-Sheriff Jones writes to Gov. Shannon that "open rebellion" exists, and calls for "three thousand men to carry out the laws."
NOVEMBER 27.-Gov. Shannon orders Maj. Gen. Wm. P. Richardson,
of the Territorial Militia, "to collect as large a force as you can in your
division, and repair without delay to Lecompton, and report yourself to
S. J. Jones, Sheriff of Douglas county." A similar order is sent to Hiram
J. Strickler, Adjutant General.
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state of affairs. He says: "It is vain to conceal the fact; we..are standing
on a volcano."
NOVEMBER 28.-Lucian J. Eastin, Brigadier General, orders his brigade
to arms, there being "a state of open rebellion" in Douglas county. 
NOVEMBER 29.-Proclamation by the Governor, calling upon the citizens to support the laws.
NOVEMBER 29.-At a meeting in Lawrence it is resolved to form a military organization. A Committee of Safety is appointed. Dr. Chas. Robinson
is made Commander-in-Chief of the military forces, and Col. James H.
Lane is placed second in command.
The Pro-Slavery forces begin to collect at Franklin, near the mouth of
the Wakarusa, four miles east of Lawrence. The militia of Richardson
and Strickler is at Lecompton, and David R. Atchison, with the Platte
County (Missouri) Riflemen, is on the Kaw, north of Lawrence.
The Free-State men at Lawrence send despatches to the President, to
Congress, nd -to Col. Sumner, at Fort Leavenworth. About 800 men are
enrolled, among them John Brown and his sons.
Col. Sumner writes to Gov. Shannon that he cannot act until he receives
orders from the Government. C. W. Babcock and G. P. Lowry visit Gov.
Shannon at Shawnee Mission, on behalf of the people of Lawrence. Gov.
Shannon visits the Wakarusa camp, and endeavors to avert bloodshed.
DECEMBER 2.-Despatch from Governor Shannon to Sheriff Jones. It
clknow the number of warrantses you have and the names of
"Let me know the number of warrants you have, and the names of defendants.
I will probably accompany Colonel Sumner's command."
DECEMBER 3.-Lawrence beleaguered.
-The Supreme Court meets at Lecompton.
DECEMBER 4.-Jererhiiah Burrill and Sterling G. Cato take their. seats
as Associate Justices; Judge Burrill was in Kansas only a short time. He
returned to Greensburg, Pennsylvania, and died in October, 1856. Thomas
Cunningham, of Beaver county, Pennsylvania, was appointed his successor.
He visited Kansas, and resigned without entering upon the duties of his
office.
DECEMBER.-Reeder and Whitfield both claim a seat in~ Congress; both
receive mileage. Neither was allowed a seat.
DECEMBER 6.-Thomas W. Barber, Free'-State, shot and killed by Geo.
W. Clarke, Pottawato mie Indian Agent, about four miles southwest *of
Lawrence.
-About 1,50 Missourians are encamped on the Wakarusa. Lawrence
nearly surrounded.
DECEMBER 6-.-Governor Shannon writes to Colonel Sumner to go to
Lawrence, saying: "It is peace, not war,.that we want, and you have the
power to secure peace." Colonel Sumner replies that he cannot act without
orders.
-DECEMBER 7.-Governor Shannon in Lawrence.
DECEMBER 8.- Governor Shannon makes a treaty with the Free - State
Generals. The paper is signed by Shannon, Robinson and Lane. Robinson and Lane go to Franklin and return without a guard.




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DECEMBER  9.-Governor  Shannon  orders  Generals  Richardson  and
Strickler and Sheriff Jones to disband their forces.
-John  Brown opposed the Treaty of Peace.  He was for fighting and
dyin #6now, if need be.
DECEMBER 15.-At the election on the adoption or rejection of the Topeka Constitution, at Leavenworth, the Pro-Slavery men carried off the
ballot-box. They also destroyed the office of the Territorial. Register, a
-Free-State paper, at.Leavenworth, edited by Mark W. iDelahay.
VOTE ON THE ADOPTION OF THE TOPEKA CONSTITUTION,
DECEMBER 15, 1855.
Genera'   Exclusion of'~1   ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~                      GeneralNersan
L.  Mulattoes. a
Precincts.  ~            Bank'g Law.  Negroes and 
t)~ecincis.'~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~8           ____    _____
Lawrence.........................    348      1    225     83    133   223    356
1   Blanton.'......   72      2     59     14      48    20       76,
IPalmyra:-:.............               11              9              2...          12
Franklin......................................   48.........   31  15  48  2    53
2   Bloomington......................  137.........  122  11    113  15    137
East Douglas.......................................  13  4  14      4      13
Topeka........ 35......... 125      9      69     64    136
o Washingtn...4.4.........                                        42
Brownsville....................   24.........   22  2  22            24.
Tecumseh.......................   35.........   23    11  35.........   35
4   Prairie City......................   72.........   39  33  69   3      72
Little Osage......................   21  7  16     12     23      7      31
Big Sugar...18        2      5      16     20.......... 21
Neosho........12.........                  6     6      12.........   12
5  Pottawatomie.......39   3   21  19  25  18  43
Little Sugar.................................   42  18  33  13  42   2      60
Stanton......'........................3.........  332 3              5      3
Osawatomie...............   56  1    33    20       38    17       59
7   Titus...........................   39  5  32 ]   7     25     15      44Juniata.....................30.               3      6     10     19      31
OhioCity.............................  21.........   16    5      20      1      21
8   Mill Creek........................   20..............  0  20.........   20
1St. Mary's....................................   14...............  T4  14.........    14
Wabaunsee......................   19.........   17  1  7    11      19
9   Pawnee...................................... 45  15    29       40      5     45
- Grasshopper Falls.................   54.......... 19  34  50' 3      54
Doniphan.......................   22  2  5     14      21.........   22
10   Burr Oak........................   23.........  7  16  22     1      23
Jesse Padou's.....................   12.........  I    11  12.........   12
Oceana.................................28.      8    20      28             28
11  Kickapoo........................   20.........  7  13  16     4      20
Pleasant Hill.....................   47.........    37  6  45   1      47
13   Indianola..19..............                      18      19.........   19
Whitfield.........7............. 3    4       6..........  7
1 (Wolf Riv........                  24......... 3    4               6........
14
St.Joseph  Bottom.      15...        4      9     14      1      186
st. Joseph Bo:::I:n:.::..::..::::.............
15   Mount Pleasant.....32.........   32                          1     30      2      33
16   *Easton..................... 71                7     53    19       71....    73
17   Mission.................................................  3........  1   2       7
Total..................................../1731    46  1,120    564 1,287   453  1,778
NOTE.-The poll-book at Leavenworth was destroyed. The vote cast there October
9, 1855, was 514.
DECEMBER 16.-Funeral~of Barber.
DECEMBER  22.-A  Convention  at Lawrence  nominates  State  Officers
under the Topeka Constitution. The conservative Free-State men bolt,
and nominate a "Free-State Anti-Abolition" ticket.
DECEMBER 26.-The Kickapoo Pioneer of this date says:
"But the Abolitionists, or Free-State men, if you please, have become dissatisfied,




74                       ANNALS OF KANSAS.                             [1855.
and are willing to violate the Constitution of their country, which explicitly recognizes
Slavery, and disfranchise themselves as loyal citizens, for the purpose of stealing negroes, and committing other unconstitutional and unlawful depredations. Should such
men receive any compassion from an orderly, Union-loving people? No! It is this
class of men that have congregated at Lawrence, and it is this class of men thatansas
must get rid of. And we know of no better method than for every man who loves his
country, and the laws by which he is governed, to meet in Kansas and kill off this Godforsaken class of humanity as soon as they place their feet upon our soil."
THE TOPEKA CONSTITUTION.
PREAMBLE.
We, the people of the Territory of Kansas, by our delegates in Convention assembled
at Topeka, on the 23d day of October, A. D. 1855, and of the Independence of the United
States the eightieth year, having the right of admission into the Union as one of the
United States of America, consistent with the Federal Constitution and by virtue of
the treaty of cession by France to the United States of the Province of Louisiana, in
order to secure to ourselves and our posterity the enjoyment of all the rights of life,
liberty and property, and the free pursuit of happiness, do mutually agree with each
other to form ourselves into a free and independent State, by the name and style of the
STATE OF KANSAS, bounded as follows, to wit: Beginning at a point on the western
boundary of the State of Missouri where the thirty-seventh parallel of north latitude
crosses the same; thence west on said parallel to the eastern boundary of New Mexico;
thencenorth on said boundary to latitude thirty-eight; thence following said boundary
westward to tile eastern boundary of the Territory of Utah, on the summit of the
Rocky Mountains; thence northward on said summit to the fortieth parallel of said
latitude; thence east on said parallel to the western boundary of the State of Missouri;
thence south with the western boundary of said State to the place of beginning; and
do ordain and establish the following Constitution and Bill of Right' for the governmenit thereof:
ARTICLE I.-BILL OF RIGHTS.
SECTION 1. All men are by nature free and independent, and have certain inalienable rights, among which are those of enjoying and defending life and liberty, acquiring,
possessing, and protecting property, and seeking and obtaining happiness and safety.
SEC. 2. All political power is inherent in the people. Government is instituted for
their equal protection And benefit; and they have the right to alter, reform or abolish
the same whenever they may deem it necessary; and no special privileges or immunities shall ever be granted that may not be altered, revoked, or repealed by the General
Assembly.
SEC. 3. The people have the right to assemble together, in a peaceable manner, to
consult, for their common good, to instruct their representatives, and to petition the
General Assembly for the redress of grievances.
SEC. 4. The people have the right to bear arms for their defence and security, but
standing armies in time of peace are dangerous to liberty, and shall not be kept up;
and the military shall be kept in strict subordination to the civil power.
SEC. 5. The right of trial by jury shall be inviolate.
SEC. 6. There shall be no Slavery in this State, nor involuntary servitude, unless for
the punishment of crime.
SEC. 7. All men have a natural and indefeasible right to worship Almighty God according to the dictates of their own conscience. No person shall be compelled to
attend, erect or support any place of worship, or maintain any form of worship against
his consent; and no preference shall be given by law to any religious society; nor
shall any interference with the rights of conscience be permitted. No religious test
shall be required as a qualification for office, nor shall any person be incompetent to be
a witness on account of his religious belief; but nothing herein shall be construed to dispense with oaths and affirmations. Religion, morality, and knowledge, however, being'essential to good government, it shall be the duty of the General Assembly to pass suitable laws to protect every religious denomination in the peaceable enjoyment of its
own mode of public worship, and to encourage schools and the means of instruction.




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SEC. 8. The privilege of the writ of habeas corpus shall not be suspended, unless in
case of rebellion or invasion the public safety requires it.
SEC. 9. All persons shall be bailable by Sufficient sureties, unless for capital offences
where the proof is evident, or the presumption great. Excessive bail shall not be required, nor excessive fines imposed, nor cruel and unusual punishment inflicted.
SEC. 10. Except in cases of impeachment, and cases arising in the army and navy,
or in the militia, when in actual service, in time of war or public danger, and in cases
of petit larceny and other inferior offences, no person shall be held to answer for a capital or otherwise infamous crime unless on presentment or indictment of a grand jury.
In any trial, in any court, the party accused shall be allowed to appear and defend in
person, and with counsel; to demand the nature and cause of the accusation against
him, and to have a copy thereof; to meet the witnesses face to face, and to have compulsory process to procure the attendance of witnesses in his behalf, and a speedy publie trial by an impartial jury of the county or district in which the offence is alleged to
have been committed; nor shall any person be compelled in any criminal case to be a
witness against himself, or be twice put in jeopardy for the same offence.
SEC. 11. Every citizen may freely speak, write and publish his sentiments on all subjects, being responsible for the abuse of the right; and no law shall be passed to restrain
or abridge the liberty of speech or of the press. In all criminal prosecutions or indictments for libel, the truth may be given in evidence to the jury, and if it shall appear
to the jury that the matter charged as libellous is true, and was published with good
motives, and for justifiable ends, the party shall be acquitted.
SEC. 12. No person shall be transported out of the State for any offence committed
within the same, and no conviction shall work corruption of blood or forfeiture of
estate.
SEC. 13. No soldier shall, in time of peace, be quartered in any house without the
consent of the owner; nor in time of war, except in a manner prescribed by law.
SEC. 14. The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers and
possessions, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated; and no
warrant shall issue but upon probable cause, supported by oath or affirmation, particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons and things to be seized.
SEc. 15. No person shall be imprisoned for debt in any civil action, or mesne or final
process, unless in case of fraud.
SEC. 16. All courts shall be open; and every person for an injury done him in his
land, goods, person or reputation, shall have remedy by due course of law, and justice
administered without denial or delay.
SEC. 17. No hereditary emoluments, honors or privileges shall ever be granted or
conferred by this State.
SEC. 18. No power of suspending laws shall ever be exercised, except by the General
Assembly.
SEC. 19. The payment of a tax shall not be a qualification for exercising the right of
suffrage.
SEC. 20. Private property shall ever be held inviolate, but subservient to the public
welfare. When taken in time of war, or other public exigency imperatively requiring
its immediate seizure, or for the purpose of making or repairing roads which shall be
open to the public use without toll or other charge therefor, a compensation shall be
made to the owner in money; and in all other cases where private property shall be
taken for public use, a compensation therefor shall first be made in money, first secured
by a deposit of money; and such compensation shall be assessed by a jury, without
deduction for benefits to any property of the owner.
SEC. 21. No indenture of any negro or mulatto, made and executed out of the bounds
of the State, shall be valid within the State.
SEe. 22. This enumeration of'rights shall not be construed to impair or deny others
retained by the people; and all powers not herein delegated shall remain with the
people.
ARTICLE II.-ELECTIVE FRANCHISE.
SECTION 1. In all elections by the people, the vote shall be by ballot; and in all elections in the General Assembly, the vote shall be viva voce.
~ SEC. 2. Every white male person, and every civilized male Indian who has adopted




76                          ANNALS OF KANSAS.                                   [1855..the habits of the white man, of the age of twenty-one years and upward, who shall be
at the time of offering to vote a citizen of the Unit   States; who shall have resided,
and had his habitation, domicile, home, and place of permanent abode in the State of
Kansas for six months next preceding the election at which he offers his vote; who, at
such time, and for thirty days immediately preceding such time, shall have had his
actual habitation, domicile, home, and place of abode in the county in which he offers
to vote; and who shall have resided in the precinct or election district for at least ten
days immediately preceding the election, shall be deemed aqualified elector at all elections under this Constitution, except at elections by general ticket in the State or
district prescribed by law, in which case the elector must have the aforesaid qualifications, but a residence in said district for ten days will entitle him  to vote: Prided
That no soldier, seaman, or marine of the regular army of the United States shall be
considered a resident of the State in consequence of being stationed within the same.
Sxc. 3. The General Assembly shall, at its first session, provide for the registration of
all qualified electors in each county, and thereafter, from time to time, of all who may
become qualified electors.
SEC. 4. The Legislature shall have power to exclude from every office of honor, trust
or profit, within the State, and from the right of suffrage, all persons convicted of any
infamous crime.
SEC. 5. No person shall be deemed capable of holding or being elected to any post of
honor, profit, trust or emolument, civil or military, or exercise the right of suffrage
under the government of this State, who shall hereafter fight a duel, send or accept a
challenge to fight a duel, or who shall be a second to either party, or who shall in any
manner aid or assist in such a duel, or who shall be knowingly the bearer of such challenge or acceptance, whether the same occur or be committed in or out of the State.
SEC. 6. No person who may hereafter be collector or holder of public moneys shall
be eligible to any office of trust or profit in the State until he shall have accounted for
and paid into the proper public treasury all sums for which he may be accontable.
SEC. 7. No State officer or member of the General Assembly of this State shall receive
a fee, be engaged as counsel, agent or attorney, in any case or claim against the State.
*SEc. 8. No Senator or Representative shall, during the term of office for which he
shall have been elected, be appointed, to any civil office of profit in this State which
shall have been created, or the emoluments of which shall have been increased, during
such term, except such offices as may be filled by election by the people.
SEC. 9. All officers, civil and military, in this State, before they enter upon the duties
of their respective offices, shall take. the following oath or affirmation: "1,  ~ 
do swear [or affirm] that I will support the Constitution of the United States, and of
the'State of Kansas; that I am duly qualified according to the Constitution to exercise
the office to which I have been. elected [or appointed], and will, to the best of soy abilities, discharge the duties thereof faithfully and impartially, according to law."
SEC. 10. Every person shall be disqualified from holding any office of honor or profit
in this State, who shall have been convicted of having given or offered any bribe to
procure his election, or who shall have made use of any undue influence,- from power,
tumult, or other improper practices.
SEC. 11. All civil officers of the State shall reside within the State, and all district
and county officers within their respective districts and counties, and shall have their
offices at such places as may be required by law.
SEC. 12. Returns of elections for members of Congress, the General Assembly, and
all other officers not otherwise provided for, shall be made to the Secretary of State, in
such manner as may be prescribed by law.
SEC. 13. Electors shall in all cases be privileged from arrest during their attendance
on elections, and in going to and returning therefrom, except in case of felony, treason,
and breach of the peace.
ARTICLE III.-DISTRIB3UTION OF POWERS.
SECTION 1. The powers of the Government shall be divided into three separate departments -the Legislative, the Executive (including the Administrative), and the Judicial;
*and no person charged with official duties under one of these departments shall exerelse any of the functions of another, except as in this Constitution expressly provided.




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ARTICLE IV.-LEGISLATIVE.
SECTION 1. The Legislative power of this State shall be vested in the General Assembly, which shall consist of a Senate and House of Representatives.
SEC. 2. The Senators and Representatives shall be chosen annually by the qualified
electors of the respective counties or districts for which they are chosen on the first
Monday of August, for one year, and their term of office shall commence on the first
day of January next thereafter.
SEC 3. There shall be elected at the first election twenty Senators and sixty Representatives, and the number afterward shall be regulated by law.
SEC. 4. No person shall be eligible to the office of Senator or Representative, who
shall not possess the qualifications of an elector.
SEC. 5. No person holding office under the authority of the United States or any
lucrative office under the authority of this State, shall be eligible to, or hold a sat in
the General Assembly; but this provision shall not extend to township officers, justices
of the peace, notaries public, postmasters, or officers of the militia.
SEC. 6. Each house, except as otherwise provided in this Constitution, shall choose its
own officers, determine its own rule of proceeding, punish its members for disorderly
conduct, and, with theconcurrence of two-thirds, expel a member, but not the second
time for thesame cause; and shall judge~of the qualification, election and return of its
own members, and shall have all other powers necessary for its safety, and the undisturbed transaction of business.
SEC. 7Each house shall keep a journal of its proceedings, and publish the same.
The yeas d nays on any question shall, at the request of two members, be entered on
the journal.
SEC.. Any member of either house shall have the right to protest against any
act or resolution thereof; and such protest and reason therefor shall, without alteration, commitment or delay, be entered on the journal.
SEC. 9. All vacancies which may occur in either house shall, for the unexpired
term, be filled by election as shall be prescribed by law.
SEC. 10. Senators and Representatives shall, in all cases except treason, felony or
breach of the peace, be privileged from arrest during the session of the General Assembly, and in going to and returning from the same; and for words spoken in debate
they shall not be questioned in any other place.
SEC. ii. A majority of all the members elected to each house shall be necessary to
pass every bill or joint resolution, and all bills and joint resolutions so passed shall be
signed by the presiding officers of the respective houses, and presented to the Governor
for his approval.
SEC. 12. The doors of each house, and of Committees of the Whole, shall be kept,open. * Neither house shall, without the consent of the other, adjourn for more than
two days, nor to any other place than that in which the two houses shall he sitting, except for personal safety.
SEC. 13. Every bill shall be read by sections on three several days in each house,
unless in case of emergency. Two-thirds of the house where such bill is pending may,
if deemied expedient, suspend the rules on a call of the yeas and nays; but the reading
of a bill by sections on its final passage shall in no case be dispensed with; and the vote
on the passage of every bill or joint resolution shall be taken by yeas and nays.
SEC. 14. Every act shall contain but one subject, which shall be clearly expressed
in its title. Bills may originate in either house, but may be altered, amended or rejected
by the other.
SEC. 15. In all cases where a general law can be made applicable, special laws shall
not be enacted.
SEC. 16. No act shall ever be revived or amended hy mere reference to its title; but
the act revived or the section amended shall be set forth and published at full length.
SEC. 17. No act shall take effect until the same shall have been published and circulated in the counti es of the State by authority, except in case of emergency, which
-emergency shall be declared in the preamble, or the body of the law.
SEC. 18. The election and appointment of all officers, and the filling of all vacancies
not otherwise pro-vided for by this Constitution, or the Constitution of the United
Sta tes, shall be made in such manner as shall be prescribed by law; but no appointing
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tion and in the election of the United States Senator, and in these cases the vote shall
be taken viva voce.
SEC. 19. The General Assembly shall not have power to enact laws annulling the
contract of marriage in any case where, by law, the courts of this State may have power
to decree a divorce.
SEC. 20. The General Assembly shall not have power to pass retroactive laws, or
laws impairing the obligation of contracts, but may, by general laws, authorize corts
to carry into effect, upon such terms as shall be just and equitable, the manifest intention of parties and officers, by curing omissions, defects and errors in instruments, and
proceedings arising out of a want of conformity with the laws of this State.
SEC. 21. The style of the laws of this State shall be: "Be it enacted by the General
Assembly f the State of Kansas."
SEC. 22. The House of Representatives shall have the sole power of impeachment.
All impeachments shall be tried by the Senate, and, when sitting for the purpose, the
1Senators l be upon oath or affirmation to do justice according to law and evidence.
No person shall be convicted without the concurrence of two-thirds of all the Senators
present.
SEC. 23. The Governor, and all other civil officers under the laws of this State, shall
be liable to impeachment for any misdemeanor in office, but judgment in such cases
shall not extend further than to removal from office, and disqualification to hold any
office of honor, profit or trust under this State. The party, whether convicted or acquitted, shall nevertheless be liable to indictment, trial, judgment and punishment,
according to law.
SEC. 24. Within one year after the ratification of this Constitution, and within
every susequent two years thereafter, for the term of ten years, an enumeration of
all the white inhabitants of this State shall be made, in such manner as shall e directed
by law.
11SEC. 25. All regular sessione of the General Assbembly shall be held at the capital of
the State, and shall commence on the first Tuesday of January, annually.
SEC. 26. All hills for raising revenue shall originate in the House of I1epresentatives, subject, however, to amendment or rejection as in other cases.
SEC. 27. The members of the General Assemhly shall receive for their services the
sum of four dollars per day for each and every day they are actually in attendance at
any regular or special session, and four dollars for every twenty miles they shall travel
in going to and returning from the place of meeting hy the most usually travelled
route; and no session of the General Assemhly, except the first, under this Constitution, shall extend beyond the term of sixty days, nor any special session more than
forty days.         ~ARTICLE V. - ExECUTIVE.
SECTION4-. The Executive Department shall consist of a Governor, a LieutenantGovernor, Secretary of State, Treasurer, Auditor, and Attorney General, who shall be
chosen hy the electors of the State at the same time and place of voting for the memhers of the General Assembly.
SEC. 2. The Governor, Lieutenant-Governor, Secretary of State, Treasurer, Auditor,
Attorney General, and State Printer, shall hold their office for two years. Their terms
of office shall commence on the first Tuesday of January next after their election, and
continue until their successors are elected and qualified — neither of which officers
shall he eligihle for re-election more than two out of three consecutive terms; nor shall
any person he eligible for the office of Governor who shall not have attained the age of
thirty years,
SEC. 3. The returns of every election for the officers named in the foregoing section,
shall he sealed up and transmitted to the seat of Government hy the returning officers,
directed to the Sec retary of State, who shall lay the same before the General Assemhly
at their first meeting thereafter, when they shall open, puhlish and declare the result
thereof, in the presence of a majority of the members of both houses. The person having the highest numher of votes shall he declared duly elected, and a certificate thereof
given to such person, signed hy the presiding officers of hoth bodies; hut if any~two or
more shall be highest and equal in votes for the same office, one of them shall he chosen
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SEC. 4. The supreme executive power shall be vested in a Governor.
SEC. 5. He may require information in writing from the officers in the Executive
Department upon any subject relating to the duties of their respective offices, and shall
see that the laws are faithfully executed.
SEC. 6. He shall communicate at every session by message, to the General Assembly,
the condition of the affairs of the State, and recommend such measures as he shall deem
expedient for their action.
SEC. 7. He may, on extraordinary occasions, convene the General Assembly by
proclamation, and shall state to both houses when assembled the purposes for which
they were convened.
SEC. 8. In case of disagreement between the two houses, in respect to the time of
adjournment, he shall have power to adjourn the General Assembly to such time as he
may think proper, but not beyond the regular meeting thereof.
SEC. 9. He shall be Commander-in-Chief of the military in the State, except when
they shall be called into the service of the United States.
SEC. 10. The pardoning power shall be vested in the Governor, under such regulations and restrictions as may be prescribed by law.
SEC. 11. There shall be a seal of the State, the device of which shall be fixed upon by
the Governor and other State officers, be kept by the Governor and used by him officially, and shall be called "The Great Seal of the State of Kansas."
SEC. 12. All grants and commissions shall be used in the name and by the authority
of the State of Kansas, sealed with the great seal, signed by the Governor, and countersigned by the Secretary of State.
SEC. 13. No member of either house of Congress, or other persons holding office under
the authority of this State, or of the United States, shall execute the office of Governor
except as herein provided.
SEC. 14. In the case of death, impeachment, resignation, removal or other disability
of the Governor, the Lieutenant Governor shall exercise the duties of the office of Governor until another Governor shall be duly qualified; but in such case another Governor
shall be chosen at the next annual election for members of the General Assembly, unless
such death, resignation, impeachment, removal, or other disability shall occur within
three calendar months immediately preceding such next annual election, in which case
a Governor shall be chosen at the second succeeding annual election for members of the
General Assembly; and in case of the death, impeachment, resignation, removal, or
other disability of the Lieutenant Governor, the President of the Senate pro tem. shall
exercise the office of Governor until a Governor shall be duly qualified as aforesaid.
SEC. 15. The Lieutenant Governor shall be President of the Senate, but shall vote
only when the Senate is equally divided, and shall be entitled to the same pay as the
Speaker of the House of Representatives; and in case of his death, impeachment, resignation, removal from office, or when he shall exercise the office of Governor, the
Senate shall choose a President pro tern.
SEC. 16. Should the office of Secretary of State, Treasurer, Auditor or Attorney General become vacant, for any of the causes specified in the fourteenth and fifteenth sections, the Governor shall fill the vacancy or vacancies until the disability is removed or
a successor is elected and qualified. Every such vacancy shall be filled by election, at
the first general election that occurs more than thirty days after such vacancy shall
have occurred, and the person chosen shall hold the office for the full term fixed in the
second section of this article.
SEC. 17. The officers mentioned in this article shall, at stated times, receive for their
services compensation to be fixed by law, which shall neither be increased nor diminished during the period for which they shall have been elected.
SEC. 18. The officers of the Executive Department and of the public State institutions shall, at least ten days preceding each regular session of the General Assembly,
severally report to the Governor, who shall transmit the same to the General Assembly.
SEC. 19. Every bill which shall have passed both houses shall be presented to the
Governor. If he approve, he shall sign the same; but if he shall not approve, he shall
return it with his objections to the house in which it shall have originated, who shall
enter the objections at large upon the journal, and proceed to reconsider the same. If
after such reconsideration two-thirds of that house shall agree to pass the bill, it shall
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ered; and if approved by two-thirds of that house, it shall be a law. But in such case
the votes of both houses shall be determined by yeas and nays, and the names of the
persons voting for or against the bill shall be entered upon the journals of the houses
respectively. If any bill shall not be returned by the Governor within five days (Sunday excepted) after it shall have been presented to him, it shall be a law in like manner
as if he had signed it, unless the General Assembly, by their adjournment, prevented
its return, in which case it shall also be a law, unless sent back within two days after
the next meeting.
SEC. 20. Contested elections for Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Judges of the Supreme Court, and all other State officers, shall be determined by the General Assembly
in such manner as may be prescribed by law.
SEC. 21. The General Assembly shall have power to provide by law for the election
of a Surveyor General, State Geologist, and Superintendent of Common Schools, whose
duties shall be prescribed by law.
ARTICLE VI.- JUDICIAL.
SECTION 1. The judicial power of the State shall be vested in a Supreme Court, Courts
of Common Pleas, Justices of the Peace, and in such other courts inferior to the Supreme
Court as the General Assembly may establish.
SEC. 2. The Supreme Court shall consist of three judges, a majority of whom shall
form a quorum. It shall have such original and appellate jurisdiction as may be provided by law. It shall hold at least one term each year at the seat of government, and
such other terms as may be provided by law. The Judges of the Supreme Court shall
be elected by the electors of the State at large.
SEC. 3. The State shall be divided by the first General Assembly under this Constitution into three Common Pleas districts of compact territory, bounded by county lines,
and as nearly equal in population as practicable; and a Judge for each district shall be
chosen by the electors thereof, and their term of office shall be for three years.
SEC. 4. The Courts of Common Pleas shall consist of one Judge each, who shall reside within the district for which he is chosen during his continuance in office.
SEC. 5. The jurisdiction of the Court of Common Pleas, and of the Judges thereof,
shall be fixed by law.
SEC. 6. A competent number of justices of the peace shall be elected by the electors
in each township of the several counties. The term of office shall be for three years,
and their powers and duties shall be fixed by law.
SEC. 7. All Judges, other than those provided for in the Constitution, shall be elected
by the electors of the judicial district for which they may be created, but not for a
longer term of office than three years.
SEC. 8. The Judges of the Supreme Court shall, immediately after the first election
under this Constitution, be classified by lot, so that one shall hold for the term of one
year, one for the term of three years; and all subsequent elections the term of each of
said Judges shall be for three years.
SEC. 9. In'case the office of any judge shall become vacant before the expiration of
the term for which he was elected, the vacancy shall be filled by appointment by the
Governor until a successor shall be elected and qualified; and such successor shall be
elected for the residue of the unexpired term at the first annual election that occurs
more than thirty days after such vacancy shall have happened.
SEC. 10. The Judges of the Supreme Court and of the Courts of Common Pleas shall,
at stated times, receive such compensation as may be provided by law, which shall not
be increased nor diminished during their term of. office; but they shall receive no fees
or perquisites, nor hold any other office of proAit and trust under the State, other than
a judicial office.
SEC. 11. The General Assembly may increase or diminish the number of the Judges
of the Supreme Court, the number of tlhe districts of the Courts of Common Pleas, the
number of Judges in any district, or establish other courts, whenever two-thirds of the
members elected to each house shall concur therein; but no such change, addition or
diminution shall vacate the office of any Judge.
SEC. 12. There shall be elected in each county, by the electors thereof, one Clerk of
the Court of Common Pleas, who shall hold his office for the term of three years, and
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SEC. 13. The General Assembly shall provide by law for the speedy publication of the
decisions of the Supreme Court made under this Constitution.
SEC. 14. The Supreme Court shall, upon the decision of every case, give an epinion in
writing of each question arising in the record in such case, and the decision of the court
thereon.
SEC. 15. There shall be elected by the voters of the State, a Clerk and a Reporter for
the Supreme Court, who shall hold their offices for three years, and whose duties shall
be prescribed by law.
SEC. 16. Judges may be removed from office by concurrent resolution of both houses
of the General Assembly, if two-thirds of the members elected to each house concur
therein; but no such removal shall be made except upon complaint, the substance of
which shall be entered upon the journal, nor until the party thereof charged shall have
had notice thereof, and an opportunity to be heard. 
SEC. 17. The several Judges of the Supreme Court, of the Court of Common Pleas,
and of such other courts as may be created by law, shall respectively have and exercise
such power-and jurisdiction, at chambers or otherwise, as may be provided, by law.
SEC. 18. The style of all process shall be, "The State of Kansas." All prosecutions
shall be carried on in the name and by the authority of the State of Kansas, and all
indictments shall conclude, "against the peace and dignity of the State of Kansas."
ARTICLE VII.- EDUCATION.
SECTION 1. The principal of all funds arising from the sale or other disposition of
lands or other property granted or entrusted to this State, for educational and religious purposes, shall forever be preserved inviolate and undiminished, and the income
arising therefrom shall be faithfully applied to the specific objects of the original grants
or appropriations.
SEC. 2. The General Assembly shall make such provision, by taxation or otherwise,
as, with the income arising from the school-trust fund, will secure a thorough and efficient system of common schools throughout the State; but no religious or other sect or
sects shall ever have any exclusive right to, or control of, any part of the school funds
of this State.
SEC. 3. The General Assembly may take measures for the establishment of a University, with such branches as'the public convenience may hereafter demand, for the promotion of literature, the arts, sciences, medical and agricultural instruction.
SEC. 4. Provision may be made by law for the support of normal schools, with suitable libraries, and scientific apparatus.
ARTICLE VIII. - PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS.
SECTION 1. It shall be the duty of the General Assembly, at as early a date as possible, to provide State asylums for the benefit, treatment, and instruction of the blind,
deaf and dumb, and insane.
SEC. 2. The General Assembly shall make provision for the establishment of an asylum
for idiots, to be regulated by law.
SEC. 3. The respective counties of the State shall provide in some suitable manner for
those inhabitants who by reason of age, infirmity, or other misfortune, may have claims
upon the sympathy and aid of society: under provisions to be made by the laws of the
General Assembly.
SEC. 4. The General Assembly shall make provision for the establishment of houses
of refuge for the correction, reform and instruction of juvenile offenders.
SEC. 5. It shall be the duty of the General Assembly to make provision as soon as
possible for a State General Hospital.
ARTICLE IX.-PUBLIC DEBT AND PUBLIC WORKS.
SECTION 1. No money shall be paid out of the Treasury except in pursuance of an
appropriation by law.
SEC. 2. The credit of the State shall never be given or loaned in aid of any individual
association or corporation.
SEC. 3. For the purpose of defraying extraordinary expenditures, the State may contract public debts, but such debts shall never in the aggregate exceed one hundred thou.
sand dollars, unless authorized by a direct vote of the people at a general election. Every
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such debt shall be authorized by law, and every such law shall provide for the payment
of the annual interest of such debt, and the principal within ten years from the passage
of such law; and such appropriation shall not be repealed until the principal and interest shall have been wholly paid.
SEC. 4. The Legislature may also borrow money to repel invasion, suppress insurrec
tion, or defend the State in time of war; but the money thus raised shall be applied
exclusively to the object for which the loan was authorized, or repayment of the debts
thereby creted.
SEC. 5. No scrip, certificate, or other evidence of State debt whatever, shall be issued,
except for such debts as are authorized by the third and fourth sections of this article.
ARTICLE X. - MILITIA.
SECTION 1. The militia shallconsist of all able-bodied white male persons between the
ages of eighteen and forty years, except such as may be exempt by the laws of the
United Sates, or of this State, and shall be organized, officered, armed, equipped, and
trained in such manner as may be provided by law.
SEC. 2. The Governor shall appoint the Adjutant, Quartermaster and Commissary
Generals.
SEC. 3. All militia officers shall be commissioned by the Governor, and shall hold
their offices not longer than three years.
SEC. 4. The General Assembly shall determine the method of dividing the militia
into divisions, brigades, regiments, battalions, and companies, and fix the rank of all
officers.
SEC. 5. The militia may be divided into classes, in such manner as shall be prescribed
by law.
SEC. 6. No person conscientiously opposed to bearing arms shall be compelled to do
military duty; but such person shall pay an equivalent for such exemption, the amount
to be prescribed by law.
SEC. 7. The first General Assembly shall offer inducements for the formation, uniforming, and drilling of independent volunteer companies in the different cities and
counties in this State.
ARTICLE XI. -FINANCE AND TAXATION.
SECTION 1. The General Assembly shall provide by law for a uniform and equal rate
of assessment and taxation; and taxes shall be levied upon all such property, real and
personal, as the General Assembly may from time to time prescribe; hut all property
appropriated and used exclusively for municipal, literary, educational, scientific, or
charitable purposes, and personal property to an amount not exceeding one hundred
dollars for each head of a family, and all property appropriated and used exclusively
for religious purposes to an amount not exceeding $200,000, may by general laws be
exempted from taxation.
SEC. 2. The General Assembly shall provide by law for an annual tax sufficient to
defray the estimated ordinary expenses of the State for each year.
SEC. 3. Every law imposing a tax shall state distinctly the object of the same, to
which it shall be applied.
SEC. 4. On the passage, in either house of the General Assembly, of any law which
imposes, continues or renews a tax, or makes, continues or renews an appropriation of
public or trust money, or releases, discharges or* commutes a claim or demand of the
State, the question shall be taken by yeas and nays, which shall be duly entered on the
journal; and three-fifths of all the members elected to such house shall, in all such
cases, be required to constitute a quorum.
ARTICLE XII.-COUNTY AND TOWNSHIP OFFICERS.
SECTION 1. The General Assembly shall provide by law for the election of county,
city, town and township officers.
SEC. 2. All officers whose election or appointment is not provided for by this Constitution, shall be elected by the people, or appointed, as the General Assembly may by
law direct.
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who shall e elected at general elections, and also for supplying vacancies created by
1such removal.
SEC. 4. The Legislature may declare the cases in which any office shall be deemed
vacant, where no provision is made for that purpose in this Constitution.
ARTICLE XIII.- CORPORATIONS.
SEio  1. The General Assembly shall not create corporations by special act, except
for municipal purposes.
SEC. 2. Corporations may be formed under general laws, but such laws may at any
time be altered or repealed.
ARTICLE XIV.-JURISPRUDENCE.
SECTION1. The General Assembly, at its first session, shall constitute three commissioners, whose duty it shall be to revise, reform, simplify and abridge the rules of
practice, pleadings, forms and proceedings of the courts of record of this State, and to
provide, so far as practicable and expedient, that justice shall be administered by intelligent and uniform proceedings, without any distinction between law and equity.
SEC. 2. The proceedings of the commissioners shall be reported to the General Assembly, and be subject to the action of that body.
ARTICLE XV.-MISCELLANEOUS.
SECTION 1. The first General Assembly shall locate the permanent seat of goernment.
SEC. 2. Lotteries and the sale of lottery tickets for any purpose whatever shall forever be prohibited in the State.
SEC.. No person shall be elected or appointed to any office in this State unless they
possess the qualifications of an elector.
SEC. 4. There may be established in, the Secretary of State's office a Bureau of Statistics and Agriculture, under such regulations as may be prescribed by law, and provision
shall be made by the General Assembly for the organization and encouragement of
State and county agricultural associations.
SEC. 5. The first General Assembly shall provide by law for securing to the wifer
the separate property acquired by her before or after coverture, and the equal right with
the husband to the custody of'their children during their minority; and in case of
death, insanity, intemperance, or gross impropriety of the husband, their exclusive
custody.
ARTICLE XVI.-AMENDMENTS TO TEE CONSTITUTION.
SECTION 1. All propositions for amendments to the Constitution shall be made by the
Gene ral Assembly.
SEC. 2. A concurrence of two-thirds of the members elected to each house shall be.
necessary, after which such proposed amendments shall be entered upon the journals,
with the yeas and nays; and the Secretary of State shall cause the same to be published
in at least one newspaper in each county in the State Where a newspaper is published,
for at least six months preceding the next election for Senators and Representatives,
when such proposed amendments shall be again referred to the Legislature elected next
succeeding said publication. If passed by the second Legislature, by a majority of twothirds of the members elected to each house, such amendments shall be republished as
aforesaid for at least six months prior to the next general election, at which election
such proposed amendments shall be submitted to the people for their approval or rejection, and if the majority of the electors voting at such election shall adopt such amendments, the same shall become a part of the Constitution.
SEC. 3. When more than one amendment is submitted at the same time, they shall be
so submitted as to enable the electors to vote upon each amendment separately.
SEC. 4. No convention for the formation of a new Constitution shall be called, and no.
amendment to the Constitution shall be by the General Assembly made, before the year
1865, nor more than once in $ve years thereafter.
ARTICLE XYJI.- BANKS AN~D CURRENCY.
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SEC. 2. Ifthe General Assembly shall enact a general banking law, such law shall
provide for the registry and countersigning by the Auditor of State of all paper credit
designed to be circulated as money, with ample collateral security, readily convertible
into specie, for the redemption of the same in gold or silver, shall be required; which
collateral security shall be under the control of the proper officer or officers of State.
Such law shall restrict the aggregate amount of all paper credit to be circulated as
money and the aggregate amount to be put in circulation in any one year; and no note
issued under the provision of this section shall be of a less denomination than ten dollars.
SEC. 3. The stockholders in every bank or banking company shall be inividually
liable to an amount over and above their stock equal to their respective shares of stock,
for all debts and liabilities of said bank or banking company.
SEC. 4. All bills or notes issued as money shall be at all times redeemable in gold or
silver; and no law shall be passed sanctioning, directly or indirectly, the suspension,
by any bank or banking coinpany, of specie payments.
SEC. 5. Holders of bank notea shall be entitled, in case of insolvency, to preference
of specie payment over all other creditors.
SEC. 6. No bank shall receive, 4irectly or indirectly, a greater rate of interest than
shall be allowed by law to individuals loaning money.
SEC. 7. Every bank or banking company shall be required to cease all banking operations within twenty years from the time of its organization, and promptly thereafter
to close its business.
SEC. L. The State shall not be a stockholder in any bank or banking institution.
SEC. 9. All banks shall be required to keep officers and proper offices for the issue
and redemption of their paper at some accessible and convenient point within the State.
SEC. 10. The said banking law shall contain a provision reserving the power to alter,
amend or repeal said law.
SEC.. At the time of submitting this Constitution to the electors for their approval
or disapproval, the articles numbered, in relation to a general banking law, shall be
submitted as a distinct proposition in the following form: General Banking Law -yes
or no; and if a majority of the votes cast shall be in favor of said article, then the same
shall form a part, of this Constitution; otherwise it'~shall be void, and form no part
thereof.
SCHEDULE.
In order that no inconvenience may arise from the organization and establishment
of a State Government, and that the wishes of the people may be fully accomplished, it
is declared -
FIRST: That no existing rights, suits, prosecutions, claims and contracts shall be
affected by a change in the form of government.
SECOND: That this Constitution shall be submitted to the people of Kansas for ratification on the fifteenth day of December next.
THIRD: That each qualified elector shall express his assent or dissent to the Constitution by voting a written or printed ticket, labelled "1Constitution," or, "1No Constitu.tion," which election shall be held by the same judges and conducted under the same,
regulations and restrictions as are hereinafter provided for the election of members of
the Genef al Assembly; and the judges therein named shall, within ten days after said
election, seal up and transmit to the Chairman of the Executive Committee of Kansas
Territory the result of said election, who shall forthwith make proclamation of the
same. And in case the Constitution be ratified by the people, the Chairman of the Executive Committee shall cause publication -to be made by proclamation that an elecliton
will be held on the third Tuesday of Japuary, A. D. 1856, for Governor, Lieutenant
Governor, Secretary of State, Treasurer, Auditor, Judges of Supreme Court, State
Printer, Attorney General, Reporter of the Supreme Court, Clerk of the Supreme Court,
and Members of the General Assembly, which said election shall be held by the same
judges, under the same restrictions and conducted in the same manner, as is hereinafter
provided for the election of members of the Ge neral Assembly; and the judges herein
named are hereby required within ten days after said election to seal up and transmit
duplicate copies of the returns of said election to the Chairman of the Executive Committee, one of which shall be laid before the General Assembly at its first meeting.
FourTH: At-the same time and place, the qualified voters shall, under the same regulations and restrictions, elect a Member of Congress, to represent the State of Kansas in




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the Thcity of Topeka, at 12 M., at whihe United Stplaes; the Goveturns of said election to beGovernor, Secretary of State, Judge of the Supreme Court, Treasurer, Auditor, State Printer,
madReporter and Clehairman of the Supremxecutive Commiurt, and Attorney General, who shall deposit the same in the
office of the Secretary of Statoffice, and soon as he shall enter upon the discharge of the duties of their respective offices
under this Constitution, and shall continue inhis office in the sa.e manner and during the
same period that they would have doneral Assembly shallbeen electedmeet on the fouirst Monday of March, A.. 186, at
the city of Topeka, A. D. 1856.at which time and place the Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Secretary of State, Judgentil of therwise Suprovideme Court, Treasurer, theAuditor, State Prshall be divided into election dis-r,
tricts;er and Clerk of the Supreme Court, and Attorney Gpresentativesral, shall be apportioned amongke the several
districts as follows:
oarst Distrof offict.-e, and Commentercing iupon the diKansas river, atof the mouthies of thCedar respective office
up said rivnder to the first tribution, and shall continue itown offi Lawrence; in thenc up same manner and tduring butaryhe
same its soure;riod that thene by woula direct lidone hato they been elected of Johnson's house; thence bMonday aof
August, A. D. 1856.
due south line to therwi Santa Fe roviad, and alongaw, the Stamiddle ofshall be divid road into electa point disue
south of the source of Cedar creek; thence due north to the source of said Cedar creek,
tricts; and down the same nators and Representatives shallof be apportioned amoning the several
districts as follows:.rsecond District.- Commencing in the Kansas river, at the mouth of CedaBig Spring branch, on the bankce
upf the Kansasid river to thence up said branch to its furthe town of Lawrence; thence up said tribsoutherly
to line crossingource; thence Wakarusby a direct line to the east side of Johnson's house of Charles Matney, to
duthe south linddle of the Santa Fe road; thence along the middle of said road to the lpoine ofdue
the First District; thence by the same along the west side of the house of — Johnson,
to the head of the first tributary of the Kansas above the town of Lawrence; and
southence byof the sourame of Cedtributar creek;to the Kansas river, and upto the sourceth bank of said Cedar creek,
and down the samouth of Big Spring branch, the place of beginning.
Secird District.-Commencing at the mouth of Big Spring branch, on the south bankside of
of the Kansas river; thence up the sameid branch to its furthest source; thence by a southerly line
lino the north bank ofossing the Wakarusa river, on the east side of the house of Charles Matney, to
they; middle of the Santa Fe roup said river and itshe middle of sain branch to the line of the Pottawatomie Reservathe First Distriction; and thence by.the same along thern and western line of thsaid Re houservation to the Kansonas
to the head of the first tributary of the Kansas above the town of Lawrence; a nd
thence by the same tributary to the Kansas river, and up the south bank of said river
river, and down the samouth of Big Spriveng branch, to the place of beginning.
Fourthird District.- Commencing at the Missouth of Big Sprtate ling branch, in the south siddle of the Santa
Fthe Kansas river; thence upalong the samiddle to its furthest source; thence by a southe 65th mile of saidne
road; thence south bank of the Wakarusa river, of the Shawnee Reservation ceded byof the houstreaty of 1854;Charles Matney; thence up said river and its maind Reservation and the line of the Pottawatomie Reservaisting Reservations of bythe southernacs and Foxes, the line of said Reservations of the KansChippewas
and Ottawas, and the Reservations of the Piankeshaws, Weas, Peorias and Kaskaskias,
to the Missouri   State line; thenc the  Missouri  State line to the place of beginning.
Fourth Distriet.-Commencing at the Missouri State line, inat the middle of thern boundary of
the Fourth District;; thence west along the middle of sameid road to thRock creek, neaorthwest corner of the Sac and
Fox Reservationad; thence due south alto the line of the Shawnee Reservation linceded by the treof, and due south tof 184;
the south brauch of the lNeosho river, about seventy miles above the Catholic Osage
Mission; thence dueown said river tost along the north line of satheid Reservation and the forth lines of the ex-rk Indians; and east altiong said line to of the head-waters and Foxes, the existing ResRivervations or the Chippnearestwas
point thereto;tawas, and thence down said rive to the Miankeshaws, Weas, Peoriasne, and Kaup said lineas,
to the Missouri State line; thence up the Missouri Stte line to the place of beginning.
Sixth District.-Commencing aton the Missouri State line, atin Little Osagouthern boundary ofe
upthe Fourth District; the nce west along the same to the northwest corner ofr the nearest point
Fox Reservation; thence due south along the western line thereof, and due south to
the south branch of the Neosho river, about seventy miles above the Catholic Osage
Missithereto; thence down said byriver to the north line of thesaid Reserve to the Neosho river, and up
said riverans; and the south branch thereof to the head;d-waters of Little Osagnce Riverby a due south linest
point thereto; and southern lince down said terrivetory; thence by the Missouthern and eastatern line, and upof said line
Territory to the place of beginning.
Sevenith District.- Commencing aton the eaMissouri Statide lineof the house of Charles Matney, one
up the'same to the line of the Reserve for the New York Indians, or the nearest point
thereto; thence to. and by the north line of said Reserve to the Neosho river, and up
said river and the south branch thereof to the head; and thence by a due south line
to the southern line of the territory; thence by the southern and eastern lines of said
Territory to the place of beginning.
Sevesnth District.-Commencing at the east side of the house of Charles Matney, on
the Wakarusa river; thence due south to the middle of the Santa Fe road; thence
westwardly along the middle of said road to Rock creek, near the 65th mile of said
road; thence due south to the north line of the Sac and Fox Reservation; thence along




86                      ANNALS OF KANSAS.                             [1855.
the north and west lines thereof, and due south to the Neosho river; thence up said
river to a point due south of the mouth of Elm creek; thence due north to the mouth
of Elm creek, and up said creek to the Santa Fe road, and thence by a direct line in a
northerly direction to the southwest corner of the Pottawatomie Reservation;' thence
along the southern line of said Reservation to the head-waters of the Wakarusa river,
or the point nearest thereto; thence to and down the said river to the place of beginning.
Eighth District.- Commencing at the mouth of Elm creek, one of the branches of
Osage river; thence up the same to the Santa Fe road; thence by a direct northerly
line to the southwest corner of the Pottawatomie Reservation; thence up the western
line thereof to Kansas river; thence up said river and the Smoky Hill Fork, beyond
the most westerly settlements; thence due south to the line of the Territory; thence
by the same to the line of the Sixth District; thence due north to the head of the south
branch of the Neosho river; thence down said river to the line of the Seventh District;
thence due north to the place of beginning.
Ninth District.- Commencing at Smoky Hill Fork, beyond the most westerly settlements; thence down the same and the Kansas river, to the mouth of Wild Cat creek;
thence up said creek to the head-waters thereof; thence due north to the Independence emigrant road; thence up said road to the north line of the Territory; thence
west along the same, beyond the most westerly settlements; and thence due north to
the place of beginning.
Tenth District.-Commencing at the mouth of Vermilion river; thence up the same
beyond the house of Josiah D. Adams; thence due north to the Independence emigrant
road; thence up the middle of said road to the line of the Ninth District; thence by
the same to the head of Wild Cat creek, and down said creek to the Kansas river;
thence down said river to the place of beginning.
Eleventh District.-Commencing in the Vermilion river, opposite the north side of
the house of Josiah D. Adams; thence up said river to the head of the main branch;
thence due north to the military road from Fort Leavenworth to Fort Kearney; thence
along the middle of said road to the crossing of the Vermilion branch of the Blue;
thence due north to the northern line of the Territory; thence west along said line to
the Independence emigrant road; thence down said road' to a point due west of the
north end of the house of Josiah D. Adams, and due east to the place of beginning.
Twelfth District-Commencing at the mouth of Soldier creek, in the Kansas river;
-thence up said creek to the head of the main branch; thence due north to the military
road from Fort Leavenworth to Fort Kearney; thence along the middle of said road to
the line of the Eleventh District; thence due south to the head of Vermilion river,
down Vermilion river to the mouth, and down Kansas river to the place of beginning.
Thirteenth District.- Commencing in the Kansas river, at a point three miles above
the mouth of Stranger creek; thence in a northwardly direction by a line corresponding to, and three miles west of, the several courses of said creek to the line of the late
Kickapoo Reservation; thence by the southern and western line of said Reservation to
the military road from Fort Leavenworth to Fort Kearney; thence along the middle
of said road to the line of the Twelfth District; thence due south to the head of Soldier
creek; down Soldier creek to the mouth, and down Kansas river to the place of beginning.
Fourteenth District.- Commencing at the mouth of Independence creek; thence up
said creek to the head of the main branch, and thence due west to the line of the late
Kickapoo Reservation; thence north along said line, and the line of the late Sac and
Fox Reservation, to the north line of the Territory; thence along said line eastwardly
to the Missouri river, and down said river to the place of beginning.
Fifteenth District.-Coinmencing at the mouth of Salt creek, on the Missouri river;
thence up said creek to the military road, and along the middle of said road to the lower
crossing of Stranger creek; thence up said creek to the line of the late Kickapoo Reservation, and thence along the southern and western line thereof to the line of the Fourteenth District; thence by the same, and down Independence creek, to the mouth
thereof, and thence down the Missouri river to the place of beginning.
Sixteenth District.-Commencing at the mouth of Salt creek; thence up said creek to
the military road; thence along the middle of said road to the lower crossing of Stranger
creek; thence up said creek to the line of the late Kickapoo Reservation, and thence




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along the same to the line of the Thirteenth District, and thence by the same, along a
line corresponding to the course of Stranger creek, and keeping three miles west thereof
to the Kansas river; thence down the Kansas river to the Missouri, and up the Missouri river to the place of beginning.
Seventeenth District.-Commencing at the mouth of the Kansas river; thence up the
south  ank thereof to the mouth of Cedar creek; thence up Cedar creek to its source;
and thence due south to the Santa Fe road; along the middle of said road to the Missouri State line; and along said line to the place of beginning.
Eighteenth District.-Commencing in the military road at the crossing of the Vermilion branch of Blue river; thence due north to the line of the Territory; thence east
along said line to the Fourteenth District; thence due south along said line to the
aforesaid military road, and along the middle of said road to the place of beginning.
SENATORIAL AND REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICTS.
rst-The First Election District shall be entitled to three Senators and eight Representatives.
Secnd-The Second Election District shall be entitled to one Senator and three Representatives.
Tird-The Third Election District shall be entitled to one Senator and three
Representatives.
Furth.-The Fourth and Seventeenth Election Districts shall constitute the Fourth
Senatorial and Representative District, and be entitled to one Senator and two Representatives.
fth-The Fifth Election'District shall be entitled to three Senators and nine
Representatives.
Sixth-The Sixth, Seventh and Eighth Election Districts shall constitute the Sixth
Senatorial and Representative District, and be entitled to two Senators and five Representatives.
Seventh.-The.Ninth and Tenth Election Districts shall constitute the Seventh Senatorial and Representative District, and be entitled to one Senator and four Representatives.
Eighth.-The Eleventh and Twelfth Election Districts shall constitute the Eighth
Senatorial and Represen~tative District, and be entitled to one Senator and three Representatives.
Ninth.-The Thirteenth Election District shall constitute the Ninth Senatorial and
Representative District, and be entitled to one Senator and two Representatives.
Tenth.-The Fourteenth and Eighteenth Election Districts shall constitute the Tenth
Senatorial and Representative District, and be entitled to two Senators and seven Representatives.
Eleventh.-The Fifteenth Electin District shall constitute the Eleventh Senatorial
and Representative District, and be entitled to one Senator and five Representatives.
Twelfth.-The Sixteenth Election District shall constitute the Twelfth Senatorial and
Representative District, and be entitled to three Senators and -nine Representatives.
SEC. 3. Until otherwise provided by law, the election in the several districts shall be
held at the following places, and the following-named persons are hereby appointed as
judges of the elections.
[Next follow the places for holding the elections, and the names of the judges.]
INSTRUCTIONS TO JUDGES
SEC. 7, The three judges will provide for each poll, ballot-boxes for depositing the
ballots cast by electors; shall appoint two clerks, all of whom shall be sworn or
affirmed to discharge the duties of their respective offices impartially and with fidelity;
and the judges and clerks shall have power to administer the oath or affirmation to
each other; and the said judges shall open said election at 9.o'clock A. M. at the place
designated in each precinct, and close the same at 6 o'clock P.Ma. In case an'y of the
officers appointed fail to attend, the offichr or officers in attendance shall supply their
places, and in the event of all of them failing to attend, the qualified voters shall supply
their places; and the said judges shall make out duplicate returns of said election, seal
up and transmit the same within ten days to the Chairman of the Executive Committee,
one copy of which is to be laid before the General Assembly. If at the time of holding




88                        ANNALS OF KANSAS.                               [1855.
said election it shall be inconvenient, from any cause whatever, that would disturb or
prevent the voters of any election precinct in the Territory from the free and peaceable exercise of the elective franchise, the officers are hereby authorized to adjourn said
election into any other precinct in the Territory, and to any other day they may see
proper, of the necessity of which they shall' be the exclusive judges, at which time and
place the qualified voters may cast their votes.
SEC. 8. Until otherwise provided by law, the Chairman of the Executive Committee
of Kansas Territory shall announce by proclamation the result of the elections, and
the names of persons elected to office.
SEC. 9. No person shall be entitled to a seat in the, first General Assembly at its organization, except the members whose names are contained in the proclamation of the
Chairman of the Executive Committee; but after the General Assembly is organized,
seats may be contested in the usual way.
SEC. 10. Certificates of indebtedness may be issued by the Territorial Executive
Committee for all necessary expenses accruing in the formation of the State Government, not exceeding twenty-five thousand dollars; provided no certificate shall be
issued except for legitimate expenses. All claims shall be made in writing, and shall be
numbered and kept on file in the Secretary's office; and all certificates of indebtedness
shall be signed by the President and Secretary, and countersigned by the Treasurer,
and numbered to correspond with the numbers of the claim or bill for which it was
issued. The certificates shall bear ten per cent interest per annum.
SEC. 11. The first General Assembly shall provide by law for the redemption of the
certificates of indebtedness issued under the provisions of the foregoing section.
SEC. 12. Until the great seal of the State of Kansas is agreed upon and procured, as
provided for in the 11th section of the 5th article of this Constitution, the Governor
shall use his own private seal as the seal of State.
SEC. 13. At the election for the ratification of this Constitution, and the first election
for State officers, a representation in the Congress of the United States and members of
the General Assembly of this State, an actual residence in the Territory of thirty days
immediately preceding said election shall be sufficient as a qualification for an elector,
and an actual residence of ninety days for the candidates; provided said elector and
candidates possess all the other qualifications required by the provisions of this Constitution.
SEC. 14. The first Legislature shall provide by law for the enforcement of the provi —
sions of the,6th section of the Bill of Rights on or before the 4th day of July, 1857, as to
all persons in the Territory before the adoption of this Constitution; and as to all
others, the provisions of said section shall; operate from and after the ratification of this
Constitution by the people.
ROaERT KLOTZ.       CALEa MAY.           W. Y. ROBERTS.
M. J. PAEROTT.    S. MEWHINNEY.          G. W. SMHITE.'
M. W. DELAHIAY.   A. CURTISS.            J. G. THOMPSON..
W. R. GRIFFITH.   A. HUNTING.            G. A. CUTLER.
G. S. HILLYIM.      R. KNIGHT.,         J. K. GooDNlr.
WE. HICKS.          0. C. BROWN.         J. M. TUTON.
S. N. LATTA.        W. GRAHAM.           THOHAS BELL.
JOHN LANDIS.        MORRIS HUNT.         R. H. CROSBY.
H. BUESON.          J. H. NESBITT.       P. C. SCHUYLEE.
C. W. STEWART.    C. K. HOLLIDAY.    C. ROBINSON.
J. M. ARTHUR.       DAVID DODGE.         M. F. CONWAY.
J. L. SAYLE.        J. A. WAKEFIELD.   J. S. EMERY.
J. H. LANE, President.
SAM. C. SMITH, Secretary.
CHAS. A. FOSTER, Asst. Secretary.
1 8 56.
JANUARY 12.-LawrenCe has a Wveekly mail to Leavenworth.
- During the winter, the Legislatures of some of the Southern States,
appropriated money to send mnen to Ksinsas. Armed bodies of men came
from several Southern States. The Free-State men of Kansas sent men to
the Northern States "to plead the cause of the people of Kansas."
JANUARY 15.-Election of State officers under the Topeka Constitution.




ELECTION OF OFFICERS UNDER THE TOPEKA FREE-STATE CONSTITUTION, JANUARY 15, 1856.                                                                                                                      O
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Easton.........................................       66 "            66      7     66      7    66       7     64      8       75       66    73  /65  t7      7/......'   7  1661   76   [  70/  7 /                      73.
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Totale.............................  1 296                  1...-......................................................................................1......  1962




90                   ANNALS OF KANSAS.                        [1856.
JANUARY 17.-Printers' Festival in Lawrence. G. W. Brown, Chairman;
R. G. Elliott, of the Free State, and James Redpath, of the St. Louis Democrat, Secretaries. Speeches by G. W. Brown, J. Short, Jos. Boyer, M. F.
Conway, J. L. Speer, Mr. Greene, James Redpath, John Speer, Miss Annis
W. Gleason, W. B. Atwood, Miss Hiscox, Frank B. Swift, B. C. Golliday,
C. V. Eskridge, R. G. Elliott, J. H. Greene, Chas. E. Lenhart, Mrs. S. N.
Wood, and Mrs. G. W. Brown.
JANUARY 17.-The election under the Topeka Constitution for State
officers was held at the house of T. A. Minard, in Easton, Leavenworth
county, on the 17th. On Friday morning, January 18th, Stephen Sparks,
a Free-State man, while on his way home from the election, with his son
and nephew, was surrounded by Ruffians. Capt. R. P. Brown went to
their assistance, and rescued them. While Brown and seven others were
on their way to Leavenworth they were arrested and taken to Easton, where
a Pro-Slavery mob had assembled. Through that day they were guarded.
At night all the Free-State men were released except Brown. He was
taken out and assaulted with hatchets and knives, then dragged to a wagon
and carried to Dunn's liquor shop, in Salt Creek valley. Finding that
Brown must die, he was taken to his home, where he soon expired. Capt.
Brown had been in Lawrence during the recent Wakarusa war, aiding the
Free-State men. He was a member elect of the Free-State Legislature.
JANUARY 20.-Burial of the remains of R. P. Brown, by a few friendly
hands, on Pilot Knob, Leavenworth. A writer in the Herald of Freedom
says: "Brown was brought to his home about midnight, with three gashes
cut in the side of his face -no doubt with a hatchet- exhausted, bleeding,
and benumbed with cold. He lingered an hour or two, perfectly sensible,
though very weak."
JANUARY 24,-President Pierce, in a Special Message to Congress, endorses the Bogus Legislature, and calls the formation of the Topeka Government revolutionary, and an act of rebellion. He asks for the passage of a
bill authorizing the people of Kansas to frame a Constitution.
JANUARY 29.-The Montgomery (Alabama) Advertiser and Gazette says
Maj. Jeff. Buford, of Eufala, Alabama, will leave there February 15, with
two or three hundred Southern men, bound for Kansas Territory.
FEBRUARY.-The following is the title of a book published this month:
"Three Years on the Kansas Border. By a Clergyman of the Episcopal
Church. New York and Auburn: 1856." pp. 240.
The writer, a New York man, was a Missionary in the Platte Purchase,
in 1851-2. In 1853 he went to Chicago. In October, 1854, he returned,
as a Missionary of the Church for Kansas Territory, and was on duty one
year. He lived some months at Weston, Mo., preaching at Kickapoo, and
occasionally at Leavenworth. In the summer of 1855 he lived on a claim
near Mount Pleasant, in Atchison county. The book treats more of home
life than of politics. The writer was a Free-State man, but took no part in
public affairs. His story of the death of two children, of the severe illness
of his wife and himself, and of the sufferings and destitution they passed




1856.]           ANNALS OF KANSAS.                            91
through in the vain attempt to make a home on the prairie, is a very sad
one.
FEBRUARY 1.- Commissions issued by the Governor to the "Kickapoo
Rangers."
FEBRUARY 1.-Samuel J. Jones, Sheriff of Douglas county, Kansas, by
appointment of the Bogus Legislature, is still Postmaster of Westport, Mo.
-The Leavenworth Herald justifies the brutal murder of R. P. Brown.
In an article on the subject, it' says: "These higher-law men will not be
permitted longer to carry out their illegal and high-handed proceedings.
The good sense of the people is frowning it down. And if it cannot be
put down in one way, it will in another."
FEBRUARY 2.-Nathaniel P. Banks, Republican, elected Speaker of the
House of Representatives, on the 134th ballot. He receives 103 votes, to
100 for Wmn. Aiken, of South Carolina.
FEBRUARY 6.-Lane, Chairman of the Committee, announces the election of the following State officers: Governor, Charles Robinson; Lieut.
Governor, Wm. Y. Roberts; Secretary of State, Philip C. Schuyler; Auditor, George A. Cutler; Treasurer, John A. Wakefield; Attorney General,
H. Miles Moore; Judges of the Supreme Court, S. N. Latta, Morris Hunt,
and M. F. Conway; Reporter of the Supreme Court, E. M. Thurston; Clerk
Supreme Court, B. Floyd; Printer, John Speer.
FEBRUARY 8.-The Committee announce the election of Mark W. Delahay for Representative to the Thirty-fourth Congress.
FEBRUARY 11.-President Pierce issues a proclamation commanding
"all persons engaged in unlawful combinations against the constituted
authority of the Territory of Kansas, or of the United States, to disperse
and retire peaceably to their respective abodes."
FEBRUARY 16.-Secretary Marcy writes to Governor Shannon to call
upon the officers at Fort Leavenworth and Fort Riley to aid him in " the
suppression of insurrectionary combinations, or armed resistance to the
execution of the laws."
FEBRUARY 18.-Drawing of town lo ts at Grasshopper Falls.
-There are fifty-eight post -offices in Kansas.
F.EbRUARY 20.-The Squatter Sovereign says: "In our opinion the only
effectual way to correct the evils that now exist is to hang up to the nearest tree the very last traitor who was instrumental in getting up, or participated in, the celebrated Topeka Convention."
FEBRUARaY 22.-The National Republican Party organized at Pittsburgh.
S. N.. Wood appears as a delegate from Kansas, and on his motion, Charles
Robinson is placed on the National Committee. Francis P. Blair, sen.,
presides. Address to the people written by Henry J. Raymond, of the
New York Times.
FEBRUARY.- Millard Fillmore nominated by the Americans for President.
FEBRUARY 29.-J. H. Stringfellow commissioned as the captain of a
military-company in Atchison county. Many military commissions issued
in the winter and spring, by the Governor.




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MARCH.-The National Era publishes the following poem, written by
John G. Whittier:
THE BURIAL OF BARBER.
Bear him, comrades, to his grave;       While the flag, with stars bedeckd,
Never over one more brave               Threatens where it should protect,
Shall the prairie grasses weep,         And the Law shakes hands with Crime,
In all ages yet to come,                What is left ye ut to wait,
When the millions in our room,          Match your patience to your fate
What we sow in tears, shall reap.       And aide the etter time?
Bear him up the icy hill,               Patience, friends! The human heart
With the Kansas frozen still            Everywhere shall take your part,
As his noble heart, below,              Everywhere for you shall pray;
And the land he came to till            On your side are nature's laws,
With a freeman's thews and will,        And God's life is in the cause
And his poor hut roofed with snow!      That you suffer for to-day.
One more look of that dead face,        Well to suffer is divine;
Of his murder's ghastly trace!          Pass the watchword down the line,
One more kiss, oh, widowed one!         Pass the countersign: "ENU "
Lay your left hands on his brow,        Not to him who rashly dares,
Lift your right hands up, and vow       But to him who noly ears,
That his work shall yet be done!        Is the victor's garland sure.
Patience, friends! The eye of God       Frozen earth to frozen  reast,
Every path by Murder trod               Lay your slain one down to rest;
Watches, lidless, day and night;        Lay him down in hope and faith;
And the dead man in his shroud,         And aove the roken sod,
And his widow weeping loud,             Once again, to Freedom's God,
And our hearts are in His sight.        Pledge yourselves for life or death -
Every deadly threat that swells         That the State whose walls ye lay,
With the roar of gamhling hells,        In your hlood and tears to-day,
Every hrutal jest and jeer,             Shall he free from honds of shame,
Every wicked thought and plan           And your goodly land untrod'
Of the cruel heart, of man,             By the feet of slavery, shod
Tho' hut whispered, He can hear.        With cursing as with flame!
You in suffering, they in crime,        Plant the Buckeye on his grave,
Wait the just award of time,            For the hunter of the slave
Wait the vengeance that is due;          In its shadow cannot rest;
Not in vain a heart shall hreak,        And let martyr mound and tree
Not a tear for freedom's sake           Be your pledge and guarantee
Fall unheeded: God is true.             Of the freedom of the West!
MARCH.-Derby & Jackson, New York, publish a book of 400 pages, entitled: "The War in Kansas. A Rough Trip to the Border, among New
Homes and a Strange People. By G. Douglas Brewerton."  The writer was
a correspondent of the New York Herald, and the book is made up from
his letters. He was in Kansas in December, 1855, and in January, 1856'.
He was not a partisan, and his book is now valuable because- he wrote down
the Northern and Southern versions of our affairs in the very words of the
leading actors. Mr. Brewerton was an interviewer, but trusted his pen in-.stead of his imagination. When he meets Gov. Shannon, hie obtains a full
history from that officer of the Wakarusa War. This sketch fills fifty pages
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cool, and straightforward. The book also contains the narrative of Franklin
M. Coleman, who killed Dow; James Christian's history of the disturbances;
Gov. Robinson's history of the war; the statement of Josiah Miller, editor
of the Free State, and the facts relating to the shooting of Thomas W. Barber, from the lips of his brother, Robert F. Barber, and his brother-in-law,
Thomas M. Pierson. The following sketch is copied from Brewerton's book:
"Charles Robinson was born in Worcester county, Massachusetts, on the 21st of
July, 1818; was educated at Amherst College, but did not, we believe, graduate at that
institution; studied medicine at the Medical College in Pittsfield, Massachusetts, where
he received his diploma as an M. D., in 1843; practised his profession at Belchertown
and Fitchburg, in the same State, until his removal to California, in 1849, by way of
the Rocky Mountains. Upon arriving in the El Dorado of the West, Dr. Robinson settied at Sacramento, where he played a prominent part in the'squatter riots' of 1850, in
which, as the reader may perhaps remember, the Mayor of Sacramento, and some eight
or ten others, lost their lives. Upon this occasion, Dr. Robinson fought upon the side
of'squatter sovereignty,' and was seriously wounded-it was asserted, mortally, at the
time. For his alleged conduct upon this occasion, and while still suffering from a desperate hurt, Dr. Robinson was indicted for murder, assault with intent to kill, and for
conspiracy: tried before the District Court of Sacramento, and acquitted. While still
in confinement, on board the prison-ship, he was nominated and elected to the Legislature of California, from Sacramento district. This was in 1851. In July of the same
year, he sailed from California in the steamship Union, which was wrecked on her
passage to the Isthmus; in the difficulties which followed this disaster, Robinson is
said to have borne an active and conservative part. After many delays, he finally
managed to reach New York city, in September of 1851; was at Havana at the time of
the Lopez execution, and a witness to that cold-blooded murder. Upon his return to
the East, Dr. Robinson recommenced the practice of medicine, in Fitchburg, where he
remained uintfil June of 1854, when he emigrated with his family to Kansas. Here, he
settled himself at Lawrence, where he still resides upon his'claim,' some half a mile
distant from-the main body of the town. Unlike his compatriot, General Lane, Dr.
Robinson-or, as we should now begin to call him, General Robinson-does not call
himself a man of property; he says he is simply'a poor man whose business prospects
have been sadly damaged by the war.'
"In Kansas politics, Gen. Robinson was a member of the State Constitutional Convention, is Chairman of the Free-State Executive Committee, and, in addition to this,
holds the military rank of Major General and Commander-in-Chief of the Kansas Volunteers-as the Free-State army of Kansas style themselves. He may be regarded as
the real head-the thinking one, we mean-and mainspring of the Free-State party;
or, to speak more correctly, of all that party who are worth anything. We believe him
to be a keen, shrewd, far-seeing man, who would permit nothing to stand in the way of
the end which he desired to gain. He is, moreover, cool and determined, and appears
to be endowed with immense firmness; we should call him a conservative man, now;
but conservative rather from policy than from principle. He seems to have strong
common sense, and a good ordinary brain, but no brilliancy of talent. In fact, to sum
Gen. Robinson up in a single sentence, we consider him the most dangerous enemy
which the Pro-Slavery party have to encounter in Kansas.
"In person he is tall, well made, and more than ordinarily handsome; gentlemanly,
but by no means winning in his manners, with one of those cold, keen blue eyes that
seem to look you through."
Mr. Brewerton gives a sketch of the life of Gen. Lane, with the remark,
"these facts may be relied upon, as we have obtained them  from General
Lane himself." The facts are given elsewhere in this book. The following is Brewerton's opening paragraph:
"James H. Lane was born in Boone county, Kentucky, on the twenty-second of
June, 1822. He is a son of Amos Lane, a Western lawyer of considerable celebrity, who
figured in the politics of his day as Speaker of the first Legislature of Indiana, and




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Member of Congress during the Presidency of General Jackson, where he proved himself one of the warmest supporters of' Old Hickory's' administration."
The above is copied as a statement of Gen. Lane's in regard to the place
and time of his birth. He was generally believed to have been older, and
he sometimes created the impression that he was born in Indiana; in fact,
it was the prevailing opinion of his friends here that he was born in Indiana. Lane's affidavit is published on page 143 of Proceedings in Impeachment Cases; he swears, April 29, 1862, that he is in his forty-third
year. This agrees with his statement to Brewerton, and makes him twentyfour years old when, in 1846, he became Colonel of the Third Indiana
Volunteers.
AR     4.-Meeting of the Topeka Legislature. Senate.- Officers: President, W. Y. Roberts; Chief Clerk, Asaph Allen; Assistant, W. L. Brigdon;
Sergeant-at-Arms, J. M. Fuller; Assistant, Harris Stratton; Transcribing
Clerks, J. F. Cummings, J. C. Dunn; Chaplain, Paul Shepherd. President
pro te., J. Curtis. House.- Called to order by J. H. Lane, Chairman of
Executive Committee. Speaker, T. Minard; Clerk, J. K. Goodin; Assistant
Clerk, Sam'l F. Tappan; Transcribing Clerks, J. Snodgrass, G. T. Gordon;
Sergeant-at-Arms, J. Mitchell; Assistant, J. Swain; Chaplain, C. H. Lovejoy. The State officers are sworn in. Message by Governor Robinson,
giving a history of the Free-State movement.
Speer and Ross publish the Daily Tribune, at Topeka.
The Message of Governor Robinson is an able paper, and very valuable
now, historically. It is published in full in Mrs. Robinson's "Kansas."
The following is a list of the members of the Legislature:
Senators. —~ Adams, J. M. Cole, J. Curtis, J. Daiiley,     Dunn, L.
Fish, P. Fuller, J. C. Green, Benj. Harding, Geo. S. Hillyer, H. M. Hook,
J. M. Irvin, D. E. Jones, S. B. McKenzie, B. W. Miller, J. H. Pillsbury,
J. R. Rhaum, T. G. Thornton, W. W. Updegraff-19.
Bepresentatives.-S. N. Hartwell, J. B. Abbott, John Hutchinson, H. F.
Saunders, James'Blood, C. Hornsby, E. B. Purdam, J. McGhee, M. C.
Dickey, W. R. Frost, W. A. Sumnerwell, S. Mewhinney, S. T. Shore, S. R.
Baldwin, David Rees, D. W. Cannon, Isaac Landers, J. M. Arthur, H. H.
Wiliam, H  W.LabrA. B. Marshall, J. D. Adams, T. W. Platt, Rees
Furby, B. H. Brock, John Landis, E. R. Zimmerman, W. T. Burnett, L. P.
Patty,            7 ~F. A. Minard, Isaac Cody, Thos. Bowman, John Brown:, jr., Henry
Todd, J. Hornby, Abraham Barre, Richard Murphy, Win. Hicks, B. R.
Martin, Win. Bayless, J. W. Stevens, J. K. Edsaul, S. J. Campbell, S.
Goslin, H. B. Standiford, Isaac B. Higgins, T. J. Addis, D. Toothman,
Win. McClure, J. B. Wetson, Win. B. Wade, Alex. Jamieson, A. D. Jones,
Wmn. Crosby, Stephen Sparks, R. P. Brown (deceased), Adam Fisher - 57.
Three commissioners are appointed to prepare a code of laws. James
H. Lane and Andrew H. Reeder are elected United States Senators, each
receiving 38 votes, with none opposing.
A memorial to Congress is prepared, asking admission into the Union.
MARCH 8.-Adjourned to July 4th.
MARCH 12.-Senator Douglas submits a report extenuating the outrages
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England Emigrant Aid Society. Senator Collamer presents a minority
report.
MARCH 19.-The House of Representatives, at Washington, votes to
send a Special Committee to Kansas to inquire into the validity of the pre
tended Legislature, (the "Bogus," of 185,) and of the election of Whit
field. The Committee consists of Win. A. Howard, of Michigan, John
Sherman, of Ohio, and Mordecai Oliver, of Missouri.
MARCH 24.-Topeka Constitution presented in the United States Senate,
by Lewis Cass.
MARCH 29.-Nearly every boat coming up the Missouri river is over
hauled, and searched to see whether there are articles on board which have
been pronounced contraband by the Pro-Slavery pirates. All such goods,
owned by Northern men, are stolen.
APRIL 5.-In the office of the Milwaukee Sentinel, E. G. Ross, foreman
in the job office, receives the present of a rifle from his fellow-printers. It
is inscribed to him as an earnest of their good wishes for him, and for free
dom in Kansas.
APRIL 7.- Senator Cass presents the Memorial of the Topeka Legislature
asking for the admission of Kansas into the Union.
-Topeka Constitution presented in the House by Daniel Mace, of In
diana.
APRIL.-Major Buford arrives with a large body of men from Georgia,
Alabama, and South Carolina.
APRIL 12.-The Free-State Hotel, Lawrence, begun in April, 1855, is
finished. It is to be kept by Col. Shaler W. Eldridge.
-The Squatter Sovereign says: "We understand that the grand jurors
of Doniphan and Atc hison counties have found true bills of indictment
against all the persons acting in the late disorganizing election in their respective counties. We hope the other counties will follow suit, and teach
the Abolition traitors that the laws are now in force, and. that all attempts
to ruin this country will be strictly dealt with by law."
APRIL 16. -E. B. Whitman and.,A. D. Sean, of Lawrence, issue a map
of Kansas.
APRIL 18.- The Congressio nal Investigating Committee reach Lawrence.
APRIL 19.-Sheriff Jones attempts to arrest S. N. Wood, in Lawrence,
charging him with aiding in the rescue of Branson, in November. Mr.
Wood refused to give himself up; he did not recognize the authority.
An attempt to. take Wood by force failed. On the 20th, Sheriff Jones re-.
turned, and called upon a number of the citizens to aid him in making the
arrest. They did not answer the summons. On the 23d, Jones returned,
bringing with him United States troops. The Lieutenant in command read
a letter from Col. Sumner to the Mayor of Lawrence, saying the troops are
sent to aid the Sheriff in executing writs. Jones then arrested John Hutch-.
inson, E. D. Lyman, G. F. Warren, J. G. Fuller, F. Hunt, A. F. Smith,
and others whom he had summoned on the 20th to assist him. No resist'
ance was made to the Sheriff. About ten o'clock that night Jones was shot
and wounded. A public meeting was held on the 24th, and the shooting of
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96                      ANNALS OF KANSAS.                            [1856.
APRIL.-A book published, called "Six Months in Kansas. By a Lady.
Boston: John P. Jewett & Co. 1856." The writer was Mrs. Hannah Anderson Ropes, who came to Kansas from Massachusetts in September, 1855.
The book contains 231 pages. "Fourth thousand" is on the title page of a
copy owned by Leslie J. Perry. It is made up of letters from Mrs. Ropes
to her mother, and is admirably written. No little of Mrs. Ropes's time is
spent with the sick; and the sufferings of pioneers who live in cabins, deprived of nearly all the comforts of life, even in the "city" of Lawrence,
where she lived, are only too truly told. The following account of the
funeral of Barber is copied from the book:
"I believe I have forgotten to tell you that the funeral of Mr. Barber was deferred,
on account of the important business this week to be attended to. Another week has
closed, and the Sabbath calls all people out to pay the last tribute of respect to poor
Barber's memory. A December day, but clear, cloudless, dreadfully bright, and windy... The whole neighborhood seems astir with people, picking their way to one
centre, the Hotel, where not as last Monday evening, for rejoicing, they come together,
but to mourn with the sufferers of a great sorrow: a widow, made so by violence wholly
unprovoked; brothers, bereaved in a manner never to be forgotten- never to be thought
of in years to conie but with the smartest twinges of pain. The room'we enter is a
long dining-hall. The walls are of limestone, rough and unplastered. Seats of plank
stretch in rows, closely packed, through the whole length, with the exception of a narrow space for the clergyman. The seats are all filled. The atmosphere of the assembly
is of the truest sympathy. Each soul seems personally aggrieved and afflicted. Silence
is the only, and most emphatic, expression given to this grief. The first break upon
that silence is the tread of many feet and a smothered, broken sob, that will not be
wholly choked down. Working his way through the crowd, appears a tall man, with
white hair, large blue eyes, and a very benevolent countenance. You see at once that
he is a Methodist. He has clinging to his arm a small, veiled figure,-everybody knows
it is the widow;'a widow indeed.'
"There comes another smothered sob as she is borne along to the far end of the hall.
The man of white hair stoops over her, and tenderly whispers words of peace to her.
I do not hear them; she does not. Now she sinks into a seat. A hymn is read, and
the crowd sing the tune of' Martin Luther,' so familiar to everybody, and stretching
back over the whole length of the oldest life present. What a relief it is! how it
gathers up and rolls away the pent-up emotions of the multitude! Now the white head
sinks down over bended knees, to the floor, and his voice utters its prayers and supplications, while the tears course down the cheeks of the speaker and his audience. The
sobs of that broken heart grow fainter. Does she find a relief through the channel of
other hearts? I believe so. Then follow short speeches from Colonel Lane and General
Robinson, and a sad sermon from the white head. All the exercises are remarkably
good of the kind. Even Colonel Lane did well.
"The services are over, and the people form a procession. Men with arms reversed
take the lead; then the body and its friends; then the whole crowd, mounted in carts
drawn by oxen, wagons led by mules, and carriages of every pattern, form into a solemn
line, stretching far along the open country. Up over Mount Pleasant curves the road
to the ground appropriated for a burial place, two miles away. What a sight it is!
One like it could hardly be got up anywhere else, or under any other circumstances.
This grand old country, with its lofty trees, its smoothly-terraced hills, its serene repose! The tread of the white man is fresh and new; but to-day the grand old prairie
witnesses the burial of its second martyr! Now the soldiers make a wall on either
side, with lifted hats, for the mourners to pass through. Gently the coffin is lowered to
its last rest, while the words,' Dust to dust,'' I am the Resurrection and the Life,' are
broken by the wailing wind, and lost to the ears of the audience by the fast-coming
sobs of that forlorn, childless, earth-stricken widow! The soldiers now approach; the
audience and friends fall back, giving place to them; while, standing about the grave,
at the signal of their commander, one division after another bury the contents of their
Yifies in the last resting-place of their much-loved and honored comrade."




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APRIL 25.-Governor Shannon asks Col. Sumner for "a military posse,
or guard of thirty men," to be stationed at Lecompton. At later dates
troops are asked to be stationed at various places.
APRIL 30.-Rev. Pardee Butler returns to Atchison. He is stripped,
tarred, and covered with cotton.
MAY 3.-The Union started in Lecompton, by A. W. Jones and C. A.
Faris.
-P. 0. Conver edits the Kansas State Journal, at Topeka.
MAY 5.-The Grand Jury of Douglas county recommend that the Herald
of Freedom and the Kansas Free State newspapers, and the Free-State
Hotel be abated as nuisances. Robinson, Reeder and others, who  ad participated in organizing the Free-State Government, are indicted for high
treason.
MAY 7.-While Governor Reeder was with the Investigating Committee,
at Tecumseh, he was summoned to appear before the Grand Jury, at Lecompton. He did not obey. The next day, at Lawrence, with the Committee, a writ of attachment was served on Governor Reeder for contempt
of court. He said he was privileged from arrest. If any man laid hands
on him to arrest him he did so at his peril. He was not arrested.
MAY 9.-After the attempt of Deputy United States Marshal W. P. Fain
to arrest Reeder failed, Governor Reeder hastened to Kansas City. Col.
S. W. Eldridge, of the American Hotel, secreted Reeder till night. The
Governor was then shaved and his clothes changed to those of a laborer.
Thomas B. and Edward Eldridge then rowed him in a skiff to Liberty,
Missouri. Governor Reeder took a deck passage, with the laborers, on the
first boat that came down, in due time landed safely at St. Charles, and then
made his way across the country to Illinois.
MAY 10.- Governor Robinson, on his way East, with his wife, is arrested
at Lexington, Mo. He is taken to Westport, to the Pro-Slavery camp near
Lawrence, back to Kansas City, to Leavenworth, on a boat, and then to
Lecompton. He is arrested for treason.
-The Herald of Freedom says:
"Kansas is again invaded by armed ruffians.'They are gathering in by tens, and
fifties, and hundreds. Shannon has regularly enrolled them as Territorial Militia,
commissioned their officers, etc. At any moment they may commence the work of
devastation'."
MAY 11.-Israel B. Donalson, United States Marshal, issues a proclamation. It says the citizens of Lawrence resist arrest, under judicial writs,
and law-abiding citizens are commanded to immediately appear at Lecompton "in sufficient numbers for the execution of the law." Citizens of
Lawrence ask the Governor for protection.
MAY 12. — Governor Shannon writes to the Lawrence Committee:
"There is no force around or approaching Lawrence, except the legally constituted
posse of the United States Marshal, and Sheriff of Douglas county, each of whom, I ama
informed, has a number of writs for execution against persons now in Lawrence." 
MAY 13.-A meeting in Lawrence declares the statements in Donalson's
proclamation to be false; that they are law-abiding citizens, but will resist
an invading mob. A new Committee of Safety is appointed.Free-State men are arrested on steamboats and on the prairie, and anar7




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chy prevails through the Territory. The force of invaders around Lawrence constantly increases.  It is the Free-State headquarters, and its
citizens are constantly accused of warlike and treasonable intentions.
MAY 14.-The citizens of Lawrence make another protest to the Governor and Marshal.
-During the second week in May, the First District Court held its sessions
at Lecompton, Judge Lecompte presiding. Mrs. Robinson makes the following quotations from  Judge Lecompte's "extraordinary charge to the'Grand Jury:"
This Territory was organized by an act of Congress, and so far its authority is from
the United States. It has a Legislature elected in pursuance of that organic act. This
Legislature, being an instrument of Congress by which it governs the Territory, has
passed laws. These laws, therefore, are of United States authority and making; and all
that resist these laws resist the power and authority of the United States, and are,
itherefore gulty of high treason. Now, gentlemen, if you find that any person has resisted these laws, then you must, under your oaths, find bills against them for high
treason. If you find that no such resistance has been made, but that combinations have
been formed for the purpose of resisting them, and individuals of influee and notoriety have been aiding and abetting in such combinations, then must you find bills for
constructive treason."
Mrs. Robinson says: "To make the matter so plain that even the dullest
of his hearers may not fail to comprehend his meaning, he states that some
who are'dubbed Governor, Lieutenant Governor, etc., are such individuals
of influence and notoriety."'
MAY 14.-Gaius Jenkins and George W. Brown arrested. On the 22d,
they were taken before Judge Lecompte, at Lcompton, to answer to the
charge of treason.- Bail was denied, and the cases were continued till September. Gov. Robinson, Judge G. W. Smith, and G. W. Deitzler, were
similarly held. John Brown, jr., and H. H. Williams, were arrested soon
after, being taken in the field, for bearing arms against the " Government."
All were confined in the same camp, at Lecompton.
MAY 15.- Josiah Miller, of the Lawrence Free State newspaper, arrested
for treason by South Carolina soldiers; is tried in a military tent near Lecompton, defended by James Christian, and acquitted. The following is a
*copy of the pass given him, on leaving Lecompton, to prevent his arrest by,
Ruffians:
LECOMPTOsc, May 16, 1856.
The hearer of this, Mr. Josiah Miller, is' desirous to pass out of this Territory, and in
doing so, desires to stop in the town of Lawrence to transact some private business for
a short time. He designs going to Kansas City, and thence by boat or horse and buggy
at that place. He is now in this Territory not to participate in the rebellion, but to
settle up some private business.
Now, therefore, all persons are requested to let the hearer, Mr. Miller, pass without
molestation or delay.                               WILSON SHANNON,
Governor ef Kansas Tersritsi-y.
I. B. DONALSON, U. S. Marshal, Tersritory ef Menses.
- Cowltant arrests of Free-State men. Armed Missourians pouring into
the Territory.
MAY 17.- C. W. Babcock, Lyman Allen  and J. A. Perry, a committee
appointed by the people of Lawrence, ask the Marshal to put a stop to the
depredations committed by a large force of armed men in the vicinity of
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MAY 19."Take down your map, sir, and you will find that the Territory of Kansas, more
than any other region, occupies the middle spot of North America, equally distant
from the Atlantic on the east, and the Pacific on the west; from the frozen waters of
Hudson's Bay on the north, and the tepid gulf stream on the south, constituting the
precise territorial centre of the whole vast continent. To such advantage of situation,
on the very highway between two oceans, are added a soil of unsurpassed richness, and
a fascinating, undulating beauty of surface, with a health-giving climate, calculated to
nurture a powerful and generous people, worthy to be a central pivot of American institutions.
"A few short months only have passed since this spacious mediterranean country was
open only to the savage, who ran wild in its woods and prairies; and now it has already
drawn to its bosom a population of freemen larger than Athens crowded within her
historic gates, when her sons, under Miltiades, won liberty for mankind on the field of
Marathon; lore than Sparta contained when sbe ruled Greece, and sent forth her devoted children,' quickened by a mother's benediction, to return with their shields or on
them; more than Rome gathered on her seven hills, when', under her kings, she commenced that sovereign sway, which afterwards enmbraced the whole earth; more than
London held, when, on the fields of Crecy and Agincourt, the English banner was
carried victoriously over the chivalrous hosts of France."-The Crime Against   na.Seech f Charles Sunnner in the U. S. Senate.
MAY 21.-John Brown with six sons and a son-in-law in Lawrence.
MAY 21.-In the morning, Deputy Marshal Fain entered Lawrence and
arrested George W. Smith and George W. Deitzler, without resistance. He
then dismissed hrs monster posse, telling them he had no further use for
them. In the afternoon, Sheriff Jones appeared in Lawrence with a body
of armed men. Colonel Eldridge's Free-State Hotel, and the offices of the
Herald of Freedom and the Kansas Free State, were destroyed. Stores
were hroken open and pillaged, and the dwelling-house of Charles iRobinson was hurned. The wanton destruction of property in Lawrence led
to retaliation by hands of Free- State men in different parts of the Territory. The most conspicuous leader of these forces was Captain John
Brown.
-The following is copied from Mrs. Robinson's hook, pages 243-4:
"Sheriff Jones told Colonel Eldridge the hotel must he destroyed; he was acting
under orders; he had writs issued by the First District Court of the United States to
destroy the Free-State Hotel, and the offices of the Herald of Freedom, and Free State.
The Grand Jury at Lecompton had indicted them as nuisances, and the Court had
ordered them to he destroyed. The following is a copy of such indictment:
"The Grand Jury sitting for the adjourned term of the First District Court, in and
for the county of Douglas, in the Territory of Kansas, beg leave to report to the Honorable Court that, from evidence laid hefore them showing that the newspaper known
as the Herald of Freedom, published at the town of Lawrence, has from time to time
issued publications of the moat in-famnmatory and seditious character-denying the
legality of the Territorial authorities; addressing and commanding forcible resistance to the same; demoralizing the popular mind, and rendering life and property
unsafe, even to the extent of advising assassination as a last resort.
"'Also, that the paper known as the Kansas Free State has been similarly engaged,
and has -recently reported the resolutions of a public meeting in Johnson county, in
this Territory, in which resistance to the Territorial laws evien unto hlood has been
agreed upon. And that we respectfully recommend their abatement as a nuisance.
"'Also, that we are satisfied that the building known as the Free-State. Hotel, in
Lawrence, has been constructed with the view to military occupation and defence, regularly parapeted and port-holed for the use of cannon and small-arms, and could only
have been designed as a stronghold of resistance to law, thereby endangering the public
safety and encouraging rebellion and sedition in this country; and respectfully recommend that steps be taken whereby this nuisance snay be removed.
OWEN C. *TEWART, Foreman."'




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MAY 21.-The following history of the 20th and 21st is copied from the
Lecompton Union:
"LAWRENCE TAKEN!-GLORIOUS TRIUMPH OF THE LAW-AND-ORDER PARTY OVER
FANATICSM IN KANSAS!-FULL PARTICULARS.-On Tuesday, the 20th, a large force of
Law-and-Order men having gathered in and around Lecompton, the Marshal ordered
te different camps to concentrate about two miles this side of Lawrence, so as to e
redy for the execution of his immediate demands upon the people of Lawrence. At
this order we left our sanctum and proceeded to the encampment, equipped for the
occasion"'
The writer says the cavalry is
"commanded by Col. H. T. Titus, of this county, originally of Florida.   The
prison tent has eight occupants....   At half-past four o'clock the cannon
were planted without any resistance upon the heights beyond Robinson's house,
and within four hundred yards of the big stone hotel....   At el Major
Buford's company from Franklin arrived; and by twelve our forces amounted to eight
hundred strong, cavalry and infantry, and four six-pound pieces of brass cannon.
At one o'clock the United States Deputy Marshal selected a small posse and entered
town to make arrests....  Only three arrests were made, viz.: Smith, JenkinsandDeitzler." [Sheriff Jones then summons a posse.] "Jones had agreatmany
writs in his hands, but could find no one against whom he held them. He also had an
order from the Court to demand a surrender of their arms, field and side, and a demolition of the two presses and the Free-State Hotel as nuisances.When they
agreed to surrender, our men were marched down in front of the town, and one cannon
planted upon their own battlements.....  About this time a banner was
seen fluttering in the breeze over the office of the Herald of Freedom. Its color was a
blood-red, with a lone star in the centre, and South Carolina above... Thus
floated victoriously the first banner of Southern rights over the Abolition town of Lawrence, unfurled by the noble sons of Carolina....   Mr. Jones ordered two
companies into each printing office to destroy the press. Both presses were broken up
and thrown into the streets, the type thrown in the river, and all the material belonging to each office destroyed. After this was accomplished, and the private property
removed from the hotel by theldifferent companies, the cannon were bro ught in front
of the house, and directed their destructive blows upon the walls. The building caught
on fire, and soon its walls came with a crash to the ground. Thus fell the Abolition
fortress; and we hope this will teach the Aid Society a good lesson for the future.
We think the conservative men of the North and. East have had furnished
them, long since, sufficient data to form correct opinions of the motives governing
these men. If every man of them had been killed, every house burned, and total and
entire extermination had been the motto of the'Law-and-Order Party,' who would be
to blame? Impartial decision answers,'These men have brought the calamity upon
their own lieads."'7
MAY 22.-Preston S. Brooks, a Member of the House from South Caro-,
lina, commits a violent assault upon Charles Sumner, in the U. S. Senate
Chamber. The House afterwards voted by 121 to 95 to expel Brooks -less
than two-thirds. Brooks resigned, was re-elected, and died January 27,
1857.
MAY 24.-Mr. Doyle and his two sons, Mr. Sherman and Mr. Wilkinson,
all Pro-Slavery, were taken from their houses at night, and murdered.
Pate captures two of Brown's sons, John jr., who was a member of the
Topeka Legislature, and Jason, and treats them inhumanly. He proceeds
towards Lecompton, and encamps on a stream called Black Jack, near
Hickory Point, in the southeast corner of Douglas county. Monday morning Capt. Brown with, nine men and Capt. Shore with nineteen -men left
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men. The fight was opened by Shore and lasted about three hours, and
ended in Pate's surrender.
Brown entrenched himself on Middle Ottawa Creek, near Prairie City,
and about two miles from the present Baldwin City.
MAY 31.-A Pro-Slavery meeting in Leavenworth appoints a Committee
of Safety.
JUNE 1.-Governor Robinson arrives at Lecompton. He had been under
arrest since May 10. There were two indictments against him -one for
usurping office, and one for high treason.
JUNE 2.-Democratic National Convention at Cincinnati. It resolved
that, repudiating all sectionalism, the Democratic party adopts the principles of the Kansas-Nebraska bill- that is, the non-interference of the
General Government with Slavery, which was the basis of the Compromise
measures. That it recognizes the right of new States to regulate their
domestic institutions, with or without Slavery, as they see fit. The administration of Pierce was endorsed, and Buchanan and Breckinridge nominated.
In the Free States, at the election in November, Fremont received
115,868 more votes than Buchanan. In the Slave States, Fremont received
only 1,194 votes, while Buchanan received 609,587.
JUNE 2.-Battle of Black Jack, near Palmyra. Free-State men led by
Captain John Brown.
JUNE 4.-A party from Lawrence march to Franklin. There is a night
skirmish, with small results.
-Whitfield, Reed, Milt. McGee and Coleman are assembled on Bull
creek, about twelve miles east of Baldwin City, in the southeast corner of
Johnson county.
JUNE 4.- Gov. Shannon issues a proclamation "commanding all persons
belonging to military companies unauthorized by law to disperse; otherwise
they will be dispersed by United States troops." He writes to Col. Sumner
"to defend Franklin and Lehay's house."
JUNE 5.- Col. Sumner proceeds to the camp of Brown, on Ottawa creek,
to enforce Shannon's orders. Capt. Brown and Capt. Shore consent to disband, and Whitfield promises to return with his men to Missouri. The
other Free-State leaders, encamped at Hickory Point, were Walker, Cracklin, Abbott, Lenhart, Cook, and Hopkins.
JUNE 6.- Col. Sumner returns to Fort Leavenworth. *Whitfield leaves
for Missouri. Reed, Pate, Bell, and Jenigen, reach Osawatomie, and sack
the town. The dwelling-houses are pillaged.
JUNE 7.- Civil war rages throughout the settled portions of the Territory.
The Missouri river closed to Free-State immigrants. Steamboats are stopped, and "Yankees" robbed and sent back.
JUNE.-The following is copied from an article on David Starr Hoyt,
written by William B. Parsons, and published in the Kansas Magazine of
July, 1872-vol. II, p. 45:
"After a few weeks, Hoyt returned to Lawrence, and entered heart and soul into the
stirring events which followed. In June he went with a white flag into a Border-Ruffian
fort in the south part of Douglas county, known as Fort Saunders, and while returning,




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still under the protection of the flag, was basely murdered.by the men with whom he
had been treating. Such was the boasted'chivalry.'
Hoyt was among the earliest and bravest of the Kansas martyrs. He left his home
with the impression fastened in his mind, that he should be called upon to give up his
life soewhere upon the Kansas prairies, and the thought neveroquickened his pulse,
or produced the quiver of a muscle."
The "Relief" business began in 1856. The settlers had raised issues not
crops. Money and clothing came from the North and East in the bountiful
way since grown so familiar. Milwaukee raised $3,000, Chicago $20,000.
The Grand Kansas Aid Society, organized in Buffalo, J. D. Webster, Chairman, raised $120,000. The Boston Committee, George L. Stearns, Chairman, raised $20,000. The Kansas Aid Committee of Massachusetts raised
$78,000. Horace White, of the Chicago Tribune, was the Secretary of that
Society.
JU     17.-The National Republican Convention held at Philadelphia.
The platform is mainly "Free Kansas." It declares that it is "both the
right and the duty of Congress to prohibit in thp Territories those twin
relis of barbarism -polygamy and slavery."
It was also -
"Reslved, That Kansas should be immediately admitted as a State of the Union, with
her present free Constitution, as at once the most effectual way of securing to her citizens the enjoyment of the rights and privileges to which they are entitled, and of
endin, the civil strife now raging in that Territory."
It was a ringing and grand platform, and was said to have been written
by E  Rockwood Hoar.  Fremont and Dayton were nominated. Abram
Lincoln received 110 votes for Vice President.
JUNE 19.-Jas. F. Legate arrested' in Lawrence, for treason, and taken
to Lecompton. The prisoners are confined in tents, about two miles from
the town, and guarded by soldiers.
JUNE 21.-An address from the law-and-Order party, signed by Atchison, Stringfeliow, Buford and others, is sent through the South. It asks
aid in money and men.
JUNE 23.- Capt. John Brown, jr., and H. H. Williams, both of Osawatomie, are added to the prison camp. Capt. Brown had been in irons, and
the cruel treatment he had received had made him insane.
JUNE 23.-Two letters from the Governor to Col. Sumner. In the second
he says: "I do hope it will be in your power to attend in person this Tppeka
Legislature." The Governor leaves Lecompton for St. Lo~uis, on official
business.
JUNE 25.- G. A. Grow, of Pennsylvania, presents a bill in the House of
Representatives, for the admission of Kansas.
JUNE 27.- Gov. Shannon writes from St. Louis to President Pierce on
the military and political sit uation.
JUNE 29.-Secretary Woodson writes to Col. P. St. George Cooke, commanding at Fort Riley, "to take the field," and "scour the country between
Fort Riley and the crossing opposite Topeka, for the purpose'of repelling
said armed invasion of the Territory.".
JULY.-A book is published with this title: "The Kanzas Region, by
Max. Greene. New York: Fowler & Wells. 1856."I  pp. 192. Two maps.




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The writer had been a traveller on the Santa Fe trail. The book is pleasantly written, but romantic rather than valuable. It contains very little
trustworthy information. There is a town-site flavor about it, the favorite
town of Mr. Greene being "Council City, on Switzler's Creek, eighty-eight
miles west from Missouri, on the Santa Fe trail." This was the town of the
"American Settlement Company."  The directors of the company were
Theodore Dwight, J. E. Snodgrass, A. H. Jocelyn, Geo. Walter, J. M.
Winchell, G. Manning Tracy, I. R. Barbour, Lotan Smith and D. C. Van
Norman. "Council City" is now known as Burlingame.
JULY 1.-The prisoners are placed in a log cabin, near Lecompton.
The camp was soon moved again.
JULY J.-Report No. 200, House of Representatives, Thirty-fourth Congress,, first session, submitted. It is a book of 1206 pages, and has this title:
"Report of the Special Committee appointed to Investigate the Troubles in
Kansas; with the Views of the Minority of said Committee. Washington:
Cornelius Wendell, Printer. 1856." Twenty thousand copies were printed,
but the book has already become rare. Sherman and Howard make the
majority, and Oliver the minority report. It is an amazingly full collection of political facts in the history of Kansas, containing the name of
nearly every voter in the Territory, and the affidavits of prominent men
of both political parties in regard to leading events.
JULY 3.-The House passes Grow's bill for the admission of Kansas,
under the Topeka Constitution, by a vote of 99 to 97.
-In the Senate, Mr. Douglas reports a bill to take a census and provide
for a Constitutional Convention, to be held in December; adopted, and sent
to the House. No action taken in the House.
-Colonel E. V. Sumner, of the First Cavalry, in camp at Topeka, asks
the members of the Legislature not to assemble.
JULY 4.-Acting Governor Woodson issues a proclamation forbidding
the meeting of the Topeka Legislature. Colonel Sumner says he will sustain the Governor's proclamation.
-The Free-State Legislature reassembles at Topeka. Colonel Edwin V.
Sumner, U. S. A., appears in the House, and then in the Senate, and orders
each body to disperse. He was ordered to do so by Acting Governor Woodson and President Pierce. The Legislature obeys the order.
JULY 7.-Secretary Woodson asks Major Sedgwick, U. S. A., for a posse
to enable Deputy Marshal William P. Fain to execute writs. Military
commissions continue to be issued by the Acting Governor.
JULY 8.-Senator Douglas reports a substitute for the bill of the Hduse
admitting Kansas. It authorizes the people to form a new Constitution.
The Senate passes the substitute, the same day, by 30 to 13.
-The House refuses to recede from its previous action.
The House then passed a bill reorganizing the Territory of Kansas. It
was lost in the Senate.
The House refused to vote the army appropriation bill except with a
proviso that the army should not be used in putting down Free-State men
in Kansas.
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on the 18th. It was reassembled by the President, August 21. On the
30t, the army bill passed without the proviso. The House was also defeated in its'attempt to have writs of nolle prosequi entered in the cases of
the Free-State prisoners in Kansas.
JULY.- Colonel Sumner removed, and General Persifer F. Smith placed
in command at Fort Leavenworth. General Smith's health was failg,
and he took no active part in the Territory.
-Late in the month, John W. Geary, of Pennsylvania, was appointed
Governor.
AUGU 1.-The House votes that John W. Whitfield is not entitled to
a seat as the Delegate from Kansas, by 110 to 92. The vote to give A. H.
Reeder a seat was 88 yeas to 113 nays. Whitfield had held the seat up to
this time.
T    CONQUEST OF KANSAS, BY MISSOURI AND HER ALLIES. A History of the Troubles in Kansas, from the Passage of the Organic Act until the close of July, 1856.
By William Phillips, Special Correspondent of the New York Tribune, for Kansas.
Come on, then, gentlemen of the Slave States; since there is no escaping your challenge, I accept it in behalf of Freedom. We will engage in competition for the virgin
soil of Kansas, and God give the victory to the side that is stronger in numbers, as
it is in right!'-Speech of Win. H. Seward, in the United States Senate, 185. Boston:
Phillips, Sampson & Co. 1856." pp. 414.
The above is a copy of the title-page of Col. Phillips's book, the author's
name appearing as William, not William A., Phillips. The book is the most
minute and elaborate history we have of the years 1854,'5 and'6, and has
always been taken as the standard Free-State record of that period. Col.
Phillips was energetic, tireless, and thoroughly in earnest. His book is a
flaming and fiery manifesto in behalf of Freedom in Kansas. Kansas was
said to be " conquered'" to fire the Northern heart, and to prevent the possibility ~of such an event. The book, and the author's letters in the Tribune,
did an immense work in saving Kansas and the whole country from Slavery.
AUGUST 4.- Rules of the First District Court, Samuel D. Lecompte, j ustice, adopted. They were printed by Millan & Posegate, St. Joseph, Mo.,
in a pamphlet of 17 pages.
AUGUST 5.- Free-State men take the fort near Osawatomie, driving out
the Georgia camp.
AUGUST 7.- James H. Lane, with a party of four hundred immigrants,
arrives in Kansas by the overland route, through Iowa and Nebraska.
Free-State immigration up the Missouri river had been forcibly stopped.
Several colonlies came to Kansas through Iowa.
AUGUST 11.- Col. Treadwell has a camp on Washington creek, called
Fort Saunders, about twelve miles southwest of Lawrence.
- Free-State men attack Franklin. A wagon-load of burning hay is
pushed up to the blockhouse in which the Pro-Slavery men are gathered,
and causes them to surrender. This was the second fight at Franklin.
AUGUST 15.-The Georgia camp, at Washington creek, taken by FreeState men.
AUGUST 16.- Capt. Samuel Walker attacks the fortified house of Col.
Titus, near Lecompton, captures twenty prisoners, and burns the house.
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Sedgwick of the U. S. dragoons, visit Lawrence. Gov. Shannon makes a
second treaty of peace. The Free-State prisoners are exchanged
AUGUST 19. -Murder of Hopps by Fugit. Fugit was arrested in 1857,
after Henry J. Adams became Mayor of Leavenworth.  A letter in the S
Louis Democrat, dated May 27th, 1857, says:
Fugit is the same person who made a bet in this city (Leavenworth), last August,
that before night he would have a Yankee scalp. He got a horse and rode out into the
country a few miles, and met a German, a brother-in-law of Rev. E. Nute, named Hopps
He asked if he was from Lawrence. Hopps replied that he was. Fugit immediately
levelled his revolver and fired, theshot taking effect in the temples, and Hopps fell a
corpse. The assassin dismounted from his horse, cut the scalp from the back of his
head, tied it to a pole, and returned to town, exhibiting it to the people, and boasting of
his exploit. The body of the victim was found shortly after, and buried on Pilot Knob,
about two miles distant from this city. This same Fugit is one of the party who, when
the widow came from Lawrence to look for her husband's corpse, forced her on oard
of a steamer, and sent her down the river."
AUGUST 21.-Gov. Shannon receives notice of his removal. Acting
Governor Woodson calls out the militia. This was the darkest hour for
Free-State men, and hundreds of them left Kansas.
The Northern Division of the Pro-Slavery militia is under Gen. Richardson, and the Southern Division under Gen. Coffey.
AUGUST 25.-David Atchison chosen commander of the Pro-Slavery
"Ary of Law and Order in Kansas Territory."  Gov. Woodson issues a
proclamation, declaring the Territory in a State of open insurrection and
a!rebellion..             -., 
Atchison and Stringfellow concentrate an army at Little Santa Fe, on the
Missouri border.
AUGUST 29.-The Missourians under John W. Reed and Rev. Martin
White attack Osawatomie, and take it. Their number was about four hundred, and John Brown's forty-one. Capt. Brown's son Frederick was killed.
Robbery and fire left nothing of Osawatomie.
AUGUST 30.-Woodson orders Col. Cooke to attack Topeka.
SEPTEMBER 1. —City election at Leavenworth. Win. Phillips, a FreeState lawyer, who had been tarred and feathered the year before, was now'
killed in his house. The Free-State candidates did not receive a single
vote. Fred. Emory led the Ruffians. Free-State men ordered to leave the
city. Win. E. Murphy, -Pro-Slavery, elected Mayor.
SEPTEMBER 3.-Jefferson Davis, Secretary of War, writes to MajorGeneral Persifer F. Smith, Commanding Department of the West, to call
upon the Governor (Geary) "for such militia force as you may require to
enable you promptly and successfully to execute your orders and suppress.
insurrection against the Government of the Territory of Kansas.....
The position of the insurgents... is that of open rebellion against
the laws and constitutional authorities.... Patriotism and humanity
alike require that rebellion should be promptly crushed, etc., etc.
SEPTEMBER 7.-At Glasgow, Mo., Gov. Geary has an interview with exGov. Shannon. Geary is coining up on the steamboat Keystone, and
Shannon going down on another boat.
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106                        ANNALS OF KANSAS.                                 [1856.
Conference of Ministers, held at Lawrence. The Conference embraced
Nebraska until 1860, when a division was made.
ANNUAL STATISTICS FROM  1856 TO 1863.
Year.: 
1856...................................................  920                   407
1857..............................31.....................    1,033 4   $11,900    14  357
1858................................................. 47  1, 980  4    15,000    73  1,823
1859..............................  62       2,628    17    29, 2)00    80    2,017
1860...................................................                94     3'044
1860.85    ~~~~~~ ~~3,881    17    34, 900    94                    3, 044
1861................................................. 74  3,932    43    49,725    87  2, 825
1862...................................................  72  3,964    30    39,690    90  2,624
1863..................................68     4,184    33    40,775   100      3,674
At the first meeting of the Conference, a plan was projected for meeting the educational wants of the rapidly-developing State. The "Kansas Educational Association"
was formed, with the object of securing a favorable location for a University. They
received a large and valuable tract of land from the "Palmyra Association" of Douglas
county, secured a liberal and comprehensive charter, and in 1857 founded "Baker University."-Annual Register, p. 84.
SEPTEMBER.-The following statement in regard to the Protestant Episcopal Church in Kansas is copied from a paper by N. O. Preston, in the
Annual Register, in 1864:
"The Rev. Hiram Stone came as a missionary of the Episcopal Church to Leavenworth in the autumn of 1856. He entered upon his field of labors with commendable
zeal, and worked faithfully for the space of three years. He built a neat church edifice
-gathered a respectable and intelligent congregation, embracing forty communicants.
In the autumn of 1859, he accepted the chaplaincy of Fort Leavenworth. In April,
1863, the Rev. Mr. Egar was called to the rectorship of the parish, left vacant for three
years, and is now engaged in building a Gothic church in that city. The Rev. C. M.
Calloway, by a Missionary Society in Philadelphia, was sent to Kansas in the winter of
1856-57, on what may be called a church exploring expedition. After visiting various
points in the Territory, and surmounting many difficulties, he returned, and made a
full report of his discoveries and impressions. His report was of such a nature-representing the field as "already white for the harvest"-as to induce the Missionary
Committee to employ several missionaries to labor in Kansas. The Rev. Mr. Calloway
soon returned, located with his family in Topeka, and labored in that city till the
autumn of 1860. He succeeded, with funds gathered froni churchmen in the East and
South, in erecting, of brick, a large and substantial building, one part of which is a
rectory, and the other part a female seminary. He organized Grace Church, Topeka,
and, as he left, reported twelve communicants.
"The Rev. Charles Reynolds came with his family to Lawrence in 1857, organized
Trinity Church in that city, and with funds obtained mainly from the East, built a
church edifice of stone, and a substantial parsonage. He also organized Christ Church,
Prairie City. He has betn a successful laborer in Kansas. In his last printed report,
there are twenty-seven communicants in Lawrence, and ten in Prairie City. He is now
a chaplain in one of the Kansas regiments, and is engaged, in connexion with other
duties, in building a church edifice at Fort Scott.
"The Rev. R. S. Nash came as a missionary to Kansas in the year 1857. I-e located
in Wyandotte, and labored faithfully there till near the close of 1862. He succeededwith funds gathered mainly fromin the East-in erecting a beautiful church edifice and
a commodious parsonage. He reports twelve communicants. He is now laboring with
acceptance at Prairie City, in the capacity of Rector of Christ Church, and Principal of
a diocesan male school.
"The Rev. N. O. Preston came to Kansas in May, 1858, located in Manhattan, found
three communicants of the Episcopal Church. He labored there two years and eight




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months, and succeeded with funds mainly collected in New Orleans and Philadelphia,
in building a Gothic church. He organized St. Paul's Church, Manhattan, and in his
last report to the convention, appear sixteen communicants. By the urgent solicitation
of friends in the Diocese, and of others, he removed with his family to Topeka, January
1, 1861, where he is still laboring in the position of Rector of Grace Church, and Principal of the Episcopal Female Seminary. He has succeeded, by the aid of funds contributed through Bishop Lee of Iowa, and from contributions by his parishioners, in
erecting a beautiful stone church. He has also succeeded in establishing a flourishing
female seminary. The communicants in Grace Church have increased from twelve to
thirty.
"The Rev. J. Ryan came to Kansas as a missionary in the spring of 1858, and located
at Elwood. He built a church there, and reported, in 1861, ten communicants. He
also preached at several other places, and is now dividing his time between Troy and
Atchison."
SEPTEMBER 9.-John W. Geary, the third Governor, arrives at Fort
Leavenworth, and is received by Gen. P. F. Smith.
— Despatch of Gov. Geary to the President:
"I find that I have not simply to contend against bands of armed ruffians and brigands, whose sole aim and end is assassination and robbery; infatuated adherents and
advocates of conflicting political sentiments and local institutions, and evil-disposed
persons actuated by a desire to obtain elevated positions, but, worst of all, against the
influence of men who have been placed in authority, and have employed all the destructive agents. around them to promote their own personal interests at the sacrifice of
every just, honorable, and lawful consideration.
" I have barely time to give you a brief statement of facts as I find them. The town
of Leavenworth is now in the hands of armed bodies of men, who, having been enrolled
as militia, perpetrate outrages of the most atrocious character under the shadow of authority from the Territorial Government.
"Within a few days these men have robbed and driven from their homes unoffending
citizens, have fired upon and killed others in their own dwellings, and stolen horses and
property, uinder the pretence of employing them in the publice service. They have
seized persons who had committed no offence, and, after stripping them of all their
valuables, placed them on steamers and sent them out of the Territory.
"In isolated or country places no man's life is safe. The roads are filled with armed
robbers, and murders for mere plunder are of daily occurrence. Almost every farmhouse is deserted, and no traveller has the temerity to venture upon the highways
without an escort."
-See Executive Documents, 3d sess. Thirty-fourth Congress, Vol. I,
part 1, pages 88 and 89.
-In describing the condition of the Territory at the time of his arrival,
in his farewell to the people of Kansas, (Senate Doc., Ast sess. Thirty-fifth
Congress, No. 17, p. 200,) Gov. Geary says:
"Desolation and ruin reigned on every hand; homes and firesides were deserted; the
smoke of burning dwellings darkened the atmosphere; women and children, driven
from their habitations, wandered over the prairies and among the woodlands, or sought
refuge and protection even among the Indian tribes."
-At the trial of the treason prisoners before the Supreme Court at Lecompton, the Government asks a postponement till April. C. H. Branscomb and M. J. Parrott appeared for the prisoners, and demanded an
immediate trial. The cases were continued, and the prisoners released on bail.
SEPTEMBER 10.- Gov. Robinson released on bail of $5,000 -just four
months from the day he was taken prisoner.
-Gov. Geary arrives at Lecompton.
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justice and fair play. He issues a proclamation disbanding the Territorial militia, and ordering all other armed men to quit the Territory; and
also a proclamation ordering all persons qualified to bear arms to enroll
themselves and be in readiness for service.
An address is issued, signed by Atchison, Stringfellow, Tebbs, Anderson,
Reid, Doniphan, and others, calling upon the people of the Slave States to
come to Kansas and drive out the "army of the North."
SEPTEMBER 12.-Gov. Geary orders H. J. Strickler to disarm and disband the militia. He orders Thos. J. B. Cramer, Inspector General, to
take charge of the arms. The orders were disregarded. Gov. Geary informs Hon. W. L. Marcy, Secretary of State, of his official acts and purposes. Wm. A. Heiskell, General of the First Brigade, Southern Division,
with L. A. Maclean, Adjutant, has 1,000 men at Mission Creek.
By order of Gov. Geary, Capt. Samuel Walker's Free-State infantry
company, at Lawrence, and the Pro-Slavery cavalry company of Capt.
John Wallis, and the infantry of Capt. John Donaldson, Lecompton, were
mustered into the United States' service. The two Pro-Slavery companies
were mustered out at Fort Leavenworth, and Walker's at Lawrence, December 1st.
SEPTEMBER 13.-Capt. Harvey, with a Lawrence force, has a fight at
Hickory Point, about five miles east of Osawkee, in Jefferson county. The
Pro-Slavery men, under Lowe and Robertson, surrender, after a six-hours'
fight. The Lawrence men. have a gun, lately taken at Franklin. It was a
six-pounder, and was originally captured at Sacramento by Col. Doniphan. Lane had been at Hickory Point the day before, and had declined
to fight without artillery. Lane was on his way East, by way of Nebraska.
He had called the Lawrence men there, and also a Topeka company, under
"Capt. Whipple." Whipple, whose real name was Aaron D. Stephens, was
afterwards executed at Harper's Ferry, being one of John Brown's men.
Harvey's men, 101 in number, were captured by Col. Cooke, and kept in
confinement in the camp of the U. S. troops, on the outskirts of Lecompton.
After a hearing before Judge Cato, he committed the whole party for
trial on the charge of murder in the first degree. They were taken to a
dilapidated house in Lecompton, and guarded by Col. Titus's militia.
In October, about twenty of Harvey's soldiers were convicted, and sentenced to the Penitentiary for a term of five years. Among them were
Frank B. Swift, a native of Maine (afterwards the.Captain of the Lawrence
Stubbs, and a Captain in the First Kansas), Alfired Paine of Ohio, Sam'l
Stewart of Michigan, L. Soley of Massachusetts,     Crawford, Jer'h
Jordan of Pennsylvania, and John Lawrie of Indiana.
SEPTEMBER 14.-John Brown in command of the Free-State men at
Lawrence. After a night skirmish, the Missourians retreat.
- Gov. Geary orders Woodson and Strickler to proceed to the Pro-Slavery
army on the Wakarusa, and disband it. Gov. Geary, with United States
troops, arrives in Lawrence. The people are in arms.
SEPTEMBER 15.-The United States troops left in Lawrence by Gov.
Geary, who goes to Franklin. The Pro-Slavery camp is at the junction of
the Wakarusa and Kaw rivers. The commander is Gen. John W. Reid, a




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member of the Missouri Legislature, assisted by David Atchison, B. F.
Stringfellow, L. A. Maclean (Chief Clerk of Surveyor General John Calhoun), J. W. Whitfield, Geo. W. Clarke, Wm. A. Heiskell, Wm. P. Richardson, Frank J. Marshall, H. T. Titus, Fred. Emory, Sheriff Jones, and
others, with 2,700 men. Judge Cato was in this camp. Gov. Geary assembled the officers and addressed them at length, and ordered the army to be
disbanded and dispersed. He told Atchison that he had last seen him as
the presiding officer of the United States Senate, and Acting Vice President
of the United States.
-Murder of David C. Buffilm, a Free-State man, near Lecompton. Gov.
Geary visited the wounded man, and had Judge Cato take down his dying
declarations. The Governor tried in vain to have the assassins arrested.
Arrests of Free-State men were constantly made.
-Carmi W. Babcock, Postmaster at Lawrence, and a Free-State man,
is arrested at Topeka, and discharged by the Governor.
SEPTEMBER 18.- Governor Geary, Colonel Cooke and United States soldiers arrest twelve persons and capture property at Topeka, on a warrant
from Lecompte.
SEPTEMBER 23.-The Governor addresses a letter to each of the Judges,
asking them what they have done. The replies show that very little had
been done. In the midst of war, laws are silent. Chief Justice Lecompte
replied that he had a "party bias" for the Democratic party, and was
proud of it. He said, "To the charge of a Pro-Slavery bias, I am proud,
too, of this. I am the steady friend of Southern rights under the Constitution of the United States. I have been reared where Slavery was recognized by the Constitution of my State. I love the institution as entwining
itself around all my early and late associations."
OCTOBER.-Publication of Mrs. Robinson's book-" Kansas; Its Interior
and Exterior Life. Including a Full View of its Settlement, Political History, Social Life, Climate, Soil, Productions, Scenery, etc. By Sara T. L.
Robinson. Boston: Crosby, Nichols and Company. 1856." pp. 366.
Allibone's Dictionary of Authors says this book went through six editions. It was favorably noticed by the London Athenaeum, as well as by
the Republican press of this country. Mrs. Robinson is an accomplished
lady, the wife of Governor Robinson. She possessed the knowledge of
events and the literary skill necessary to produce an interesting and trustworthy book, and one which will continue to have a permanent value.
The women of Kansas suffered more than the men, and were not less
heroic. Their names are not known; they were not elected to office; they
had none of the exciting delights of an active, out-door life on these
attractive prairies; they endured in silence; they took care of the home,
of the sick; if "home they brought her warrior dead, she nor swooned,
nor uttered sigh." It is fortunate that a few of these truest heroes have
left a printed record of pioneer life in Kansas.
OCTOBER 6.-Pro-Slavery election for Delegate to Congress, members of
the Legislature, and on the question of calling a Convention to form a
State Constitution. The Free-State men do not vote. Of the 4,276 votes




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cast for Whitfield, as Delegate, 1,458 were cast at Leavenworth.   The vote
for a Convention was 2,592; against, 454.
TERRITORIAL ELECTION, OCTOBER 6, 1856.
For Congress.    Convention.?
Name of County.                           9                 e
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0._
Atchison.............................................................. 520.........    545
Arapahoe........................................................................
Bourbon..............................................................   188.....................................
Brown........................................16.........15................    16
Doniphan.........................................323...................   32367  7
D ouglas...............................................................461........  4  380.
Douglas..                                  ~~~~~~~~~461.....  380
Davis..................................................................   123................  93
Calhoun..............................................................    52.............9"  15
Franklin..13..................................................
Jefferson.............................................................. 222.........  21 7  
Johnson.........................................132...........1..........   13231
Leavenworth...................................................... 1,480.........  1,243  47
Linn........................................14..............................................
Lykins.........................................133........................    13399  2
Madison........................................     13     40...............
Marshall..............................................................  83........  180..   185
Nemaha.......................................................................................
Riley..................................................................    11........  25
FOR REPRESENTATIVES.
Name of County. NYamne of Candidate.   Vote.  Name of County.  Name of Candidate.  Vote.
Joseph P. Carr.....428                            Jas. Kukendall.... 30
Wm. Young.........  506   Calhoun...........  Geo. Young.........   22
Richard L. Kirk..  451                             A. Laws..............    15
Atchison...........  Caleb May...........100   Franklin.........  J. A. Merritt........   13
W. P. Lamb.........   91                           H  Howard..........   14
A. Elliott............   107   Jefferson..........  Win. H. Tebbs......  193
Luther Knox......      84   Johnson.......J. J.T. Barton.........  117
Arapahoe.........  Benj. F. Simmons    10                             F John W. Martin... 1,301
( B. Brantly........... 176                        | W m. G. Mathias...  980
Bourbon...........   W. W. Spratt......1n127   LJ th                  M. Walker...........  898
R. G. Roberts....... 60        eavenworth...j D. J. Johnson....         669
X. K. Stout.........   17                        I L.F.Hollingsw'th.   516
Brown..............  B. O'Driscoll.........  17                        A. R. Kellum.......    510
T. W. Waterson...   17                             J. Davis...............  143
F X. K. Stout..........  316                        J. P. Fox............  123
Doniphan.........   B. O'Driscoll          296   L.............  Martin White......  127
T. W. Waterson...  268          yns                J. P. Fox............  105
Jos. C. Anderson..  456                            Geo. H. Reese......   45
J. C. Thompson;... 418.                Sol. G. Brown......  40
]Douglas............  Jas. Garvin..........  457   M............] R. F. Stiggers......   12
0O. H. Browne......  404                          A. I. Baker..........   12
H. Butcher........... 447.          W. H. Jenkins..... 186
DR. Garrett              59   Marshall...........  A. G. Burrett......       1
Das...............   O. J. Chapman.....   84   Nemaha...........  C. Dolmnan............   12
Riley............... R.  Garrett..........  66
OCTOBER 7.-The Vermont Legislature appropriate $20,000 for the relief
of Kansas. Governor Geary writes to the Governor of that State that the
money is not needed.
OCTOBER 10.- Colonel Cooke aided William S. Preston, Deputy Marshal,
in arresting a large party of Free - State immigrants, "near the Nebraska
river," on the northern line of the Territory. Shaler W. Eldridge was the




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conductor of the party, and among the number were S. C. Pomeroy, Robert
Morrow and Richard Realf. Major H. H. Sibley conducted them to North
Topeka.
OCTOBER 14.-Governor Geary met the immigrants and released them
from arrest.
OCTOBER 17. —Governor Geary leaves Lecompton on a tour of observation.
OCTOBER. 20.-Surveyor General's office removed to Lecompton.
OCTOBER.- One of the "Anti-Slavery Tracts" is called "A Ride Through
Kanzas. By Thomas Wentworth Higginson." It contains 24 pages, and is
made up of letters written by Colonel Higginson from Nebraska and Kansas
in September and October, 1856. The letters were originally published with
the signature of "Worcester," in the New York Tribune. The pictures of
Topeka, Lecompton, Lawrence and Leavenworth are entertaining and valuable. The day is not distant when such brief histories will be republished
for permanent preservation by our State Historical Society.
NOVEMBER 1.-Reissue of the Herald of Freedom, at Lawrence. The
Free-State paper at Topeka is revived.
NOVEMBER 6.-The Governor arrives at Lecompton, and issues  proclamation setting apart November 20th as a day of Thanksgiving. He had
visited many towns, going east as far as Osawatomie, and west to Fort Riley.
NOVEBER 7.- Owen C. Stewart is discharged as Superintendent of the
Capitol. The $50,000 appropriated by Congress had been expended, but
the walls of the building had been advanced only a few feet above the
foundation.
NOVEMBER 10.- Charles Hays, arrested for the'Murder of Buffum, and
indicted by a Pro-Slavery grand jury at Lecompton for murder in the first
degree, was discharged on bail by Lecompte. Gov. Geary regarded this act
as a judicial outrage, treated it as a nullity, and ordered Marshal Donalson
to rearrest Hays. He declined to obey the order. Col. H. T. Titus then
arrested Hays and brought him to Lecompton.
NOV EMBER 13.-The Govern'(r asked the Postmaster General for better
mail facilities: " It requires eleven days for a letter to reach this place from
Washington City, when a person travelling with expedition can accomplish
the same distance in six days."
NOVEMBER 15.-The Free-State prisoners, forty in number, are removed
to Tecumseh.
NOVEMBER 17.-While Gov. Geary was attending the Delaware Land
sales, at Leavenworth, Lecompte released Hays on a writ of habeas corpus.
These facts were made known' to President Pi'erce. He nominated.C. 0.
Harrison, of Kentucky, to supersede Lecompte, but Harrison was not confirmed by. the Senate.
DECEMBER 15.- Gov. Geary writes from Leavenworth to President Pierce
that $440,000 have been realized from the land sales. The city of Leavenworth, n~ot yet sold, contained 320 acres, and had been appraised by lots, at
thirty dollars an acre. Its population was placed at 2,000.
DECEMBER.-Mr. James W. Fox, of the State Printing Office, Topeka,
has a bound file of the Kansas Tribune. The first copy in the volume




112                  ANNALS OF KANSAS.                       [1856.
is dated, Lawrence, September 15, 1855, and is No. 29 of Vol. I. John
$peer and Samuel N. Wood are the publishers and editors. It is a sixcolumn paper, the columns of a measure wider than usual. This number
contains a full report of the proceedings of the Big Springs Convention.
Number 31 is dated December 10th, at Topeka. W. W. Ross had taken
the place of S. N. Wood.
The next copy is No. 33, dated January 7, 1856. On the fifth of March,
1856, the Tribune began to issue a Daily Edition. The State Legislature
was in session at Topeka. The proceedings are published in the Weekly of
March 10th. A sale of lots took place at Topeka, April 23d. The highest price paid was $810 for a lot 75 by 150 feet, on the corner of Kansas
Avenue and Sixth street. The Tribune of July 9th contains the report of
the dispersing of the Legislature by Col. Sumner. In his brief statement
to the members of the House, Col. Sumner twice said: "This is the most
painful duty of my whole life."
The next paper on this file is No. 1 of Vol. II, dated Topeka, September
5, 1856. A statement is copied from the St. Louis News, that Major Buford
has passed through that city on his return to Alabama. Several quotations are made from Southern papers. The True Carolinian. of South
Carolina, says W. D. Wilkes believes he will carry with him to Kansas
$50,000. The Charleston News says: "South Carolina is still unflagging
in her efforts in behalf of Kansas, and her people continue to forward emigrants and means. The Executive Committee of the Charleston Association
will despatch another and the fourth corps to-morrow. They will go under
the charge of Capt. Palmer, who conducted the second corps." A Georgia
paper says Alpheus Baker, jr., of Alabama, Dr. Jones, and L. F. Johnson,
have "recently been engaged in canvassing Central Alabama for the purpose of raising men and money for Kansas. Success has crowned their
efforts."
The next number of the Tribune was not issued till October 22d. It records the arrival of P. B. Plumb, of the Xenia (Ohio) News, with a company of twenty-eight young men. Number 3 contains a letter from the
Prison at Lecompton, dated October 24th, written by J. H. Kagi. The
Prison contains ninety-nine Free-State men. Eighty-eight of Capt. Harvey's
men have been indicted for murder-in the first degree, and also for manslaughter -the crimes being committed at Hickory Point, Jefferson county,
September 13th. Another letter, dated November 17th, gives an account
of the trial and sentence-for five years in the Penitentiary-of some
thirty of these prisoners. Number 4 announces a visit to Lawrence by
Thaddeus Hyatt. On the 29th of December, John Speer retires, and is
succeeded by E. G. Ross. J. H. Kagi writes on the 23d, that there are now
sixteen Free-State prisoners at Lecompton, and seven at Tecumseh. John
Ritchie and some others have escaped.
The file of the Tribune is nearly complete for 1857, and for the first half
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1857.
JANUARY 6.-The Free-State Legislature, under the Topeka Constitution, met at Topeka. Governor Robinson and Lieutenant Governor Roberts are absent, and there is no quorum.
JANUARY 7.-State Legislature reassembles; quorum present. Organize
and appoint a committee to memorialize Congress to admit Kansas under
the Topeka Constitution. After adjournment, a Deputy United States
Marshal arrests about a dozen of the members, under a writ granted by
Judge Cato, and takes them to Tecumseh.
JANUARY 8.-When the State Legislature met, both bodies were without
presiding officers and without a quorum. The President of the Senate and
the Speaker of the House are prisoners at Tecumseh. A recess was taken
till the second Tuesday in June.
-The prisoners are taken before Judge Cato, at Tecumseh (the county
seat of Shawnee county), and bound over to appear at the June term.
JANUARY 12.-Second session of the Territorial Legislature, and the
first held at Lecompton. Governor Geary's Message has the merit of reading well to-day. Although a Democrat, appointed by President Pierce, it
is a fair Message. He prdmises "'equal and exact justice to all men,' of
whatever political or religious persuasion." He prays for peace, promises
free speech, and asks for the repeal of many of the Bogus Laws. "Let the
people, then, rule in everything. I have every confidence in the virtue,
intelligence, and sober thought of the toiling millions." His review of his
brief administration has a historic value now. He advocated the building
of a railroad to the Gulf of Mexico. "The entire length of such a road
would not exceed 600 miles, much less than half the distance to the Atlantic, and at an ordinary speed of railroad travel could be traversed in less
than twenty-four hours."
The Free-State men had taken no part in the election of members of this
House, and the whole Legislature remained Pro-Slavery.
Governor Geary said there was not a single officer in the Territory amenable to him or to the people, the whole having been either appointed by
the Legislature, or holding office for terms extending a long way into the
future.
All bills vetoed by Governor Geary were passed over his head by a twothirds vote, in accordance with a secret agreement at the beginning of the
session.
Blake Little, in the Council, succeeds William Barbee, deceased; Frank
J. Marshall succeeds J. Donaldson, resigned.
Officers of the Council: Thomas Johnson, President; Richard R. Rees,
President pro tern.; Thos. C. Hughes, Chief Clerk; C. H. Grover, Assistant
Clerk; S. J. Cramer, Sergeant-at-Arms; Wm. Alley, Doorkeeper; D. Scott
Boyle, Engrossing Clerk.
Officers of the House: Win. G. Mathias, Speaker; W. H. Tebbs, Speaker
pro tern.; Robert C. Bishop, Chief Clerk; D. G. Flemming, Assistant Clerk;
John Robertson, Sergeant-at-Arms; J. H. Jackson, Doorkeeper.
JANUARY 12.-Convention of the "National Democratic Party of Kan8




114                  ANNALS OF KANSAS.                       [1857sas Territory," at Lecompton.  The following-named persons were appointed a committee to prepare an address to the people of the United
States: John Calhoun, George W. Clarke, John W. Forman, J. Kuykendall, John H. Stringfellow, A. B. Hazzard, John R. Boyd, E. Ransom, L. A.
Maclean, H. B. Harris, A. Coffey, John Donaldson, B. I. Newsom, J.. T.
Hereford, J. C. Anderson, David R. Atchison, Jeff: Buford, W. H. Tebbs,
Samuel J. Jones, Hugh M. Moore, G. W. Purkins, A. J. Isacks. The address was published in pamphlet form.
JANUARY 14.-R. H. Bennett is elected Public Printer.
JANUARY 21.-James Guthrie, Secretary of the Treasury, reports to G. A.
Grow, of the House, that the appropriations for public buildings in Kansas
have been drawn from the Treasury. Gov. Shannon drew $20,000, Jan. 31,
1856, and $20,000, July 7, 1856. Gov. Geary drew $10,000, Dec. 21, 1856.
These facts are reported to the House, by Mr. Grow, Feb. 7, 1857.
JANUARY 22.-An act creating the office of Superintendent of Public
Printing.
JANUARY 29.-James Christian succeeds E. Chapman as a member of
the Council.
FEBRUARY 3.-A. B. Hazzard elected Superintendent of Printing.
FEBRUARY 7.-The Committee on Territories of the House of Representatives, Washington, report a bill for the payment of property destroyed
at Lawrence, May 21, 1856, as asked in the memorial of R. G. Elliott and
others.
FEBRUARY 11.-A bill passed dividing the Territory into three judicial
districts.
FEBRUARY 12.-The House Committee on Elections (Washington) report
that John W. Whitfield is not entitled to a seat as Delegate from Kansas.
The first election for Delegate was held in October, 1854; the second in
October, 1855; under this second election John W. Whitfield took his seat
in the House; his right to a seat was contested by A. HI. Reeder; Whitfield
was ousted from his seat by order of the House; the Governor called an
election to fill the vacancy, on the first Monday in October, 1856; Whitfield
received 4,300 votes, and the Governor gave him a certificate of election to
the Thirty-fourth Congress; Reeder also claimed a seat, under the election
held in 1855, but the House Committee did not grant his request.
FEBRUARY 14.- Death of General William P. Richardson, member of
the Council, announced.
-The cities of Topeka, Atchison and Manhattan incorporated.
FEBRUARY 17.-Hiawatha Town Company incorporated.
-The House of Representatives, at Washington, pass a bill, 98 to 79, declaring void all acts of the Territorial Legislature, on the ground that they
are "cruel and oppressive," and that "the said Legislature was not elected
by the legal voters of Kansas, but was forced upon them by non-residents,
in violation of the organic act of the Territory," and enabling the people to
establish a government for themselves. In the Senate, it is laid on the
table, by 30 to 20. Bell, Brodhead, Houston, James, Pugh and Sfuart vote
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In the Senate, the partisans of Lecompte are strong enough to prevent
the confirmation of Chief Justice Harrison, nominated by President Pierce
to succeed Lecompte, and the latter still holds his office.
Gov. Geary soon becomes very obnoxious to the Legislature. That body
sides with Judge Lecompte in his difficulty with the Governor. Thus Geary
finds himself abandoned at Washington, and without power in the Territory.
FEBRUARY 19.-First step in the Lecopton Constitution movement.
The Legislature passes an act to provide for electing a convention to frame
a State Constitulltion. It provides for a census of voters, to be taken by
sheriff, April 1st, the return to be made in each county, to the probate
judge, before the 10th of April.  The judge can correct and add to the list
from April 10th to May 1st, when it is to be sent to the Governor   Upon
the basis of this census, the Governor is to apportion among the precincts
the sixty delegates to the convention.  The election is to be held the third
Monday in June. The delegates are to meet at Lecompton the first Monday
in September. The registry of voters is placed entirely in the hands of ProSlavery officers.
Gov. Geary vetoes the bill.  He says the Legislature "has failed to make
any provision to submit the constitution, when framed, to the consideration
of the people for their ratification or rejection." The Council passed the
bill over the veto by 11 votes for to none against.  The House likewise psses
it by a two-thirds vote.
-A bill is passed providing for the election of a new Legislature in
October. 
-Joint session of the Ilegislature to elect county officers, to fill vacancies.
FEBRUARY 18.-Capt. John Brown reads the following statement "in a
clear, ringing tone," to the Massachusetts Legislature:
"I saw, while in Missouri, in the fall of 1855, large numbers -of men going to Kansas
to vete, and also returning after they had so done; as they sa-id.
"Later in the year, I, with four of my sons, was called out, and travelled, mostly on
foot and during the night, to help defend Lawrence, a distance of thirty-five miles;
where we were detained, with some five hundred others, or thereabouts, from five to
ten days -say an average of ten days -at a cost of not less than a dollar and a half
per day, as wages; to say nothing of the actual loss and suffer ing occasioned to many of
them, by leaving their ftmilies sick, their crops not secured., their houses unprepared
for winter, and many without houses at all. This was the case with myself and sons,
who could not get houses built after returning. Wages alone would amount to seven
thousand five hundred dollars; loss and suffering cannot be estimated.
"I saw, at that time, the body of the murdered Barber, and was present to witness
his wife and other friends brought in to see him with his clothes on, just as he was
when killed.
"I, with six sons and a son-in-law, was called out, and travelled, most of the way on
foot, to try and save Lawrence, May 20 and 21, and much of the way in the night.
From that date, neither I nor my sons, nor my son-in-law, cotmid do any work about our
homes, but lost our whole time until we left, in October; except one of my sons, who
had a few weeks to devote to the care of his own and his brother's family, who were
then without a home.
"From about the 20th of May, hundreds of men, like ourselves, lost their whole
time, and entirely failed of securing any kind of crop whatever. I believe it safe to,
say, that five hundred Free-State men lost each one hundred and twenty days, which,
at one dollar and a half per day, would be -to say nothing of attendant losses -ninetythousand dollars.
"On or about the 30th of May, two of my sons, with several others, were imprisoned




116                     ANNALS OF KANSAS.                             [1857.
without other crime than opposition to bogus legislation, and most barbarously treated
for a time, one being held about one month, and the other about four months. Both
had their families on the ground. After this, both of them had their houses burned,
and all their goods consumed by the Missourians. In this burning all the eight suffered.
One had his oxen stolen, in addition."
Redpath says:
"The Captain, laying aside his paper, here said that he had now at his hotel, and
would exhibit to the Committee, if they so desired, the chains which one of his sons
had worn, when he was driven, beneath a burning sun, by Federal troops, to a distant
prison, on a charge of treason. The cruelties he there endured, added to the anxieties
and sufferings incident to his position, had rendered him, the old man said, as his eye
flashed and his voice grew sterner,'a maniac-yes, a MANIAC.'
"He paused a few seconds, wiped a tear from his eye, and continued his narration:
"'At Black Jack, the invading Missourians wounded three Free-State men, one of
them my son-in-law; and, a few days afterwards, one of my sons was so wounded that
he will be a cripple for life.
"'In June, I was present and saw the mangled and disfigured body of the murdered Hoyt, of Deerfield, Massachusetts, brought into our camp. I knew him well.' I saw the ruins of many Free-State men's houses in different parts of the Territory, together with grain in the stack, burning, and wasted in other ways, to the
amount, at least, of fifty thousand dollars.
"'I saw several other Free-State men, besides those I have named, during the summer, who were badly wounded by the invaders of the Territory.
"' I know that for much of the time during the summer, the travel over portions of
the Territory was entirely cut off, and that none but bodies of armed men dared to
move at all.
"'I know that for a considerable time the mails on different routes were entirely
stopped; and notwithstanding there were abundant troops in the Territory to escort
the mails, I know that such escorts were not furnished, as they ought to have been.
"'I saw while it was standing, and afterwards saw the, ruins of, a most valuable
house, the property of a highly civilized, intelligent, and exemplary Christian Indian,
which was burned to the ground by the Rufflans, because its owner was suspected of
favoring the Free-State men. He is known as Ottawa Jones, or John T. Jones.
"'In September last, I visited a beautiful little Free-State town called Stanton, on
the north side of the Osage (or Marais des Cygnes, as it is sometimes called), from
which every inhabitant had fled for fear of their lives, even after having built a strong
log house, or wooden fort, at a heavy expense, for their protection. Many of them had
left their effects liable to be destroyed or carried off, not being able to remove them.
This was to me a most gloomy scene, and like a visit to a sepulchre.
"' Deserted houses and cornfields were to be found in almost every direction south of
the Kansas rivet.' I have not yet told all I saw in Kansas.' I once saw three mangled bodies, two of which were dead, and one alive, but with
twenty bullet and buckshot holes in him, after the two murdered men had lain on the
ground, to be worked at by flies, for some eighteen hours. One of these young men
was ay own son.'
"The stern old man faltered. He struggled long to suppress all exhibition of his
feelings; and soon, but with a subdued, and in a faltering, tone continued:
"'I saw Mr. Parker, whom I well know, all bruised about the head, and with his
throat partly cut, after he had been dragged, sick, from the house of Ottawa Jones, and
thrown over the bank of the Ottawa creek for dead.
"'About the first of September, I, and five sick and wounded sons, and a son-in-law,
were obliged to lie on the ground, without shelter, for a considerable time, and at times
almost in a state of starvation, and dependent on the charity of the Christian Indian I
have before named,' and his wife.
"' I saw Dr. Graham, of Prairie City, who was a prisoner with the Ruffians on the 2d
of June, and was present when they Wounded him, in an attempt to kill him, as he was
trying to save himself from being murdered by them during the fight at Black Jack.
"' I know that numerous other persons, whose names I cannot now remember, suffered like hardships and exposures to those I, have mentioned.




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I know well that on or about the 14th of September, 1856, a large force of Missourians and other Ruffians, said by Governor Geary to be twenty-seven hundred in
number, invaded the Territory, burned Franklin, and, while the smoke of tat place
was going up behind them, they, on the same day, made their appearance in full view
of, and within about a mile, of Lawrence; and I know of no reason why they did not
attack that place, except that about one hundred Free-State men volunteered to go out
and did go out, on the open plain before the town, and give them the offer of a fight;
which, after getting scattering shots from our men, they declined, and retreated back
towards Franklin. I saw that whole thing. The Government troops, at this time,
were at Lecompton, a distance of twelve miles only from Lawrence, with Governor
Geary; and yet, notwithstanding runners had been despatched to advise him, in good
time, of the apnroach and setting out of the enemy, (who had to march some forty
miles to reach Lawrence,) he did not, on that memorable occasion, get a single soldier
on the ground until after the enemy had retreated to Franklin, and been gone for
more than five hours. This is the way he saved Lawrence. And it is just the kind of
protection the Free-State men have received from the Administration from the first.'
FEBRUARY 20.-L. A. Maclean, J. W. Martin, O. C. Stewart, W. H.
Tebbs and T. W. Waterson elected Bank Commissioners, on joint ballot.
Hiram J. Strickler confirmed as Comptroller of the Treasury.
-Passage of a bill making a new apportionment for the Legislature.
-The Emporia and the Olathe Town Companies incorporated.
FEBRUARY 21.-The Legislature adjourns, at midnight.
MARC  4.- Gov. Geary sends his resignation to President Buchanan, to
take effect March 20th. This act is not publicly known in Kansas.
MAR i 4.-James Buchanan becomes President.  The following is copied  s Inaugural Address:
"Congress is neither to legislate Slavery into any Territory or State, nor to exclude
it therefrom, but to leave the people thereof perfectly free to form and regulate their
domestic institutions in their own way, subjcct only to the Constitution of the United
States. As a natural consequence, Congress has also prescribed, that when the Territory
of Kansas shall be admitted as a State, it shall be received into the Union with or without Slavery, as their Constitution may prescribe at the time of their admission. A difference of opinion has arisen in regard to the time when the people of a Territory shall
decide this question for themselves. This is happily a matter of but little practical
importance, and besides it is a judicial question, which legitimately belongs to the Supreme Court of the United States, before whom it is now pending, and will, it is under-.
stood, be speedily and finally settled. To their decision, in common with all good
citizens, I shall cheerfully submit, whatever this may be, though it has been my individual opinion that under the Nebraska-Kansas act, the appropriate period will be
when the number of actual residents in the Territory shall justify the formation of a
Constitution, with a view to its admission as a State into the Union."
This allusion to a judicial decision is only understood by the m~embers of
the Supreme Court and the leaders of the Democratic party.
MARCH 6.-The Supreme Court renders the Dred Scott decision. The
following summary of the -decision is copied from George E. Baker's Life
of William H. Seward (New York, 1861):
"An action was commenced in the Circuit Court of the United States, for the District
of Missouri, in 1854, by Dred Scott, to establish his freedom, and that of his wife and
their two daughters, who were claimed and held as slaves by one Sanford, the defendant. Sanford placed his defence on two grounds: First, that Dred Scott was not a citizen of Missouri because he was a negro of African descent; and, S'ecend, that Dred and
his family were the defendant's slaves. Scott relied on facts mutually admitted-that
he was formerly a slave in Missouri; was taken, i n 1834, by his then master, to Illinois,
and held there in servitude two years,,.and was thence taken to the territory west of
the Mississippi, and north of the Missouri Compromise line, where he was also held in




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servitude until the year 1838, when he was brought back to the State of Missouri and
sold as a slave to the defendant before this suit was commenced.
The Circuit Court decided in Scott's favor as to the jurisdiction of the court, but
against him on the question of his freedom. He then appealed to the Supreme Court.
His case was twice elaborately argued before that tribunal. The court decided substantially that Dred Scott was not a citizen, and for that reason the courts of the
United States had no jurisdiction in the case; and expressed the opinion that free colored persons whose ancestors were imported into this country and sold as slaves, had
no rights which the white man was bound to respect,' and were not citizens of the
United States; that there is no difference between property in a slave and other property; that Congress has no power to prohibit Slavery in the Territories; that the Missouri Compromise act was unconstitutional and void; and that the taking of a slave,
by his master, into a free State or a Territory, does not entitle the slave to his freedom.
Two judges, Messrs. McLean and Curtig, dissented from the majority of the court in
their decision and opinions."
MARCH 7.-The New York Times says:
"The most important decision ever made by the Supreme Court of the United States
was pronounced yesterday,-and a summary of its leading points will be found among
our telegraphic despatches. That supreme tribunal of the land decides that the Ordinance of 1787, so far as it prohibited Slavery from the Northwest Territory, was unconstitutional; -that the Missouri Compromise, so far as it excluded Slavery from the
Louisiana Territory north of 36~ 30', was unconstitutional;-that Congress had no power
to prohibit Slavery from any portion of the Federal territory, nor to authorize the inabitants thereof to do so;-that negroes are not citizens of the United States;-and
that the residence of a slave in a Free State does not affect his legal condition upon his
return to a State where Slavery is allowed by law."
MA  10.-Gov. Geary writes to Secretary Woodson: "For several
weeks my health has been gradually sinking, and I have had several
hemorrhages of the lungs. I am convinced my life will not be long, if not
promptly cared for. I. will be absent a few days from Lecompton."
Gov. Geary feared assassination, and left the Territory secretly, as Gov.
iReeder had done. His best friends of late, at Lecompton, had been th9
Free-State prisoners, He had told them of his fears, and they were ready
to protect him. He left in haste, and forgot to pardon and release these
men, as he had agreed to do. His farewell address hears this date. He
reached Washington March 21st. Gladstone copies (page 312) a portion
of an address signed by ninety-eight of these prisoners.
MARCH 10.-Robert J. Walker, of Mississippi, is appointed Governor,
and Fred. P. Stanton, of Tennessee, Secretary of the Territory, by President Buchanan.
-The Free-State Convention, at Topeka, appoints the following Committee to prepare an address to the American People: James Davis, Lyman
Allen, Rev. C. E. Blood, A. Polley, W. W. Ross, Rev. H. Jones, H. Miles
Moore, M. J. Parrott, C. F. Currier, S. N. Latta, 0. B. Holman, C; Robinson, E. Fish, L. J. Worden, M. Fennimore, James -Blood, Rev. James GilPatrick, Rev. J. B. McAfee, I. T. Goodnow, J. A. Wakefield, A. Larzelere,
William Mitchell, J. H. Kagi, J. P. Mitchell, Rev. W. R. Griffith, J. W.
Morris, B. F. Harding, Prof. Walter Oakley, Albert Griffin, J. E. Stewart,
S. B. Prentiss. The Addres's is a spirited. revi~ew of the political events in
Kansas.
The Convention adopted the following platform:
"Whereas, A body of men, recently assembled at. Lecompton, and claiming to be the
Legislative Assembly of Kansas, have adopted a regulation purporting to be a law, for




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taking the census and electing delegates to a Constitutional Convention, proposed to be
held in that place in September next; and
"Whereas, The said Assembly was the creature of fraud, and its members the representatives of a people foreign to the Territory; and
"Whereas, The Organic Act does not authorize the Territorial Legislature power,
even when legitimately convened, to pass any enabling act to change the government
of the same; and
"Whereas, The act of this Assembly is partisan in its character, clearly contemplates
fraud, for the recurrence of which it offers inadequate security, while it deprives the
Executive of the Territory of the power to prevent or remedy such fraud, leaves the
control of the census and election in the hands of pretended officers, not chosen by the
people of Kansas, who are of violent characters and hostile to the best interests of the
Territory; and
"Whereas, Said act purports to disfiranchise certain bona fide settlers of Kansas, who
have filed their declaration of intention to become citizens, and are recognized as voters
by the Organic Act; and
"Whereas, There is no provision in the said regulation for submitting the Constitution so framed to the vote of the people of the Territory: therefore,
"Resolved, That the people of Kansas Territory cannot participate in any election
under such regulation without compromising their rights as American citizens, sacrificing thebest interests of Kansas, and jeopardizing the public peace.
"Resolved, That having suffered under this misrule of persons pretending to be the
local officials of this Territory, we have lost all confidence in the integrity of the administration of the laws, however just these laws may appear to some on their face.
"Resolved, That with the people of any Territory alone rests the right to change the
form of their government, subject to the approval of Congress, given before or after
steps for the formation of a State Government have been taken; and further, that, a
Territorial Government is extra-constitutional, and, at best, under ordinances of Congress, purely temporary.
"Besolved, That the Constitution framed at Topeka, by the representatives of the
people of Kansas, and ratified by popular vote, is still the choice of a majority of our
citizens, as the form of a State Government, and that we maintain and urge on Congress
our immediate admission as a State under it.
"Resolved, That the policy of the Free-State party has always been averse to any
movement of an aggressive character, and that violence has never been resorted to
save in self-defence.
"Resolved, That we make no tests for membership in the Free-State party, save that
of the exclusion of domestic slavery from Kansas by subsequent legislation.
"Resolved, That we regard the pregence of peaceful relations between our citizens as
conducive to their best personal welfare as well as indispensable to the perfect development and expansion of the various economical interests of the Territory. To the end,
therefore, that such relations may be obtained and permanently established amongst.us,
we earnestly appeal to all men of whatever party, to submit all differences of opinion
growing out of the question of our future internal domestic institutions, to the test of
sound reason and enlightened though friendly discussion, and to the final arbitrament
of the ballot-box: Provided, That any attempt to abridge or impair the freedom of
speech, oral or written, or of the ballot-box, or other constitutional rights, will be held
as just cause of departure from this policy.
"Resolved, That Congress having presented the principles of Squatter Sovereignty
enunciated in the Kansas bill as the basis of the political action of the people of
Kansas, we are inflexibly determined to abide by its faithful execution, as we ever have
resolutely opposed its violation, and ever will while it remains on the statute book."
The Convention also adopted ten miscellaneous resolutions.
MARCH 25.-Secretary Woodson calls on General P. F. Smith for troops:
"The counties of Franklin and Anderson are infested by a predatory band
or bands of assassins and robbers."
MARCH 26.-Woodson protests to General Smith against the withdrawal




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of troops from Lecompton: "A number of writs for the arrest of notorious
outlaws are now in the hands of the United States Deputy Marshals," etc.
MARCH 27.- Colonel Sumner writes to Woodson: "I would respectfully
suggest whether it would not be safer to pause a little in military matters,
until we know the policy of the new Administration."
MARCH 31.- Secretary Woodson writes to Lewis Cass, Secretary of State,
in regard to "the depredations of an organized banditti."
APRIL.-A  book issued with this title: "The Kansas and   ebraska
Hand-Book, for 1857-8. With a New and Accurate Map. By Nathan H.
Parker. Boston: John P. Jewe..t & Co." pp. 189. It is a well-printed
guide-book, but has little historical value. It copies in full an "Address to
the People of the United States and Kansas Territory," issued by the Committee appointed by the Topeka Free-State Convention of March 10th.
This address is issued in reply to an address put forth by the Pro-Slavery
Convention which met at Lecompton, January 12th. Both addresses were
published in pamphlet form.
-In the spring, the Cone Brothers issued the Sumner (Atchison county)
Gazette as a Daily, for a short time.
-Secretary Woodson is appointed Receiver of the Delaware Land District -a reward for valuable services.
APRIL 2.-Mr. Stanton takes the oath of office in Washington, before
James M. Wayne, of the United States Supreme Court.
APRIL 15.-Secretary Stanton reaches Lecompton.
APRIL 17.-Secretary Stanton issues an Address to the People. He
trusts that the Constitutional Convention Will submit the Slavery question
"tto a fair vote of all the actual bona fide residents of the Territory, with
every possible security against fraud and violence." He also urges "a general amnesty in reference to all those acts, on both sides, which grew out of
the political contest, and which were not corruptly and feloniously committed for personal gain, and to gratify individual malignity." He writes to
Hon. Lewis Cass, suggesting that the President issue a proclamation of
amnesty.
APRIL.-Louis Weil wrote an article for the Annual Register, from which
the following is copied:
"To Leaveuworth City, the future Giant City of the West, after the Territory of
Kansas was organized, flocked a large German immigration. The dark and troublesome Border-Ruffian days of 1815 and'56 drove them from their homes, but they returned with increased numbers during the year of 1856, and endured all the difficulties
throughout that year. In the spring of 1857, a few young Germans met and organized'The Leavenworth Turnverein.' As yet it was dangerous in those days to express even
Free-State sentiments. But the nucleus was formed, around which the freedom-loving
Germans of Leavenworth could gather. The Amnericans were not long in feeling the
work of this association. They are a unit, and always ready to defend the right and
their cause. We cannot here enumerate the acts of the Leavenworth Turuverein:
suffice it to say that no action, political or otherwise, was had in Leavenworth county
without their power being felt. The time had passed when Free-State men 6ould be.
driven from the polls; there was always one company ready to pmrotect the ballot-box.
Kansas now ranks the most loyal of all the States, and with pride can the Turners of
Leavenworth point to their acts in that struggle which made Kansas what it is to-day.
The memorable'Kickapoo,' the cannon which was used to destroy the Eldridge House
in Lawrence, is a trophy of the Leavenworth Turners, and is yet in their possession."




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APRIL.- Secretary Stanton issues a proclamation giving the census:
oLegal    ao
Counties.    Iotes. habitants.           Counties.     Legal Iabitants.
1  Doniphan........... 1,086  4,120    9  Riley..........    353...........      No return
2  Brown...........  205  No return   10  Pottawatomie......... 205  No return
3  Nemaha...............140      612  11  Johnson..........   469         840
4  Atchison............... 804  2,807   12  Douglas................. 1, 318  3, 727
5  Jefferson..............  555  No return   13  Shawnee............... 283  No return
6  Leavenworth........ 1,837.5,529   14  Lykins..........  413.....1, 352
7  Calhoun...........   291. 885  15  Linn..................... 413  1,821
8  Marshall............ 206. 415  16  Bourbon............... 645    2,622
The following diagram, numbering the counties as above, will give a view
of the portion of the Territory now taking part in political affairs:
2          1
8          3
9          10
5          6
13         12         11
14
15
16
By the Kansas-Nebraska Act, the few people living here determine
whether Slavery shall be extended from the Missouri river to the Rocky
Mountains.
APRIL 18.-The American edition issued, of a book with the following
title: "The Englishman in Kansas; or Squatter Life and Border Warfare.
By T. H. Gladstone, Esq., Author of the Letters from Kansas in the'London Times.' With an Introduction by Fred. Law Olmsted, Author of'A Journey through the Seaboard Slave States,''A Journey through Texas,'
etc.  New York: Miller & Company.  1857."
Mr. Olmsted says: "Mr. Gladstone is a kinsman of the distinguished
ex-Chancellor of the Exchequer of England."  He spent the summer of
1856 in Kansas. The book contains 328 pages; is critical and descriptive
as well as historical, and is one of the clearest statements ever published




122                     ANNALS OF KANSAS.                             [1857.
of the Free-State side of the question. It contains certain elements that the
American narratives lack, and is free from passion. The writer acknowledges his indebtedness to the books of Mr. Phillips and Mrs. Robinson.
Mr. Gladstone had visited New York, Washington, and most of the
Southern States, before coming to Kansas, and came here from Mississippi.
He says:
"When in South Carolina and other Southern States, I witnessed extraordinary
meetings, presided overby men of influence, at which addresses of almost incredible
violence were delivered on the necessity of'forcing slavery into Kansas,'' of spreading
the beneficent influence of Southern institutions over the new Territories,' and of'driving back at the point of the bayonet the nigger-stealing scum poured down by
Northern fanaticism."'
He was in Washington when the Investigating Committee was appointed,
and says: "No member from any one of the Southern States voted in favor
of the investigation, but happily a majority was given by the Northern
States, and the Committee on Enquiry  was appointed."   He reached
St. Louis in May, and found that the St. Louis papers "contained advertisements, by the half-column, of rifles, revolvers, gunpowder, and lead."
The following is copied from the Daily Missouri Republican:
KANSAS.
JUST RECEIVED, by Adams & Co.'s Express,
a large and fine assortment of DOUBLE AND
SINGLE SHOT-GUNS, which will be sold cheap
for cash.
We have also on hand an assortment of our
own manufacture of RIFLES, so well known for the past thirty years
throughout the Western country. Emigrants to Kansas should not
fail to call at, and examine our stock before purchasing elsewhere..
Mr. Gladstone arrived on the border the day after the destruction of
Lawrence, May 22, 1856. He says:
"It was on that night that I first came in contact with the Missourian patriots. I
had just arrived in Kansas City, and shall never forget the appearance of the lawless
mob that poured into the place, inflamed with drink, glutted with the indulgence of the
vilest passions, displaying with loud boasts the'plunder' they had taken from the inhabitants, and thirsting for the opportunity of repeating the sack of Lawrence in some
other offending place. Men, for the most part, of large frame, with red flannel shirts,
and immense boots worn outside their trousers, their faces unwashed and unshaven,
still reeking with the dust and smoke of Lawrence, wearing the most savage looks, and
giving utterance to the most horrible imprecations and blasphemies; armed, moreover,
to the teeth with rifles and revolvers, cutlasses and bowie-knives -such were the men
I saw around me. Some displayed a grotesque intermixture in their dress, having
crossed their native red rough shirt with the satin vest or narrow dress-coat pillaged
from the wardrobe of some Lawrence Yankee, or having girded themselves with the
cords and tassels which the day before had ornamented the curtains of the Free-State
Hotel. Leoking around at these groups of drunken, bellowing, blood-thirsty demons,
who crowded around the bar of the hotel, shouting for drink, or vented their furious
noise on the levee without, I felt that all my former experiences of border men and
Missourians bore faint comparison with the spectacle presented by this wretched crew,
who appeared only the more terrifying from the darkness of the surrounding night.
The hotel in Kansas City, where we were, was the next, they said, that should fall; the
attack was being planned that night, and such, they declared, should be the end of
every place which was built by Free-State men, or that harbored'those rascally Abolitionists.' Happily, this threat was not fulfilled."
The next day Mr. Gladstone went to Leavenworth. Governor Robinson,
under arrest for "treason," was a passenger on the same boat. Colonel




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Sumner was in command at Fort Leavenworth. The descriptions of the
City and Fort are the best we have of those places at that period. The
author says:
"Among all the scenes of violence I witnessed, it is remarkable that the offending
parties were invariably on the Pro-Slavery side. The Free-State men appeared to me
to e intimidated and overawed, in consequence, not merely of the determination and
defiant boldness of their opponents, but still more through the sanction given to these
acts by the Government."
Retaliation began at a later day, as the writer states.
The fact is stated that the early elections in Kansas were'controlled by
Missourians, and the writer compares it to an invasion of England by an
"army of Frenchmen, larger in number than the aggregate of all our
voters, who should, at the point of the sword, choose for us our representatives, and elect without exception as our rulers men from among themselves or pledged to their own political sentiments." Citizens of Kansas
who resisted the laws made by the invaders were indicted as traitors, and
suffered, manyof them, a long and painful imprisonment.
The Pro-Slavery badge is described as a "bunch of hemp, symbolic of a
rope, stuck into the button-hole."
The following relates to the election of March 30, 1855:
"A Presbyterian clergyman, the Rev. Frederick Starr, who was an eye-witness of the
fraud and intimidation practised at Leavenworth City, and has published a statement of
this and preceding events, describes a scene by no means rare on the occasion of this
election. Some four days later,' he writes,'I was on my horse, returning from Platte
City to Weston, when four wagons came along, and on the bottom sat six men. A pole,
about five feet high, stuck upright at the front of the wagon; on its top stuck an
inverted empty whiskey bottle; across the stick at right angles was tied a bowie-knife;
a black cambric, flag, with a death's-bead-and-bones daubed on in white paint, and a
long streamer of-beautiful, glossy Missouri hemp floated from the pole; there was a
revolver lashed across the pole, and a powder-horn hanging loosely by it. They bore
the piratical symbols of Missouri Ruffians returning from Kansas.'"
The party had been to Fort Riley, to vote.
MAY -3. -Trial before Judge Cato, at Lecompton, for treason, of the FreeState men, Chas. Robinson,-G. W. Deitzler, Geo. W. Smith, John Brown, jr.,
Gaius Jenkins, H. H. Williams and Geo. W. Brown; and of Samuel C.
Smith and Samuel F. Tappan for rescuing Jacob Branson from  Sheriff
Jones, November 26, 1855.
MAY 9.-Robert J. Walker, Governor, takes the oath of office in Washington, before Roger B. Taney, Chiefm Justice of the Supreme Court. of the
United States.
MAY 11.-The indictments for treason against Chas. Robinson and others
are disposed of, the prosecuting officer entering a nolle, prosequci.
MAY 13.-J. M. Walden and Edm und Babb start the Quindaro Chindowan, a Free-State paper. Mr. Walden left the paper June 12, 1858.
Mrs. C. I. H. Nichols was associate editor.
MAY 19.-General Harney is in command at Fort Leavenworth.
MAY 20.- Secretary -Stanton issues the following proclamation:.I' Whereas, The following returns of the census taken under the act of the Legislative




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Assembly, entitled'An Act to provide for the taking of a Census, and election of Delegates to Convention,' passed the 19th February, 1857, have been made to me, to wit:
t~Counties.                        ~No. of legal  Whole popuCounties.
voters.           lation.
_.,            ~              ~              ~              ~                __
1     Doniphan...............................................           1,086                4,120
Brown..........................................................................          206        No return.
Nemaha........................................................................            140                  512
3     Atchison.....................................................................            804               2,807
4     Leavenworth................................................................            1,837                5,529
5     Jefferson.....................................................................             555       No  return.
6     Calhoun.......................................................................            291                  885
7     Marshall.......................................................................           206                  415
8     Riley...........................................................................          353       No  return.
Pottawatomie..............................................................               205                  641
9     Johnson.......................................................................           4           96       890
10      Douglas...............................................                                 1,318               3, 727
Shawnee......................................................................             283..................
11     Richardson...................................................................................
Davis............................................................................................
12      Lykins..........................................................        413                1,352
13......................................................                                No return.
14.................................................................................. No return. 
15...................................................................................N.r..n.
17....................................................................................   N o    return...................
18     Bourbon, McGee, Dorn  and  Allen.....................I.::......,    645                2,622
19.Nqo ret;urn.
19.....................................................................................   N o    return...................
Total........................................................................       9, 251..................
"Now, therefore, I, Frederick P. Stanton, Secretary, and Acting Governor, do hereby
proclaim, that according to the provisions of said Act, and the census returns made in
pursuance thereof, and upon a proper apportionment among the legal voters of the
several districts aforesaid, they are respectively entitled to elect to the Convention
provided for in said law, the number of delegates severally herein assigned to them,
that is to say, to the1st district.Doniphan county.7 delegates
2d district..............Brown and Nemaha......................2 delegates
3d  district..............Atchison...............................5 delegates
4th district..............Leavenworth............................12 delegates
5th tlistrict..............Jefferson...............................4 delegates
6th district..............Calhoun...............................2 delegates
7th district..............Marshall.1.........   — ".............   delegate
8th district..............Riley  and Pottawatomie...................4 delegates
9th di strict..............Johnson...............................3 delegates
10th district..............Douglas...............................8 delegates
*11th district..............Shawnee, Richardson  and Davis.............2 delegates
12th district..............Lykius...............................3 delegates
*16th district..............Linn..................................3 delegates
18th district..............Bourbon, McGee, Dorn and Allen............4 delegates
"The proper officers will hold the election for delegates to said Convention on the
third Monday of June next, as directed by the law aforesaid, and iu accordance with
the apportionment herein made and declared."
MAY 24.-Gov. Walker, from the~steamboat New Lucy, makes his first'
speech to Kansans, at Quindaro. Hon. Henry Wilson, of Massachusetts,
arrives at Quintiaro on the same boat.
MAY 25.-Henry Wilson visits Lawrence, Topeka, and other towns. He
urges the Free-State m~en to vote at the October election, and, after going
home, he raised $2,500 to be used in the'canvass in Kansas. Thomas J.
Marsh, of Massachusetts, came here and disbursed the money.
-~The following facts in regard to the Congregationalists in Kansas are
copied from an article by Richard Cordley, in the Kansas Annual Register:
"Among the first colonies there was a large proportion of members of Congregational
Churches, and still more who had been educated in that faith. As soon as the emigrants
hogan to move from the East, the American Homne Missionary Society-never behind




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the demands of the hour - commissioned Rev. S. Y. Lum, formerly of Middletown, N.
Y., as'a Missionary to Kansas.' He came out in September, 1854, and on the first of
October, preached in Lawrence the first sermon probably ever preached to white settlers
in the Territory. On the 15th of the same month, a Congregational Church was organized in Lawrence-the first church organized in Kansas, except among the Indians.
Seven names were signed to the original Articles of Faith and Covenant. In December,
Mr. Lum began to preach at Topeka, where another settlement was commenced. A
short time before this, a settlement was formed at the junction of the Kansas and Big
Blue rivers, and Rev. C. E. Blood, from Illinois, began preaching to the colony. This
colony laid out the town of Manhattan. The next summer, what was called the'Connecticut Colony' came out, and settled at Wabaunsee, twelve miles below Manhattan.
It is doubtful whether any Western colony ever contained so large a proportion of thoroughly educated Christian men, as this colony at Wabaunsee. Rev. Harvey Jones became pastor of the colony.
"Several other Congregational colonies were formed in different parts of the Territory, which we have not lime to mention. No other churches were organized, however,
till 1856. Seven were organized during this year: Manhattan, in January; Topeka,
Osawatomie, and Zeandale, in July; Burlingame, in September; and Bloomington, and
Kanwaka, in October.
"April 25th, 1857, a meeting of ministers and delegates was held at Topeka, to form a
State organization. They organized the' General Association of Congregational Ministers and Churches in Kansas.' It is composed of the ministers and delegates from the
churches. Each church can send one delegate; or if the church have more than
twenty-five members, one delegate for every twenty-five members. Eleven ministers
became members of the body. They reported eight churches in the Territory, with a
membership of eighty-five. The church at Lawrence had erected a house of worship.
In their address to other Congregational bodies, the brethren say:'It shall be our aim
to transplant the principles and institutions of the Puritans to these fertile plains.' The
Association adjourned to meet in October."'
MAY 25.- Gov. Robert J. Walker reaches Leavenworth, and is received
by a large toncourse of citizens.
MAY 27.- Senator Wilson, Dr. Samuel G. Howe and Rev. John Pierpont
speak in the Unitarian Church, at Lawrence. Gov. Walker and E. O. Perrin,
his private secretary, are present, and speak briefly. It was in this speech
that the poet Pierpont applied to Kansas the saying, of Dr. Boteler of strawberries: "Doubtless God could have made a better berry, but doubtless God
never did."
MAY 27.- Gov. Walker reaches Lecompton, via Lawrence, and issues his
Inaugural Address. It was a long and adroit speech, and had been read to
President Buchanan. In the course of it he said:
"There is a law more powerful than the legislation of man, more potent than passion
or prejudice, that nmust ultimately determine the location of Slavery in this country: it
is the isothermal line; it is the law of the thermometer, of latitude or altitude, regulating climate, labor, and productions, and, as a consequence, profit and loss..
If, from the operation of these causes, Slavery should not exist here, I trust it by no
means follows that Kansas should become a State controlled by the treason and fanaticism of Abolition. She has, in any event, certain constitutional duties to perform to
her sister States, and especially to her immediate neighbor-the slaveholding State of
Missouri.... That Kansas should become hostile to Missouri, an asylum for her
fugitive slaves, or a propagandist of Abolition treason, would be alike inexpedient and
unjust, and fatal to the continuance of the American Union"
The census for the Lecompton Constitution, prescribing who should vote,
was taken only in fifteen counties.  Nineteen interior counties, strongly
Free-State, had no vote, and could have no delegates in the Convention.
These were called the "disfranchised" counties.




126                     ANNALS OF KANSAS.                             [1857.
JUNE 1.-Albert D. Richardson, correspondent of Cincinnati and Boston
papers, arrives in Kansas, stopping at Quindaro.
JUNE.-About the first of the month, the Lawrence Republican is started,
with Norman Allen as publisher and T. Dwight Thacher and Mr. Allen as
editors.
- Joseph Williams appointed Associate Justice in place of Cunningham.
"In June, 1857, Fort Scott was visited by Norman Eddy, of South Bend, Ind.; George
A. Crawford, of Lock Haven, Pa.; D. H. Weir, of Laporte, Ind., and D. W. Holbrook, of
Michigan, who negotiated for the purchase of the'claims' on which the town was
located. These were bought of H. T. Wilson, G. W. Jones, N. E. Herson, A. Hornbeck
and S. A. Williams. This purchase was made in behalf of the'Fort Scott Town Company,' consisting originally of George A. Crawford, Norman Eddy, D. H. Weir, D. W.
Holbrook, G. W. Jones, Win. R. Judson, E. S. Lowman, and H. T. Wilson. Blake Little
was subsequently made a conditional member of the Company. Joseph Williams soon
after purchased the Jones interest. George A. Crawford was chosen first President, and
has acted in that capacity ever since. H. T. Wilson was first Treasurer, and has been
continued in office to the present time. G. W. Jones was first Secretary. He has been
succeeded by Joseph Williams, William R. Judson, and George A. Reynolds. After long
delay with the Indian title, the Company acquired title through the Mayor on the 17th
of September, 1860, to 320 acres of land. They have since purchased 200 acres, so that
their lands now embrace all of section 80, township 25, range 25, except the west half
and the northeast fourth of the northwest quarter. The Company had been incorporated by the Legislature in February, 1860. They made donations to the old settlers of
the lots on which the houses purchased of the Government were built. They have also
given lots to all the religious denominations represented among the citizens; also to the
Government a cemetery for the burial of soldiers, and to the county a square for courthouse and jail.
"The Legislature of 1855 incorporated the town. In February, 1860, the Legislature
enlarged the corporate limits of the town."-Annual Register, pp. 134-5.
JUNE 9.-Meeting of the Free-State Legislature at Topeka.' On the
11th, there being no quorum in the House, a quorum was made by declaring vacant the seats of thirteen absent members. This reduced the number
in the House to twenty-five. The Message of Governor Robinson was read.
The following is quoted from the Message:
"A large and necessary portion of the labors of-your codifying committee was destroyed, with much other property, at Lawrence, in May, 1856, when that place was
pillaged and partially burned, by a mob brought there by the United States Marshal.
When your bodies met, pursuant to adjournment, in July last, your assembly was interfered with and broken up by a large force of United States troops, in battle array, who
drove you hence, in gross violation of those constitutional rights which it was your
duty to. have protected. When you again convened, in January last, at your regular
session, your proceedings were again interfered with by a Deputy Marshal, and many
of your members arrested....  There is not much of'popular sovereignty' and'self-government' here. This usurpation [by the Territorial Legislature] is repudiated
by the people, but it is recognized by Congress and the President."
Considerable space is given in the Message to a pointed review of Governor Walker's inaugural.
Both houses adjourn sine die, June 13th.
The following laws were enacted: For taking the census and apportioin-:ng the State; for a State election, in August, to fill vacancies; locating
the capital at Topeka; establishing a State University at Lawrence; and a
joint resolution asking Congress to admit Kansas under the Topeka Constitution. Governor Walker was in Topeka during the session, but did not
interfere with the Legislature.




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-Free-State Convention at Topeka. J. H. Lane, President; W. F. M.
Arny and T. D. Thacher, Secretaries.  It endorsed the Topeka movement,
and urged Free-State men not to participate in the Lecompton movement,
and declared the Territorial laws of no force. The resolutions were reported by George W. Smith, G. W. Deitzler, J. P. Root, A. A. Jamieson,
Walter Oakley, C. K. Holliday, C. Robinson, Morris Hunt, and Mark W.
Delahay.
ELECTION OF DELEGATES TO THE LECOMPTON CONSTITUTIONAL
CONVENTION, JUNE 15.
LEAVENWORTH COUNTY, FOURTH DISTRICT-TWELVE DELEGATES..
Hugh M. Moore..............                438  M.P. Rively....................................... 428
James Doniphan................................. 436  Wm. Christian.................................... 445
Jarrett M. Todd................................. 434  Jesse Connell...................................... 448
Lucien J. Eastin................................. 431  Greene B. Redman.............................. 414
John D. Henderson............................. 428  S. J. Kookagee.................................... 413
John W. Martin.................................. 424  Win. Walker...................................... 461
DONIPHAN COUNTY, FIRST DISTRICT-SEVEN DELEGATES.
James J. Reynolds.............................. 232  Wm. Mathews............... 233
Daniel Vanderslice.............................. 221  Milt. E. Bryant...............  241
H. W. Forman.................................... 234  Thos. J. Keys...................................... 233
J. P. Blair........................................... 224
BROWN COUNTY, SECOND DISTRICT-TWO DELEGATES.
Henry Smith........ 36I'Squire Griffiths.................................. 9
Cyrus Dolman.................................... 44
ATCHISON COUNTY, THIRD DISTRICT-FIVE DELEGATES.
James Adkins..................................... 185  P. H. Larrey.......................................183
P. R. King..........................................  10  1. S. Hascal......................................... 173
G. W. Swinney.................................... 186  A. McPherson..................................... 33
J. T. Hereford.................................... 190
JEFFERSON COUNTY, FIFTH DISTRICT-FOUR DELEGATES.
Alex. Bayne........................................ 119  Jno. W. Murphy.................................   3
J. A. Manning.................................... 55  Gal. Sprague.......................................  11
W. H. Swift......................................... 118  T. H. Stewart...................................... 81
Thos. Childs........................................ 121
CALHOUN COUNTY, SIXTH DISTRICT-TWO DELEGATES.
H. D. Oden.......................................... 23 I James Kuykendall.............................. 20
MARSHALL COUNTY, SEVENTH DISTRICT -ONE DELEGATE.
William H. Jenkins............................. 57  | W. S. Blackburn.................................. 40
RILEY AND POTTAWATOMIE, EIGHTH DISTRICT -FOUR DELEGATES.
C. R. Mobley..:.................................... 36  John Pipher.......................................  2
J. S. Randolph.................................... 46  S. Dyer..............................................   8
P. Z. Taylor........................................ 59  W. H. Davis......................................... 31
Robert Wilson.....................................  27  George Montague................................   7
JOHNSON COUNTY, NINTH DISTRICT-THREE DELEGATES.
G. W. McKown.................................... 113  J. H. Danforth.................................... 75
Batt. Jones......................................... 104   J. T. Barton......................................... 62
DOUGLAS COUNTY, TENTH DISTRICT-EIGHT DELEGATES.
John Calhoun........................ 180  W. T. Spicely....................................... 225
L. S. Boling......................................... 182  W. S. Wells......................................... 225
A. W. Jones......................................... 166  H. Butcher.......................................... 170
John M. Wallace................................. 173  John Spicer......................................... 67
L. A. Prather...................................... 88  O. C. Stewart........................................ 114




128                      ANNALS OF KANSAS.                               [1857.
SHAWNEE, RICHARDSON AND DAVIS, ELEVENTH DISTRICT-TWO DELEGATES.
David Lykins...................................... 58 I Henry L. Lyons................................... 17
Wm. A. Heiskell..................... 58 J.T. Bradford...................................... 58
LINN COUNTY, SIXTEENTH DISTRICT-THREE DELEGATES.
J. H. Barlow....................................... 124  George Overstreet................................ 118
S. H. Hayze....... 118
BOURBON, ALLEN, H'GEE AND DORN, EIGHTEENTH DISTRICT -FOUR DELEGATES.
James S. Barbee...................................   86   -   Little....................................... 187
H. T. Wilson...........  204 - Greenwood....................... 123
B. F. Hill........................................... 75  G. P. Hamilton.................................... 166
BRECKINRIDGE COUNTY, FOURTEENTH DISTRICT.
J. H. Pritchard.................................... 13  C. H. Withington................................. 13
FRANKLIN COUNTY.
William R. Judson................................ 21 1 Alfred Johnson.................................... 1
ANDERSON COUNTY.
R. Gilpatrick........................................ 31  J. Y. Campbell..............................     31
LYKINS COUNTY.
David Lykins....................................... 58  Henry T. Lyons....................................58
William A. Heiskell.............................. 58 J. T. Bradford....................................... 17
NEMAHA COUNTY.
C. Dolman............................................ 35  Joseph Brown....................................... 11
Henry Smith........................................ 16 J. H. Steer...................... 12
Only 2,200 votes were polled.  This proved that the Free-State men
could have controlled the election, had they voted.
JUNE 18.-Governor Walker issues a grant of land to the Atchison
Town Company.
- Governor Walker writes to Win. G. Mathias, Speaker of the House,
and Thomas Johnson, President of the Council, to make a new apportionment of Representatives and Councilmen.
JUNE 24.-Land sales at Paola. Walker and Stanton present.
JUNE 29.-The Pro-Slavery city officers of Leavenworth, elected by violence last fall, are induced to resign.  An election on the 29th is carried by
Free-State men, for the first time, electing Henry J. Adams Mayor and
filling vacancies in the Council. In an affray at the polls, William Haller, Free State, kills James T. Lyle, the Pro-Slavery City Recorder.
JULY 2-3.-National Democratic Convention at Lecompton. Ten counties represented. Epaphroditus Ransom, ex-Governor of Michigan, is
nominated for Delegate to Congress.
JULY.-The people of Lawrence refuse to organize the city under the
charter granted by the Bogus Legislature, and set up an independent municipal organization.
JULY 10.-Joseph Williams takes the oath of office before Secretary
Stanton, as Associate Justice of the Supreme Court. His residence is in
Fort Scott.
JULY 12.-President Buchanan writes to Robert J. Walker: "Gen. Harney has been selected to command the expedition to Utah, but we must
contrive to leave him with you, at least until you are out of the woods.
Kansas is vastly more important at the present moment than Utah."
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ism in Utah. Buchanan's letter is given in full in the Report of the Covode
Investigating Committee.
JULY 13.-Lawrence holds its independent city election.
JULY 15.-Gov. Walker issues a proclamation, declaring the action of
Lawrence rebellious.  If they persist, he says they will be guilty of treason,
and "involve the Territory in all the horrors of civil war." He sends a
body of United States troops there. They encamp near Lawrence, and remain until they are driven away by ridicule -and Walker's "Lawrence
War" ends. The Free-State men have become strong and cool enough to
laugh when fighting is not necessary.
-Opening of the Delaware Trust Land sales at Osawkee.
-Gov. Walker writes to the Secretary of State that -
"The movement in Lawrence was the beginning of a plan, originating in that city
to organize an insurrection throughout the Territory, and especially in all the towns,
cities and counties where the Republican party have a majority. Lawrence is the hotbed of all Abolition movements in this Territory. It is the idea established by the
Abolition societies at the East, and whilst there are a respectable number of people there,
it is filled by a considerable number of mercenaries, who are paid by the Abolition
societies to perpetuate and diffuse agitation throughout Kansas, and prevent the peaceful
settlement of this question. Having failed in inducing their own so-called Topeka State
Legislature to organize this insurrection, Lawrence has commenced it herself, and if
not arrested, rebellion will extend throughout the Territory.
"In order to send this communication immediately by mail, I must close; assuring
you that the spirit of rebellion pervades the great mass of the Republican party in this
Thrritory, instigated- as I entertain no doubt they are - by Eastern societies having in
view results most disastrous to the Government and the Union, and that the continued
presence of Gen. Harney is indispensable, and was originally stipulated by me, with a
large body of dragoons and several batteries."
This letter, like Buchanan's to Walker, was not made public until these
Pro-Slavery chieftains had fallen out. Buchanan quotes it in his Special
Message of February 2, 1858.
JULY 15-16.-Free-State Convention at Topeka. President, J. HI. Lane;
Vice Presidents, J. A. Wakefield, H. Miles Moore, T. J. Addis, Albert
Griffin, Harris Stratton; Secretaries, Richard J. Hinton, A. D. Richardson.
There were 187 delegates present. J. H. Lane declined the nomination for
Congress. The resolutions, reported by J. M. Walden, declare in favor of
sustaining the Topeka movement, as the first and only choice of the FreeState party of Kansas; deny the validity of the Territorial Legislature;
declare that the Pro-Slavery faction is a minority, and that the admission
of Kansas under its proposed Constitution would be an act of injustice and
despotism, justifying the extremest measures in opposition; asking a resubmission of the Topeka Constitution, in August; calling a convention at
Grasshopper Falls, in August. P. C. Schuyler was nominated for Secretary
of State, over Walter Oakley, J. P. Root, and A. Wattles; Dr. G. A. Cutler,
for Auditor; M. F. Conway, and S. N. Latta, for Judges of the Supreme
Court; E. M. Thurston, for Reporter, and A. G. Patrick, for Clerk, of the
Supreme Court. M. J. Parrott was nominated for Representative in Congress, receiving 83 votes, to 80 for Henry 3. Adams. State Central Com(1




130                                    ANNALS OF KANSAS.                                                        [1857.
mittee: J. Blood, A. Curtiss, S. E. Martin, R. Mayfield, W. F. M. Arny, W.
R. Griffith, Henry Harvey, J. P. Root, G. S. Hillyer, Albert Griffin, F. G.
Adams, H. Miles Moore, A. Larzelere, E. S. Nash.
JULY.- The Kansas Zeitung started in Atchison by Dr. Chas. F. Kob.
JULY 18.-Governor Walker receives the following apportionment of
the Legislature, made by the President of the Council and the Speaker of
the House:
APPORTIONMENT FOR THE SECOND TERRITORIAL LEGISLATURE FOR
THE TERRITORY OF KANSAS.
FOR THE COUNCIL.
Counties.                                                       t
1     Leavenworth........................................................................................           3
2     Atchison........................................................................................1.............
3     Doniphan........................................................................................
Brown, Nemaha, Marshall, Pottawatomie, Riley, and all that part of the  2
4 Territory of Kansas west of Marshall, Riley and Davis counties..............)
5     Jefferson and Calhoun.........................................................1.......................
6     Douglas and Johnson...................................................................................    3
7     Shawnee, Richardson, Davis, Wise and Breckinridge....................................)
8     Bourbon, Godfrey, Wilson, Dorn and McGee....................................................  2
9   Butler, Hunter, Greenwood, Madison, Weller, Cofley, Woodson and Allen.....
0   Anderson, Lykins, Linn and Franklin, and all that part of the Territory of
0        Kansas westof Wise, Butler and Hunter counties...................................... 
Total............................................................................................13
THOS. JOHNSON,                                                                      WM. G. MATHIAS,
President of the Council.                             Speaker House of Representatives, at Session of 1857.
i~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
FOR THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
5., 
Counties.  
1     Leavenworth............................................................................................       8
2     Atchison......................................................................................................  3
3     Doniphan....................................................................................................  5
4     Brown...................................................1....................................................
5     Nemaha...................................................................................................
6     Marshall....................................................................................................  1
7     Jefferson....................................................................................................  2
8     Calhoun.....................................................................................................   2
9     Pottawatomie and Riley...................1.........................................................            1
10    Douglas and Johnson, and all that part of the Territory of Kansas west of
the counties of Wise, Butler and Hunter.................................................... 8
11     Shawnee................................................................1...................................... 
12     Richardson, Davis, Wise and Breckinridge...................................................
13     Weller, Madison, Butler, Hunter and Greenwood..........................................
14     Bourbon, Godfrey, Wilson,'Dorn and  McGee................................................  3
15     Woodson, Coffey and  Allen..........................................................................
16     Anderson and Franklin..............................................................................
17      Ifinn...........................................................................................................  2
18     Lykins.........................................................................................................    2
Total............................................................................................ 39
THOS. JOHNSON,                                                                      WM. G. MATHIAS,
President of the Council.                             Speaker House of Representatives, at Session of 1857.




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The following diagram, showing the Bogus Apportionment for members
of the House, is copied from the Topeka Tribune:
6th District.        4th and 5th Districts.    3d Distrh ict.
MARSHALL.        NEMAHA..       BROWN.    DONIPHAN.
(1 Member.)             (1 Member.)           (5 Members.).i         ~c~2d District.
ATCHISON.
9th District.          8th District.         Members.)
RILEY.     POTTAWAT'MIE.   CALHOUN.        7th District. 
7th District. 
(1 Member..)           (2 Members.)
JEFFERSON.
—.~~ -I -(2 Members.)
11th District.
loth Dist;
IS.: RICHARDSON.
SHAWNEE.       DOUGLAS.       J
- ~~~~~~~DOUGLAS.:
(1 Member.)          (8 Membe
(8 Member................................
18th District.
ISE.      BRECKINR'GE.    WELLER.         FRANKLIN..":~.~o~~(2 Members.).  
17th District..~BUTLER..1ADISON.        COFFEY.       ANDERSON.        LNN
(2 Members.)
GREENwOOD. N WoODSON.            ALLEN.       BOURBON.
RuNTER............... R...............
GOFEY.       WILSON.        4DORN.        MCE
JUiiv 28.  Geo. W. Sweeney, of Atchison'county, elected to the Constitutional Convention, resigns. An election to fill the vacancy was called, to
be held August 25th.
JULY 31. James Stevens was murdered at Leavenworth by John C.
Quarles and W M. Bays. The murderers were hanged by the people the.next day, on an elm tree, near Young')s saw-mill.  Win. Knighten and Bill
Woods, arrested as accomplices in the murder of Stevens, were taken to the
Delaware City jail, on the Morning Star.




132                        ANNALS OF KANSAS.                                 [1857.
JULY.-A book issued with this title: "Gov. Gearv's Administration in
Kansas: With a Complete History of the Territory until July, 1857. By
John H. Gihon, M. D., Private Secretary of Gov. Geary. Philadelphia:
Chas. C. Rhodes, 1857." pp. 348. This book is a good summary of preceding.. histories, and a warm defence of all the acts of Gov. Geary. Dr.
Gihon came to Kansas Pro-Slavery, and, like thousands of others, hated
Slavery as soon as he had seen it. The book has the new-convert ardor,
but contains a large amount of valuable matter. The following is copied
from page 102:
"On the first of September, 1856, Capt. Frederick Emory, a United States mail contractor, rendered himself conspicuous in Leavenworth, at the head of a band of Ruffians,
mostly from western Missouri. They entered houses, stores, and dwellings of Free-State
people, and, in the name of'law and order,' abused and robbed the occupants, and drove
them out into the roads, irrespective of age, sex or condition. Under pretence of searching for arms, they approached the house of William Phillips, the lawyer who had previously been tarred and feathered and carried to Missouri. Phillips, supposing he was
to be subjected to a similar outrage, resolved not to submit to the indignity, and stood
upon his defence. In repelling the assaults of the mob, he killed two of them, when
the others burst into the house, and poured a volley of balls into his body, killing him
instantly in the presence of his wife and another lady. His brother, who -was also
present, had an arm badly broken with bullets, and was compelled to submit to an amputation. Fifty of the Free-State prisoners were then driven on board the Polar Star,
bound for St. Louis. On the next day a hundred more were embarked by Emory and
his men, on the steamboat Emma. During these proceedings, an election was held for
Mayor, and Wm. E. Murphy, since appointed Indian Agent by the President, was elected,
without opposition.'
Dr. Gihon's book contains Gov. Geary's Message to the Legislature, his
Farewell Address, and Gov. Walker's Inaugural Address.
AUGUST 9.-The following is the official vote for the officers under the
Topeka Constitution:
FOR JUDGES OF THE SUPREME COURT:            CLERK OF THE SUPREME COURT:
Samuel N. Latta.............       7,200  A. G. Patrick...............................7, 200
Martin F. Conway........................... 7,178
SECRETARY OF STATE:                    REPRESENTATIVE IN CONGRESS:
Philip C. Schuyler............     7,167  Marcus J. Parrott.............7............,267
AUDITOR:
Geo. A. Cutler................................. 7,177  VOTE ON CONSTITUTION:
REPORTER OF THE SUPREME COURT:    For Constitution.............................. 7, 257
E. M. Thurston................................ 7,187  Against Constitution........................  34
MEMBERS OF THE SENATE:'Naamwe of Candidate.          Vote.             rame of Candidate.         Vote
1  Henry J. Adams...................,266   10  Win. A. Phillips......................... 935
1  J. P. Root.................................. 1, 265   10  Jas. B. Abbott............................. 733
2  Caleb May................................  403   11  John A. Beam.......................... 220:2  David Dodge............................. 403   12  Walter Oakley.......................... 692:3  Benj. Harding.........................  220   13  C. F. W. Leonhardt..................... 100.3  Alfred Larzelere....................... 219  15  J. M. Hendry............................ 313
4  J. B. Smith............................  165   16  Hamilton Smith.........................271
6  Geo. S. Hillyer.......................... 460  17  W. F. M. Arny...........................189
8  S. D. Houston............................  149   18  Jas. Montgomery........................ 235
9  Samuel L. Adair........................  269




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MEMBERS OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
Name of Candidate.          Vote.    k         Name of Candidate.          Voe.
J. C. Green........................... 1,265..8  Dr. Adams............................ 185
1  J. P. Hatterscheldt................  1,260    9  Chas. Mayo............................  71
1  Go. H. Keller......... 1,268    9  Edwin S. Nash..................       271
1  John C. Douglass.........    12....... 68.....  9  Leander Martin............... 252
1  Stphen Sparks.........        1, 266...............   10   Robt. Morrow       1000
Win. Pennock...................   1, 266..10  Geo. W. Deitzler....................1003
1  Patrick Orr.................... 1,265..10  Win. Hutchinson..................  927
1. G. Elliott.....             265...............  10  Geo. H. Crocker.................... 94
1  J.. Funk......1,265...............   10  E. P. Vaughn......................... 725
1  J. M. Walden...................... 1, 268    0..  Thaddeus Prentice................ 647
2  A  Elliott......81........................10  Geo. F. Warren...................... 944
2  S. J. H. Snyder......383...........    11  P. H. Townsend..................... 231
2  H. Martin83..................         11  Philip T. Hupp...................... 226
2  W. A. Woodworth...........   383   12  Henry Harvey......................       701
2  J. H. Gilbert......382................... 12  Jeremiah Sabin..................... 648
3  Harris Stratton......217...........    12  John D. Deleman................... 703
3  J. B. Wheeler.......218................. 13  D. E. Adams......................... 104
3  Alx. A. Jamieson......21..........     14  Chris. Columbia....................  191
aj. H. Brock.....219.1.. 2Stwart4
3  Benj~~~~~~~. H.Bok................ 21  5  J. W. Stewart......................... 42
3  Thos. Stevenson......219...........    15  E. W. Robinson..................... 417
3  Mathew Iles......219.................... 15  David B. Jackman................. 379
4  Ira H. Smith......150.....................  16  R. Austin....................27
4  W. W. Guthrie........................   149   16  Geo. Kellogg......................... 25
5  C. Beary................................. 52   17  Samuel Stewart..................... 221
6  Stphen C. Cooper.................. 17  S.F. Stone............................ 170
6  Edward Lynde......518................ 18  B. B. Newton......................... 23
7  Go. W. Brassbridge................ 98   18  Jas. M. Arthur...................... 233
7  Albert Fuller......98.................... 18  E. L. Taylor.......................... 231
AuGUST 14.- Mass Convention at Centropolis.  Resolutions were adopted
urging Free-State men to take part in the October election. G. W. Brown,
Richard J. Hinton, M. J. Parrott, W. A. Phillips and  M. F. Conway were
in the Convention.
AUGUST 20.-Governor Robinson acquitted by the jury; trial before
Judge Cato, at Lecompton; charge, "usurpation of office." Colonel Samuel Walker is also acquitted. Judge Cato charged strongly against both.
AUGUST 23.-William Haller escapes from Fort Leavenworth.
AUGUST 26.- Free-State Conventions at Grasshopper Falls. George W.
Smith was Chairman of the Mass Convention, and R. G. Elliott, Dr. C. F.
Kob, Mr. Miller and' E. G. Ross, Secretaries. W. Y. Roberts was Chairman of the Delegate Convention, and A. D. Richardson and E. G. Ross.
Secretaries. The main question was, whether Free-State men should take
part in the Territorial election of October 5th. Robinson, Lane, Holliday
and Smith favored it, -while Con-way, Phillips and Redpath opposed it.
The following platform was adopted:
"Whereas, It is of the most vital importance to the people of Kansas that the. Territorial Government should ha controll ed by the bona dide citizens thereof; and
"Whereas, Governor Walker has repeatedly pledged himself that the people of Kansas should have a full and fair vote, before impartial judges, at the election to be held
the first Monday in October, for Delegate to Congress, members of the Legislature, and
other officers: therefore,
"Resolved, That we, the people of Kansas, in mass convention assembled, agree to
participate in said election.
"Resolved, That in thus voting we rely upon the faithful fulfilment of the pledge of
Governor Walker; and that we, as heretofore, protest against the enactments forced
upon us by the voters of Missouri.
"Resolved, That this mass meeting recommend the appointment of a committee, to
wait upon the Territorial authorities, and urgently insist upon a review and correction




~134               ANNALS OF KANSAS.                              [1857.
of the wicked apportionment endeavored to be forced upon the people of Kansas, for
the selection of members of the Territorial Legislature.
"Resolved, That General J. H. Lane be authorized and empowered to tender to Governor Walker the force organized by him under the resolution passed by the Convention
held at Topeka, on the 15th of July last, to be used for the protection of the ballot-box."
The Delegate Convention unanimously nominated M. J. Parrott for Delegate to Congress, and appointed the following Executive Committee: J. H.
Lane, C. K, Holliday, Dr. James Davis, O. E. Learnard, And. Johnson,
Geo. W. Hutchinson, W. F. M. Arny, H. Miles Moore, J. P. Root, A. E.
Jamieson, Geo. W. Brown, Robt. Riddle, W. R. Frost, Geo. W. Smith, J.
K. Goodin, Dr. J. H. Gilpatrick, P. C. Schuyler, Dr. Robertson, Edward
Lynde, and C. W. Babcock.
SPTEMBER 1.-Land office opened at Lecompton.
SEPTEMBER 7.-Meeting of the Lecompton Constitutional Convention, at
Lecompton. B. Little was elected President pro tern., and Thos. C. Hughes
Secretary pro tern.
On the 8th, the following officers were elected: President, John Calhoun;
Secretary, Thos. C. Hughes; Assistant Secretary, Jas. H. Nounnan; Reporter,
P. H. Carey; Sergeant-at-Arms, Samuel Cramer; Chaplain, Mr. Magee.
On the 10th, D. R. Gilpatrick and J. Y. Campbell were declared entitled
to seats from Anderson county. John D. Henderson was elected Public
Printer.
lOn the   th, adjourned to October 19th.  Met on the 19th of October, and
finallyadjourned on the 3d of November. The Proceedings of the Convention are given in Vol. III, of Reports of Committees of the House of Representatives, 1st sess. Thirty-fifth Congress, 1858.  The Constitution adopted
is as follows:.
THE LECOMPTON CONSTITUTION.
PREAMBLE.
We, the people of the' Territory of Kansas, by our representatives in convention.assembled, at Lecompton, in said Territory, on Monday, the fourth day of September,
one thousand eight hundred and fifty-seven, and of~the independence of the United
States of America the eighty-second year, having the right of admission into the Union
as one of the United States of America, consistent with the Federal Constitution, and
by virtue of the treaty of cession by France to the -United States of t he province of
Louisiana, made and entered into on the thirtieth day of April, one thousand eight
hundred and three, and by virtue of, and in accordance with, the act of Congress passed
May the thirtieth, one thousand eight hundred and fifty-four, entitled "An act to
organize the Territories of Nebraska and Kansas," in order to secure to ourselves and
our posterity the enjoyment of all the rights of life, liberty and property, and the free
pursuit of happiness, do mutually agree with each other to form ourselves into a free,
independent and sovereign State by the name and style of the STATE OF KANSAS, and
do ordain and establish the following Constitution for the government thereof:
ARTICLE 1.-BOUNDARIES.
We do declare and establish, ratify and confirm the following as the permanent
boundaries of the said State of Kansas, that is to say:. Beginning at a point on the
western boundary of the State of Missouri where the thirty-seventh parallel -of north
latitude crosses the same; thence west on said parallel to the eastern boundary of New
Mexico; thence north on said boundary to latitude thirty-eight; thence following said
boundary westward to the east boundary of the Territory of Utah, on the summit of
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itude; thence east on said parallel to the western boundary of the State of Missouri;
thence south with the western boundary of said State to the place of beginning.
ARTICLE.-COUNTY BOUNDARIES.
No county now established which borders upon the Missouri river, or upon either
bank of the Kansas river, shall ever be reduced by the formation of new counties to
less than twenty miles square; nor shall any other county now organized, or hereafter
to be organize, be reduced to less than five hundred square miles.
ARTICLE II.-DISTRIBUTION OF POWERS.
The power of the Government of the State of Kansas shall be divided into three separate departments-the Executive the Legislative, and the Judicial; and no person
charged with the exercise of powers properly belonging to one of these departments
shall exercise any functions appertaining to either of the others, except in the cases
hereinafter expressly directed or permitted.
ARTICLE I-EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT.
SECTION 1. The chief executive power of this State shall be vested in a Governor,
who shall hold his office for two years from the time of his installation.
SEC. 2. The Governor shall be elected by the qualified electors of the State. The returns of every election for Governor shall be sealed up and transmitted to the seat of
Government, directed to the Secretary of State, who shall deliver them to the Speaker
of the House of Representatives at the next ensuing session of the Legislature, during
the first week of which session the Speaker shall open and publish them in the presence
of both houses of the Legislature. The person having the highest number of votes
shall be Governor; but if two or more shall be equal, and having received the highest
1number of votes, then one of them shall be chosen Governor by the joint ballot of both
houses of the Legislature; contested elections for Governor shall be determined by
both houses of the Legislature in such manner as may be prescribed by law.
SECL. 3. The Governor shall e at least thirty years of age, shall have been a citizen.of the United States for twenty years, shall have resided in this State at leastfive years
next preceding the day of his election, or from the time of the formation of this Constitution, and shall not be capable of holding the office snore than four years in any
term of six years.
SEC. 4. He shall, at stated terms, receive for his services a compensation which shall
hbe fixed hy law, and shall not be increased or diminished during the term for which he.shall be elected.
SEC. 5. He shall be commander-in-chief of the army and navy of this State, and of
-the militia, except when they shall be called into the service of the United States.
SE~C. 6. He may require information in writing from officers in the Executive Department on any subject relating to the duties of their respective offices.
SE~C. 7. He may, in cases of emergency, convene the Legislature at the seat of Government, or at a different place, if that shall have become, since their last adjournment,,dangerous from an enemy or disease; and in case of disagreement between the two
houses with respect to the time of adjournment, adjourn them to snch time as he may
think proper, not beyond the next stated meeting of the Legislature.
SEC..S. He shall, from time to time, give the. Legislature information of the state of
the Government, and recommend to their consideration such measures as he may deem
necessary and expedient.
SE~C. 9. He shall take care that the laws he faithfully executed.
SE~C. 10. In all criminal and penal cases, except in those of treason and impeachment,
he shall have power to grant -reprieves and pardons, and remit fines; and in cases of
forfeitures, to stay the collection until the end of the next session of the Legislature,
-and to remit forfeitures by and with the advice and consent of the Senate. In cases of
treason he shall have power to grant reprieves by and with the advice and consent of
the Senate, but may respite the sentence until the end of the next session of the Legislature.
SEC. 11. All commissions shall be in the name and hy the authority of the State of
Kansas, be sealed with the great seal, and signed by the Governor, and attested by the'Secretary of State.




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SEC. 12. There shall be a seal of this State, which shall be kept by the Governor and
used by him officially, and the present seal of this Territory shall be the seal of the State
until otherwise directed by the Legislature.
SEC. 13. All vacancies not provided for in this Constitution shall be filled in such
manner as the Legislature may prescribe.
SEC. 14. The Secretary of State shall be elected by the qualified electors of the State,
and shall continue in office during the term of two years, and until his successor is
qualified. He shall keep a fair register of all the official acts and proceedings of the Governor, and shall, when required, lay the same, and all papers, minutes, and vouchers
relative thereto, before the Legislature, and shall perform such other duties as may be
required by law.
SEC. 15. Every bill which shall have passed both houses of the Legislature shall be
presented to the Governor. If he approve, he shall sign it; but if not, he shall return
it, with his objections, to the house in which it shall have originated, which shall enter
the objections at length upon their journals, and proceed to reconsider it. If, after such
reconsideration, two-thirds of the house shall agree to pass the bill, it shall be sent, with
the objections, to the other house, by which it shall likewise be reconsidered; if approved
by two-thirds of that house, it shall become a law; but in such case, the votes of each
house shall be determnained by yeas and nays, and the names of the members voting for
and against the bill shall be entered upon the journals of each house, respectively. If
any bill shall not be returned by the Governor within six days (Sundays excepted) after
it shall have been presented to him, the same shall become a law in like manner as if
he had signed it, unless the Legislature, by their adjournment, prevent its return, in
which case it shall not become a law.
SEC. 16. Every order, resolution, or vote, to which the concurrence of both houses
may be necessary, except resolutions for the purpose of obtaining the joint action of
both houses, and on questions of adjournment, shall be presented to the Governor, and,
before it shall take effect, be approved by him; or, being disapproved, shall be repassed
by both houses, according to the rules and limitations prescribed in case of a bill.
SEC. 17. A Lieutenant Governor shall be elected at the same time and for the same
term as the Governor, and his qualifications and the manner of his election shall be the
same in all respects.
SExx 18. In case of the removal of the Governor from office, or of his death, failure to,
qualify, resignation, removal from the State, or. inability to discharge the powers and
duties of the office, the said office, with its compensation, shall devolve upon the Lieutenant Governor; and the Legislature shall provide by law for the discharge of the Executive functions in other necessary cases.
SEC. 19. The Lieutenant Governor shall be President of the Senate, but shall have no.
vote except in the case of a tie, when he may give the casting vote; and while acting~as
such, shall receive a compensation equal to that allowed to the Speaker of the House of'
Representatives.
SEC. 20. A Sheriff, and one or more Coroners, a Treasurer, and Surveyor, shall beelected in each county by the qualified electors thereof, who shall hold their offices for
two years, unless sooner removed, except that the Coroner shall hold his office until his.
successor be duly qualified.
SEC. 21. A State Treasurer and Auditor of Public Accounts shall be elected. by the
qualified electors of the State, who shall hold their offices for the term of two years, unless sooner removed.
ARTICLE V. - LEGISLATIVE DEPARTMENT.
SECTION 1. The legi slative authority of this State shall be vested' in a Legislature,
which shall consist of a Senate and House of Representatives.
SEC. 2. No person holding office under the authority of the United States, except
Postmasters, or any lucrative office under the authority of this State, shall be eligible
to or have a seat in the Legislature; but this provision shall not extend to township
officers, Justices of the Peace, Notaries Public, or military officers.
SEC. 3. No person who has been, or may hereafter be, convicted of a penitentiary
offence, or of an embezzlement of the public funds, shall hold any office in this State;.
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in the Legislature until he shall have accounted for and paid such money into the
treasury.
SEC. 4. The members of the House of Representatives shall be elected by the qualified
electors, and shall serve for the term of two years from the close of the general election,
and no longer.
SEC. 5. The Senators shall be chosen for the term of four years, at the same time, in
the same manner, and at the same places as are herein provided for members of the
House of Representatives.
SEC. 6. At the first session of the Legislature, the Senate shall, by lot, divide their
Senators into two classes; and the seats of the Senators of the first class shall be vacated
at the expiration of the second year, and of the second class at the expiration of the
fourth year, so that one-half, as near as may be, may be chosen thereafter every two
years for the term of four years.
SEC. 7. The number of Senators shall not be less than thirteen nor more than thirtythree; and at any time when the number of Senators is increased, they shall be annexed by lot to one of the two classes, so as to keep them as nearly equal in number as
possible.
SEC. 8. The number of members of the House of Representatives shall not be less
than thirty-nine nor more than one hundred.
SEC. 9. The style of the laws of this State shall be, "Be it enacted by the Legislature of
the State of Kansas."
SEC. 10. Each house may determine the rules of its own proceedings, punish its
members for disorderly behavior, and, with the consent of two-thirds, may expel a
member; but not a second time for the same offence. The names of the members
voting on the question shall be spread upon the journal.
SEC. 11. Each house during the session may, in its discretion, punish by fine or imprisonment, or both, any person not a member, for disrespectful or disorderly behavior
in its presence, or for obstructing any of its proceedings: Provided, Such fine shall not
exceed two hundred dollars, or such imprisonment shall not extend beyond the end of
the session.
SFa. 12. Each house of the Legislature shall keep a journal of its proceedings, and
cause the same to be published as soon after the adjournment as may be provided by
law.
SEC. 13. Neither house during the session of the Legislature shall, without the consent
of the other, adjourn for more than three days (Sundays excepted), nor to any other
place than that in which they may be sitting.
SEC. 14. The Senate when assembled shall choose its officers, and the House of Representatives shall choose a Speaker and its other officers; and each branch of the Legislature shall be the judge of the qualifications, elections and returns of its members.
SEC. 15. A majority of each house of the Legislature shall constitdte a quorum to do
business, but a smaller number may adjourn from day to day, and compel the attendance of absent members in such manner as each house may prescribe.
SEC. 16. Each member of the Legislature shall receive from the public treasury such
compensation for his services as may be fixed by law; but no increase of compensation
shall take effect during the term for which the members are elected when such law
passed.
SEC. 17. Bills may originate in either house, but may be altered, amended, or rejected
by the other, and all bills shall be read by sections on three several days, except on an
extraordinary occasion; two-thirds of the members may dispense with such reading,
but in no case shall a bill be passed without having once been read; and every bill
having passed both houses shall be signed by the Speaker and President in the presence
of their respective houses.
SEC. 18. The Legislature shall provide by.law for filling all vacancies that may occur
in either house by the death, resignation, or otherwise, of any of its members.
SEC. 19. The doors of each house shall be open, except on such occasions as, in the
opinion of the house, the public safety may require secrecy.
SEac. 20. Every law enacted by the Legislature shall embrace but one subject, and
that shall be expressed in its title, and any extraneous matter introduced in a bill
which shall pass shall be void; and no law shall be amended by its title, but in such
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SEC. 21. Every act and joint resolution shall be plainly worded, avoiding, as far as
practicable, the use of technical terms.
S. 22. The Legislature shall meet every two years, at the seat of Government.
SEC. 23. The Legislature shall provide for an enumeration of inhabitants by law. An
apportionent of Representatives in the Legislature shall be provided by law according
to population, as nearly equal as may be.
SEC. 24.The Legislature shall have no power to grant divorces, to change the names
of individuals, or direct the sales of estates belonging to infants or other persons laboring under legal disabilities, by special legislation, but by general laws shall confer such
powers on the courts of justice.
SEC. 25. It shall be the duty of all civil officers of this State to use due diligence in
the securing and rendition of persons held to service or labor in this State, either of the
States or Territories of the United States; and the Legislature shall enact such laws as
may be necessary for the honest and faithful carrying out of this provision of the Constitution.
ELECTION DISTRICTS.
At the first election holden under this Constitution for members of the State Legislature, the Representative and Senatorial Districts shall be as follows: The First
Representative District shall consist of Doniphan county, and be entitled to four Rep
reentatives; the Second, Atchison, four Representatives; the Third, Leavenworth,
eight Representatives; the Fourth, Brown and Nemaha, one Representative;the Fifth,
Calhoun and Pottawatomie, one Representative; the Sixth, Jefferson, two Representatives; the Seventh, Marshall and Washington, one Representative; the Eighth, Riley,
one Representative; the Ninth, Johnson, four Representatives; the Tenth, Lykins, one
Representative; the Eleventh, Linn, two Representatives; the Twelfth, Bourbon, two
Representatives; the Thirteenth, McGee, Dorn and Allen, one Representative; the
Fourteenth, Douglas, five Representatives; the Fifteenth, Anderson and Franklin, one
Representative; the Sixteenth, Shawnee, two Representatives; the Seventeenth, Weller
and Coffey, one Representative; the Eighteenth, Woodson, Wilson, Godfrey, Greenwood
and Madison, one Representative; the Nineteenth, Breckinridge and Richardson, one*
Representative; the Twentieth, Davis, Wise, Butler, Hunter, and that portion of country
west, one Representative-in all, forty-four Representatives. The First Senatorial
District shall be Doniphan county, and be entitled to one Senator; the Second, Atchison,
one Senator; the Third, Doniphan and Atchison, one Senator;, the Fourth, Leavenworth, three Senators; the Fifth, Browin, Nemaha and Pottawatomie, one Senator; the
Sixth, Riley, Marshall, Dickinson and Washington, one Senator; the Seventh, Jeffersois
and Calhoun, one Senator; the Eighth, Johnson, two Senators; the Ninth, Lykins, Andebrson and Franklin; one Senator; the Tenth, Linn, one Senator; the Eleventh,
Bourbon and McGee, one Senator; the Twelfth, Douglas, two Senators; the Thirteenth,
Shawnee, one Scnator; the Fourteenth, Dorn, Allen, Wilson, Woodson, Godfrey, Greenwood, Madison and Coffey, one Senator; the Fifteenth, Richardson, Davis, Wise, Breckinridge, Butler, Hunter, and all west of Davis, Wise, Butler and Hunter, o ne Senator.
The entire number of Senators, nineteen.
-ARTICLE VI.-JUDICIARY.
SECTION 1. The judicial powers of this State shall he vested in one Supreme Court,
Circuit Courts, Chancery Courts, Courts of Probate, and Justices. of the Peace, and such
other inferior courts as the Legislature ma y from time to time ordain and establish.
SEC. 2. The Supreme Court, except in cases otherwise directed in this Constitution,,shall have appellate jurisdiction only, which shall be coextensive with the State, under
such restrictions and regulations, not repugnant to this Constitution, as~may from time
to time be prescribed by law: Previded, That the Supreme Court' shall have power to
issue writs of injunction, mandamus, quo warranto, habeas corpus, and such other
remedial and original writs as may be necessary to give a general superintendence and
control of inferior jurisdictions.
SEC. 3. The-re shall he held annually, at the seat of Government, two sessions of the
Supreme Court, at such times as the.Legislature may direct.
SEC. 4. The Supreme Court shall consist of one Chief Justice and two Associate
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SEC. 5. The Supreme Court may elect a Clerk and Reporter, who shall, respectively,
receive such compensation as the Legislature may prescribe.
SEC. 6. The State shall be divided into convenient circuits, and for each circuit there
shall be elected a Judge, who shall, at the time of his election, and as long as he continues in office, reside in the circuit for which he has been elected.
SEc. 7. The Circuit Courts shall have original jurisdiction of all matters, civil and
criminal, within this State not otherwise excepted in this Constitution; but in civil
cases only where the matter in controversy shall exceed the sum of one hundred dollars.
SEC. 8. A Circuit Court shall be held in each county in this State twice in every year,
at such times and places as may be prescribed by law; and the Judges of the several
Circuit Courts may hold courts for each other when they may deem it advisable, and
shall do so when directed by law.
SEC. 9. The Legislature may establish a Court or Courts of Chancery, with original
and appellate equity jurisdiction; and until the establishment of such court or courts
the said jurisdiction shall be vested in the Judges of the Circuit Courts, respectively;
but the Judges of the several Circuit Courts shall have power to issue writs of injunction,
returnable to the Court of Chancery.
SEC. 10. The Legislature shall establish within each county in the State a Court of
Probate, for the granting of letters testamentary of the administration, and orphans,
business, and the general superintendence of the estates of deceased persons, and such
other duties as may be prescribed by law; but in no case shall they have jurisdiction in
matters of civil or criminal law.
SEC. 11. A competent number of justices of the peace in and for each county shall be
elected in such mode and for such term of office as the Legislature may direct. Their
jurisdiction in civil matters shall be limited to cases in which the amount does not exceed one hundred dollars; and in all cases tried by justices of the peace the right of
appeal shall be secured under such rules and regulations as may be prescribed by law.
SEC. 12. The Chief Justice and Associate Justices of the Supreme Court, and Judges
of the Circuit Court, and Courts of Chancery, shall, at stated times, receive for their services a compensation which shall-be fixed by law, and shall not be diminished during
their continuance in office; but they shall receive no fees, no perquisites of office, nor
hold any other office of profit or trust under this State, the United States, or either of
the other States, or any other power, during their continuance in office.
SEC. 13. The Chief Justice and Associate Justices of the Supreme Court shall be elected
by the qualified voters of the whole State, the Judges of the Circuit Courts by the qualified voters of their respective circuits, and the Judges of the Chancery Courts shall be
elected by the qualified voters of.their respective chancery divisions, at such times and
places as may be prescribed by law; but said election shall not be on the same day that
the election of members of the Legislature is held.
SEC. 14. All vacancies in the office of Chief Justice and Associate Justices of the Supreme Court, and Judges of the Circuit Court, Court of Chancery, and Probate Court,
shall be filled by appointment made by the Governor.for the time being; but the Governor shall, immediately upon the receipt of information of a vacancy aforesaid, order
an election to fill such vacancy, first giving sixty days' notice of such election.
SEC. 15. The Chief Justice and Associate Justices of the Supreme Court shall hold
their offices for and during the period of six years from the date of their election, and
until their successors shall be qualified, and provision shall be made by law for classifying those elected, so that the Chief Justice or one of the said Associate Justices of the
Supreme Court shall be elected every two years. The Judges of the Circuit, Chancery
and Probate Courts shall hold their offices for and during the term of.four years from
the date of their election, and until their successors shall be qualified.
SEC. 16. Clerks of the Circuit Courts and Courts of Probate shall be elected by the
qualified electors in each county, and all vacancies in such office shall be filled in such
manner as the law may direct.
SEC. 17. The Chief Justice and Associate Justices of the Supreme Court, by virtue of
their offices, shall be conservators of the peace throughout the State, the Judges of the
Circuit Court throughout their respective circuits, and the Judges of the inferior courts
throughout their respective counties.
SEC. 18. The style of all process shall be, "The State of Kansas;" and all prosecutions




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shall be carried on in the name and by the authority of the State of Kansas, and shall
conclude, "against the peace and dignity of the same."
SEC. 19. There shall be an Attorney General of the State, who shall be elected by the
qualified voters thereof, and as many District Attorneys as the Legislature may deem
necessary, to be elected by the qualified voters of their respective circuits, who shall
hold their offices for the term of four years from the date of their election, and shall
receive for their services such compensation as may be established by law, which shall
not be diminished during their continuance in office.
SEC. 20. Vacancies occurring in the office of Attorney General, District Attorneys,
Clerk of the Circuit Court, Clerk of the Court of Probate, justices of the peace, and constables, shall.be filled in such manner as shall be provided by law.
SEC. 21. The House of Representatives shall have the sole power of impeachment.
SEC. 22. All impeachments shall be tried by the Senate;  when sitting for that purpose
the Senators shall be on oath or affirmation; and no person shall be convicted without
the concurrence of two-thirds of the members present.
SEC. 23. The Governor and all civil officers shall be liable to impeachment for any
misdemeanor in office; but judgment in such cases shall not extend further than to
removal from office, and of disqualification from office of honor, trust, or profit under
the State; but the party convicted shall, nevertheless, be liable and subject to indictment, trial, and punishment according to law.
ARTICLE VII.- SLAVERY.
SECTION 1. The right of property is before and higher than any constitutional sanction, and the right of the owner of a slave to such slave and its increase is the same and
as inviolable as the right of the owner of any property whatever.
SEC. 2. The Legislature shall have no power to pass laws for the emancipation of
slaves without the consent of the owners, or without paying the owners previous to
their emancipation a full equivalent in money for the slaves so emancipated. They
shall have no power to prevent immigrants to the State from bringing with them such
persons as are deemed slaves by the laws of any one of the United States or Territories,
so long as any person of the same age or description shall be continued in slavery by
the laws of this State: Provided, That such person or slave be the bona fide property
of such immigrants: And provided, also, That laws may be passed to prohibit the introduction into this State of slaves who have committed high crimes in other States or
Territories. They shall have power to pass laws to permit the owners of slaves to
emancipate them, saving the rights of creditors, and preventing them from becoming a
public charge. They shall have power to oblige the owners of slaves to treat them with
humanity, to provide for them necessary food and clothing, to abstain from all injuries
to them extending to life or limb, and, in case of their neglect or refusal to comply with
the direction of such laws, to have such slave or slaves sold for the benefit of the owner
or owners.
SEC. 3. In the prosecution of slaves for crimes of higher grade than petit larceny, the
Legislature shall have no power to'deprive them of an impartial trial by a petit jury.
SEC. 4. Any person who shall maliciously dismember, or deprive a slave of life shall
suffer such punishment as would be inflicted in case the like offence had been committed
on a free white person, and on the like proof, except in case of insurrection of such
slave.
ARTICLE VIII.- ELECTIONS AND RIGHTS OF SUFFRAGE.
SECTION 1. Every male citizen of the United States, above the age of twenty-one
years, having resided in this State one year, and in the county, city, or town in which
he may offer to vote, three months next preceding any election, shall have the qualifications of an elector, and be entitled to vote at all elections. And every male citizen
of the United States, above the age aforesaid, who may be a resident of the State at the
time that this Constitution shall be adopted, shall have the right of voting as aforesaid;
but no such citizen or inhabitant shall be entitled to vote except in the county in which
he shall actually reside at the time of the election.
SEC. 2. All voting by the people shall be by ballot.
SEC. 3. Electors, during their attendance at elections, going to and returning therefrom, shall be privileged from arrest in all cases except treason, felony, and breach of
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SEC. 4. No elector shall be obliged to do militia duty on the days of election, except
in time of war or public danger.
SEC. 5. No elector shall be deemed to have lost his residence in this State y reason
of his absence on business of his own, or of the United States, or of this State.
SEC. 6. No person employed in the military, naval or marine service of the United
States stationed in this State, shall, by reason of his services therein, be deemed a resident of this State.
SEC. 7. No person shall be elected or appointed to any office in this State, civil or
military, who shall not be possessed of the qualifications hereinbefore prescribed for
an elector.
SEC.. The Legislature shall have power to exclude from the privilege of voting, or
being eligible to office, any person convicted of bribery, perjury, or other infamous
crimes.
SEC. 9. The first general election in this State shall be held on the day and year provided by this Constitution, and all general elections thereafter on the day and year
provided by subsequent legislative enactment.
ARTICLE IX.-FINANCE.
SECTIN 1. The rule of taxation shall be uniform, and taxes shall be levied upo
such property as the Legislature shall from time to time prescribe.
SEC. 2. The Legislature shall provide for an annual tax sufficient to defray the estimated expenses of the Government for each year; and whenever the expenses of any
1one year shall exceed the income, the Legislature shall provide for levying a tax for the
ensuing year sufficient, with other sources of income, to pay the deficiency as well as
te estimated expenses for such ensuing year.
SEC. 3. For the purpose of defraying extraordinary expenditures, the State may contract public debts; but such debts, in the aggregate, shall never exceed five hundred
thousand dollars. Every such debt shall be authorized by law for some purpose or purposes, to be distinctly specified therein, and a vote of a majority of all the members
elected to both houses shall be necessary to the passage of such law, and such law shall
provide for an annual tax to be levied sufficient to pay the interest of such debt created;
and such appropriation shall not be repealed, nor the taxes postponed, until the principal and interest of such debt shall have been wholly paid.
SEC. 4. The Legislature may also borrow money for the purpose of repelling invasion,
suppressing insurrection, and defending the State in time of war; but the money thus
raised shall be applied exclusively to the purposes for which it was raised.
SEC. 5. No scrip, certificate, or other evidence of State debt shall be issued, except for
such debts as are authorized by the third or fourth sections of this article.
SEC. 6. The property of the State and counties, both real and personal, and such
other property as the Legislature may deem necessary for school, religious or charitable
purposes, may be exempted from taxation.
SEC. 7. No money shall at any time be paid out of the treasury except in pursuance
of an appropriation by law.
SEC. S. An accurate statemeflt of the receipts and expenditures of the public money
shall be published with the laws of each regular session of the Legislature..ARTICLE X.-REVENUE.
SEcrIoN 1. All bills for raising revenue shall originate in the House of Representatives.
SEC. 2. Taxation shall be equal and uniform, and all property on which taxes shall
be levied shall be taxed in proportion to its value, to be ascertained as directed by legislative enactment, and no one species of property shall be taxed higher than another
species of property of equal value on which taxes shall be levied. 
SEC. 3. The Legislature shall have power to levy an income tax, and to tax all persons
pursuing any occupation, trade, or profession.
SEC. 4. The Legislature shall provide for the classification of the lands of this State
into three distinct classes, to be styled, respectively, Class One, Two, Three; and each of
these classes shall have a fixed value in so much money, upon which there shall be
assessed an ad valorem tax.
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able-bodied male citizen over twenty-one years and under sixty years of age, but nothing herein contained shall prevent the exemption of taxable polls in cases of bodily
infirmity.
SEC. 6. The Legislature shall levy a tax on all railroad incomes proceeding from gifts
of public lands, at the rate of ten cents on the one hundred dollars.
SEC. 7. No lotteries shall be authorized by law as a source of revenue.
SEC. 8. Whatever donations of lands or money that may be received from the General
Government by this State shall be regarded as a source of revenue, subject to a compact
made with the United States by special ordinance.
ARTICLE XI.-PUBLIC DOMAIN AND INTERNAL IMPROVEMENT.
SECTION 1. It shall be the duty of the Legislature to provide for the prevention of
waste and damage of the public land now possessed or that may hereafter be ceded to
the Territory or State of Kansas, and it may pass laws for the sale of any part or portion thereof, and, in such case, provide for the safety, security, and appropriation of
the proceeds.
SEC. 2. A liberal system of internal improvements being essential to the development
of the resources of the country, shall be encouraged by the Government of this State;
and it shall be the duty of the Legislature, as soon as practicable, to ascertain by law
proper objects of improvement, in relation to roads, canals. and navigable streams, and
to provide for a suitable application of such funds as may be appropriated for such improvements.
ARTICLE XII.-CORPORATIONS.
SECTION 1. Corporations may be formed under a general law, but the Legislature may
by special act create bodies politic for municipal purposes, where the objects of the corporations cannot be attained under it. All general laws or special acts enacted under
the provisions of this section may be altered, amended, or repealed by the Legislature
at any time.
SEC. 2. No corporation shall take private property for public use without first having
the consent of the owner, or where the necessity thereof being first established by a
verdict of a jury, and the value thereof assessed and paid.
SEC. 3. It shall be the duty of the Legislature to provide for the organization of cities
and incorporated Villages, and to restrict their power of taxation, borrowing money,
contracting debts, and loaning their credit, so as to prevent abuses.
SEC. 4. The Legislature may incorporate banks of deposit and exchange, but such
banks shall not issue any bills, notes, checks, or other paper as money.
SEC. 5. The Legislature may incorporate one bank of discount and issue, with not
more than two branches, provided that the act incorporating said bank and branches
thereof shall not take effect until it shall be submitted to the people at the general
election next succeeding the passage of the same, and shall have been approved by a
majority of the electors voting at such election.
SEC. 6. The said bank and branches shall be mutually liable for each other's debts or
liabilities for all paper credits or bills issued representing money; and the stockholders
in said bank or branches shall be individually responsible to an amount equal to the
stock held by them for all debts or liabilities of said bank or branches; and no law
shall be passed sanctioning directly or indirectly the suspension by said bank or its
branches of specie payment.
SEC. 7. The State shall not be a stockholder in any bank, nor shall the credit of the
State be given or loaned in aid of any person, association, or incorporation, nor shall
the State become a stockholder in any corporation or association.
ARTICLE XIII.-MILITIA.
SECTION 1. The militia of this State shall consist of all the able-bodied male citizens
of the State between the ages of eighteen and forty-five years, except such citizens as
are now, or hereafter may be, exempted by the laws of the United States or of this
State.
SEC. 2. Any citizen whose religious tenets conflict with bearing arms shall not be
compelled to do militia duty in time of peace, but shall pay such an equivalent for personal services as may be prescribed by law.
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within the bounds of their several companies, battalions, regiments, brigades and
divisions, under such rules and regulations as the Legislature may from time to time
direct and establish.
ARTICLE XIV.-EDUCATION.
SETION 1. A general diffusion of knowledge being essential to the preservation of
the rights and liberties of the people, schools and the means of education shall be forever encouraged in this State.
SC. 2. The Legislature shall take measures to preserve from waste and damage such
lands as have been, or hereafter may be, granted by the United States, or lands or funds
which may be received from other sources, for the use of schools within this State, and
shall apply the funds which may arise from such lands, or from any other source, in
strict conformity with the object of the grant.
SE. 3. The Legislature shall, as soon as practicable, establish one common school (or
more) in each township in the State, where the children of the township shall be taught
gratis.
S. 4. The Legislature shall have power to make appropriations from the State treasry for the support and maintenance of common schools, whenever the funds accruing
from the lands donated by the United States, or the funds received from other sources,
are insufficient for that purpose.
SC.. The Legislature shall have power to pass laws for the government of all common schools within this State.
ARTICLE XV.-MISCELLANEOUS.
STioN 1. Lecompton shall be the seat of government until otherwise directed by
law, two-thirds of each house of the Legislature concurring in the passage of such law.
SC. 2. Every person chosen or appointed to any office under this State, before entering upon the discharge of its duties, shall take an oath or affirmation to support the
Constitution of the United States, the Constitution of this State, and all laws made in
pursuance thereof, and faithfully to demean himself in the discharge of the duties of
his office.
SEC. 3. The laws, public records, and the written, judicial, and legislative proceedings
of the State, shall be~conducted, promulgated, and preserved in the English language.
SEC. 4. Aliens who are, or may hereafter becom~e, bona fide residents of this State shall
enjoy the same rights, in respect to the possession, inheritance, and enjoyment o f property, as native-horn citizens.
SEC. 5. No county seat shall be removed until the point to which it is proposed to be
removed shall be fixed by law, an d a majority of the voters of the county voting on the
question shall have voted in favor of its removal to such point.
SIEC. 6. All property, both real and personal, of the wife, owned or claimed by marriage, and that acquired afterwards by gift, devise, or descent, shall be her separate
property; and laws shall be passed more clearly defining the rights of the wife, in relation as well to her separate property as to that held in common with her husband. Laws
shall also be passed providing for the registration of the wife's separate property.
SEFC. 7. The privilege of free suffrage shall be supported by laws regulating elections,
and prohibiting, under -adequate penalties, all undue influence thereon from power,
bribery, tumult, or other improper practice.
SEC. S. Treason against the State shall. consist only in levying war against it, or
adhering to its enemies, giving them aid and comfort. No person shall be convikted of
treason unless on the testimony of two witnesses to the same overt act, or his own confession in open court.
BILL OF RIGHSiv.
That the great. and essential principles of liberty -and free government may be recognized and established, we declare:
1. That. all freemen, when they form a social compact, are equal in rights, and that
no man or set of men are entitled to exclusive separate public emoluments or privileges, but in consideration of public services.
2. All political power is inherent in the people, and all free governments are founded
on their authority, and instituted for their benefit; and therefore they have at all times.
an inalienable and indefeasible right to alter, reform, or abolish their form of government in such manner as they may think proper.




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3. That all persons have a natural and indefeasible right to worship Almighty God
according to the dictates of their own conscience, and no person can of right be compelled to attend, erect, or support any place of worship, or maintain any ministry,
against his consent. That no human authority can in any case whatever interfere with
the rights of conscience, and that no preference shall ever be given to any religious
establishment or mode of worship.
4. That the civil rights, privileges, or capacities of a citizen shall in nowise be diminished or enlarged on account of his religion.
5. That all elections shall be free and equal.
6. That the right of trial by jury shall remain inviolate.
7. Every citizen may freely speak, write, and publish his sentiments on all subjects,
being responsible for the abuse of that right.
8. The people shall be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and possessions, from
unreasonable seizures and searches; and no warrant to search any place, or to seize any
person or thing, shall issue without probable cause, supported by oath or affirmation.
In all criminal prosecutions the accused has a right to be heard by himself or counsel;
to demand the nature and cause of the accusation, and have a copy thereof; to be confronted by the witness or witnesses against him; to have compulsory process for obtaining witnesses in his favor, and in all prosecutions by indictments or informations, a
speedy public trial by an impartial jury of the county or district in which the offence
shall have been committed. He shall not be compelled to give evidence against himself,
nor shall he be deprived of his life, liberty, or property, but by due course of law.
9. That no freeman shall be taken or imprisoned, or disseized of his freehold, liberties or privileges, or outlawed or exiled, or in any manner destroyed or deprived of his
life, liberty, or property, but by the judgment of his peers, or the law of the land.
10. No person, for the same offence, shall twice be put in jeopardy of life, limb, or
liberty; nor shall any person's property be taken or applied to the public use, unless
compensation be made therefor.
11. That all penalties shall be reasonable, and proportionate to the nature of the
offence.
12. No person shall be held to answer a capital or otherwise infamous crime, unless
on the presentment or indictment of, a grand jury, or by impeachment, except in cases
of rebellion, insurrection, or invasion.
13. That no conviction shall work corruption of blood or forfeiture of estate.
14. That all prisoners shall be bailable by sufficient securities, unless in capital offences, where the proof is evident or the presumption great; and the privileges of habeas
corpus shall not be suspended unless, when in the cases of rebellion [insurrection] or
invasion, the public safety may require it.
15. That excessive bail shall in no case be required, nor excessive fines imposed.
16. That no " ex post facto " law, nor any law impairing the obligations of contracts,
shall ever be made.
17. That forfeitures and monopolies are contrary to the genius of a republic, and
shall not be allowed; nor shall any hereditary emolument, privileges or honors ever be
granted or conferred in this State.
18. That the citizens have a right, in a peaceable manner, to assemble together for
their common good; to instruct their representatives, and to apply to those entrusted
with the power of government for redress of grievances, or other purposes, by address
or remonstrance.
19. That the citizens of this State shall have a right to keep and bear arms for their
common defence.
20. That no soldier shall in time of peace be quartered in any house without the consent of the owner, nor in time of war but in a manner prescribed by law.
21. The military shall be kept in strict subordination to the civil power.
22. Emigration to or from this State shall not be prohibited.
".23. Free negroes shall not be permitted to live in this State under any circumstances.
24. This enumeration of rights shall not be construed to deny or disparage others
retained by the people; and to guard against any encroachments on the rights herein
retained, or any transgression of' any of the higher power herein delegated, we declare
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shall forever remain inviolate, and that all laws contrary thereto, or to the other provisions herein contained, shall be void.
SCHEDULE.
SECTION 1. That no inconvenience may arise by reason of a change from a Territorial
to a permanent State Government, it is declared that all rights, actions, prosections,
judgments, claims, and contracts, as well of individuals as of bodies corporate, except
the bill incorporating banks by the last Territorial Legislature, shall contine as if no
sch change had taken place; and all processes which may have issued  nder the
authoity of the Territory of Kansas shall be as valid as if issued in the name of the
State of Kansas.
SEC. 2. All laws now in force in the Territory of Kansas, which are not repgnant to
this Constitution, shall continue and be of force until altered, amended, or repealed, y
a Legislature assembled under the provisions of this Constitution.
SEC. 3. All fines, penalties, and forfeitures to the Territory of Kansas shall inure to
the use of the State of Kansas,
SEC. 4. All recognizances heretofore taken shall pass to, and be prosecuted in the
name of the State of Kansas, and all bonds executed to the Governor of the Territory,
or to any other officer of the Court in his or their official capacity, shall pass to the
Governor and corresponding officers of the State authority and their successors in office,
and for the use therein expressed, and may be sued for and recovered accordingly; and
all the estates or property, real, personal, or mixed, and all judgments, bonds, specialties, choses in action, and claims or debts of whatever description, of the Territory of
Kansas, shall inure to, and rest in, the State of Kansas, and be sued for and recovered
in the same manner and to the same extent as the same could have been by the Territory of Kansas.
SEC. 5. All criminal prosecutions and penal actions, which may have arisen before
the change from a Territorial to a State Government, and which shall then be pending,
shall be prosecuted to judgment in the name of the State of Kansas. All actions at
law and suits in equity, which may be pending in the courts of the Territory of Kansas,
at the time of a change from a Territorial to a State Government, may be continued and
transferred to any court of the State, which shall have jurisdiction of the subject-matter
thereof.
SEC. 6. All officers, civil and military, holding their offices under aisthority of the
Territory of Kansas, shall continue to hold and exercise their respective offices until
they shall be superseded by the authority of the State.
SEC. 7. This Constitution shall be submitted to the Congress of the United States at
its next ensuing session, and as soon as official information has been received that it is
approved by the same, by the admission of the State of Kansas as one of the sovereign
States of the United States, the President of this Convention shall issue his proclamation to convene the State Legislature at the seat of Government, within thirty-one days
after publication. Should any vacancy occur, by death, resignation or otherwise, in the
Legislature, or other office, he shall order an election to fill such vacancy: Previded,
hewever, In case of removal, absence or disability of the President of this Convention
to discharge the duties herein imposed on him, the President pre tempoer of this Convention shall perform said duties, and in case of absence, refusal or disability of the
Presidentpre tempoer, a committee consisting of..seven, or a majority of them, shall discharge the duties required of the President of this Convention.
Before this Constitution shall be sent to Congress, asking for admission into the
Union as a State; it shall be submitted to all the white mnale inhabitants of this Territory, for approval or disapproval, as follows: The President of this Convention shall,
by proclamation, declare that on the twenty-first day of December, one thousand eight
hundred and fifty-seven, at the diifferent election precincts now established by law, or
which may be established as herein provided, in the Territory of Kansas, an election
shall be held, over which shall preside three judges, or a majority of them, to be appointed as follows: The President of this Convention shall appoint three commissioners
in each county in the Territory, whose duty it shall be to appoint three judges of election in the several precincts of their respective counties, and to establish precincts for
voting, and to cause poiis to be opened, at such places as they may deem proper in their
respective counties, at whic h election the Constitu.tion framed by this Convention shall
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be submitted to all the white male inhabitants of the Territory of Kansas in the said
Territory upon that day, and over the age of twenty-one years, for ratification or rejection, in the following manner and form: The voting shall be by ballot. The judges of
said election shall cause to be kept two poll-books by two clerks, by them appointed.
The ballots cast at said election shall be endorsed, "Constitution with Slavery," and
"Constitution with no Slavery." One of said poll-books shall be returned within eight
days to the President of this Convention, and the other shall be retained by the judges
of election and kept open for inspection. The President, with two or more members
of this Convention, shall examine said poll-books, and if it shall appear upon said examination that a majority of the legal votes cast at said election be in favor of the
"Constitution with Slavery," he shall immediately have the same transmitted to Congress of the United States, as hereinbefore provided; but if, upon such examination
of said poll-books, it shall appear that a majority of the legal votes cast at said election
be in favor of the "Constitution with no Slavery," then the article providing for
Slavery shall be stricken from this Constitution by the President of this Convention,
and Slavery shall no longer exist in the State of Kansas, except that the right of property in slaves now in this Territory shall in no manner be interfered with, and shall
have transmitted the Constitution, so ratified, [to Congress the Constitution, so ratified,]
to the Congress of the United States, as hereinbefore provided. In case of the failure
of the President of this Convention to perform the duties imposed upon him in the
foregoing section, by reason'of death, resignation or otherwise, the same duties shall
devolve upon the President pro tern.
SEC. 8. There shall be a general election upon the first Monday in January, eighteen
hundred and fifty-eight, to be conducted as the election provided for in the seventh
section of this article, at which election there shall be chosen a Governor, Lieutenant
Governor, Secretary of State, State Treasurer, and members of the Legislature, and also
a member of Congress.
SEC. 9. Any person offering to vote at the aforesaid election upon said Constitution
shall be challenged to take an oath to support the Constitution of the United States,
and to support this Constitution, under the penalties of perjury under the Territorial
laws.
SEC. 10. All officers appointed to carry into execution the provisions of the foregoing
sections shall, before entering upon their duties, be sworn to faithfully perform the
duties of their offices, and in failure thereof be subject to the same charges and penalties
as are provided in like cases under the Territorial laws.
SEC. 11. The officers provided for in the preceding sections shall receive for their services the same compensation as given to officers performing similar duties under the
Territorial laws.
SEC. 12. The Governor and all other officers shall enter upon the discharge of their
respective duties as soon after the admission of the State of Kansas, as one of the independent and sovereign States of the Union, as may be convenient.
SEC. 13. Oaths of office may be administered by any judge, justice of the peace, or
clerk of any court of record of the Territory or the State of Kansas, until the Legislature may otherwise direct.
SEC. 14. After the year one thousand eight hundred and sixty-four, whenever the
Legislature shall think it necessary to amend, alter, or change this Constitution, they
shall recommend to the electors at the next general election, two-thirds of the members
of each house concurring, to vote for or against calling a convention; and if it shall
appear that a majority of all citizens of the State have voted for a convention, the
Legislature shhll at its next regular session call a convention, to consist of as many
members as there may be in the House of Representatives at the time, to be chosen in
the same manner, at the same places, and by the same electors that choose the Representatives. Said delegates so elected shall meet within three months after said election,
for the purpose of revising, amending, or changing the Constitution; but no alteration
shall be made to affect the rights of property in the ownership of slaves.
SEC. 15. Until the Legislature elected in accordance with the provisions of this Constitution shall otherwise direct, the salary of the Governor shall be three thousand dollars, and the salary of Lieutenant Governor shall be double the pay of a State Senator,
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provided by the first Legislature, which shall fix the salaries of all officers other than
those elected by the people at first election.
SEC. 16. This Constitution shall take effect and be in force from and after its ratifi
tion  y the people as hereinbefore provided.
Done in convention at Lecompton, in the Territory of Kansas, on the seventh day of
November, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty-seven, and of
the independence of the United States of America the eighty-second. In testimony
whereof, we have hereunto subscribed our names.
JESSE CONNELL,               JUN. T. HEREFORD,
JOHN DALE HENDERSON,         ISAAC S. HASAL,
HUGH M, MOORE,               JAMES ADKINS,
JARRETT TODD,                     Atchison County.
WILBURN CHRISTISON,
SAMUEL J. KOOKAGEE,          JACOB T. BR
LUCIEN J. EASTIN             WM. A. HASKELL,
WM. WALKER,                         Lykis County.
JOHN W. MARTIN,              THOS. D. CHILDS,
GREENE B. REDMAN,            ALEXANDER BAYN,
Leavenworth County.    W. H. SWIFT,
CYRUS DOLMAN,                      Jeffers
HENRY SMITH,                 G. W. MCKOWN
Brown and Nemaha Cos.   BATT. JONES,
J. H. DANFORTH,
W. S. WELLS,                       JohnsC
ALFRED W. JONES,
OWEN C. STEWART,             WM. H. JENKINS,
L. S. BOLING,                      Marshall outy.
W. T. SPICELY,               JOHN S. RA
H. BUTCHER,
Douglas County.    C. K. MOBLEY,
Riley County.
THos. J. KEY,                HENRY D. ODEN,
SAMUEL P. BLAIR,
JAMES J. REYNOLDS,
WILLIAM MATHEWS,             SAMUEL G. REED
D. VANDERSLICE,              RUSH ELMORE,
HARVEY W. FORMAN,                  Shawe County.
Doniphan County.     H. T. WILSON,
MILTON E. BRYANT,            B. LITTLE,
Linn County.           Bossrbon County.
J. CALHOUN,
President of the Convention, and Delegate frons the County of Douglas.
CHARLES J. MCILYAINE, Secretory of the Convention.
ORDINANCE.
WHEREAS, The Government of the United States is the proprietor, or will become so,
of all or most of the lands lying within the limits of Kansas, as determined u nder
the Constitution; and whereas, the State of Kansas will possess the undoubted right
to tax such lands for the support of her State Government, or for other proper and
legitimate purposes connected with her existence as a State: Now, therefore, be it ordained by this Convention, on behalf of and by the authority of the people of Kansas,
that the right aforesaid to tax such lands shall be and is hereby forever relinquished,
if the conditions following shall be accepted and.agreed to by the Congress of the
United States:
SEcTrIoN 1. That sections numbered 5, 16, 24, and 36, in every township in the State,
or in case either of said numbered sections are or shall be otherwise disposed of, that
other lands, equal thereto in value, and as contiguous as may be, shall be granted to the
State, to be applied exclusively to the support of common schools.
SEC. 2. That all salt springs, and gold, silver, copper, lead, or other valuable mines,
together with the lands necessary for their'full occupation and use, shall be granted to
said State for the use and benefit of said State; and the same shall be used or disposed
of under such terms and conditions and regulations as the Legislature of said State shall
direct.
SEC. 3. That five per centum of the proceeds of the sales of all public lands sold or
held in trust or otherwise lying within the said State, whether sold before or after the
admission of the State into the Union, after deducting all expenses incidental to the
same, shall be paid to the said State of Kansas for the purposes following, to wit: two-.
fifths to he disbursed under the direction of the Legislature of the State for the purpose




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of aiding the construction of railroads within said State, and the residue for the support
of common schools.
SEC. 4. That seventy-two sections, or two entire townships, shall be designated by
the President of the United States, which shall be reserved for the use of a seminary
of learning, and appropriated by the Legislature of said State solely to the use of said
seminary.
SEC. 5. That each alternate section of land now owned, or which may hereafter be
acquired by the United States, for twelve miles on each side of a line of railroad to be
established or located from some point on the northern boundary of the State, leading
southerly through said State in the direction of the Gulf of Mexico, and on each side
of a line of railroad to be located and established from some point on the Missouri river
westwardly through said State in the direction of the Pacific ocean, shall be reserved
and conveyed to said State of Kansas for the purpose of aiding in the construction of
said railroad; and it shall be the duty of the Congress of the United States, in conjunction with the proper authorities of this State, to adopt immediate measures for carrying the several provisions herein contained into full effect.
SEPTEMBER 15.-The committee appointed at Grasshopper Falls issue
an address to the people. The following is quoted from it:
"The system of districting and apportionment for members of the Legislature shows
an unquestionable determination to introduce voters from abroad. Sixteen counties,
strongly Free-State, containing nearly one-half of the entire population of the Territory, are not allowed a single representative in either branch. Of the thirteen members of the Council, all but three, and of the thirty-nine members of the House of
Representatives, all but ten, are to be elected in districts bordering on the Missouri line.
Topeka is connected with Fort Scott, and Lawrence is attached to the Shawnee Mission,
adjoining Westport."
SEPTEMBER 16.- Gov. Walker issues an address to the people of Kansas.
He assures the people that the October election shall be fair and free. The
two parties of Kansas will then, for the first time, measure their strength,
"at the same times and places," at the ballot-box.
OCTOBER 5.-Election of the Territorial Legislature.
Free-State.  Demo-   House.  Council.
cretic.
Leavenworth..........................................      1, 083       1, 370      8 (d.)         3 (d.)
Atchison...............................................................       315          366      3 (d.)         1 (d.)
Doniphan..............................................................       574         497       5  (f.)
Brown.................................................................         138          72 1        f
Nemaha................................................................        145          30                     2   -)
Neinaha.145                                                    soj   1~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ (f. )
Marshall................................................................         1         160      1 (d.)            (f)
Pottawatomie.......................................................          151           16      2                 (f
Riley....................................................................    21           106           J.)
Riley.~~~~ ~~~~~~~~251    10S
Jefferson...............................................................       344  189               2           (f. I
Calhoun................................................................       200           39      1 (f.             ()
Douglas...........................................                           63................   187)
Johnson.33~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 16 j                                                (f.)    3       (f.)
Jfohnson................................................................       33        63
Shawnee...............................................................        749           61      1 (f)] )
Richardson.........................................127........................
Davis..............................................................          126           30
Wise  and Breckinridge.........................................               266           7
Madison  and Butler.........................................                   69           7
Bourbon.........................................              96         175
Dorn........................................................                              18
Coffey...................................................................      265          48                     2 (f.)
McGee...                                                                       24 1,202 3 (d.)
Woodson.....:.........
Weller..................................................................
Godfrey................................................................
Wilson......................................................................
W  ilson.................................................................................
Greenwood.........................................             14          13
Allen.....................................................................      65          20
Anderson.............................................................        261            2
Franklin..............................................................       345           101
Lykins.........................................348                                         59      2  (f.)              )
Li  nn.....................................................................  24           178      2 (f.) _
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The one Free-State vote in Marshall county was cast by James White.
The illegal votes in Johnson and McGee counties were thrown out.
These returns result as follows:
Free State.  Democratic.  Whole No.
Council......................................................................    9  4          13
House.......................................................................  24  15          39
The candidates for the Legislature are given below:
COUNCIL.
County.                            Free-State.               Democratic.
Robert Crozier.............. John A. Halderman.
Leavenworth....................................   Jos. P. Root.................. J.W. Martin.
J. Wright..................... Alson C. Davis.
Atchison........................................... Caleb May..................... Jos. P. Carr.
Doniphan, Brown, Nemaha, Marshall,    Benj. Harding.............. Frank J. Marshall.
- Riley, and Pottawatomie  i Andrew  J. Mead.......... Henry S. Creal.
Jefferson and Calhoun........................ A. A.G. Patrick............... C. Buck.
Carmi W. Babcock........ H. M. Bledsoe.
Douglas and Johnson........................   Lyman Allen............... Wm. H. Hull.
Edwin S. Nash..............S. S.J. Jones.
Anderson, Franklin, Lykins and Linn   H. B. Standiford............L. L.B. Williams.
TheX se a.   Oscar E  Learnard........ Geo. A. Crawford.
The seventeen remaining counties. -.Cyu  K. Holliday.                     Benj. I. Newsom.
Cyrus K. Holliday......... Benj. I. Newsom.......
HOUSE.
County.                             Free-State.                Democratic.
H. Miles Moore............... Hugh M. Moore.
I Geo. H. Keller.................. H.B. Denman.
W. M. McClure............... A.B. Hazzard.
J. P. Hatterscheidt.......... B. Johnson.
Leavenworth................................................   B. J hnson.
Owen A. Bassett.............T. B. Whitesides.
Wm. Pennock.................  A. B. Bartlett.
R. G. Elliott.................... S. Armstrong.
P. R. Orr.......................... W. H. Sharp.
John P. Wheeler.............. J. H. Miller.
Atchison............................................   Caleb Woodworth............    John Bennett.
S. J. H. Snyder................. Jas. Adkins.
Benj. H. Brock................. And'n Miller.
Alex. A. Jamieson........... Sidney Tennent.
Doniphan..........................................   Harris Stratton................ John Starwalt.
I C. Graham....................... John R. Boyd.
John B. Wheeler.............. Wm. Word.
Brown and Nemaha...........................   E. N. Morrill............  E.M. Hubbard.
Marshall........................................... W.S. Blackburn.............. J. P. Miller.
Riley and Pottawatomie..................  a.  Geo. Montague.
Chas. Jenkins.................S. G. Menzies.
Jefferson..f S. S. Cooper.................. C.L. Freeman.
Jefferson................................................  C. L. Fregg.
Henry Owen...................W. W. Gregg.
Calhoun............................................   A. Reynard..................... A. Davidson.
John Speer..................... J.H. Danforth.
G. W. Deitzler................. T.B. Sykes.
Oliver Barber.................. J.P. Thompson.
Douglas and Johnson........................   H. Appleman.................. U. B. Windsor.
A. T. Still.......................A. P. Walker.
G. W. Zinn..................... W.S. Wells.
G. Seymour..................... John Ector.
(John Lockhart................. L.S. Boling.
Shawnee............................................ Jas. A. Delong................. Wm. S. Romigh.
f A.  J. Shannon........... J.J. Parks.
Lykins.............................................. A J Sh n o...........J.P   r s
~Lyki~~~ns.1 ~ John Hanna..................... H. King.
Linn............................            A. Danford....................... H. Barlow...................... R. B. Mitchell.................. J.E. Mooney.
Samuel Stewart............... J. Head.
The eighteen remaining counties.......   C. Columbia..................... N. S. Goss.
(John Curtis..................... L.E. Rhddes.




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OCTOBER 5.-Election of Delegate in Congress.
N.~.Y.
LEAVENWORTH COUNTY.             a                 CALHOUN COUNTY.               a
Precincts.                                      Precincts. 
Delaware................................  92  56  Half-Day................................   4  55
Leavenworth........................... 275    511  Atchison.................................  12  29
Kickapoo............................... 728    171  Franklin.................................  10  94
Wyandotte............................. 134    200  Douglas..  13                          27
Stranger.................................  68    168                            -       -
39    205
1, 297  1,046
ATCHISON COUNTY.Y.
ATC~~~~~~~~JHNSON COUNTY.
* Oxford..................................  -  -
Grasshopper...........................  31  55  McCamish                           10     32
Walnut.............................   88  22  Lexington.39                               19
Mount easan........................ 42    80  Monticello.                          48      6
Shannon........................   205    158  Shawnee..............................  68   13
36     5Spring Hill.......................     4      7
DONIPHAN COUNTY.
Shannt   Township.........................69 57........ 212  96
Centre Township.               Fo Justioe of the Peace 124 votes were
Iowa....................................110    113l polled; all Demooratic.
Wolf River.............................  51  53
Palermo.                            23 50
Washington.54  79   DOUGLAS COUNTY.
Wayne........................     163    147  Lecompton.........................    138    294
Burr Oak........................   27     75  Washington.........................    34    268
Calhoun..................................   4    215
497    574  Wakarusa.........................   11    905
BROWN COUNTY. 
187  1,682
Walnut Creek........................   3  46                                        7
Locknane.11                                10         SHAWNEE COUNTY.
Lowknane................................  11 13   p o lled  CoUNtY.
Irving........................     23     43  Tecuseh............................. 52    126
Claytonville.35                            37 o........................Topeka............   4    334
-           Burhingame............................ -  112
Burr -ak 72    136  Wakarusa............................      5     91
MARSHALL COUNTY.                          Brownsville.............................  -  86
Marysville..............................  160  1
61    749
NEMA                                         RICHARDSON COUNTY.
Red Vermnilion                       1     44  W ahaunsee.-                                74
Wal nuee...........................                                -      74
RedV   r  ichmond.........................   8   44  Alma..................................  -  37
Richmond............................... 8  66 
Capsoena....; 5   10 Mission.............................                        -   16
Wheatland.............................                                             -     128
- _-           DAVIS COUNTY.
30    145  Ashland.............................. 11   33
RILEY COUNTY.                           Chelolah.............................   2  8
Manhattan.5    123  Clark Creek.............................  -                           19
Montague.                          15 31 Zandale.-  46
Ogden........................ Riley City.........................                 17     20
Randolph........................    6     18                                       30    126
106    251      BRECKINRIDGE COUNTY.
POTTAWATOMIE COUNTY.                         Emporia.                     137
Louisville........................   10   30  Americus............................  -   36
St George.............    I     22  Geo. Newberry's............................    2  25
uRichmond............................... 8 66.....
*Pottawatomie........................    1  34  J. Nathan  ory's.....................  -  41
Vienna..................................   -    Agnes City..............................   5  27
Blue.............................2.......... 4  51 7
Blue.4   51                                                    ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~7 266
16    148         BOURBON COUNTY.
JEFFERSEON COUNTY.                        Drywood................................. 9  3
Slough Creek......46                      56    ussell........................  12  2
~~~~Hickory Point....~ 35~~C 43Fort Scott.............................   99  24
onskrawk Pe........................   3........  33                                 47
Zsawne       e.................................  -     -                       46
O~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~                     sgden......................................  22  79
Kaw City.....                             - 6g....                                 22 20
Kentucky............................ 42  12                                175     96
Grasshopper Falls........................D 16    170
9    34             -DORN COUNTY.
189.   344   Dorn............................... 1I 2




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ALLEN COUNTY.                a                  FRANKLIN COUNTY. 
Precincts.                                       Precincts. 
Deer Creek.............................    1  33  St. Bernard........                 2    153
Cofachique..............................  16  20  Musquito Bran       ch......-              90
Cole Creek..............................    3  12  Peoria........................1           66
-      -6   Ohio City................................ 7   36
20     65GREENWOOD COUNTY.                                                                 10    345
Greenville...............................    8  6
Pleasant Grove.......................    5   8
Pl       eeasantnGove       l                 8 6       ANDERSON COUNTY.
-             Cresco.....................................    1  35
13  14 Addington.                                -  32
COFFEY COUNTY.                            Shannon................................    1  66
Neosho City                            2     51  Greeley...........................  -  68
Burlington..............................  -  133  Hyatt..60
LeRoy....................................   26  31 
Ottumwa................................  20  50                                         2    261
~48    265      LINN COUNTY.
MADISON COUNTY.                           Paris Township.......................  65    79
Columbia............................  7     69  Tate..................    39  25
Centreville............................  14  23
LYKINS COUNTY.                            Sot3 
LYKINS COUNTY.                            Scott.......................................  33  -
Miami.....................................    4  23  Mound City............................. 2  63
Stanton...................................    4  60  Potosi.....................................  10  4
Paola......................................   51  26  Jackson.................................   4  12
Osawatomie............................  -  239  Breckinridge...........................  11  8
59    348                                       178    214
Total vote for E. Ransom..................................................................................... 3,799
Total vote for M. J. Parrott.......:.......................................................................... 7,888
Free-State   m ajority....................................................................................   4,089
Oxford, in  Johnson  county, near  Missouri, polled  1,628  Pro-Slavery
votes, nearly all illegal. McGee county polled 1,200 Pro-Slavery votes,
nearly  all illegal.   Kickapoo  did  the  same.  Governor Walker  set the
election returns aside for informality, not for fraud.
OCTOBER.-Baker University established at Palmyra, twelve miles south
of Lawrence, now Baldwin City.
-Gerrit Smith, who had been giving $1,000 a month for the relief of
Kansas, discontinues the princely donation.
OCTOBER 19.-Governor Walker and Secretary Stanton issue a proclamation rejecting the whole return from Oxford precinct, Johnson county,
which represented that 1,628 votes had been cast there on the 5th and 6th
instant. This return was a manuscript roll fifty feet long, containing the
names of 1,628 persons as having voted at Oxford precinct- a place containing eleven houses. If admitted, by transferring from the Free-State to
the Pro-Slavery side three Councilmen and eight Representatives for the
district of which this precinct formed a part, it would have changed the
party character of the Legislature.
A Free-State meeting was held at Lecompton October 19. Philip C.
Schuyler was President, and Richard Realf and O. E. Learnard Secretaries. Resolutions were passed exposing the fraudulent vote cast at Oxford,
Kickapoo, and in McGee county.
OCTOBER 20.-A Democratic meeting held in Lecompton passes seventeen resolutions condemning Walker and  Stanton.   Dr. B. Little, of Bour



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bon county, is Chairnian, and Major G. D. Hand, of Johnson county,
Secretary.
OCTOBER 20.-Judge Cato, of the Second District, issues a peremptory
mandamus to Governor Walker and Secretary Stanton to compel them to
issue certificates of election to the Pro-Slavery candidates for the Legislature in Douglas and Johnson counties, who claimed an election through the
fraudulent vote cast at Oxford. A written refusal was sent to Judge Cato.
OCTOBER 22.- Governor Walker and Secretary Stanton issuea proclamation rejecting the returns from McGee county, where three precincts had
cast more than 1,200 votes. This county covered the Cherokee Indian land,
in the southeastern part of the State.
The Free-State or Republican Party has carried every election in Kansas
since this date-usually by two to one..
OCTOBER 27.-Certificate of election issued to Marcus J. Parrott, elected
Delegate to the Thirty-fifth Congress.
OTBER 31.-The first court ever held in Lawrence now in session;
Samuel N. Wood, Justice of the Peace.
NOVEMBER 1. —Robert Crozier sells his interest in the Leavenworth
Times to Champion Vaughan.
NOVEMBER 11.- Free-State Convention at Lawrence. The object of the
Convention was to organize the Republican party. It was notlargely
attended.
NOVEMBER 16.- Gov. Walker leaves the Territory, to be " absent on
business three or four weeks."
NOV~tMBER 19.- Shawnee Indian lands thrown open for purchase and
pre-emption.
NOVEMBER 23.- A convention at Topeka declares in favor of setting
the Free-State Government in motion. C. K. Holliday is President, and
S. N. Frazier and Guilford Dudley Secretaries.
NOVEMBER 24. - Convention at Leavenworth to organize a Free-State
Democratic party. It does not meet with success.
NOVEMBER 28. -G. W. Deitzler, John Speer, Lyman Allen, and a majority of the members elected to the Legislature, ask Acting Gov. Stanton to
call an extra session of the Legislature, and pledge themselves not to engage in general legislation. The request is concurred in by G...W. Brown,
G. W. Smith, C. Robinson and J. H. Lane.
NOVEMBER 28.-Stephen A. Douglas opposes the Lecompton Constitution.
DECEMBER.-Pottawatomies go to Washington to arrange a sale of theirlands south of the Kansas river. Land offices at Doniphan and Ogden are
open.
DECEMBER 1.-Secretary Stanton calls an Extra Session of the Legisla-.
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-The following is a list of the papers published in the Territory at this
date:
Herald, Leavenworth, Pro-Slavery.  Constitutionalist, Doniphan, Pro-Slavery.
Herald of Freedom, Lawrence, Free-State. Kansas Chief, White Cloud, Free-State.
Triune, Topeka, Free-State.     Zeitung, Atchison, Free-State.
Pioneer, Kickapoo, Pro-Slavery.  Era, Geary City, Free-State.
Squatter Sovereign, Atchison, now Free- Advertiser, Elwood, Neutral.
Times, Leavenworth, Free-State.  [State. Young America, Leavenworth, Whig.
Republican, Lawrence, Free-State.  National Democrat, Lecompton, Democratic
Leader, Centropolis, Free-State.  Gazette, Sumner, Neutral.
Chi   uindowan, Qudaro, Free-State.  Citizen, Wyandotte, Democratic.
News, Emporia, Free-State.      Journal, Leavenworth, Pro-Slavery.
-The following papers have suspended:
FreemanTopeka, Free-State.     Freemen's Champion, Prairie City, FreeJournal, Topeka, Free-State.    Register, Wyandotte, Free-State.  [State.
Journal, Ottumwa, Free-State.   Union, Lecompton, Pro-Slavery
Free-State, Delaware, Free-State.  Note-Book, Tecumseh, Pro-Slavery.
DECEMBER 2.-Free-State Convention at Lawrence. Charles Robinson
presided; Secretaries, William A. Phillips, A. Wattles, and E. G. Macy.
Committee on Resolutions: James H. Lane, Champion Vaughan, W. V.
Barr, J. Rymal, Charles F. Kob, H. Evans, S. Westover, Charles A. Foster,
T. Dwight Thacher, G. W. Gilmore, C. K. Holliday, J. K. Goodin, P. B.
Plumb, L. F. Carver, G. A. Cutler. The resolutions repudiate the Lecompton Constitution; denounce the proposed elections of December 21 and
January 4; ask the Extra Session of the Legislature to submit the Topeka
and the Lecompton Constitutions to a vote of the people, and to proide
that "the Constitution which shall'receive a majori t of all the legal votes
shall become the fundamental law of the State of Kansas." Secretary,
Stanton is thanked for calling an Extra Session of the Legislature.
DEFCEMBER 7.-Meeting of the Legislature at Lecompton; Message from
Secretary Stanton, asking for the submission of the whole Constitution to a
vote. It is a fair and able statement of the laws and the elections relatin'g
to the Lecompton Constitution.
A joint resolution is passed, asking Congress to admit Kansas under the
Topeka Constitution.
-At the opening of the Thirty-fifth Congress, M. J. Parrott takes his
seat as a Delegate.
-President Buchanan, in his Message, endorses the Lecompton Constitutional Convention, and urges Congress to admit Kansas uinder that Constitution. He says:
"The Kansas-Nehraska act did not require the submission of any portion of the
Constitution to an election, except that which relates to the domestic institution of
Slavery."
D.ECEMBER 8.-Officers of the Council: President, C. W. Babcock; Secretary, Joel K. Goodin; Assistant Secretary, G. A. Colton; Sergeant-at-Arms,
A. Cutler; Engrossing Clerk, D. H. Weir; Enrolling Clerk, B. T.-Hutchins;
Chaplain, S. Y. Lum; President pro tern., C. K. Holliday.
Officers of the -House: G. W. Deitzler, Speaker; C. F. Currier, Chief Clerk;
W. B. Parsons, Assistant Clerk; G. F. Warren, Sergeant- at-Arms; T. A.
Blake, Doorkeeper; Henry C. Sargent, Enrolling Clerk-; Guilford Dudley,




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Engrossing Clerk; Robert Speer, Messenger; Rev. Charles H. Lovejoy,
Chaplain.
DECEMBER 9.-Pro-Slavery convention at Lecompton; nominationof
the following candidates for State officers under the Lecompton Constitution:
Governor, Frank J. Marshall, of Marshall county; Lieutenant Governor,
William G. Mathias, of Leavenworth; Secretary of State, W. T. Spicely, of
Douglas county; Auditor, Blake Little, of Bourbon county; Treasurer T.
J. B. Cramer, of Douglas county; for Congress, Joseph P. Carr, of Atchison.
The resolutions declare it to be the duty of every true Democrat to support the Lecompton Constitution; they accuse Secretary Stanton of a "corrupt contract with the Black Republicans in calling an Extra Session of the
Legislature," and declare the fullest confidence in the administration of
James Buchanan.
"Resolved, That though a Reeder, a Geary and a Walker have sought to reduce and
prostitute the Democracy to the unholy ends of the Abolitionists, yet we rejoice that
their careers have closed in Kansas in contempt and infamy to themselves and without
injury to the Democratic party.
"Resolved, That in the approaching election we shall hail all who stand y us as National men and sound Democrats, and can only regard all who join in opposition to our
Constitution as Black Republicans and enemies to the Union."
DECEMBER 10.-The House admits to seats from Leavenworth county
H. Miles Mdore, George H. Keller, William M. McClure, J. P. Hatterscheidt, 0. A. Bassett, William Pennock, R.:G. Elliott, and Patrick R. Orr.
DECEMBER 11.-The Legislature, in joint session, elects W. W. Ross
Public Printer and R. G. Elliott Superintendent of Printing. A joint resolution is adopted reaffirming the People's Constitution, framed at Topeka,
October 23, 1855. R. Crozier,-J.-Wright and J. P. Root are admitted to
the Cotuncil in place of J. A. Halderman, A. C. Davis and J. W. Martin.
- Lewis- Cass, Secretary of State, writes to James W. Denver that Stanton has been removed because he called a special session of the Legislature,
and that Denver is appointed in Stanton's place.
DECEMBER 14.-Passage of a joint resolution in relation to the Lecompton Constitution.
DECEMBER 1-6.-The Legislature, in joint session, elects the following
Militia officers: Major General, James H. Lane; Brigadier Generals, I. G.
Losee. S. V. Jamieson, Asa Hall, George S. Hillyer, Samuel Walker, L. G.
Cleveland, C. W. McDaniel, John H. Whistler; Adjutant, Charles Chadwick; Commissary, Hiram Houser; Inspector, J. Finn Hill; Quartermaster, S. W. Eldridge, Surgeon, S. B. Prentiss.
DECEMBER 16.-Secretary Stanton requests General Harney to send
troops to Fort Scott to act as a "posse comitatus to aid in the execution of
legal process."
DECEMBER 17.-Passage of an act submitting the Lecompton Constitution to a vote of the people on the 4th of January.I 
DECEMBER 17.-The Legislature adjourns. Before the adjournment,
Stanton receives notice of his removal.
DECEMBER 17.-Governor Walker's letter resigning his office. It is a
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1857.]                ANNALS OF KANSAS.                        155
DECEMBER 17.-Troubles at Fort Scott and on the Little Osage. Secretary Stanton sends troops to Fort Scott. The troubles originated in 1856,
when the Free-State men were driven from their claims. In the spring of'57, these men came back and attempted to take possession of their claims.
Warrants were issued in Fort Scott for their arrest. The Free-State men
then organized a Squatter Court, and tried and fined those who had taken
their property. Deputy Marshal Little attempted to arrest the "Court,"
with a posse of forty men. The Free-State men were in a fortified log
house. Considerable firing was done on both sides; no one was killed, and
no arrests were made. Little retired.
DECEMBER 18.-Secretary Cass briefly replies to Governor Walker.
DECEMBER 18.-Win. S. Harney, Colonel of Second Dragoons, writes to
Secretary Stanton that he will send troops wherever wanted "to insure a
full and free vote to the people" at the approaching election. Troops were
sent to Doniphan, Atchison,. Palermo, and Fort Scott, and requested by
Stanton for Shawnee and Oxford.
DECEMBER 19. - Secretary Stanton issues a proclamation appointing
commissioners for the election to be held January 4th.
DECEMBER 19.- John Calhoun asks Secretary Denver to be present
when the returns are opened of the election to be held on the 21st.
DECEMBER 21.-J. W. Denver takes the oath of office before Judge
Sterling G. Cato.
-Secretary Denver issues an address. He quotes from Secretary Cass's
letter, and says the elections shall be fairly conducted.
-Secretary Denver asks Howell Cobb, Secretary of the Treasury, to send
him eleven thousand dollars, for Legislative expenses. "There is not a
dollar now on hand here."
-Election on the Lecompton Constitution. The Free-State men abstain
from voting. Calhoun announces the vote as for the "Constitution with
slavery," 6,226; "Constitution with no slavery," 569. The Commissioners
appointed by the following Legislature to investigate this election reported
the illegal vote at Kickapoo, 700; at Delaware City, 145; at Oxford, 1,200;
at Shawnee, 675; total, 2,720.




156                           ANNALS OF KANSAS.                                        [1857.
ELECTION OF STATE OFFICERS UNDER THE LECOMPTON CONSTITUTION,
DECEMBER  21, 1857.
Lieut.  Secretary  A i        Treasu'r. Congress. 
Governor Governor  of State.  Auditor. Treas'. Congess.            onstittion.
COUNTIES.                                            2..    I    8
cO.I.ES~~:                                          S ei  tSWtWA    
Doniphan........ 674 193  673  193  671 193  673 193  674  193  673 318  537   72.....
Atahison...........368 35...
Leavenworth.2...........36.  1735 142  9
Leavenworth ~~~............................................................14'Brown and
Nemah a....}   80 223   80 223   80 223   80 223   80  223   80 22320 60   24......
Calhoun........35 205   36  20    36 205   36 205   36 205   35  204   12   51 
Jefferson........177  283  177  285  176  269  126 230  176  285  176 287   69   22......
Marshall.......72   47   62  571  62   57   62   57   62   57   62   57  232   41......
Riley.............10 181   12  181   11 181   11 182    9  184   11  182    6   14.
Johnson......... 1755 186 1755  181 1756  180 1756 181 1755  182 1756 227 2075 25......
Lykins.........  149 368  149 350  149 365  150 353  149 356  148 365   81......
Linn.............. 380 360  381 360  383 358  381 360  381  360  382  360  183   46......
Bourbon........523 281  522  281  523 281  521  281  474  281  522 276  366   78 
McGee........... 276......  274......  276...... 278......  274...... 278.....   31 1.
Dorn..........  120...... 120......  120......  12......  12......
Allen......... 21  172   20  167   21  172   21  172   21  172   21  172   20    1......
Douglas.........                                                                  137.......'137 35....
Frankliderson &...  3 577    3577    4576    2 567            3 577    3 576       1    1......
Franklin... I...
Shawnee......  571 333   56 330   49  331   53  333   58 333   57 532   51    7......
Weller and
Coffey.......    6 348    3 349    3 351    3 349...... 351    6 351............ 
Woodson.....4.........    48..  48    48......  48......  48.............
Br'kinridge)
and  Rich-......  84.....   84.       - 84.      84.       84......  84........
ardson......
Davis....        377737773577                         77   37   77   381 76    5    1......
This is a complete record of all the returns in the office of the Secretary
of State. There are no returns from Pottawatomie, Washington, Dickinson,
Wilson, Greenwood, Godfrey, Madison, Wise, Hunter, and Butler counties.
DECEMBER 21.-C. W. Babcock and G. W. Deitzler, invited by John
Calhoun, were present when  the returns of the election of December 21st
were opened (Jan. 13, 1858), and reported to the Legislature that the vote
for the Constitution with Slavery was 6,143; with no Slavery, 569. They
report the fraudulent vote at Oxford, Johnson county, as 1,266; at Shawnee,
Johnson county, as 729; at Kickapoo, Leavenworth county, 1,017.
On the State ticket they report:
FREE-STATE.
Smith,          Roberts,          Schuyler,          Mead,           Goodin,           Parrott,
Gov'r.          Lt. Gov.           Sec'y.            Treas.           Aud'r.             Cong.
6,875            6,947              6,867             6,885            6,813              7,260
PRO-SLAVERY.
Marshall.       Mathias.           Spicely.         Cramer.           Little.             Carr.
6,545            6,446             6, 566            6,514             6, 509             6,574
FREE-STATE MAJORITIES.
330              501               301                371              304                696
They report the fraudulent votes on this ticket, at Oxford, Shawnee, Kickapoo, and in other places not named, as amounting to 3,000.  But these are
included in the foregoing returns. For the Legislature, under the Lecompton Constitution, they report that the Free-State men have elected 29 mem



1857.]                        ANNALS OF KANSAS.                                         157
bers of the House, and 13 of the Senate; the Pro-Slavery, 15 in the House,
and 6 in the Senate.
The State Legislature under the Lecompton Constitution was elected December 21, 1857. The result was not officially made known until March
19, 1858, when John Calhoun, then in Washington, D. C., published a letter
in the Washington Star in which he said he should issue certificates of
election to the following persons:
SENATE.
1st district......Doniphan county........................Sidney Tennent.
2d  district......Atchison county..........................J. T. Hereford.
3d  district......Doniphan and Atchison counties.. R. S. Kelley.
4th district......Leavenworth county....................C. Vaughan, G. Sparks, C. Chadwick.
5th district......Brown, Nemaha and Pottawatomnie counties.............................A. Johnson.
6th district......Riley, Marshall, Dickinson  and
Washington counties................Amory Hunting.
7th district......Jefferson and Calhoun..................A. G. Patrick
8th district......Johnson.......................... A. Paine, E. S. Wilkinson.
9th district...... Lykins, Anderson and Franklin...H. H. Williams.
10th district......Linn............................................C. A. Hamilton.
11th district......Bourbon and McGee....................Blake Little.
12th district......Douglas.......................................Robert Morrow, W. S. Bonnifield.
13th district......Shawnee........................... Wm. Oakley.
14th district......Dorn, Allen, etc.......................... J. P. Cox.
15th district......Richardson, Davis, Wise, etc.........H. P. Leonard.'       HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
1st district......Doniphan....................................C. B. Whitehead, J. R. Boyd, Albert
Head, G. R. Wilson.
2d district......Atchison......................................B. Bay, A. Elliott, J. P. Wheeler, J. B.
Church.
3d district......Leavenworth.......................... Win. Kempf, J. W. Morris, G. J. Park,
J. H. Noteware, Barz. Gray, George
W. Gardiner,W. Pennock, P. R. Orr.
4th district......Brown and Nemaha.....................E. N. Morrill.
5th district......Calhoun and Pottawatomie............ J. N. Parrott.
6th district......Jefferson......................................H. Owens, S. S. Cooper.
7th district......Marshall and Washington............J. E. Clardy. 
8th district......Riley...........................................N. Berry.
9th district......Johnson......................................W. J. Sherraff, A. A. Cox, HI. W. Jones,
J. B. Wiley.
10th district......Lykins........................................Chas. A. Foster.
11th district.....Linn............................................J. E. Mooney, T. H. Barlow.
12th district......Bourbon......................................W. D. Campbell, J. C. Simms.
13th district......McGee, Dorn and Allen................E. D. Hart.
14th district......Douglas.......................................E. S. Lowman, J. E. Stewart, S. T.
Shore, J. Gardiner, J. A. Wakefield.
15th district......Anderson and Franklin...............Perry Fuller.
16th district......Shawnee......................................J. L. Dolman, R. M. Fish.
17th district......Weller and Coffby........................A. Crocker.
18th district......Woodson, Wilson, etc.................... H. Crittenden.
19th district......Breckinridge and Richardson......John R. Swallow.
20th district......Davis, Wise, Butler and Hunter...E. R. McCurdy.
DECEMBER 23 AND 24. - Free-State Convention at Lawrence. Thomas
Ewing, jr., M. F. Conway, George W. Smith and Charles Robinson favored
the policy of voting for State officers and Members of the Legislature on
the 4th of January. In the Convention on the 24th, resolutions to that
effect were adopted, and the following State ticket nominated: Governor,
Geo. W. Smith; Lieutenant Governor, W. Y. Roberts; Secretary of State,
P. C. Schuyler; Treasurer, A. J. Mead; Auditor, Joel K. Goodin; for
Congress, M. J. Parrott. These men all opposed the.Lecompton movement, but thought it best to take part in the election of State officers.
DECEMBER 24.-A  Democratic Convention at Leavenworth utterly repudiates the Lecompton movement, and endorses Walker and Stanton.
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James Christian, John A. Halderman, John P. Slough, H. B. Denman, A.
G. Ege, Robert L. Ream, S. W. Driggs, and J. C. Hemingray.
The Convention unanimously adopt a Memorial asking Congress to give
the Lecomption Constitution "no countenance nor encouragement whatever, but to reject it in consideration of the regard you have for the people
of the Territory." Congress is asked to pass an act similar to the one given
the people of Minnesota Territory, by which the people of Kansas may
frame a Constitution, submit it to the people, and be admitted under it,
after a ratification by the people.
DECEMBER 26.-Secretary Denver issues a proclamation declaring that
United States troops shall be so distributed over the Territory "as to preserve order and ensure to every one entitled a fair opportunity of voting."
1858.
The Territory oontains, according to the American Cyclopdia, the
following Indian reservations: New York Indian, 1,658,000 acres; Pottawatomies, 756,000; Kansas, 256,000; Delawares, 256,000; Otoes and Missouris, 160,000; Kickapoos, 128,000; Sacs and Foxes, 32,000; Wyandottes,
24,960.
JANUARY 2.-Secretary Denver writes to Marshal Dennis that the
judges of election, and not his deputies, must decide on the "legality or
illegality of the votes offered at the polls."
JANUARY 4.-Third Session of the Territorial Legislature at Lecompton.
The following are the members of the Council:
Allen, Babcock, Crozier, Harding, Learnard, Mead, Nash, Patrick, Root,
Wright, Carr, Holliday, and Standiford.
Officers of the Council: Carmi W. Babcock, President; Cyrus K. Holliday,
President pro tern.; Joel K. Goodin, Secretary; Gustavus A. Colton, Assistant Secretary; Abram Cutler, Sergeant-at-Arms; Jacob Branson, Doorkeeper; D. H. Weir, Engrossing Clerk; Benj. T. Hutchins, Enrolling.Clerk; S. Y. Lum, Chaplain.
Members of the House:
First Representative District, composed of Leavenworth county: George
H. Keller, H. Miles Moore, R. G. Elliott, 0. A.' Bassett, William M. McClure,
William Pennock, Patrick R. Orr, J. P. Hatterscheidt.
Second Representative District, composed of Atchison county: Archibald
Elliott, John Bennett.
Third Representative District, composed of Doniphan county: B. H..Brock, C. Graham, H. Stratton, J.. B. Wheeler, A. A. Jamieson.
Fourth and Fifth Representative Districts, composed of Brown and
Nemaha counties: E. N. Morrill.
Sixth Representative District, composed of Marshall county: J. P. Miller.
Seventh Representative District, composed of Jefferson county: Henry,
Owens, J. P. Cooper.
Eighth Representative District, composed of Calhoun county: Asa
Reynard.
Ninth Representative District, composed of Riley and Pottawatomie
counties: Charles Jenkins, Abram Barry.




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Tenth Representative District, composed of Douglas and Johnson counties:
John Speer, George W. Deitzler, Oliver Barber, Hiram Applema, Andrew
T. Still, George W. Zinn, Gideon Seymour, John Lockhart.
Eleventh Representative District, composed of Shawnee county: James
A. Delong.
Twelfth Representative District, composed of Davis, Wise, Richardson
and Breckinridge; Thirteenth, composed of Weller Madison, Butler,
Hunter and Greenwood; Fourteenth, composed of Bourbon, Godfrey, Wilson, Dorn and McGee; Fifteenth, composed of Allen, Coffey and Woodson;
Sixteenth, composed of Anderson and Franklin: John Curtis, Christopher
Columbia, Samuel Stewart.
Seventeenth Representative District, composed of Linn county: A. Danford, R. B. Mitchell.
Eighteenth Representative District, composed of Lykins county: John
Hanna,'A. J. Shannon- there being a vacancy in the Second District of
one member.
Officers of the House: George W. Deitzler, Speaker; Cyrus F. Currier,
Chief Clerk; William B. Parsons, Assistant Clerk; Geo. F. Warren,
Sergeant-at-Arms; T. A. Blake, Doorkeeper; Robert Speer, Messenger;
C. H. Lovejoy, Chaplain.
JANUARY 5.-The Free- State Legislature meets at Topeka.  Harris
Stratton elected Speaker of the House, and J. P. Root President of the
Senate.  Gov. Robinson, in his Message, urges the   eping up of the State
organization. It is published in the Quindaro Chindowan.
JANUARY 5.-Message received from J. W. Denver, Secretary and Acting,
Governor. The following, on the Lecompton Constitution, is copied from
the Message to show what ".sovereigns" and how "perfectly free" the squatters were in "regulating their affairs in their own way".:
"Before engaging in the business of legislation, however, I will direct your attention
to a Constitution, recently framed by a Convention sitti ng in this place. The second
section of the schedule reads as follows:
"'SEC.'2. All laws now of force in the Territory of Kansas, which are repugnant to
this Constitution, shall continue and be of force until altered, amended or repealed by
a Legislature assembled under the provisions of this Constitution.'
"This was signed on the 7th day of November, 1857, and, under its provisions, submitted to the people on the 21st da y of December last. It was again submitted to a vote
of the people by an act of the Legislature, approved December 17, 1857, only one of the
political parties voting at a time on these propositions, and the others absenting themselves from the poiis. In this condition it will probably be sent to Congress, and it may
be as well for you to delay any important legislation until you can ascertain what action
Coingress will take in the premises; for, should Kansas be admitted as one of the States
of the Union, under this Constitution, it would have the effect to nullify all your acts,
and revive such as you may have repealed."
Adjourned to Lawrence.
JANUARY 7.-The Free-State Legislature adjourns to Lawrence, and asks
the Territorial Legislature to substitute the State for the Territor3'al organization.  Benj. Harding and C. K. Holliday,.of the Territorial Council,.report adversely. A similar report is made in the House by S. S. Cooper,
John Speer, W. P. Badger, E. N. Morrill and H. Miles Moore. Soon after,
the State Legislature adjourned.
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the admission of Kansas under the Lecompton Constitution. To do so, he
says, will break down the Democratic party at the North, and seriously endanger the peace and interests of Missouri and Kansas, if not of the whole
Union. The Slavery question in Kansas, he says, is settled against the South
by immigration.
JANUARY 8.-Legislature meets at Lawrence.
JANUARY 9.-Death announced of Hiram B. Standiford, member of the
Council from the Tenth District, Franklin county. He died January 3d. A
journal is printed each day. The books containing the journals of the two
houses were not printed till 1861.
JANUARY 14.-A proclamation is issued by J. W. Denver, Acting Governor, C. W. Babcock, President of the Council, and George W. Deitzler,
Speaker of the House, announcing the following as the result of the election held January 4th on the Lecompton Constitution:
t
OAnties...:
g
Leavenworth..................................................................................1,997                 10          3
Atchison.........................................................536 4...............................   536
Doniphan......................................................................................          561          1         2
Brown.............................................................................................       187          2......
Nemaha........................................................238 1..................................   238
Marshall.................................................................                                 66...............
Riley.............................................................................................     287          7
P'ottawatomie.'207                                                                                                    2
Pottawatonie..................................................................................          207          2......
Calhoun...249........
Jefferson........................................................377 1......
Johnson........................................................ 292  2......
Lykins......................................................... 358 1 1
Linn... 510 1 3
Bourbon.~~~~                                                                             ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~268  55..
-Douglas.......................................................26                                                  55......  167 2
Douglas.                                            1,647    21               2
Franklin..........................................................                                       304.............
Anderson..........................................................                                      177.............
Allen..............................................................................................      191          1         4
Shawnee.........................................................................................        832        28          3
Coffey............................................................................................      463.........       4
Woodson..........................................................      50.............
Richardson.....................................................................................        177
Breckinridge........................................................191..........................................
Madison........................................................................40.................   
Davis..........................................................21................................
Total.......................................................................................10,226          138        23
JANUARY 15.-Champion Vaughan elected Public Printer. He resigns,
and William W. Ross is elected.
General Lane makes a report to the Legislature on the troubles in
Bourbon county.  (See House Journal, pp. 84-5.)
JANUARY.-The Daily Ledger issued in Leavenworth, by George W.
McLane.
JANUARY 20.-Smith, Roberts, Schuyler, Mead, and Goodin, the State
officers elected under the Lecompton Constitution, memorialize Congress to
defeat that instrument, and not to admit Kansas under it.
JANUARY 21.-The Legislature appoints Henry J. Adams, E. L. Taylor,




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Thomas Ewing, J. B. Abbott, Ely Moore, and Dillon Pickering, to investigate the frauds of the last two elections.
Act passed for election of delegates to a Constitutional Convention in
March.
Act passed over the Governor's veto, locating the seat of government at
Minneola.
JANUARY 21.-John D. Henderson having been arrested in Lawrence,
Judge Lecompte grants a habeas corpus for his release. A Deputy Marshal applies to General Harney for troops to execute Lecomptes writ.
General Harney refers the matter to Secretary Denver, and Denver replies
that he cannot sanction the application of the Marshal.
JANUARY 23.-Joseph P. Carr, of Atchison, resigns his seat in the Counl. He had not claimed it.
JANUARY 23.-A newspaper gives the "lifetime of Kansas Governors:"
No. 1: A. H. Reeder, reached here October 6, 1854; removed July 31, 1855. Term of
service, ten months.
No. 2: W. Shannon, reached here September 1, 1855; removed August 21,1856. Term
of service, twelve months.
No. 3: J. W. Geary, reached here September 9, 1856; resigned March, 1857. Term of
service, six months.
No.:. J. Walker, reached here May 24th, 1857; resigned December 7, 1857. Term
of service, seven months.
JANUARY 26.-David Sibbitt elected to the Council in the place of H.
B. Standiford, deceased, from the Tenth Council District.
JANUARY 27.-Mr. Holliday presents a resolution asking for the annexation of that part of the Territory of Nebraska lying south of the Platte
river.
JANUARY 29.-Fred. P. Stanton publishes a letter in the National Intelligencer, defending his official career in Kansas.
-A census of Oxford, taken by act of the Legislature, shows that it contains only forty-two voters. In October, Oxford polled, according to th e
returns, 1,628 votes; December 21, 1,266 votes; January 4, 738 votes.
FEBRUARY 2.-President Buchanan sends the Lecompton Constitution to
the Senate, with a Message, asking iti acceptance. Green, of Missouri, presents the majority report in favor of admission uinder the Constitution;
Douglas, of Illinois, presents a minority report; another minority report
was mnade by Collamer and Wade.
In the House the subject of the Lecompton Constitution was referred to
a Select Committee, by a vote of 114 to 111.
In the House, Alex. H. Stephens presents the majority report, signed. by
eight members of the Committee. Harris, of Illinois, presents the minority
report, against admission under the Lecompton Constitution, signed by the
other seven members of the Special Committee.
-The Committee investigating the election frauds find the Delaware
Crossing returns in a candle-box which had been buried under a wood-pile,
at Lecompton. Thomas' Ewing, jr., obtained a search-warrant from Judge
Josiah Miller, of Lawrence, and Samuel Walker, Sheriff, executed it, and
found the candle-box. The returns were buried by Gen. L. A. Maclean,
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Chief Clerk of Surveyor General John Calhoun. On the night of January
28th, Maclean fled from the Territory, as Calhoun had already done.
FEBRUARY 6.- The following Message is received from Secretary Denver:
To the Council of the Legislative Assembly:
GENTLEMEN: A bill entitled "An act repealing'An act to punish offences against
slave property,"' has been presented to me for my approval.
The act referred to is a very stringent one, perhaps much more so than necessary,
but, so long as the Territorial existence continues here, the owners of slaves have a
right to clain protection for their property at the hands of the law-making power.
The peculiar character of this property requires the enactment of laws, for its management and control, different, in many respects, from that which is required for any
other. I cannot, therefore, give my consent to the repeal of all laws on this subject,
until there shall be some other enactment to take their place, so long as Slavery is recognized and allowed to exist in this Territory.
With these objections, the bill is herewith returned to the house in which it origi~~~~~~~nated.  ~J. W. DENVER, Acting Governor.
FEBRUARY 6, 1858.
All acts of Territorial Legislatures abolishing Slavery were vetoed by
the Governors.
FEBRUARY 8.- Secretary Denver vetoes the bill removing the Capital to
Minneola. The House passes the bill by 28 to 9.
FEBRUARY 10.-Luther C. Challis succeeds Mr. Carr as a member of the
Council.
-Passage of a bill for a Constitutional Convention.
FEBRUARY 11.-The Legislature, in joint session, elect Caleb S. Pratt
Ward L. Lewis, and Ashael Hunt, Penitentiary Commissioners.
FEBRUARY 12.-Acts passed establishing codes of civil and criminal
procedure.
- The Council confirm J. H. Noteware as Superintendent of Common
Schools. The militia officers elected at the Extra Session are re-elected.
FEBRUARY 12.-Henry J. Adams, Thomas Ewing, jr., E. L. Taylor,
Dillon Pickering, J. B. Abbott, and H. T. Green, Commissio~ners to investigate election frauds, report to Governor Denver. They expose in detail
the fraudulent vote cast at Kickapoo, Delaware City, Delaware Agency,
Shawnee, and Oxford. They decide that the following illegal votes were
cast at the election on the acceptance of the Lecompton Constitution, December 21st, 1857: At Kickapoo, 700; Delaware City, 145; Oxford, 1,200;
Shawnee, 675: total, 2,720. And the following illegal votes at the election
of January 4th, 1858, for officers under the Lecompton Constitution: At
Kickapoo, 600; Delaware City, 5; Delaware Agency, 336; Oxford, 696;
Shawnee, 821: total, 2,458. Of the returns from Delaware Agency (commonly called "Delaware Crossing"),, of the election held January 4th, the
Committee say they " were honestly made out by the officers of the election,
and subsequently 336 names were forged upon them, by or with'the knowledge of John D. Henderson; and that John Calhoun was particeps eriminis,
after the fact."
FEBRUARY 13.-Legislature adjourns.
The volume of general laws of th is session contains 469 pages; the special laws fill 398 pages. The city incorporation acts relate to Atchison,
Elwood, Geary, Lawrence, Lecompton, Leavenworth, Olathe, Palermo,




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Quindaro, Tecumseh, Topeka, and White Cloud. Of town companies, there
are 175 incorporated, among them Burlington, Burlingame, Cottonwood
Falls, Holton, Humboldt, Marmaton, Mapleton, Minneola, Mound City,
Sabeta, Seneca, Spring Hill, and Wyandotte. Much time was given to
the passage of private bills for banks, railroads, etc. The most obnoxious
of the Pro-Slavery laws were repealed. The bill for a convention to frame
a new Constitution was passed so late in the session that Governor Denver
insisted that it had failed to become a law.
FEBRUARY 13. -J. E. Johnston, Lieutenant Colonel First Cavalry, havingexplored the southern boundary of Kansas with the view of ascertaining the practicability of constructing a railroad by this route to the Rio
Grande, reports to Secretary Floyd.
FEBRUARY 15.-Two mounted companies ordered to Fort Scott, to report
to Judge Williams or to John H. Little, Deputy Marshal.
-The Leavenworth Daily Times issued, by Champion Vaughan and
J. Kemp Bartlett.
-Freemen's Champion, published by S. S. Prouty, at Prairie City, is
revived after a temporary suspension.
MAR    4.-Last meeting of the Topeka Legislature; no quorum present.
-In the spring, James Redpath started the Crusader of Freedom, at
Doniphan. It was short-lived.
MARCH 9.-Election of the following delegates to the Constitutional
Convention. About 9,000 votes were cast:
Jefferson County. - Edward Lynde, James Monroe, J. C. Todd, A. W.
Mccauslin.
Shawnee. -A. L. Winans, Lucian Fish, R. M. Fish, H. W. Curtis, Win.
W. Ross, John Ritchie.
Atchison. - Frank G. Adams, Caleb May, G. M. Fuller, C. A. Woodworth,
H. S. Baker.
Breckinridge. - P. B. Plumb, Win. McCulloch, John R. Swallow.
Butler and Hunter. - Samuel Stewart.
Madison. - G. D. Humphrey.
L3inn. -A. Danford, Thomas H. Butler, Robt. B. Mitchell, Robt. Ewing.
Bron.-A. B. Anderson, Orville Root, A. W. Williams..Bichardson. - James Fletcher, Henry Harvey.
Anderson. -W. F. M. Amy~, Win. Sprigs W. L. Webster.
Coffey.-R. A. Kiuzie, D. A. Hawkins, J. M. Elliott.
Calhoun.-W. B. Bowker, Adam Fuller.
Lykins. -G., A. Colton, Thomas Roberts, Chas. A. Foster, A. Knapp.
Franklin. -Joel K. Goodin, J. G. Rees.
Wells.-A. H. Shurtleff.
Allen and Bourbon. -W. R. Griffith, M. H. Hudson, G. A. Nuller, A. G.
Carpenter, G. W. Campbell.
Douglas and Johnson. - M. F. Conway, E. S. Scudder, Charles H. Branscomb, A. Soule, W. R. Monteith, J. M. Shepherd, John L. Brown,. D. Pickering, Charles May~o, James D. Allen, T. Dwight Thacher, James S. Emery,
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Doniphan, etc.- James H. Lane, Wm. V. Barr, A. Larzelere, W. Fleming, Hugh Robertson, Charles E. Perham, W. D. Beeler, J. F. Hampson.
Riley.  Isaac T. Goodnow, F. N. Blake, Geo. W. Higibotam.
Pottawatomie. -U. Cook, J. D. Adams.
Dovis.-J. H. Pillsbury.
Nemaha.-S. S. Wright, R. U. Torrey.
Woodson. - R. Austin.
Greenwood. -M. L. Ashmore.
Wise. -H. J. Espy.
Leavenworth.-Henry J. Adams, Thomas Ewing, jr., John P. Hatterscheidt, John C. Douglass, James Davis, W. Y. Roberts, J. M. Walden,
Win. H. Coffin, Thomas Trower, H. P. Johnson.
Riehardson.-James M. Winchell.
Not Assigned.- B. B. Newton, James Telfer, G. W. K. Twombly.
MARCH 12.-The steamer Minnie Belle arrives at Lawrence. On the
24th of April she had made three trips to Lawrence.
MARCH 13.- The editor of the Herald of Freedom returns after two
weeks' absence, and expresses his thanks "to his  orthy foreman, T. A. Osborn, Esq., for the very satisfactory manner he has conducted its columns.
MARCH 23.-The Constitutional Convention met at Minneola. Called
to order by W. Y. Roberts. The vote for temporary Chairman stood: M. F.
Conway, 37; A. Danford, 19. Informal ballot for President: J. H. Lane,
43; H. J. Adams, 9; T. D. Thacher, 7; Thomas Ewing, jr., 5; W. Y. Roberts, 4; D. Pickering, 1. James H. Lane was then elected President by
acclamation. Samuel F. Tappan was elected Clerk, B. T. Hutchins Assistant Clerk, George F. Warren Sergeant-at-Arms, John Kimball Assistant,
and Richard J. Hinton Reporter.  There were seventy-two delegates, present. The Convention once decided to adjourn -to Topeka, but, on the 24th,
it adjourned to Leavenworth, to reassemble on the evening of the 25th.
-The bill of Senator James S. Green, of Missouri, introduced February
19, passed the Senate March 23, by 33 to 25. It proposed to admit Kansas
under the Pro-Slavery Constitution framed at Lecompton. The boundaries
named in the bill, for the State, were the same as those of the Territory
under the Organic Act. For this bill, the House adopted, by 120 to 112,
the Crittenden-Montgomery substitute. It proposed to resubmit the Lecompton Constitution to the people of' Kansas.. If they adopted it, the State
was to be admitted; if they rejected it, provision was made for holding a
new Constitutional Convention.
MARCH 25. -The Constitutional Convention met at Melodeon Hall,
Leavenworth.
MARCH 26.-After appointing the Committees, General Lane resigned
the position of President of the Convention. Martin F. Conway was
elected President; the opposing candi date was Thomas Ewing, jr.
MARCH 27.-Two Free-State men, Denton and Hedrick, killed by Ruffians at. night, near Fort Scott. Hardwick and Brockett were reported as
members of the murdering gang.
MARCH 31.-Joseph Medill, of the Chicago Tribune, speaks in an AntiLecompton meeting at Leavenworth.




1~858.]            ANNALS OF KANSAS.                                165.APRIL.-The House refuses to reject the Senate bill, 95 voting to
reject, and 137 against it. The amendment offered by Crittenden in the
Senate, and lost, was adopted by the House by 120 to 112.
The Senate, on motion of Green, rejected the bill thus amended, by 34
to 22.
APRIL.3.-The Leavenworth Constitutional Convention adjourns.
APRIL 7.-On motion of Win. Montgomery, of Pennsylvania, the House
adhered to its amendment, by 119 to 111.
APRIL 13.-The Senate voted, 30 to 24, for a committee of conference.
APRIL 14.-The House voted, 109 to 108, on motion of Wm. H. English,
of Indiana, to agree to a conference committee. The committee consisted
of James S. Green of Missouri, R. M. T. Hunter of Virginia, and W. H.
Seward of New York, of the Senate; and William H. English of Indiana,
Alex. H. Stephens of Georgia, and William  A. Howard of Michigan, on
the art of the House.
APRIL-Wm. A. Phillips founds the town of Salina.
-Morris appointed Receiver, and Moorah Register, at Ogden; Alson C.
Davis, United States District Attorney; B. I. Newsom, Agent for Shawnees,
and W. P. Badger, for Kickapoos.  Isaac Winston appointed United States
Marshal.  Dennis was removed for opposition to the Lecompton Constitution.
APRIL.-At Fort Scott, troops attempting to. arrest Free-State men are
fired upon.
APRIL 23.-English reports the following compromise bill. Seward and
Howard dissent:
Whereas, The' People of Kansas did, by a Convention of Delegates assembled at Lacompton, on the 7th day of November, 1857, for tbat purpose, form for themselves a
Constitution and State Government, which Constitution is republican; and
"1Whereas, At the same time and place, said Convention did adopt an ordinance which
asserts that Kansas, when adsnitted as a State, will have an undoubted right to tax the
lands within her limits belonging to the United States, and proposed to relinquish said
asserted right if certain conditions set forth in said ordinance be accepted and agreed
to by the Congress of the United States; and
"1Whereas, Said Constitution and ordinance have been presented to Congress by order
of said Convention, and the admission of said Territory into the Union thereon as a
State requested; and
" Whereas, Said ordinance is fiot acceptable to Congress, and it is desirable to ascertain
whiether the people of Kansas concur in the changes in said ordinance hereafter stated,
and desire admission into the Union as a State as herein proposed:- therefore,
"Be it enacted, etc., That the State of Kansas be and is hereby admitted into the Union
on an equal footing with the original States in all respects whatever, but upon -this
fundamental condition precedent, namely: That the question of admission with the
following proposition, in. lieu of the ordinance framed at Lecompton, shall be submitted
to the -vote of the people of Kansas, and assented to by them, or the majority of tbe
voters voting at an election to be held for that purpose, namely: That the following
propositions be and the same are hereby offered to said people of Kansas for their free
acceptation, etc.
"And be it further enacted, That the following propositions be, and the same are hereby
offered to the said people of Kansas for their free acceptance or rejection, which, if
accepted, shall be obligatory upon the United States and upon the said State of Kansas,
to wit:
"First: That sections numbered sixteen and thirty-six in every township of public
lands in ssid State, and where either of said sections or any part thereof has b een sold




166                      ANNALS OF KANSAS.                              [1858.
or otherwise disposed of, other lands equivalent thereto, and as contiguous as may be,
shall be granted to the said State for the use of schools.
"Second: That seventy-two sections of land shall be set apart and reserved for the use
and support of a State University, to be selected by the Governor of said State, subject
to the approval of the Commissioner of the General Land Office, and to be appropriated
and applied in such manner as the Legislature of the said State may prescribe for the
purpose aforesaid, but for no other purpose.
"Third: That ten entire sections of lands, to be selected by the Governor of said State,
in legal subdivisions, shall be granted to said State for the purpose of completing the
public buildings, or for the erection of others at the seat of Government, under the
direction of the Legislature thereof.
"Fourth: That all the salt springs within the said State, not exceeding twelve in number, with six sections of land adjoining, or as contiguous as may be to each, shall be
granted to said State for its use, the same to be selected by the Governor thereof, within
one year after the admission of said State, and when so selected, to be used or disposed
of on such terms, conditions and regulations as the Legislature shall direct: Provided,
That no salt spring, or land, the right whereof is now vested in any individual or individuals, or which may be hereafter confirmed or adjudged to any individual or individuals, shall by this article be granted to said State.
"Fifth: That five per centum of the proceeds of the sales of all public lands lying
within the said State, which shall be sold by Congress after the admission of said State
into the Union, after deducting all the expenses incident to the same, shall be paid to
said State, for the purpose of making public roads and internal improvements, as the
Legislature shall direct: Provided, That the foregoing propositions herein offered to the
State of Kansas shall never interfere with the primary disposal of the land of the
United States, or with any regulations Congress may find necessary for securing title
in said soil to bona fide purchasers thereof, and that no tax shall be imposed on land
belonging to the United States, and that in no case shall non-resident proprietors be
taxed higher than resident.
"Sixth: And that said State shall never tax the lands or property of the United
States.
"SECTION 1. That the State of Kansas be and is hereby admitted into the Union, on
an equal footing with the original States, with the Constitution framed at Lecompton;
and this admission of her into the Union as a State is here declared to be upon this
fundamental condition precedent, namely: That the said constitutional instrument
shall be first submitted to a vote of the people of Kansas, and assented to by them, or a
majority of the voters, at an election to be held for the purpose. At the said election,
the voting shall be by ballot, and by endorsing on his ballot, as each voter may please,
"For proposition of Congress and admission," or, "Against proposition of Congress and
admission." The President of the United States, as soon as the fact is duly made
known to him, shall announce the same by proclamation; and thereafter, and without
any further proceedings on the part of Congress, the admission of the State of Kansas
into the Union on an equal footing with the original States, in all respects whatever,
shall be complete and absolute; and said State shall be entitled to one Member in the
House of Representatives in the Congress of the United States until the next census be
taken by the Federal Government. But, should the majority of the votes be cast for
"Proposition rejected," it shall be deemed and held that the people of Kansas do not
desire admission into the Union with said Constitution, under the conditions set forth
in said proposition; and in that event the people of said Territory are hereby authorized and empowered to form for themselves a Constitution and State Government, by
the name of the State of Kansas, according to the Federal Constitution, and may elect
Delegates for that purpose whenever, and not before, it is ascertained, by a census duly
and legally taken, that the population of said Territory equals the ratio of representation required for a Member of the House of Representatives of the United States; and
whenever thereafter such Delegates shall assemble in convention. they shall first determine by a vote whether it is the wish of the people of the proposed State to be admitted
into the Union at that timne, and, if so, shall proceed to form a Constitution, and take
all necessary steps for the establishment of a State Government, in conformity with the
Federal Constitution, subject to such limitations and restrictions as to the mode and
manner of its approval or ratification by the people of the proposed State as they may




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have prescribed by law, and shall be entitled to admission into the Union as a State
under such Constitution, thus fairly and legally made, with or without Slavery, as said
Constitution may prescribe.
"SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That for the purpose of ensurifig, as far as possie
-that the elections authorized by this act may be fair and free, the Governor, United
States District Attorney and Secretary of the Territory of Kansas, and the presiding
officers of the two branches of its Legislature, namely, the President of the Council
and Speaker of the House of Representatives, are hereby constituted a Board of Comissioners to carry into effect the provisions of this act, and to use all the means necessary and proper to that end. Any three of them shall constitute a Board; and the
Board shall have power and authority to designate and establish precincts for voting,.or to adopt those already established; to cause poils to be opened at such places as it
may deem proper in the respective counties and election precincts of said Territory; to
appoint, as judges of election at each of the several places of voting, three discreet and
respectable persons, any two of whom shall be competent to act; to require the sheriffs
of the several counties, by themselves or deputies, to attend the judges at each of the
places of voting, for the purpose of preserving peace'and gooa order, or the said Board
may, instead of said sheriffs ind their deputies, appoint, at theirdiscretion and in such
instances as they may choose, other fit persons for the same purpose. The election
hereby authorized shall continue one day only, and shall not be continued later than
sundown on that day. The Board shall appoint the day for holding said election, and
said Governor shall announce the same by proclamation, and the day shall be as early
a one as is consistent with due notice thereof to the people of said Territory, subject to
the provisions of this act. The said Board shall have full power to prescribe the te,
manner and place of said election, and to direct the time and manner of the returns
-thereof, which returns shall be made to said Board, whose duty it shall be to announce
the result by proclamation; and said Governor shall certify the Sae to the President of
the United States without delay.
"SEc. 3. And be it further enacted, That in the election hereby authorized all white
male inhabitants of said Territory, over the age of twenty-one years, who posses the
ualifications which were required by the laws of said Territory for a legal voter at the.last general election for a member of the Territorial Legislature, and none others, shall
be allowed to vote; and this shall be the only qualification required to entitle the citizens to the right of suffrage in said elections; and if any person not so qualified shall
-vote, or offer to vote, or if any person shall vote more than once at said election, or
shall make, or cause to be made, any false, fictitious or fraudulent returns, or shall
Alter or change any returns of said election, such person shall, upon conviction thereof
before any court of competent jurisdiction, be kept at hard labor not less than six
months, and not snore than three years.
"SEc. 4. And be it further enacted, That the members of the aforesaid Board of Commissioners, and all persons appointed by them to carry into effect the provisions of this
act, shall, before entering upon their duties, take an oath to perform faithfully the.duties of their respective offices; and on failure thereof, they shall be liable and subject
-to the same charges. and penalties as are provided in like bases under the Territorial
laws.
"SEC. 5. And be, it further enacted, That the officers mentioned in the preceding sec-tion shall receive for their services the same compensation as is given for like services
-under the Territorial laws.'"
-APRtIL 28 AND 29.-Free-State Convention at Topeka, to nominate officers
under the Leavenworth Constitution. President, C. B. Lines, Wabaunsee;
Vice Presidents, Thos. Ewing, John W. Robinson, iR. B. Mitchell, A. Polley;
Secretaries, S. F. Tappan, T. D. Thacher,. P. B. Plumb, E. Russell. That
part of the call asking for the nomination of U. S. Senators was postponed.
-The following ticket was nominated:
Governor, Henry J. Adams, Leavenworth; Lieutenant Governor, Cyrus K.
Holliday, Topeka; Secretary of State, E. P. Bancroft, Emporia; Treasurer,,J. B. Wheeler, Doniphan-; AuLditor, Geo. S. Hillyer, Grasshopper Falls;




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Attorney General, Chas. A. Foster, Osawatomie; Superintendent of Public
Instruction, J. M. Walden, Quindaro; Commissioner of School Land, J. W
Robinson, Manhattan; Representative in Congress, M. F. Conway, Lawrence;
Supreme Judges, Wm. A. Phillips, Lawrence, 2 years; Lorenzo Dow, Topeka,
4 years; Win. McKay, Wyandotte, 6 years; Reporter of Supreme Court, Albert D. Rilardson, Sumner; Clerk of Supreme Court, W. F. M. A y, Hyatt..
The following platform was adopted:
"Resolved, That we, the representatives of the Free-State party, do heartily accept the
Leavenworth Constitution, and do pledge ourselves to favor its adoption and ratification
by the people.
"Resolved, That should Congress accept the application accompanying the Lecompton
Constitution, and admit Kansas as a sovereign State into the Union, without the condition precedent that said Constitution, at a fair election, shall receive the ratification
of the people of Kansas, then we will put the Leavenworth Constitution, ratified by the
people, and the government under it, into immediate and active operation as the organic
law and living Government of the State of Kansas; and that we will support and defend
the same against any opposition, come from.whatever quarter it may.
"Resolved, That, at the election upon the Constitution, the voters of Kansas be requested
to vote for or against negro suffrage, and for or against separate schools for white and
negro children; and if a majority of the votes cast be against negro suffrage, it shall
operate as instructions to the first Legislature to submit to the people at once an amendment of the Constitution prohibiting negro suffrage; and if a majority of the votes cas
be in favor of separate schools, it shall operate in like manner as instructions to the first
Legislature to submit an amendment providing for separate schools for white and negro
children, except in districts where the people by general consent shall allow the school
to be in common."
The following Central Committee was appointed: J. M. Winchell, John
McKee, G. E. Budington, A. D. Richardson, Jos. Thompson, A. Larzelere,
W. Crosby, James Richardson, B. B. Newton', J. D. Adams, E. P. Bancroft,
W. W. Ross, 0. E. Learnard, S. D. Humphrey, W. A. Ela, James Blood,
P. H. Townsend, Chas. Mayo, Cyrus Tator, P. P. Elder, W. F. M. Arny,
Jesse Brown, W. R. Griffith, B. Jordan.
APRIL 30. -The compromise bill, otherwise known as the "English
Swindle" and " Lecompton, junior," passes the House by 112 to 103, and the'
Senate by 30 to 22. Broderick, Crittenden, Douglas and Stuart vote with
the Republicans. The President signed the bill May 4th.
THE LEAVENWORTH CONSTITUTION.
Fr-amed byp the Const'itutionacl Convention its session at Leevenworth, signed by the, Members'
thereof, April 3d, 1858, end adope byte aepl  ye 18th, 1858.
ORDINANCE.
By the authority of the people of Kansas, be it ordained by this Convention, irrevocably, that the State of Kansas will never, without the consent of Congress, interfere
with the title of the United States to the public domain, or unsold lands within the'
limits of said State, or the primary right of the United States to dispose of the same, or
with any regulation which Congress may prescribe for securing the title thereof to pur-'
chasers in good faith; and also, that no tax or other assessment shall he imposed upon
the lands belonging to the United States: Provided, That the conditions following shall.
be accepted and agreed to by the Congress of the United States:
First. The sections numbered sixteen and thirty-six in every township, including
Indian Reserve of Trust Lands, in said State, (and where either of such sections, or any'
part thereof, has been sold or otherwise aliened or appropriated, other lands equivalent
thereto, as nearly contiguous as possible,) shall be granted to the said State exclusively'
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Second. That seventy-two sections of land shall be set apart and reserved for the
use and support of a State university, and sixty sections for the use and support of four
district colleges, to be located in the four equal divisions of the State -said lands to e
selected by the Governor of the State, subject to the approval of the Commissioner of
the General Land Office.
Third. That thirty-six sections of land, to be selected by the Governor of said State,
shall e granted to said State for the purpose of the erection of public buildings at the
sat of Government, and the erection of buildings for the various public benevolent
institutions created by the State Constitution.
burth. That the salt springs, and gold, silver, copper, lead or other valuae mines,
not exceeding twelve in number, with six sections of land adjacent, shall be granted to
the said State, to be selected, used or alienated as may hereafter be prescribed by law.
Fifth. That five per centum of the net proceeds of the siles of public lands within
said State, sold by Congress after the admission of said State into the Union, shall e
paid to the said State for the purpose of creating a common school fund, the principal
to be held sacred, and the interest to be applied to the education of the children of
Kansas.
Sixth. That each alternate section of land now owned, or which may hereafter be
acquired, by the United States, lying, for six miles in width, on each side of the following lines of railroads, shall be granted by Congress to the State of Kansas: FirstCommencing on the Missouri State line, at some point south of the fourth standard
parallel line, and traversing Southersn Kansas westwardly. Second -Commencing at
some point on the Missouri river, or Missouri State line, and traversing Central Kansas
westwardly. Third-Commencing at some point on the Missouri river, and traversing
Northern Kansas westwardly. Fourth - Commencing at some point on the Missouri
river, and running southerly in the direction of the Gulf of Mexico. Proided, That
should the alternate sections along the lines of said railroads be disposed of, an equal
number of sections shall be selected from any other public lands contiguous to said
railroads; said lands to be reserved and conveyed to the State for the purpose of aiding
In the construction of said railroads, under such rules and restrictions as may hereafter
he prescribed by law.
The Congress of the United States, in conjunction with the proper authorities of this
State, may adopt the necessary measures for carrying the general provisions herein
contained into effect.
PREAMBLE.
We, the People of the Territory of Kansas, grateful to Almighty God for our Freedomn, by-our Delegates in Convention assemiqled, having the right of admission into the
Union as one of the United States of America, consistent with the Federal Constitution,
and hy-virtue of the treaty of cession by France to the United States, of the Province
of Louisiana, believing that the time has arrived when our present political condition
should cease, and the right of self-government be asserted, in order to secure to ourselves and our posterity all the rights of life, liberty, and property, and the free pursuit
of happiness, ordain the following Constitution as the Organic Law of a free and independent State, by the name and style of the STATE OF KANSAS, bounded as follows, to
wit: Beginning at a point on the western boundary of the State of Missouri, where. th e
thirty-seventh parallel of north latitude crosses the same; thence west on said parallel
to the eastern boundary of New Mexico; -thence north on said boundary to latitude
thirty-eight; thence following said boundary westward to the eastern boundary of the
Territory of Utah, on the summit of the Rocky Mountains; thence northward on said.
summit to the fortieth parallel of latitude; thence east on said parallel to the western
boundary of the State of Missouri; thence south with the western boundary of said
State to the place of beginning.
ARTICLE I.-BILL OF RIGHTS.
SECTION 1. All men. are by nature equally free and independent, and have certain.inalienable rights, among which are those of enjoying and defending life and liberty,
acquiring, possessing and protecting property, and seeking and obtaining happiness
and safety; and the right of all men to the control of their persons exists prior to law,
and is inalienable.
SEC. 2. All political power is inherent in the people, and all free governments are




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founded on their authority and are instituted for their equal protection and benefit;
and they alone have the right, at all times, to alter, reform or abolish their form of
government in such manner as they may think proper. No special privileges or immunities shall ever be granted by the General Assembly which may not be altered, revoked
or repealed by the same authority.
SEC. 3. The people have a right to assemble, in a peaceable manner, to consult for
their n good, to instruct their Representatives, and to petition the General Assembly for the redress of grievances.
SEC. 4. The people have the right to bear arms for their defence and security, but
standing armies in time of peace are dangerous to liberty, and shall not be kept up
and the military shall be in strict subordination to the civil power.
SEc. 5. The right of trial by jury shall be inviolate, and extend to persons of every
condition.
SEC. 6. Tere shall be no Slavery in this State, and no involuntary servitude, unless
for the punishment of crime, whereof the parties shall have been duly convicted.
SEC. 7. All men have a natural and indefeasible right to worship Almighty God according to the dictates of their own conscience. No person shall be compelled to attend,
erect, or support any place of worship, or maintain any form of worship against his
consent; and no preference shall be given by law to any religious society;nor shall
any interference with the right of conscience be permitted. No religious test shall be
required as a qualification for office, nor shall any person be incompetent to be a witness
on account of religious belief; but nothing herein contained shall be so construed as to
dispense with oaths or affirmations. Religion, morality, and knowledge, however, being
essential to good government, it shall be the duty of the Legislature to make suitable
provisions for the protection of all religious denominations in the peaceable enjoyment
of their modes of worship, and for the encouragement of schools and the means of instruction.
SEC. 8. The privilege of the writ of habeas corpus shall not be suspended unless in
case of rebellion or invasion the public safety may require it.
SEC. 9. All persons shall be bailable by sufficient sureties, except for capital offences
where the proof is evident or the presumption great. Excessive hail shall not be re-',quired, nor excessive fines imposed; no cruel or unusual punishment inflicted.
SEC. 10. Except in cases of impeachment, and cases arising in the army or navy, or
in the militia, when in actual service, in time of war or public danger, and cases of
petit larceny and other inferior offences, no person shall be held to answer for a capital'or otherwise infamous crime, unless upon presentment or indictment of a grand jury.
In any trial, in any court, the accused shall be allowed to appear and defend in person,,or by counsel; to demand the nature and cause of the accusation against him; to meet
the witnesses face to face, and to have compulsory process to procure the attendance of
witnesses us his behalf, and a speedy public trial by an impartial jury of the county or
district in which the offence is alleged to have been committed; nor shall any person be
compelled in a criminal case to be a witness. against himself, or be twice put in jeopardy
for the same offence.
SEC. 11. Every citizen may freely speak, write and publish his sentiments on all subjetbeing responsible for. the abuse of such right; and no law shall be passed to
restrain or abridge the liberty of speech or of the press. In. all prosecutions for libel,
the truth of the charge may be given in evidence to the jury, and if it shall appear to
the jury that the matter charged as libellous is true, and was published with good motives, and for justifiable ends, the accused shall be acquitted.
SEC. 12. No person shall be transported out of the State for any offence committed
within the same, and no conviction in this State shall work a corruption of blood or
forfeiture of estate.
SEC. 13. No soldier shall, in time of peace, be quartered in any house without the
consent of the owner; nor in time of war, except in a manner prescribed by law.
SEC. 14. The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers and
possessions, against unreasonable searches and seizures,, shall be inviolate; mdn
warrant shall issue but upon probable cause, supported by oath or affirmnation, particularly describing the place to be searched and the persons and things to be seized.
SEC. 15. No person shall be imprisoned for debt in any civil action, or mesne or final
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SEC. 16. All courts shall be open; and every person for an injury done him or his
land, goods, person or reputation, shall have remedy by due course of law, and justice
administered without denial or delay.
SEC. 17. No hereditary emoluments, honors or privileges shall ever be granted or
conferred by this State.
SEC. 18. No power of suspending laws shall be exercised, except by the General Assembly.
SEC. 19. Private property shall ever be held inviolate, but subservient to the public
welfare. When taken in time of war, or other public exigencies imperatively requiring its immediate seizure, or for the purpose of making or repairing roads, which shall
be open to the public without charge, a just compensation shall be made to the owners
in money; and in all other cases where private property shall be taken for public uses,
a compensation therefor shall first be made in money, or first secured by depositing
money, and such compensation shall be estimated by a jury, without deduction for benefits to any property of the owner.
SEC. 20. The payment of a tax shall not be a qualification for exercising the right of
suffrage.
SEC. 21. This enumeration of rights shall not be construed to impair or deny others
retained by the people; and all powers not herein delegated, remain with the people.
SEC. 22. No indenture of any persons made and executed out of the bounds of the
State, shall be valid within the State.
ARTICLE II. -ELECTIVE FRANCHISE.
SECTION 1. In all elections not otherwise provided for by this Constitution, every male
citizen of the United States, of the age of twenty-one years or upwards, who shall have
resided in the State six months next preceding such election, and ten days in the precinct in which he may offer to vote, and every male person of foreign birth of the age
of twenty-one years or upwards, who shall have resided in the United States one year,
in this State six months, and in the precinct in which he may offer to vote, ten days next
preceding such election, and who shall have declared his intention to become a citizen
of the United States, conformably to the laws of the United States, ten days preceding
such election, shall be deemed a qualified elector.
SEC. 2. No soldier, seaman, or mariner, in the army or navy of the United States, or
of their allies, shall be deemed to have acquired a residence in this State in consequence
of being stationed within the same; nor shall any such soldier, seaman or marine have
the right to vote.
SEC. 3. No person shall be deemed to have lost his residence in this State by reason
of his absence, either on business of this State or of the United States.
SEC. 4. Every person shall be disqualified from holding office during the term for
which he may have been elected, who shall have given or offered a bribe or reward to
procure his election.
SEC. 5. Every person who shall give or accept a challenge to fight a duel, or who shall
knowingly carry to another person such challenge, or who shall agree to go out of this
State to fight a duel, shall be ineligible to any office of trust or profit in this State.
SEC. 6. The General Assembly shall have power to deprive of the right of suffrage
and to render ineligible to office, any person convicted of an infamous crime.
SEC. 7. No person holding a lucrative office or appointment under the Constitution or
laws of the United States, or of this State, shall be eligible to a seat in the General Assembly, nor shall any person hold more than one lucrative office at the same time,
except as in this Constitution expressly permitted: Provided, That offices in the militia
to which there is attached no annual salary, where the compensation does not exceed
ninety dollars per annum, shall not be deemed lucrative.
SEC. 8. No person who may hereafter be collector or holder of public moneys shall be
eligible to any office of trust or profit in the State until he shall have accounted for and
paid into the proper treasury all sums for which he may be accountable.
SEC. 9. Any person who shall commit a fraud tending to affect the result of any election in this State, shall, on conviction thereof, be forever ineligible as an elector.
ARTICLE III.-DISTRIBUTION OF POWERS.
SECTION 1. The powers of the Government shall be divided into three separate depart



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ments -the Legislative, the Executive (including the Administrative), and the Judicial;
and no person charged with official duties under one of these departments shall exercise
any of the functions of another, except as in this Constitution expressly provided.
ARTICLE IV.-LEGISLATIVE.
SECTION 1. The Legislative power of the State shall be vested in a General Assembly,
which shall consist of a Senate and House of Representatives.
SE. 2. The Senators and Representativesshall be chosen annually by the qualified
electors ofthe respective counties or districts for which they are chosen, on the Tuesday
next after the first Monday in November. Their terms of office shall be one year, and
shall commence on the first day of January next after their election.
SEC. 3. There shall be elected at the first election twenty-five Senators and seventyfive Representatives, and the number afterward shall be regulated by law; and the
General Assembly shall, in all apportionments for members of the Legislature, establish
single Representative and single Senatorial Districts.
SEC. 4. No person shall be eligible to the office of Senator or Representative who shall
not at the time of his election possess the qualifications of an elector.
SEC. 5. Each house, except as otherwise provided in this Constitution, shall choose its
own officers, determine its own rules of proceeding, punish its members for disorderly
conduct, and, with the concurrence of two-thirds of all the members elected to the
house, expel a member, but not a second time for the same cause; and shall judge of
the qualification, election and return of its own members, and have all other powers
necessary to secure its safety, and the undisturbed transaction of its business.
SEC. 6. Each house shall keep a journal of its proceedings, which shall be published.
The yeas and nays on any question shall, at the request of two members, be taken, and
entered on the journal.
SEC. 7. Any member of either house shall have the right to protest against any act or
resolution -thereof; and such protest and reason therefor shall, without alteration, commitment, or delay, be entered on the journal.
S.. All vacancies which may occur in either house shall, for the unexpired term,
be filled by elqction as shall be prescribed by law.
SEC. 9. Senators and Representatives shall, in all cases except treason, felony, or
breach of the peace, be privileged from arrest during the session of the General Assembly, and in going to and returning from the same; and for words spoken in debate
they shall not be questioned in any other place.
SEC. 10. A majority of all the members elected to each house, voting in the affirma-.
tive, shall be necessary to pass a bill or joint resolution, and all bills and joint resole-.
tions so passed shall be signed by the presiding officers of the respective houses, and
presented to the Governor for his approval.
SEC. 11. The doors of each house, and of committees of the whole, shall be kept- open.
Neither house shall, without the consent of the other, adjourn for more than two days,
nor to any other place than that in which the two houses shall be sitting, except for
personal safety.
SEC. 12. Every bill shall be read by sections in each house on three several days,
except in case of emergency. Two-thirds of the house where such bill is pending may,
if deemed expedient, suspend the rules on a call of the yeas and nays; but the reading
of a bill by sections on its final passage shall in no case be dispensed with; and the vote
on the final passage of every bill and joint resolution shall be taken by yeas and nays,
and entered on the journal.
SEC. 13. Every act shall contain but one subject, which shall be clearly expressed in
its title. Bills may originate in either house, but may be altered, amended or rejected
by the other.
SEC. 14. In all cases where a general law can be made applicable, special laws shall
not be enacted.
SEC. 15. No act shall ever be revived or amended by mere reference to its title, but
the act revived or the section amended shall be set forth as amended or revived at full
length.
SEC. 16. No general act shall take effect. until the same shall have been published and
circulated in the counties of the State by authority, except in case of emergency, which
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Sc. 17. The election and appointment of all officers, and the filling of all vacancies
not otherwise provided for by this Constitution, or the Constitution of the United States,
shall e made in such manner as shall be prescribed by law; but no appointing power
shall e exercised by the General Assembly, except as provided in this Constitution and
in the election of the United States Senators, and in these cases the vote shall e taken
viva voce.
SE. 18. The General Assembly shall not have power to enact special laws annulling
the contract of marriage.
SEc. 19. The General Assembly shall not have power to pass retroactive laws, or laws
impairing the obligation of contracts, but may by general laws authorize the courts to
carry into effect, upon such terms as shall be just and equitable, the manifest intention
of parties and officers, by curing omissions, defects and errors in instruments and proceedings arising out of a want of conformity with the laws of this State.
Sc.20. The style of the laws of this State shall be, "Be it enacted by th Geerl Assembly of the State of Kansas."
SC 21. The House of Representatives shall have the sole power of impeachment.
A  impeachments shall be tried by the Senate, and, when sitting for this purpose, the
11Senators   be upon oath or affirmation to do justice according to law and evidence.
No person shall be convicted without the concurrence of two-thirds of all the Senators
present.
SE. 22.The Governor, and all other civil officers under the laws of this State, shall
be liable to impeachment for any misdemeanor in office; but judgment in such ases
shall not extend further than to removal from office, and disqualification to hold any
fice of honor, trust, or profit under the laws and Constitution of this State. The party,
hether convicted or acquitted, shall nevertheless be liable to indictment, trial, judgment and punishment according to law.
SC. 23. Within one year after the ratification of this Constitution, and within-every
two years subsequently, for the term of ten years, an enumeration of all the inhabitants of this State shall be made in such manner as shall be directed by law.
1c. 24. All regnular sessions of the General Assembly shall be held at the Capital of
the State, and shall commence on the first Monday of January, annually.
SEm. 25. All bills for raising revenue shall originate in the House of Representatives.
SEc. 26. The members of the General Assembly shall receive for their services the
sum -of four dollars per day for each and every day they are actually in attendance at
any regular or special session, aind four dollars for every twenty miles they shall travel
in going to and returning from th~e place of meeting, by the usually travelled route; and
no- regular -session -of the General Assembly, except the first under this Constitution,
shall extend beyond the term of sixty days, nor any special session more than forty
dAys.
SEc. 27. Every bill or resolution shall, before its final passage, be printed for the use
of the General Assembly.
ARTICLE V. - ExECUTIVE.
SECTION 1. The.Executive Department shall consist of a Governor, a Lieutenant Governor, Secretary of State, Treasurer of State, Auditor. of State, and Attorney General,.
who shall be chosen by the- electors of the State at the same time and place of voting as
for members of the General Assembly.
SEC. 2. The term of office of the Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Treasurer, Auditor,
Secretary of State and Attorney General, shall commence on the first day of January
next after t-heir election, and shall continue for two years and until their successors are
elected and qualified. No person shall be eligible for the above offices more than two
out of three consecutive terms.
SEC. 3. The returns of every election for the officers named in the preceding section
shall be sealed up and transmitted to the seat of government by the returning officers,
directed to the Secretary of State, who shall lay the same before the General Assembly
at'their first meeting thereafter, when they shall open and -canvass th~em  and publish
and declare the. result thereof in the presence of a majority of the members of both
houses. The persons having the highest number of votes shall'ho declared duly elected
and the-certificate thereof given; to-s~uch persons, signed- by the presiding officers of -both
houses; but-if a.ny two -or mor-e shell havethe highoste-nd, equal unumber-of -votes -for the




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same office, one of them shall be chosen by a vote of the two houses of the General Assembly in joint session.
SEC. 4. The executive power shall be vested in a Governor.
SEC. 5. He may require information in writing from the officers in the Executive Department upon any subject relating to the duties of their respective offices, and shall see
that the laws are faithfully executed.
SEC. 6. He shall communicate at every session by message to the General Assembly
thecondition of the affairs of the State, and recommend such measures as he shall deem
expedient for their action.
SEC. 7. He may on extraordinary occasions convene the General Assembly by proclamation, and shall state in such proclamation the purpose for which they are covened; and the General Assembly shall enter upon no legislative business except that
for which they were especially called together.
SEC.. In case of disagreement between the two houses in respect to the time of adjournment, he shall have power to adjourn the General Assembly to such time as he
may think proper, but not beyond the regular meetings thereof.
SEC. 9. He shall be Commander-in-Chief of the Military in the State, except when
they shall be called into the service of the United States.
SEC. 10. The pardoning power shall be vested in the Governor, under such regulations
and restrictions as may be prescribed by law.
SEC. 11. There shall be a seal of the State, the device for which shall be agreed upon
by the General Assembly, and which shall be kept by the Governor, and used by him
officially, and shall be called "The Seal of the State of Kansas."
SEC. 12. All grants and commissions shall be issued in the name and by the authority
of the State of Kansas, sealed with the seal thereof, signed by the Governor, and countersigned by the Secretary of State.
SEC. 13. No member of either house of Congress, or other persons holding office under
the authority of this State, or of the United States, shall execute the duties of Governor
except as herein provided.
SE. 14. In the case of death, impeachment, resignation, removal, or other disability
of the Governor, the Lieutenant Governor shall exercise the duties of the office of Governor, until another Governor shall be duly qualified, or the disability be removed; but
in such case another Governor shall be chosen at the next annual election for members
of the General Assembly, unless such death, resignation, impeachment, removal or other
disability shall occur within three calendar months immediately preceding such next
annual election, in which case a Governor. shall be chosen at the second succeeding annual election for members of the General Assembly; and in case of the death, impeachment, resignation, removal or other disability of the Lieutenant Governor, the President
of the Senate pro tempere shall exercise the office of Governor until another Governor
shall be duly qualified as aforesaid.
SEC. 15. The Lieutenant Governor shall be President of the Senate, but shall vote
only when the Senate is equally divided, and shall be entitled to the same pay as the
Speaker of the House of Representatives; and in case-of his death, resignation, impeachment, removal from office, or when he shall exercise the office of Governor, the Senate
shall choose a President pro tempore.
SEC. 16. Should the office of Secretary of State, Auditor of State, Treasurer of State,
or Attorney General, become vacant, for any of the causes specified in the fourteenth
and fifteenth sections, the Governor shall fill the vacancy orvacancies until the disability is removed or a successor is elected and qualified. Every such vacancy shall be
ifilled by election, at the first general election that occurs more than thirty days after
such vacancy shall have occurred, and, the person chosen shall hold the office for the
full term fixed in the second section of this article.
SEC. 17. The officers mentioned in this article shall, at stated times, receive for their
services compensation to be fixed by law, which shall neither be increased or diminished
during the period for which they shall have been elected.
SEC. 18. The officers of the Executive Department, and of the public State institutions,
shall, at least ten days preceding each regular session of the General Assembly, severally report to the Governor, who shall transmit the same to the General Assembly.
SEC. 19. Every bill which shall have passed both houses shall be presented to the
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return it with his objections to the house in which it shall have originated, which shall
enter the objections at large upon the journal, and proceed to reconsider the bill. If
after such reconsideration a majority of that house shall agree to pass the bill, it shall
be sent, with the objections, to the other house, by which, likewise, it shall be reconsidered, an'd if approved by a majority of that house, it shall be a law; but in such case the
votes of both houses shall be determined by yeas and nays, and the names of the persons voting for or against the bill shall be entered upon the journals of each house
respectively. If any bill shall not be returned by the Governor within three days (Sundays excepted) after it shall have been presented to him, it shall be a law in like manner
as if he had signed it, unless the General Assembly by adjournment prevent its return,
in which case it shall not be a law.
ARTICLE VI.-JUDICIAL.
SECTrION 1. The judicial power of the State shall be vested in a Supreme Court, Circuit
Courts, County Courts, Justices of the Peace, and in such other courts inferior to the
Supreme Court as may be established in the manner hereinafter provided.
SEC. 2. The Supreme Court shall consist of three Judges, a majority of whom shall
form a quorum. It shall hold at least one term each year, at the seat of Government,
and such other terms, there or elsewhere, as may be required by law.
SEc. 3. The Judges of the Supreme Court shall be elected by the electors of the State
at large, at the first election under this Constitution. The term of one of said Judges
shall be two years, of another four years, of another six years, and at all subsequent
elections the term of each of said Judges shall be six years.
SEC. 4. The Judge having the shortest term to serve, not holding by appointment,
shall be Chief Justice.
SEC. 5. The General Assembly shall provide by law for the speedy publication of the
decisions of the Supreme Court.
SEC. 6. There shall be elected by the voters of the State, a Clerk, and a Reporter, for
the Supreme Court, who shall hold their offices for three years.
SEC. 7. The Circuit Courts shall each consist of one Judge. The State shall be divided
into judicial circuits, and a Judge for each circuit shall be elected by the voters thereof.
He shall, while in office, reside in the circuit for which he is chosen, and his term of
office shall be three years.
SEC. 8. Until otherwise provided by law, there shall be five judicial circuits, as follows: The First, comprising the counties of Leavenworth, Jefferson, Atchison, Doniphan, and Brown; the Second, the counties of Calhoun, Nemaha, Pottawatomie,
Marshall, Riley, Washington, and Clay; the Third, the counties of Shawnee, Douglas,
Johnson, Lykins, Franklin, and Weller; the Fourth, the counties of Linn, Bourbon,
Coffey, Anderson, Allen, Woodson, Wilson, Dorn, and McGee; the Fifth, the counties
of Richardson, Breckinridge, Madison, Greenwood, Godfrey, Hunter, Butler, Wise,
Davis, and Dickinson.
SEC. 9. The General Assembly may provide by law that that the Judge of one circuit
may hold the courts of another circuit in case of necessity or convenience.
SEC. 10. The County Courts shall each consist of one Judge, who shall be elected by
the voters of each county. He shall reside in the county; and his term of office shall
be two years.
SEC. 11. A sufficient number of Justices of the Peace shall be elected by the voters in
each township of the several counties. Their term of office shall be two years.
SEC. 12. All Judges other than those hereinbefore provided for shall be elected by
the electors of the judicial district over which their jurisdiction may extend, but not
for a term of office longer than six years.
SEC. 13. The jurisdiction of the Supreme Court, the Circuit Courts, the County Courts,
the Justices of the Peace, and such other courts as may be created, shall be fixed by
law; and the Judges of the courts shall respectively have and exercise such power and
jurisdiction at chambers as may be provided by law.: SEC. 14. Judges may be removed from office by concurrent resolution of both houses
of the General Assembly, if two-thirds of the members elected to each house concur
therein; but no such removal shall be made except upon complaint, the substance of
which shall be entered upon the journal, nor until the party charged shall have notice
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Sc. 15. In case the office of any Judge shall become vacant before the expiration of
the term for which he was elected, the vacancy shall be filled by appointment y the
Governor until a successor shall be elected and qualified; and such successor shall e
elected for the residue of the unexpired term, at the first annual election that occurs
more than thirty days after such vacancy shall have happened.
SEC. 16. The compensation of the Judges of the Supreme Court and of the Circuit
Courts shall not be increased or diminished during their term of office, and they shall
receive no fees or perquisites, nor hold any office of profit and trust under the State,
other than a judicial office.
SEC. 17. The General Assembly may at any time increase the number of the Judges
of the Supreme Court, may increase or diminish the number of judicial circuits, or
change the circuits, or may establish other courts by a law passed by two-thirds of the
memers elected to each house; but no such change, addition or diminution shall
vacate the office of any Judge.
SEC. 18. There shall be elected in each county, by the electors thereof, one Clerk of
the Courts, who shall hold his office for the term of two years, and until his successor
shall e elected and qualified. He shall be Clerk of the County Court and Circuit Court
in the county in which he is chosen.
SEC. 19. There shall be elected in each county by the voters thereof one County Attorney, wh  shall hold his office for the term of two years, and until his successor shall
e elected and qualified.
c. 20. The duties, compensation, fees and perquisites of the officers provided for in
this article shall be fixed by law.
SEC. 21. The style of all process shall be, "The State of Kansas." All prosecutions
shall e carried on in the name and by the authority of the State of Kansas; and all
indictments shall conclude, "against the peace and dignity of the State of Kansas."
ARTICLE VII.-EDUCATION.
ScN  1. The stability and'perpetuity of free republican institutions depend upon
the intelligence, aind virtue of the, people; therefore it is declared to he the duty of -the
State to establish by law, at the earliest possible period, a uniform system of free~sehools,
in which every child in the State shall he entitled to receive a good commson school education at the public expense.
SEC. 2. The principal of all school funds, from whatever source, shall he the commaon
property of the State, and may be increased, but shall forever be preserved inviolate
and undiminished.
SEC..3. The income of the school fnnd shall hedevoted exclusively to the support of
schools, and, together with any funds raised in any other snanner for school purposes,
shall be distributed, through the county or township treasurers, to the several school
districts, in some equitable proportion to the number of children and youth resident.
therein, hetween the ages of five and twenty-one years.
SEC. 4. The school lands shall never he sold until such sale is authorized hy a free
and fair vote of the people of Kansas, hut, subject to a valuation every three years, may
be leased at a per centum established by law.
SEC. 5. No religious sect or sects shall ever have any right to, or control of, any part
of the school fends of this State.
SEC. 6. The General Assembly shall make such provision, by taxation or otherwise,
as, with the income arising from the school fund, will secure, throughout the State, th e
maintenance of a thorough and uniform system of commosi schools, which shall be
kept up and supported in each district at least four months in each year, and shall be
open and free to every child in the State between the ages of five and twenty-one years.
SEC. 7. As the. means of the State will admit, educational institutions of a higher
grade shall be established by law so as to form a complete system of public inst ruction,
embracing th e primary, normal, preparatory, collegiate and university departments.
SEC. 8. At the first~ election of State, officers,. and biennially thereafter, the people'
shall elect a.- Superintendent of Public Instruction, whose duties laud compensation
shall be prescribed by law.
SEc. 9.. At thae firsteleetion, of State, officers, and biennially: thereafter, there, shall, be
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the school lands and the principal of the school fund, whose duties and compensation
shall be prescribed by law.
ARTICLE VIII.-PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS.
SECTION 1. It shall be the duty of the General Assembly, at as early a date as possible,
to provide State Asylums for the benefit, treatment and instruction of the blind, deaf
and dumb, and insane.
SEC. 2. The General Assembly shall make provision for the establishment of an asylum for idiots, to be regulated by law.
SEC. 3. The General Assembly shall make provision for the establishment of houses
of refuge for the correction, reform and instruction of juvenile offenders.
SEC. 4. It shall be the duty of the General Assembly to make provision as soon as
possible for a State Hospital and State Penitentiary: Provided, That not more than one
of the aforesaid institutions shall be located in any county of this State, the location to
be determined by a vote of tae electors at large at any general election, and that the
directors and superintendents of the same shall be elected by the people.
SEC. 5. The respective counties of the State shall provide in some suitable manner
for those inhabitants who, by reason of age, infirmity or other misfortune, may have
claims upon the sympathy and aid of society, under provision to be made by the laws
of the General Assembly.
ARTICLE IX. - MILITIA.
SECTION 1. The Governor shall be Commander-in-Chief of the military forces of the
State, excepting when these forces shall be actually in the service of the United States,
and shall have power to call out any part, or the whole, of said military forces to aid in
the execution of the laws, to suppress insurrection, and to repel invasion.
SEC. 2. All male citizens of this State, between the ages of eighteen and forty-five
years, excepting those who are conscientiously opposed to bearing arms, and such others
as may be by law exempted shall be enrolled in the militia, and held to perform such
military duty as by law may be required.
SEc. 3. The General Assembly shall provide by law for organizing and disciplining
the militia in such manner as it shall deem expedient.
ARTICLE X. -PUBLIC DEBT.
SECTION 1. No money shall be paid out of the Treasury except in pursuance of an
appropriation by law.
SEC. 2. The credit of the State shall never be given or loaned in aid of any individual,
association or corporation.
SEC. 3. For the purpose of defraying extraordinary expenditures, the State may contract public debts, but such debt shall never in the aggregate exceed one hundred thousand dollars, unless authorized by a direct vote of the people at a general election.
Every such debt shall be authorized by law, and every such law shall provide for the
payment of the annual interest of such debt, and the principal within ten years from
the passage of such law; and such appropriation shall not be repealed until the principal and interest shall have been wholly paid.
SEC. 4. The Legislature may also borrow money to repel invasion, suppress insurrection, or defend the State in timue of war; but the money thus raised shall be applied
exclusively to the object for which the loan was authorized, or repayment of the debts
thereby created.
SEC. 5. No scrip, certificate, or other evidence of State debt whatever, shall be issued,
except for such debts as are authorized by the third and fourth sections of this article.
ARTICLE XI. -FINANCE AND TAXATION.
SECTION 1. The levying of taxes by the poll is grievous and oppressive; therefore,
the General Assembly shall never levy a poll tax for county or State purposes.
SEC. 2. Laws shall be passed taxing, by a uniform rule, all real and personal property,
according to its true value in money; but burying grounds, school houses, and other
property used exclusively for educational purposes, houses used exclusively for public
worship, not exceeding fifty thousand dollars in value, institutions of public charity,
public and municipal property used exclusively for public and municipal purposes, and
personal property to an amount not exceeding in value two hundred dollars for each
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head of a family, may by general laws be exempted from taxation, but all such laws
shall e subject to alteration or repeal; and the value of all such property, so exempted,
shall from time to time be ascertained and published, as may be directed by law.
SE. 3. The General Assembly shall provide for raising revenue sufficient to defray
the expenses of the State for each year; and also a sufficient sum to pay theinterestand
schpart of the principal of a State debt, if any such debt shall accrue, as may be directed by law.
SEC. 4. No tax shall be levied except in pursuance of law; and every law imposing a
tax shall state distinctly the object of the same, to which only it shall be applied.
SEC. 5. The State shall never contract any debt for purposes of internal improvements.
SEC. 6. In the passage in either house of the General Assembly of any law which imposes, continues, or renews a tax, or makes, continues, or renews an appropriation of
public or trust moneys, or to release, discharge, or commute a claim or demand of the
State, the vote shall be taken by yeas'and nays, which shall be duly entered on the
journal; and three-fifths of all the members elected to such house shall, in all such
cases, be requisite to constitute a quorum.
ARTICLE XII. - COUNTIES, AND COUNTY AND TOWNSHIP OFFICERS.
SECTION 1. The General Assembly shall provide by law for submitting to the people of
each county, at an annual election, the question of the location of the county seats;
and the General Assenibly may change the lines of counties, but shall by law submit
such proposed alterations to the electors of the county or counties affected therebyat a
general election; said alterations to be made to township lines, as far as practicable.
SEC. 2. The General Assembly shall provide by law for the creation and election of
county, city, town and township officers.
SEC. 3. All officers whose election or appointment is not provided for by this Constitution, shall be elected by the people or appointed, as the General Assembly may by law
ovision shall be ade by law for the removal for mict.
SEC. 4. Provision shall be mhade by law for the removal, for misconduct or malversation in office, of all officers whose powers and duties are not local or legislative, and
who shall be elected at general elections, and also for supplying vacancies created by,
such removal...SEC. 5.. The Legislature may declare the cases in which any office shall. be deemed-vacant, where no provision is made for that purpose in this Constitution.
ARTICLE XIII.-EL.ECTIONeS.
SECTION 1. All electioss shall be free and equal.
SEC. 2. Electors shall, in all cases except treason, felony,, and breach of the peace,.be
privileged from arrest during their attendance on elections, and in going to and returning from them.
SEC. 3. All elections by the people shall be by ballot, and all elections by the General
Assembly, or by either branch thereof, shall be viva voce.
SEC. 4. All general elections shall he held on the Tuesday next succeeding. the first
Monday in November of each year.
SEC. 3. Returns of elections for Members of Congress, the General Assembly, and all.
other officers not otherwise provided for, shall be made to the Secretary of State, in such
manner as may be prescribed by law.
ARTICLE XIV.- CORPORATIONS.
SEc'rioN 1. Corporations may be created under general law, but shall not be created'
by special acts, except for municipal purposes. All general laws and special actsauthorizing or creating corporations may be altered from time to time, or repealed.
SEC. 2. Dues from corporations shall be secured by such individual liability of the
stockholders and other means as shall be prescribed by law, and' each stockholder of a
corporation or joint-stock association, except corporations for charitable purposes and
railroad corporations, shall he individually liable over and above the. stock by him or'her owned, and any amount unpaid thereon to a further sum at least equal in amount
to such stock.
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n existing, and to be hereafter created, shall be subject to taxation the same as the
property of individuals.
SEC. 4. All real estate or other property of religious corporations shall vest in trustees, whose election shall be by the members of such corporation.
SEC. 5. The General Assembly shall provide for the organization of cities and villages
by general laws, and restrict their power of taxation, assessment, borrowing money,
contracting debts, and loaning their credit, so as to prevent the abuse of such power.
SEC. 6. The term corporations as used in this article shall be construed to include all
associations and joint-stock companies having any of the powers or privileges of corporations not possessed by individuals or partnerships; and all such corportions shall
have the right to sue, and shall be subject to be swed, in all courts, the sam  as natural
persons.
ARTICLE XV.- JURISPRUDENCE.
SECo.. The General Assembly at its first session under this Constitution shall
constitute a commission, to consist of three persons not members of the Senate or House
of Representatives, whose duty it shall be to revise, reform, simplify, and abridge the
rules of practice, pleading, and proceeding in the courts of record of this State, abolishing the forms of action known to the common law, and distinctions as to form between
proceedings at law and in equity.
SEC. 2. The proceedings of the Commissioners shall be reported to and be subject to
the action of the General Assembly.
SEC. 3. All the proceedings of the courts of this State shall be instituted and conducted in the English language, avoiding, as far as practicable, the use of technical
terms.
ARTICLE XVI.-MISCELLANEOUS.
SECTION 1. No person shall be taken, imprisoned, or disseized of his freehold, outlwed, exiled, or in any manner deprived of his life, liberty or property, but by the
judgment of his peers and the law of the land.
SEC. 2. The printing of the laws and journals, bills, legislative documents and papers
for each branch of the General Assembly, and all printing for the Executive and other
departments of State, shall be let to the lowest responsible bidder, by such officers and
in such manner as shall be prescribed by law.
SEC. 3. The General Assembly shall provide by law for the protection of the rights
of women, married and single, in the acquiring and possessing of property, real, personal, and mixed, separate and apart from the husband or other person, and shall also
provide for the equal rights of women in the protection, with the. husband, of their
children, dur ing their minority; also shall provide for the securing of a homestead,
which, without the consent of the wife, she cannot be divested of.
SEC. 4. No person shallI be elected or appointed to any office in this State unless he
possess es the qualification of an elector at the time of his election or appointment.
SEC. 5. There shall be established in the'Secretary of State's office a Bureau of Sta-.
tistics and Agriculture, under such regulations as may be prescribed by law; and provision shall. be made by the General Assembly for the organization and encouragement of
State and County Agricultural Associations.
SEC. 6. Lotteries, gift enterprises, and the sale of lottery and gift-enterprise tickets,
fot any purpose whatever, shall be forever prohibited in the State.
SEC. 7. A homestead of one hundred and sixty acres of laud, or, in lieu thereof, a
house and lot, or other property not exceeding in value two thousand dollars, belonging
to any one family, shall by law be exempted from forced sale under any process of law,
and shall -not be alienated without tlse joint consent of husband and wile, in cases where
that relation exists; but no property shall be exempt fromt sale for taxes or for the payment of obligations contracted for its purchase.
SEC. 8. This State shall have jurisdiction concurrent with the State of Missouri, on
the Missouri river, so far as the said river may be the common boundary of the two
States.,
SEC. 9. For the purpose of preserving the public health, the General Assembly shall
have power to pass general sanitary laws.
*SEC. 10. No lease or grant of agricultural land for a longer period than twelve years,
4ereafter to be made, in which shall be reserved any rent or~servic~e of any kind, shall
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any lease of land, hereafter to be made, shall be void, provided that this article shall i
no wise interfere with the disposition of the school lands of the State.
SEC. 11. In all cases where it shall be necessary to sell any of the lands granted by
Congress, said sales shall not be made without one year's notice through publication in
the county or counties where the lands lie, and an advertisement in two or more central newspapers of the State; and there shall be a valuation of said lands by.disintereted
persons, and no lands shall be sold at a less price than the valuation.
ARTICLE XVII.-BANKS AND CURRENCY.
SECTION 1. No bank shall be established otherwise than under a general banking law.
SEC. 2. If the General Assembly shall enact a general banking law, such law shall
provide for the registry and countersigning by the Auditor of State of all bank notes
or paper credit designed to be circulated as money.
SEC. 3. It shall be further provided that such bank notes or paper credits shall be
amply secured by the deposit with the proper officer of State of bonds of interest-paying
States, or the United States.
SEC. 4. All bills or notes issued as money shall be at all times redeemable in gold or
silver.
SEC. 5. Holders of bank notes shall be entitled, in case of insolvency, to preference
of specie payment, over all other creditors.
SEC. 6. The State shall not be a stockholder in any bank or banking institution.
SEC. 7. All banks shall be required to keep officers and proper offices for the issue
and redemption of their paper, at some convenient point within the State.
Sc. 8. Any general banking law passed by the General Assembly of this State may
at any time be altered, amended, or repealed.
S. 9. No general banking law shall have any force or effect until the same shall
have been submitted to a vote of the electors of the State, at some general election, and
having been approved by a majority of all the votes given on that subject at such electARTICE XVIII.-AMENDMENT.
ARTICLE XVIII.-AmIENDMENTS.
SECTION 1. Propositions for the amendment of this Constitution may be made by
either branch of the General Assembly; and if three-fifths of all the members elected
to each house concur therein, such proposed amendments shall be entered on the journals, witls the yeas and nays; and the Secretary of State shall cause the same to be
published in at least one newspaper in each county of the Slate where a newspaper is
published, for three months preceding the next election for Senators and Representatives, at which time the same shall be submitted to the electors for thcir approval or
rejection; and if a majority of the electors voting on said amendments, at said election,
shall adopt such amendments, the same shall become a part of the Constitution. When
more than one amendment shall be submitted at the same time, they shall be so submitted as to enable the electors to vote on each ausendmnent separately.
SEC. 2. Whenever three-fifths of the members elected to each branch of the General
Assembly shall think it necessary to call a Convention to revise, amend or change this
Constitution, they shall recommend to the electors to vote at the next election of members of the General Assembly for or against a Convention; and if a majority of all the
electors voting at said election shall have voted for a Convention, the General Assembly
shall, at its next regular session, provide by law for calling the same. The Convention
shall consist of as many members as the House of Representatives, and shall be chosen
in the same manner, and shall meet within three months after their election,.at the
Capital of the State, for the purpose aforesaid.
SEC. 3. At the general election to be held in the year one thousand eight hundred
and sixty-three, and in each tenth year thereafter, the question, "Shall there be a Convention to revise, alter or amend the Constitution?" shall be subluitted to the electors
of the State; and in case a majority of the electors voting at such election shall decide
in favor of a Convention, the Geiseral Assembly, at its next regular session, shall provide by law for the election of delegates, and the assembling of such Convention, as
provided in the preceding section; but no amendment or revision of this.Constitution
agreed upon by any Convention in pursuance of this article, shall take~effect until. the
same shall have been submitted to the electors of the State, and adopted by a majority
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SCHEDULE.
ScioN 1. In order that no inconvenience may arise from the change from a Territorial to a State Government, it is declared that no existing rights, suits, prosecutions
(except for political offences), claims or contracts, shall be affected by a change in the
form of government, except as otherwise declared in this Constitution. But no det of
theTerrtory shall be assumed by the State, except by a law passed by a vote of twothirds of each branch of the General Assembly.
SC. 2. This Constitution shall be submitted to a vote of the people for approval or
rejection, on the third Tuesday of May, one thousand eight hundred and fifty-eight.
11The vote shall be by ballot, and those in favor of the Constitution shall write or print
upon thei ballots the words, "For the Constitution," and those opposed to the Constitution shall write or print upon their ballots the words, "Against the Constitution." Said
election shall be conducted according to the provisions of section thirteen of an Act of
the Legislative Assembly of the Territory of Kansas, passed February -, one thousand
eight hundred and fifty-eight, entitled "An act to provide for the election of Delegates
to a Convention to frame a State Constitution."
SE. 3At the same time and place, and under the provisions of the section aforesaid,
of the Act aforesaid, an election shall be held for members of the General Assebly,
for State officers, for Judges, and for Member of Congress to represent the State of Kansas in the Thirty-fifth Congress of the United States.
SE. 4. If this Constitution, upon being submitted to the people, shall be approved
by a majority of the legal votes cast thereon, a copyof the same, certified by the President and Secretary of the Convention, together with a Memorial framed by the Conention, asking admission into the Union, and a certified statement of the vote on the
ratification thereof, shall be transmitted, as soon as practicable, by the Governor, President of the Council, and Speaker of the House of Representatives of the Territory of
Kansas, or any two of'them, to the President and Congress of the United States.
S. 5. Provided this Constitution shall be ratified by the people, then, upon the
admission of Kansas into the Union as a State, this Constitution shall be in full force,
the State officers shall immediately enter upon the performance of their duties, and the
Governor shall immediately, by proclamation, convene the General Assembly.
Smc 6. The members of the first General Assembly shall hold their offices until and
including December thirty-first, one thousand eight hundred and fifty-nine.
SEc. 7. The State officers and Supreme and District Judges elected under this constitution shall hold their respective offices for the same length of time as though their
term of office commenced on January first, one thousand eight hundred And fifty-nine.
SE~c. S. The Governor is authorized to adopt a seal, to be the seal of the State of Kansas, until otherwise provided for by law.
SEC. 9.- Until otherwise provided by law, the State shall be divided into Senatorial
districts, and Senators apportioned to them as follows: The First District shall consist of
Leavenworth county, and shall be entitled to three Senators; the Second District shall
consist of Atchison county, and shall be entitled to one Senator; the Third District shall
-consist of Doniphan county, and shall be entitled to two Senators; the Fourth District
shall consist of Jefferson county, and be entitled to one Senator; the Fifth District shall
consist of the counties of Brown and Calhoun, and shall be entitled to one Senator; the
Sixth District shall consist of the counties of Nemaha, Marshall and Washington, and
shall be entitled to one Senator; the Seventh District shall consist of the counties of
Pottawatomie and Richardson, and shall be entitled to one Senator; the Eighth District'shall consist of the counties of Riley, Clay, Dickinson, Arapahoe, and all the western
part of Kansas, not otherwise attached, and shall be entitled to one Senator; the Ninth
District shall consist of the counties of Breckinridge, Wise and Davis, and shall be entitled to one Senator; the Tenth District shall consist of the counties of Shawnee and
Weller, and shall be entitled to two Senators; the Eleventh District shall consist of the
counties of Butler, Hunter, Woodson, Greenwood, Madison, Godfrey and Wilson, and.shall be entitled to one Senator; the Twelfth District shall consist of the county of Coffey:and shall be entitled to one Senator; the Thirteenth District skall consist of the county'of:Dougl'as, and shall be entitled to two Senators; the Fourteenth District shall consist'of'-the county of Johnson, and be entitled to one Senator; the Fifteenth District shall'consist of the county of Lykins, and be entitled to one Senato r; the Sixteenth District
shall consist of the county of Franklin, and be entitled to one Senator; the Seventeenth




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District shall consist of the county of Anderson, and be entitled to one Senator; the
Eighteenth District shall consist of the county of Linn, and shall be entitled to one
Senator; the Nineteenth District shall consist of the county of Bourbon, and shall be
entitled to one Senator; the Twentieth District shall consist of the counties of Allen,
Dorn and McGee, and shall be entitled to one Senator..
SEC. 10. The State shall be divided into Representative districts, and members apportioned thereto as follows: First District, Leavenworth county, ten members; Second,
Atchison, three; Third, Doniphan, five; Fourth, Jefferson, three; Fifth, Brown, two;
Sixth, Nemaha, two; Seventh, Pottawatomie, two; Eighth, Calhoun, one; Ninth, Marshall and Washington, one; Tenth, Riley, three; Eleventh, Clay and Dickinson, one;
Twelfth, Davis, one; Thirteenth, Wise, one; Fourteenth, Butler and Hunter, one;
Fifteenth, Richardson, one; Sixteenth, Breckinridge, two; Seventeenth, Madison, one;
Eighteenth, Greenwood, one; Nineteenth, Woodson, one; Twentieth, Coffey, two;
Twenty-first,Weller, one; Twenty-second, Shawnee, four; Twenty-third, Doulas, seven
Twenty-fourth, Johnson, three; Twenty-fifth, Lykins, three; Twenty-sixth, Lin, three;
Twenty-seventh, Franklin, two; Twenty-eighth, Anderson, two; Twenty-ninth, Allen,
one; Thirtieth, Bourbon, three; Thirty-first, McGee, Dorn, Wilson and Godfrey, one;
District Number Thirty-two to consist of all the western part of Kansas, not otherwise
attached, including the county of Arapahoe, one member.
SEC. 11. The General Assembly at its first session shall provide for receiving proposals for the location of the seat of Government, and shall publish such proposals and
also a plan for the purchase of a site by the State, and then submit them to a full and
fair vote of the people, at the first general election after such session; and if no proposal or plan submitted shall receive a majority of all the votes cast, then they shall be
submitted at each subsequent ancgeneral election until such choice shall be  ade; and
when a proposal or plan shall be adopted, the Legislature shall provide for the location
at the place or in the manner designated, and for the application of the profits which
may accrue to the State therefrom, to the benevolent institutions of the State; and
when the seat of Government shall have been thus located, it shall not be changed but
by a law ratified by a direct vote of the people; and until the selection provided for in
this section shall be made, Topeka shall be the _eat of Government.
SEC. 12. The first General Assembly shall provide by law for the submission of the,question of universal suffrage to a vote of the people at the first general election- of
members of the General Assembly, provided that the qualifications Of voters a t that
election shall be the same as at the vote on the submission of the Constitution.
M. F. CONWAY, Presideet.
F. G. ADAMS.           AMASA SOULE.           LUCIAN FISHi.
H1. S. BAKER.          J. M. SHEPHERD.        W. W. Ross.
G. M. FULLER.          T. DWIGHT THACHER,   JOHN RITCHIE.
CALEB MAY.             SAM'L N. WOOD.         ALFRED L. WINANS.
CALEB A. WOODWORTH. Wms. V. BARR.             G. D. HUMPHREY.
W. F. M. AENY.         W. D. BEELER.          A. H.. SHURTLEFF.
WILLIAM SPRIGGS.       Jos. F. HAMPSON.       H. AUSTIN.
Wm. L. WEBSTER.        Tseos. H. BUTLER.      H. J. ESsPY.
Wm. R. GRIFFITH.       A. DANFORD.            HENRY J. ADAMS.
B. B. NEWTON..ROBERT EwiNe,.         WMs. H. COFFIN. 
WM. MOCULLOCH.         ROBT. B. MITCHELL.    JOHN C. DOUGLASS.
P. B. PLUMB.           CHAI.s. A. FOSTER.     JAMES DAVIS.
J. R. SWALLOW.         GUSTAVUS A. COLTON.   THOS. EWING, JH.
A. B. ANDERSON.        ALBURTUS KNAPP.        J. P. ]HATTERS'CHE1DT.
ORVILLE ROOT.          J. K. GooDIN.          H. P. JOHNSON.
A. W. WILLIAMS.        J. G. REES.            J. H. LANE.
SAMUEL STEWART.        URIAH COOK.            ALFRED LARZELERE.
Wm. E. BOWKER.         EDWARD LYNDE.          CHAS. S. PERHAM.
R. A. KINZIE.          JAMES MONROE,.  -      HUGH- ROBERTSON.
J. M. ELLIOTT.         A. WV. MCCAUSLIN.      JOSIAH H. PILLSBURY.
JAMES D. ALLEN.        JONATHAN C. TODD.    M. L. ASHMORE.
C. H. BRANSCOMB.       R. U. TORRY.           W. Y. ROBERTS..
JOHN L. BROWN.         JAMES FLETCHER.        THOMAS TROWER.
JAMES S. EMERY.        HRNRY HARVEY.          JAMES TELFER.
CILARLES MAYO.         IF. N. BLAKE.          G. W. K. TWOMBLY.
WE. R. MONTIETH.       ISAAC T. GoODNOW.      JAMES M. WiNC'HELL.
D. PICKERING.          G. WV. HioINBOTMAM.    J. M. WALDEN.
E. S. SCUDDER.         R. M. FISH.
SAMUEL F. TAPPAN, Secretary.
I hereby certify that the above is a correct copy of the Constitutiomo adopted by the,Convention at Leavenworth, April 3d, 1858, from the original draft now in my possession.                             M. F. CONWAY, Presidenst of the Ceonvesstieon.
LEAVENWORTH, APRIL 5, 1858.




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MAY 12.-James W. Denver takes the oath of office as Governor, and
Hugh S.Walsh as Secretary.
Governor Denver orders Samuel Walker, Sheriff of Douglas county, to
arrest the band of lawless armed men acting under James Montgomery.
MAY 18.-Vote on the Leavenworth Constitution, State officers and
Legislature.
Rev.Richard Cordley starts the Congregational Record, at Lawrence.
MAY 19.-The Marais des Cygnes massacre. Tomlinson says Hamiltons party consisted of twenty-five persons. He gives the following names:
Charles A. Hamilton, Dr. John Hamilton, Alvin Hamilton, Luke Yealock,
William Yealock, Thomas Jackson, Brockett, Harlin, Beach, and Mattock.
They lived near or in West Point, Missouri. They reached the Trading
Post, in Linn county, early in the afternoon, and arrested John F. Campbell and G. W. Andrews, who were in the store. William Stillwell was
next arrested. They then made other arrests of Free-State men in the
vicinity, placed the prisoners in Stillwell's wagon, and started towards
Missouri. Soon after, Rev. Charles Reed was arrested, and Andrews was
released.  The prisoners numbered nine.  About three miles from  the
Trading Post they halted. Brockett then came up, with Snyder, the blacksmithas a prisoner.  The prisoners were ordered to form  in line a few
yards from the Ruffians. The order to fire was given, and every FreeState man fell.  Five were killed instantly, and all the others, except one,
badly wounded. The one slightly wounded was, soon after, shot through
the head and killed. The others feigned death. The Ruffians robbed the
bodies and rode off. The murdered men were William Stillwell, Patrick
Ross, Mr. Colpetzer, Michael Robinson, John F. Campbell; the wounded
were William Hairgrove, Asa Hairgrove, Charles Reed, Amos Hall, and
Charles Snyder.
Robert B. Mitchell with a party of men, among them Montgomery, proceeded to West Point in pursuit of the murderers, but came back'without
having-done anything.
The following poem was written by John G. Whittier, and was published
in the Atlantic Monthly, in September, 1858:
LE MARAIS DU CYGNE. *
A blush as of roses       -In the. homes of their rearing,
Where rose never grew!                Yet warm with their lives,
Great drops on the bunch-grass,       Ye wait the dead only,
But not of the dew!                   Poor children and wives!
A taint in the sweet air              Put out the red forge-fire,
For wild hees to shun!                The smith shall not come;
A stain that shall never              Unyoke the brown oxen,
Bleach out in the sun!'The ploughman lies dumb.
Back, steed of the prairies!          Wind slow from the Swan's Marsh,
Sweet. song-bird, fly back!           0 dreary death-traini,
Wheel hither, bald vulture!           With pressed lips as bloodless
Gray wolf, call thy pack!             As lips of the slain!
The foul human vultures               Kiss down the young eyelids,
Have feasted and -fled;               Smooth down the gray hairs;
The wolves of the Border              Let tears quench the curses
Have crept from the dead.             That burn through your prayers.
*Temsar fuamdaduofnigmni otenKna tokplace near theMarais du cygne of the Frenoh
voyageurs.




~184   ~         ANNALS OF KANSAS.                           [1858.
From the hearths of their cabins,  Strong man of the prairies,
The fields of their corn,         Mourn bitter and wild!
Unwarned and unweaponed,          Wail, desolate woman!
The victims were torn,-           Weep, fatherless child!
By the whirlwind of murder        But the grain of God springs up
Swooped up and swept on           From ashes beneath,
To the low, reedy fen-lands,      And the crown of His harvest
The Marsh of the Swan.            Is life out of death.
With a vain plea for mercy       Not in vain on the dial
No stout knee was crooked;        The shade mnoves along
In the mouths of the rifles       To point the great contrasts
Right manly they looked.          Of right and of wrong;
How paled the May sunshine,       Free homes and free altars
Green Marais du Cygne,            And fields of ripe food;
When the death-smoke blew over    The reeds of the Swan's Marsh,
Thy lonely ravine!                Whose bloom is of blood.
On the lintels of Kansas
That blood shall not dry;
Henceforth the Bad Angel
Shall harmless go by;
Henceforth to the sunset,
Unchecked on her way,
Shall liberty follow
The march of the day.
MAY 21.-Twenty men leave Lawrence for "the gold region in the
vicinity of the Rocky Mountains in Kansas." This was the first, or one of
the earliest, expeditions to Pike's Peak, or Colorado.
The journey is pleasantly described by William B. Parsons in the Kansas,
Magazine of June, 1872, vol. I, p. 552.
MAY 29.- Samuel Walker marches to Fort Scott; Montgomery and a
large party of mounted men go with him from iRaysville, leaving, there ~on
the 29th.'Arriving -in Fort Scott, Walker divided the men into three divisions. Tomlinson says: "One company surrounded Sheriff~ Hill's house.
another the Pro-Slavery Hotel (McKay's), and the third the house of the
notorious Clarke "- the murderer of Barber. Clarke defied arrest, but*
Walker arrested him. After leaving town, Walker arrested Montgomery,
for whom also he had a writ. Walker was the Sheriff of Douglas county
and a Deputy U. S. Marshal. On the 30th, at iRaysville, news was brought
to him that Clarke and the other Pro-Slavery men he had arrested in Fort
Scott had been released, without a trial, and were again at large. Walker
then released Montgomery from arrest.
JUNE.-D. H.' Huyett visits Kansas to take sketches for a book.
JUNE 3.- Gains Jenkins killed by James HI. Lane, at Lawrence. The
cause of the difficulty was a contested land claim.
JUNE 3.- Gov. Denver announces August 2d as the day of the election
under the English bill, or act of Congress of May 4th.
JUNE 5.-Alson C. Davis takes the oath of office as United States Attorney.
JUNE 6.-Capt. James Montgomery enters Fort Scott, at midnight.
JUNE 8.- Conference meeting at West Point, Bates county, Mo. Six
delegates went from border counties in Kansas. Bates, Vernon and Jasper
counties, Missouri, were represented by about two hundred men. An agroee



1858.]                  ANNALS OF KANSAS.                             185
ment was signed by the delegates from the two States. It was a pledge
against invasion, from either side of the line, and a promise by the Missourians to assist in bringing to justice Capt. Hamilton and all the men
engaged in the Marais des Cygnes massacre.
JUNE 15.-Gov. Denver, at Fort Scott, makes an agreement with the
citizens of Fort Scott and Bourbon county; he agrees to withdraw the troops,
and they to keep the peace.
JUNE 17.-Abram Lincoln addresses a Republican Convention in Springfield, Ill., and says:
"A house divided against itself cannot stand. I believe this Government cannot
endure permanently half slave and half free. I do not expect the Union to dissolve;
but I do expect it will cease to be divided. It will become all one thing or all the other.
Either the opponents of Slavery will arrest the further spread of it, and place it where
the public mind will rest in the belief that it is in the course of ultimate extinction, or
its advocates will push it forward until it shall become alike lawful in all the States, old
as well as new, North as well as South... We are now far into the fifth year
since a policy was inaugurated with the avowed object and confident promise of putting
an end to Slavery agitation. Under the operation of this policy, that agitation has not
only not ceased, but has constantly augmented."
The debate between Lincoln and Douglas, candidates for the United States
Senate, takes place this summer, and attracts national attention. It proves
to be a canvass for the Presidency.
JUNE 17.-Governor Denver addresses a meeting at Chouteau's Trading
Post, Linn county, and agrees to station Major Weaver on the border with
a force of sixty men, to protect the eastern line of the county. Governor
Robinson and Captain James Montgomery are present, and concur with
Governor Denver in his peace policy.
JUNE 18.-United States Marshal Winston removed, and W. P. Fain
appointed.
JUNE 22.-J. Calhoun, "President of the Constitutional Convention,"l
issues certificates of election to the members of the Legislature under
the Lecompton Constitution, elected December 21, 1857. In a letter from
Nebraska City, dated July 2, 1858, General Calhoun writes to Governor
Denver:
"1For State officers I shall issue no certificates, as I do not deera it my right to do so.
If the Constitution go into operation it will he my duty to convene the Legislature, and
at its meeting I will lay before that body a statement of the returns, or the returns
themselves, and let it determine who are -elected State officers."
JUNE 25.- Captain Nathaniel Lyon, commanding United'States troops
at Fort Scott, writes to Governor Denver that "the agreement made by the
people'here on the occasion of your late visit has been entered upon in good
faith, and to this time fully observed."
JUNE 26.-Commissions issued to A. J. Weaver, Captain., and the other,
officers of the Linn county company, of volunteers, under an act of the
Legislature, "to suppress the disturbances in Bourbon county."
JUNE 30.- Hiram J. Strickler commissioned as -Librarian of the Territory.
JULY.-Joseph Williams and Rush Elmore Associate Justices until the
admission of the State. Elmore was reappointed in place of Cato, who,
leaves the Territory.
JULY 3.- Governor Denver leaves Leavenworth for Washington.




186                            ANNALS OF KANSAS.                                         [1858,
-Organization  of a Board  of Education  for the city  of Leavenworth.
George Wetherell taught the first public school, beginning July 5.
-Ward B. Burnett, of New York, appointed Surveyor General, vice
John Calhoun.
JULY  8.-The Fort Scott Democrat says Sheriff Roberts' has recovered
nearly all the horses stolen by Rev. John E. Stewart. This Stewart sometimes took the name of Captain "Plum," and sometimes of Captain Montgomery, and looked upon all horses as Pro-Slavery.
JULY 13.-A. J. Isacks sends to Secretary Walsh the certificates of the
members of the Legislature elected under the Lecompton Constitution, received by him from John Calhoun, at Nebraska City, with Calhoun's letter.
JULY 14.-Destructive fire in Leavenworth. The Market Hall, Christian Church and many other buildings burned.
JULY 15.-Major T. W. Sherman writes that the troops will be kept in
FortScott, as Governor Denver had last requested.
AUGUST 2.-Vote on the Lecompton Constitution, as submitted by the
English Bill.
DOUGLAS COUNTY.                                   DONIPHAN COUNTY. 
0                                              ci
C1..
Lawrence................................  718  4  White Cloud...........................  61  9
Lecompton.............................. 122  27  Iowa Point............................. 106    100
Franklin................................  75  3  Highland................................  36  1
Bloomington........................... 186   2  Troy.......................85       98
Eudora.................................... 103  -   Elwood.................................... 129  38
Prairie City.............................  123  -   Palermo                            69       7
Palmyra.................................  109  - Wathena................................  40  37
Willow Springs........................ 157    3  Doniphan................................ 160  44
Big Springs.........................   66   - Colum bus................................ 113  27
Coal ('Creek..............................  57   Wolf Creek.............................  53  59
Twin Mound............................  18   1  Geary City..............................  75  1
Blanton...................................  64  -                                   -
927    421
1,785      40          BROWN COUNTY.
SHAWNEE COUNTY.                            Ha41 
H amlin...................................  41  3
Tecumseh................................ 187  29  Hiawatha................................83   1
Brownville..............................  127  1  Plymouth................................  22 
Topeka................................... 246  10  Mt. Roy.................................  21  6
Burlingame............................. 115  - Claytonville............................  68  25'Versailles................................  14  - Locknane................................  28  3
Wakarusa................................  59  1                                     -
243     36
748     41          NEMAHA COUNTY.
LEAVENWORTH COUNTY.                           Seneta.33                              5
[,EAVENWORTH  COUNTY.    ~~~Seneca....................................  33      5
Leavenworth...........................1,610    138  Central City.........................  89   -
Delaware............................  79    75  Wheatland.........................  40
Wyandotte.............................. 203  84  Granada............................. 35 2
Quindaro................................. 130  16  Capioma.................................  30  5
Easton........................  60  41                                              -
Alexandria.............................  68  14                                      227      12
Kickapoo...............................: 53  90         LYKINS COUNTY.
203    Paola.....................           26      27
ATCHISON COUNTY.                           Mianiville.............................  70  20
Atchison.................................  151    140  Stanton.31                             -
221      13  Middle CSrenek1..................................9.  1  -
Sumner...................................  7    6
Richiand........................... 11      18
Pardee....................................   6  8
A rde.5.                                 14  Marysville...............................     23
aene...s.......................... 226   3
Independence.......................... 17    2  O
Xt. Pleasant..........................       35 4
Mt.'                     ~~~~    ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~440  99
Fort William                                  4e........................   14  MGEE COUNTY.
616    260  Shoal Creek............................   14   6




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~.~.        
BOURBON COUNTY.,.                   MADISON COUNTY. 
CZ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~'::.      ~.~
Raysville.................................  53  - Columbia................................  75  -
Mapleton................................  84  1  Eagle City............................  62  -
Marmaton...............................  41  - Hesperia.............................  21   -
Barnesville..............................  46  4-                                         -
Osage......................................  30  -                                   158     -
Mill Creek..............................  26  -          WISE COUNTY.
Drywood................................  50  13  Cottonwood Falls                   30
Drywood.             50  13 ~~~~~~Cottonwood Falls...........30 -
Fort Scott..............................  81  19  Council Grove........................  26  6
Sprattsville..............................  18  -   Diamond Springs.....................   9  -
429     37                                        65      6
ALLEN COUNTY.                                   HUNTER COUNTY.
Cottage Grove..........................  23  -   Eldorado.................................  23  -
Deer Creek..............................  23  -
Cofachique..............................  78  18        RILEY COUNTY.
Humboldt..............................  85  6  Randolph................................  30  -
Martin's Creek........................ 65  -   Ogden...................................  42  17
Osage.....17                               -   Manhattan............................ 132   1
Wray's........................  65  -   Kent......................................  23  2
_-     -      Republican.............................   31  2
268     23                                       -
DORN COUNTY.                                                               258      22
JEFFERSON COUNTY.
Osage Mission..........................  -  9
Grasshopper Falls................... 166    6
ANDERSON COUNTY.                          Oskaloosa................................  93  15
Hyatt......................................  55   Osawkee................................  75  25
Shannon................................. 109  3  Hardtville...............................  77  63
Cresco40                                     1  Rising Sun.........................         420 
CRisin.................................    40 
Addington.32  ---
Addington...................................  32 -
W alker....................................   70                                   441     151
Walker.70              -                                      ~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~441    151
CALHOUN COUNTY.
313      4  Jefferson Township.................  61      8
LINN COUNTY.                           Holton....................................  99  13
o~tosi.~ 44             4 Douglas.l.....90  11
Centreville..............................  79  -                                   250      32
Mound City.............................. 150  2 250 32
Scott.58                                     8        R1CHARDSON COUNTY.
S ot.......................................   5 
Liberty...................................  13  -   Mission Creek..........................  19  -
Tate.......................................  57  2  Wabaunsee..............................  71  -
Breckinridge...........................  21  27  Wilmington...........................  38  -
-      Alma............................  16  -
422  43                                        -         -
FRANKLIN COUNTY.                                                              144      -
Centropolis........................   155  -          WOODSON COUNTY.
Ohio City.................................  52  3  Reeder........'
Ottawa...................................  45  1  Belmont.............................. 121  2
Peoria... 59   2 Neosho FallsJ
Pottawatomie..........................  65  -
DAVIS COUNTY.
376       6  Ashland.................................  27  5
JOHNSON COUNTY.                          Riley.......................................  42  16
Lexington..............................  29  39  Zeandale.........................   54     6
Monticello...................' 14     9                                     -       -
Shawnee.80                                  41                                       123     27
Oxford...................................  1  1
Oxford...............................13    16          COFFEY COUNTY.
McCamish...............................  77  5  Burlington.............................. 120  -
Spring Hill..............................  37  5  Neosho City...........................   64  1
Gardner.................................. 100  3  LeRoy.................................... 180  15
Aubrey...................................   5  6  Ottumwa................................  -  2
Olathe....................................  69  31                                 -       -
~~-~~~                                       ~~ 364  18
424    154      POTTAWATOMIE COUNTY.
BRECKINRIDGE COUNTYJuit.34
BRECKINRIDGE COUNTY.                         Juniata...................................  39  4
Emporia................................. 104  - St George...............................  58  3
Kansas Centre........................  33   2  Louisville................................  37  1
Americus.................................  20  - Shannon..................................  16  -
Agnes City..............................  20  2  Vienna...................................  46  -
Cottonwood.............................  17  -   Pottawatomie..........................  40
194      4i                                      236      8




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The official result was declared to be 1,788 for the proposition, and 11,300
against it; majority against it, 9,512. The proclamation was signed by
J. W. Denver, Hugh S. Walsh, A. C. Davis, and G. W. Deitzler-C. W.
Babcock being absent. Some returns were not counted that are given in
the foregoing table.
AUGUST.-Jacob Stotler unites with P. B. Plumb in publishing the Emporia News. The News, White Cloud Chief, and Leavenworth Times were
established in 1857.
-E. R. Smith appointed United States Mail Agent.
AUGUST 5.-Governor Denver writes to Fort Leavenworth that  oops
are no longer needed at Fort Scott.
AUGUST 13.-Rush Elmore takes the oath of office as Associate Justice
of the Supreme Court.
SEPTEMBER 1.-The Massasoit House opened at Atchison, by Thoma
Murphy.
SEPTEMBER. -A Masonic Lodge organized at Emporia. Lawrence D.
Bailey, W. M.; C. V. Eskridge, Secretary.
Frank F. Barclay starts a French paper, L' Estafette du Kansas, at
Leavenworth.
-Asa Hairgrove and William  Hairgrove, of Linn county, bring suit
gainst Charles A. Hamilton, Algernon Hamilton, James Tate, Lewis
Henderson, W. B. Brockett and others, for shooting and dangerously
wounding them  on the 19th of May.
-Hockaday, Burr & Co. begin outfitting trains at Atchison for Salt Lake.
-Charles Hays, who murdered Buffum in 1856, is arrested at Atchison.
-The Minnie Belle makes a trip to Manhattan.
-"Pike's Peak"~ becomes the leading topic of the Kansas press.
- Samuel J. Jones, the notorious ex-Sheriff of Douglas county, who led
the expedition against Lawrence, May 21, 1856, is appointed Collector of
the district Paso del Norte. G. W. Clarke, the murderer of Barber, is made
a Purser in the Navy.
- Colonel Titus leaves for Sonora.
-W. W. & E. G. Ross retire from the Topeka Tribune. The paper was
revived by Farnsworth & Cummings.
SEPTEMBER 5.-Governor Denver resigns, to take effect October 10th.
SEPTEMBER 18. -Governor Denver writes to Secretary Cass that Captain
Weaver's company has been the means of preserving the peace in the
southern part of the Territory, but that he intends to discharge it November 6th.
OCTOBER 4.-Election of members of the House (Territorial Legislature),
and Territorial. Superintendent of Common Schools.
FIRST DISTRICT - LEAVENWORTH COUNTY-Eight Members.
Adam Fisher.....................931 A. M. Clark.....................1110
Fred. Brown.....................891 James L. McDowell...............1142
W. P. Gambell...................914 Lyman Scott....................1109
0. B. Hohnan.....................819 Charles F. Kob.loll................1
Pascal S. Parks...................916 W. Y. Roberts...................1313
I. A. S.- Hanford...................924 John W. Wright..................1002
Philip-T. Colby...................901 James Medill...................1101
George P. Nelson..................923 0. M. Marsh....................1100
Su~perntendent of Schools.
Perry Fuller (Dem.)................405 1 S. W. Greer (F. S.).................436




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SECOND DISTRICT-ATCHISON-Three Members.
John B. Irvin...................................... 492  S. J. H. Snyder.................................... 422
H. Weider........................................... 534  D. McIntyre........................... 460
L. Dickerson....................................... 562  A. D. Richardson........................... 369
Superintendent of Schools.
S. W. Greer............................................................................................................ 429
THIRD DISTRICT-DONIPHAN-Five Members.
Ward L. Lewis.................................... 243  John F. Sparks................................... 271
Robert Graham................................... 236  Benjamin Wrigley............................... 272
A. Larzelere........................................ 259  Joseph Penny...................................... 278
A. J. Allison....................................... 237  J. W. Shepherd.................................... 275
Thomas Stevenson.............................. 242  Wm. C. Croft....................................... 25
Iowa, Washington, and Wolf River townships not counted in the official abstract.
Superintendent of Schools.
John Bayless............... 211  -    Hill........................ 194  S. W. Greer...................37
FOURTH AND FIFTH DISTRICTS-BROWN AND NEMAHA.
George Graham...................... 129  H. Sutherland.......................................28
H. H. Patterson...................................73  Lloyd D. Ashby....................         2
SIXTH DISTRICT-MARSHALL.
Thrown out; "voted by ballot, contrary to law."
SEVENTH DISTRICT-JEFFERSO-wN-WO Members.
Henry Owens...................................... 212  Edward Lynde.................................... 231
Franklin Finch............................. 279  Daniel W. Guernsey............................ 229
H. G. Turner.................................  97
Superintendent of Schools.
S. W. Greer........................................... 17 [ Perry Fuller.......................................... 
EIGHTH DISTRICT-CALHOUN-One Member.
Golden Silvers..................................... 163 I Martin Anderson................................ 104
Superintendent of Schools.
S. W. Greer.....................................................................................................  107
NINTH DISTRICT-RILEY AND POTTAWATOMIE-TwO Members.
Abraham  Barry...........  133 [ Thomas R. Points......... 231 [ Daniel L. Chandler.........9
Superintendent of Schools.
J. H. Noteware.................................... 120 I Isaac T. Goodnow.................................92
TENTH DISTRICT-DOUGLAS AND JOHNSON-Eight Members.
Rtobert Morrow................................. 1342  P. H. Townsend................................. 986
C. H. Branscomb................................ 1311  A. Curtiss........................................... 915
Levi Woodard................................... 1357  H. J. Canniff.....................................  976
F. F. Bruner....................................... 421  John Lockhart................................... 1015
P. H. Berkaw.................................... 437  J. E. Corliss.......................................  227
Samuel Shore.................................... 417
J. B. Hovey....................................... 1296
David Martin......... 443
Superintendent of Schools.
S. W. Greer.............. 1103 I Perry Fuller.................. 130  l W. F. M. Arny...............6
ELEVENTH DISTRICT-SHAWNEE-One Member.
George B. Holmes................................ 311 1 A. L. Winans........................................ 258
Superintendent of Schools.
S. W. Greer.................... 347 j W. F. M. Arny............... 89   erry Fuller............   4
TWELFTH TO SIXTEENTH DISTRICTS-RICHARDSON, DAVIS, WISE, BRECKINRIDGE, WELLER, MADISON, BUTLER, HUNTER, GREENWOOD, BOURBON, (GODFREY, WILSON, DORN,.
MCGEE, WOODSON, COFFEY, ALLEN, ANDERSON, AND FRANKLIN.
L. D. Bailey........................................ 898  A.G. Osborn........................64
T. R  Roberts........................... 975  J. B. Scott............................................45
William  Spriggs..................................1090  William B. Marshall..............       35
A. L. Dunn.......  233
Superintendent of Schools.
W. F. M. Arny....................... 283 I S. W. Greer...........................................49
J. H. Noteware.......................... 61  Perry Fuller................................... 1




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SEVENTEENTH DISTRICT —LINN-t0 Members.
A. Danford........................................... 344 A. Curtiss...................146
R. B.Mitchell.323 | Robert Ewing.....................
Superintendent of Schools......................................... 170  W. F. M. Arny....................... 141
EIGHTEENTH DISTRIG-LYKINS-TwO Members.
M. F. Holaday....................   363 Samuel H. Houser............231
Abram Ellis....................................... 273 William Walters.................208
Superintendent of Schools................. W. Greer...... 161 I J. H. Noteware................. 22 I W. F. M. Arny.
OCTOBER. -Arapahoe county, covering the Pike's Peak region, is organized by Gov. Denver, and officers appointed.
OCTOBR 10.-On the resignation of Gov. Denver, Secretary Hugh S.
Walsh becomes Acting Governor.
OCTOBER 25.-Win. H. Seward makes a speech at Rochester New York,
in which he says:
"Shall I tell you what this collision means? They who think it is accidental, unnecessary, the work of interested or fanatical agitators, and therefore ephemeral, mistake
the case altogether. It is an irrepressible conflict between opposing and enduring
forces, and it means that the United States must and will, sooner or later, become
either entirely a slaveholding nation, or entirely a free-labor nation.It is
the failure to comprehend this great truth that induces so many unsuccessful attempts
at final compromise between the Slave and Free States, and it is the existence of this
greatfact that renders all such pretended compromises, when made, vain and ephemeral. Startling as this saying may appear to you, fellow-citizens, it is by no means an
riginal or even a modern one."
NOVEMBER 9. -Gov. Denver issues a parting address to the people.
NOVEMBER 10.- A letter from Osage, in the Leavenworth Journal, says::
"George W. Clarke, a pet in the Land Office at Fort Scott, was the real cause
of all the troubles in that region, and a company of dragoo ns had to be
stationed there to protect him from the merited vengeance of an outraged.
people." He says Clarke "in the summer of 1856, plundered, robbed and
burned out of house and home nearly every Free-State settler in. Linn.
county, while his hands were steeped in innocent blood, and the light of
burning buildings marked his course."~
NOVEMBER 12.- Capt. James Montgomery learns that he has been indicted for destroying the ballot-box at Sugar Mound, on the 4th of January.
- On the three following days and -nights several persons in: Linn co unty
are jayhawked, and the crimes are charged to Montgomery's band.
NOVEMBER 16. -The houses of Poyner and Lemon, near Fort Scott, are
robbed. Ben.- Rice, indi~ted for the murder of Travis, is arrested and
lodged in the Fort Scott jail.
Nov'EMBER 19. - Samuel Medary appointed Governor.
NOVEMBER 20.-Jeremiah S. Black, U. S. Attorney General, decides
that the Legislature had no right to take the seat of Government away.
from Lecompton.
NOVEMBER 23. -Hugh S. Walsh, Acting Governor, says: "The notorious James Montgomery, encouraged by the support of a leading Republican press in the Territory, has recommenced his system of marauding and
plundering in the county of Linn."




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NOVEMBER 25.-Democratic Territorial Convention at Leavenworth.
Called to order by Col. Dickey, of Topeka.  President, Joel K. Goodin.
Vice Presidents, M. C. Dickey, A. J. Isacks, E. S. Dennis, H. P. Petriken,
W. H. Gill, Daniel Killen, W. P. Badger, W. P. Campbell, James Garvin
Jeremiah Murphy, Isaac E. Eaton, John H. McDowell, H. Miles Moore,
James Christian. Secretaries, Cyrus L. Gorton, R. D. Campbell, S. W.
Driggs, Lucien J. Eastin, Frank F. Barclay, C. H. McLaughlin.
Cyrus F. Currier and Alson C. Davis conducted the President to the
chair. John A. Halderman, R. N. Sherwood, Saunders W. Johnston, A. C.
Davis, S. K. Husoh, Dr. James Davis, H. B. Denman, and F. F. Bruner,
reported the following resolutions:
W rea, The causes which have hitherto divided and estranged the people of Kansas no longer exist; and
Wheres, The members of this Convention, animated by a sincere devotion to the
Constitution and the Union, the rights of the States and the sovereign and the reserved
rights of the people; and being profoundly impressed with the importance and necessity of a political organization which shall embody and render effeibctive these sentiments, we do hereby agree to unite and be known as the Democratic party of Kansas:
and as such,
"eslved, That we affirm our abiding faith and confidence in the principles of the
Democratic party, as enunciated in the Cincinnati Platform.
2. That the people of this Territory are indebted to the Democratic party for the
passage of the Kansas-Nebraska Act, which opened this magnificent domain to settlement, and recognized their sovereign right and their capacity to form and regulate their
institutions in their own way.
3. That we repudiate the dogma of the Republican party'that Congress has sovereign power over the Territories of the United States for their government, as a denial
of the right and capacity of the people to govern themselves, and declare our devotion
to the principles of popular sovereignty, and our hostility to Congressional despotism.
"4. That great danger is to be apprehended from the negro Iequality tendencies of
the Republican party, as manifested in their conventions; and inasmuch as the slavery
question is settled beyond the possibility of further controversy, we hereby declare in
favor of the entire exclusion of free negroes from the future State of Kansas.
"15. That in view of the many hardships to which set tlers upon public lands are subjected, and the enhanced value which they confer upon the lands held by Government,
we would most respectfully but urgently press upon Congress the justice and propriety
of selling a quarter-section of land to every actual settler who shall remain upon and
improve the land for three consecutive years, at the actual cost of survey, and issuing a
patent, and that all public lands in this Territory be withdrawn from the market for
three years, and left open to pre-emptors.
"16. That we most respectfully but earnestly urge upon the General Government the.necessity of immediately extinguishing the Indian title to the Reservations within this
Territory, and opening the same for settlement under the pre-emption law.
"17. That we confidently appeal to the justice and liberality of the General Government in behalf of public improvements in this Territory, and urge that a generous
grant of the public lands, and liberal appropriations, be made in aid of railroads, wagonroads, bridges, and all necessary Territorial and county buildings.
"8. That our rich mineral resources deserve the fostering care of the Government,
and that we urge a wise and liberal legislation in aid of the, development especially of
the iron, copper, lead and gold fields of the Territory.
"19. That in addition to the lands already set apart for school purposes, we claim from
the Government such additional grants as will make good the loss from Indian Reservations and pre-emptions before surveys were made; and also ample endowments for a
male and female university; and that we respectfully urge the propriety of perfecting
the title to the Territory, that the people therein may immediately enjoy the benefits
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"10. That the Democracy of Kansas are in favor of the establishment and liberal
endowment of free schools for the education of the children of the Territory.
"11. That indemnity for all losses sustained in the past political troubles in Kansas,
should be fully and promptly made by the General Government, and that a commission
should be immediately appointed to ascertain and adjust them.
"12. That we demand of the Legislative Assembly of this Territory the immediate
revision of the present Representative apportionment, so that the people may e fully
and fairly represented in that body."
Among those who took part in the Convention were Samuel A. Stinson,
0. B. Holman, P. T. Colby and Judge George W. Purkins.
NOVEMBER 27.-There are now twenty newspapers in the Territory.
Lawrence has 2; Lecompton, 1; Topeka, 1; Emporia, 1; Junction City, 1;
Wyandotte, 2; Leavenworth, 5; Atchison,2; Palermo, 1; Troy, 1; White
Cloud, 1; Elwood, 1; Fort Scott, 1.
DECEMBER 1.- Samuel Medary takes the oath of office as Governor,
before Chief Justice Taney, at Washington. The oath recorded at Lecompton December 18th.
-A meeting of citizens of Bourbon county held at Ray's Mill. W. R.
Griffith, President; J. E. Jones, Secretary. They repudiate violence and
lawlessness, and pledge themselves to bring the guilty to pnishment. A
motion to go to Fort Scott and release Ben. Rice was withdrawn.
DECEMBER 11.-Poles for the telegraph are up as far as Leavenworth,
via Jefferson and Kansas Cities.
DECEMBER 16.-Captain Montgomery, with sixty-eight men, enters Fort
Scott and releases Benjamin Rice, a Free-State prisoner and Jayhawker.
J. 11. Little, who -had fired on Montgomery's men, was killed, and his store
jayhawked.
DECEMBER 17. -Gov. Medary arrives at Lecompton.
DECEMBER 20. -John Brown and his men go into Missouri and liberate
fourteen slaves. The Governor of Missouri offers a reward of $3,000, and
President Buchanan $250, for the arrest of Brown. Brown goes north
through Kansas with his negroes. At Holton an attempt by men from
Atchison to capture him ends in a failure. The retreat of the Pro-Slavery
men is called " The Battle of the Spurs." The next Legislature passed an
amnesty act for" "criminal offences growing out of any political diffrence
of opinion."
DECEMBER 28.- Gov. Medary informs President Buchanan and the
commanding officers at Forts Leavenworth and Riley of the disturbances
created by Montgomery in Bourbon, Linn and Lykins counties, and asks
for military assistance.
- Sentinel started at Junction City; Benj. H. Keyser, editor; Geo. W.
Kingsbury, printer. Soon after', the'Statesman appeared, published by
Kingsbury and W. S. Blakely. This was succeeded by the Kansas Statesmain, by Samuel A. Medary.
DECEMBER 31. - Gov. Robert M. Stewart, of Missouri, telegraphs that
he will aid the Governor of Kansas.
DECEMBER 31. -A book published with the following title: "Kansas.
in Eighteen Fifty-Eight: Being chiefly a history of the Recent Troubles in
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of the American family. She is buffeted; she is insulted; she is smitten
and disgraced; she is turned out of the dwelling, and the door locked
against her. There is always, however, a fairy that takes care of the
younger daughter, if she be the most honest, the most virtuous, the meekest
and the most enduring of the domestic household.'-Speech of Win. H.
Seward in the U. S. Senate, 1858. New York: H. Dayton, Publisher.
1859." The book is dedicated to Rev. Henry Ward Beecher, "the unwavering friend of Kansas." It contains 304 pages. Mr. Tomlinson spent
the summer of 1858 in Linn and Bourbon counties, riding with Montgomery and associating with the Free-State men. His book is a defence of the
course pursued by the Free-State men in the southeast, and a grateful tribute
to James Montgomery. It reads like a romance, and will grow more attractive as the years go by. There are no bad Free-State men in it, and no
good Pro-Slavery men. The writer lived on an Indian pony, and was fascinated with the scenery, the climate, the men and the life he found on the
border- as hundreds of other young men were in those days. The following sketch of Montgomery is compiled from its pages. He was born in
Ohio, in 1813: while a child, his parents removed to Kentucky. He joined
the Campbellite church and became a preacher. In 1854, Montgomery
moved to Missouri, and came into Kansas soon after it was opened for settlement. He settled in Linn county, at the head of Little Sugar creek, a
branch of the Marais des Cygnes. He was a leading Free-State man from
the beginning. In 1856, the Pro-Slavery General Clarke sent a squad of
Ruffians to Montgomery's house to arrest him; Montgomery was absent;
his house was burned. Many attempts were made to arrest Montgomery,
but they failed. Linn was a Pro-Slavery county. The Pro-Slavery leaders
inaugurated the bushwhacking policy; they plundered and drove from
their homes Free-State men. Montgomery made no attempt to retaliate
until 1857, when he formed the "Self-Protective Company," and took the
field. He warned the leading Pro-Slavery men of the county to leave the
Territory. They obeyed, peace followed, and Montgomery returned to his
home.
In December, 1857, the Free-State settlers on the Little Osage river, in
Bourbon county, sent for Montgomery. In the summer of 1856, General
Clarke drove off the Free-State settlers on that river. In 1857, many of
these men came back and attempted to recover their homes. The ProSlavery county officers issued writs for the arrest of these robbed and plundered Free-State men, many of whom had been indicted. They retaliated
by organizing a Free-State "Squatter Court," in opposition to the U. S.
Court of Judge Joe. Williams, at Fort Scott. Pro-Slavery men were
brought before this Court, and compelled to restore the claims and stock
stolen from Free-State settlers. On the 16th of December, 1857, Deputy
U. S. Marshal Little, of Fort Scott, with a formidable posse, attempted to
capture the Squatter Court. A fight ensued; one of Little's men was killed,
two badly wounded, and several horses shot; and Little retired, with his
writs in his pocket, and no prisoners. Montgomery then warned and drove
off the Pro-Slavery men who occupied Free-State claims, on the Little
Osage and the Marmaton, and retired to Raysville, in Bourbon county.
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Six Free-State men arrested by Little were imprisoned in Fort Scott; after
some weeks of imprisonment, all but one, Beason, escaped.
On the 4th of January, 1858, Montgomery destroyed a ballot:box, at
Sugar Mound, Linn county. He was opposed to voting for State officers
under the Lecompton Constitution, and the box he destroyed was the one
containing those ballots.
The troubles on the Little Osage led Governor Denver to order a company of dragoons to Fort Scott. This encouraged the Ruffians to revive
their old policy. On the night of the 27th of March, 1858, they made a
raid on the Little Osage. Mr. Denton, a Free-State man, was assassinated.
He lived two hours, and charged the crime to Brockett and Hardwick.
The house of Mr. Davis was then visited, fired into, and Davis slightly
wounded. The next victim was Mr. Hedrick, who was instantly killed
while standing in the doorway of his own house.
Soon after this, Montgomery with eight men crossed the Marmaton, near
Fort Scott, in pursuit of horse-thieves. His presence soon became known,
and Captain Anderson, of the regular army, took some thirty of his dragoons, and went out to arrest the irregulars. There was a chase over the
prairie. Montgomery halted at a deep ravine on Yellow Paint creek. It
could only be approached in front. His men threw themselves from their
horses, and formted in line. Three times Anderson was ordered to halt.
He continued to advance, and was fired upon. The regulars fired once,
wheeled and fled. One dragoon was killed, one mortally wounded; Anderson was wounded, and his horse shot under him. One Free-State man was
slightly wounded. This was the first and only time that the Free-State men
resisted and fired upon U. S. troops.
The murderers arrested by Samuel Walker, at Fort Scott, having been
released, Montgomery decided on striking a blow on that Pro-Slavery
stronghold, "to convince the citizens that unless there was a change their
town must fall." On the night of June 6th he left his headquarters on the
Marmaton, and took up the march for Fort Scott. Attempts were made to
fire the Fort and the Pro-Slavery Hotel, but they failed. Citizens came out
to extinguish the fires, "but scarcely had they collected before a fire was
opened upon them by the men of Montgomery." One dwelling-house "received several bullets," and another "was completely riddled with balls."
Had the town been burned, history would have classed this raid with
Quantrell's at Lawrence, in 1863. Montgomery retreated with his men
to the Big Bend of the Marmaton, five miles off, awaiting an attack at daylight. None was made.
Governor Denver left Lawrence June 9th, with Governor Charles Robinson, Judge John Wright, A. D. Richardson, Lewis N. Tappan, Edmund
Babb and others, for Fort Scott. Montgomery joined the party at Moneka,
Linn county. At Raysville, Bourbon county, Governor Denver made a
speech. His terms of peace are thus reported by Tomlinson:
1. The withdrawal of United States troops from Fort Scott.
2. The election of new county officers in Bourbon county.
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4. The suspension of the execution of all old writs until their legitimacy
is authenticated before the proper tribunal.
5. The abandonment of'the field by Montgomery and his men, and all
other parties of armed men, whether Free-State or Pro-Slavery.
Montgomery immediately accepted these terms.
At Fort Scott Gov. Denver made a speech, and presented the same terms.
The Pro-Slavery men were dissatisfied. Judge Wright, a Free-State man,
followed Gov. Denver; his statements were disputed by ex-Gov. Ransom,
and a bloody collision was nearly provoked. Gov. Denver left Fort Scott
June 16th. Montgomery disbanded his men, the troops left Fort Scott, and
Capt. Weaver was stationed at the Trading Post with a company of soldiers
to protect the border.
Mr. Tomlinson thus describes Montgomery's residence:
"A rude log building, not exceeding ten by twelve in dimensions, situated on a gentle
elevation; the height of the structure not over eight feet; the whole covered with a
rough shed roof of split strips of oak."
The following portrait of Montgomery is copied from a letter published
in the New York Evening Post, in 1858:
"In conversation he talks mildly, in a calm, even voice, using the language of a cultivated, educated gentleman. His antecedents are unexceptionable; he was always a
Free-State man, although coming from a Slave State, where he was noted as a good citizen, and for his mild, even temperament. In his daily conduct he maintains the same
character now; but when in action, and under fire, he displays a daring fearlessness,
untiring perseverance, and an indomitable energy that has given him the leadership in
this border warfare. His discretion, courage, and acknowledged ability, have gained
him what he will continue to receive-the confidence and support of the southern tier
of counties. Montgomery's enrolled company numbers from four to five hundred men,
all of whom are old residents of the Territory, and are, consequently, familiar with the
peculiar mode of fighting pursued by the Border Ruffians. Some of them are desperate
men, and could their histories be told, you would not wonder that they followed their
Border-Ruffian persecutors to the bitter end. There are two boys in that company
whose dying father charged them to avenge his cowardly murder. Five bullets pierced
his body as he stepped from the door-sill to extend the hospitalities of his cabin to his
murderers. Oth'ers have been robbed at home, or on the highways, and not one of them
but what has suffered some outrage or indignity from those villains headed by Brockett,
Hamilton, Clarke and Titus. Notwithstanding every incentive to retaliate actuates
these men to demand blood for blood, yet Montgomery is able to control and direct them.
He truly tempers justice with mercy, and he has always protected women and children
from harm, and has never shed blood except in conflict, or in self-defence. Such is the
portrait of the Kansas Hero-James Mohtgomery."
1859.
JANUARY 3.- Meeting of the Territorial Legislature, at Lecompton.
Members of the Council: Lyman Allen, Robert Crozier, Luther D. Challis,
Edwin S. Nash, David Sibbet, Cyrus K. Holliday, Benjamin Harding, Andrew J. Mead, A. G. Patrick, Joseph P. Root, Carmi W. Babcock, John
Wright, and 0. E. Learnard.
Officers of the Council: President, C. W. Babcock; Vice President, C. K.
Holliday; Secretary, A. Smith Devenney; Sergeant-at-Arms, P. Wiley;
Doorkeeper, Asaph Allen; Assistant Secretary, G. A. Colton; Docket
Clerk, E. P. Heberton. Message from Governor Medary. It is a calm
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Members of the House: First District, Wm. Y. Roberts, John W. Wright,
Lyman Scott, A. M. Clark, J. L. McDowell, James Medill and 0. M.
Marsh, of Leavenworth county; Second, Luther Dickerson, Harrison Weider and J. B. Irvin, of Atchison county; Third, A. Larzelere, Ward L.
Lewis, A. J. Allison and Thomas Stevenson, of Doniphan county; Fourth
and Fifth, George Graham, of Nemaha county; Sixth, T. S. Vaile, of Marsall county; Seventh, Franklin Finch and Edward Lynde, of Jeffrson
county; Eighth, Golden Silvers, of Calhoun county; Ninth, Abraham
Barry, of Riley county; Tenth, Robert Morrow, Charles H. Branscomb,
P. H. Townsend, Levi Woodard, H. J. Canniff and A. Curtiss, of Douglas
county, and John Lockhart, of Johnson county; Eleventh, George B.
Holmes of Shawnee county; Twelfth and Thirteenth, William Spriggs, of
Anderson county; Twelfth, Thirteenth, Fourteenth and Fifeeh, L. D.
Bailey, of Breckinridge county; Fourteenth, Fifteenth and Sixteenth, T.
R. Roberts, of Bourbon county; Seventeenth, R. B. Mitchell and A. Danford, of Linn county; Eighteenth, M. F. Holaday and William Walters,
of Lykins county. John B.-Irvin was elected Speaker pro tem., and Chas.
H. Branscomb Clerk pro tern.
Officers of the House: Speaker, A. Larzelere; Chief Clerk, Byron P.
Ayres; Assistant Clerk, P. P. Elder; Sergeant-at-Arms, Geo. F. Warren;
Doorkeeper, Geo. W. Smith, jr.; Journal Clerk, A. D. Richardson; Chaplain, Rev. E. Nute; Engrossing Clerk, A. C. Soley; Docket Clerk, John
M. Funk; Enrolling Clerk, S. C. Smith.
Governor Medary transmits the report of H. J. Strickler, Commissioner
to audit claims for losses during the troubles. The claims presented to the
Commissioner amounted to $301,225.11; amount awarded, $254,279.28.
They have been sent to Congress, and referred to the Committee on
Claims. The Comptroller estimates the taxable property of, the Territory at $25,000,000. In the Delaware Land District (Kickapoo Land
Office), 1,196,129.19 acres of land have been sold; at the Lecompton Land
Office, 1,095,313.09. The town-site property sold in trust for the Delaware
Indians amounted to $28,612.25. The Legislature' is asked to give its attention to the serious disturbances in Bourbon and Linn counties.
JANUARY 4.-Legislature adjourns to Lawrence.
JANUARY 6.-The Leavenworth Constitution is submitted to the U. S.
Senate, with a petition asking the admission of Kansas under it. No action
is taken.
JANUARY 7.-Legislature meets at Lawrence. Rev. Charles Reynolds
elected Chaplain of'the Council. J. J. Ingalls elected Engrossing Clerk.
-Sheriff Samuel Walker reports the disturbances in Linn and Botirbon
counties, caused by John Brown and James Montgomery. He says Montgomery will cease fighting if the Pro-Slavery men he had run out will
stay out, and his men are not punished for their recent acts.
- Gov. Stewart sends a Special. Message to the Missouri Legislature on
the invasio n of southwest Missouri by Kansans.
JANUARY 8.- Capt. W. S. Walker, U. S. A., is ordered to Fort Scott.
Capt. A. I. Weaver is ordered by Gov. Medary to enroll a company of men.
JANUARY 9.-T. Dwight Thacher is elected Public Printer, receiving 241




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votes, to 11 for P. B. Plumb. The Secretary of the Territory continued to
control the printing; he authorized it to be done by Joel K. Goodin, who
employed Geo. W. Brown to do the work.
JANUARY 10.- P. T. Colby, of Quindaro, appointed United States
Marshal.
JANUARY 11.-Message from Gov. Medary to the House, in regard to the
difficulties in Linn and Bourbon counties. It gives an account of Montgomery's raid on Fort Scott, Dec. 16th, the killing of J. H. Little, release
of Benj. Rice, the pillaging of the Fort Scott Hotel and Little's store, and
the stealing of fifteen negroes by Capt. Brown. One statement made to him
is this: "Good citizens, that formerly sustained those men, begged to have
something done to stop the'Jay-Hawking,' as they termed it, or their counties would be depopulated."
Montgomery was asked' if no means could be devised by which he could be induced
to desist driving men out of the Territory for opinion's sake?' His reply was,'that if
the Governor would give it to him, in black and white, that none of his men should be
arrested for anything that had been done; and that the Pro-Slavery men that he had
run out should stay out; and that Sheriff Bull should be removed, and Mr. Moore appointed in his stead-then they would stop, and that he would assist the ofcers to
enforce the laws: if not, he would fight it out.'
"Capt. Brown was fortifying himself on Sugar creek, some twelve miles from the
State line. He says he will resist any officers sent to take him."
The Secretary of the Interior authorizes Gov. Medary "to offer a reward
of 250 each, for the apprehension of Capts. Montgomery and Brown." The
message is referred to a special committee. That committee reported that
-it would sustain the Governor in all legal measures to restore peace.
JANUARY 12.-The Legislature elects Win. McKay, Ed. S. Lowman and
James McCahon Codifying Commissioners.
JANUARY 12.-Capt. Walker, U. S. A., on orders from Washington, is
commanded to return.
JANUARY 15.-The report of H. J. Strickler, Commissioner for Auditing.Claims, is published in the House Journal, pp. 83 to 96. He was appointed
under an act of 1857,2 to audit claims for property lost since the organization
of the Territory.
JANUARY 16.- Ep. Ransom and 116 citizens of Fort Scott petition the
Governor to establish martial law in Linn, Bourbon, Allen and Anderson
-counties.
JANUARY 16.- Colonel Sumner returns to the command of Fort Leavenworth.
JANUARY 19.-Captain James Montgomery makes a speech in the Congregational Church, Lawrence, defending his course in Linn and Bourbon
counties.
JANUARY 21.- Governor Medary writes to Secretary Cass that he has
received his commission, dated December 22, 1858.
JANUARY 24.- Charley Fisher, a fugitive slave, is rescued by Free-State
men, at Leavenworth. Lewis Ledyard Weld, D. R. Anthony, Champion
Vaughan, George W. Gardiner, David H. Bailey, Robert W. Hamer and
other Republicans were engaged in giving Fisher his freedom. In Leav*~enwor, Fisher was a barber. In Mississippi, after the war, he became a




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State Senator. One of the cases arising out of this rescue is reported in
McCahon's Reports.
JANUARY 25.-Dr. John Doy and Charles Doy, his son, with thirteen
Missouri slaves, arrested in Kansas, are taken to Weston, Mo., and placed
in the Platte county jail. Charles afterwards escaped.
JANUARY 25.-The telegraph is completed to Leavenworth, via Wyandotte.
JANUARY 31.-Governor Medary writes the following letter to Colonel
E. V. Sumner:
"You will furnish Deputy Marshal Colby., the bearer of this, with such military
forces as he may think necessary to secure Captain Brown, who is now in Calhoun
county, K. T., on his way to Nebraska and Iowa."
FEBRUARY 11.-Governor Medary appoints H. J. Strickler, Auditor,
and Robt. B. Mitchell, Treasurer. Legislature adjourns.
FEBRUARY 11.-An act was passed, to authorize the Governor to employ
counsel to defend Dr. John Doy; (Wilson Shannon and A. C. Davis defended him, for freeing slaves); an act apportioning the Legislature; providing for Territorial Auditor and a Treasurer; for the adjustment of
claims; acts establishing codes of civil and criminal procedure; an act
granting amnesty for political offences; for the formation of a Constitution
and State Government; defining judicial districts; organizing the counties
of Wandotte and Butler, and repealing the Bogus Laws. A joint resolution was passed, requesting Congress to attach to Kansas that portion of
Nebraska south of the Platte river. A bill abolishing and prohibiting
Slavery was not signed by Governor Medary. At midnight, when the
session closed, a bonfire was made, and copies of the Bogus Statutes, the
laws of 1855, burned.
The Executive Committee, under the University law, consists of C. E.
Miner, T. Dwight Thacher, Win. Bishop, Chas. Reynolds, G. W. Hutchinson, Chas. H. Branscomb, James Blood, and Robert Morrow.
Six counties were authorized to issue bonds. The general laws fill 720
pages. There are 233 pages. of special laws. The Atchison and Pike's
Peak R. R. Co. is incorporated; a University at Lawrence, the cities of
Baldwin, City, Elwood, Eudora, Wyandotte, Quindaro, White Cloud, and
others; and the towns of Grasshopper Falls, Highland, Council Grove,
Garnett, Junction City, Salina, Wabaunsee, and others.
FEBRUARY 23.-Celebration at St. Joseph, Mo., of the opening of the
Hannibal and St. Joseph Railroad.
MARCH 7.-Governor Medary issu-es a proclamation, calling an election
for or against holding a Constitutional Convention.'MARCH.-Samuel Stover, of Wyandotte, appointed Agent of the Delaware Indians, vice B. F. Robinson.
-John Pettit, of Indiana, confirmed as Chief Justice of Kansas.
MARCH 24.-Trial of John Doy at St. Joseph. The jury does not agree.
MARCH 28.-Election for or against a Constitutional Convention.
APRIL 2.-John Pettit takes the oath as Chief Justice of the Supreme
Court, at Leavenworth, before Samuel D. Lecompte.
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Medary that he has sent Adjutant General G. A. Parsons to Cass, Bates,
and Vernon counties, Mo., to protect the Missouri border from marauding
incursions.
APRIL 14.-Governor Medary writes to Governor Stewart that he does
not think there is any trouble on this side of the line.
APRIL 16.-Governor Medary in a proclamation declares the following
to be the result of the election held March 28-the first of the elections
under the Wyandotte Constitution movement:.      l~~~~~~~~~h
COunties.                                                 2..
Anderson..........................................................................  176             7        183
Atchison...................................................................................308      32         340
Bourbon................................................................................        333           47         380
Breckinridge...........................................................................                     16         329
Butler...................................................................................        15           2           17
Coffey..184...................................................                                              134         318
Doniphan..........................................................................             343          192         535
Douglas....................................................................................     405          164         569
Franklin.......................................................................92                             1         93
Jackson.....................................................           107           47         154
Jefferson........................................................................219                        202         421
Johnson...........:.....................................................................      301           65         366
Leavenworth......................................................................             989          272       1,261
Linn.........................................................................................   341            6        347
Morris.....................................................................................      63          14          78
Nemaha....................................................................       120           39         159
Pottawatomie........................................................................             66          29          95
Riley.......................................................................................  119           54         173
Shawnee..................................................................................       359           67         426
Wabaunsee.......;121............                                     121
Wabaunsee   ~~.............................,..........................................12
Wyandotte............................................................................          254           31         285
Woodson..................................................................................77                    4          81
Total..................................................................                  5,306        1,425       6,731..~~~~~~~~~5
Majority for a Constitution and State Government, 3,881. There were
no returns from the following counties: Allen, Brown, Broderick, Chase,
Clay, Davis, Dickinson, Dorn, El Paso, Fremont, Godfrey, Greenwood,
Hunter, Lykins, Madison, Marshall, McGee, Montana, Oro, Osage, Washington, and Wilson. The following returns were sent to the Governor
instead of the County Boards, and were not counted:
Townships.                                         Counties.  
Clinton...........................................Douglas....................                         148         6      154
St. Marysville.................................   Lykins.........................   19        32        51
Humboldt............................    Allen.........................    70.........    70
Cofachique............................   Allen..................46                                16. 62
Walnut.o..                                                 wn....................................   23            3       26
Plymouth...........................................   Brown....................................            48
Plymouth.....................Brown.48  48
Irving............................................. Brown....................................   55.........   55
Centropolis............................   Franklin................................   24              12        36
Total................................................... 433                                                69      502
APRIL 19.- Governor Medary calls an election for delegates, and their
meeting in Convention at Wyandotte.




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MAY.- Four steamboats arrive at Lawrence. The Gus Linn went thirty
miles up the Smoky Hill river. Col. R. H. Nelson, who was a passenger
on the Linn, believed she could have gone with ease 100 miles farther.
MAY 11.-A Democratic Convention at Tecumseh adopts the following
platform:
"Whereas, The members of this Convention have met in pursuance of a call of the
Central Comniittee of the Democratic party of Kansas, and being animated by a sincere
devotion to the Constitution of the Union, the rights of the States and the sovereign
and reserved rights of the people; and
"Whereas, The Slavery question is practically settled in favor of a Free State, beyond
the possibility of further controversy; and
"Whereas, We recognize no difference between Pro-Slavery and Free-State men as
such: therefore, be it
"Resolved, That we affirm our abiding faith and confidence in the principles of the
Democratic party, as enunciated by Jefferson, Madison, Jackson and the founders of our
Government, and re-enunciated in the Cincinnati platform.
"2. That we affirm the absolute sovereignty of the States of this Union in regard to
their domestic institutions, and the perfect compatibility of the confederation of Free
and Slave States to exist harmoniously together under the provisions of our Federal
Constitution.
" 3. That the people of the Territory, according to the true meaning of the Act of
Congress known as the' Kansas-Nebraska Act,' have the sole and exclusive right, in the
organization of a State Government, to form and regulate their domestic institutions in
their own way, by the will of the majority, fairly and fully expressed at the ballot-box,
subject only to the Constitution of the United States.
"4. That non-intervention by Congress with the domestic institutions of the States or
Territories is the vital and distinct feature of the Democratic party, and any deviation
from that principle, either for or against those institutions, is impolitic, illiberal and
unjust.'5. That we assert the original and essential inferiority of the negro race, and hereby
call upon the Constitutional Convention to prohibit negro and mulatto suffrage, and exclude all free negroes from the future State of Kansas.
"6. That said Convention should submit said Constitution to a direct vote of the
people, for ratification or rejection.
"7. That the Democratic party condemns all efforts to array the people of this Union
against one another, either on account of locality, birth-place or religion, but, on the
contrary, practise what in theory it professes, that patriotic spirit which united the people of every clime in the great struggle for American independence.
"8. That the registry law passed by a majority of the late Legislature is anti-Democratic, infamous, and contrary to justice.
"9. That the unequal and oppressive tax law passed by a majority of the late Legislature meets with the unqualified disapprobation of the Democratic party.
" 10. That the objects of the pre-emption law would be better effected by giving a
homestead to every bona fide settler and cultivator of the public land, without limit as
to time; and that we respectfully urge upon the President of the United States the
propriety of postponing the public sales of the Government lands in Kansas for at
least twelve months."
MAY 12.-A Convention held at Big Springs, to reorganize the FreeState party.  George W. Smith called the Convention to order.  Robert
Riddle, of Jefferson county, presided; George W. Brown was one of the
secretaries. Fred. P. Stanton reported the resolutions. They endorse the
Big Springs platform of 1855, and favor the continuance of the Free-State
party until the Territory becomes a State.  E. S. Lowman, P. C. Schuyler,
C. V. Eskridge, W. Y. Roberts, H. W. Martin, Ed. S. Nash, Capt. Samuel
Shore and other Free-State men favored the movement.  The Convention
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MAY.- Horace Greeley arrives in Leavenworth. He is visited by the
Typographical Union and by prominent citizens. He delivers a lecture.
MAY 18.-Convention at Osawatomie. Organization of the Republican
arty in Kansas.  The Convention  was called to order by T. Dwight
Tacher, of Lawrence.  Henry Fox, of Shawnee county, was made the
Temporary Chairman, and T. D. Thacher Secretary.  Committee on Cre
dentis: E. Heath, A. Danford, P. Shepherd, James L. McDowell, John A.
Martin  William  Spriggs, and A. J. Shannon.   Committee on Permanent
Organization: Branscomb, Fearl, Lawrence, Fletcher, Delahay, McKay,
Larzelere, Rapp, Burnett, Pomeroy, Gilpatrick, and Shannon.  The Co
mittee reported as follows:
President: Oscar E. Learnard, of Coffey county.
Vice Presidents: Nathan Price, of Doniphan county; Samuel C. Pome
roy, of Atchison; Thomas Ewing, jr., of Leavenworth county; Joseph
Speck, of Wyandotte county; Erastus Heath, of Douglas county; Henry
Fox, of Shawnee county; D. W. Houston, of Anderson county; and E. G
Jewellof Bourbon county.
Secretaries: Daniel W. Wilder, of Doniphan county; T. Dwight Thacher,
of Douglas county; J. F. Cummings, of Shawnee county; and John A.
Martin, of Atchison county.
The Convention was then addressed by Horace Greeley. In the course
of his speech Mr. Greeley said:
"The able and gallantLincoln, of Illinois, whom we had hoped to meet and hear
to-day, has happily illustrated the Squatter Sovereignty principle thus: If A. want
to make B. a slave, C. must not interfere to prevent him.'"
The following is the.conclusion of Mr. Greeley's speech:
"Freemen of Kansas!l I would inspire you with no unwarranted, no overweening
confidence of success in the great struggle directly before us. I have passed the age of
illusions, and no longer presume a party or cause destined to triumph merely because I
know it should. On the contrary, when I consider how vast are the interests and in-'
fluences combined to defeat us-the Three Thousand Millions of property in human
flesh and blood -the subserviency of Commerce to this great source of custom and
profit-the prevalence of ignorance and of selfishness affecting the many Millions
prodigally lavished by the wielders of Federal authority-the lust of Office and the
prevalence of Corruption - I often. regard the struggle of 1860 with less of hope than of
apprehension. Yet, when I think of the steady diffusion of intelligence -the manifest
antagonism between the Slavery Exten sionists and the interests of Free Labor - when
I consider how vital aud imminent is the necessity for the passage of the Free Land
bill -when I feel how the very air of the Nineteenth Century vibrates to the pulsations
of the great heart of Humanity, beating higher and higher with aspirations for Univer-'
sal Freedom, until even barbarous Russia is intent'on striking off the shackles of her
fettered Millions -I1 cannot repress the hope that we are on the eve of a grand, benefi-.
cent victory. But, whether destined to be waved in triumph over our next great battle.'
field, or trodden into its mire through our defeat, I entreat you to keep the Republican.flag flying in Kansas, so long as one man can anywhere be rallied to defend it. Defile not the glorious dust of the martyred dead whose freshly-grassed graves lie thickly
around us, by trailing that flag in dishonor or folding it in cowardly despair on this
soil so lately reddened by their patriotic blood. If it be destined, in the mysterious.Providence of God, to go down, let the sunlight which falls lovingly upon their graves
catch the last defiant wave of its folds in the free breeze which sweeps over these prairies; let it be burned, not surrendered, when no one'remains to uphold it; and let its
ashes rest forever with theirs by the banks of the Marais des Cygnes!"
Gtymmittee on Platform: A. Larzetere, John A. Martin, Thos. Ewing, jr.,




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James McCahon, Chas. F. deVivaldi, W. H. Smythe, C. K. Holliday, T. D.
Thacher, D. W. Houston, W. Y. Roberts, A. J. Shannon, T. R. Roberts,
Silas Fear, and Wm. A. Phillips.
Mr. Ewing, Chairman of the Committee, reported the following platform:
Whereas, Since the organization of the Territory of Kansas, the Democratic party
has been inthe control of the Legislative and Executive Departments of the Government; and
Whereas, It has used those powers, which should have been exerted to foster and
sustain, only to oppress our people; violated every principle it claimed to advocate;
protected and supported invasions by foreign mobs, which burned our towns, plundered
our houses, wasted our sustenance, destroyed our presses, and murdered our people;
evinced a total disregard of popular rights and a settled determination to force the
institution of negro slavery upon us; attempted to put in execution laws which, for
injustice, cruelty and fraud, have scarcely been paralleled in the history of the most
barbarous ages; supported that creature of infamous usurpation, the Lecompton Constitution, by Federal bayonets in Kansas, and by official patronage and Executive corruption at the national capital; made an invidious and disgraceful distinction between
Slave and Free Constitutions, by offering us a bribe to enter the Union under the former
without a Representative population, and refusing us admission under the latter until
we had a population of 93,000; appointed corrupt and obnoxious judicial and executive
officers over us, whose partisan sympathies and partial decisions have prevented the
administration of justice; and by a long train of abuses, crimes and usurpations proved
itself the itter foe of the people of Kansas and the enemy of popular rights everywhere; and
Whereas, The Republican party has on all occasions evinced a devotion to popular
rights and an attachment to the best interests of the nation that deserve our approval;
and has, by its adherence to the principles of the fathers of the Revolution, and its
earnest support of the cause of Freedom in Kansas, won our approbation and gratitude; and
" Whereas, We believe the time has come for the people of Kansas to take a  position
and affiliate with a party national in its organization and objects: therefore,
"Resolved, That we, the people of Kansas, in Delegate Convention assembled, do proceed to organize the Republican party; and declare our principles as follows:
"Reselved, That we affirm that the only true basis of Free Governments, and of popular rights, for all countries and times, is to be found in the great self-evident truths,enunciated by Thomas Jefferson and the Fathers of the Republic, in the Declaration of.Independence.
"1Reselved, That while we declare our submission to the Constitution and Laws of the
United States, and disclaim all control over Slavery in the States in which it exists,'ve,hold that the Constitution does not carry Slavery into the Territories, but that it is the
creature of special enactment, and has existence only where supported by it; and we
reprobate and condemn the perversion of the power of the Supreme Court of the United
States to sectional demands and party -purposes.
"Reselved,' That, with the founders of the Republic, we believe that Governments
derive their just powers from the consent of the governed, and that it is proper that the
people of an organized Territory should he permitted. to elect their own officers, and
enact their own laws, free from Congressional and Executive control.
"1?esolved, That Freedom is national, and Slavery sectional, and that we are inflexibly opposed to the extension of Slavery to soil now free.
"Resolved, That we condemn the Administration for its feebleness and impotency in
the enforcement of the law prohibiting the importation of African slaves into the
United States, and demand such further legislation by Congress as will forever suppress the inhuman traffic.
"Beselved, That the Wyandotte Constitutional Convention be requested to incorporate in the Bill of Rights in, the Constitution a provision that neither Slavery nor
involuntary servitude shall ever exist in Kansas,. except in punishment of crime.
"Reselved, That the passage of a liberal Homestead Bill, giving 160 acres of land to
every citizen who will settle upon and improi'e it, would be a measure just in principle,




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sound in. policy, and productive of the greatest good to the people of the nation; and
that we regard the defeat of Mr. Grow's bill in the Senate, by the Democratic party, as
a direct blow at the laboring classes of the country, and as unworthy of the liberality
of a great Government.
"eslved, That the President, in ordering the public lands in this and other Territories to e sold during a season of universal depression, thus impoverishing thousands of
or fellow-citizens, has been guilty of an act of injustice without parallel in the history
of a free Government, and that the Republicans, for their generous though unsuccessful
effort to secure the postponement of the sales, deserve the thanks of the people of Kansas and the West.
"Reslved, That we protest against any action which would put the adopted citizen
under greater political disabilities than those imposed by the naturalization laws of the
United States.
"Reslved, That the people of the West, the Commerce of whose lakes and rivers -in
spite of the neglect of Democratic Administrations and Congresses -has grown to be
three-fold greater than the whole foreign commerce of the country, will hold, henceforth, the Empire of the Government, and should unite in inaugurating a national
policy which will open and improve the rivers and harbors of the country, and highways over the interior of the Continent for the great and growing commerce of the
Plains, and that a railroad to the Pacific by the most central and practicable route is
imperatively demanded by the interests of the whole country,.and the Federal Government ought to render immediate and efficient aid in its construction."
The several delegations selected the following Central Territorial Committee:  as. Blood, W. W. Lawrence, Douglas county; A. C. Wilder, W.
Tholen, Leavenworth county; A. Larzelere, Doniphan county; B. Gray,
Wyandotte county; H. H. Williams, Lykins county; John Ritchie, Shawnee county; Geo. Graham, Nemaha county; S. D. Houston, Riley county;
J. C. Burnett, Bourbon county; S. C. Pomeroy, Atchison county; W. A.
Phillips, Arapahoe county; John Chip, Johnson county; A. D. Richardson,
Mining District. The Committee met and appointed the -following Executive Committee: S. C. Pomeroy, Chairman; A. C. Wilder, Secretary; - Jas.
Blood, Win. Tholen, John Ritchie.
MAY- 18.-The Leavenworth Herald issues a daily.
MAY.- Horace Greeley writes from Leavenworth to the New York
Tribune that "the twin curses of Kansas, now that the Border - Ruffians
have stop ped ravaging her, are Land Speculators and One-Horse Politicians." The latter, he says,-. "gravitate irresistibly toward the Sham Democracy,.in whose embrace the whole tribe will bring up sooner or later."
And where did H. G. go? He thinks Leavenworth has 1,000 houses and
10,000 inhabitants, and Lawrence half as many. In another letter Mr.
Greeley says:
"I like Kainsas -that is natural Kansas -hetter than I expected to. The soil is
richer and deeper; the timber is more generally diffused; the country more rolling,
than I had supposed them....  I consider Kansas well watered - no Prairie State
better.... Springs, streams, creeks, rivers, are quite universal."
In a later letter Mr. Greeley says:
"II did not speak long in Lawrence, for I trust words are not there needed. Her
people have had practical illustrations of the great. issues which divide the country, and
are not likely soon to forget them.
"1Of course, her pioneers will die or hecome dispersed; new men will come In or rise
up to fill their places, and' another king arose who knew not Joseph,' will find its parallel in her future."
In an Overland letter, written on the Plains, Mr. Greeley said:
"I believe I have now descended the ladder of artificial life nearly to its lowesJ




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round. If the Cheyennes -thirty of whom stopped the last Express down on the
route we must traverse, and tried to beg or steal from it-should see fit to capture
and strip us, we should of course have further experience in the same line; ut for the
present the progress I have made during the last fortnight towards the primitive Simplicity of human existence may be roughly noted thus:
May 12th-Chicago.- Chocolate and morning newspapers last seen on the breakfast. table.
23dLeavenworth.-Room-bells and baths make their last appearance
24th-Topeka.-Beefsteak and washbowls (other than tin) last visible. Barber
ditto.
26th-Manhattan.-Potatoes and eggs last recognized among the blessings that'brighten as they take their flight.'
27th-Junction City.-Last visitation of a boot-black, with dissolving views of a
broad bedroom. Chairs bid us good-bye.
"28th-Pipe Creek.-Benches for seats at meals have disappeared, giving place to
bags and boxes. We (two passengers of a scribbling turn) write our letters in the Express wagon that has borne us by day, and must supply us lodgings for the night."
MAY 30.-Samuel N. Wood starts the Press, at Cottonwood Falls. In
October, it was removed to Council Grove, and there published about three
years.
JUN   4.-G. O. Chase starts the Atchison Union.  It was sold to Adams
Stebbins in the winter of 1861. During the city election, in 1861, the
Union and Champion issued Dailies, the latter paper's daily edition taking
the name of Union Banner.
JNE.-Delegates elected to the Wyandotte Convention; 14,000 votes
ast; the Republicans elect 35, the Democrats 17 delegates.
JUNE.-The second trial of Dr. Doy resulted in his conviction, for negrostealing. He was sentenced to the Penitentiary, for five years.
-Five counties in southern Nebraska elected delegates to the Wyandotte
Convention; one of the delegates, IR. W. Furnas, has recently been Governor of Nebraska.
JUNE~ 25.-The Free Press issued at Elwood, by A. L. Lee and D. W.
Wilder.  It raises the name of Win. H. Seward for President,2 and Abraham
Lincoln for Vice President.
JULY 5.- Governor Medary issues a proclamation declaring the vote on
the election of delegates to the Wyandotte Convention, as follows:
FIRST DISTRICT - LEAVENWORTH COUNTY - TEN DELEGATES.
Samuel A. Stinson................1778 Samuel Hipple...................      1770
Marcus J. Parrott................1358  Thomas Ewing. jr.................1328
William Perry...................1708  Robert Cole Foster.................1761
Roger F. Kelly...................1286 George W. Gardiner...............1304
John P. Slough..................1773 Adam D. McCune.................1735 
William Engleman...............1267  Josiah- Kellogg...................- 1325
Frederic Brown..................1738 John Wright.....................1731
John E. Gould...................1288 George Dickinson.................1288
William C. McDowell..............1783 Pascal S. Parks..................1735
Charles G. Foster................1298 B. W. Williams....................128S
SECOND DISTRICT - ATCHISON COUNTY - THREE DELEGATES.
Robert Graham....................433 J. W. Smith......................332
R. H. Weightman......................... 342f John J. Ingalls...................411
Caleb May............................. 411 F. Lombard......................32.5




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THIRD DISTRICT -DONIPHAN COUNTY-FIVE DELEGATES.
Robert J. Porter................................. 651  V. D. Markham................................... 531
Albert L. Lee.......... 526  Benjamin Wrigley.............................. 648
John W. Forman................................ 694 E. Fleming......................................... 514
Franklin Grube................................. 540  E. M. Hubbard.................................... 669
John Stiarwalt................................... 684  William Lewis.................................... 558
FOURTH DISTRICT-BROWN COUNTY-ONE DELEGATE.
Samuel A. Kingman........................... 93 1 Samuel C. Shields.............................. 19
FIFTH DISTRICT -NEMAHA COUNTY-ONE DELEGATE.
Thomas S. Wright.............................. 74 1 C. Bre................................................. 11
SIXTH DISTRICT-MARSHALL AND WASHINGTON COUNTIES-ONE DELEGATE.
J. A. Middleton...................................  83  J. D. Brumbaugh................................. 63
SEVENTH DISTRICT-JEFFERSON COUNTY-ONE DELEGATE.
C. B. McClelland................................. 278 | Henry Buckmaster............................  249
EIGHTH DISTRICT-JACKSON COUNTY-ONE DELEGATE.
Ephraim Moore.................................. 186 1 Aaron Foster...................................... 145
NINTH DISTRICT-RILEY COUNTY -ONE DELEGATE.. D. Houston...................................... 104 I Amory Hunting................................ 34
TENTH DISTRICT-POTTAWATOHIE COUNTY-ONE DELEGATE.
Luther R. Palmer................................ 73 I Uriah Cook........................................ 69
ELEVENTH DISTRICT-JOHNSON COUNTY-TWO DELEGATES.
J. T. Barton....................................... 375  John T. Burris.................................... 348
David Martin...................................... 346 C.' F. Stratton...................................... 331
TWELFTH DISTRICT-DOUGLAS COUNTY-SEVEN DELEGATES.
James. Blood....................................... 762 W. T. Spicely........................................ 313
Charles Willemsen.............................. 335  N. C. Blood.......................................... 766
Solon 0. Thacher.............................. 763  ThomasMajors.................................... 328
George A. Reynolds............................. 374  P. H. Townsend............................ 761
L. R. Williams.................................... 769  J. L  Brown......................................... 323
J. Church........................................... 324  E. Stokes............................................. 760
William Hutchinson........................... 701    R. C. Dix........................................... 321
THIRTEENTH DISTRICT-SHAWNEE COUNTY-THREE DELEGATES.
John P. Greer..................................... 543 Henry Fox.......................................... 170
John Ritchie....................................... 335  Hiram D. Preston................................60
H. D. Preston...................................... 325 Edward Hoagland............................... 171
Jeremiah Murphy................................ 50  J. Murphey........................153
FOURTEENTH  DISTRICT-WABAUNSEE, DAVIS, DICKINSON, AND  CLAY COUNTIES-ONE
DELEGATE.
Edmund G. Ross................................ 152 1 J. R. McClure....................................... 105
FIFTEENTH DISTRICT -LYKINS COUNTY-TWO DELEGATES.
Benjamin F. Simpson......................... 443  W. P. Dutton................................ 431
Harry Torrey...................................... 311  G. W. Cavert.............. 325
SIXTEENTH DISTRICT-FRANKLIN COUNTY-ONE DELEGATE.
James Hanway.................................... 217 I Joab Toney......................................... 116




206                        ANNALS OF KANSAS.                                 [1859.
SEVENTEENTH DISTRICT-OSAGE, BRECKINRIDGE, MORRIS, AND CHASE COUNTIES- TWO
DELEGATES.
James M. Winchell.............................. 316  Samuel N. Wood....................... 289
William McCulloch.............................. 321  H. J. Espy.......................................... 280
EIGHTEENTH DISTRICT - LINN COUNTY - TWO DELEGATES.
J. M. Arthur....................................... 455 I Josiah Lamb........................ 446
H. M. Dobyns.................................... 315  J. Farris............................................. 314
NINETEENTH DISTRICT - ANDERSON COUNTY- ONE DELEGATE.
James G. Blunt................................... 98 I W. F. M. Amrny.................................... 93
TWENTIETH DISTRICT - COFFEY AND WOODSON COUNTIES- TWO DELEGATES.
Allen Crocker.................................... 222  Hiram Hoover.................................... 27
Samuel E. Hoffman............................. 187 J. ID. Carney............................... 107
TWENTY-FIRST DISTRICT-MADISON, HUNTER, BUTLER, GREENWOOD, GODFREY, AND
WILSON COUNTIES - ONE DELEGATE.
Returns from Madison county only.
George H. Lillie..........................................................................  49
TWENTY-SECOND DISTRICT - BOURBON, M'GEE, AND DORN COUNTIES - TWO DELEGATES.
Returns from Bourbon county only.
J. C. Burnett.......................................281  W. R. Griffith..................................... 294
Ezra Gilbert........................................ 229  Hugh Glenn...................'220
TWENTY-THIRD DISTRICT - ALLEN COUNTY - ONE DELEGATE.
J. H. Signor........................................ 175 I C. S. Clark................... 169
WYANDOTTE COUNTY-VOLUNTARY VOTE.
J. E. Bennett..................................... 295  J. B. Welborn................................ 293
W. Y. Roberts...................................... 237 Fielding Johnson................................ 240
-Gov. Medary proclaims the election of the following delegates:
Leavenworth County.-Samuel A. Stinson, William Perry, John P. Slough, Frederic
Brown, William C. McDowell, Samuel Hipple, Robert C. Foster, Adam D. McCune, John
Wright, Pascal S. Parks.
Atchisoe County.- Robert Graham, Caleb May, John J. Ingalls.
Doniphan County.-Robert J. Porter, Jdhn W. Forman, John Stiarwalt, Benj. Wrigley, E. M. Hubbard.
Brown County.-Samuel A. Kingman.
Nemaha County.- Thomas S. Wright.
Marshall and Washington Counties.- J. A. Middleton.
Jefferson County.-C. B. McClelland.
Jackson County.-Ephraim  Moore.
Riley County.-S. D. Houston.
Pottawatomie Connty.-Luther R. Palmer.
Johnson County.-J. T. Barton, John T. Burris.
Douglas County.-James Blood, Solon O. Thacher, L. R. Williams, Wm. Hutchinson,
N. C. Blood, P. H. Townsend, Edwin Stokes.
Shawnee County.-John P. Greer, John Ritchie, H. D. Preston. 
Wabaunsee, Davis, Dickinson, and Clay Counties.-Edmund G. Ross.
Lykins County.-Benj. F. Simpson, W. P. Dutton.
Franklin County.-James Hanway.
Osage, Breckinridge, Morris, and Chase Counties.- James M.Winchell, Wm. McCulloch.
Linn County.-James M. Arthur, Josiah Lamb.
Anderson County.-James G. Blunt.
Coffey and Woodson Counties.-Samuel E. Hoffman, Allen Crocker.




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Madison, Butler, Hunter, Greenwood, Godfrey, and Wilson Counties.- George H. Lilie.
Bourbon, McGee, and Dorn Counties.-Williamn R. Griffith.
Allen County.-James H. Signor.
The Democrats elected seventeen delegates: ten from Leavenworth, four
from Doniphan, and one each from Jefferson, Jackson and Johnson. The
remaining thirty-five delegates were Free-State men or Republicans.
JULY.-Meeting of the Constitutional Convention at Wyandotte. List
of Memers:
Names.      County.      P. O. Address.  Where born.          Avocati
J*.             Linn............... Centreville...... Indiana........ 42  Farmer.
Josiah Lamb........ Linn............... Mound City..... Indiana........ 42  Mechanic.
Caleb.......... Atchison......... Pardee..........  Kentucky...44  Farmer.
S. A. Kingman.. Brown..........  Hiawatha........ Mass............ 38  Lawyer.
J. J.Ingalls......... Atchison......... Sumner...........Mass...........34  Lawyer.
John P. Greer. Shawnee......... Topeka............ Ohio...........38  Lawyer.. L. Williams. Douglas.......... Franklin........ Kentucky...42  Merchant.
J. A. Middleton.. Marshall......... Nottingham... Pennsylv......25  Lawyer.
B. F. Simpson.. Lykins.......... Paola..........Ohio........ 23  Lawyer.
P. H. Townsend.. Douglas.......... Big Springs...... New Hamp...33  Lawyer..     n......Shawnee......... Burlingame..... New Hamp... 28  Farmer.
J. C. Burnett.....Bourbon... Mapleton......... Vermont...... 34  Farmer.
W.. Griffith..Bourbon.........Marmaton...... Indiana........39  Farmer...........Douglas.......... Baldwin City... Vermont......42  Merchant........ S. Wrigh.. Nemaha.......... Granada......... Pennsylv......50  Lawyer.
G.. Lillie.......... Madison.......... Emporia......... Ohio. 35  Lawyer.
n. E. Hoffman Woodson......... Neosho.......... Pennsylv...... 25  Lawyer......... C.. Coffey............ Burlington...... Indiana........34  Farmer.
L. R. Palmer. ottawatomie.. Louisville........ New York....40  Physician.
Jas. G. Blunt..... derson........    Walker............ Maine........ 33  Physician.
Jas. Hanway..   Franklin........ Shermanville... England.......49  Farmer.
W     on.... Douglas........... Lawrence........ Vermont......35  Farmer.
Jas......... Douglas........... Lawrence........ Vermont......39  Merchant.. 0. Thacher.....  Douglas........... Lawrence........ New'York....28  Lawyer.
Ed......... Douglas...........Clinton........... Pennsylv......35  Manufacturer.
S. D. Houston Riley.............. Manhattan..... Ohio............0  Farmer.
J. P. Slough.  Leavenworth.. Leavenworth... Ohio...........30  Lawyer.
W. McCulloch......Morris............ Council Grove..   Scotland...... 44  Farmer.
C. B. Melelland... Jefferson......... Oskaloosa........ Ohio...........30  Merchant.
J.    n W. Forman Doniphan........ Doniphan........ Kentucky.....40  Merchant.
J. Stiarwalt. Doniphan........ Palermo.......... Ohio...........45  Farmer.
rE. M. Hubbard.   Doniphan........ Highland........ Kentucky.... 30  Merchant......... Parks. Leavenworth. Kickapoo........ Indiana........ 26  Lawyer.
Fred. Brown.. Leavenworth.. Leavenworth... Germany......33  Manufacturer.
Sam  Hipple.  Leavenworth.. Leavenworth... Pennsylv......28  Land Agent.
S. A. Stinson. Leavenworth.. Leavenworth... Maine..........26  Lawyer.
W. C. McDowell. Leavenworth.. Leavenworth.. Ohio           31  Lawyer.
A. D  e......  Leavenworth..   Leavenworth...   Ohio...........31  Farmer.
John Wright.......Leavenworth.. Leavenworth... Indiana........33  Farmer.
W. Perry......... Leavenworth.. Leavenworth... New York....28  Lawyer.
R. C. Foster.   Leavenworth.. Delaware......... Kentucky.....24  Lawyer.
Robt. Graham......  Atchison......... Atchison......... Ireland........ 55  Merchant.
J. T. Barton. Johnson......... Olathe............ Virginia.......28  Physician.
E. Moore......... Jackson........... Holton.........Ohio........  38  Manufacturer......... Doniphan........ Troy............... Ohio........29  Lawyer.
W.    l....... Lykins........... Stanton........... New Hamp...42  Farmer......... Shawnee......... Topeka.........Ohio........ 41  Farmer....... G. Ross. Wabaunsee..... Glenross......... Ohio...........32  Printer........ H. Signor. Allen.............. Humboldt...... New York....25  Surveyor.......... Doniphan........ Troy............... Pcnnsylv......28  Merchant.
J. M. Winch Osage.............. Superior......... New York.... 35  Farmer.
J. T. Burs  Johnson......... Olathe............ Ohio............ 28  Lawyer.
OFFICERS.
Names.         Ofle.         Cbunty.  P.O. Address. Where born. |   Avocat.
J. M. Winchell.. President.. I..Osage...Superior.   New York.. 35  Farmer.
John A. Martin. Secretary.......Atchison.. Atchison....Pennsylv... 21  Editor.
G. F. Warren.... Sergeant-at-Arms, Douglas... B'idwin Cityl Maine.......Farmer.




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S. A. Kingman was chosen temporary President, and John A. Martin
Secretary. James M. Winchell was chosen President, receiving 32 votes,
to 13 for J. T. Barton, the Democratic candidate. This is the first Constitutional Convention in the Territory which contains members of both
political parties. For Secretary, John A. Martin is elected by 32 votes,
to 15 for William Spencer. Assistant Secretary, J. L. Blanchard, of Anderson county; Sergeant-at-Arms, George F. Warren; Doorkeeper, J. M.
Funk; Chaplain, Werter R. Davis.
The proceedings were published in the Daily Commercial Gazette,
printed at Wyandotte by S. D. Macdonald. Seats are refused to Samuel
N. Wood and H. J. Espy, Winchell and McCulloch having, been elected
from that district. The Constitution of Ohio is adopted as a "model or
basis of action," receiving 25 votes, to 23 for Indiana and one for Kentucky.
Seats are refilsed to Bennett and Welborn, of Wyandotte county, that new
county being represented as a part of Leavenworth. Ariel E. Drapier is
elected Reporter. Seventeen members protest against the exclusion of the
Wyandotte delegates. S. O. Thacher is elected President pro tern.
Chairmen of Committees: Preamble, Hutchinson; Executive, Greer; Legislative, Thacher; Militia, Blunt; Judiciary, Kingman; Electors, Townsend;
Schedule, Burris; Apportionment, Preston; Corporations, Graham; Education, Griffith; Counties, Ritchie; Ordinance, Jas. Blood; Finance, Simpson; Amendments, Houston; Federal Relations, T. S. Wright; Phraseology,
Ingalls.
On the 11th, Richard J. Hinton and Robert St. Clair Graham were
elected Enrolling Clerks, and Edwin S. Nash Journal Clerk. Credentials
are presented of delegates elected from that part of Nebraska south of the
Platte. A petition is received asking that the elective franchise be given
to women. Mr. Ritchie presents a resolution asking that power be conferred on the Legislature to enact a prohibitory liquor law. Mr. McCune
asks for the exclusion of free negroes from a residence in the State. On
the 12th, Messrs. Nichols, Reeves, Furnas, Hewett, Keeting, Chambers,
Taylor, Niles, Croxton, Cheever, Bennett, Dawson, and Doan, the Nebraska
delegates, are given seats as honorary delegates, with the privilege of discussing the northern boundary question. The New England Emigrant
Aid Society ask for the allowance of their claim, by the Kingman Claim
Commission, of $20,000, the value of the Free-State Hotel destroyed at
Lawrence in May, 1856. The claim had been rejected because the owners
were not citizens of the Territory. A resolution of Mr. McDowell to exclude free negroes is laid on the table by 26 to 21. On the 15th, the
Nebraska delegates were heard. On the 16th it was voted by 25 to 13 that
the northern boundary remain unchanged, and the western boundary be
the twenty-third meridian. On the 19th, Blunt, Slough, Ingalls, Arthur,
and Stinson, protest against the homestead exemption, because "its provisions are unjust, invidious, and open to fraudulent construction." McClelland, Moore, Forman, Wrigley, Barton, Hipple, Hubbard, Brown, and
Stiarwalt, protest against the same section "because its passage is calculated to utterly destroy the credit of the citizens of Kansas, and the law is
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Commission on Claims is presented, and referred to the Committee on Ordinance and Public Debt. It is published in the proceedings. On the 23d,
Topeka is made the temporary capital, the vote standing: Topeka 26, Lawrence 14, Atchison 6. On the 25th, Mr. Hubbard says of Mr. Hutchinson:
"He offered me a good lot if I would vote for Lawrence. And then he
said the title should be good; and he would make the same offer to any
other Democratic member of the Convention. I say, sir, he has sworn to
a lie." Mr. Hutchinson had denied offering the bribe. He made no statement now in reply to Mr. Hubbard, and the subject was laid on the table.
On the 27th, Stinson, Stiarwalt, McClelland, Slough, McDowell, Forman,
Foster, McCune, Moore, Hubbard, Barton, and Wrigley, file a protest
against "the apportionment of the State for Representative purposes." On
the 28th, it is voted by 35 to 8 to submit the homestead clause to the people.
The western boundary line is made the 25th meridian. On the 29th, the
Constitution is completed and signed by thirty-four Republican members
of the Convention. The proceedings of the Convention were published by
S. D. Macdonald, in a volume of 485 pages.
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CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF KANSAS.
ADOPTED AT WYANDOTTE, JULY 29, 1859.
ORDINANCE.
Whereas, The Government of the United States is the proprietor of a large portion of
lands included in the limits of the State of Kansas, as defined by the Constitution; and
Whereas, The State of Kansas will possess the right to tax such lands for the purpose of government, and for other purposes: now, therefore,
Be it ordained by the people of Kansas, That the right of the State of Kansas to tax
such lands is relinquished forever, and the State of Kansas will not interfere with the
title of the United States to such lands, nor with any regulation of Congress in relation
thereto, nor tax non-residents higher than residents: Provided always, That the following conditions be agreed to by Congress:
SECTION 1. Sections numbered sixteen and thirty-six, in each township in the State,
including Indian Reservations and Trust Lands, shall be granted to the State for the exclusive use of common schools; and when either of said sections, or any part thereof,
has been disposed of, other lands of equal value, as nearly contiguous thereto as possible, shall be substituted therefor.
SEC. 2. That seventy-two sections of land shall be granted to the State for the erection and maintenance of a State University.
SEC. 3. That thirty-six sections shall be granted to the State for the erection of public
buildings.
SEC. 4. That seventy-two sections shall be granted to the State for the erection and
maintenance of charitable and benevolent institutions.
SEc. 5. That all salt springs, not exceeding twelve in number, with six sections of
land adjacent to each, together with all mines, with the lands necessary for their full
use, shall be granted to the State for works of public improvement.
SEc. 6. That five per centum of the proceeds of the public lands in Kansas, disposed
of after the admission of Kansas into the Union, shall be paid to the State for a fund,
the income of which shall be used for the support of the common schools.
SEC. 7. That the five hundred thousand acres of land to which the State is entitled
under the act of Congress entitled "An act to appropriate the proceeds of the sales of
public lands and grant pre-emption rights," approved September 4,1841, shall be granted
to the State for the support of common schools.
SEC. 8. That the lands hereinbefore mentioned shall be selected in such manner as
may be prescribed by law; such selections to be subject to the approval of the Commissioner of the General Land Office of the United States.
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PREAMBLE.
We, the people of Kansas, grateful to Almighty God for our civil and religious privileges, in order to ensure the full enjoyment of our rights as American citizens, do
ordain and establish this Constitution of the State of Kansas, with the following boundaries, to wit: Beginning at a point on the western boundary of the State of Missouri,
where the thirty-seventh parallel of north latitude crosses the same; thence running
west on said parallel to the twenty-fifth meridian of longitude west from Washington;
thence north on said meridian to the fortieth parallel of north latitude; thence east on
said parallel to the western boundary of the State of Missouri; thence south with the
western boundary of said State to the place of beginning.
BILL OF RIGHTS.
SECTION 1. All men are possessed of equal and inalienable natural rights, among
which are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.
SEC. 2. All political power is inherent in the people, and all free governments are
founded on their authority, and are instituted for their equal protection and benefit.
No special privileges or immunities shall ever be granted by the Legislature which may
not be altered, revoked or repealed by the same body; and this power shall be exercised
by no other tribunal or agency.
Stc. 3. The people have the right to assemble, in a peaceable manner, to'consult for
their common good, to instruct their Representatives, and to petition the Government,
or any department thereof, for the redress of grievances.
SEC. 4. The people have the right to bear arms for their defence and security; but
standing armies, in time of peace, are dangerous to liberty, and shall not be tolerated,
and the military shall be in strict subordination to the civil power.
SEC. 5. The right of trial by jury shall be inviolate.
SEC. 6. There shall be no slavery in this State; and no involuntary servitude, except
for the punishment of crime, Whereof the party shall have been duly convicted.
SEc. 7. The right to worship God according to the dictates of conscience shall never
be infringed; nor shall any person be compelled to attend or support any form of worship; nor shall any control of or interference with the rights of conscience be permitted, nor any preference be given by law to any religious establishment or mode of
worship. No religious test or property qualification shall be required for any office of
public trust, nor for any vote at any election, nor shall any person be incompetent to
testify on account of religious belief.
SEC. 8. The right to the writ of habeas corpus shall not be suspended, unless the
public safety requires it in case of invasion or rebellion.
SEC. 9. All persons shall be bailable by sufficient sureties, except for capital offences,
where proof is evident or the presumption great. Excessive bail shall not be required,
nor excessive fines imposed, nor cruel or unusual punishment inflicted.
SEC. 10. In all prosecutions, the accused shall be allowed to appear and defend in person or by counsel; to demand the nature and cause of the accusation against him; to
meet the witness face to face, and to have compulsory process to compel the attendance
of witnesses in his behalf, and a speedy public trial by an impartial jury of the county
or district in which the offence is alleged to have been committed. No person shall be
a witness against himself, or be twice put in jeopardy for the same offence.
SEC. 11. The liberty of the press shall be inviolate; and all persons may freely speak,
write or putblish their sentiments on all subjects, being responsible for the abuse of such
right; and in all civil or criminal actions for libel, the truth may be given in evidence
to the jury, and if it shall appear that the alleged libellous matter was published for
justifiable enids, the accused party shall be acquitted.
SEC. 12. No person shall be transported from the State for any offence committed
within the same; and no conviction in the State shall work a corruption of blood or forfeiture of estate.,
SEC. 13. Treason shall consist only in levying war against the State, adhering to its
enemies, or giving them aid and comfort. No person shall be convicted of treason
unless on the evidence of two witnesses to the overt act, or confession in open court.
SEC. 14. No soldier shall, in time of peace, be quartered in any house without the
consent of the occupant, nor in time of war, except as prescribed by law.
SEC. 15. The right of the people to be secure in their persons and' property agaiist




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unreasonable searches and seizures shall be inviolate, and no warrant shall issue but on
probable cause, supported by oath or affirmation, particularly describing the place to be
searched and the person or property to be seized.
SEC. 16. No persod shall be imprisoned for debt except in case of fraud.
SEC. 17. No distinction shall ever be made between citizens and aliens in reference to
the purchase, enjoyment or descent of property.;SEC. 18. All persons, for injuries suffered in person, reputation or property, shall have
remedy by due course of law, and justice administered without delay.,SEC. 19. No hereditary emoluments, honors or privileges shall ever be granted or conferred by the State.
SEC. 20. This enumeration of rights shall not be construed to impair or deny others
-retained by the people, and all powers not herein delegated remain with the people.
ARTICLE I. —EXECUTIVE.
~'SEcTION 1. The,Executive Department shall consist of a Governor, Lieutenaant.Governor,: Secretary of State, Auditor, Treasurer, Attorney General, and Superintendent of
Public Instruction, who shall be chosen by the electors of the State at the time and
place of voting for members of the Legislature, and shall hold their offices for the term
of two years from the second Monday in January, next after their election, and until'their-successOrs are elected and qualified.
SEC. 2. Until otherwise provided by law, an abstract of the returns of every election,
for the offices named in the foregoing section, shall be sealed up and transmitted, by
the Clerk of the Board of Canvassers of the several counties, to the Secretary of State,'who, with the Lieutenant Governor and Attorney General, shall constitute a Board of
State Canvassers, whose duty it shall be to meet at the State capital on the second Tuesday of December succeeding each election for State officers, and canvass the vote for
such officers and proclaim the result; but in case any two or more have an equal and'the highest number of votes, the Legislature shall, by joint ballot, choose one of said
lpersons so having an equal and the highest number of votes for said office.
SEc. 3. The supreme executive power of the State shall be vested in a Governor, who
shall see that the laws are faithfully executed.
SEC. 4. He may require information in writing from the officers of the Executive
-Department upon any subject relating to their respective duties.
SEC. 5. He may, on extraordinary occasions, convene the Legislature by proclamation, and shall, at the commencement ofevery session, communicate in writing such'information as he may possess in reference to the condition of the State, and recom-mend such measures as he may deem expedient.
SEC. 6. In case of disagreement between the two houses in respect to the time of
adjournment, he may adjourn the Legislature to such time as he may think proper,
not beyond its regular meeting.
SEC. 7. The pardoning power shall be vested in the Governor, under regulations and
restrictions prescribed by law.
SEC. 8. There shall be a seal of the State, which shall be kept by the Governor, and
used by him officially, and which shall be the great seal of Kansas.
SEC. 9. All commissions shall- be issued in the name of the State of Kansas; signed
by the Governor, countersigned by the Secretary of State, and sealed with the great
seal.
SEC. 10. No member of Congress or officer of the State, or of the United States, shall
hold the office of Governor except as herein provided.
SEC. 11. In case of death, impeachment, resignation, removal or other disability of
the Governor, the power and duties of the office for the residue of the term, or until
the disability shdll be removed, shall devolve upon the President of the Senate.
SEC. 12. The Lieutenant Governor shall be President of the Senate, and shall vote
only when the Senate is equally divided. The Senate shall choose a President pro tempore to preside in case of his absence or impeachment, or when he shall hold the office
of Governor.:SEc. 13. If the Lieutenant Governor, while holding the office of Governor, shall be.impeached or displaced, or shall resign or die, or otherwise become incapable of performing the duties of the office, the President of the Senate shall act as Governor until




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the vacancy is filled or the disability removed; and if the President of the Senate, for
any of the above causes, shall be rendered incapable of performing the duties pertaining to the office of Governor, the same shall devolve upon the Speaker of the House of
Representatives.
SEC. 14. Should either the Secretary of State, Auditor, Treasurer, Attorney General
or Superintendent of Public Instruction become incapable of performing the duties of
his office, for any of the causes specified in the thirteenth section of this article, the
Governor shall fill the vacancy until the disability is removed, or a successor is elected
and qualifibd. Every such vacancy shall be filled by election, at the first general election that occurs more than thirty days after it shall have happened, and the person
chosen shall hold the office for the unexpired term.
SEC. 15. The officers mentioned in this article shall, at stated times, receive for their
services a compensation to be established by law, which shall neither be increased nor
diminished during the period for which they shall have been elected.
SEC. 16. The officers of the Executive Department, and of all public State institutions,
shall, at least ten days preceding each regular session of the Legislature, severally report to the Governor, who shall transmit such reports to the Legislature.
ARTICLE II. —LEGISLATIVE.
SECTION 1. The Legislative power of the State shall be vested in a House of Representatives and Senate.
SEC. 2. The first House of Representatives under this Constitution shall consist of
seventy-five members, who shall be chosen for one year. The first Senate shall consist
of twenty-five members, who shall be chosen for two years. After the first election,
the number of Senators and Members of the House of Representatives shall be regulated by law; but shall never exceed one hundred Representatives and thirty-three
Senators.
SEC. 3. The members of the Legislature shall receive as compensation for their services the sum of three dollars for each day's actual service at any regular or special
session, and fifteen cents for each mile travelled by the usual route in going to and returning from the place of meeting; but such compensation shall not in the aggregate
exceed the sum of two hundred and forty dollars for each member, as per diem allowance for the first session held under this Constitution, nor more than one hundred and
fifty dollars for each session thereafter, nor more than ninety dollars for any special
session.
SEC. 4. No person shall be a member of the Legislature who is not at the time of his
election a qualified voter of, and resident in, the county or district for which he is
elected.
SEC. 5. No member of Congress or officer of the United States shall be eligible to a
seat in the Legislature. If any person, after his election to the Legislature, be elected
to Congress, or elected or appointed to any office under the United States, his acceptance thereof shall vacate his seat.
SEC. 6. No person convicted of embezzlement or misuse of the public funds shall
have a seat in the Legislature.
SEC. 7. All State officers, before entering upon their respective duties, shall take and
subscribe an oath or affirmation to support the Constitution of the United States and
the Constitution of this State, and faithfully to discharge the duties of their respective
offices.
SEC. 8. A majority of each house shall constitute a quorum. Each house shall establish its own rules, and shall be judge of the elections, returns and qualifications of its
own members.
SEC. 9. All vacancies occurring in either house shall be filled for the unexpired term
by election.
SEC. 10. Each house shall keep and publish a journal of its proceedings. The yeas
and nays shall be taken, and entered immediately on the journal, upon the final passage of every bill or joint resolution. Neither house, without the consent of the other,
shall adjourn for more than two days, Sundays excepted.
SEC. 11. Any member of either house shall have the right to protest against any bill
or resolution; and such protest shall, without delay or alteration, be entered on the
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SEC. 12. All bills shall originate in the House of Representatives, and be subject to
amendment or rejection by the Senate.
SEC. 13. A majority of all the members elected to each house, voting in the affirmative, shall be necessary to pass any bill or joint resolution.
SEC. 14. Every bill and joint resolution passed by the House of Representatives and
Senate, shall, within two days thereafter, be signed by the presiding officers, and presented to the Governor; if he approve it, he shall sign it; but if not, he shall return it
to the House of Representatives, which shall enter the objections at large upon its
journal, and proceed to reconsider the same. If, after such reconsideratien, two-thirds
of the members elected shall agree to pass the bill or resolution, it shall be sent, with
the objections, to the Senate, by which it shall likewise be reconsidered, and if approved
by two-thirds of all the members elected, it shall become a law. But in all such cases
the vote shall be taken by yeas and nays, and entered upon the journals of each house.
If any bill shall not be returned within three days (Sundays excepted) after it shall
have been presented to the Governor, it shall become a law in like manner as if he had
signed it, unless the Legislature, by its adjournment, prevent its return, in which case
it shall not become a law.
SEC. 15. Every bill shall be read on three separate days in each house, unless in case
of emergency. Two-thirds of the house where such bill is pending may, if deemed
expedient, suspend the rules; but the reading of the bill by section, on its final passage,
shall in no case be dispensed with.
SEC. 16. No bill shall contain more than one subject, which shall be clearly expressed
in its title, and no law shall be revived or amended, unless the new act contain the entire act revived, or the section or sections amended, and the section or sections so
amended shall be repealed.
SEC. 17. All laws of a general nature shall have a uniform operation throughout the
State; and in all cases where a general law can be made applicable, no special law shall
be enacted.
SEC. 18. All power to grant divorces is vested in the district courts, subject to regulation by law.
SEC. 19. The Legislature shall prescribe the time when its acts shall be in force, and
shall provide for the speedy publication of the same; andsno law of a general nature
shall be in force until the same be published. It shall have the power to provide for
thg election or appointment of all officers, and the filling of all vacancies not otherwise
provided for in this Constitution.
SEC. 20. The enacting clause of all laws shall be, "Be it enacted by the Legislature of the
State of Kansas;" and no law shall be enacted except by bill.
SEC. 21. The Legislature may confer upon tribunals transacting the county business
of the several counties such powers of local legislation and administration as it shall
deem expedient.
SEC. 22. For any speech or debate in either house, the members shall not be questioned elsewhere. No member of the Legislature shall be subject to arrest —except
for felony or breach of the peace — in going to or returning from the place of meeting,
or during the continuance of the session; neither shall he be subject to the service of
any civil process during the session, nor for fifteen days previous to its commencement,
SEC. 23. The Legislature, in providing for the formation and regulation of schools,
shall make no distinction between the rights of males and females.
SEC. 24. No money shall be drawn' from the treasury except in pursuance of a specific
appropriation made by law, and no appropriation shall be for a longer term than one
year.
SEC. 25. All sessions of the Legislature shall be held at the State capital, and all regular sessions shall commence annually., on the second Tuesday of January.
SEC. 26. The Legislature shall provide for taking an enumeration of the inhabitants
of the State, at least once in ten years. The first enumeration shall be taken in A. D.
1865.
SEC. 27. The House of Representatives shall have the sole power to impeach. All
impeachments shall be tried by the Senate, and when sitting for that purpose, the Senators shall take an oath to do justice according to the law and the evidence. No person
shall be convicted without the concurrence of two-thirds of the Senators elected.
SEC. 28. The Governor, and all other officers under this Constitution, shall be subject




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to impeachment for any misdemeanor in office; but judgment in all such cases shall
not be extended further than to removal from office, or disqualification to, hold any
office of profit, honor or trust under this Constitution; but the party, whether convicted
or acquitted, shall be liable to indictment, trial, judgment and punishment, according
to law.
ARTICLE III. —JUDICIAL.
SECTION 1. The judicial power of the State shall be vested in a. Supreme Court, Dis,.
trict Courts, Probate Courts, justices of the peace, and such other courts,;inferior. to thej
Supreme Court, as may be provided by law; and all courts of record. shall. have-a.seali,
to be used in the authentication of all process.
SEC. 2. The Supreme Court shall consist of one Chief Justice and two. Associate.Jus?
tices (a majority of whom shall constitute a quorum), who shall be- elected by the
electors! of the State at large, and' whose term of office, after the first,. shall be six years.
At the first election, a Chief Justice shall be chosen for six years,. one. Associate Justicei
for four years, and one for two years.
SEC. 3. The Supreme Court shall have original jurisdiction, in proceedings- in q on
warranto, mandamus and habeas corpus, and such appellate jurisdiction as may be provided by law. It shall hold one term each year at the seat of Government, and, stch,
other terms at such places as may be provided by law; and its.jurisdiction shall be coextensive with the State.
SEC. 4. There shall be appointed by the Justices of the Supreme Court a Reporter
and Clerk of saiad court, who shall hold their offices two years, and whose duties. shall:
be prescribed by law.
SEC. 5. The State shall be divided into five judicial districts, in each of which there.
shall be elected, by the electors thereof, a District Judge, who shall hold his office for the
term of four years. District Courts shall be held at such times and places as may be~
provided by law.
SEC. 6. The District Courts shall have such jurisdiction in their respective districts as
may be provided by law.
SEC. 7. There shall be elected, in each organized county, a Clerk of the District Court,
who shall hold his office two years, and whose duties shall be prescribed by law.
SEC. 8. There shall be a Probate Court in each county, which shall be a court of record, and have such probate jurisdiction and care of estates of deceased persons, minors,,
and persons of unsound minds, as may be prescribed by law, and shall have jurisdiction
in, cases of habeas corpus. This court shall consist of one Judge, who shall be elected
by the qualified voters of the county, and hold his office two years. He shall be his.
own clerk, and shall hold court at such. times and receive for compensation such fees
may be prescribed by law.
SEC. 9. Two justices of the peace shall be elected in each township, whose term of
office shall be two years, and whose powers and duties shall be prescribed by law. The
justices of the peace may be increased in any township by law.
SEC. 10. All appeals from Probate Courts and justices of the peace shall be: to the district court.
SEe. 11. All the judicial officers provided for by this article shall be elected at the
first election under this constitution, and shall reside in their respective townships,
counties or districts during their respective terms of office. In case of vacancy in any
judicial office, it shall be filled by appointment of the Governor, until the next regular.
election that shall occur more'than thirty days after such vacancy shall have happened.
SEC. 12. All judicial officers' shall hold their offices until their successors shall have:
been. qualified.
SEC. 13. The Justices of the Supreme Court and Judges of the District Court shall, at
stated times, receive for their services such compensation as may be provided by law,
which shall not be increased during their respective terms of office: Provided, Such comnpensation shall not be less than fifteen hundred dollars to each justice or judge each.
year; and such justices or judges shall receive no fees or perquisites, nor hold any other
office of profit or trust under the authority of the State or the United States during the.
term of office for which said justices and judges shall be elected, nor practice law il.
any of the courts of the State during their continuance in office.
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districts whenever two-thirds of the members of each house shall concur. Such districts
shall be formed of conipact territory and bounded by county lines, and such increase
shall not vacate the office of any judge.
SEC. 15. Justices of the Supreme Court and Judges of the District Courts may be
removed from office by resolution of both houses, if two-thirds of the members of each
house concur; but no such removal shall be made except upon complaint, the substance
of which shall he entered upon the journal, nor until the party charged shall have had
notice and-opportunity to be heard.
SEC. 16. The several justices and judges of the courts of record in this State shall
have such jurisdiction at chambers as may be provided by law.
SEC. 17. The style of all process shall be,'! The State of Kansas;" and all prosecutions
shall be carried on in the name of the State.
SEC. 18. Until otherwise provided by law, the First District shall consist of the counties of Wyandotte, Leavenworth, Jefferson, and Jackson; the Second District shall consist of the counties of Atchison, Doniphan, Brown, Nemaha, Marshall, and Washington;
the Third District shall consist of the counties of Pottawatomie, Riley, Clay, Dickinson,
Davis, Wabaunsee, and Shawnee; the Fourth District shall consist of the counties of
Douglas, Johnson, Lykins, Franklin, Anderson, Linn, Bourbon, and Allen; the Fifth
District shall consist of the counties of Osage, Coffey, Woodson, Greenwood, Madison,
Breckinridge" Morris, Chase, Butler, and Hunter.
SEC. 19. New or unorganized counties shall, by law, be attached for judicial purposes
to the most convenient judicial districts.
SEC. 20. Provisions shall be made by law for the selection, by the bar, of a pvo tern.
Judge of the District Court, when the Judge is absent or otherwise unable or disqualified to sit in any case.
ARTICLE IV.-ELECTIONS.
SECTION 1. All elections by the people shall be by ballot; and all elections by the
Legislature sh ll be viva voce.
SEC. 2. General elections shall be held annually on the Tuesday succeeding the first
Monday in November. Township elections shall be held on the first Tuesday of April,
until otherwise provided by law.
ARTICLE V.-SUFFRAGE.
SECTION 1. Every white male person, of twenty-one years and upward, belonging to
either of the following classes, who shall have resided in Kansas six months next preceding any election, and in the township or ward in which he offers to vote at least
thirty days next preceding such election, shall be deemed a qualified elector: First,
Citizens of the United States. Second, Persons of foreign birth who shall have declared
their intention to become citizens conformably to the laws of the United States on the
subject of naturalization.
SEC. 2. No person under guardianship, non compos mentis, or insane, shall be qualified to vote; nor any person convicted of treason or felony, unless restored to civil
rights.
SEC. 3. No soldier, seaman, or marine, in the army or navy of the United States, or
of their allies, shall be deemed to have acquired a residence in the State in consequence
of being stationed within the same; nor shall any soldier, seaman or marine have the
right to vote.
SEC. 4. The Legislature shall pass such laws as may be necessary for ascertaining, by
proper proofs, the citizens who shall be entitled to the right of suffrage hereby established.
SEC. 5. Every person who shall give or accept a challenge to fight a duel, or who
shall knowingly carry to another person such challenge, or shall go out of the State to
fight a duel, shall be ineligible to any office of trust or profit.
SEC. 6. Every person who shall have given or offered a bribe to procure his election,
shall be disqualified from holding office during the term for which he may have been
elected.
SEC. 7. Electors, during.their attendance at elections, and in going to and returning
therefrom, shall be privileged from arrest in all cases except treason, felony, or breach
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ARTICLE VI.-EDUCATION.
SECTION 1. The State Superintendent of Public Instruction shall have the general
supervision of the common school funds and educational interests of the State, and
perform such other duties as may be prescribed by law. A Superintendent of Public
Instruction shall be elected in each county, whose term of office shall be two years, and
whose,duty and compensation shall be prescribed by law.
SEC. 2. The Legislature shall encourage the promotion of intellectual, moral, scientific
and agricultural improvement, by establishing a uniform system of common schools,
and schools of higher grade, embracing normal, preparatory, collegiate, and university
departments.
SEC. 3. The proceeds of all lands that have been, or may be, granted by the United
States to the State, for the support of schools, and the five hundred thousand acres of
land granted to the new State, under an act of Congress distributing the proceeds of public lands among the several States of the Union, approved September 4, A. D. 1841, and all
estates of persons dying without heir or will, and such per cent. as may be granted by
Congress on the sale of lands in this State, shall be the common property of the State,
and shall be a perpetual school fund, which shall not be diminished, but the interest of
which, together with all the rents of the lands, and such other means as the Legislature may provide, by tax or otherwise, shall be inviolably appropriated to the support
of common schools.
SEC. 4. The income of the State school funds shall be disbursed annually, by order
of the State Superintendent, to the several County. Treasurers, and thence to the Treasurers of the several school districts, in equitable proportion to the number of children
and youth resident therein, between the ages of five and twenty-one years: Perovided,
That no school district in which a common school has not been maintained at least
three months in each year shall be entitled to receive any portion of such funds.
SEC. 5. The school lands shall not be sold unless such sale shall be authorized by a
vote of the people at a general election; but, subject to revaluation every five years,
they may be leased for any number of years not exceeding twenty-five, at a rate established by law.
SEC. 6. All money which shall be paid by persons as an equivalent for exemption
from military duty; the clear proceeds of estrays, ownership of which shall vest in the
taker-up; and the proceeds of fines for any breach of the penal laws, shall be exclusively applied in the several counties in which the money is paid or fines collected, to
the support of common schools.
SEC. 7. Provisions shall be made by law for the establishment, at some eligible and
central point, of a State University, for the promotion of literature and the arts and
sciences, including a normal and agricultural department. All funds arising from the
sale or rents of lands granted by the United States to the State for the support of a
State University, and all other grants, donations or bequests, either by the State or by
individuals, for such purpose, shall remain a perpetual fund, to be called the " University fund;" the interest of which shall be appropriated to the support of the State University.
SEC. 8. No religious sect or sects shall ever control any part of the common school or
University funds of the State.
SEC. 9. The State Superintendent of Public Instruction, Secretary of State and Attorney General shall constitute a Board of Commissioners for the management and
investment of the school funds. Any two of said Commissioners shall be a quorum.
ARTICLE VII.-PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS.
SECTION 1. Institutions for the benefit of the insane, blind, and deaf and dumb, and
such other benevolent institutions as the public good may require, shall be fostered and
supported by the State, subject to such regulations as may be prescribed by law. Trustees of such benevolent institutions as may be hereafter created shall be appointed by
the Governor, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate; and upon all nominations made by the Governor, the question shall be taken in yeas and nays, and entered
upon the journal.
SEC. 2. A Penitentiary shall be established, the directors of which shall be appointed
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SEC. 3. The Governor shall fill any vacancy that may occur in the offices aforesaid,
until the next session of the Legislature, and until a successor to his appointee shall be
confirmed and qualified.
SEC. 4. The respective counties of the State shall provide, as may be prescribed by
law, for those inhabitants who, by reason of age, infirmity or other misfortune, may
have claims upon sympathy and aid of society.
ARTICLE VIII.-MILITIA.
SECTION 1. The militia shall be composed of all able-bodied white male citizens between the ages of twenty-one and forty-five years, except such as are exempted by the
laws of the United States or of this State; but all citizens, of any religious denomination whatever, who, from scruples of conscience, may be averse to bearing arms, shall
be exempted therefrom, upon such conditions as may be prescribed by law.
SEC. 2. The Legislature shall provide for organizing, equipping and disciplining the
militia in such manner as it shall deem expedient, not incompatible with the laws of
the United States.
SEC. 3. Officers of the militia shall be elected or appointed, and commissioned in such
manner as may be provided by law.
SEC. 4. The Governor shall be Commander-in-Chief, and shall have power to call out
the militia to execute the laws, to suppress insurrection, and to repel invasion.
ARTICLE IX. —COUNTY AND TOWNSHIP ORGANIZATION.
SECTION i. The Legislature shall provide for organizing new counties, locating county
seats, and changing county lines; and no county seat shall be changed without the consent of a majority of the electors of the county, nor any county organized, or the lines
of any county changed so as to include an area of less than four hundred and thirtytwo:square miles.
SEC. 2. The Legislature shall provide for such county and township officers as may be
necessary.
SEC. 3. All county officers shall hold their offices for the term of two years, and until
their successors shall be qualified; but no person shall hold the office of sheriff or
county treasurer for more than two consecutive terms.
SEC. 4. Township officers, except justices of the peace, shall hold their offices'one
year from the Monday next succeeding their election, and until their successors are
qualified.
SEC. 5. All county and township officers may be removed from office in such manner
and for such cause as shall be prescribed by law.
ARTICLE X.-APPORTIONMENT.
SECTION 1. In the future apportionment of the State, each organized county shall
have at least one Representative; and each county shall be divided into as many districts as it has Representatives.
SEC. 2. It shall be the duty of the first Legislature to make an apportionment, based
upon the census ordered by the last Legislative Assembly of the Territory; and a new
apportionment shall be made in the year 1866, and every five years thereafter, based
upon the census of the preceding year.
SEC. 3. Until there shall be a new apportionment, the State shall be divided into
election districts; and the Representatives and Senators shall be apportioned among
the several districts as follows, viz.:
First District.-Doniphan county, four Representatives, two Senators.
Second District.-Atchison and Brown counties, six Representatives, two Senators.
Third District.,-Nemaha, Marshall, and Washington counties, two Representatives,
one Senator.
Fourth District.-Clay, Riley, and Pottawatomie counties, four Representatives, one
Senator..Fifth District. —Dickinson, Davis, and Wabaunsee counties, three Representatives,.
one Senator.
Sixth District.-Shawnee, Jackson, and Jefferson counties, eight Representatives, two
Senators.
Seventh District.-Leavenworth county, nine Representatives, three Senators.




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Eighth District.-Douglas, Johnson, and Wyandotte counties, thirteen Represeentatives, four Senators.
Ninth District.-Lykins, Linn, and Bourbon counties, nine Representatives, thrQ:.
Senators.
Tenth District.-Allen, Anderson, and Franklin counties, six Representatives, twoi
Senators.
Eleventh District.-Woodson and Madison counties, two Representatives, one Senator.
Twelfth District. —Coffey, Osage, and Breckinridge counties, six Representatives, two
Senators.
Thirteenth District.-Morris, Chase, and Butler counties, two Representatives4 qpon.
Senator.
Fourteenth District.-Arapahoe, Godfrey, Greenwood, Hunter,Wilson, Dorn, and 1cGee,
counties, one Representative.
ARTICLE XI.-FINANCE AND TAXATION.
SECTION 1. The Legislature shall provide for a uniform and equal rate of assessment:
and taxation; but all property used exclusively for State, county, municipal, literary,
educational, scientific, religious, benevolent, and charitable purposes, and personai
property to the amount of at least two hundred dollars for each family, shall be exempted from taxation.
SEC. 2. The Legislature shall provide for taxing the notes and bills discounted or
purchased, moneys loaned, and other property, effects, or dues of every description
(without deduction), of all banks now existing, or hereafter to be created, and of all
bankers, so that all property employed in banking shall always bear a burden of taxation equal to that imposed upon the property of individuals.
SEC. 3. The Legislature shall provide, each year, for raising revenue sufficient to,
defray the current expenses of the State.
SEC. 4. No tax shall be levied except in pursuance of a law, which shall distinctly
state the object of the same, to which object only such tax shall be applied.
SEC. 5. For the purpose of defraying extraordinary expenses, and making public
improvements, the State may contract public debts; but such debts shall never, in the,
aggregate, exceed one million dollars, except as hereinafter provided. Every such debt,
shall be authorized by law for some purpose specified therein, and the vote of a majority
of all the members elected to each house, to be taken by the yeas and nays, shall bq
necessary to the passage of such law; and every such law shall provide for levying. au
annual tax sufficient to pay the annual interest of such debt, and the principal thereof,
when it shall become due; and shall specifically appropriate the proceeds of such taxes
to the payment of such principal and interest; and such appropriation shall not be
repealed, nor the taxes postponed or diminished, until the interest and principal of such
debt shall have been wholly paid.
SEC. 6. No debt shall be-contracted by the State, except as herein provided, unless the
proposed law for creating such debt shall first be submitted to a direct vote of the electors of the State, at some general election; and if such proposed law shall be ratified by
a majority of all the votes cast at such general election, then it shall be the duty of the
Legislature next after such election to enact such law and create such debt, subject tq
all the provisions and restrictions provided in the preceding section of this article.
SEC. 7. The State may borrow money to repel invasion, suppress insurrection, or defend the State in time of war; but the money thus raised shall be applied-exclusively to,
the object for which the loan was authorized, or to the repayment of the debt thereby
created.
SEc. 8. The State shall never be a party in carrying on any works of internal improvement.
ARTICLE XII.- CORPORATIONS.
SECTION 1. The Legislature shall pass no special act conferring corporate powers.
Corporations may be created under general laws; but all such laws may be amended or
repealed.
SEC. 2. Dues from corporations shall be secured by individual liability of the stockholders to an additional amount equal to the stock owned by each stockholder, and such
other means as shall be provided by law; but such individual liabilities shall not apply
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SEC. 3. The title to all property of religious corporations shall vest in trustees, whos(
election- shall be by the members of such corporations.
SEC. 4. No right of way shall be appropriated to the use of any corporation until full
compensation therefor be first made in money, or secured by a deposit of money, to th(
owner, irrespective of any benefit from any improvement proposed by such corporation.
SEC. 5. Provision shall be made by general law for the organization of cities, townr
and villages; and their power of taxation, assessment, borrowing money, contracting
debts, and loaning their credit, shall be so restricted as to prevent the abuse of sucl
power.
SEC. 6. The term corporation, as used in this article, shall include all associations and
joint-stock companies having powers and privileges not possessed by individuals and
partnerships; and all corporations may sue and be sued in their corporate name.
ARTICLE XIII.-BANKS AND CURRENCY.
SECTION 1. No bank shall be established otherwise than under a general banking law
SEC. 2. All banking laws shall require, as collateral security for the redemption of th(
circulating notes of any bank organized under their provision, a deposit with the Auditol
of State of the interest-paying bonds of the several States or of the United States, at the
cash rates of the New York stock exchange, to an amount equal to the amount of circulating notes which such bank shall le authorized to issue, and a cash deposit in its vaultm
of ten per cent. of such amount of circulating notes; and the Auditor shall register and
countersign no more circulating bills of any bank than the cash value of such bonds
when deposited.
SEC. 3. Whenever the bonds pledged as collateral security for the circulation of any
bank shall depreciate in value, the Auditor of State shall require additional security,
or curtail the circulation of such bank to such extent as will continue the security unimpaired.
SEC. 4. All circulating notes shall be redeemable in the money of the United States.
Holders of such notes shall be entitled, in case of the insolvency of such banks, to preference of payment over all other creditors.
SEC. 5. The State shall not be a stockholder in any banking institution.
SEC. 6. All banks shall be required to keep offices and officers for the issue and redemption of their circulation, at a convenient place within the State, to be named on the
circulating notes issued by such bank.
SEC. 7. No banking institution shall issue circulating notes of a less denomination
than five dollars.
SEC. 8. No banking law shall be in force until the same shall have been submitted to
a vote of the electors of the State at some general election, and approved by a majority
of all the votes cast at such election.
SEC. 9. Any banking law may be amended or repealed.
ARTICLE XIV.-AMENDMENTS.
SECTION I. Propositions for the amendment of this Constitution may be made by
either branch of the Legislature; and if two-thirds of all the members elected to each
house shall concur therein, such proposed amendments, together with the yeas and
nays, shall be entered on the journal, and the Secretary of State shall cause the same
to be published in at least one newspaper in each county of the State where a newspaper is published, for three months preceding the next election for Representatives, at
which time the same shall be submitted to the electors for their approval or rejection;
and-if a majority of the electors voting on said amendments at said election shall adopt
the amendments, the same shall become a part of the Constitution. When more than
one amendment shall be submitted at the same time, they shall be so submitted as to
enable the electors to vote on each amendment separately; and not more than three
propositions to amend shall be submitted at the same election.
SEC. 2. Whenever two-thirds of the members elected to each branch of the Legislature shall think it necessary to call a Convention to revise, amend or change this Constitution, they shall recommend to the electors to vote at the next election of members
to the Legislature for or against a Convention; and if a majority of all the electors
voting at such election shall have voted for a Convention, the Legislature shall, at the
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ARTICLE XV.- MISCELLANEOUS.
SECTION 1. All officers whose election or appointment is not otherwise provided for,
shall be chosen or appointed as may be prescribed by law.
SEC. 2. The tenure of any office not herein provided for may be declared by law;
when not so declared, such office shall be held during the pleasure of the authority
making the appointment; but the Legislature shall not create any office the tenure
of which shall be longer than -four years.
SEC. 3. Lotteries and the sale of lottery tickets are forever prohibited.
SEC. 4. All public printing shall be let, on contract, to the lowest responsible bidder,
by such executive officer and in such manner as shall be prescribed by law.
SEC. 5. An accurate and detailed statement of the receipts and expenditures of the
public moneys, and the several amounts paid, to whom, and on what account, shall be
published, as prescribed by law.
SEC. 6. The Legislature shall provide for the protection of the rights of women, in
acquiring and possessing property, real, personal and mixed, separate and apart from
the husband; and shall also provide for their equal rights in the possession of their
children.
SEC. 7. The Legislature may reduce the salaries of officers who shall neglect the performance of any legal duty.
SEC. 8. The temporary seat of government is hereby located at the city of Topeka,
county of Shawnee. The first Legislature under this Constitution shall provide by law
for submitting the question of the permanent location of the capital to a popular vote,.
and a majority of all the votes cast at some general election shall be necessary for such
location.
SEC. 9. A homestead, to the extent of one hundred and sixty acres of farming land,.
or of one acre within the limits of an incorporated town or city, occupied as a residence
by the family of the owner, together with all improvements on the same, shall be exempted from forced sale under any process of law, and shall not be alienated without
the joint consent of husband and wife, when that relation exists; but no property shall
be exempt from sale for taxes, or for the payment of obligations contracted for the purchase of said premises, or for the erection of improvements thereon: Provided, The
provisions of this section shall not apply to any process of law obtained by virtue of a
lien given by the consent of both husband and wife.
SCHEDULE.
SECTION 1. That no inconvenience may arise from the change from a Territorial
Government to a permanent State Government, it is declar ed by this Constitution that
all suits, rights, actions, prosecutions, recognizances, contracts, judgments, and claims,
both as respects individuals and bodies corporate, shall continue as if no change had
taken place.
SEC. 2. All fines, penalties and forfeitures, owing to the Territory of Kansas, or any
county, shall inure to the use of the State or county. All bonds executed to the Territory, or any officer thereof, in his official capacity, shall pass over to the Governor, or
other officers of the State or county, and their successors in office, or the use of the
State or county, or by him or them to be respectively assigned over to the use of those
concerned, as the case may be.
SEC. 3. The Governor, Secretary and Judges, and all other officers, both civil and military, under the Territorial Government, shall continue in the exercise of the duties of
their respective departments until the said officers are superseded under the authority
of this constitution.
SEC. 4. All laws and parts of laws in force in the Territory, at the time of the acceptance of this Constitution by Congress, not inconsistent with this Constitution, shall
continue and remain in full force until they expire or shall be repealed.
SEC. 5. The Governor shall use his private seal until a State seal is provided.
SEC. 6. The Governor, Secretary of State, Auditor of State, Treasurer of State, Attorney General, and Superintendent of Public Instruction, shall keep their respective
offices at the seat of Government.
SEC. 7. All records, documents, books, papers, moneys, and vouchers, belonging andpertaining to the several Territorial courts and offices, and to the several districts and




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county offices, at the date of the admission of this State into the Union, shall be disposed of in such manner as may be prescribed by law.
SEC. 8. All suits, pleas, plaints, and other proceedings pending in any court of record,
or justice's court, may be prosecuted to final judgment and execution; and all appeals,
writs of error, certiorari, injunctions, or other proceedings whatever, may progress and
be carried on as if this Constitution had not been adopted; and the Legislature shall
direct the mode in which such suits, pleas, plaints, prosecutions, and other proceedings,
and all papers, records, books and documents connected therewith, may be removed to
the courts established by this Constitution.
SEC. 9. For the purpose of taking the vote of the electors of this Territory for the
ratification or rejection of this Constitution, an election shall be held in the several
voting precincts in this Territory, on the first Tuesday in October, A. D. 1859.
SEC. 10. Each elector shall express his assent or dissent by voting a written or printed
ballot, labelled, " For the Constitution," or, "Against the Constitution."
SEC. 11. If a majority of all the votes cast at such election shall be in favor of the
Constitution, then there shall be an election held in the several voting precincts on the
first Tuesday in December, A. D. 1859, for the election of. members of the first Legislature, of all State, district and county officers provided for in this Constitution, and for a
Representative in Congress.
SEC. 12. All persons having tho qualifications of electors, according to the provisions
of this Constitution, at the date of each of said elections, and who shall have been duly
registered according to the provisions of the registry law of this Territory, and none
others, shall be entitled to vote at each of said elections.
SEC. 13. The persons who may be judges of the several voting precincts of this Territory, at the date of the respective elections in this schedule provided for, shall be the
judges of the respective elections herein provided for.
SEC. 14. The said judges of election, before entering upon the duties of their office,
shall take and subscribe an oath faithfully to discharge their duties as such. They shall
appoint two clerks of election, who shall be sworn by one of said judges faithfully to
discharge their duties as such. In the event of a vacancy in the board of judges, the
samc shall be filled by the electors present.
SEC. 15. At each of the elections provided for in this schedule, the polls shall be
opened between the hours of nine and ten o'clock, A. M., and closed at sunset.
SEC. 16. The tribunals transacting county business of the several counties shall cause
to be furnished to the boards of judges, in their respective counties, two poll books for
each election hereinbefore provided for, upon which the clerks shall inscribe the name
of every person who may vote at the said elections.
SEC. 17. After closing the polls at each of the elections provided for in this schedule,
the judges shall proceed to count the votes cast, and designate the persons or objects for
which they were cast, and shall make two correct tally lists of the same.
SEC. 18. Each of the boards of judges shall safely keep one poll book and tally list,
and the ballots cast at each election, and shall, within ten days after such election,
cause the other poll book and tally list to be transmitted, by the hands of a sworn officer, to the clerk of the board transacting county business in their respective counties,
or to which the county may be attached for municipal purposes.
SEC. 19. The tribunals transacting county business shall assemble at the county seats
of their respective counties, on the second Tuesday after each of the elections provided
for in this schedule, and shall canvass the votes cast at the elections held in the several
precincts in their respective counties, and of the counties attached for municipal purposes. They shall hold in safe keeping the poll books and tally lists of said elections.
and shall, within ten days thereafter, transmit, by the hands of a sworn officer, to the
President of this Convention, at the city of Topeka, a certified transcript of the same,
showing the number of votes cast for each person or object voted for at each of the several precincts in their respective counties, and in the counties attached for municipal
purposes, separately.
SEC. 20.' The Governor of the Territory, and the President and Secretary of this Convention, shall constitute a Board of State Canvassers, any two of whom shall be a
quorum; and who shall, on the fourth Monday after each of the elections provided for
in this schedule, assemble at said city of Topeka, and proceed to open and canvass the
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the result; and shall'immediately issue certificates of election to all persons (if any)
thus elected.
SEC. 21. Said Board of State Canvassers shall issue their proclamation, not less than
twenty days next preceding each of the elections provided for in this schedule. Said
proclamation shall contain an announcement of the several elections; the qualifications
of electors; the manner of conducting said elections and of making the returns thereof,
-as in this Constitution provided; and shall publish said proclamation in one newspaper
in each of the counties of the Territory in which a newspaper may be then published.
SEC. 22. The Board of State Canvassers shall provide for the transmission of authenticated copies of the Constitution to the President of the United States, the President of
the Senate, and Speaker of the House of Representatives.
SEC. 23. Upon official information having been by him received of the admission of
Kansas into the Union as a State, it shall be the duty of the Governor elect under the
Constitution to proclaim the same, and to convene the Legislature, and do all things
else necessary to the complete and active organization of the State Government.
SEC. 24. The first Legislature shall have no power to make any changes in -county'lines.
SEC. 25. At the election to be held for the ratification or rejection of this Constitu-:tion, each elector shall:be permitted vote on the homestead provision contained in the'article on "Miscellaneous,":by depositing a ballot inscribed, " For the homestead," or,
"Against the homestead;"'and, if a majority of all-the'votes cast -at said election shall
be against said provision, then.it shall'be'stricken from the Constitution.
RESOLUTIONS.
Resolved, That the Congress of.the United States is hereby'requested, upon the application of Kansas for admission into the Union, to pass an act granting to the State
forty-five hundred thousandacres of land to aid in the construction of railroads'and
-other internal improvements.
Resolved, That Congress be further requested to pass an act appropriating fifty thousand acres of land for the improvement of the Kansas river from its mouth toFort
Riley.
Resolved, That Congress be further requested to pass an act granting all swamp lands
within the State for the benefit of common schools.
Resolved, That Congress be further requested to pass an act appropriating five hundred thousand dollars, or, in lieu thereof, five hundred thousand acres of land, for the
payment of the claims awarded to citizens of Kansas by the claim commissioners appointed by the Governor and Legislature of Kansas, under an act of the Territorial
Legislature, passed February 7, 1859.
Resolved, That the Legislature shall make provision for the sale or disposal of the
lands granted to the State in aid of internal improvements and for other purposes,
subject to the salme rights of pre-emption to the settlers thereon as are now allowed by
law to settlers on the public lands.
Resolved, That it is the desire of the people of Kansas to be admitted into the Union
-with this Constitution.
Resolved, That Congress be further requested to assume the debt of this Territory.
Done in Convention at Wyandotte, this 29th day of July, A. D. 1859.
JAMES M. WINCHELL,
President of the Kansas Constitutional Convention, and Delegate from Osage County.
JOHN A. MARTIN, Secretary.
ROBERT GRAHAM.          JAMES M. ARTHUR.   P. H. TOWNSEND.
JOHN JAMES INGALLS.   JOSIAH LAMB.             WM. HUTCHINSON.
CALEB MAY.              WM. MCC(ULLOCH.        N. C. BLOOD.
J. A. MIDDLETON.        JAS. G. BLUNT.         EDMUND (. Ross.
S. D. HOUSTON.          J. C. BURNETT.        JAS. HANWAY.
LUTHER R. PALMER.    WM. R. GRIFFITH.    ALLEN CROCKER.
JOHN TAYLOR BURRIS.   SAM'L A. KINGMAN.   SAM'L E. HOFFMAN.
JOHN P. GREER.          ROBT. J. PORTER.    JAMES A. SIGNOR.
JOHN RITCHIE.           JAMES BLOOD.'         GEO. H. LILLIE.
-H. D. PRESTON.          S. 0. THACHER.        R. L. WILLIAMS.
BENJAMIN F. SIMPSON.   EDWIN STOKES.           W. P. DUTTON.




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AMENDMENTS TO THE CONSTITUTION.
ARTICLE II.
Section 2 was amended, November 4, 1873, as follows:
"SECTION 2. The number of Representatives and Senators shall be regulated by law,
but shall never exceed one hundred and twenty-five Representatives and forty Senators.
From and after the adoption of the amendment, the House of Representatives shall
admit one member from each county in which at least two hundred and fifty legal votes
were cast at the next preceding general election; and each organized county in which
less than two hundred legal votes were cast at the next preceding general election shall
be attached to, and constitute a part of, the Representative District of the county lying
next adjacent to it on the east."
Section 12 was amended, November 8, 1864, as follows:
"SECTION 12. Bills may originate in either house, but may be amended or rejected
by either."
ARTICLE V.
Section 2 was'amended, November 5, 1867, as follows:
"SECTION 2. No person under guardianship, non compos mentis, or insane; no person'convicted of felony, unless restored to civil rights; no person who has been dishonorably discharged from the service of the United States, unless reinstated; no person
guilty of defrauding the Government of the United States, or any of the States thereof;
no person guilty of giving or receiving a bribe, or offering to give or receive a bribe;
and no person who has ever voluntarily borne arms against the Government of the
United States, or in any manner voluntarily aided or abetted in the attempted overthrow of said Government, except all persons who have been honorably discharged;from the military service of the United States since the first day of April, A. D. 1861,:provided that they have served one year or more therein, shall be qualified to vote or
hold office in this State, until such disability shall be removed by a law passed by a vote
-:f two-thirds of all the members of both branches of the Legislature."
Section 3 was amended, November 8, 1864, as follows:
"'SSECTION 3. For the purpose of voting, no person shall be deemed to have gained or
lost'a residence by reason of his presence or absence while employed in the service of
the United States, nor while engaged in the navigation of the waters of this State or of
the United States, or of the high seas; nor while a student of any seminary of learning;
nor while kept at any'almshouse, or other asylum, at public expense; nor while con-''fined in'any public prison: and the Legislature may make provision for taking the
0votes of electors who may be absent from their townships or wards, in the volunteer
military service of the United States, or the militia service of this State; but nothing
herein contained shall be deemed to allow any soldier, seaman or marine in the regular
army or navy of the United States the right to vote."
ARTICLE XIII.
Section 7 was amended, November, 1861, as follows:
"No banking institution shall issue circulating notes of a less denomination than
one dollar."
ARTICLE XV.
Section 4 was amended, November 3, 1868, as follows:
"All public'printing shall be done by a State Printer, who shall be elected by the Legislature in joint session, and shall hold his office for two years, and until his successor
shall be elected and qualified. The joint session of the Legislature for the election of a
State Printer shall be on the third Tuesday of January, A. D. 1869, and every two years' thereafter. All public printing shall be done at the capital, and the prices for the same'sball be regulated by law."




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The following amendment will be voted upon by the people in November, 1875:
SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION NO. 1.
PROPOSED AMENDMENT to section three of the Constitution of the State, regulating the
time of electing and compensation of members of the Legislature.
Be it resolved by the Legislatire of the State of Kansas, two-thirds of the members elected to each
[house] concurring therein:
[SEcTION 1.] The following proposition to amend the Constitution of the State of
Kansas shall be submitted to the electors of the State at the general election of eighteen
hundred and seventy-five:
PROPOSITION ONE: Section twenty-five of article two shall be amended so as to read
as follows: Section 25. All sessions of the Legislature shall be held at the State capital,
and beginning with the session of eighteen hundred and seventy-seven, all regular sessions shall be held once in two years, commencing on the second Tuesday of January
of each alternate year thereafter.
PROPOSITION TWO: Section three of article eleven shall be amended so as to read as
follows: Section 3. The Legislature shall provide, at each regular session, for raising
sufficient revenue to defray the current expenses of the State for two years.
PROPOSITION THREE: The following shall constitute section twenty-nine of article
two: Section 29. At the general election held in eighteen hundred and seventy-six, and
thereafter, members of the House of Representatives shall be elected for two years, and
members-of the Senate shall be elected for four years.
SEC. 2. The following shall be the method of submitting said proposition of amendment: The ballots shall be either written or printed, or partly printed and partly written.
In regard to proposition one, the form of the ballots shall be, "For proposition one to
amend the Constitution," "Against proposition one to amend the Constitution;" in regard to proposition two, the form of the ballots shall be, "For proposition two to amend.
the Constitution," "Against proposition two to amend the Constitution;" in regard to
proposition three, the form of the ballots shall be, "For proposition three to amend the
Constitution," "Against proposition three to amend the Constitution."
SEC. 3. This joint resolution shall take effect and be in force from and after its publication in the statute book.
JUrY.-The report made to the Constitutional Convention by Edward
Hoogland, Henry J. Adams and Samuel A. Kingman, Commissioners
under the act of February 7, 1859, "to provide for the adjustment and
payment of claims," was printed by order of the United States House of
Representatives in 1861, and is one of the documents of the second session
of the Thirty-sixth Congress. It is published in two octavo volumes, and
contains 1767 pages.
The first act for the auditing of claims was passed February 23, 1857.
Hiram J. Strickler was the Commissioner under this act.
Mr. Hoogland was appointed by the Governor, Mr. Adams elected by the
Council, and Judge Kingman chosen by the House. The Legislature, on
joint ballot, elected William McKay the Attorney of the Board. The
claims allowed by this Commission amount to $412,978.03.  The Commissioners believe that more than two hundred lives were lost, and not less
than two millions in money, during the Territorial troubles.  The Report
is made up of affidavits of claimants, who tell the story of their losses in
their own way, and it is altogether unique and invaluable as a historical
record. Testimony was taken in 463 cases.
Congress made no appropriation.
On certificates of the Commission, the Territorial Auditor issued warrants
on the Treasurer to the amount of $349,933.63. The Treasurer issued
bonds on the warrants to the amount of $95,700. The Legislature refused




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to make the Territory responsible for this debt. The first State Legislature, in 1861, took similar action.
JULY 16.-Treaty with "the Swan Creek and Black River band of
Chippewas of Kansas Territory." The reservation of 8,320 acres, in Franklin county, Kansas, set apart for the entire band, shall inure to the benefit
of that portion of said band now residing thereon. The Munsees, or
Christian Indians, are united with said band.
JULY 23.-Dr. John Doy is rescued from the jail in St. Joseph. Dr.
Doy afterwards published a book, giving a history of his experience in
Kansas and Missouri. His son Charles died suddenly in southern Kansas,
and the father in Michigan —neither from disease.
AUGUST 3.-Republican Convention at Lawrence, to nominate a Delegate
to Congress. Called to order by S. C. Pomeroy. J. P. Root, of Wyandotte,
was elected temporary Chairman, and Albert L. Lee, of Elwood, Secretary.
The permanent officers were as follows:
President: Jas. M. Winchell, of Osage county.
Vice Presidents: Chas. Chadwick, of Wyandotte county; Warren W.
Guthrie, of Brown county; Chas. B. Lines, of Wabaunsee county; B. F.
Simpson, of Lykins county; and Silas Fearl, of Coffey county.
Secretaries: Albert L. Lee, of Doniphan county, and Jacob Stotler, of
Breckinridge county.
The vote on candidate for Congress stood thus: M. J. Parrott, 57; M. F.
Conway, 26; A. Danford, 11; Chas. A. Foster, 3; S. C. Pomeroy, 3; Benj.
Harding, 1, and two blanks. Necessary to a choice, 52. On motion of
C. B. Lines, the nomination of Mr. Parrott was made unanimous. On
motion of Wm. A. Phillips, of Arapahoe, Mr. Parrott was pledged the support of every Republican voter in the Territory.
AUGUST 17.-Democratic Convention at Topeka. Saunders W. Johnston
nominated for Delegate in Congress.
SEPTEMBER 12.-James M. Winchell, President, and John A. Martin,
Secretary, issue a proclamation calling an election on the Wyandotte Constitution, to ratify or reject it.
SEPTEMBER.-Anson Burlingame visits Kansas. The Republicans of
Leavenworth gave him a supper. D. R. Anthony presided, and James
McCahon acted as toastmaster.
OCTOBER 1.-Treaty with the Sacs and Foxes.
-The State Record started at Topeka by E. G. and W. W. Ross.
OCTOBER 4.-The Wyandotte Constitution adopted. Vote for the Constitution, 10,421; against, 5,530; for the homestead clause, 8,788; against,
4,772.
OCTOBER 5.- Treaty with the Kansas Indians. A portion of their reservation set apart and assigned in severalty to members of the tribe.
OCTOBER 12.- Republican State Convention at Lawrence. William A.'Phillips was elected temporary Chairman of the Convention, receiving 31
votes to 29 for James M. Winchell. Leavenworth county appeared in the
Convention with two sets of delegates, one favorable to the nomination of
H. P. Johnson for Governor, and the other to Henry J. Adams. The mat15




226                  ANNALS OF KANSAS.                       [1859.
ter was compromised, and both candidates killed, by selecting four from
each delegation to represent the county in the Convention.  President:
William A. Phillips. Secretaries: P. B. Plumb and J. A. Martin. A motion to nominate the Congressman first was defeated, by a vote of 38 to 36.
Mr. Vaughan then nominated H. P. Johnson, and Mr. Thaclier, Charles
Robinson, for Governor. The whole number of votes cast was 77, Robinson receiving 43, and Johnson 34. Lieutenant Governor: J. P. Root received 39 votes, Mr. Fish 15, A. Larzelere 14, and 9 scattering. Secretary
of State: J. W. Robinson 43, James Fletcher 24, and 9 scattering. Auditor:
On the second ballot George S. Hillyer received 45, and Asa Hairgrove 24.
Treasurer: On the second ballot Wm. Tholen received 49, and T. P. Herrick 25. Attorney General: On the first ballot B. F. Simpson received 37,
John C. Douglass 17, D. W. Houston 14, and Ed. S. Lowman 8. Superintendent of Public Instruction: W. R. Griffith was nominated on the first
ballot, having received 49 votes to 16 for Davis and 8 scattering. Congressman: On the first ballot M. F. Conway received 48, and 0. E. Learnard 29.
Judges: Thomas Ewing, jr., Chief Justice, and Samuel A. Kingman and'Lawrence D. Bailey, Associates, were nominated by acclamation.
OCTOBER 16.-Captain John Brown, with twenty-one men, takes possession of the town of Harper's Ferry, Virginia.
OCTOBER 18.-Anson Burlingame speaks at Topeka. He also visits
Burlingame, Osage county.
OCTOBER 25.-Democratic Convention at Lawrence. Called to order by
J. P. Slough. Temporary Officers: G. H. Fairchild, Atchison, Chairman;
B. P. Ayers, of Linn county, Secretary.
Oficers: President, G. H. Fairchild; Vice Presidents, J. Stiarwalt, John
Wright, E. Jones, C. E. Haskins, D. Goodin, Jesse Clover, T. J. Fortaine,
J. G. Sparrey, J. F. Cooper, C. K. Miner, Seth Killam, Hiram  Moran;
Secretaries, B. P. Ayers, A. G. Otis, S. A. Medary, A. S. Devenney, A.
Jones.
Ballot for Governor: Samuel Medary 43, H. B. Denman 27, C. K. Holliday 10. For Lieutenant Governor, John P. Slough was nominated by
acclamation. For Chief Justice, Judge Joseph Williams received 54 votes,
Judge Purkins 29. For Member of Congress: John A. Halderman 41,
Robert B. Mitchell 35, Robert S. Stevens 5. For Attorney General: Orlin
Thurston, of Allen, 39; W. D. Wood, of Doniphan, 21; G. W. Willey, of
Lykins, 18. On the second ballot Thurston was declared the nominee.
For Auditor: J. K. Goodin 51; C. R. Deming, of Marshall, 25. For Treasurer: R. J. Pease, of Atchison, 44; J. E. Jones, of Bourbon, 31. For Secretary of State: A. P. Walker, of Douglas, 43; J. M. Giffen, of Johnson, 34.
For Associate Justices: R. B. Mitchell was nominated by acclamation, and
Samuel A. Stinson over H. Miles Moore.
OCTOBER 31.-The Governor sets apart Thursday, November 24th, as a
day of Thanksgiving.
NOVEMBER 1.-Governor Medary proclaims the following as the result
of the vote on the Wyandotte Constitution, at the election held on the 4th
of October:




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Names of Counties.
5                           aI
Allen.............................. 244   159   201   152
Anderson....266                                                                                                                       80    206    109
Arapahoe  (no  returns)............................................................
Atchison...............6.............   694   581   412   587
Bourbon.....................................................................                                    464            256            530            102
Breckinridge...............................................................                                       545              26           425              19
Brown...............................................................                    269            103            173 -          163
Butler..............................................................27                                                                 1            28..
Chase  (no   returns).................................................................
Clay  (no   returns)....................................................................
Coffey...........................................................................                                  434            121            360            115
Davis  (no  returns).....................................................................
Dickinson  (no  returns)..........................................................................
Doniphan.......................................................................                                      743            630            592            690
Dorn   (no  returns)..................................................................
Franklin.....................................................................                                       301            111            252            111
Greenwood.......................................                                  24             16             33               3
Hunter  (no   returns).......................................................
Jackson....................................................................                                        224            170            138            185
Jeffe rso      n........................................................................ 392                                        354            345            131
Johnson...........................................................                                                 373            377            316            113
Leavenworth.........................................................   1,143    1,088   1,019    1,045
Linn...............................................                                                                   549    157    455    169
Lykins...................9...........................................                                               492            295            455            225
M adison................................................................                      82               4            60             23
M arshall (no   returns)........................................................................................
McGee  (no   returns).......................................................................................
M orris..................................................................                              50             22             13
Nemaha...............................................                              200              44           104              63
Osage...............................................                                   44...........             42               2
Pottawatomie..................................................                           93             68             76             49
Riley...................................                                                                             296   128   202    52
Shawnee........................................................................    671            109            666              60
W abaunsee................................................                          110              14             65             17
W ilson   (no   returns)............................................................................................
W yandotte..................................................................                                            274          205            166            260
W oodson   (no  returns)..............................................................
Total.....................................................  10,421 5,530   8,788   4,772
The "Constitution" and "Homestead," therefore, having received a majority of the votes cast, are adopted by the people of Kansas.
NOVEMBER 8.-Territorial election for Delegate in Congress. Saunders
W. Johnston was the Democratic and Marcus J. Parrott the Republican
candidate.
Name of County.                                                             Johnston Parrott.  Total.
Arapahoe.......................................                                                                                38              22                  60
Atchison...........................................................................                      654             531              1,  185
Anderson.................................                                                                                      105    238                           343
Allen........................................                                                                               207             203                  410
Brown........................................                                                                                25            272                  297
Breckinridge........................................                                                                       145              371                 516
Butler.............1...........................................                                 47                   48
Bourbon..............................................................               251              368                 619
Coffey........................................                                                                              170              285                 455
Chase...................................................................................                                                     126                 126
Clay (attached to Riley).
Doniphan..............................................................................                                       762              768              1,530
Dickinson......................................................................
Davis....................................................................................                                    127                94                221
Douglas.................................................................................                                     353              993              1, 346
Dorn (attached to Bourbon).
Franklin..............................................................................                                     172              265                 437




228                                    ANNALS OF KANSAS.                                                        [1859.
VOTE FOR TERRITORIAL DELEGATE IN CONGRESS-Concluded.
Name of County.                                        Johnston  Parrott.   Total.
Greenwood.....................................................................................................
Godfrey (attached to Coffey).
Hunter (attached to Breckinridge).
Jackson.................................................................................    179  222       401
Jefferson.............................................355..................................    355   367            722
Johnson............................................................................    482            408            890
Leavenworth........................................................................  1,391  1,109     2,592
Lykins.....                                                                              355         453            808
Linn......33....3........................... ]  373    563                                                          936
Madison................................................             6         81             87
Morris..................................................                                  114          41            155
Marshall and Washington.............................                179         146            325
McGee (attached to Bourbon).
Nemaha................................................................................     41         228            270
Osage............................................................................            1         31             32
Pottawatomie................................................................               33         121            154
Riley..................................................                                    97         298            395
Shawnee..................................................                     167         535            702
Wabaunsee..................................................      8         121            129
Wyandotte.................................................                   321         289            610
Woodson...................................................................          77          87            164
Wilson (attached to Allen).
Total.................................................................7,232  9,708    16,949
Parrott's majority, 2,746.
NOVEMBER 8.-Election of Territorial Legislature:
COUNCIL.-(Each District One Member.)
FIRST DISTRICT - DONIPHAN.
George M. Beebe............................. 762 ] William  D. Beeler................................ 748
SECOND DISTRICT - ATCHISON AND JACKSON.
M. R. Benton........................................   741 I W. J. Marion...................................... 815
THIRD DISTRICT - LEAVENWORTH.
William   G. Mathias.............................1267 I James L. McDowell.............................1221
FOURTH DISTRICT — LEAVENWORTH AND JEFFERSON.
J. M. Christison........................           1692    Adam   Fisher..................................1101
FIFTH DISTRICT -BROWN, NEMAHA, POTTAWATOMIE, MARSHALL, AND WASHINGTON.
Luther R. Palmer................................ 476 j Warren W. Guthrie............................. 201
George Graham................................  187  I Charles R. Deming..............................  182
SIXTH DISTRICT -RILEY, CLAY, DAVIS, DICKINSON, WABAUNSEE, AND MORRIS.
J. B. Woodward..........................     573 I H. N. Williams.................................    320
SEVENTH DISTRICT - SHAWNEE, OSAGE, AND BRECKINRIDGE.
Chester Thomas......................... 909 1 Philip C. Schuyler.............................. 238
EIGHTH DISTRICT — DOUGLAS.
James M. Hendry............................... 893 [ George A. Reynolds............................. 435
NINTH DISTRICT -DOUGLAS, FRANKLIN, AND ANDERSON.
P. P. Elder.149...................                    1492  Isaiah Pile................................. 607




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TENTH DISTRICT- WYANDOTTE. AND JOHNSON.
Charles G. Keeler................................ 765 1 Alfred Gray.................................   702
ELEVENTH DISTRICT —LINN AND LYKINS.
W. W. Updegraff............................   994 [ Joseph H. Barlow.............................. 781
TWELFTH DISTRICT —BOURBON, ALLEN, M'GEE, DORN, WOODSON, AND WILSON.
Watson Stewart.............................. 642 1 N. S. Goss..................................    550
THIRTEENTH DISTRICT-COFFEY, MADISON, HUNTER, BUTLER, CHASE, GODFREY, AND
GREENWOOD.
John C. Lambdin............................. 341  Hiram  Hoover........................ 210
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
FIRST DISTRICT - DONIPHAN - THREE MEMBERS.
Thomas Vanderslice........................... 747  Carey B. Whitehead........................... 759
Hugh Robertson............................... 752  Thomas A. Osborn.............................. 731
Philip Burke....................................  731  B. O'Driscoll.............                728
SECOND DISTRICT - ATCHISON -TWO MEMBERS.
William  Noel.................... 659  F. Lombard.................................                 658
R. A. Van Winkle..................... 506 I James Auld................   495
THIRD DISTRICT - LEAVENWORTH - FOUR MEMBERS.
Fred. Brown...............................1314  Jeremiah Clark..................................1123
Pascal S. Parks...................................1372  Benjamin H. Twombly...................... 1133
John Wright......................................1293  C. H. W. Ettinger................................1114
J. C. Murphy......................................1275  A. M. Clark................................1163
FOURTH DISTRICT - JEFFERSON - TWO MEMBERS.
Edward Lynde...................................  372 i Henry Buckmaster............................. 329
T. A. Blake........................................ 370  James H. Jones................................... 328
FIFTH DISTRICT -POTTAWATOMIE AND WABAUNSEE- ONE MEMBER.
Amasa Bartlett...............................  234  Charles Jenkins..................................  82
SIXTH DISTRICT - JACKSON - ONE MEMBER.
Byron Steward...............................  217   William  Cline.................................. 183
SEVENTH DISTRICT- WYANDOTTE - ONE MEMBER.
Wm. L. McMath............ 295 I Thos. J. Williams......... 295 1 A. B. Bartlett......               39
EIGHTH DISTRICT-BROWN- ONE MEMBER.
H. R. Dutton....................     232 I A. B. Anderson...............................   60
NINTH DISTRICT-NEMAHA-ONE MEMBER.
Morton Cave (vote not given in official abstract.)
TENTH DISTRICT- MARSHALL AND WASHINGTON - ONE MEMBER.
J. S. Magill........................................ 162   George G. Pierce................................. 160




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ELEVENTH DISTRICT - RILEY AND CLAY - ONE MEMBER.
Daniel L. Chandler............................. 268 1 George Montague................................ 174
TWELFTH DISTRICT —DICKINSON AND DAVIS - ONE MEMBER.
Robert Reynolds.............................. 136  J. W. Blaine..................................    83
THIRTEENTH DISTRICT - BRECKINRIDGE - ONE MEMBER.
Stephen G. Elliott.............................. 387 i E. C. Stevens...............................   101
FOURTEENTH DISTRICT -SHAWNEE - TWO MEMBERS.
William  H. Fitzpatrick....................... 524 1 Cyrus K. Holliday............................. 152
S. R. Caniff......................................... 524  N. 0. Case......................................... 155
FIFTEENTH DISTRICT -DOUGLAS - THREE MEMBERS.
Paul R. Brooks................................. 992  Edwin Mervin................................... 335
William A. Rankin............................. 965  George W. Zinn................................... 334
Erastus Heath....................................  991  L. A. Prather..................................... 338
SIXTEENTH DISTRICT - JOHNSON - TWO MEMBERS.
Charles Sims.................               511  Josiah E. Hayes................................. 385
L. S. Cornwall................................  477   D. W. Scott...................   389
SEVENTEENTH DISTRICT - LYKINS —ONE MEMBER.
Gustavus A. Colton.............................. 471 I George W. Dall.................................... 368
EIGHTEENTH DISTRICT - LINN - ONE MEMBER.
J. H. Jones.......................................... 490 I John T. Alexander............................. 394
NINETEENTH DISTRICT - LYKINS AND LINN —ONE MEMBER.
William  R. Wagstaff.......................... 847 I James Montgomery............................. 838
TWENTIETH DISTRICT-ANDERSON - ONE MEMBER.
Thomas Lindsay................................. 296 I Samuel Anderson.............................  5
TWENTY-FIRST DISTRICT - FRANKLIN- ONE MEMBER.
Henry Shively.................................  221 I John F. Javens.................................. 216
TWENTY-SECOND DISTRICT-COFFEY AND OSAGE-TWO MEMBERS.
O. H. Sheldon.................  309  A.A. Burr....................  177
George W. Nelson............................... 335  Doc. Howell..................................   136
TWENTY-THIRD DISTRICT —MADISON, CHASE, AND MORRIS - ONE MEMBER.
T. S. Huffaker............... 121 1 S. N. Wood.................... 86 I S. G. Britton................  34
TWENTY-FOURTH DISTRICT -BUTLER, GREENWOOD, HUNTER, GODFREY, AND WOODSON
- ONE MEMBER.
P. G. D. Morton...................................  149 I E. I. Brown........................................ 124
TWENTY-FIFTH DISTRICT —ALLEN, WILSON, DORN, AND M'GEE -.ONE MEMBER.
John W. Scott.................................. 213 I Nimrod Hawkins................................ 195




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TWENTY-SIXTH DISTRICT — BOURBON-ONE MEMBER.
Horatio Knowles................................. 359 i George Hubbard.........................   259
TWENTY-SEVENTH DISTRICT — ARAPAHOR- ONE MEMBER.
R. Sopris.......................................   219 1 David  Gregory....................................   17
DECEMBER I. —Abram Lincoln arrives in Elwood, and makes a speech
that evening. He was met at St. Joseph by M. W. Delahay and D. W.
Wilder. His speech was substantially the same he made soon afterwards
at the Cooper Institute, New York, and one of the ablest and clearest ever
delivered by an American statesman.
DECEMBER 2.-John Brown executed.
DECEMBER 3.-The Leavenworth Times says: "The Hon. Abe Lincoln
is on Kansas soil. He has spoken at Elwood, Troy and Doniphan. Last
night he spoke at Atchison. To-day at noon he arrives in Leavenworth.
To-night he speaks at Stockton's." He received a public reception, and
made two speeches, one on the 3d and one on the 5th.
DECEMBER 5.- Meeting of the 36th Congress. John Sherman, of Ohio,
the Republican candidate for Speaker, had approved of an Anti-Slavery
book written by Hinton R. Helper, of North Carolina. John B. Clark, of
Missouri, offered a resolution declaring any member unfit to be Speaker
*who had signed a recommendation of Helper's "Compendium of the Impending Crisis." The resolution was long debated, but did not come to a
vote.
DECEMBER 5.-In the Senate, Mr. Mason, of Virginia, moved the appointment of a committee to enquire into the facts connected with the seizure of
the United States Armory at Harper's Ferry, by John Brown and his confederates; adopted. Mr. Trumbull, of Illinois, moved to include in the
investigation the seizure of the Arsenal at Franklin, Mo., by the invaders
of Kansas, in 1855; rejected. The committee consisted of Mason, Fitch,
Jefferson Davis, Doolittle and Collamer. The majority report, signed by
Mason, Fitch and Davis, absolved all persons except Brown and his men
from any connexion with the invasion. The committee examined several
witnesses from Kansas.




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Atchison.......  644   585   644   581   645   581   632,586   645   583 1'646    8       4     7      9      9     9     7      7     1    3       3
Allen............ 1741 136   175 I134[ 175 [135[ 1761 135[ 175 [135 I175 I135   112   134   174 [135 [1741 135   165 I141[ 175 [135
Anderson......[ 160[  891 162I  89I 162[  89[ 162[  89 /1621  88] 162[  88   150    92   162I  891 1621  89I 162I 89 [160/s
Brown............/ 273[  81[ 271[  80I 272[  81[ 273[  81[ 273[  81]~:...1..'......[    271t  80[ 280    71   274[8               7      1 28        Q
Breckinridge.. 398 /'122 [405 /109 I413 [111 I413 [110 I411-[ 111 I413 ["'11" 411 I111   413 1109  356                             1      0    9    2.........7 1o9 /.o 14512751147127511351273I 1501 172[ 1491 2721 1511 2751 1471 2751 148 274 148 214 4
Chase.........o19 1  0- 1  2  0 9  0 19 I  09     1     0      0     8         ~1o9   1      1       0
Coffey............I 223[ 101 I228/  98 I228 [981 228[  98[ 227  [99J 229'[97 [ 227I  97 ]2291  981 228[  98[ 227]  99[ 223[ 100
Doug~las..........[1,018 t 334 11, 093[ 324 /1, 093 [  35 [1,100/ 324 11,097[ 330 [1,094[ 330 Jl, 086   341 [1,100[   328 (1,093[ 333 II 097[ 325 [1,057[ 341
IDoniphan.......I 476 [371 [472[ 327 I473I 3771 472[ 376[ 466 t3801 472 [3771 472[ 376[ 472[ 375[ 472[ 376 [ 473[ 378 ]470[ 382 
IDi'k'n &IDavisl 60 117/ 50[ 117 I50, 115[ 48[ 115[ 49[ 115[ 481 116 491 116[ 49[ 115 48[ 116[ 49[ 116[ 30[ 115 )
Franklin........[ 249I 1211250[ 120[ 249[ 121[ 250I 122[ 245[ 116[ 249[ 122l 241[ 129[ 250[ 121[ 250[ 122[ 25011221242 ]124
Greenwood..   23       6    23     6    23      6    23      6    23     6    23      6    23      6    23     6     2            4      5    2 
Hunter..........   2         1     3     2            1      3    2             1     3    2             1     3     2            1     3     2 
/ako.....   169 I170/ i70 [169 /170   169/ 170 I1691 169 I169 [170 I169   170 I169 [169 [169 ]169 [169j 170 i169 /  70iO  169
Jefferson........[ 332 I293[ 333[ 295[ 332[292[ 3321293   330128113311292   3291 294[ 3281 2961 331[ 293] 329   292[ 332[294
Johnson........[ 306 [425 /310  [424[ 310 [425[ 310 [423 [308 [425 [308 ]425  309 [422 ]308 [423 [308 [421 ]307 f424 [303 [426
Leavenworth.[ 997 [1,404 ]975 I1 433 [965 I,406 [1,022 [1 372[ 965 I1 4031 961 [1 402 I,098 I1 312] 952 I1 415[ 961 I1 404 ]96 1 tl405 [878 I1 515   C
Linn..:...........[ 222[ 132 I226'131 /225'131 [224'131 I224'135 I224'131 [ 238 I 118 [226 ] 130 [199 I 159 /225 [ 131 /219 I 127
Lykins...........[ 312[ 200[ 313[ 189 [315t 190[ 314] 204[ 300] 190] 314[ 1901 306   203[ 3151 313[ 190[ 192[ 301 [186 [314I 195
Madison........]  47    [   47     7    47 [         47 /         47    [      4 7[        4       7 [7        7 [               47 [7 ]47 [
Marshall........[  40    69t  40 [ 9     4     69  /40    69[   40 [69 I40 ]8    69 [0    40 [9 68                         69    40 ]9 40   
Morrs.......,,.    4  i  541  59 ]54[  59[  54I  59 [54[  591  54[  59[  54]  59[  54[  59[  47t  66 [54[  59 [52[  60
~ Nemaha.........  128 [60I 129 ]60  128 [60/ 128 [60 [127  ]66 [127    591 127 I 0 12                         60 I2        6    128          1      6
Osage............ 24   2    12           12[    2 [2              12 21   12[         2 [4              12]2         1            2      2    2 
Pottawatomie] 133    35[ 131 I37 [135    34 [135[  39 /134]  35] 135 [34[ 136[  34[ 135    3                          3      4 15        3     2
Rie.......   2341  95] 232I  97 [196 ]113] 235 [96 [235,I  96[ 234 [  94[ 235[  97 [2341  97 ]235[  97 I233 [96 [228 ]101
Shawnee........I 569  171 ]567 I173 /570 ]175 [566 [175 [567 ]175 ]568  175 I567 [7                     5    177 41         7    6      7     5     8
Wbus...] 128[  17t 119 [16 [119 [16[ 126I  15 /127 [16 I'102 [16] 1291  16 [128[  16 [1281  16 [128 ] 5 12
Woodson........    6   7    5      8     5      9    5       9,8    3       8    3      7.    0      8    3       6    4      8    3       8    3
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DECEMBER 6.-Vote on State Senators. Republicans are marked with
a star.
FIRST DISTRICT.
Names.: 
H. N. Seaver*.                                                                                                                     424 1
T. A. Osborn *.............................................................    483                                                                130
C. H. Hatcher.............................................................                                      423.........
X. K.'Stout...............................................................................................                          353.........
SECOND DISTRICT.
Names.                                                                                            r
John  A. M artin  *............................................................    644                                 266        910           290
H. R. Dutton*........................................................    628            297        925           2499
Samuel W. Wade.................................................                                             574           46        620.........
G. O. Chase.................................................................    596                80       676.........
THIRD DISTRICT.
Names.                                                             
I
R. W. Terry*................................................ 40                                                        109         149            21
J. E. Clardy.................................................                                    63          65        128.........
FOURTH DISTRICT.
Names.
S. D. Houston*.....................................................................    136                              233         369          242
S. D. HIouston *.136 233 369  242
W. H. Herbert.....................................................................          33         94        127.........
FIFTH DISTRICT.
Names.
J. M. Hubbard*...................................................................                             35        109         144             5
Robert Reynolds.................................................    122                                                   17        139.........
SIXTH DISTRICT.
Names..
H.W.   Farnsworth*...................................................                            492        325.167        984           257
Edward Lynde *........................................               515    318    168   1001                         409
C. K. Holliday...................................................    253           306         168        727.........
G. A. Buck............................... 144  280  168  592.........




234                                                 ANNALS OF KANSAS.'                                                                              [1859.
SEVENTH DISTRICT.
N                          mames.I   o
John  H. McDowell..................................................................                                                         1445            483
H. B. Denman...................................................................... 1424               435
Jesse  Connell..............................................................................                                               1328            290
David   H. Bailey*......................................................                                                                    962.........
Matt. Franc           e*.....................................................................
Jas. L. McDowell*....................................................................................   1038.........
EIGHTH DISTRICT.
Names.                                 t  
John   Lockhart..................................................................   1081                                        297        1378            630
Josiah  M iller*......................................................................   1020                                    303        1323            594
Robert Morrow *.................................................. 1068    308   1376                             609
O. B. Gunn*........................................................................                                 1072          306      1378            635
A. S. Devenney....................................................................                                    327        421         748.........
S. O. Hemmenway..................................................                                                   305     424    729.........
S. K. Huson.......343..................................................343    424    767.......
G. W. Veale..........................................................................                               319          424         743.........
NINTH DISTRICT.
Names.                                                        - a.
J. C. Burnett*....................................................  270    218    314    802                                                               341
J. F. Broadhead*.......................................................                                 275         201          311         787            321
J. A. Phillips *.........................................................                                275         217          287         779            304
Geo. A. Crawford                                                                                         141    140    180    461.........
Harry  Torrey............................................................                              140         132          194         466.........
Jos. H. Barlow..............................          140    147    188    475.........
TENTH DISTRICT.
Names.... 
3 
P. P. Elder*............................................................           169         161          239         569           289
W m. Spriggs*.............................................................169    172          246         587            233
W m.  Pennock........................                                                   76           81         123         280.........
John  R. Goodin.................................                         139           84         131         354.........
ELEVENTH DISTRICT.
Names.   
S. E. Hoffman*..................................................                                                      17           45          62              8
Russell Austin..............................................................            30           30.........
John   L. Dunn...........................38.........8                                                                              16          54.........16  54 




1859.]                            ANNALS OF KANSAS.                                              235
TWELFTH DISTRICT.
C.__
J. W. Kerrlt.....................................................................409    221  9    639  408
E. P. Bancroft*.........................................................  383    229  12    624  410
R. M. Ruggles............................................................131  98    2    231.
John J. Sanders........................................................   114  98  2    214.
t Kerr died before the session, and H. S. Sleeper was chosen to the vacancy.
THIRTEENTH  DISTRICT.
Names.                                    a 
S. N. Wood*......................................................  106  55    161      101
H. J. Espy.............................               8      52     60.
The vote for Representatives is not announced in the official paper, the
Atchison Champion, but a note states that it did not vary materially from
that for Senators. The returns are not on file in the Secretary of State's
office..First District.-T. P. Herrick, F. W. Emery, A. Lowe, Republicans; W. C. Kimber,
Democrat.
Second District.-William  H. Grimes, E. P. Lewis, Thomas Butcher, C. B. Keith, A.
Elliott, Ira Smith, Republicans.
Third District. —David C. Auld, D. E. Ballard, Republicans.
Feburth District.-Ambrose W. Mussey, Thomas Price, William  H. Smith, F. N. Blake,
Republicans.
Fifth District. —Earnest Hoheneck, Abner Allen, Republicans; E. J. Lines, Democrat.
Sixth District. —Henry Buckmaster, Jerome Kunkel, John E. Moore, S. R. Caniff, H.
Heberling, H. W. Curtis, A. Ray, William E. Bowker, Republicans.
Seventh District.- R. P. (C. Wilson, W. P. Gambell, John Benz, Isaac E. Eaton, N. Humher, L. T. Smith, John D. Crafton, Charles Starns, Jameg M. Calvert, Democrats.
Eighth District.-Amasa Soule, James B. Abbott, E. D. Thompson, W. D. Blackford,
D. M. Alexander, Oliver Barber, L. Woodard, J. C. Bartlett, James F. Legate, J. E.
Corliss, J. E. Hayes, James McGrew, Alfred Gray, Republicans.
Ninth District.-J. F. Neal, Horatio Knowles, S. B. Mayhern, J. A. Jones, Andrew
Stark, J. W. Stewart, Abram Ellis, Cyrus Tator, Gustavus A. Colton, Republicans.
Tenth District.-W. W. H. Lawrence, Jacob Marcell, W. F. M. Arny, S. J. Crawford, B.
L. G. Stone, N. B. Blanton, Republicans.
Eleventh District.- George H. Lillie, Alanson K. Hawkes, Republicans.
Twelfth District.- 0. H. Sheldon, B. Wheat, W. R. Sanders, G. A. Cutler, R. W. Cloud,
G. H. Rees, Republicans.
Thirteenth District.-A. J. Chipman, P. G. D. Morton, Republicans.
Fourteenth District. —John S. Rackliff, Republican.
RECAPITULATION.                   Republicans. Democrats.
Senate........................................................................................  22  3
House........................................................................................  64  11
Total..............................'............................................   86  14
DECEMBER 6.-Election of District Judges under the Wyandotte Constitution:
FIRST DISTRICT.
~Coe~~unties. ~                  WilliamC. George W.__ _ _ _ _ __ _ _ _ _ __ _ _ _ _ McDowell. Gardiner.
Jackson ~~..... r.............~~~~~~~                                             182  169
Jefferson..............................................................      295         316
Leavenworth............................................................................... 1428  964
Total.....................................................................  1905        1449.~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~.1.0_5




236                                                   ANNALS OF KANSAS.                                                                                    [1859.
SECOND DISTRICT.
_ _..
Counties..
Atchison.....................................................                                    631              599......
Brown......................................................                                                                         274                80......
M arshall......................................................................................                      40                 4          63
Nemaha...................................................................................                     129              46......
Doniphan....................................................................................                                         466              359......
Total....................................................................................                       1560             1.088            63
THIRD DISTRICT.
Counties. 
Davis  and  Dickinson...........................................................                                                  29             119                15
Pottawatomie.......................................................................................    31                                                        120
Riley...................................................                                                                          10             140              177
W abaunsee....................................................                                                                   93               16               14
Shawnee..................................................................................                                       458                79             136
Total..............................................................             590              385             462
FOURTH DISTRICT.
Counties.                                                                              Z 
Allen....................................................................................................                172              136
Anderson...............................                                                                                                         142   97
Bourbon................................................7....................................       273              140
Douglas.........................................                                                                      941              454
Franklin...............................................................................................                                         232              138
Johnson...................................................................................                                                     304   423
Linn......................................................................................................                                       193              152
Lykins.........                                                                                                             311              192
Total..................................................................................................                                     2568             1732
FIFTH DISTRICT.
Counties.                                                           -7'
Breckinridge............................170  323
Chase....................................................................................96.........                                               96               31
Greenwood                                                                                                                                            22                7
Hunter.........................3....................................................................                                                3              18
Madison..............................................................................17                                        37
Coffey                                                                                                                                            167              143
Morris...............................................................50                                                                                             32
Osage..................................................................................................... 13                 1
W oodson.........................................78                                                                                                                15
Total..................................................................................................                                       616            607




'1859.]                 ANNALS OF KANSAS.                             237
DECEMBER 25.-A book published with this title: "The Public Life of
Capt. John Brown, by James Redpath, with an Autobiography of his Childhood and Youth. Boston: Thayer & Eldridge." pp. 407. The author returns thanks to Dr. Thomas H. Webb, of Boston, and Richard J. Hinton,
of Kansas, for assistance in preparing the book. It is an earnest and sincere
book, and an enthusiastic defence of John Brown's character and acts. It
contains much Kansas history, of which Mr. Redpath was an eye-witness.
This is the most radical Kansas book published up to this time. Redpath
believed that Slavery was a crime, and that. it was as much an evil by all
means to be put down as murder was, or any other villany. The book had
a great sale, and must have convinced as well as startled thousands of men.
Like Brown's heroic martyrdom, it hastened the day of emancipation. His
statement of Brown's connexion with the Pottawatomie murders is the same
as Sanborn's, and is as follows:
"On the 2d of November, 1859, Judge Russell, of Boston, and his wife, arrived in
Charlestown, and had an interview with John Brown. The Judge spoke of the charge
preferred by an Administration journalist in Kansas against the Captain, which accused
him of having killed the Ruffians of Pottawatomie. The old man declared that he did
not, in any way, participate in their execution; but thought here, in jail, as he had believed in Kansas, that the act was just and necessary."
John Brown's understanding of Christianity is well shown by the following incident:
"Brown was visited yesterday by Rev. James H. March, of the M. E. Church. The
reverend gentleman having advanced an argument in favor of the institution of Slavery
as it now exists, Brown replied to him, saying,'My dear sir, you know nothing about
Christianity; you will have to learn the A B C's in the lesson of Christianity, as I find
you entirely ignorant of the meaning of the word. I of course respect you as a gentleman, but it is as a heathen gentleman."'
On the first of November, 1859, Captain Brown was brought into Court
to receive the sentence of death. Here is his last speech:
"I have, may it please the Court, a few words to say.
"In the first place, I deny everything but what I have all along admitted-the design
on my part to free the slaves. I intended certainly to have made a clear thing of that
matter, as I did last winter, when I went into Missouri, and there took slaves without
the snapping of a gun on either side, moved them through the country, and finally left
them in Canada. I designed to have done the same thing again, on a larger scale. That
was all I intended. I never did intend murder, or treason, or the destruction of property, or to excite or incite slaves to rebellion, or to make insurrection.
"I have another objection: and that is, it is unjust that I should suffer such a penalty.
Had I interfered in the manner which I admit, and which I admit has been fairly proved
-(for I admire the truthfulness and candor of the greater portion of the witnesses who
have testified in this case)-had I so interfered in behalf of the rich, the powerful, the
intelligent, the so-called great, or in behalf of any of their friends, either father, mother,
brother, sister, wife, or children, or any of that class, and suffered and sacrificed what
I have in this interference, it would have been all right, and every man in this Court
would have deemed it an act worthy of reward rather than punishment.
"This Court acknowledges, as I suppose, the validity of the Law of God. I see a book
kissed here which I suppose to be the Bible, or, at least, the New Testament. That
teaches me that all things' whatsoever I would that men should do unto me I should
do even so to them.' It teaches me further, to'remember them that are in bonds as
bound with them.' I endeavored to act up to that instruction. I say, I am yet too
young to understand that God is any respecter of persons. I believe that to have interfered as I have done, as I have always freely admitted I have done, in behalf of His
despised poor, was not wrong, but right. Now, if it is deemed necessary that I should




238                           ANNALS OF KANSAS.                                      [1860.
forfeit my life for the furtherance of the ends of justice, and mingle my blood further
with the blood of my children, and with the blood of millions in this slave country
whose rights are disregarded by wicked, cruel, and unjust enactments —I submit: so let
it be done.
"Let me say one word further.
"I feel entirely satisfied with the treatment I have received on my trial. Considering
all the circumstances, it has been more generous than I expected. But I feel no consciousness of guilt. I have stated from the first what was my intention and what was
not. I never had any design against the life of any person, nor any disposition to
commit treason, or excite slaves to rebel, or make any general insurrection. I never
encouraged any man to do so, but always discouraged any idea of that kind.
" Let me say, also, a word in regard to the statements made by some of those connected with me. I hear it has been stated by some of them that I have induced them
to join me. But the contrary is true. I do not say this to injure them, but as regretting
their weakness. There is not one of them but joined me of his own accord, and the
greater part at their own expense. A number of them I never saw, and never had a
word of conversation with, till the day they came to me, and that was for the purpose
I have stated.
"Now I have done."
18 60.
JANUARY 2.-Legislature meets at Lecompton. Message from Governor
Medary. It reviews the legislation of the last session, points out defects,
and urges needed amendments. "The utmost peace and quiet has pervaded
the whole Territory."
The following is a list of the members (Democrats in Italic, and Republicans in Roman):
COUNCIL.
1st District..................... Geo.. Beebe.  8th District..................Jas. M. Hendry.
2d  District..................... W. J. Marion.  9th District..................P. P. Elder.
3d  District............   W. G. Mathias.   10th District.................. C. G. Keeler.
4th District.....................J M. Christison.  11th District..................W. W. Updegraff.
5th District.....................L. R. Palmer.    12th District...............Watson Stewart.
6th District.....................J. B. Woodward.'* 13th District..................John C. Lambdin.
7th District....................Chester Thomas.
REPRESENTATIVES.
(. B. Whitehead.   14th District.........     W. H. Fitzpatrick.
1st District.................- Thos. Vanderslice..         S. R. Canid.
(Hugh Robertson.                              (Paul R. Brooks....2d  Distrct.      F. Lombard.         15th District...............  Wm. A. Rankin.
Wm. Noel.                                     Erastus Heath.
Pascal S. Parks.       h                        Chas. Sims.
l Fred. Brown.. 16t District............... L. S. Cornwall.
John Wright.        17th District..................G. A. Colton.
John C. Murphy.   18th District..................J. H. Jones.
4th District.................       A. Blake.  19th District..................Wm.. WTagstaff.
Edward Lynde.   20th District..........      Thomas Lindsay.
5th District.................. A. Bartlett.  21st District..................Henry Shively.
6th District..................Byron Steward.   22d........... D t    O. H. Sheldon.
7th District....................   L. Me th.                            G. W. Nelson.
8th District....................H. R. Dutton.  23d  District..................Sam'l N. Wood.
9th District....................Morton Cave.  24th District..................P. G. D. Morton.
10th District....................J. S. Magill.  25th District..................John W. Scott.
11th District................. Dan. L. Chandler. 26th District..................Horatio Knowles.
12th District....................Robert Reynolds.   27th Dist. (Pike's Peak)..R. Sopris.
13th District....................Steph. G. Elliott.
The Council consisted of 9 Republicans and 4 Democrats, and the House
of 23 Republicans and 16 Democrats.
Officers of the Council: W. W. Updegraff, President; John J. Ingalls,
Clerk; A. Cutler, Assistant Clerk; H. M. Selden, Sergeant-at-Arms; J. K.
Rankin, Doorkeeper.
Oficers of the House: Speaker, G. A. Colton; Chief Clerk, M. W. Delahay;




1860.]                         ANNALS OF KANSAS..  239
Assistant Clerk, N. J. Chipman; Sergeant-at-Arms, G. F. WVarren; Doorkeeper, William House; Docket Clerk, John W. Day; Engrossing Clerk,
J. L. Wilson; Enrolling Clerk, Andrew  Stark; Journal Clerk, H. C. Chase;
Second Assistant Clerk, Samuel F. Tappan.
JANUARY 4. —Report received from S. W. Greer, Superintendent of
Schools.  It is a long and interesting paper.  The following table is copied
from it:
ABSTRACT OF ANNUAL SCHOOL REPORTS OF COUNTY SUPERINTENDENTS.;~~~a t'. o C.
_  ifC Vi                                     i
Anderson............................  13    558    227   25   12    $371 60    $300 00    $497 09
Bourbon..............................  7  74........12    6......
Douglas.............................    36 1,805...     92   33  860 33   950 00        7 44
Franklin.............................. 10    226.......  7..........3..................
Jackson................................  11    396....................
Jefferson.............................. 18   447    183   33   12  456 34    787 50       15 50
Johnson............................... 25    543    274   36   16   1,308 00...............  8 44
Leavenworth........................  32 1,436    730   60  24   3,368 75  4,816 17        8 18
Lykins................................ 11    144  52   21    9........................    60 00
Nemaha..............................  6    180    180   20    8......................................
Osage................................... 2.............................
Pottaatomie......................      182..... 9 00.......                    00.......    30 00
Shawnee.............................. 14..................................
Brown.......................  4    204       95   15    2     980 00        3 80....
Atchison.............................. 24    591    396   33.....   700 00............... 3,675 00
Doniphan............................  3    165  4............
Total...........................222  7,029 2,087  351  136 $7,045  23 $6,233 67   6,883 50
The Legislature votes to adjourn to Lawrence.
JANUARY  5.-Milton R. Benton is given the seat in the Council occupied
by W. J. Marion, as a member from the Second District.
JANUARY 5.-Message from the Governor vetoing the joint resolution
adjourning the Legislature to Lawrence. The House passes the resolution
over the veto by 22 to 7. The Council, on the 6th, passed the resolution
by 9 to 4.
JANUARY 7.-The Legislature meets at Lawrence.
JANUARY  18.-The House votes, by 33 to 1, to adjourn; the Council concurs, by 6 to 3.
-Geo. G. Pierce is awarded the seat of Mr. Magill, in the House, as the
member from the Tenth District.
-The  Council Journal of this Session  contains 95 pages; the House
Journal 162 pages. The journals of the session immediately following are
published separately, as of a new Legislature, and are voluminous.
JANUARY 18. —W. F. M. Arny before the Harper's Ferry Committee, in
Washington.
JANUARY 18.-Gov. Medary issues a proclamation summoning the Legislature to meet at Lecompton on the 19th.
JANUARY 19.-Meeting of the Legislature at Lecompton. Both houses
re-elect their recent officers. They vote to adjourn to Lawrence.




240                    ANNALS OF KANSAS.                          [1860;.
JANUARY 20. —Message from  the Governor.  Report received from
Auditor Strickler. The Governor vetoes the bill adjourning to Lawrence.
It is passed over the veto.
JANUARY 21.-The Legislature meets at Lawrence. The Census Report
is published in the Council Journal, pp. 136-40, and the Report of Treasurer Mitchell on pages 140-42. He reports $90,600 issued in Claim bonds
to redeem Claim warrants.'
FEBRUARY 1.-Wm. Pennington, of New Jersey, is elected Speaker of
the House, by the Republicans, on the 44th ballot, receiving 117 votes, to
116 for all others. Sherman withdrew as a candidate.
-A Kansas Historical Society is organized at Lawrence. Samuel A. Kingman delivers the address.
FEBRUARY 6.-Telegraph completed to St. Joseph, via Leavenworth and
Atchison, by C. M. Stebbins & Co.
FEBRUARY 7.-Ground broken on the "Kansas Central" Railroad, at
Wyandotte.
-A Legislative Committee reports 97,570 as the population of Kansas.
The census as made to and reported by the Governor gave a population of
71,770.
FEBRUARY 11.-Mr. Beebe, Democrat, makes a report against the bill
abolishing slavery, as follows:
"A minority of your Committee, to whom was referred House Bill No. 6,'An Act to
prohibit Slavery and Involuntary Servitude in the Territory of Kansas,' having had
the same under consideration, and having found that there is now invested in this Territory between one-fourth and one-half a million of dollars' worth of property in slaves;
and believing that the immediate prohibition of an existing right of property in any
given article is beyond either the legislative power of the States or Territories, as contravening the letter and spirit of articles four and five of the'Amendments' to the Federal Constitution, recommend to your honorable body the ildefinite postponement of
the said bill.                    G. M. BEEBE, a Minority of your Committee."
The Council pass the bill by 9 to 4, the noes being Beebe, Christison,
Keeler, and Mathias.
FEBRUARY 14.-The President of the U. S. Senate presents the Constitution of Kansas, framed at Wyandotte.
FEBRUARY 17.-The Governor appoints, and the Senate confirms, H. J.
Strickler as Auditor.
FEBRUARY 20.-A very long message from Gov. Medary vetoing the bill
abolishing Slavery. He quotes the act organizing the Territory, and says:
"You claim, under this declaration in the Organic Act, the right to prohibit
Slavery in the Territory of Kansas. By so doing, you mistake both the
words and the meaning, and misconceive the true spirit of the text."
It is passed over the veto by the following vote:
IN THE HOUSE-Yeas: Messrs. Brown, Bartlett, Brooks, Chandler, Caniff, Cornwall,
Cave, Dutton, Elliott, Fitzpatrick, Heath, Jones, Knowles, Lindsay, Morton, Nelson,
Parks, Pierce, Robertson, Rankin, Steward, Sims, Shively, Sheldon, Scott, Sopris, Wagstaff, Wood, and Mr. Speaker Colton. Nays: Messrs. Lombard, Murphy, McMath, Noel,
Reynolds, Vanderslice, and Whitehead.
IN THE COUNCIL —Yeas: Messrs. Updegraff (President), Benton, Lambdin, Thomas,
Hendry, Woodward, Palmer, Stewart, and Elder. Nays: Messrs. Christison, Beebe,
Keeler, and Mathias.
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mission; published in House Journal, page 481. A full statement is given
of the Territorial bonds issued for claim warrants, and all the facts relating
to the transaction. On page 531, a copy is given of the bonds issued. Wm.
H. Fitzpatrick issued a minority report, which led to the defeat of the bond
scheme.
- Gov. Robinson before the Harper's Ferry Committee.
FEBRUARY 22.-Railroad completed from St. Joseph to Atchison.
FEBRUARY 27.-Lincoln's Cooper Institute speech. The N. Y. Tribune
said: "No man ever made such an impression on his first appeal to a New
York audience."
FEBRUARY 27. —The Legislature adjourns. The volume of general laws
contains 264 pages. Among the Acts passed were the following: Authorizing Doniphan, Douglas, Johnson, and Leavenworth counties, and Leavenworth City, to issue bonds; the name of McGee county is changed to
Cherokee; the eastern boundary of Neosho county is defined; the lines
are changed of Davis, Chase and Butler counties; Dickinson, Clay, Greenwood, Irving, Marion, Otoe, Peketon, Republic, Shirley, Ottawa, Saline and
Washington counties are organized; defining judicial districts; to prohibit
the recording bf deeds in Land District Recorders' offices, and to secure
their record in the office of the Register of Deeds; abolishing slavery. The
volume of private laws contains 455 pages. Among the cities incorporated
are Denver and Auraria (now in Colorado), Burlingame, Paola, and Troy;
among the towns are Alma., Bellemont, Carlyle, Fort Scott, Iola, Irving,
Louisville, Marion, Neosho Falls, Osawatomie, Ottumwa, and Stanton.
Forty-three bills are passed granting divorces.
FEBRUARY 29. —Senator Seward delivers an elaborate.speech in favor of
the immediate admission of Kansas.
-This was a very dry year. Large amounts of money and goods were
sent from the North and East for the relief of Kansas, and were chiefly distributed by S. C. Pomeroy, at Atchison. The Legislature of New York
appropriated $50,000; an appropriation was also made by the Wisconsin
Legislature, and every Free State contributed generously.
MARCH 15.-The Topeka Record publishes a long letter from Governor
Robinson in regard to his testimony before the Harper's Ferry Committee.
He says: "Not one word of my testimony can be construed against the
Free-State party; on the contrary, I fully endorsed that party, with all its
actions, and it will so appear in the testimony, if ever-printed."
MARCH 16.-Aaron D. Stevens and Albert IHazlett, John Brown's men,
executed at Charlestown, Virginia. James Montgomery and a few of his
men went from Kansas to rescue these men from prison, but were prevented
by the deep snow. Thomas W. Higginson organized a New England and
New York party, and they met Montgomery at Harrisburg.
MARCH 20.-Reports of a raid by Missourians in Bourbon county.
MARCH 20.-Iron arrives in Kansas, and track-laying begins on the Elwood and Marysville Railroad. This is the first railroad iron laid down
on Kansas soil.
MARCH 25.-James E. Jones, of Fort Scott, takes the office of Register,
at the Lecompton Land Office, in place of Ely Moore, deceased.
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MARCH 26.-Wm. A. Phillips writes from Lawrence to the Topeka Record, denying that he was engaged in John Brown's revolutionary plans;
accusing Governor Robinson of giving his peculiar testimony in order
to secure land grants; giving M. F. Conway the credit for repudiating the
bogus Missouri Legislature of 1855; and regretting that the Topeka movement was abandoned by the Grasshopper Falls Convention, and the Territorial Government taken possession of.
MARCH 27.-Democratic Convention at Atchison.'Dr. W. R. Crane, of
Doniphan, President; James A. Burton, of Leavenworth, Secretary. The
following Delegates were elected to the Charleston National Convention:
John A. Halderman, Isaac E. Eaton, John P. Slough, and H. Miles Moore,
Leavenworth; George M. Beebe, Doniphan; Charles W. Blair, Bourbon;
William Weer, Wyandotte; Jvames Christian, Douglas; Charles Sims, Johnson; Robert B. Mitchell, Linn; Cyrus'K. Holliday, Shawnee; Robert Wilson, Riley. The Convention passed the following resolutions:
"Resolved, That the law prohibiting Slavery in this Territory, recently passed by the
Republican party in the Territorial Legislature, is in disregard of the decision of the
Supreme Court of the United States, in contravention of the Constitutional rights of
fifteen of the States of this Union, and calculated to weaken the bonds of the Union.
"Resolved, That Samuel Medary, Governor of this Territory, in vetoing this unconstitutional law, and Messrs. Noel, Lombard, Beebe, Mathias, Christison, Keeler, Murphy,
Reynolds, Whitehead, Vanderslice, and McMath, members of the Territorial Assembly
of Kansas, in sustaining by their v6tes the Governor's veto, have deserved well of the
Democracy of Kansas and of their whole country."
MARCH 29.-Mr. Grow, from the Committee on Territories, recommends
the admission of Kansas into the Union, under the Wyandotte Constitution. The following is copied from the report:
"As to population, if there was any doubt on that point, your committee regard it as
waived by the action of Congress. A majority of both houses, on the 13th day of April,
A. D. 1858, declared by vote that there was sufficient population within the limits now
proposed for Kansas to enable it to be admitted as a Slave State; and certainly that
same population increased by two years' immigration should be, in the judgment of
your committee, sufficient for a Free State, unless Congress proposes to establish one
rule as to population for the admission of Slave States, and another and a different
one for Free States.
" Your committee, therefore, deem it unnecessary to enquire into the precise number of the present population of Kansas, for if under ordinary circumstances there
could be any objections on that point, they have, so far as Kansas is concerned, been
twice waived by the action of Congress. In addition to the instance just cited, the
House of Representatives four years ago passed an act for the admission of the State;
and the Senate passed an act for the immediate formation of a State Government, in
order to such admission, without regard to population. Since the first action of Congress the population has more than doubled, and has increased very largely since the
last."
J. B. Clark, Democrat, of Missouri, in the House, presents a minority
report.
APRIL 2.-Leavenworth appropriates money to survey the Smoky Hill
route to Pike's Peak.
-Frank M. Tracy, of the Elwood Press, becomes editor of the St. Joseph
Free Democrat.
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APRIL 4.-Frank B. Sanborn, of Concord, Mass., an officer of the Kansas Emigrant Aid Society, and a confidential friend of John Brown, arrested
to appear before the Harper's Ferry Committee, is released by the Supreme
Court of Massachusetts.
APRIL 11.-The House votes to admit Kansas under the Wyandotte
Constitution:
Yeas: Charles F. Adams, Adrain, Aldrich, Allen, Alley, Ashley, Babbitt, Barr, Barrett, Beale, Bingham, Blair,. Blake, Brayton, Briggs, Buffinton, Burch, Burlingame, Burnham, Butterfield, Campbell, Carey, Carter,
Case, Horace F. Clark, Clark B. Cochrane, John Cochrane, Colfax, Conkling, Cooper, Corwin, Covode, Cox, Curtis, Dawes, Delano, Duell, Dunn,
Edgerton, Edwards, Eliot, Ely, Etheridge, Farnsworth, Fenton, Ferry,
Florence, Foster, Fouke, Frank, French, Gooch, Grow, Gurley, Hale, Hall,
Haskin, Helmick, Hickman, Hoard, Holman, Howard, Humphrey, Hutchins, Irvine, Junkin, Francis W. Kellogg, William Kellogg,. Kenyon, Kilgore, Killinger, Larrabee, DeWitt C. Leach, Lee, Logan, Longenecker,
Loomis, Lovejoy, Marston, Charles D. Martin, McClernand, McKean,
McKnight, McPherson, Montgomery, Moorhead, Morrill, Edward Joy
Morris, Isaac N. Morris, Morse, Niblack, Nixon, Olin, Palmer, Pendleton,
Perry, Pettit, Porter, Potter, Pottle, Rice, Riggs, Christopher Robinson,
James C. Robinson, Royce, Schwartz, Scranton, Sedgwick, Spaulding, Spinner, Stanton, Stevens, William Stewart, Stout, Stratton, Tappan, Thayer,
Theaker, Thompkins, Train, Trimble, Vallandigham, Vandever, Verre,
Waldron, Walton, Cadwallader C. Washburn, Elihu B. Washburne, Israel
Washburne, Webster, Wells, Wilson, Windom, Wood, and Woodruff-134.
Nays: Green Adams, Thomas L. Anderson, William C. Anderson, Ashmore, Avery, Barksdale, Bocock, Bonham, Boteler, Boyce, Brabson, Branch,
Bristow, Burnett, John B. Clark, Clopton, Cobb, James Craig, Burton
Craige, Crawford, Curry, Davidson, H. Winter Davis, Edmundson, English,
Garnett, Gartrell, Gilmer, Hamilton, Hardeman, John T. Harris, Hatton,
Hawkins, Hill, Hindman, Houston, Hughes, Jackson, Jenkins, Jones,
Keitt, Lamar, James M. Leach, Leake, Love, Mallory, Maynard, McQueen,
McRae, Miles, Millson, Laban T. Moore, Sydenham Moore, Nelson, Noell,
Pugh, Quarles, Reagan, Ruffin, Scott, Sickles, Simms, Singleton, William
Smith, William  N. H. Smith, Stallworth, Stevensonf Stokes, Thomas,
Vance, Whiteley, Winslow, and Woodson -73.
APRIL 11.-Republican Convention at Lawrence to elect Delegates to
the Chicago National Convention, and to select Presidential Electors.
Called to order by A. C. Wilder. Temporary Officers: Edward Lynde, of
Jefferson, Chairman; John J. Ingalls, of Atchison, Secretary. Committee
on Credentials: John A. Martin, Geo. W. Gardiner, James Fletcher, J. C.
Burnett, J. C. Lambdin, S. N. Wood, L. R. Palmer. The following is a list
of delegates:
Doniphan County. —J. B. Maynard, H. Housel, T. P. Herrick, G. H. Robb, and J. B.
Wheeler.
Atchison. —John A. Martin, E. B. Grimes, H. L. Davis, E. P. Lewis, and J. J. Ingalls.
Brown. —Dr. H. Seaborn.
Marshall and Pottawatomnie.- L. R. Palmer.
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Riley.- J. W. Robinson and D. L. Chandler.
Wabaunsee.- C. B. Lines.
Shawnee.- R. M. Fish, Dr. James Fletcher, L. Dow, and Chester Thomas.
Jefferson. —E. Lynde and George M. Dix.
Leavenworth.-A. C. Wilder, G. W. Gardiner, G. W. Still, E. McCrillus, Wm. Tholen,
A. W. McCauslin, O. E. Brecklin, A. Soule, and George Dickinson.
Douglas.-Wm. A. Phillips, Michael Oswald, J. H. Shimmons, J. C. Steele, J. H. Johnson, and D. M. Alexander.
Johnson.-J. E. Hayes, J. T. Burris, and J. F. Legate.
Wyandotle.- G. E. Budington and S. A. Cobb.
Lyikins.-W. W. Updegraff, A. J. Shannon, and W. J. McCowan.
Linn.-Captain James Montgomery.
Bourbon. —J. C. Burnett and P. Hutchins.
Anderson.- J. R. Eaton and Dr. R. Gilpatrick.
Franklin.-W. W. H. Lawrence and P. P. Elder.
Madison.- L. L. Jones, of Lawrence.
Coffey.- Orville L. Ford.
Osage.- H. D. Preston.
Breckinridge.- M. Bailey and J. Stotler.
Morris. —S. N. Wood.
Chase, Greenwood, ahd Hunter. —P. G. D. Morton.
Butler, —J. C. Lambdin.
Arapahoe. —John Mack.
Nemaha, Jackson, Allen, and Woodson.-Not represented.
Committee on Permanent Organization: Messrs. T. P. Herrick, E. B.
Grimes, G. W. Gardiner, G. W. Still, H. Seaborn, L. B. Woodward, M.
Bailey, J. H. Johnson, P. P. Elder, J. F. Legate, A. J. Shannon, P.
Hutchins, and P. G. D. Morton.
Central Committee: A. Larzelere, E. P. Lewis, A. C. Wilder, E. Lynde,
A. Bartlett, S. N. Wood, E. P. Bancroft, Wm. A. Phillips, W. J. McCowan,
J. E. Jones, O. E. Learnard.
The Committee on Permanent Organization reported the following as
permanent officers of the Convention: President, E. Lynde; Vice Presidents, J. B. Maynard, E. McCrillus, and C. B. Lines; Secretaries, J. Stotler
and J. E. Hayes.
On motion of Mr. Martin, the Convention proceeded to ballot for five
Delegates.
On motion, Messrs. Martin and Budington were appointed tellers.
Several gentlemen were put in nomination, when the balloting was commenced, the first of which resulted as follows: A. C. Wilder received 58
votes; John A. Martin, 48; W. W. Ross, 41; Win. A. Phillips, 48; A. G.
Proctor, 39; F. N. Blake, 33; J. C. Burnett, 29; J. B. Wheeler, 23; C.
Chadwick, 24; L. R. Palmer, 16; scattering, 7.
On motion of Dr. J. W. Robinson, the five gentlemen having the highest
number of votes were declared elected by acclamation.
On motion of Mr. Phillips, John P. Hatterscheidt was elected as an additional Delegate to the Chicago Convention.
Mr. Phillips was then called upon the stand and made a few remarks,
taking strong ground for Mr. Seward for the next President. He closed by
offering a resolution, which,was adopted with but one or two dissenting
voices:
"Resolved, That Wm. H. Seward is the first representative man of the Republican
party, and the first choice of the Republicans of Kansas for the Presidency in 1860."




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Mr. Fish moved that the Convention now proceed to elect three Presidential Electors for the State of Kansas. Carried.
The Chair appointed Messrs. Updegraff and Elder as tellers.
The first ballot resulted as follows: T. Dwight Thacher, 48; R. Gilpatrick, 41; C. B. Lines, 48; Gardiner, 24; McKay, 24; Seaver, 22; scattering, 6. The three gentlemen receiving the highest number of votes were
declared elected.
Mr. Phillips offered a series of resolutions denouncing certain "Territorial bonds and warrants, issued for claims allowed under the commission
created and authorized by the Legislature of.1859;" and charging the Territorial officers with "palpable perversions of duty in giving these evidences
of Territorial indebtedness for such claims," and calling for "a committee
of five to ascertain the precise amount of bonds issued on such claims, and
to publish a notification in the Territorial and New York city papers,
warning indocent purchasers from investing their means in these spurious
bonds, which the people of Kansas have never authorized and do not wish
to be responsible for."
These resolutions called forth an excited discussion, which lasted several
hours, and was participated in by several members of the Convention. The
result was the adoption of the following as a substitute, offered by Mr. C.
B. Lines:
"Whereas, The Executive officers of this Territory have issued a large amount of
bonds and warrants, purporting to be based upon certain claims for losses during the
war and troubles in Kansas, and in satisfaction of said claims: therefore,
"Resolved, That we believe said bonds and warrants were issued without authority of
law, and that the issue thereof involves a gross act of infidelity on the part of public
officers to the people of the Territory, and a fraud upon the public.'Resolved, That while we recognize the validity of the claims aforesaid, as against the
General Government, so far as they have been or may be established by authority of
law, we denounce as unjust and absurd, any attempt that has been, or may be made
to collect the first dime of the amount from the people of this Territory."
Organization of the State Central Committee, and address of its members:
A. C. Wilder, Chairman, Leavenworth City; E. P. Bancroft, Secretary, Emporia, Breckinridge county; A. Larzelere, Wathena, Doniphan tounty;
Wm. A. Phillips, Lawrence, Douglas county; E. P. Lewis, Sumner, Atchison county; E. Lynde, Grasshopper Falls, Jefferson county; A. Bartlett,
St. George, Pottawatomie county; S. N. Wood, Council Grove, Morris
county; W. H. H. Lawrence, Minneola, Franklin county; Geo. E. Budington, Quindaro, Wyandotte county; W. J. McCowan, Stanton, Lykins
county; J. H. Jones, Twin Springs, Linn county; 0. E. Learnard, Burlington, Coffey county.
APRIL 20."On Friday, April 20th, Deputy U. S. Marshal L. Arms was shot by John Ritchie, at.Topeka, and immediately expired. The cause of this fatal encounter was the attempt
by Arms to arrest Ritchie for an alleged offence committed during the political troubles
of 1856. The arrest was in direct violation of the Amnesty Act passed by the Legislature of 1859, and Ritchie had often declared that he would not submit to any such illegal seizure of his personf. A preliminary examination was had before Justice Miller on
the 21st inst. Ritchie was defended by Lorenzo Dow, J. H. Lane and A. Winants, Esqs.,




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and was discharged. We hope that this is the last of these old and infamous accusations.
The citizens at Topeka have held a meeting and passed resolutions approving of Ritchie's
defence of his life and liberty."-Elwood Free Press, April 28th.
APRIL 28.-The Elwood Free Press of this date says:
"On Monday last, April 23d, the Directors of the Elwood and Marysville R. R. placed
on their track the locomotive'Albany,' an engine which has been used from Boston to
the Missouri, as railroads have successively stretched their length toward the setting sun.
"On Tuesday, several cars were brought across the river, and a large concourse of
people gathered to celebrate the actual opening of the first section of the Great Pacific
Road. Col. M. Jeff. Thompson, President of the Elwood and Marysville road; Willard
P. Hall, President of the St. Joseph and Topeka road; Gov. Robert M. Stewart, of Missouri, and others, addressed the crowd on the great topic of the day."
APRIL 28.- Sixth day of the National Democratic Convention, at Charleston. Delegates from the Southern Stated secede.
MAY 1. —George M. Beebe appointed Secretary in place of Hugh S.
Walsh.
MAY:7.-Mr. Wade's motion, in the Senate, to take up the bill for the
admission of Kansas, defeated by the following vote:
Yeas: Anthony, Bigler, Bingham, Cameron, Chandler, Clark, Collamer,
Dixon, Doolittle, Durkee, Fessenden, Foot, Foster, Grimes, Hale, Hamlin,
Harlan, King, Seward, Simmons, Sumner, Ten Eyck, Trumbull, Wade,
Wilkinson, and Wilson-26.
Nays: Bayard, Benjamin, Bragg, Bright, Brown, Chestnut, Clingman,
Davis, Fitch, Fitzpatrick, Green, Gwin, Hammond, Hemphill, Hunter,
Iverson, Andrew Johnson, Lane, Latham, Mallory, Mason, Nicholson,
Pierce, Polk, Powell, Rice, Sebastian, Slidell, Thompson, Toombs, Wigfall,
and Yulee-32.
MAY 16-18.-The Republican National Convention, at Chicago, nominates Abraham  Lincoln for President, and Hannibal Hamlin for Vice
President. The following were planks in the platform adopted:
" 10. That in the recent vetoes, by their Federal Governors, of the acts of the Legislatures of Kansas and Nebraska, prohibiting Slavery in those Territories, we find a practical illustration of the boasted Democratic principle of Non-Intervention and Popular
Sovereignty, embodied in the Kansas-Nebraska bill, and a demonstration of the deception andtfraud involved therein.
" 11. That Kansas should, of right, -be immediately admitted as a State under the
Constitution recently formed and adopted by her people, and accepted by the House of
Representatives."
MAY 19.-Solon 0. Thacher retires from the Lawrence Republican.
-The Emporia News is enlarged. It is published by P. B. Plumb, Jacob
Stotler, and Dudley Randall.
MAY 30.-John B. Floyd, Secretary of War, writes to Jeff. Davis, chairman of the Military Committee of the Senate, recommending a wagon-road
from Fort Leavenworth, along the Smoky Hill fork, to Denver City.
-Treaty with the Delawares. Eighty acres are assigned to each member of the tribe, to be held in severalty.  The Leavenworth, Pawnee and
Western Railroad Company to have the preference of purchasing the remainder of the Delaware land, at not less than $1.25 an acre.




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JUNE 1.POPULATION OF KANSAS, JUNE 1, 1860, AS TAKEN BY THE MARSHAL OF
THE TERRITORY.
Counpties.                   r tionla   Cattle.   Swine.  Horses. Mules. Sheep.
Leavenworth........................................ 12,900    4,970   10,138    1,208    117   1,600
Douglas...............................................   9, 207    7, 977   10, 674    1, 836    115  614
Doniphan................................   8,148    5,105   12, 700    1,175          73   1,953
Atchison..............................................  7,747    6,042    7,300    972      74   1, 539
Linn..................................................   6,347    5,470    7,500    1,407  85   1,705
Bourbon................................   6,102    6,480    8,040    1, 740    100   2,055
Lykins.......  5, 095    4, 550    7,760    1,177        70      600
Johnson........................................   4,513    3,020    3,932          875      87       88
Jefferson........................................  4,446    4, 020    9,660        950      77      839
Shawnee..............................................  3, 405    3,300    4, 650    670     -25       94
Breckinridge.........................................   3, 164    3,708    4, 033  733      37      508
Allen........................................   3,120    5,043    3,060           951      50      710
Franklin.............................................  3,040    3,955    5, 560    816      49      780
Coffey.............................................  2, 845    3,109    3, 967     590      25      199
Brown.................................................................................................. 
Wyandotte..........................................  2, 609    1,000    1,095      400      15........
Nemaha.......................................  2, 551....................................
Anderson................................         2,403    2,1.51    2, 894         448      26      864
Marshall................................   2,275        756       795'  150        12      144
Jackson.................................   2, 207    1,890    2,000    324.........   672
Godfrey *................................    1, 893.............................................:.........
Pottawatomie................................  1, 856......................................................
McGee.............................................  1,501    2,073    3, 314       507      35      579
Riley......................1.......................   1,268  836    2,320         189       8        6
Davis...............................................   1,194  889    1, 296        136      19       33
Osage........................................   1,187    1,529    1,822           217       9       65
Wabaunsee...........................................  993..................................
Chase....................................................  912  680     840         46       8       89
Morris.................................................  800  932    1,090         174      27      110
Madison.................................    680       762       940        116       5        8
Butler..................................      640       413       234         59       5       47
Dickinson.............................................  403   105       284         23  3             7
Washington........................................  387....................................
Greenwood*................................          360       564       360         90       2       20
Hunter.................................................  194  156         55        19..........   40
Clay.....................................................  170  112     356         18       1........
Woodson *..............................................  77    1,458    1, 667     193       9      194
Dorn................                                 50        40         18        20       2........
Wilson *...............................................  27........................................
Pike's Peak................................        24....................................
Total............................................. 143,643   83,155  120,352" 18,289  1,170  16,252
*The census of these four counties was taken by one assistant, and I presume the
-farms were all taken in and included in the returns of Greenwood and Woodson.
I cannot give the amount of stock in the counties of Washington, Wabaunsee, Pottawatomie, Nemaha and Brown.
No stock is included in the above returns except such as was owned by farmers and
reported with the farms.-Remarcks by the Marshal.
JUNE 4. —Charles Sumner, after a silence of four years, makes a speech
in the Senate for the admission of Kansas. His last speech in the Senate
was for Free Kansas, and led to the murderous assault by Preston S. Brooks,
of South Carolina. After debate, Mr. Hunter moved to postpone the Kansas Bill. Mr. Fessenden demanded the yeas and nays, and the question
was decided in the affirmative by the following vote:
Yeas: Messrs. Bayard, Benjamin, Bigler, Bragg, Bright, Brown, Chestnut, Clingman, Davis, Fitch, Fitzpatrick, Green, Gwin, Hammond, Hemphill,Hunter, Iverson, Johnson of Arkansas, Johnson of Tennessee, Kennedy,
Lane, Mallory, Mason, Pearce, Polk, Powell, Rice, Saulsbury, Sebastian,
Slidell, Toombs, Wigfall, and Yulee —33.
Nays: Messrs. Anthony, Bingham, Cameron, Chatldler, Clark, Collamer,




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Dixon, Doolittle, Durkee, Fessenden, Foot, Foster, Grimes, Hale, Hamlin,
Harlan, King, Latham, Pugh, Seward, Simmons, Sumner, Ten Eyck,
Trumbull, Wade, Wilkinson, and Wilson -27.
This was the usual vote in the Senate on the bill for the admission of
Kansas, until the Rebel Senators withdrew, in January, 1861.
JUNE 13. — Ground broken at Atchison for the Atchison and Pike's
Peak Railroad.
JUNE 18.-The Democratic Convention reassembles at Baltimore. After
another secession, Stephen A. Douglas is nominated for President, and
Benjamin Fitzpatrick, of Alabama, for Vice President. Herschel V.
Johnson, of Georgia, was afterwards substituted for Mr. Fitzpatrick. The
seceders nominate John C. Breckinridge, of Kentucky, for President, and
Joseph Lane, of Oregon, for Vice President.
JUNE 20.-The Auburn (Shawnee county) Docket issued, by David B.
Emmert.
JULY.-The Independent started at Oskaloosa, by J. W. Roberts and
J. W. Day.
JULY 1.-George M. Beebe takes possession of the Secretary's office.
JULY 19.-Celebration at Elwood of the completion of the railroad to
Wathena —the first railroad in the Territory.
JULY 25.-Ground broken at Kansas City, Mo., for the Missouri Pacific
Railroad.
-William H. Gill retires from the Leavenworth Herald; it is now published by Winm. P. Fain & Co., and edited by Ward Burlingame.
-A Lincoln and Hamlin newspaper at Lexington, Mo., is destroyed by
a mob.
AUGUST.-Judge Pettit grants a perpetual injunction on the Provisional
Government of Jefferson Territory, or "Pike's Peak."
- S. A. Cobb is the editor of the Wyandotte department of the Quindaro
Tribune.
SEPTEMBER."This section of country is now suffering severely from an inundation of grasshoppers, which are destroying what the drought has left. Late corn, buckwheat, potatoes
and turnips are fast being destroyed. Many of our farmers are cutting thee corn now
for the purpose of saving the fodder. Misfortunes never come singly, and Kansas has
had enough of them this year to last for several years to come. If it is true that this is
a world of compensations, we shall look for rousing crops and unchecked prosperity in
Kansas for the next five years, at least, as compensation for the disasters of the last
twelve months."-Emporia News.
SEPTEMBER 17.-Gordon, the murderer, who was arrested near Denver,
by Sheriff Middaugh, and brought to Leavenworth, before Judge Pettit,
was discharged for want of jurisdiction. From three to eight o'clock p. m.
there was a terrible struggle to take the prisoner from the officers and hang
him. James L. McDowell, the Mayor, who had organized a large posse to
preserve the peace, at last triumphed.
SEPTEMBER 22.-William H. Seward arrives in St. Joseph, and makes a
brief speech. He was met by John A. Martin of Atchison, Martin F.
Conway of Lawrence, and A. C. Wilder, David H. Bailey, and John C.
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SEPTEMBER 22.-Drought Convention in Topeka.
SEPTEMBER 24.-Reception of William H. Seward in Leavenworth. He
is introduced by A. C. Wilder.
SEPTEMBER 26.-Senator Seward welcomed to Lawrence by George W.
Deitzler and Charles Robinson. He makes an elaborate speech. Mr. Seward made a hasty visit to Topeka.
SEPTEMBER 28.-Senator Seward has a public reception at Atchison.
He is introduced by John A. Martin.
OCTOBER.-The carrying of the October elections was very satisfactory
to the people of Kansas. They read these lines by Whittier with enthusiasm:
Not vainly we waited and counted the hoursThe buds of our hope have burst forth into flowers.
No room for misgivings —no loop-hole of doubtWe've heard from the Keystone! The Quakers are out.
The plot has exploded —we've found out the trick:
The bribe goes a begging; the fusion won't stick.
When the Wide-Awake lanterns are shining about,
The rogues stay at home, and the true men come out!
The good State has broken the cords for her spun;
Her oil-springs and water won't fuse into one;
The Dutchman has seasoned with Freedom his kraut;
And slow, late, but certain, the Quakers are out!
Give the flags to the winds!-set the hills all aflame:
Make way for the man with the patriarch's name!
Away with misgivings —away with all doubt,
For LINCOLN goes in when the Quakers come out!
OCTOBER 17.-Railroad Convention held at Topeka.
Officers: President, W. Y. Roberts; Vice Presidents, W. F. M. Arny,
Charles Robinson, Judge Medberry, Thomas Ewing, jr., P. T. Abell, A. J.
Mead, W. A. Ela. Secretaries, John A. Martin, J. F. Cummings, C. F.'de
Vivaldi.
The following Schedule was adopted:
"Resolved, That a memorial be presented to Congress asking an appropriation of public lands to aid in the construction of the following railroads in Kansas:
"' 1. A railroad from the western boundary of the State of Missouri, where the Osage
Valley & Southern Kansas Railroad terminates, westwardly by way of Emporia, Fremont and Council Grove, to the Fort Riley Military Reservation.
" 2.; A railroad from the city of Wyandotte (connecting with the P. & G. R. R. and
the Pacific R. R.) up the Kansas Valley by way of Lawrence, Lecompton, Tecumseh,
Topeka, Manhattan, and the Fort Riley Military Reservation, to the western boundary
of the Territory.
"3. A railroad running from Lawrence to the southern boundary of Kansas, in the
direction of Fort Gibson and Galveston Bay.
"4. A railroad from Atchison, by way of Topeka, through the Territory, in the direction of Santa Fe.' 5. A railroad from Atchison to the western boundary of Kansas."
About 125 delegates were present, representing the counties of Atchison,
Breckinridge, Allen, Doniphan, Davis, Jackson, Lykins, Leavenworth,
Morris,.Anderson, Coffey, Clay, Douglas, Riley, Pottawatomie, Osage, Jefferson, Wabaunsee, Wyandotte, and Shawnee.




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NOVEMBER 6.-Election of Territorial Legislature:
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
FIRST DISTRICT - DONIPHAN - THREE MEMBERS.
E. J. Jenkins......................................                                                     927
W. H. Wilson......................................   931  S.D. Benight..................................... 872
R. M. Williams.................................... 964  Uriah Griffith................................     917
SECOND DISTRICT - ATCHISON -TWO MEMBERS.
George H. Fairchild........................... 682  Robert McBratney.............................. 460
John Kean........................................  650 1 A. S. Speck...................................   473
THIRD DISTRICT- LEAVENWORTH —FOUR MEMBERS.
William  Perry..................................1115  David H. Bailey..................................1116
Wm. P. Fain..............................1063  Samuel F. Atwood..............................1082
Charles Starns...............................1109   Boaz W. Williams...............................1082
N. Humber.................................1111   William  Kelsey............................           1104
FOURTH DISTRICT — JEFFERSON —TWO MEMBERS.
Henry Buckmaster.............................  364  Edward Lynde...................................  280
David L. Lakin................................. 400  T. D. Kuykendall..........................        272
FIFTH DISTRICT - POTTAWATOMIE AND WABAUNSEE - ONE MEMBER.
Charles B. Lines.................................  142  John L. Wilson.................................    1
SIXTH DISTRICT - JACKSON - ONE MEMBER.
Martin Anderson.........................................                                             211
SEVENTH DISTRICT- WYANDOTTE - ONE MEMBER.
Wm. Y. Roberts............................  282 I William  Weer.................................... 163
EIGHTH DISTRICT-BROWN-ONE MEMBER.
Warren W. Guthrie............................ 261   Ira J. Lacock................................     161
NINTH DISTRICT-NEMAHA-ONE MEMBER.
Ch,as. C. Coffinberry.............................                                                       161
TENTH DISTRICT - MARSHALL AND WASHINGTON-ONE MEMBER.
J. D. Brumbaugh........... 157 I J. E. Clardy...................  81   George G. Pierce........... 151
ELEVENTH DISTRICT —RILEY AND CLAY-ONE MEMBER.
Walter C. Dunton................................ 142   James Boyle...................................     4
TWELFTH DISTRICT —DICKINSON AND DAVIS-ONE MEMBER.
Robert Reynolds..............................................................................................   217
THIRTEENTH DISTRICT - BRECKINRIDGE - ONE MEMBER.
George H. Lillie.................................  366 I Perry B. Maxson................................. 211
FOURTEENTH DISTRICT -SHAWNEE -TWO MEMBERS.
W.. H. Fitzpatric.............................   284. N. Rober..........y6.............  70
C. K. Holliday.....................................   136  J. P. Greer..........................................   269
Wm. E. Bowker............. 284  J. W. Brown...................................    253
FIFTEENTH DISTRICT-DOUGLAS — THREE MEMBERS.
George W. Deitzler........................ 538  Paul H. Berkau.................................. 377
John P. Cowles.................................... 423  J. G. Scott........................................... 243
Alois Thoman.................................... 534  G. W. Bell....................................    263




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SIXTEENTH DISTRICT - JOHNSON - TWO MEMBERS.
John T. Burris........................ 343  J. T. Campbell................................  333
F. E. Henderson...............              328  John Evans......................................... 409
SEVENTEENTH DISTRICT - LYKINS —ONE MEMBER.
Benjamin F. Simpson.......................... 492 I John M. Roberts................................. 331
EIGHTEENTH DISTRICT - LINN - ONE MEMBER.
John T. Snoddy.............. 405 1 J. H. Barlow............... 08 I J. W. Garrett..........1...... 82
NINETEENTH DISTRICT —LYKINS AND LINN —ONE MEMBER.
George W. Miller......................... 870 I Robert Ewing......................................  756
TWENTIETH DISTRICT-ANDERSON -ONE MEMBER.
Rufus Gilpatrick................................ 178  W. F. M. Arny.................................... 118
George W. Iler.................................... 122 Isaac Hiner......................................... 12
TWENTY-FIRST DISTRICT - FRANKLIN- ONE MEMBER.
James Hanway.............................. 244  D..... C.....................................11
Harlan P. Welsh.................. 178  Green Perkins......................................1
TWENTY-SECOND DISTRICT —COFFEY AND OSAGE -TWO MEMBERS.
D. A. Hawkins.............................   377  Levi Empie................................. 339
James M. Winchell.............................  364  H. D. Preston......................................
W. A. Jenkins.................................  348  John Smith.........................................1
TWENTY-THIRD DISTRICT - MADISON, CHASE, PEKETON, AND MORRIS - ONE MEMBER.
T. S. Huffaker............... 99 I N. B. Moulton............... 102 I Samuel N. Wood............ 177
TWENTY-FOURTH DISTRICT -BUTLER, GREENWOOD, HUNTER, GODFREY, AND WOODSON
- ONE MEMBER.
Pusey Graves......................................   109  N. S. Goss.....................................    79
TWENTY-FIFTH DISTRICT -ALLEN, WILSON- DORN, AND CHEROKEE - ONE MEMBER.
John W. Scott.................................... 124  N. B. Blanton......................................
J. W. Tibbet                                108 I John Wesel..................................
TWENTY-SIXTH DISTRICT - BOURBON —ONE MEMBER.
J. C. Burnett.................................   487 I Chas. W. Blair....................................  37
J. T. Neal............................................   322  W. R. Griffith.
TWENTY-SEVENTH DISTRICT —ARAPAHOE- ONE MEMBER.
E. M. McCook..............1855 HI. H. C. Harrison.............557 I C. B. Clemens..............1083
NOVEMBER 9.-Russell Hinds, of Linn county, a kidnapper, tried and
hung by a vigilance committee.
NOVEMBER 12.- Gov. Dennison, of Ohio, asks the people, on Thanksgiving Day, to contribute for the relief of the people of Kansas.
NOVEMBER 14.-Territorial Relief Convention at Lawrence. Robert S.
Mitchell, President; R. G. Elliott and John A. Martin, Secretaries. The
following Territorial Committee appointed: S. C. Pomeroy, James L.
McDowell, William Y. Roberts, Samuel A. Kingman, F. P. Baker, C. B.
Lines, C. S. Lambdin, F. N. Blake, Rev. Wm. Bishop, Dr. Ayres, Lewis
Bodwell, Rev. Chas. Reynolds, A. Spaulding, J. C. Burnett. S. C. Pomeroy




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elected President; Rev. C. Reynolds, Vice President; James L. McDowell,
Secretary; George H. Fairchild, Treasurer.
NOVEMBER 19.-George M. Beebe, Secretary and Acting Governor, asks
H. J. Strickler, Adjutant General, what force can be put in the field one
week from date, to meet the pending difficulties in Linn county. He asks
200 men of General Harney.
NOVEMBER 28.-Governor Medary and General Harney leave Leavenworth for Fort Scott; United States troops ordered to.go there.
DECEMBER 8.-The military expedition sent by Governor Stewart, of
Missouri, to Fort Scott, in command of General D. M. Frost, is encamped
near the State line, in Missouri.
-A Convention at Mound City justifies the hanging of Russell Hinds
and Samuel Scott, and the shooting of L. D. Moore.
DECEMBER 20.-Frank M. Tracy, Daniel W. Wilder, and Bernard P.
Clhenoweth indicted for publishing the Free Democrat, a Free-State paper,
at St. Joseph, Mo. Robert Tracy, Joseph Thompson, and Prince Langdon,
printers, and C. C. Woolworth, bookseller, also indicted.
DECEMBER 31.-Judge Pettit declares unconstitutional the law abolishing slavery in Kansas. The suit was brought by Samuel Haley against
F. R. Foard, to recover a slave woman named Fanny. This was the last
blow struck at the people-perfectly-free dogma.
1861.
JANUARY 1.-The report of General Harney to the War Department,
on the Fort Scott difficulties, is published. He says: "I am satisfied that
the greater part, if not all, the donations which are sent to the sufferers in
Kansas goes into the hands of this band," (Montgomery and Jennison,)
"and the greater portion of it is perverted from the use intended, by purchasing arms and munitions of war forcarrying out their plans."
JANUARY 2.-John C. Douglass commissioned as Territorial Superintendent of Common Schools.
JANUARY 4.-Despatch received at Fort Leavenworth from  General
Winfield Scott, ordering every man and horse to be ready to start for Baltimore at any moment.
JANUARY 5.-S. C. Pomeroy, President of the Relief Committee, reports
total amount of goods received, 867,.619 pounds.
JANUARY 7.-The Legislature meets, at Lecompton.
Officers of the Council: W. W. Updegraff, President; John J. Ingalls, Secretary; Jacob Stotler, Assistant Secretary; J. Y. Hewitt, Sergeant-at-Arms';
C. L. Caldwell, Doorkeeper.
Officers of the House: Speaker, John W. Scott; Chief Clerk, Alfred Gray;
Assistant Clerk, George W. Still; Sergeant-at-Arms, F. D. Sawin; Doorkeeper, H. Gibbs; Docket Clerk, Edwin S. Nash; Journal Clerk, Arthur
Gunther; Enrolling Clerk, John L. Wilson. The Clerks were sworn in by
Judge Elmore.
JANUARY 8.-The Legislature votes to adjourn to Lawrence.
JANUARY 9.-Meeting of the Legislature at Lawrence.
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Kingman declines to serve on the Committee, and W. W. Guthrie is
appointed. W. F. M. Arny is made the general shipping agent of the
Committee.
JANUARY 10.-Message from George M. Beebe, Acting Governor, Gov.
Medary having resigned. The Governor says:
"If God in'his wrath shall tolerate the worst portent of this tempest of passion, now
so fiercely raging, Kansas ought, and I trust will, declining identification with either
branch of a contending family, tendering to each alike the olive offering of good-neighborship, establish, under a Constitution of her own creation, a Government to be separate and independent among the Nations."
Beebe was a Democrat, appointed by Buchanan.
JANUARY 11.-Rev. Chas. Reynolds elected Chaplain of the Council.
JANUARY 16.-J. H. Lane writes to the Lawrence Republican that Missouri and Kansas ought to live at peace. He suggests the appointment of
"a mixed commission" to confer with the Legislature of Missouri in regard
to the maintenance of friendly relations.
JANUARY 18.-The Relief Committee acknowledge the receipt of goods
to the amount of 1,062,552 pounds, besides garments, boots and shoes, and
cloth.
JANUARY 19.-James Green, of Missouri, in the Senate, proposes to change
the boundary of Kansas. He is opposed by Seward, Douglas, Pugh, Latham
and Bigler, and his amendment is lost by 31 to 23.
JANUARY 21.-The bill for the admission of Kansas passes the Senate.
Ayes: Anthony, Baker, Bigler, Bingham, Bright, Cameron, Chandler, Clark,
Collamer, Crittenden, Dixon, Doolittle, Douglas, Durkee, Fessenden, Fitch,
Foot, Foster, Grimes, Hale, Harlan, Johnson of Tennessee, King, Latham,
Morrill, Pugh, Rice, Seward, Simmons, Sumner, Ten Eyck, Thompson,
Trumbull, Wade, Wilkinson, and Wilson-36.  iNoes: Benjamin, Bragg,
Clingman, Green, Hemphill, Hunter, Iverson, Johnson of Arkansas, Kennedy, Mason, Nicholson, Polk, Powell, Sebastian, Slidell, and Wigfall -16.
JANUARY 21.-Three military companies organized in Leavenworth.
JANUARY 28.-The House passes the Kansas admission bill, by 117 to 42.
JANUARY 28.-The Leavenworth Daily Conservative started. D. R.
Anthony, Publisher; D. W. Wilder, Editor. Mathew Weightman, George
F. Prescott, Henry Buckingham and George C. Hume were members of the
publishing company.




STATE ORGANIZATION.
18 61.
JANUARY 29.-President Buchanan signs the bill, and Kansas becomes a
State.
AN ACT FOR THE ADMISSION OF KANSAS INTO THE UNION.
Whereas, The people of the Territory of Kansas, by their representatives in Convention
assembled, at Wyandotte, in said Territory, on the twenty-ninth day of July, one
thousand eight hundred and fifty-nine, did form for themselves a Constitution and
State Government, republican in form, which was ratified and adopted by the people
at an election held for that purpose, on Tuesday, the fourth day of October, one thousand eight hundred and fifty-nine, and the said Convention has, in their name and
behalf, asked the Congress of the United States to admit the said Territory into the
Union as a State, on an equal footing with the other States: therefore,
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in
Congress assembled:
SECTION 1. That the State of Kansas shall be, and is hereby declared to be, one of the
United States of America, and admitted into the Union on an equal footing with the
original States in all respects whatever. And the said State shall consist of all the territory included-within the following boundaries, to wit: Beginning at a point on the
western boundary of the State of Missouri where the thirty-seventh parallel of north
latitude crosses the same; thence west on said parallel to the twenty-fifth meridian of
longitude west from Washington; thence north on said meridian to the fortieth parallel
of latitude; thence east on said parallel to the western boundary of the State of Missouri;
thence south with the western boundary of said State to the place of beginning: Provided, That nothing contained in the said Constitution respecting the boundary of said
State shall be construed to impair the rights of person or property now pertaining to
the Indians in said Territory, so long as such rights shall remain unextinguished by
treaty between the United States and such Indians, or to include any territory which,
by treaty with such Indian tribe, is not, without the consent of such tribe, to be included within the territorial limits or jurisdiction of any State or Territory; but all
such territory shall be excepted out of the boundaries, and constitute no part, of the
State of Kansas, until said tribe shall signify their assent to the President of the United
States to be included within said State, or to affect the authority of the Government of
the United States to make any regulation respecting such Indians, their lands, property,
or other rights, by treaty, law, or otherwise, which it would have been competent to
make if this act had never passed.
SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That until the next general apportionment of Representatives, the State of Kansas shall be entitled to one Representative in the House of
Representatives of the United States.
SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That nothing in this act shall be construed as an
assent by Congress to all or any of the propositions or claims contained in the ordinance of said Constitution of the people of Kansas, or in the resolutions thereto attached; but the following propositions are hereby offered to the said people of Kansas
for their free acceptance or rejection, which, if accepted, shall be obligatory on the
United States, and upon the said State of Kansas, to wit:




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First: That sections numbered sixteen and thirty-six, in every township of public
lands in said State, and where either of said sections or any part thereof has been sold
or otherwise been disposed of, other lands, equivalent thereto and as contiguous as may
be, shall be granted to said State for the use of schools.
Second: That seventy-two sections of land shall be set apart and reserved for the use
and support of a State University, to be selected by the Governor of said State, subject
to the approval of the Commissioner of the General Land Office, and to be appropriated
and applied in such manner as the Legislature of said State may prescribe for the purpose aforesaid, but for no other purpose.
Third: That ten entire sections of land, to be selected by the Governor of said State,
in legal subdivisions, shall bie granted to the said State for the purpose of completing the
public buildings, or for the erection of others at the seat of government, under the
direction of the Legislature thereof.
Fourth: That all salt springs within said State, not exceeding twelve in number, with
six sections of land adjoining or as contiguous as may be to each, shall be granted to
said State for its use, the same to be selected by the Governor thereof within one year
after the admission of said State, and when so selected to be used or disposed of on such
terms, conditions and regulations as the Legislature shall direct: Provided, That no
salt spring or land, the right whereof is now vested in any individual or individuals, or
which may be hereafter confirmed or adjudged to any individual or individuals, shall,
by this article, be granted to said State.
difth: That five per centum of all sales of all public lands lying within said State,
which shall be sold by Congress after the admission of said State into the Union, after
deducting all the expenses incident to the same, shall be paid to said State for the purpose of making public roads and internal improvements, or for other purposes, as the
Legislature shall direct: Provided, That the foregoing propositions hereinbefore offered
are on the condition that the people of Kansas shall provide by an ordinance, irrevocable without the consent of the United States, that said State shall never interfere with
the primary disposal of the soil within the same by the United States, or with any regulations Congress may find necessary for securing the title in said soil to bona fide
purchasers thereof.
Sixth: And that the said State shall never tax- the lands or property of the United
States in said State: Provided, however, That in case any of the lands herein granted to
the State of Kansas have heretofore been confirmed to the Territory of Kansas for the
purposes specified in this act, the amount so confirmed shall be deducted from the
quantity specified in this act.
SEc. 4. And be it further enacted, That from and after the admission of the State of
Kansas, as hereinbefore provided, all the laws of the United States, which are not
locally inapplicable, shall have the same force and effect within that State as in other
States of the Union; and the said State is hereby constituted a Judicial District of the
United States, within which a District Court, with like powers and jurisdiction as the
District Court of the United States for the District of Minnesota, shall be established;
the Judge, Attorney and Marshal of the United States, for the said District of IKansas,
shall reside within the same, and shall be entitled to the same compensation as the
Judge, Attorney and Marshal of the District of Minnesota; and in all cases of appeal
or writ of error heretofore prosecuted and now pending in the Supreme Court of the
United States, upon any record from the Supreme Court of Kansas Territory, the mandate of execution or order of further proceedings shall be directed by the Supreme
Court of the United States to the District of Kansas, or to the Supreme Court of the
State of Kansas, as the nature of such appeal or writ of error may require; and each
of those courts shall be the successor of the Supreme Court of Kansas Territory as to
all such cases, with full power to hear and determine the same, and to award mesne or
final process therein.
SEC. 5. And be it further enacted, That the Judge of the District Court for the District
of Kansas shall hold two regular terms of the said Court annually, at the seat of government of the said State, to commence on the second Mondays of April and October.
in each year.
Approved 29th of January, 1861.




256                  ANNALS OF KANSAS.                       [1861.
The signing of the bill by Buchanan is made known in Leavenworth by
a despatch from Marcus J. Parrott to the Conservative. That paper prints
an Extra, and D. R. Anthony carries it to Lawrence. The Legislature
thanks the paper for its enterprise. Captain Frank B. Swift, Caleb S. Pratt,
Edward Thompson, and James C. Horton, with a large company, go to
Captain Bickerton's farm, where the "Old Sacramento" is buried, dig it
up, take it to Lawrence, and consume the night in saluting the admission
of Kansas. It is also a holiday in Leavenworth, all parties joining in
salutes, speeches and songs.
The portion of the State of Kansas which came from Mexico, and did
not form a part of the Louisiana Purchase, is bounded on the north by the
Arkansas river, on the east by the twenty-third meridian, on the south by
the thirty-seventh parallel, and on the west by the twenty-fifth meridian.
The estimated area is 7,776 square miles. The counties in this southwestern
part of the State are now (1875) called: Kansas, Stevens, Seward, Meade,
Stanton, Grant, Arapahoe; with parts of Clark, Ford, Foote, Sequoyah,
Kearney, and Hamilton. The United States Census Report for 1870
(p. 5.92) says this tract was "ceded by the State of Texas, and was not
included in the Territory of New Mexico."
JANUARY 29. —The report of the Special Committee on Claim Bonds is
published in the House Journal, pages 316 to 347.
JANUARY 29.-Ed. F. Schneider, Editor of the Times, gives a sketch of
Leavenworth papers. The Weekly Herald was started in September, 1854,
by Adams & Osborne. In December, Lucien J. Eastin became the editor,
the publishers being Eastin & Adams. The Daily Herald appeared May 17,
1859; Wm. H. Gill, Editor, and Gill, Eastin, W. H. Adams and C. H.
McLaughlin publishers. The paper was discontinued in October, 1860, but
was revived the next month by Satterlee & Wilson, with Chas. W. Helm as
editor. The Weekly Register was started in the spring of 1855, by Delahay
& Sevier, with Mark W. Delahay as editor. It was a Free-State paper, and
was mobbed and thrown into the Missouri on the night of Dec. 22, 1855.
The Weekly Journal, Pro-Slavery, was started in the spring of 1856, by
~J. D. Henderson. The Daily Journal, by McLaughlin & Hutchison, came
out in May,'58. It was short-lived. In the latter part of 1857, Geo. W.
McLane issued The Young America. It died in January, 1858, and the
Daily Ledger was born. This paper died early in July,'59. L'Estafette
du Kansas, a French paper, by Frank Barclay, was born and died in'59.
The Despatch began in July,'59, and lived about eighteen months. Jeff. L.
Dugger started the State Register in August, 1859. It died early. There
have been several German papers. The Weekly Times was issued March
7, 1857; the Daily Times, Feb. 15, 1858.
FEBRUARY 1. -Both houses pass a resolution "to elect two U. S. Senators
from the State of Kansas."
FEBRUARY 2.-Adjournment of the Legislature. The general laws passed
by the last Territorial Legislature, in 1861, fill 35 pages; the private laws
of the same session fill 68 pages. They are bound in one volume. One
excellent law declares how many clerks each house shall have, fixes their




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salary, and declares that no extra compensation shall be allowed to any one
of them. The only other general law of importance pronounced illegal the
bonds issued in payment of claims for losses. Of the private laws, twenty
are "divorces;" one incorporates the Lawrence University of Kansas; one
the Episcopal Female Seminary, at Topeka, and one incorporates the city
of Marysville.
FEBRUARY 4.-Rebel delegates meet at Montgorhery, Ala., to organize a
Confederate Government.
FEBRUARY 9.- Gov. Robinson sworn into office. He asks the Legislature
to meet on the 26th of March. He appoints M. F. Conway, Thos. Ewing, jr.,
Henry J. Adams and James C. Stone to represent Kansas in the "Peace
Conference," at Washington. Ewing and Stone voted for "peace" and
compromise.
FEBRUARY 9.-Jefferson Davis and Alex. H. Stephens elected Provisional
President and Vice President of the Confederacy, by the Montgomery Convention.
FEBRUARY 11. —President Lincoln leaves Springfield for Washington.
FEBRUARY 15.-The New York Legislature appropriates $50,000 for the
relief of Kansas sufferers.
FEBRUARY 16.-Trask & Lowman buy the Herald of Freedom office,
and issue the Lawrence State Journal. John P. Greer has bought the Topeka Tribune.
FEBRUARY 18.-The Arapahoe and Cheyenne Indians cede all their
land to the United States except a tract between the Sandy Fork of the
Arkansas and the Purgatory river.
FEBRUARY 20.-Captain James Montgomery writes to the Governor
that the southern border is in danger.
FEBRUARY 22.-President Lincoln's night journey from Harrisburg to
Washington, in order to prevent an anticipated outrage at Baltimore.
MARCH 2."Amendment of the Constitution.-The two chambers of Congress jointly Resolved, That
the following article be proposed to the Legislatures of the several States as an amendment to the Constitution of the United States, which, when ratified by three-fourths of
said Legislatures, shall be valid to all intents and purposes, as part of the said Constitution, viz.:
"'ARTICLE 13. No amendment shall be made to the Constitution which will authorize
or give to Congress the power to abolish or interfere, within any State, with the domestic institutions thereof, including that of persons held to labor or service by the laws of
said State.'
"Approved March 2, 1861."
Kansas did not ratify this amendment. It did not become a part of the
National Constitution.
MARCH 4.-Inauguration of Abraham Lincoln.
MARCH 5.-Election to fill vacancies in the Legislature, in the Eighth,
Tenth, Eleventh and Twelfth districts. Werter R. Davis is elected in the
Eighth, over L. L. Jones, J. W. Scott in the Tenth, and H. S. Sleeper in
17




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the Twelfth.  In the Third district, Samuel Lappin is elected in place of
Mr. Torrey. The following is the vote of the Ninth district:
Towns and Precincts.                    h
BOURBON COUNTY.
Fort Scott........48 2 114
Mapleton........................................                                       84       1        1
Franklin.........................................46
Marmaton.............................................
Marion................................................................
Dry Wood............................................................................. 25
Freedom............................................................................................   75
Osage................................................................................................  40
Total..........................................................................................  443  3    115
LINN COUNTY.
Mound City....................................                                                   6  36 33
Centreville............................................................................... 44......... 26
Potosi............................................................................3........ 3
Moneka...................                                                     14        6     16
Paris                                                                                   48..... 79
Trading Post....................................................................................  32.........   45
Twin Spring Post................................................................................  43  9  21
T otalwn Springs...................................................................................277  5 1 183
LYKINS COUNTY.
Osawatomie...................                                                145.......    2
Stanton................................................................................................ 
Paola...................................................................................... 64.........  135
Osage...................................................................................................   27
Total.......................................................................................... 330  1  165
Middle Creek gave 20 majority for Miller; Mound 17 for Updegraff.
MARCH 6.-Treaty of the Sacs and Foxes of Missouri and the Iowas,
with the United States.
MARCH 8.-Archibald Williams, of Illinois, appointed United States
District Judge of Kansas.
MARCH 10. —Linn county organizes the first militia regiment in the
State. Among the Captains are Charles R. Jennison and J. F. Broadhead.
MARCH 25.-The Republicans are said to have 86 and the Democrats 14
members of the Legislature.
MARCH 26.-Meeting of the first State Legislature.
MEMBERS AND OFFICERS OF THE SENATE.
Names.         P. O. Address.         County.        Born.  From.           Avocat'n.  Pol.   t
J. P. Root*......... Wyandotte... Wyandotte.. Mass..  Conn. 34   Phys'n.  Rep.. M
E. P. Bancroft...... Emporia...... Breckinridge  N. Y..  Mich. 32   L'nd Ag  Rep.. M
J. F. Broadhead... Mound City.. Linn........... N. Y.. N. Y.. 30   Lawyer   Rep..  M
J. C. Burnett........   Mapleton......  Bourbon...... Vt..... Vt..... 35   Lawyer  Rep.. M
J. Connell............  Leavenw'th..  Leavenw'th.. Ky....  Ky....  42   Farmer  Dem   M
H. B. Denman......  Leavenw'th..  Leavenw'th..  Ohio..  Ohio.. 32   Lawyer  Demi    S
H. R. Dutton.......  Hiawatha..... Brown.........  N. Y.. Iowa.. 34   Surv'y'r  Rep..  S
P. P. Elder........... Ohio City.....  Franklin..........  Me....  38   Attor'y.  Rep..  M
H. W. Farnsworth  Topeka......... Shawnee...... iTt..... Conn. 44   Miller..  Rep.. M
O. B. Gunn........... Wyandotte... Wyandotte..  Mass..  Ind...  32   Civ. E'g  Rep.. M
S. E. Hoffman......  Neosho Falls  Woodson...... Penn.  Iowa.. 26   Lawyer  Rep..  S
S. D. Houston......  I Manhattan..  Riley...........  Ohio..  Iowa.. 42   Farmer  Rep..  M
J. M. Hubbard..... Wabaunsee...  Wabaunsee..  Conn.  Conn.  28   Farmer  Rep..  S
S. Lappin.....         Seneca....        Nemaha.......  Ohio..  La.....  30   Farmer  Rep.. M,~~~~~~~~~~~.




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MEMBERS AND OFFICERS OF THE SENATE - Concluded.
Names.       P. O. Address.    County.    Born.  From.'   Avocat'n. Pol.  t
J. Lockhart.........  Hibbard....... Johnson...... Scot'd  Ill..... 28  Farmer  Rep.. M
E. Lynde..............  Grassh'r F'ls Jefferson...... Conn. Ohio.. 40  Farmer  Rep.. M
J. A. Martin......... Atchison...... Atchison...... Penn. Penn. 23  Editor... Rep..  S
J. H. McDowell....  Leavenw'th..  Leavenw'th..  Va.... Ky.... 36               Dem  M
Josiah Miller....... Lawrence..... Douglas.......  S. C... S. C... 31  Lawyer  Rep.. M
R. Morrow........... Lawrence..... Douglas........ N. J.. Wis.... 35  Specul'r Rep.. M
T.A. Osborn.......  Elwood......... Doniphan..... Penn. Mich.. 24  Lawyer  Rep..  S
J. A. Phillips....... Paola.........  Lykins........ N.C... Ind... 24  Lawyer  Rep..  S
H. N. Seaver........ Highland..... Doniphan.... N. Y.. N. Y.. 50  Farmer  Rep.. M
H1. S. Sleeper........ Neosho R'p's Breckinridge N. Y.. Ill......28  Surv'y'r Rep..  S
W. Spriggs........... Garnett........ Anderson.....  Ky.... Ind... 34  Lawyer  Rep.. M
S. N.Wood..... CncilGrove  Morris......... Ohio.. Ohio.. 35  Farmer  Rep.. M
J. J. Ingalls, Secretary............... Atchison......  Atchison......Mass.. Mass.. 26  Lawyer  Rep..  S
J. Stotler, Assistant Secretary.... Emporia......  Breckinridge  Md.... Ohio.. 26  Editor... Rep.. M
J. R. Lambdin,
Journal Clerk...  Chelsea........ Butler.......... Va..... Ky.... 26  Clerk... Rep.. S
D. Wilson, Docket
Clerk............... Ogden.........  Riley............ Ohio.. Ohio.. 31  Lawyer  Rep.  S
A. W. Pickering,
Engross'g Clerk  Neosho Falls Woodson...... Ohio.. Ill..... 23  Student Rep..  S
T. S. Wright, S'g'tat-Arms........... Seneca.......... Nemaha....... Pen.  Ind... 52  Lawyer  Rep.. M
H. M. Robinson,
Door Keeper..... Hiawatha..... Brown........Ind... In... 27  Mch'ic  Rep... M
F. R. Davis, Messenger............ Lawrence..... Douglas.......  N. Y.. N. Y..I 11   Mess'g'r Rep..  S
*President. -tMarried or single.
MEMBERS AND OFFICERS OF THE HOUSE.
Name.       P. 0. Address.    County.    Born. From. Age Avocat'n. Po..  t
W. W. Updegraff* Osawatomie.. Lykins........ Penn. Ind   39  Pysn.. Rep.. M
I3  IPys'n..l  Rep..[ M
W. F. M. Arny...,. Hyatt.......... Anderson......C..  Ill...48  Farmer. Rep.. M
J. B. Abbott......... Lawrence.... Douglas........ Conn. Conn. 42  Mech'ic Rep.. M
P. M. Alexander... Lawrence.... Douglas........ Ill.. Ill...34  Farmer  Rep.. M
A. Allen............... Wabaunsee.. Wabaunsee.. Ohio.. Ohio.. 33  Farmer  Rep.. M
D. C. Auld............ Nottingham   Marshall...... Penn. Ohio.. 51  Farmer  Rep.. M
D. E. Ballard........ Washington  Washington  Vt        Iowa.. 24  Farmer  Rep.. S
0. Barber.........Kanwaka        Douglas....... Penn  Ohio.. 44  Farmer  Rep.. M
J. C. Bartlett........ Topeka......... Shawnee...Ohio.. Ind.... 31   Merch... Rep.. M
J. J. Bentz...........Leavenwth.. Leavenwth.. Gery. Mo.....34  Merch... Rep.. M
W. D. Blackford...   Lawrence....  Douglas........ Penn.  Penn.  26  Lawyer  Rep.. S
F. N. Blake......... Junctn City  Davis............ Me.....Ill    36  Editor.. Rep.. S
N. B. Blanton... Humboldt...    Allen............ Mo.....Mo..... 30  Farmer  Rep.. M
W. E. Bowker...... Indianola.... Shawnee.     Me..... Me..... 31  Farmer  Rep.. S
E. J. Brown........ LeRoy......... Coffey..   N. Y.. Ohio.. 33  Farmer  Deam. S
HE. Buckmaster....: Oskaloosa.... Jefferson...... Penn. Ohio.. 46 IPhys'n.. Rep.. M
T. Butcher...........  Atchison...... Atchison...... Penn  Wis... 50  Contor. Rep.. M
J. M. Calvert........ Kickapoo...... Leavenw'th.. Ky. Mo. 46  Farmer  Ben  M
S. R. Caniff.......... Burlingame. Osage........... N. Y.. N. Y.. 28  Manuf.. Rep.. M
A. J. Cbipman..... C'ncil Grove. Morris......... Vt...... Mich.. 26  Merch... Rep.. S
R. W. Cloud......... Waterloo    Breckinridge Ohio.. Ohio.. 45  Farmer  Rep.. M
G. A. Colton......... Paola........... Lykins......... Vt...... Ill..... 31  Lawyer  Rep.. M
J. E. Corliss......... Shawnee...... Johnson...... Vt...... Iowa.. 53  Farmer  Rep.. M
J. D. Crafton........ Leavenw'th. Leavenw'th.. Va...., Ky.... 40  Merch... Dem  M
S. J. Crawford...... Garnett........ Anderson..... Ind.... Ill    26  Lawyer  Rep.. S
H. W. Curtis........ Topeka......... Shawnee   Ohio.. Ill    39  Farmer  Rep.. M
G. A. Cutler......... LeRoy......... Coffey.......... Tenn. Mo..... 30 ].Phys'n. Rep.. M
W. R. Davis......... Baldwin City  Douglas........ Ohio.. Ill    46  Prof.  Rep.. M
A. Ellis................ New Lanc'r.. Lykins........ Ohio.. Ohio..44  Farmer  Rep.. M.
I. E. Eaton........... Leavenw'th. Leavenw'th.. Ohio.. Ohio.. 40  Cont'or. Dem] M
A. Elliott............. Pardee.......... Atchison...... S. C... Mo.....5 4  Farmer  Rep.. M
F. W. Emery........ Palermo....... Doniphan. M..... Me..... 25  Editor.. Rep.. S
W. P. Gambell..... Leavenw'th. Leavenw'th.. N. Y.. N. Y.. 29  Lawyer  Demr   M
W. H. Grimes...... Atchison...... Atchison...... Md..... Ohio.. 57  Phys'n.. Rep.. M
A. Gray............... Quindaro  Wyandotte... N. Y.. N. Y.. 29  Lawyer  Rep.. M
A. K. Hawkes...... Hartford...... Breekinridge Mass.. Mass.. 32  Farmer Rep.. M
*Speaker. t Married or single.




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MEMBERS AND OFFICERS OF THE HOUSE- Coneiluded.
Name.        P. O. Address.    County.        Born.  Prom. Age Avocat'n.  Pol.  f
J. E. Hayes..........Olathe.........Johnson.......N. H.. Ill.....  42  Merch... Rep.. M
H. H. Heberling...  Ridgeway..... Osage........... Va..... Ohio.. 52  Farmer  Rep.. M
T. P. Herrick....... Highland..... Doniphan..... N. Y.. NY.. 28  Lawyer  Rep.. M
E. Hoheneck........ Wabaunsee.. Wabaunsee...  Prus... Ohio.. 32  Distil'r. Rep..  S
N. Humber.......... Easton..........  Leavenw'th..  Ky..... Mo..... 46  Farmer  Dem  I
J. H. Jones.......... Twin Sp'ngs. Linn.............  Va..... Iowa.. 35   Farmer  Rep.. M
W. C. Kimber...... Palermo....... Doniphan.....   Ohio.. Mo.... 33  Miller... Dem  M
C. B. Keith.......... Muscotah..... Atchison...... Vt...... Mich.. 29   Merch... Rep.. M
H. Knowles... Marmaton... Bouron...... WMe.....   is....  40   Merch... Rep.. M
J. Kunkel............ Lecompton...  Douglas....... Penn. Penn. 42  Merch... Rep.. M
W.W.H.Lawrence  Peoria City... Franklin...... Ohio.. Ohio.. 34   Lawyer  Rep..  S
J. F. Legate.......  Lexington...  Johnson....... Mass.. Miss.. 31  Lawyer  Rep.. M
E. P. Lewis........   Sumner........   Atchison......  Penn. Penn. 24  Lawyer  Rep..  S
E. J. Lines........... Wabaunsee... Wabaunsee.. Conn.  Conn. 31  Lawyer  Dem    M
A. Low.................  Doniphan.....  Doniphan..... Md..... Ohio.. 49  Merch... Rep.. M
J. McGrew........... Wyandotte.. Wyandotte... Penn. Iowa.. 39   Merch... Rep.. M
S. B. Mahurin...... Fort Scott.... Bourbon...... Ky..... Texas 30   Farmer  Rep.. M
J. A. Marcell........  Minneola..... Franklin...... N. J.... Y.. 43   Farmer  Rep.. M
J. E. Moore.......... Auburn....... Shawnee...... N. J...-Ill.....  32  Clergy... Rep.. M
P. G. D. Morton.... Chelsea........ Butler......... Me..... Mass.. 35  Lawyer  Rep.. S
A. U. Mussey.......  St. George.... Pottawato'e.. Vt...... Vt...... 27   Farmer  Rep.. M
J. T. Neal............ Barnesville.. Bourbon....... Tenn. Ill..... 30  Phys'n.. Rep.. M
T. Pierce............. Henryville... Riley............Ohio'.. Ohio.. 38   Farmer  Rep.. M
J. S. Rackliff........ Medoc.......... Platte........... Me..... Me.....39  Farmer  Rep.. M
A. Ray................. Holton       Jackson....... Ohio.. Ohio.. 46   Farmer  Rep.. M
G. H. Rees........... Americus.....  Breckinridge  Ohio.. Iowa   42  Farmer  Rep.. M
W. R. Saunders..... LeRoy.........  Coffey.......... N. Y.. N. Y.. 40   Farmer  Rep.. M
J. W. Scott...........  Carlyle......... Allen............ Penn. Ind.... 36  Phys'n.. Rep.. M
0. H. Sheldon...... Superior....... Osage........... N. Y.. N. Y.. 27  Farmer  Rep..:
J. H. Smith.........Roinson......Brown......... Conn. Conn. 45  Farmer  Rep.. M
L. T. Smith.......... Leavenw'th..  Leavenw.'th..  N. Y.. Mich.. 33  Hotel P. Dem   M
W. H. Smyth....... Manhattan... Riley............ Me..... Iowa.  26  Civ. En. Rep.. S
C. Starns.............. Leavenwth.   Leavenw'th.  Tenn. Mo.....48  Farmer  Dem   M
A. Stark............... Moneka.......Linn............ Con. Con. 27   Farmer  Rep.. M
J. W. Stewart.       Baldwin City  Douglas........ Ohio.. Iowa   40  Clergy.. Rep.. M
E. D. Thompson    Lawrence..... Douglas.            N. Y   N. Y.. 23  Banker. Rep..  S
B. Wheat............. LeRoy......... Coffey.........   a  Va..... 52   Farmer  Rep.. M
R. P. C. Wilson..... Leavenw'th.   Leavenw'th..  Mo..... Texas 25  Lawyer  Dem    S
L. Woodard......... Eudora........ Douglas........ Ind.... Ind.... 30   Farmer  Rep.. M
D. B. Emmert,
Chief Clerk....... Auburn........ Shawnee...... Penn. Ill         24  Editor... Rep..  S
A. R. Banks, Ass't
Ch'f Clerk......... Minneola...... Franklin...... Ohio.. Penn. 2   Lawyer  Rep..  S
Arthur Gunther,
Journal Clerk...    Lawrence....  Douglas.......Sax'n. Wis... 23  Clerk.... Rep..  S
T. Hopkins,
Docket Clerk..... Miami..........  Lykins.........  Penn. Iowa.. 27  Mech.... Rep..  S
D. M. Adams, Engrossing Clerk... Zeandale......Wabaunsee.. N. H.. N. H.. 28  Farmer. Rep.. M
B. P. Noteman,
Enrolling Clerk. Olathe......... Johnson....... N. Y.. Ill.....  36  Merch... Rep.. M
C. Clarkson, Ser-l
geant-at-Arms..  Leavenw'th..  Leavenw'th..  Penn. N. Y.. 49  Merch... Rep.. M
F. House, Assist.
Serglt-at-Arms.. Wyandotte... Wyandotte..  Vt......N. Y.. 31  Lawyer  Rep..  S
W. V. Barr, Doorkeeper..............Iowa Point... Doniphan...  N. J... N. Y.. 46  Mech.... Rep.. M
C. T. K. Prentice,
Messenger........ McKinney...Douglas.......Conn. N. Y.. 14  Clerk.:  Rep.. S
A. L. Bartlett,
Messenger.......Topeka.........1Shawnee...... Ohio.. Ind...  9  Clerk.... Rep..  S
j Married or single.
MARCH  26. —Seven Slave States have seceded  from  the Union.  South
Carolina led, passing  her Ordinance of Secession, without any  dissenting
votes, Dec. 20th, 1860.
-William Tholen, of Leavenworth, elected State Treasurer, entered the
volunteer service, and  did  not act as Treasurer.   H. R. Dutton, of Brown
county, was appointed Treasurer by the Governor.




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MARCH 30.-Message from Gov. Robinson. It is comprehensive and able.
APRIL.-Mark W. Delahay appointed Surveyor General.
APRIL 1.-Suspension of the Lecompton Democrat.
APRIL 1.-Fred. P. Stanton gets the vote of the Senate for U. S. Senator
"from the south side of the Kaw."
APRIL 3.-Heavy rain, all over the State, the first of any importance for
months.
APRIL 4. —:Election of United States Senators, by the following vote:
James H. Lane.............   55   S. D. Houston.................................   1
S. C. Pomeroy.................................   52   S. A. Kingman........................   3
Marcus J. Parrott................................. 49   A. J. Isacks..................................   11
F. P. Stanton................................   21   M. F. Conway.......................................  1
M. W. Delahay................................  2
There was only one ballot. The voting continued two hours, in which
interval Lane fluctuated between 45 and 64, Pomeroy between 49 and 57,
Parrott between 47 and 60, Stanton between 10 and 32, Delahay between 2
and 11, and Kingman between 3 and 18. Fifty-eight members changed
their votes. This vote-changing precedent has been faithfully followed, in
Legislatures and Conventions, up to the time of going to press.
In the spring, Driggs, Faris and Moore moved the Lecompton Democrat
office to Atchison, and issued the Bulletin. It died that year.
APRIL 8.-Judge Williams opens the United States Court, at Topeka.
APRIL 9.-Lane endorsed in Leavenworth. All the politicians go to
Washington to get office.
APRIL 12.-Bombardment of Fort Sumter by Rebels. Beginning of
the Pro-Slavery Rebellion.
APRIL 13.-Illinois and Wisconsin currency no longer in use as a circulating medium. Great losses occasioned by Wild-Cat banks.
APRIL 15.-President Lincoln calls for 75,000 men to enforce the laws,
and asks Congress to meet July 4th.
APRIL 16.- Dinner given to Judge John Pettit by the Leavenworth bar.
-W. F. M. Arny reports to the Legislature that relief goods have passed
through his hands weighing 9,197,300 pounds. Of this amount, 3,051,304
pounds were for seed. The money furnished by the Legislatures of New
York and Wisconsin, and the New York City Committee, and $22,481.93 in
addition, has been expended.  No details are given.  Wagons are still
taking relief goods from Atchison.
APRIL 17. —Governor Claib. Jackson, of Missouri, replies to the President's call for 75,000 men: "Not one man will the State of Missouri furnish to carry on such an unholy crusade."
— Captain Samuel Walker, of Lawrence, tenders to Governor Robinson
a company of 100 men. A meeting is held in Atchison to form a military
company. "Coercion" is voted down, and the Union company is not organized.
APRIL 18.-The steamboat "New Sam Gaty" arrives at Leavenworth,
from St. Louis, with a Rebel flag flying. An immense crowd collects on
the Levee, and the Captain is compelled to take down the traitor ensign




262                   ANNALS OF KANSAS.                        [1861.
and run up the Stars and Stripes. This was the decisive day for Leavenworth.
APRIL 20.-Seven military companies inr Douglas county; nine in Leavenworth; one is ordered to Fort Leavenworth for thirty days' service.
-The Rebels seize the United States Arsenal at Liberty, Missouri.
-Samuel Walker and James C. Stone made Major Generals of the State
militia.
APRIL 25. —Military companies organized in nearly every county.
APRIL 26.- M. Jeff. Thompson takes into St. Joseph the arms stolen at
Liberty.
-A night guard is organized by citizens of Leavenworth to defend the
town. This service continues to be voluntarily performed, whenever necessary, during the whole war.
APRIL 27.-Destructive fire in Leavenworth.
APRIL 29. -Report of Legislative Committee on Blue Mont Central
College. The Trustees of the College voted, February 28, to give it to
the State.
— Captain J. L. Reno has charge of the arsenal at Fort Leavenworth.
He became a Major General, and was killed at Gettysburg. Reno county
bears his name.
MAY 1. —A rebel camp in St. Joseph remains unmolested. Rebel flags
wave in St. Joseph, Kansas City, Iatan, Weston, Platte City, and Independence, Mo.
MAY 1.-The following appointments are announced: Chester Thomas,
Mail Agent; J. C. Burnett, Register Fort Scott Land Office; A'. Low,
Register Kickapoo Land Office; Ira Smith, Receiver Kickapoo Land
Office; F. G. Adams, Register Lecompton Land Office; C. B. Lines, Receiver Lecompton Land Office; H. W. Farnsworth, Kaw Indian Agent;
G. A. Colton, Miami Indian Agent; Charles B. Keith,. Kickapoo Indian
Agent; D. R. Anthony, Postmaster at Leavenworth; James Fletcher,
Postmaster at Topeka; John A. Martin, Postmaster at Atchison; Jacob
Stotler, Postmaster at Emporia.
MAY 2. -- Extra Session of the Missouri Legislature. The following is
copied from the Message of Governor Claiborne F. Jackson:
" Our interests and sympathies are identical with those of the Slaveholding States,
and necessarily unite our destiny withltheirs. The similarity of our social and domestic institutions, our industrial interests, our sympathies, habits and tastes, our common
origin, territorial congruity, all concur in pointing out our duty in regard to the separation now taking place between the States of the old Federal Union."
There were 114,965 slaves in Missouri.
MAY 6. —George H. Fairchild elected Mayor of Atchison, by 100 majority, over Ike Hascall, Border-Ruffian.
-John T. Burris is appointed United States District Attorney; W. W.
Ross, Pottawatomie Agent; P. P. Elder, Osage Agent at Fort Scott; Josiah
Miller, Postmaster at Lawrence; S. D. Houston, Receiver at Junction City;
John Hutchinson, Secretary of Dakota.
MAY 9.-Death of H. F. Otis, Mayor of Topeka.




1861.]                    ANNALS OF KANSAS.                             263.MAY 10.-A  Topeka letter of Ingalls, in the Conservative, has this
description of Lane:
"It would be hard to give a rational and satisfactory analysis of the causes of Gen.
Lane's popularity as an orator. Destitute of all graces of the art, he possesses but few
even of its essentials; he writhes himself into more contortions than Gabriel Ravel in
a pantomime; his voice is a series of transitions from the broken scream of a maniac
to the hoarse rasping gutturals of a Dutch butcher in the last gasp of inebriation; the
construction of his sentences is loose and disjointed; his diction is a pudding of slang,
profanity and solecism; and yet the electric shock of his extraordinary eloquence
thrills like the blast of a trumpet; the magnetism of his manner, the fire of his glance,
the studied earnestness of his utterance, find a sudden response in the will of his audience, and he sways them like a field of reeds shaken in the wind. Devoid of those
qualities of character which excite esteem and cement the enduring structure of popular regard, he overcomes the obstacles in the path of achievement by persistent effort
and indomitable will."
MAY 10.-Capt. Nathaniel Lyon and Col. Francis P. Blair, at the head.of 6,000 Union volunteers, many of'them Germans, surround the Rebel
State Guard, at St. Louis, and take them prisoners. Gen. D. M. Frost was
in command of the Rebels. This movement saved Missouri to the Union
MAY 14.-A. M. Clark and J. C. Stone write to the Governor that they
cannot negotiate the Kansas bonds.
-Stampede of Union men from Western Missouri.
MAY 15. —Topeka letter of J. J. Ingalls:
" Mr McDowell, from the Committee on State Library, submitted a new report on
the subject of a State seal this morning. The device represents a mountain horizon,
and a prairie foreground traversed by a'schooner' bound for the Peak; a rising sun
illuminates a retreating herd of buffalo, and a farmer following the plough. The motto
suggested is the terse, emphatic and appropriate legend,'WE WILL.' The design is
decidedly the most original and suggestive which has yet been presented, though Mr.
Denman suggests that it might be better to change the motto to'WE WON'T.'"
-George W. Brown, late of the Herald of Freedom, becomes a resident
of Paola.
MAY 20."The vexed question of a State seal has at last received its quietus at the hands of a
conference committee. The new design embraces a prairie landscape, with buffalo pur-.sued by Indian hunters, a settler's cabin, and a ploughman with his team, a river with a
steamboat, a cluster of thirty-four stars surrounding the legend,'AD ASTRA PER ASPERA,'
the whole encircled by the words,'Great Seal of the State of Kansas, 1861.' "-J. J Ingalls,
in Coneservative.
MAY 21."Directly after General Butler's accession to command at Fortress Monroe, three
-negro slaves came within his lines from the Rebel lines adjacent, stating that they
-were held as property by Colonel Mallory, of the Confederate forces in his front, who
was about to send them to the North Carolina seaboard, to work on the Rebel fortifica-tions there in progress, intended to bar that coast against our arms. General Butler
heard their story, was satisfied of its truth, and said:'These men are contraband of
war; set them at work.' "-Greeley's Conflict, vol. II p. 238.
MAY 21."Judge Lambdin, who is just from Butler county, states that the reports -of damage.done by grasshoppers are not exaggerated. The insects have travelled a belt of country
about six miles wide, devouring every green thing. Young fields of wheat have been
completely destroyed by their ravages, not one blade remaining; early corn and vegetables and the foliage of trees have suffered with equal severity; and the evil seems to
be on the increase, with no means of prevention."-Topeka Letter in Conservative.
MAY 22.- Republican Congressional Convention at Topeka.  Thirty




264                   ANNALS OF KANSAS.                          [1861.
counties send 55 delegates. Called to order by A. C. Wilder. On motion
of Wm. A. Phillips, Dr. R. Gilpatrick was made temporary Chairman, and
J. H. Signor, Secretary.
Committee on Credentials: T. D. Thacher, F. G. Adams, L. R. Palmer,
R. Crozier, James Montgomery.  Committee on Permanent Organization:
C. P. Twiss, F. A. Bliss, J. A. McCall, A. D. Brown, C. V. Eskridge.
Ofcers: President, R. Gilpatrick; Vice Presidents, A. L. Lee, James L.
McDowell, R. M. Fish, T. W. Satchel; Secretaries, D. R. Anthony, J. H.
Signor.
Ballot for Member of Congress: M. F. Conway 37, Ed. Lynde 8, R. M.
Williams 6; Montgomery, Watson and Updegraff, one each.
The following resolutions, offered by D. R. Anthony, are adopted:
"Resolved by the Republican Party of the State of Kansas in Convention assembled, That the
existing condition of national affairs demands the emphatic and unmistakable expression of the convictions of the people of the State, and that Kansas allies herself with
the uprising Union hosts of the North to uphold the policy of the Administration.
"Resolved, That the grave responsibilities of this hour could not have been safely
postponed, and that they have not arrived too soon, and that in the present war between
Government and Anarchy the mildest compromise is treason against humanity.
"Resolved, That we spurn as specious sophistries all' suggestions for the peaceful dismemberment of the Union, and pledge our fortunes and our honor to its maintenance,
intact and inviolate."
The following State Committee was appointed: A. C. Wilder, T. D. Thacher,
W. C. Dunton, J. F. N ewlon, Ed. Russell, D. W. Houston, Loring Farnsworth.
MAY 23.-A. C. Wilder elected Chairman, and T. D. Thacher Secretary,
of the Republican State Committee.
MAY 24. —Railroad completed to Weston, Missouri; a line of boats from
Leavenworth to Weston.
MAY 28.-The First Kansas organizing, in the western part of Leavenworth.
JUNE 1. —F. P. Stanton appointed to take charge of military affairs in
New Mexico.
— Col. Emory and Maj. S. D. Sturgis arrive at Fort Leavenworth from
the South with United States troops.
JUNE 3.- Gen. Lyon in command of the Military Department of the West.
- Death of Stephen A. Douglas. He had given warm and efficient support to the Union cause and to President Lincoln.
~ -A Rebel flag captured at Iatan, Mo., and brought to Leavenworth by
Frank H. Drenning, Frank M. Tracy, Thos. Merrick, G. Mellen Lewis, Richard D. Lender, Wm. Smart, James Liddle, Emil Umfried, Mr. Voeth, Fred.
Amerine, Theo. Kroll, and Henry Laurenzier. These men were all from
the Elwood Guards, and the Leavenworth Steuben Guards, a German company, and all soldiers of the First Kansas. Drenning was struck by two
balls; two bullets entered Umfried's body and one his leg, and Voeth was
shot in the leg. It was the first Rebel flag captured, and created intense excitement, many prominent men opposing the act as illegal. A public meeting in Lawrence endorsed the act of the soldiers, and the Leavenworth
Conservative for sustaining them.
JUNE 4.-Adjournment of the Legislature.




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-The name of Lykins county was changed by the Legislature to Miami;
of Dorn to Neosho, and of Godfrey to Seward. An act was passed providing for the election of a District Attorney in each Judicial District, and an
act calling an election for the permanent location of the State capital. The
acts authorizing the issue of bonds created much discussion.
JUNE 4.- Organization of the First Kansas.
JUNE 10.-Captain Alfred Sully goes from  Fort Leavenworth to St.
Joseph, with a force of regulars, to organize a Home Guard.
JUNE 11.-Conway elected to Congress.
-The Second Kansas organized at Lawrence.
-Capt. Prince leaves Fort Leavenworth with regulars for Kansas City.
JUNE 13.-Seven companies of the First Kansas leave Leavenworth for
Kansas City. The Second Kansas starts from Lawrence for Kansas City.
JUNE 13.- Sol. Miller publishes Legislative Sketches in the White Cloud
Chief. This is one of them:
"W. F. M. &c. ARNY.- Mr. Amy is one of the Representatives from the Anderson
District. He was born on the Peak of Teneriffe, in a very dry season; and the soothsayers who were present upon the melancholy occasion, predicted that wherever he
went drought would follow him. Such has been his experience in Kansas. His name
originally was' Nary,' and is supposed to have signified that' nary' thing would grow
where he cast his lot. Thus, Kansas has recently experienced the calamity of'nary'
corn,'nary' wheat,'nary' beans,'nary' grass seed,'nary' clothing for volunteers,
etc. By some means, the letters forming his name have become transposed, and he is
now called'Arny.' His parents found great difficulty in deciding upon a name for him
-they had so many from which to choose, and so many letters of the alphabet looked
well in a name. They finally hit upon a plan to settle the question. The old man
resolved to fashion all the letters of the alphabet out of potter's clay, then throw them
against the side of the house, and as many of them as stuck to the wall, those letters
should form initials of his name; but those that fell off, should be discarded. He carried out his design - it was a good day for the business, and nearly all the letters stuck!"
JUNE 13.-An article by R. C. Satterlee, in the Leavenworth Herald, on
the Iatan flag matter, charging D. R. Anthony, of the Conservative, with
falsehood, led to a shooting affray between the two men, in which Satterlee
was killed. Anthony was tried before Judge McDowell, and acquitted.
JUNE 17. —Gov. Robinson calls for more troops.
-Gen. Lyon defeats Claib. Jackson at Booneville, Mo.
JUNE 20.- Second Kansas organized.
-The remainder of the First Kansas go to Kansas City.
JUNE 22.-Fall of a brick block at Wyandotte.
JUNE 24.- The First Kansas and regulars, under Maj. Samuel D. Sturgis,
leave Kansas City for Springfield, Mo.
JUNE 25.-James H. Lane publishes a statement in the Conservative in
which he says: "On the 20th instant I was duly appointed a Brigadier
General in the volunteer force of the United States."
JUNE 26.-The Second Kansas leaves Kansas City.
JULY 2.-Treaty between the United States and the Delawares. Delaware
lands pledged by the Leavenworth, Pawnee and Western R. R. Co. to secure
its bonds.
JULY.- Surveyor General's office removed from Nebraska City to Leavenworth.




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JULY 4.-The printers in the First and Second regiments issue a paper
from a Rebel office, in Clinton, Mo.
JULY 7.-The Kansas troops, under Sturgis, meet Gen. Nathaniel Lyon,
at! Grand River.
JULY 9. — Gen. Fremont in command of the Western Department, at St.
Louis.
JULY 12.-Organization of the Fifth Kansas begins.
JULY 12.-Senator Foot, of Vermont, presents the credentials of Frederick P. Stanton, from Gov. Robinson, as Senator from Kansas, in place of
Lane.  They are referred to the Judiciary Committee, after a statement from
Lane that "this looks like an attempt to bury a man before he is dead."
Stanton was appointed because Lane-had accepted a commission as Brigadier
General.
JULY 14.-O. E. Learnard, of the Fifth District, having resigned, Gov.
Robinson appoints Robert M. Ruggles, of Emporia, Judge of that district.
JULY 15.-M. S. Adams, C. S. Lambdin, and Charles Starns, Commissioners to determine the location of the Penitentiary, take the oath of office,
at Leavenworth. They bought a site in that county, November 25th.
JULY 15. —The Third Kansas organized; James Montgomery, Colonel.
JULY 18.-The first Overland coach arrives; seventeen days from San
Francisco.
JULY 21.-Panic and retreat of the Union army from the Bull Run battlefield.
JULY 24.-Organization of the First Battery.
JULY 25. —By the vote of a Union meeting in Leavenworth, business
houses close in time every day -to allow all citizens time to drill.
AUGUST.-During the summer the State lands were selected by S. E.
Hoffman, E. P. Bancroft and H. B. Denman.  Their Report, dated January 14, 1862, is published in the State Documents. The following is copied
from it:
"The following list will show the quantity of lands the State is entitled to under the
provisions of the act of admission, and under the provisions of other acts of Congress:
"1st. In section 3d of the act of admission,'sections number 16 and 36 in every
township of public lands in the State are granted for the use of schools, and where
either of said sections, or any part thereof, have been sold or otherwise disposed of,
other lands equivalent thereto.' The quantity of land that would inure to the State
under this provision, estimating the quantity from the number of surveyed townships
taken from the records of the Surveyor General's office, would be, in the aggregate,
~800,292 acres.
"2d. For the use and support of a State University, 46,080 acres:
"3d. For the purpose of completing or erecting public buildings at the seat of government, 6,400 acres.
"4th. Twelve salt springs, with six sections of land to each, 46,080 acres.
"5th. Under the act of Congress, approved September 4th, 1841, 500,000 acres.
"6th. Amount of land selected under the provisions of an act entitled'An act to
authorize settlers-upon the 16th and 36th sections, who settle before the surveys of the
public lands, to pre-empt their settlements,' approved February 26, A. D. 1859, to make
up deficiencies where either townships or sections are fractional, 60,988 acres.
"Making the aggregate amount of lands to which the State is entitled under the
provisions of the act of admission and other acts of Congress, 1,459,840 acres."
AUGUST 3.-Captain Sully takes Independence, Missouri.




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AUGUST 9.-The Rebel John Matthews drives sixty Union families from
the Neutral Lands.
AUGUST 10.-Battle of Wilson's Creek, ten miles south of Springfield,
Missouri.
The following is copied from Greeley's Conflict:
"The First Missouri, First and Second Kansas, and First Iowa regiments, with Steele's
battalion of Regulars, won immortal honor by the persistent and heroic gallantry with
which they for hours maintained their ground against immense odds. The Rebels were
repeatedly driven back in confusion, and the firing would be nearly or quite suspended
for ten or twenty minutes; when, perceiving their decided superiority in numbers, since
the rout and flight of Sigel's command, the Confederate officers would rally-their men
and bring them once more to the charge. Meantime, Gen. Lyon, who had led out his
own little army to fight, against his own judgment, upon the representation of Gen.
Sweeny that to abandon all southwest Missouri without a battle would be worse than
a defeat, and who had evinced the most reckless braveW throughout, had been twice
wounded, and had had his horse killed under him. The second ball struck him in the
head, and seemed for the moment to confuse him. He walked a few paces to the rear,
saying to Major Schofield, his Adjutant,'I fear the day is lost;' to which Schofield responded,'No, General; let us try them once more.' Major Sturgis offered him his own
horse, which Lyon at first declined, but soon after mounted, and, bleeding from his two
wounds, swung his hat in the air, and called upon the troops nearest him to prepare for
a bayonet charge on the lines of the enemy. The Second Kansas rallied around him,
but in a moment its brave Col. Mitchell fell severely wounded, and his soldiers cried
out:' We are ready to follow - who will lead us?'' I will lead you.!' replied Lyon;' come
on, brave men!' and at that moment a third bullet struck him in his breast, and he fell
mortally wounded."
The fight opened at 5 A. M., and closed at 11:30. Gen. Ben. McCulloch's
Report admits a loss of 265 killed, 800 wounded, and 30 missing.  Our reports make our loss 223 killed, 721 wounded, and 292 missing. McCulloch
says his force numbered 11,300, and 15 pieces of artillery. We had 5,000
troops in the beginning of the engagement, and less than 4,000 during the
last four hours.
AUGUST 14.-Fremont declares martial law in Missouri.
AUGUST 17. —Gen. Lane fortifies at Camp Lincoln, Bourbon county.
AUGUST 18.-Organization of the Sixth Kansas begins.
AUGUST 31.-Gen. Fremont issues a General Order, from which the following is copied:
"The property, real and personal, of all persons in the State of Missouri who shall
take up arms against the United States, or shall be directly proven to have taken active
part with their enemies in the field; is declared to be confiscated to the public use; and
their slaves, if any they have, are hereby declared free men."
SEPTEMBER. — George W. Kingsbury starts, at Junction City, the Smoky
Hill and Republican Union.
-H. T. Geery starts the Frontier, at Junction City. Geo. E. Dummer
soon succeeds him. In March, 1862, two companies of Kansas soldiers
destroyed the office.
SEPTEMBER 2.- Battle of Dry Wood. Rebels under Rains; Union men
under Cols. Montgomery, Jennison, and Johnson, and Capts. Moonlight,
Ritchie, Williams and Stewart.
SEPTEMBER 3. — Platte River Bridge massacre.  Barclay Coppoc and
others were killed. Coppoc was with John Brown at Harper's Ferry, and
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were given a military burial at Leavenworth, on the 6th. Nineteen persons were killed in this Rebel massacre.
SEPTEMBER 4. — St. Joseph in the hands of Rebels.
- Skirmish at Shelbina, Mo. Capt. J. R. McClure, of the Second Kansas, has his foot shot off.
SEPTEMBER 7. —Atchison in danger.  Five companies go to her assistance from Jefferson, Jackson and Doniphan counties.
SEPTEMBER 8.- The First Kansas at Hannibal.
SEPTEMBER 11. — President Lincoln orders Gen. Fremont to so modify
his Emancipation Order as to make it conform with the provisions of the
act of Congress on the same subject.
SEPTEMBER 12. —Humboldt sacked by Rebels.
SEPTEMBER 15. — The Second Kansas arrives in Leavenworth.  The regiment given a public reception on the 16th.
SEPTEMBER 20. —Siege of Lexington, Mo. Surrender of Cols. Mulligan,
Peabody and Marshall, with 2,500 men, after four days' struggle.
SEPTEMBER 17.-Battle of Morristown, Mo. Col. H. P. Johnson, of
Leavenworth, killed.
SEPTEMBER 20.-The John Brown song first sung in Leavenworth.
SEPTEMBER 21. —Col. Judson, of the Sixth Kansas, returns from the
Neutral Lands, having routed the marauders and killed Matthews.
SEPTEMBER 23.- Lane takes Osceola and burns it.
SEPTEMBER 25.- Gen. Prentiss takes command at St. Joseph.
SEPTEMBER 26.-Vanity Fair, the New York humorous paper, publishes the following:
K. T. DID.
"We learn from Kansas Territory, that Captain Jennison, of border fame, has offered
six hundred of his well-known'Jayhawkers,' all bold riders and well mounted, to the
Union cause; also, that other mounted regiments will shortly be organized. Good for
K. T.! "- Western Paper.
From her borders, far away,          Thirty score JAYHAWKERS bold,
Kansas blows a trumpet call,         Kansas men of strong renown,
Answered by the loud "hurrah!"      Rally round the banner old,
Of her troopers, one and all.        Casting each his gauntlet down.
"Knife and pistol, sword and spur!,'    "Good for Kansas," one and all
Cries K. T.-                         Cry to her;
"Let my troopers all concur             Riding to her trumpet call,
To the old flag, no demur -          Blithe as to a festival,
Follow me!"  All concur!
Hence the song of jubilee,           Hence the revel and the glee,
Platyphill~s from the tree,          As the chanter from the tree,
High among the branches hid,         High among the branches hid,
Sings all night so merrily-          Sings all night so merrily"K. T. did,   *                      "K. T. did!
She did- she did!"                   She did- she did!"
SEPTEMBER 30.-Lane's brigade arrives in Kansas City.  Sturgis is
there.
OCTOBER.- Organization of the Third Battery. Seventh Kansas organized.
OCTOBER 8.- Col. D. R. Anthony Provost Marshal of Kansas City.




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OCTOBER 9. —First Annual Meeting of the State Temperance Society, at
Topeka.
OCTOBER 11.-Sturgis and Lane leave for Springfield, Mo.
OCTOBER 16.-Humboldt burned by Rebels.
-The following petition led to a meeting of the Republican State Committee at Topeka, and the nomination of a State ticket:
-"We, the undersigned citizens, suffering in common with others from the impotency
or malice of the present State Executive, and earnestly desiring a State Government
that will in a patriotic and energetic manner defend our people from invasion —knowing that by the plain and emphatic provisions of the State Constitution the term of our
State officers expires on the first day of January, and that the legislative enactment
continuing the State officers beyond that time is null and void, and that there is not
sufficient timne, before the election, to hold a Nominating Convention, do respectfully
pray your honorable body to nominate a full State ticket of efficient Union men, without reference to their political antecedents - men who will conduct the State Government with reference to the good of the whole country, and not upon mere personal
grounds."
The Committee made the following ticket and platform:
For Governor, George A. Crawford, of Bourbon county; for Lieutenant Governor,
Joseph L. Speer, of Jefferson county; for Secretary of State, J. W. Robinson, of Riley
county; for Attorney General, Samuel A. Stinson, of Leavenworth county; for Treasurer, H. R. Dutton, of Brown county; for Auditor, James R. McClure, of Davis county;
for Superintendent of Public Instruction, H. D. Preston, of Osage county.
"Resolved, That the vigorous prosecution of the present war, the earnest and hearty
support of the Administration in its efforts to crush out the rebellion, the maintenance
of the Constitution, the enforcement of the laws, and the preservation of the Union,
are the issues upon which these nominations are made."
OCTOBER 24.-Organization of the Ninth Kansas begins.
OCTOBER 25. —Gardner, Johnson county, sacked.
OCTOBER 30. —Settlers driven from Mine creek, Linn county.
NOVEMBER 2.-Lane and Sturgis reach Springfield.
— Gen. Fremont removed.
NOVEMBER 5.-Election.  Vote on State Capital: Topeka, 7,996; Lawrence, 5,291; all others, 1,184. The State Board did not canvass the vote
given for the George A. Crawford State ticket.
ATTORNEY GENERAL (to fill vacancy.)
Samuel A. Stinson received 11,971 votes, and is elected.
STATE TREASURER (to fill vacancy.)
H. R. Dutton.................................. 11,748 1 J. H. Lane.............................................   8
H. R. Dutton elected.
STATE SENATORS (to fill vacancies.)
SECOND DISTRICT-ATCHISON AND BROWN COUNTIES.
W. B. Barnett............. 1284 I John J. Ingalls............ 814 I George W. Bowman......... 705
W. B. Barnett and John J. Ingalls elected.
FOURTH DISTRICT -CLAY, RILEY, AND POTTAWATOMIE COUNTIES.
M. L. Essicks................................... 454 1 J. D. Adams.................... 18
M. L. Essicks elected.




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SIXTH DISTRICT -SHAWNEE, JACKSON, JEFFERSON, AND OSAGE COUNTIES.
C. K. Holliday............   980  D.    Lakin.................................                         230
J. C. Bartlett................................   884  W. A. Shannon.................................      1
C. K. Holliday elected.
EIGHTH DISTRICT —DOUGLAS, JOHNSON, AND WYANDOTTE COUNTIES.
John Speer..................................... 1357  Robert S. Stevens...............................1687
James F. Legate................................ 1141  Charles G. Keeler............................... 1828
Charles G. Keeler and Robert S. Stevens elected.
NINTH DISTRICT —BOURBON, LINN, AND MIAMI COUNTIES.
Alonzo Curtis............... 856 [ Thomas Roberts............ 849 I Horatio Knowles......... 830
Alonzo Curtis elected.
TENTH DISTRICT —ALLEN, ANDERSON, AND FRANKLIN COUNTIES.
Jacob G. Reese................................... 442   A. Stewart....................................... 388
Jacob G. Reese elected.
REPRESENTATIVES.
FIRST DISTRICT - DONIPHAN COUNTY.
Sol. Miller...........................            70  Franklin Grube.................................. 698
Ed. Russell.................................     680  Lyman Nash...................................  212
Joseph Penny...................................  534
Sol. Miller, Ed. Russell, Joseph Penny, and Franklin Grube elected.
SECOND DISTRICT -ATCHISON AND BROWN COUNTIES.
Thomas Murphy................................ 1247  M.. C. Willis.......................................... 435
A. W. Johnson.................................  1164  P. H. Fay........................................  231
R. A. Van Winkle..............................  1139  A. W. Robertson...............................  i73
James B. Church................................   28  James D. Church................................ 922
C. H. McCauley..................................   28  0. H. McCauley..............................     888
John Keen...................................     513  J. J. Patterson...............................   968
J. B. Reynolds...................................  450  S. B. Davis...................................   478
F. Roache..................................    453
Thomas Murphy, A. W. Johnson, R. A. Van Winkle, Jas. D. Church, O. H. McCauley,
and J. J. Patterson elected.
THIRD DISTRICT-NEMAHA, WASHINGTON, AND MARSHALL COUNTIES.
Harrison Foster.................................. 427  N. J. Leland..................................     276
J. C. Smith..........................................  94  S. F. Snider..........................   26
F. P. Baker........................................ 353  John E. Smith....................................  80
D. C. Auld............;.................... 168
Harrison Foster and F. P. Baker elected.
FOURTH DISTRICT-CLAY, RILEY, AND POTTAWATOMIE COUNTIES.
1. T. Goodnow.................................... 463 [ Welcome Wells..........................         448
Davies Wilson.......... 510   O. J. Grover..................................   505
I. T. Goodnow, Davies Wilson, Welcome Wells, and 0. J. Grover elected.
FIFTH DISTRICT —DICKINSON, DAVIS, AND WABAUNSEE COUNTIES.
A. G. Robinson............................   228  J. B. Ingersoll........................... 272
Geo. Montague.................................. 189  A. C. Pierce.................................   278
Geo. Freeman.................................  181  T. F. Hersey................................          317
J. B. Ingersoll, T. F. Hersey, and A. C. Pierce elected.




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SIXTH DISTRICT-SHAWNEE, JEFFERSON, JACKSON, AND OSAGE COUNTIES.
H. W. Martin.................................  1562  J. M. Huber...................................  1752
Golden Silvers.................................  1533  Jeremiah Sabin.................................. 1420
P. E. Havens..................................  1630  J. B. Parrott.................................    199
C. H. Welch.................................... 1519  Jesse Hendrickson.............................  183
M. Anderson................................   1539   J. W. Mann...................................    154
A. Spaulding.................................... 1559
H. W. Martin, Golden Silvers, P. E. Havens, C. H. Welch, M. Anderson, A. Spaulding,
J. M. Huber, and Jeremiah Sabin elected.
SEVENTH DISTRICT —LEAVENWORTH COUNTY.
M. S. Adams...................................  1236  Charles Starns................................. 1209
T. J. Logan...................................     1041 I John P. Huesgen............................... 1078
G. W. Gardiner...............................   770  B. B. Moore..................................          1067
E. McCrillus...................................... 1195   Thos. O'Guartney.............................. 1128
Geo. Gosling................................      1076   Chas. H. Grover................................ 1106
James Medill.....................................   1189  John P. Mitchell...............................   984
Geo. W. Baird................................... 1039   J. H. Canady..................................... 1004
Thos. Carney..................................... 1307  John McCarthy................................ 1232
Jas. A. McGonigle............................. 1297
M. S. Adams, E. McCrillus, Jas. Medill, Thos. Carney, Jas. A. McGonigle, Chas. Starns,
Thos. O'Guartney, Chas. H. Grover, and John McCarthy elected.
EIGHTH DISTRICT —DOUGLAS, JOHNSON, AND WYANDOTTE COUNTIES.
Sidney Clarke..................................  1367   B. W. Hartley.................................   2515
R. L. Williams.............................    1679   W. M. Shean...................................  2692
A. Thoman...................... 2685   Jas. McGrew..................................   2710
Samuel Black..................................   2677   W. W. Dickinson..............................   2204
Chauncey L. Steel.............................. 2594   Geo. W. Smith................................... 1424
E. G. Macy........................................ 2554   Geo. W. Benum.................................    620
J. L. Jones....................................... 2554   Eli McKee..........................................  475
D. T. Mitchell.......................... 2693   John Giffen.......................................  485
W. H. M. Fishback........................... 2498   L. D. Williams.386
G. W. Smith, W. W. Dickinson, Jas. McGrew, W. M. Shean, B. W. Hartley, W. H. M.
Fishback, D. T. Mitchell, J. L. Jones, R. L. Williams, E. G. Macy, Chauncey L. Steel,
Samuel Black, and A. Thoman elected.
NINTH DISTRICT-BOURBON, LINN, AND MIAMI COUNTIES.
James C. Marshall............................... 484  George A. Reynolds............................. 874
J. B. McGrew..................................  468  Eli G. Jewell..................................   864
Josiah Lamb...................................... 482  William  T. Jones................................. 865
W. R. Wagstaff.......................... 746  F. Muse...................................      381
I-enderson Rice...................................  862   George E. Dennison............................. 372
William  Carr........................................837  A. Stark....................................       334
William T. Jones, James C. Marshall, J. B. McGrew, Josiah Lamb, William R. Wagstaff, Henderson Rice, William Carr, George A. Reynolds, and Eli G. Jewell elected.
TENTH DISTRICT-ALLEN, ANDERSON, AND FRANKLIN COUNTIES.
Jacob A. Marcell..................... 952   T. B. Killen...............................    560
D. M. Valentine...................     830   J. N. Phillips................................   261
W. H. McClure....................................   597   J. S. Pile....................................     312
J. B. Lowrie.........................................   399   Mathew  Porter.................................. 252
Lowrie....................    135   John T. Lanter..................................  220
C. S. Clark................................... 781
Jacob A. Marcell, D. M. Valentine, W. H. McClure, J. B. Lowrie, C. S. Clark, and T. P.
Killen elected.




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ELEVENTH DISTRICT —WOODSON AND MADISON COUNTIES.
Benjamin F. Van Horn........................ 112 1 A. K. Hanks......................................  14
E. J. Brown...................................  123
Benjamin F. Van Horn and E. J. Brown elected.
TWELFTH DISTRICT —OSAGE, COFFEY, AND BRECKINRIDGE COUNTIES.
O. H. Sheldon.................................  865  Watson Foster.................................. 383
J. H. Leard...................................   654  Charles Morse................................. 382
P. B. Plumb...................................  591  A. G. Miller..................................   373
P. B. Maxson..................................  581  C. V. Eskridge................................  539
J. Jenks...................................   211  H. W. Watrous.................................  332
F. W. Potter..................................  592
0. H. Sheldon, J. H. Leard, P. B. Plumb, P. B. Maxson, F. W. Potter, and C. V. Eskridge elected.
THIRTEENTH DISTRICT-MORRIS, BUTLER, AND CHASE COUNTIES.
H. S. Hunt....................................  106 I M. R. Leonard.................................... 189
C. Columbia..............................   303  A. R. Page...........................................  92
C. Columbia and M. R. Leonard elected.
FOURTEENTH  DISTRICT-ARAPAHOE, GODFREY, GREENWOOD, HUNTER, WILSON, DORN,
M'GEE, AND SALINE COUNTIES.
Horace L. Jones, 24. Horace L. Jones elected.
JUDGE (to fill vacancy).
FIFTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT-COFFEY, CHASE, BRECKINRIDGE, MORRIS, MADISON, AND
OSAGE COUNTIES.
R. M. Ruggles....................   965 1 W. R. Saunders................................  589
R. M. Ruggles elected.
DISTRICT ATTORNEYS.
FIRST JUDICIAL DISTRICT-WYANDOTTE, JACKSON, JEFFERSON, AND LEAVENWORTH
COUNTIES.
J. C. Douglass................................  1665 I Thomas P. Fenlon.............................. 1966
Thomas P. Fenlon elected.
SECOND JUDICIAL DISTRICT —ATCHISON, DONIPHAN, BROWN, NEMAHA, AND MARSHALL
COUNTIES.
Joseph F. Babbitt, 2,376. Joseph F. Babbitt elected.
THIRD  JUDICIAL DISTRICT-CLAY, DAVIS, RILEY, WABAUNSEE, POTTAWATOMIE, DICK-.
INSON, SHAWNEE, AND SALINE'COUNTIES.
A. H. Case...................     732  W. P. Douthitt................................  240
L. McArthur...................      663
A. H. Case elected.
FOURTH DISTRICT- ANDERSON, ALLEN, BOURBON, DOUGLAS, LINN, MIAMI, JOHNSON, AND
FRANKLIN COUNTIES.
Samuel A. Riggs................................ 2389 I W. F. Woodworth.............................. 1703
Samuel A. Riggs elected.
FIFTH DISTRICT; —COFFEY, CHASE, BRECKINRIDGE, MORRIS, MADISON, BUTLER, WOODSON,
AND OSAGE COUNTIES.
George H. Lillie......... 878 I Silas Fearl.................. 520 I P. B. Plumb.............. 49
George H. Lillie elected.




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AMENDMENT TO CONSTITUTION AND BANKING LAW.'ID                           
COUNTIES.                                               C iCO sN TIE.                      z S
oi. I 
Allen......Allen............................................
Anderson.........................    Anderson..........................
Atchison...............................   533    287    Atchison...............................   558  -  276
Brown...................................   226    16    Brown.................................   235       7
Butler.................................    8......... Butler...............8............ 8
Breckinridge..........................   218    165    Bouron................................    86      33
Bourbon.................................    93   38    Breckinridge.........................   200      134
Chase.................................    93      18    Chase..................................    75      23
Coffey....................................    97    119    Coffey..................................    95  8
Cherokee......................................        Cherokee..............................
Davis.....................................             Davis..................................................
Dickinson.............................    4      63    Dickinson....................................
Doniphan...............................    278    123    Doniphan..                             239        71
Douglas..................................   128    187    Douglas................................   229  180
Franklin................................  26      41    Franklin............................. 220         79
Jackson..................................        173    Jackson.............................    118       97
Jefferson......................................... Jefferson........................
Johnson................................   386    56    Johnson..............................   379       14
Linn....................................  274     90    Lin....................................     314   58
Leavenworth......................... 1,221    276    Leavenworth........................    139   1,324
Miami.............................      156      50    Miami.......................    95             65
Madison................................  28        7    Madison.....................      25        3
Morris..................................  49     46    Morris...............................   36        50
Marshall.......................    88     50    Marshall......................            83       90
Nemaha................................   178    218    Nemaha..............................   212       169
Osage....................................    38  95    Osage.................................  60        61
Riley..................................   87      87    Riley..................................    83     91
Pottawatomie.......................       7    177    Pottawatomie...................           49        91
Shawnee................................   179    312    Shawnee..............................    154     246
Saline.........................................  33    Saline................................. 1        13
Wabaunsee...........................    89       31    Wabaunsee......    75                              43
Wyandotte...........................    99.  43    Washington...............    13       12
Washington..........................    22             Wyandotte..........................   103         36
Woodson................................   62       7    Woodson..............................    73 
Total................................4,655  2, 807       Total..................733   3,343
The amendment made to the Constitution is as follows:
"No banking institution shall issue circulating notes of a less denomination than
one dollar."
NOVEMBER 8.-D. R. Anthony sells the Conservative to D. W. Wilder.
On the 16th of January, 1862, Mathew Weightman became a partner in its
publication.
NOVEMBER 11.-General Halleck in command at St. Louis.
NOVEMBER 12.-Creation of the Department of Kansas, with Major
General David Hunter in command.
NOVEMBER 15.-Return of the Kansas Brigade to Fort Scott.
-Treaty by which the Pottawatomies are to dispose of their land to the
Leavenworth, Pawnee and WVestern Railroad Company.
NOVEMBER 19.-The Missouri Rebel Legislature pass an Ordinance of
Secession.
NOVEMBER 25.-General Hunter arrives at Fort Leavenworth.
NOVEMBER 30.-General James W. Denver ordered to report at Fort
Scott.
DECEMBER 6.-The Lawrence Republican says:
In the following table we give the vote on all the candidates for State officers.  The
eandidates voted for, as all our readers will recollect, are as follows: For Governor,
George A. Crawford; for Lieutenant Governor, Joseph L. Speer; for Secretary of State,
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J. W. Robinson; for Treasurer, H. R. Dutton; for Auditor, J. R. McClure; for Attorney
General, S. A. Stinson; for Superintendent of Public Instruction, H. D. Preston.
Counties.                     S                                             8 c
Allen........................................  208    205      207      209      209       208      205
Douglas *.................................................................. 
Dickinson...............................      83       83       83       82        83       83
Chase........................................  83      73       72      132       133       68       68
Atchison  *.........................................................................................................
Coffey........................................  532   527      529      533      530       530      531
Breckinridge................................  55       55       55......................    56   55
Morris..................................       80       78       78....................    83
Miami............................................  274  284    286      286      291       288      287
Madison.................................      58       58       58        58       58...58       58
Johnson................................   392     353      357      417      514       357      366
Riley...................................     245      253      229      244      241..........   235
Saline................................12                2       1............  12    1  12  12  12  12 
Linn............................................  383  387      383      372       383      386      383
Wabaunsee....................................    93    93       91        90       80       88       89
Brown.......................................  22       21       21...............         21      21
Nemaha............................            15       14       14.......................   11     2
Jefferson *...........................................................................................................
Jackson........................................    207  211     216      224       208      222      221
Washington...................................    44    45       45        45       45       45       45
Doniphan..........................       311      285      237      625      652       258      252
Franklin...........................2...........   263  265     265      202      202       294      264
Butler *............................................................................................................
Pottawatomie.................................   270   269      269      270       273      273      250
Davis.................................... 211        211      202      213      210       212      208
Woodson........................................ 78     74       74        77       80       74       74
Wyandotte.................................... 347     344      349      390       591      348      341
Osage.......102......122......12........                                       101...128....   102  122  125    128  124
Leavenworth       *....................................................................................................
Marshall................................      67       81       81       54        53       79....81
Cherokee.......................................11                11       11        11       11       11
Bourbon....................................   177     185      182        69       69      186      184
Anderson....195...................................91          181      191       191      191      191
Shawnee........................................   608  595     617      676       677      622      594
* No returns from  the above five counties.
"In  the above table, it will be observed, George A. Crawford had 5,436 votes, with
Atchison, Douglas, Leavenworth and Jefferson unreturned-the canvassers refusing to
recognize the vote. Douglas county, which was not counted by the judges, gives Crawford 551 votes; Lawrence counted would add at least 200 to that.  Let us estimate the
unreturned counties, and see how the vote stands:
Vote returned, as per table...............  5,436  Atchison (estimated)........................   400
Douglas, as returned  by  township                   Leavenworth  (estimated)..................   750
judges  except Lawrence..................... 551  Jefferson (estimated)........................  100
Lawrence (estimated).......................   200
Total....................................................................................................... 7,437
"The entire vote on the State Capital is 14,461. This would show that Crawford received 200 more than half the votes cast even upon the Capital question, which called
out a very large vote."
DECEMBER 7.-Carl Horne sentenced to be hanged in Leavenworth -
the first capital conviction in  Kansas.
DECEMBER 11.-Rebel raid on Potosi, Linn county.
DECEMBER 14.-Major H. H. Williams, of the Third Kansas, takes
Papinsville and Butler, Missouri.
D-ECEMBER 17.-General Lane receives a new military appointment.
DECEMBER 20.-The Eighth Kansas at Westport, Missouri. One hundred contrabands, freed by Col. Anthony, at Independence, arrive at Leavenworth in gay procession.
DECEMBER 31.-First Kansas ordered to Kansas City and Fort Scott.




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DECEMBER 31.-The State printing for the comling year has been given
out to the following persons:
Laws and Journals —J. H. Bennet, of Grasshopper Falls.
Documents and Blanks —Trask & Lowman, of Lawrence.
Legislative Printing-J. F. Cummings.
The binding was let to John Dodsworth and J. H. Bennet.
-The following facts relating to Kansas regiments are copied from the
Report printed while Thomas J. Anderson was Adjutant General.  Volume
I contains 1,116 pages; volume II, 1,146 pages. The compilation was made
from the original rolls by Samuel S. McFadden and Henry L. Isbell, who
had both been soldiers in the Second Kansas. The volumes were printed
by W. S. Burke, at Leavenworth, in 1867.
FIRST REGIMENT KANSAS VOLUNTEERS -INFANTRY.
Name and Rank.    Date of Mouster.                   Remarks.
COLONEL.
George W. Deitzler........ May 28, 1861  Wounded in action, August 10, 1861, at Wilson's
Creek, Mo.; prom. Brig. Gen., Nov. 29, 1862.
William Y. Roberts...... June 16, 1863  Mustered out with regiment, June 17, 1864.
LIEUT. COLONEL.
Oscar E. Learnard......... May 28, 1861  Resigned, July 25, 1862.
Otto M. Tennison......... Aug. 16, 1862  Dismissed, May 10, 1863.
Newell W. Spicer......... June 15, 1863  Mustered out with regiment.
- MAJOR.
John A. Halderman...... May 28, 1861  Resigned, April 30, 1862.
William Y. Roberts...... May 12, 1862  Promoted Colonel, June 15, 1863.
James Ketner............... June 19, 1863  Mustered out with regiment.
ADJUTANT.
Edwin S. Nash............. June  1, 1861  Promoted Captain Co. G, June 1, 1862.
John A. Henry.............. Nov. 21, 1862  Assigned to Co. B, Veteran Batt., May 26, 1864.
QUARTERMASTER.
George H. Chapin......... June  3, 1861  Resigned, October 25, 1861.
Charles F. Garrett..........  Promoted Captain and A. Q. M., April 26, 1862.
John H. W. Mills.......... May 12, 1862  Promoted Captain and A. C. S., Feb. 19, 1863.
Martin H. Dickenson.... July  1, 1863  Mustered out with regiment.
SURGEON.
George E. Budington..... July 24, 1861  Resigned, March 12, 1863.
Mahlon Bailey.............. June  1, 1863  Mustered out with the regiment.
ASST. SURGEON.
Samuel D. Smith........... June  1, 1861  Resigned, April 16, 1862.
Mahlon Bailey............. May 27, 1862  Promoted Surgeon, June 1, 1863.
Charles King..................................... Resigned, December 10, 1862.
Joseph Speck................ June 3. 1863  Assigned to Veteran Batt., May 28, 1864; musCHAPLAIN.                          tered out, August 30, 1865.
Ephraim Nute, jr......... June 10, 1861  Mustered out with regiment.
COMPANY A.
Name and Rank.    Date of Muster.                    Remarks.
CAPTAIN.
Bernard P. Chenoweth.. May 30, 1861  Mustered out with regiment.
FIRST LIEUT.
Peter A. Josephs.......... May 30, 1861  Resigned, August 14, 1861.
Charles O. Smith.......... Sept. 1, 1861  Resigned, October 29, 1862.
Robert Tracy................ Feb. 1, 1863  Mustered out with regiment.
SECOND LIEUT.
Charles O. Smith........... June 3, 1861  Promoted First Lieutenant, September 1, 1861.
Frank M. Tracy............ Sept. 1, 1861  Promoted First Lieutenant Co. I, April 12,'62.
Robert Tracy................ May 30, 1862  Promoted First Lieutenant, February 1, 1863.
Christopher H. Ford...... Nov. 17, 1863  Mustered out with regiment.




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COMPANY B.
Name and Rank.    Date of Muster.l                      Remarks.
CAPTAIN.
William Y. Roberts......  May 28, 1861  Promoted Major, May 12, 1862.
John P. Alden.............. May 12, 1862  Promoted Captain and A. C. S. Vols., July 2,'63.
Michael Mack............... Feb. 21, 1864  Assigned to Co. B, Veteran Battalion.
FIRST LIEUT..John P. Alden.............. May 28, 1861  Wounded in action, Aug. 10, 1861, Wilson's C'k,
Mo.; promoted Captain, May 12, 1862.
Michael Mack............... July 27, 1862  Promoted Captain, February 21, 1864.
SECOND LIEUT..John W. Dyer............... June 8, 1861  Killed in action, Aug. 10, 1861, Wilson's Creek.
Hubbard H. Sawyer......  Sept. 1, 1861  Resigned, July 5, 1862..Aaron W. Merrill......... July  8, 1862  Mustered out with regiment.
COMPANY C.
Name and'Rank.    Date of Muster.1                      Remarks.
CAPTAIN.'Peter McFarland......... May 29, 1861  Severely wounded, August 10, 1861, Wilson's
Creek; resigned, December 11, 1862.
James Reed.................. Jan. 23, 1863  Mustered out with regiment.
FIRST LIEUT.
James Phillips............. May 29, 1861  Resigned, December 5, 1861.
~Mathew Malone............ Dec. 1, 1861  Resigned, February 14, 1862.
James Reed.................. Mar. 1, 1862  Promoted Captain, January 23,.1863.
Edward Reiley.............. Nov. 20, 1863  Mustered out with regiment.
SECOND LIEUT.
Mathew Malone............  May 29, 1861  Promoted First Lieutenant, December 1, 1861.
James Reed.............    Dec. 4,1861  Promoted First Lieutenant, March 1, 1862.
Edward Reiley...........|    May 10, 1862  Promoted First Lieutenant, November 20,'6.
COMPANY D.
Name and Rank.    Date of Muster.'                      Remarks.
CAPTAIN.
Frank B. Swift............... June  3, 1861  Wounded in action, Aug. 10, 1861, Wilson's C'k;
resigned May 26, 1862.
Newell W. Spicer.......... May 26, 1862  Promoted Lieutenant Colonel, June 1, 1863.
Milton Kennedy........... Dec.  8, 1863  Assigned to Veteran Company D, June 16, 1864.
FIRST LIEUT.
Newell W. Spicer.......... June  3, 1861  Promoted Captain, May 26, 1862.
John W. Stone.............. May 26, 1862  Resigned, January 19, 1863
Milton Kennedy........... April 13, 1863  Promoted Captain, December 8, 1863.
William H. Earl........... Dec.  8, 1863  Assigned to Veteran Company D, June 16, 1864.
SECOND LIEUT.
Caleb S. Pratt............... June  3,1861  Killed in action, Aug. 10, 1861, Wilson's Creek.
John W. Stone............. Sept. 12, 1861  Promoted First Lieutenant, May 26, 1862.
Milton Kennedy.          May 26, 1862  Promoted First Lieutenant, April 13, 1863.
William  H. Earl......    April 13, 1863  Promoted First Lieutenant, December 8, 1863.
COMPANY E.
Name and Rank.    Date of M~uster.                      Remarks.
CAPTAIN.
Powell Clayton............ May 29, 1861  Promoted Lieut. Col. Fifth Kas. Cav., Feb. 1,'62.
Lewis Stafford............... Feb.  1, 1862  Accidentally killed,Young's Pt., La., Jan. 31,'63.
George M. Reeder......... May  1, 1863  Resigned, October 8, 1863.
William C. Barnes........ Jan. 18, 1864  Mustered out with regiment.
FIRST LIEUT.
Lewis Stafford.............. May 29, 1861  Promoted Captain, February 1, 1862.
Alexander C. Soley...... Feb.  1, 1862  Resigned, April 28, 1862.
George M. Reeder......... May  1,1862  Promoted Captain, May 1, 1863.
James H. Cowan........... May  1,1863  Resigned, August 1, 1863.
William C. Barnes......... Dec. 10, 1863  Promoted Captain, January 17, 1864.
James Fitzpatrick......... Jan. 18, 1864  Killed-shot by Adjutant Henry, May 21, 1864,
SECOND LIEUT.                           Vicksburg, Miss.'Azel W. Spaulding........ June  5, 1861  Resigned, October 31, 1861.
Alexander C. Soley...... Nov. 12, 1861  Promoted First Lieutenant, February 1, 1862.
Lindsay Knapp............ Feb.  1, 1862  Resigned, April 28, 1862.,James H. Cowan........... April29, 1862  Promoted First Lieutenant, May 1, 1863.'William C. Barnes........ May  1, 1863  Promoted First Lieut., Dec. 10, 1863; wounded
in action, Aug. 10, 1861, Wilson's Creek.




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COMPANY F.
Name and Rank.    Date of Muster.                       Remarks.
CAPTAIN.
Samuel Walker............. June  1, 1861  Promoted Major Fifth Kas. Cav., May 24, 1862.
Theron Tucker............ May 26, 1852  Wounded in action, Feb. 10, 1863, near Lake
FIRST LIEUT.                           Providence, La.; must'd out with regiment.
Levant L. Jones............ June  1, 1861  Killed in action, Aug. 10, 1861, Wilson's Creek.
Theron Tucker............  Aug. 10, 1861  Promoted Captain, May 26, 1862.
Joseph Gilliford............ May 26, 1862  Resigned, June 14, 1862.
Shubal P. Thompson..... July  1, 1862  Promoted Captain 16th Kas. Cav., Jan. 13, 1864.
Frederick W. Paetz...... Apr. 17, 1864  Wounded; Aug. 10, 1861, Wilson's Crk., Mo., and
May, 1863, Lake Providence, La.; mustered
SECOND LIEUT.                          out with regiment.
Edwin S. Nash.............. June  1, 1861  Promoted First Lieut. and Adjt., June 1, 1861.
Theron Tucker............. June  1, 1861  Promoted First Lieutenant, August 10, 1861.
Joseph Gilliford............ Sept. 1, 1861  Promoted First Lieutenant, May 26, 1862.
Shubal P. Thompson..... May 26, 1862  Promoted First Lieutenant, July 1, 1862.
Frederick W. Paetz...... Aug. 10, 1862  Promoted First Lieutenant, April 17, 1864.
COMPANY G.
Name and Bank.    Date of Muster.                       Remarks.
CAPTAIN.
Job B. Stockton............  May 29, 1861  Resigned, July 15, 1862.
Ed. S. Nash.................Nov. 21, 1862  Resigned, March 17, 1863.
Abraham  Funk........... June 25, 1863  Mustered out with regiment.
FIRST LIEUT.
James Ketner............... May 29, 1861  Promoted, Captain Co. K, August 19, 1861.
Hugh D. McCarty......... Oct.  1, 1861  Wounded in action, August 10, 1861, Wilson's
Creek, Mo.; resigned July 15, 1862.
Abraham Funk............ July 30, 1862  Promoted Captain, June 25, 1863.
Alonzo J. Brown........... June 25, 1863  W. in action -; prom. Capt. Co. H, July 8,1863.
Calvin G. Beach............ July  8, 1863  Mustered out with regiment, June 17, 1864.
SECOND LIEUT.
Hugh D. McCarty......... May 29, 1861  Promoted First Lieutenant, October 1, 1861.
Abraham  Funk............ Oct.  1, 1861  Promoted First Lieutenant, July 30, 1862.
Alonzo J. Brown...........July 30, 1862  Promoted First Lieutenant, May 25, 1863.
Joseph Pennock............ May 30, 1863  Mustered out with regiment, June 17, 1864.
COMPANY H.
Name and Rank.    Date of Muster.                       Remarks.
CAPTAIN.
Daniel McCook............ May 31,1861  Resigned, November 10, 1861.
Otto M. Tennison.......... Nov. 10, 1861  Promoted Lieutenant Colonel, Aug. 16, 1862.
Sylvester T. Smith........ Oct. 24, 1862  Resigned, February 27, 1863.
Henry M. Howard........ Mar. 31, 1863  D)ismissed, May 31, 1863, per special order War
Dept., Adjt. General's Office, May 18, 1863.
Alonzo J. Brown........... July 11, 1863  Resigned, Mar. 21, 1864, to accept appointment
in Veteran Reserve Corps.
Curtis M. Benton.......... Apr. 27, 1864  Mustered out with regiment, June 16, 1864.
FIRST LIEUT.
James A. McGonigle...... May 31, 1861  Resigned, October 3, 1861.
Otto M. Tennison.......... Oct.  3, 1861  Promoted Captain, November 10, 1861.
Michael Bransfield........  Nov. 10, 1861  Resigned, May 1, 1862.
Henry M  Howard.........  May  1, 1862  Promoted Captain, March 31, 1863.
George M. Dilworth...... Mar. 31, 1863  Killed in action, May 10, 1863, at Pinhook, La.
Curtis M. Benton.......... July 11, 1863  Promoted Captain, April 27, 1864.
SECOND LIEUT.
Michael Bransfield........ June 5,1861  Promoted First Lieutenant, Nov. 10, 1861.
Sylvester T. Smith........ Feb. 11, 1862  Promoted Captain, October 24, 1862.
George M. Dilworth...... Aug. 16, 1862  Promoted First Lieutenant, March 31, 1863.
Martin H. Dickenson.... May  1, 1863  Prom. First Lt. and Reg. Qr. Mastr., JuLly 1,'63.




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COMPANY I.
Name and Rank.    Date of SMuster.                        Remarks.
CAPTAIN.
Gustavus Zesch............ May 27, 18'61  Mustered out with regiment.
FIRST LIEUT.
Henry Sarstedt.............  May 27, 1861  Resigned, February 2, 1862.
Emil Umfried...............  Feb.  2, 1862  Resigned, April 12, 1862.
Frank M. Tracy............ April 12, 1862  Resigned, October 29, 1862.
Frederick Hubert......... Oct. 29, 1862  Mustered out with regiment.
SECOND LIEUT.
Emil Umfried............... May 27, 1861  Promoted First Lieutenant, February 2; 1862.
Frederick Hubert.........   May  1, 1862  Promoted First Lieutenant, October 29, 1862.
Francis Becker............. Oct. 29, 1862  Killed in action, June 9, 1863, Lake Provid., La.
COMPANY K.
Name and Rank.    Date of Muster.                        Reeartks.
CAPTAIN.
George H. Fairchild...... May 31, 1861  Resigned, August 9, 1861.
James Ketner............. Sept. 1, 1861  Promoted Major, June 19, 1863.
John W. Murphy.......... June 27, 1863  Mustered out with regiment.
FIRST LIEUT.
Camille Aguiel.............. May 31, 1861  Killed in action, Aug. 10, 1861,Wilson's Ck., Mo.
Rinaldo A. Barker........ Sept.  1,1861  Resigned, April 1, 1862, Lawrence, Kansas.
Jerome G. Miner........... May  1, 1 62  Killed in action, Oct. 5,1862, near Corinth, Miss.
John W. Murphy..........] Oct. 28, 1862  Promoted Captain, June 27, 1863.
George W. Hutt............ June 27, 1863  Mustered out with regiment.
SECOND LIEUT.
Rinaldo A. Barker........ May 31, 1861  Prom. First Lieut., Sept. 1,'61; wounded in act'n
in head, foot, left hand, Aug. 10,'61,Wils. Ck.
Jerome G. Miner........... Oct.  1, 1861  Promoted First Lieutenant, May 1, 1862.
John W. Murphy...  May  1, 1862  Promoted First Lieutenant, October 28,1862.
George W. Hutt............ Oct. 28, 1862  Promoted First Lieutenant, June 27, 1863.
Joseph W. Martin......... July 10, 1863  Transferred to Co. B, Vet. Bat., May 29, 1864.
NEW  COMPANY B-VETERAN  MOUNTED INFANTRY.
Name and Rank.    Date of Muster.                         Remarks.
CAPTAIN.
Michael H. Mack.........  Feb. 21, 1864  Resigned, July 19, 1864.
John A. Henry............. Aug. 25, 1865  Mustered out, Aug. 30,1865, Lit. Rk., Ark., per S.
FIRST LIEUT.               I          O0. NO. 2, Hdqrs. Dept. La. & Tx., July 19,1865.
John A. Henry............. Nov. 21, 1862  Promoted Captain, August 25, 1865.
SECOND LIEUT.
Joseph W. Martin......... July  10, 1863  Killed at Atchison, Kas., Nov. 8, 1864, while
absent on sick leave.
Van Buren Rice............ Feb.  1, 1865  Mustered out, August 30,1865, Little Rock, Ark.
NEW COMPANY D —VETERAN MOUNTED INFANTRY.
Name and Rank.    Date of Muster.j                        Remarks.
CAPTAIN.
Milton Kennedy.......... Dec.  8, i863  Mustered out, August 30,1865, Little Rock, Ark.
FIRST LIEUT.
William H. Earl............ Dec.  8, 1863  Resigned April 26, 1865.
John McCoach.............. July  1, 1865  Mustered out, August 30,1865, Little Rock, Ark.
SECOND LIEUT.
John A. Henry............. July  1, 1865  Promoted Captain Veteran Co: B, Aug. 25, 1865.
The following is a list of the battles and skirmishes in which the First
Kansas Volunteer Infantry were, in whole or in part, engaged:
Dug Springs, Mo., August 3, 1861; Wilson's Creek, August 10, 1861;
Brownsville, Tenn., September, 1862; Trenton, Tenn., September 17, 1862;




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Chewalla, Miss., October 5, 1862; Tuscumbia Mount, Miss., October 5, 1862;
Lumpkin's Mills, Miss., December, 1862; Tallahatchie, Miss., December,
1862; Old River, La., February 10, 1863; Hood's Lane, La., February 10,
1863; Black Bayou, La., February 10, 1863; near Lake Providence, La.,
Feb. 10, 1863; Caledonia, La., May 10, 1863; Pinhook, La., May 10,
1863; Bayou Tensas, La., May 17, 1863; Holly Brook, La., June 9, 1863;
Lake Providence, La., June 9, 1863; Lake Providence, June 29, 1863;
Baxter's Bayou, La., June 9, 1863; Cross Bayou, La., September 14, 1863;
Alexandria, La., September 20, 1863; Big Black river, Miss., October 8,
1863; Tallahatchie, Miss., November 30, 1863; Columbia, Ark., June 2,
1864; Atchafaluya Bayou, Ark., October 4, 1864; Salem, Miss.; Richmond,
La.; Bayou Macon, La.; Yazoo City, Miss.; Benton, Miss.
SECOND REGIMENT KANSAS VOLUNTEERS-INFANTRY.
Name and Rank.   Date of Muster.                   Remarks.
COLONEL.
Robert B. Mitchell......... June 20, 1862  Retained in service and transferred to the SecLIEUT. COLONEL.                     ond Kansas Volunteer Cavalrv.
Charles W. Blair........... June 20, 1861  Resigned, October 9, 1861.
MAJOR.
William F. Cloud.......... June 20, 1861  Retained in service and transferred to the SecADJUTANT                         ond Kansas Cavalry.
Edward D. Thompson...  June 20,1861  Mustered out with regiment October 31, 1861.
QUARTERMASTER.
Shaler W. Eldridge........  June 20,1861  Mustered out with regiment.
SURGEON.
Aquila B. Massey.......... June 20, 1861  Absent on detached service at time of musterASSISTANT SURGEON.                    out of regiment.
Eliphalet L. Pattee........ June 20, 1861  Absent on detached service at time of musterCHAPLAIN.                        out of regiment.
Randolph C. Brant........ June 20, 1861  Mustered out with regiment.
COMPANY A.
Name and Rank.    Date of Muster.                  Remarks.
CAPTAIN.
Leonard W. Hone......... June 20,1861  Mustered out with regiment, October 31, 1861.
FIRST LIEUT.
Thomas Fulton............  June 20,1861  Mustered out with reg't, Oct. 31,'61; wounded
SECOND LIEUT.                      in action Aug. 10, 1861, at Wilson's Creek, Mo.
Luther H. Wentworth... June 20, 1861  Mustered out with reg't Oct. 31, 1861; wounded
THIRD LIEUT.                      in action Aug. 10,'61, at Wilson's Creek, Mo.
James C.20,1861  Disch'd by order of Gen. Fremont, Aug. 31,'61.
COMPANY B.
Name and Rank.    Date of Muster.                  Remarks.
CAPTAIN.
James R. McClure......... June 20, 1861  Mustered out with reg't, Oct. 31,1861; wounded
FIRST LIEUT.                      in action, September 4, 1861, at Shelbina, Mo.
Anson R. Spinner......... June 20,1861  Resigned, August 31, 1861.
SECOND LIEUT.
James P. Downer.......... June 20, 1861  Mustered out with regiment, October 31, 1861;
promoted First Lieutenant, Sept. 1, 1861.
Edward C. D. Lines....... Aug. 31,1861  Mustered out with regiment, October 31, 1861.
THIRD LIEUT.
Edward C. D. Lines....... June 20, 1861  Promoted Second Lieut., Aug. 31, 1861; wounded
in action, Aug. 10, 1861, at Wilson's Creek, Mo.




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COMPANY C.
Name and Rank.    Date of- Muster.                         Remarks.
CAPTAIN.
Simeon F. Hill.............. June 20, 1861  Mustered out, October 31, 1861.
FIRST LIEUT.
James W. Parmeter.......  June 20,1861 1 Mustered out with regiment, October 31, 1861.
SECOND LIEUT.
Warren Kimball...........  June 20,1861   Resigned, July 20, 1861.
John K. Rankin............  Sept. 1, 1861   Mustered out with regiment, October 31, 1861.
THIRD LIEUT.
John K. Rankin............ June 20, 1861   Promoted Second Lieutenant, Sept. 1, 1861.
COMPANY D.
Vame and Rank.    Date of Muster.                          Remarks.
CAPTAIN.
Joseph Cracklin............ June 20,1861   Resigned, October 1, 1861.
FIRST LIEUT.
Thomas J. Sternbergh... June 20,1861   Mustered out with regiment, October 31, 1861.
SECOND LIEUT.
Lucius J. Shaw.............. June 20, 1861   Died, September 5, 1861, of injury received at
THIRD LIEUT.                            Platte river bridge, Mo., September 2, 1861..Edward D. Thompson................... Promoted First Lieut. and Adj't, May 25, 1861.
COMPANY E.
Name and Rank.    Date of Muster.                          Resmarks.
CAPTAIN.
Samuel J. Crawford....... June 20, 1861  Retained in service and transferred to Second
FIRST LIEUT.                           Kansas Cavalry.
John G. Lindsay...........  June 20, 1861  Mustered out with regiment, October 31, 1861.
SECOND LIEUT.
A. R. Morton................. June 20, 1861  Absent Without leave since August 7, 1861.
Samuel K. Cross............ Sept. 1, 1861  Mustered out with regiment, October 31, 1861.
THIRD LIEUT.
Samuel K. Cross............ June 20, 1861  Promoted Second Lieutenant, Sept. 1, 1861.
COMPANY F.
Name and Rank.    Date of Muster.                          Rernarks.
CAPTAIN.
Byron P. Ayers............. June 20, 1861  Mustered out with regiment.
FIRST LIEUT.
Ezekiel Bunn.............. June 20, 1861  Mustered out with regiment.
SECOND LIIUT.
Barnett B. Mitchell....... June 20, 1861  Mustered out with regiment.
THIRD LIEUT.
David R. Coleman.........  June 20, 1.861  Disch'd by order Gen. Fremont, Aug. 31, 1861.
COMPANY G.
Name and Rank.    Date of liuster.                         Remarks.
CAPTAIN.
Avra P. Russell............ June 20, 1861  Mustered out with regiment; wounded acciFIRST LIEUT.                            dentally, Sept. 11, 1861, at Shelbina, Mo.
Charles P. Wiggins........ June 20, 1861  Mustered out with regiment; wounded in acSECOND LIEUT.                            tion, Aug. 10, 1861, Wilson's Creek.
Jacob A. Graham.......... June 20, 1861  Absent without leave since August 30, 1861.
THIRD LIEUT.
Robert Newell............... June 20, 1861  Killed in action, Aug. 10, 1861, Wilson's Creek.




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COMPANY H.
Name and Rank.    Date of lMuster. l                   Remarks.
CAPTAIN.
William F. Cloud............................... Promoted Major, May 22, 1861.
Andrew J. Mitchell....... June 20, 1861  Promoted from First Lieut. to Captain, May 23,
FIRST LIEUT.                          1861; mustered out with regiment.
Charles S. Hills............. June 20, 1861  Promoted from  Sergeant May 23, 1861; musSECOND LIEUT.                          tered out with regiment.
Joseph A. Fuller........... June 20, 1861  Mustered out with regiment.
THIRD LIEUT.
William T. Galliher...... June 20, 1861  Discharged by order Gen. Fremont, Aug. 31,'61,
COMPANY I.
Name and Rank.    Date of Muster.                      Remarks.
CAPTAIN.
Samuel N. Wood........... June 20, 1861  Transferred to Fremont's Battalion.
FIRST LIEUT.
Charles Dimon.......     J.....  June 20, 1861  Mustered out with regiment.
SECOND LIEUT.
Edward G. Pierce......... June 20, 1861  Mustered out with the regiment.
COMPANY K.
Name and Rank.    Date of Muster.                      Remarks.
CAPTAIN.
William Tholen............ June 25,1861  Mustered out with regiment.
FIRST LIEUT.
Gustavus Schreyer........ June 25,1861  Mustered out with regiment.
SECOND LIEUT.
Ferdinand Jaedicke...... June 25,1861  Mustered out with regiment.
THIRD LIEUT. 
James C. Bunch............ June 20, 1861  Discharged at St. Louis, Mo., August 31, 1861.
SECOND REGIMENT KANSAS VOLUNTEERS - CAVALRY.
Name and Rank.    Date of AMuster.                     Remarks..
COLONEL.
Robert B. Mitchell........ June 20, 1861  Promoted Brigadier General United States Volunteers, April 8, 1862.
William F. Cloud.......... June 1, 1862  Mustered out, Jan. 19, 1865, Leavenworth, Kas&
LIEUT. COLONEL.
Owen A. Bassett............ Aug. 1, 1862  Mustered out, Jan. 19, 1865, at Little Rock, Ark.
MAJOR.
Charles W. Blair........... Feb. 28, 1862  Promoted Colonel 14th Kansas Volunteer Cavalry, October 13, 1863.
Julius G. Fisk............... Jan. 1, 1862  Mustered out, April -18, 1865, at Little Rock,
Arkansas; wounded in action, November 28,
1862, at Cane Hill, Ark.
William F. Cloud.......... June 20, 1861  Promoted Colonel 10th Kansas Volunteer Infantry, March 27, 1862.
James M. Pomeroy....... Feb. 28, 1862  Transferred to Ninth Kansas Cavalry by General Order No. 1, dated Headquarters Kansas
State Militia, March 27, 1862.
Thomas B. Eldridge...... Jan. 4, 1862  Mustered out, March 20, 1862, at Camp Blair,
Kansas, as supernumerary.
Henry Hopkins............ Nov. 13, 1863  Mustered out, Jan. 13, 1865, Leavenworth, Kas.
John Johnston.............  May 11, 1865  Mustered out, June 22, 1865, Fort Gibson, C. N.
ADJUTANT.
John Pratt.................... Nov. 11, 1861  Promoted Captain and Assistant Adjutant General United States Volunteers, Feb. 6, 1863.
Morris Enright.............. Feb. 7, 1863  Dismissed the service by S. O. No. 387, dated W.
D., A. G. O., November 7, 1864.




282'                        ANNALS OF KANSAS!.                                  [1861.
SECOND REGIMENT KANSAS VOLUNTEERS — CAVALRY- Continued.
Name and Rank.    Date of Muster.                      Remarks.
ADJUTANT.
Henry L. Isbell............ Mar. 26, 1865  Mustered in to date prior to discharge as Serg.
Maj. by S. 0. 649, W. D., A. G. O.; mustered
BATTALION ADJUTANT.                       out August 11, 1865, at Lawrence Kansas.
David R. Coleman......... Feb. 28, 1862  Mustered out, September 6, 1862, General Order
No. 126, W. D., A. G. O.
Joseph Cracklin............ Mar. 20, 1865  Mustered out, September 6,1862, General Order
No. 126, W. D., A. G. O.
William B. Parsons........ ar. 20, 1865  Transferred to 9th Kansas Cav., June 17, 1862.
QUARTERMASTER.
Cyrus L. Gorton............ Nov. 2, 1861  Promoted Captain and Assistant Quartermaster
United States Volunteers, June 11, 1864.
Clarence J. Williams..... Pec. 8, 1864  Mustered out, June 22, 1865, at Ft. Gibson, C. N.
BATTALION Q. M.
Elizur T. Goodrich.................... Ordere1 to report at Ft. Leavenworth, Kansas,
COMMISSARY.                          May, 1862; no further record of him.
Luther H. Wood........... Jan. 1, 1862  Resigned onr account of disability, October 19,
SURGEON.                           1864, at Fort Smith, Ark.
Joseph P. Root..........   Dec. 28, 1861  Mustered out, Apr. 18, 1865, at Little Rock, Ark.
ASST. SURGEON.
George B. Wood............ Jan. 1, 1862  Resigned on account of ill health, September
27, 1862, in the field, Missouri.
John W. Robinson....... Oct. 23, 1862  Died of chronic dysentery at Fort Smith, Ark.,
December 10, 1863.
Valentine V. Adamson.. Sept. 27, 1861  Mustered out, June 22, 1862, at Ft. Gibson, C. N.
CHAPLAIN.
Charles Reynolds.......... Jan. 1, 1862 1 Mustered out, Dec. 31, 1864, at Fort Scott, Kas.
COMPANY A.
Name and Rank.'Date of Muster.                      Remarks.
CAPTAIN.
Samuel J. Crawford...... June 20, 1861  Promoted Col. 2d Kas. Col'd Vols., Dec. 6, 1863.
John Johnston.............. Jan.  8, 1864  Mustered out, 4pril 14, 1865, Little Rock, Ark.
FIRST LIEUT.
John Johnston.............. Nov. 15, 1861  Promoted Captain, January 8, 1864.
Samuel K. Cross............ Jan. 8, 1864  Mustered out, April 14,1865, Little Rock, Ark.
SECOND LIEUT.
Samuel K. Cross............ Apr. 10, 1862  Promoted First Lieutenant, January 8, 1864.
Charles A. Archer......... Feb. 8, 1864  Must'd in to date prior to dis'ge as Serg't by S. O.
447, W. D., A. G. O.; must'd out,April 14, 1864.
COMPANY B.
Name and Rank.    Dale of Muster.                      Remarks.
CAPTAIN.
Elias S. Stover.............. Nov.. 19, 1863  Mustered out, June 22, 1865, Fort Gibson, C. N.
FIRST LIEUT.
William P. Phillips......  Jan. 11, 1864  Mustered out, June 22, 1865, Fort Gibson, C. N.
SECOND LIEUT.
Robert D. Watts........... Apr. 21, 1865 1 Mustered out, June 22, 1865, Fort Gibson, C. N
COMPANY C.
Name and Rank.    Date of Muster.                      Remarks.
CAPTAIN.
Daniel S. Whittenhall... Dec. 31, 1861  Resi'd for disability, Apr. 4,'63, Springfield, Mo.
Edward C. D. Lines......   Feb. 23, 1863  Transferred from Co. K, May 4, 1863; killed in
action, Sept. 1,'63, Backbone Mountain, Ark.
Edgar A. Barker........... Nov. 1, 1863  Assigned to new Co. C, March 18, 1865.
FIRST LIEUT.
Samuel C. Harrison...... Dec. 31, 1861  Deserted to the enemy, February 8, 1862.
Edward C. D. Lines....... Feb. 20, 1862  Promoted Captain Co. K, February 23, 1863.
Edgar A. Barker........... May  4, 1863  Promoted Captain, November 1, 1863.
Henry S. Jenks............ Jan. 11, 1864  Mustered out, Jan. 11, 1865, Fort Leavenworth.
SECOND LIEUT.
William M. Hook......... Dec. 31, 1861  Resigned, March 27, 1863, Springfield, Mo.
Henry S. Jenks........... May  4, 1863  Promoted First Lieutenant, January 11, 1864.
Alfred B. Hopkins......... Jan. 11, 18641 Mustered out, Jan. 10, 1865, Fort Leavenworth.




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COMPANY D.
Nanme and Rank.    Date of Muster..          Remarks.
CAPTAIN.
Amaziah Moore............ Dec. 11, 1861  Resigned on acc't of physical dis., Aug. 12, 1863.
John A. Lee................. May 30, 1864  Assigned to new Company D, March 18, 1865.
FIRST LIEUT.
Amaziah Moore............ Nov. 20, 1861  Promoted Captain, December 11, 1861.
Robert White............. Dec. 11, 1861  Resigned, April 30, 1862, at Fort Riley, Kas.
Horace L. Moore........... May  1, 1862  Promoted Lt. Col. of 4th Ark. Cav., Feb. 18,1864.
George W. Stabler......... May  1, 1864  Assigned to new Company D, March 18, 1865.
SECOND LIEUT.
Horace L. Moore.......... Dec. 11, 1861  Promoted First Lieutenant, May 1, 1862.
John B. Dexter............ May  1, 1862  Promoted Capt. and A. Q. M. U. V., June 4,1864.
COMPANY E.
Name and Rank.    Date of Muster.                      Remarks.
CAPTAIN.
John Gardner............... Dec. 16, 1861  Mustered out, January 26,1865, at Leavenworth.
~FIRST LIEUT.
John Gardner............... Nov. 4, 1861  Promoted Captain, December 16, 1861.
Elias S. Stover...............   Dec. 16, 1861  Promoted Captain Company B, Nov. 29, 1863.
SECOND LIEUT.
Augustus T. Lovelette... Dec. 16, 1861  Mustered out, January 26, 1865, at Leavenworth.
COMPANY F.
Name and Rank.    Date of Muster.                      Remarks.
CAPTAIN.
Hugh Cameron,............ Dec. 27, 1861  Promoted Lieut. Col. 2d Ark. Cav., Feb. 17,1864.
James C. French........... March 2, 1864  Mustered out, January 18,1865, at Leavenworth.
FIRST LIEUT.
Hugh Cameron........... Nov. 7, 1861  Promoted Captain, December 27, 1861.
James C. French........... Dec. 27, 1861  Promoted Captain, March 2, 1864.
George W. Morgan........ Aug. 1, 1864  Assigned to duty as First Lieutenant of new
SECOND LIEUT.                          Company D, March 18, 1865.
Albert Schroeder........... Dec. 27, 1861  Resigned, March 7, 1862, at Leavenworth, Kas.
John A. Lee.............. Mar. 13, 1862  Promoted Captain Company D, May 30, 1864.
COMPANY G.
Name and.Rank.    Date of Muster.                      Remarks.
CAPTAIN.
Austin W. Matthews..... Jan. 7, 1862  Mustered out, Jan. 13,'65, at Leavenworth, Kas.
FIRST LIEUT.
Austin W. Matthews..... Jan. 3,1862  Promoted Captain, January 7, 1862.
Patrick Cosgrove........... Jan. 7, 1862  Promoted Captain Co. L, March 21, 1864.
SECOND LIEUT.
Gideon M. Waugh......... Jan. 7, 1862  Promoted Lieut. Col. 2d Ark. Cav., Jan. 7, 1864.
Philander W. Straw...... May 23, 1864  Assigned to duty as Second Lieutenant in new
Co. D, March 18, 1865; prisoner of war, captured near Fort Gibson, C. N., Sept. 16, 1864.
COMPANY H.
Name and Rank.    Date of Muster.                      Remarks.
CAPTAIN.
Arthur Gunther........... Mar. 8, 1862  Must. out, March 18, 1865, at Little Rock, Ark.
FIRST LIEUT.
David E. Ballard........... Jan. 10, 1862  Resigned, Feb. 15, 1865, at Little Rock, Ark.
SECOND LIEUT.
John K. Rankin........... Mar. 8, 1862  Mustered out, March 18, 1865.




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COMPANY I.
Name and Rank.    Date of Muster.                       Remarks.
CAPTAIN.
Samuel A. Williams...... Nov. 22, 1861  Resigned, March 28, 1862, at Shawnee, Kansas.
Byron P. Ayers............ Mar. 28, 1862  Resigned, March 27, 1863, at Springfield, Mo.
Charles Dimon..............  Nov. 4, 1863  Must. out, Jan. 10, 1865, at Leavenworth, Kas.
FIRST LIEUT.
Robert H. Hunt............ Nov. 23, 1861  Resigned, September 3, 1862.
Clarence J. Williams..... Oct. 20, 1863  Prom. First Lt. and Regt'l Qr. Mr., Dec. 7,'64;
SECOND LIEUT.                          wounded in left shoulder Dec. 20,'63, in Ark.
Harvey A. Smith......... Nov. 28, 1861  Resigned, March 28, 1862, at Shawnee, Kansas.
Charles Dimon.............. Mar. 28, 1861  Commissioned First Lieut., April 11, 1863, and
placed on duty as such, but not mustered;
promoted Captain Co. I, November 4, 1863.
Edward Ross................. May  4, 1863  Assigned to duty as 2d Lt. new Co. C, Mar. 18,'65
COMPANY K.
Name and Rank.    Date of Muster.                        Remarks.
CAPTAIN.
Avra P. Russell............ Apr. 5, 1862  Died, December 12,1862, in Field Hospital near
Prairie Grove, Ark., of wounds received in
battle Dec. 7, 1862, at Prairie Grove, Ark.
Edward C. D. Lines....... Feb. 23, 1863  Transferred to Co. C, May 4, 1864.
John M. Mentzer.......... June 3, 1863  Must. out, Apr. 17, 1865, at Leavenworth, Kas.;
FIRST LIEUT.                         W. in right limb near Camden,Ark.,Apr. 20,'64.
Avra P. Russell............ Dec. -, 1861  Promoted Captain, April 5, 1862.
Pamett B. Mitchell........ Apr. 5, 1862  Mustered out, Apr. 17,'65, at Leavenworth, Kas,
SECOND LIEUT.
John M. Mentzer......... Apr. 5, 1862  Promoted Captain, June 3, 1863.
COMPANY L.
Name and Rank.    Date of Muster.                       Remarks.
CAPTAIN.
patrick Cosgrove........... Mar. 2, 1864  Mustered out, June 22, 1865, Fort Gibson, C. N.
FIRST LIEUT.
Joseph Hutchison......... Mar. 1, 1864  Mustered out, June 22, 1865, Fort Gibson, C. N.
SECOND LIEUT.
John 0. Miller...............  Mar. 1, 1864  Must. out, Sept. 8,'65, Leav., to date Aug. 11,'65,
NEW COMPANY C.
lVame and Rank.    Date of Muster.!                     Remarks.
CAPTAIN.
Edgar A. Barker............ Nov. 1, 1863  Resigned, May 23, 1865, at Fort Gibson, C. N.
George W. Stabler......... June 9, 1865  Mustered out, June 22, 1865, Fort Gibson, C. N.
FIRST LIEUT.
George W. Stabler......... May  1, 1864  Promoted Captain, June 9, 1865.
Henry L. Isbell............ June 9, 1865  Must.-in as First Lt. new Co. C revkd., and must.
SECOND LIEUT.                         as First Lt. & Adjt. 2d Ks. Cv., date Mch. 26,'65.
Edward Ross................ May 4, 1863  Resigned, May 8, 1865, at Lewisburg, Ark.
Nathan W. Mott............ June 9, 1865  Mustered out, June 22, 1865, Fort Gibson, C. N.
NEW  COMPANY D.
Name and Rank.    Date of Muster.                       Remarks.
CAPTAIN.
John A. Lee..................  May 30, 1864  Mustered out, June 22, 1865, Fort Gibson, C. N.
FIRST LIEUT.
George W. Morgan........ Aug. 1, 1864  Resigned, May 1, 1865, at Lewisburg, Ark.
SECOND LIEUT.
Philander W. Straw...... May 23, 1864  Mustered out, June 14, 1865, Leavenworth, Kar.




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List of battles, etc., in which this regiment participated, showing loss
reported in each:
Little Santa Fe ( Cos. D and M) -Killed, E. M., 1. Coon Creek -Missing, E. M., 5. Newtonia (October 5, 1862,)-No loss. Hazel Bottom (B
and M)-Missing, E. M., 1. Elk Horn Tavern —No loss. Sugar CreekNo loss. Cross Hollow-No loss.  Old Fort Wayne-Killed, E. M., 4;
wounded, E. M., 2; missing, E. M., 1. Boonesboro'-Wounded, E. M., 1.
Cove Creek-No loss.  Pineville (C and M)-Killed, E. M., 1.  Cane
Hill-Killed, E. M., 1.  Carthage (November 27, 1862)-Killed, E. M.,
1; missing, E. M., 1.  Boston Mountain-No loss.  Reed's MountainKilled, E. M., 2; wounded, E. M., 5. Prairie Grove-Killed, E. M., 3;
wounded, O. 1, E. M. 11; missing, E. M., 1. Dripping Spring —Killed, E.:M., 2. Bentonville (May 22, 1863)-H and M-No loss. Carthage (May
24, 1863)-No loss. Honey Springs —Killed, E. M., 1; wounded, E. M., 1.
Bentonville (August 15, 1863)-No loss.  Perryville-No loss.  Devil's
Backbone-Killed, O. 1, E. M. 2; wounded, E. M., 4. Dardanelle-No
loss. Newtonia (September 27, 1863)-E and M-No loss. Choctaw Nation-Missing, E. M., 1. Fouche le Faix Mountain (D and M)-No loss.
Roseville (November 12, 1863) —E and M-Killed, E. M., 1; missing, E.
M., 5. Clarksville -Killed, E. M., 1. Caddo Gap (December 4,1863)-B and
M-No loss. Waldron (December 30, 1863)-Killed, E. M., 2; wounded,
E. M:, 6. Baker's Spring-Killed, E. M., 1; wounded, E. M., 2. Little
Missouri River (A, D, and M)-No loss. Sulphur Springs (G and M)No loss. Caddo Gap (January 26, 1864)-Missing, E. M., 1. Dallas (F,
H, K, and M)-No loss. Waldron (February 1, 1864)-Wounded, E. M.,
1.  Mountain Fork-No loss.  Caddo Mountain-Wounded, E. M., 1.
Scott's Farm —Wounded, E. M., 1. Caddo Gap (Feb. 16, 1864)-Wounded,
E. M., 1.  Danville —Killed, E. M., 1; wounded, E. M., 1.  Roseville
(March 29, 1864)-B, E, and M -Killed, E. M., 1. Roseville (April 4,
1864)-D, E, and M-Killed, E. M., 5; wounded, E. M., 11. Prairie
D'Ann-No loss. Roseville (April 15, 1864)-A  and M-Wounded, E.
M., 1. Poison Springs-Killed, E. M., 1; missing, E. M., 5. Jenkins's
Ferry-No loss. Fort Smith (July 29, 1864)-Killed, E. M., 1. Crawford
County-Killed, E. M., 2. Fort Smith (September 1, 1864)-Killed, E.
M., 1. Fort Gibson-Killed, E. M., 2; missing, O., 2, E. M., 46. Cabin
Creek-Killed, E. M., 1; missing, E. M., 2.  Dardanelle (January 14,
1865)-A, B, and M-No loss.
This list is copied from  the United States Official Army Register of
Volunteers, issued by the Adjutant General, at Washington, July 16, 1867.
"E. M." means Enlisted Men; "O," Commissioned Officers.
FIFTH REGIMENT KANSAS VOLUNTEERS-CAVALRY.
Name and Rank.   Date of Muster.            Remarks.
COLONEL.
Hampton P. Johnson.............  Killed in action. Sept. 17,1861, Morristown, Mo.
Powell Clayton............. Mar. 7, 1862 Promoted Brig. Gen. U. S. V., August 1, 1864.
LIEUT. COLONEL.
John Ritchie...................................... Prom. Col. Second Indian H. G., March 28, 1862.
Powell Clayton............. Dec. 28, 1861 Promoted Colonel, March 7, 1862.
Wilton A. Jenkins........ May 1, 1862 Mustered out, May 7,-1864, Fort Leavenworth,
Kas., per S. 0. 171, Headquarters Dep. Ark.
Thomas W. Scudder...... Oct. 29, 1864 Mustered out, January 4, 1865.




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FIFTH REGIMENT KANSAS VOLUNTEERS - CAVALRY- Continued.
Name and Rank.    Date of Muster.                        Remarks.
MAJOR.
James H. Summers............................. Resigned, March 16, 1862.
Wilton A. Jenkins........ Feb. 28, 1862  Promoted Lieutenant Colonel, May 1, 1862.
S. E. Hoffman............... April10,1862   Resigned, August 6. 1862.
Samuel Walker............. May 24, 1862  Promoted Lt. Col. 16th Kas. Cav., Oct. 29, 1864.
Thomas W. Scudder...... Sept. 1, 1862  Promoted Lieut. Col., October 29,1864; wounded
in action, Oct. 26, 1863, Pine Bluff, Arkansas.
Stephen R. Harrington.. Oct. 29, 1864  Mustered out, January 10, 1865.
ADJUTANT.
Stephen R. Harrington................. Promoted Captain Company K, July 1, 1862.
George W. DeCosta....... Sept. 15, 1862  Promoted Paymaster U. S. A., April 21, 1864.
Lawrence Murphy........  July  9, 1864  Mustered out, January 4, 1865.
QUARTERMASTER.
James Davis.................. Aug. 16, 1861  Prom. Capt. and A. C. S., U. S. V., Aug. 1, 1862.
Alfred Gray.................. April 19,1861'Resigned on account of disability, March 24,
1864; was on detached service with Gen. Vandever from June 30,1863, to date of discharge.
E. D. Hillyer.................  Mar. 1, 1863  Resigned, August 16, 1864.
COMMISSARY.
George W. Stevens........  Mar. 3, 1863  Resigned, May 17, 1864.
James F. Vaughn.........  June 3, 1864  Mustered out, Jan. 10, 1865, Leavenworth, Kas.
SURGEON.
E. B. Johnson................................    Discontinued as Surgeon upon reorganization
of regiment in spring of 1862.
A. J. Huntoon...............   Jan. 5, 1862  Dismissed, March 30, 1863, Helena, Arkansas.
William  B. Carpenter... May  8, 1863  Mustered out, Sept. 7, 1864, Leavenworth, Kas.
ASSISTANT SURGEON.
E. P. Sheldon................ Jan. 1, 1862  Died of disease at Fort Scott, Kas., April 3,'62.
William  B. Carpenter... May 27, 1862  Promoted Surgeon, May 8, 1862.
Samuel Whitehorn........  May 13, 1863  Resigned, October 30, 1863.
David R. Porter............ Aug. 1, 1863  Mustered out, Aug. 10, 1865, Leavenworth, Kas.
CHAPLAIN.
Hugh. D. Fisher.................................. Mustered out, 1864, Leavenworth, Kansas.
COMPANY A.
Name and Rank.    Date of Muster.                         Remarks.
CAPTAIN.
John Ritchie................. July 16, 1861  Promoted Lieutenant Colonel, Sept. 10, 1861.
William  F. Creitz......... Sept. 11, 1861  Mustered out, Aug. 11, 1864, Leavenworth, Kas.
FIRST LIEUT.
William F. Creitz.......... July 16, 1861  Promoted Captain, September 11, 1861.
Thomas W. Scudder...... Sept. 11, 1861  Promoted Major, September 1, 1862.
Stephen J. Jennings...... Sept. 15, 1862  Mustered out, April 6, 1865, Leavenworth; capSECOND LIEUT.                           tured by enemy,Mark's Mills,Ark.,Apr.25,'64.
Reuben A. Randlett...... July 16, 1861  Resigned, June 11, 1862.
Stephen J. Jennings...... Jan.  1, 1862  Promoted First Lieutenant, September 15,1862.
Joseph McCarty.................................. Promoted Captain Company C, April 8, 1864.
COMPANY B.
Name and Rank.    Date of Muster.                         Remarks.
CAPTAIN.
John R. Clark............... Aug. 12, 1861  Died, May 21, 1862, of gun-shot wound received
from provost guard, Springfield, Mo.
Harrison Kelly.............  Oct. 11, 1862  Mustered out, September 3,1864, Leavenworth.
FIRST LIEUT.
John McIntosh............ Aug. 12, 1861  Resigned, October 11, 1862.
Alfred Gray.................. Apr. 19, 1862  Transferred to staff as Regim'l Quartermaster.
Melton F. Clark............ Oct. 24, 1863  Mustered out, September 3,1864, Leavenworth.
SECOND LIEUT.
Hadley J. Alley............ Aug. 12, 1861  Resigned, March 14, 1862.
Melton F. Clark............ Apr. 1, 1862  Promoted First Lieutenant, October 24, 1863.
Samuel Cargo............... Aug. 1, 1863  Dishonorably mustered out, February 22, 1864,
per S. 0. 87, W. D., A. G. O., Feb. 22l 1864.




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COMPANY C.
Name and Rdnk.    Date of Muster.                          Remarks.
CAPTAIN.
Garret Gibson............... Aug. 12, 1861  Resigned May 25, 1863.
Joseph McCarty......... Apr. 18, 1864  Mustered out, September 7,1864, Leavenworth.
FIRST LIEUT.
James H. Summers........ Aug. 12, 1861  Promoted Major, September 10, 1861.
Charles G. Bridges........ Sept. 10, 1861  Resigned, April 8, 1862.
Jeremiah Sanders......... Apr.  8, 1862  Resigned, April, 1864; wounded in action, May
SECOND LIEUT.                            25, 1863, Pope's Plantation, near Helena, Ark.
Charles G. Bridges........ Aug. 12, 1861  Promoted First Lieutenant, September 10, 1861.
Oliver H. P. Cox........... Sept. 10, 1861  Resigned, July 14, 1862.
David D. Dailey............ Dec. 31, 1862  Mustered out, December 18, 1863.
COMPANY D.
Name and Rank.    Date of Muster.                          Remarks.
CAPTAIN.
Henry C. Seaman......... July 24, 1861  Dismissed, Aug. 24, 1863, per S. 0. 410, W. D., A.
D. O., Sept. 12,'63, for absence without leave.
Orlin E. Morse..............   May 13, 1863  Mustered out, September 5,1864, Leavenworth.
FIRST LIEUT.
Joseph H. Trego........... July 24, 1861  Resigned, October 17, 1862, Helena, Ark.
Orlin E. Morse............ Dec. 31, 1862  Promoted Captain, May 13, 1863.
Asa D. Perrin............... May 13, 1863  Mustered out, September 5,1864, Leavenworth.
SECOND LIEUT.
Orlin E. Morse.............. July 24, 1861  Promoted First Lieutenant, December 31, 1862.
Asa D. Perrin.            Dec. 31, 1862  Promoted First Lieutenant, May 13, 1863.
Lawrence Murphy........  May 13, 1863  Promoted First Lieut. and Adjt., July 9,1864.
COMPANY E.
Name and Rank.    Date of Muster.                          Remarks.
CAPTAIN.
James S. Hunt.............. Aug. 9, 1861  Res'd on acct. of dis., Apr. 16,'62, Carthage, Mo.
John F. Young.............. Apr. 10, 1862  Mustered out, Sept. 8, 1864, Leavenworth, Kas.
FIRST LIEUT.
John F. Young.............. Aug. 9, 1861  Promoted Captain, April 16, 1862.
Ebenezer J. Barnes....... June 12, 1862  Promoted Captain Company I, October 1, 1862.
Edwin D. Hillyer..................... Promoted Reg. Quartermaster, May 7,1864.
James M. Lane.............  May 17, 1864  Mustered out, Sept. 8, 1864, Leavenworth, Kas.
SECOND LIEUT.
James M. Heddens........ Aug. 9,1861  Promoted First Lieutenant Co. K, Sept. 1, 1862.
Henry A. Simons.......... Nov. 17, 1862   Dishonorably mustered out, Feb. 22, 1864, Pine
Bluff, Ark., by order of General Steele.
COMPANY F.
Name and Rank.    Date of Muster.                          Remarks.
CAPTAIN.
James M. Williams........ July 12, 1861  Resigned, May 15,1862.
Henry Moore................. Dec. 13, 1861   Mustered out, Aug. 11,'64, Leav., Kas.; wounded
in right wrist in action, May 11, 1863, at Mt.
FIRST LIEUT.                            Vernon, Mo.
Henry Moore................ July 12, 1861  Promoted Captain, December 31, 1862.
Ansel D. Brown............ Dec. 31, 1862  Mustered out, Aug. 11, 1864, Leavenworth, Kas.
SECOND LIEUT.
Ansel D. Brown............ July 12, 1861  Promoted First Lieutenant, Dec. 31, 1862.
Grover Youngs............. Dec. 31, 1862  Mustered out, August 11, 1864.




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COMPANY G.
Name and Rank.    Date of Muster.                        Remarks.
CAPTAIN.
Wilton A. Jehkins........  Nov. 8, 1861  Promoted Major, February 28, 1862.
Edward G. Pierce.......... Mar. 3, 1862  Resigned, June 23, 1864.
FIRST LIEUT.
Wilton A. Jenkins........ Oct. 10, 1861  Prom6ted Captain, November 8, 1861.
Joseph E. McComas......  Nov. 8,1861  Res'd, acct. of ill health, Oct. 14,'62, Helena, Ark.
Edwin W. Jenkins........  Oct. 17, 1862  Mustered out, Dec. 3, 1864, Leavenworth, Kas.
SECOND LIEUT.
Harrison Kelly............ Nov. 8, 1861  Promoted Captain Co. B, October 11, 1862.
Aaron J. Totten............ Oct. 17, 1862  Resigned, August 24, 1863.
Deloss Miller.................  Nov. 1, 1863  Mustered out, April 6,'65, Leav., Ks.; prisoner
war, capt'd near Pine Bluff, Ark., Mar. 9,'64.
COMPANY H.
Name and Rank.    Date of Muster.                       Remarks.
CAPTAIN.
Samuel C. Thompson.... Nov. 14, 1861  Was mustered out as Captain and mustered as
First Lieut., Feb. 9, 1862, and again mustered
as Captain, March 17, 1862; mustered out,
FIRST LIEUT.                          December 8, 1864, Leavenworth, Kansas.
William E. Rowe........... Nov. 16, 1861  Mustered out, January 28, 1862.
Samuel C. Thompson..... Feb. 9, 1862  Promoted Captain, March 17, 1862.
Alfred Brant................. Mar. 17, 1862  Mustered out, Dec. 8, 1864, Leavenworth, Kas.
SECOND LIEUT.
George R. Huston.........  Nov. 16, 1861  Mustered out, January 28, 1862.
Mason W. Benjamin...... Mar. 17. 1862  Resigned, March 19, 1864, Pine Bluff, Arkansas;
wounded in action/ May 11, 1863, Mount Vernon, Missouri.
COMPANY I.
Name and Rank.    Date of Muster.                       Remarks.
CAPTAIN.
John Lockhart..............  Mar. 17, 1862  Died of disease, Helena, Ark., Sept. 14, 1862.
Ebenezer J. Barnes....... Oct.  1, 1862  No date ofmuster-out appears on muster-out
FIRST LIEUT.                          rolls.
James B. Harvey.................. Mustered out, February 7, 1862, Fort Lincoln,
Kansas.
John Lockhart.............. Feb. 7, 1862  Promoted Captain, March 17, 1862.
James L. Stewart........... Mar. 18, 1862  Resigned, August 1, 1862.
Andrew Fyfe................ Dec. 31, 1862  Discharged for disability, August 23, 1864.
SECOND LIEUT.
James L. Stewart...................... Promoted First Lieutenant, March 18, 1862.
Andrew Fyfe................. Mar. 18, 1862  Promoted First Lieutenant, Dec. 31, 1862.
Thomas Stevenson......... Dec. 31, 1862  Mustered out, June 22,1865, DeVall's Bluff, Ark.
COMPANY K.
Name and Rank.    Date of Muster.                       Remarks.
CAPTAIN.
Adoniramn J. Miller....... Mar. -, 1862  Resigned, July, 1862; was sworn into service
Oct. 1, 1861; was commissioned and mustered
Feb. 8, 1862, to cover previous service, and on
same date mustered out on account of Company being below the minimum; was again
commissioned and mustered March -, 1862.
Stephen R. Harrington.. July  1, 1862  Promoted Major, October 29, 1864.
FIRST LIEUT.
William E. McGinnis........................... Mustered out, Feb. 9, 1862; cause unknown.
Jeremiah C. Johnson.... Feb. 2, 1862  Resigned, April 16, 1862.
James M. Heddens...... Sept. 1, 1862  Resigned, April 28, 1865.
SECOND LIEUT.
Alexander Rush................. Mustered out, Feb. 9, 1862; cause unknown.
Edwin W. Jenkins......... April 1, 1862  Promoted First Lieut. Co. G, October 17, 1862.
William J. Brewer......... Oct. 17, 1862  Resigned, December 8, 1862.
James C. Wood.............. Dec. 31, 1862  Resigned, February 18, 1865.




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COMPANY L.
Name and Rank.   Date of lfuster.              Remarks.
CAPTAIN.
James H. Young.......... May 14, 1863 Transferred to Fifteenth K. V. C., July 20,1865.
FIRST LIEUT.
James H. Young.......... April 22, 1863 Promoted Captain, May 14, 1863.
Tobias J. Hadley........... June 4, 1863 Resigned, September 13, 1865.
SECOND LIEUT.
William F. Goble......... May 30, 1863 Transf'd to new Co. B, 16th K. V. C., July 20,'65.
COMPANY M.
Name and Rank.   Date of Muster.               Remarks.
CAPTAIN.
William H. Lindsey...... July 23, 1863 Resigned, February 20, 1865.
Livingston G. Parker.... April 29, 1863 Transf'd to new Co. B, 15th K. V. C., July 20,'65.
FIRST LIEUT.
Livingston G. Parker.... Sept. 25, 1863 Promoted Captain, April 29, 1865.
Henry N. Dunlap.........  June 1, 1865 Transf'd to new Co. B, 15th K. V. C., July 20,'65.
SECOND LIEUT.
Henry N. Dunlap......... Sept. 24, 1863 Promoted First Lieutenant, June 1, 1865.
List of battles, etc., in which this regiment participated, showing loss
reported in each:
Harrisonville-No loss.  Ball's Mills-No loss. Fort Scott (Sept. 1,
1861)-No loss.  Fort Scott (Sept. 3, 1861)-Wounded, E. M., 1.  Dry
Wood —Wounded, E. M., 7; missing, E. M., 1.  Papinsville —No loss.
Morristown — Killed, O., 1; E. M., 1; wounded, E. M., 3. OsceolaWounded, E. M., 1; missing, E. M., 1.  West Point —Killed, E. M., 1.
Butler-Killed, E. M., 1. Little Santa Fe-No loss. Turnback CreekKilled, E. M., 1. Eminence-Killed, E.M., 1. Salem -No loss.  Black
Run —Killed, E. M., 1; wounded, E. M., 3. Trenton —Killed, E. M., 1.
Parkersville-No loss.  Oakland-No loss.  Little Rock Road (G)Killed, E. M., 1; wounded, E. M., 1. Mount Vernon —Killed, E. M., 1;
wounded, E. M., 1. Polk's Plantation - Killed, E. M., 3; wounded, E. M.,
7. Helena (May 25, 1863)- Killed, E. M., 5; wounded, E. M., 7; missing,
O., 2, E. M., 20. Helena (July 4, 1863) — Killed, E. M., 3; wounded, E.
M., 2. Little Rock-Killed, O., 1.  Brownsville-Killed, E. M., 1.
Tulip — No loss. Pine Bluff (Oct. 25, 1863) —Killed, E. M., 7; wounded,
E. M., 9; missing, E. M., 1.  Monticello —Missing, E. M., 1. Pine Bluff
(Jan. 19, 1864) —Missing, E. M., 1.  Blancheville-Missing, E. M., 7.
Long View —No loss.  Mount Elba — Missing, E. M., 1. Swan Lake —
Killed, E. M., 1. Mark's Mills —Killed, E. M., 5; wounded, E. M., 7;
missing, O., 2, E. M., 42.  Brewer's Lane —Wounded, E. M., 1. Lexington-Wounded, E. M., 1. Little Blue-No loss.  Independence-No loss.
Big Blue-No loss.  Osage —No loss.  Newtonia-Killed, E. M., 1.Official Army Register of the Volunteer Force of the United States Army.
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290                         ANNALS OF KANSAS.                                     [1861.
SIXTH REGIMENT KANSAS VOLUNTEERS-CAVALRY.
Name and Rank.    Date of M2lster.                      Remarks.
COLONEL.
William R. Judson........ July 27, 1861  Mustered out, March 11,'65, Leavenworth, Kas.
LIEUT. COLONEL.
Lewis R. Jewell............ July  27, 1861  Died, November 30,1862, of wounds received in
action November 28, 1862, Cane Hill, Ark.
William T. Campbell..... Dec.  1, 1862  Mustered out, March 18,'65, DeVall's Bluff, Ark.
MAJOR.
William T. Campbell..... July 27, 1861  Promoted Lieut. Colonel, December 1, 1862.
Wyllis C. Ransom.........  Mar. 14, 1862  Mustered out.
George W. Veale........... Dec.  1,1862  Resigned, October 10, 1863.
John A. Johnson.......... July  1, 1863  Mustered out, March 18,'65, DeVall's Bluff, Ark.
David Mefford.............. July  27, 1864  Mustered out, July 18,1865, DeVall's Bluff,Ark.;
prisoner of war, captured at Muzzard Prairie,
ADJUTANT.                            Ark., July 27, 1864.
Charles O. Judson......... Sept. 10, 1862  Resigned, March 7,1862, Ft. Leavenworth, Kas.
Isaac Stadden............... Mar.  7, 1862  Mustered out, Aug. 15,'62, Ft.Leavenworth,Kas.
William Burgoyne........  Sept. 6, 1862  Mustered out, July 18, 1865, DeVall's Bluff, Ark.
BATTALION ADJUTANT.
William R. Judson, jr... May  15, 1862  Mustered out, September 6, 1862.
QUARTERMASTER.
George J. Clarke........... Sept. 10, 1861  Assigned to duty as 1st Lt. Co. H, March 3,'62.
Simeon B. Gordon......... Mar. 14, 1862  Mustered out, August 15, 1862.
Charles W. Jewell......... Nov.  7, 1862  Resigned, October 14, 1864.
Levi Bronson............... Jan. 12, 1865  Mustered out, July 18, 1865, DeVall's Bluff, Ark.
COMMISSARY.
John S. Lane................ Jan.  8, 1863  Mustered out, March 18,'65, DeVall's Bluff, Ark.
SURGEON.
John S. Redfield............ July 27, 1861  Mustered out, Feb. 21, 1865, Clarksville, Ark.
Wesley Mellick............. Mar. 17, 1865  Mustered out, July 18, 1865, DeVall's Bluff, Ark.
ASSISTANT SURGEON.
Joseph R. Smith............ Jan.  6, 1862  Died of disease, Fort Scott, Kas., Aug. 2, 1862.
Stephen A. Fairchilds... Aug. 25, 1862  Killed by guerillas, April 5,'64, Roseville, Ark.
Wesley Mellick............. Sept. 9, 1862  Promoted Surgeon, March 17, 1865.
CHAPLAIN.
Richard Duvall............  Mar.  7, 1862  Resigned, June 18, 1863.
William Willson...........  July 18, 1863  Mustered out, March 11, 1865, Leavenworth,Kas.
COMPANY A.
Name and Rank.    Date of Muster.                       Remarks.
CAPTAIN.
George W. Veale........... July 21, 1861  Promoted Major, December 1, 1862.
John A. Johnson......... Dec.  1, 1862  Promoted Major, July 1, 1863.
Thomas Crooks............. Sept. 1, 1863  Mustered out, March 27, 1865,Leavenworth, Kas.
FIRST LIEUT.
Matthew Clary.............. July 21, 1861  Resigned, September 1, 1862.
John A. Johnson......... Sept. 1, 1862  Promoted Captain, December 1,1862; wounded
in left lung while charging enemy's battery
at Cane Hill, Ark., November 28, 1862.
Thomas J. Darling........ Feb.  1, 1863  Dicharged on account of physical disability,
SECOND LIEUT.                          March 19, 1864.
John A. Johnson......... July 21, 1861  Promoted First Lieutenant, September 1, 1862.
Thomas J. Darling........ Sept. 1, 1862  Promoted First Lieutenant, February 1, 1863.
Thomas Crooks............. Feb.  1, 1863  Promoted Captain, September 1, 1863.
Thomas G. Howell......... Sept. 1, 1863  Transferred to new Company A, April 8, 1865.
COMPANY B.
Naame and Rank.    Date of Muster.                      Remarks.
CAPTAIN.
Elijah E. Harvey........... Aug. 12, 1861. Mustered out,November 18,1864, Leavenworth.
FIRST LIEUT.
Jacob Morehead............ Aug. 12, 1861  Mustered out, November 18, 1864, Leavenworth.
SECOND LIEUT.
Reason R. McGuire....... Aug. 12, 1861  Mustered out, November 18,1864, Leavenworth.




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COMPANY C.
Name and Rank.    Date of Ilfuster.                     Remarks.
CAPTAIN.
Harris S. Greeno..........Aug. 24, 1861  Prom. Major 4th Ark. C., Oct. 16,1864; wounded
FIRST LIEUT.                          in action, July 2, 1862; also Aug. 24, 1862.
Reese J. Lewis..............   Aug. 24, 1861  Mustered out, Dec. 1, 1864, Little Rock, Ark.
SECOND LIEUT.
David Mefford............... Aug. 24, 1861  Promoted Captain Company H, March 3, 1862.
Richard L. Phillips.    Mar. 7, 1862  Mustered out, December 1, 1864, Leavenworth.
COMPANY D.
Name and Rank.    Date of M'uster.                      Remarks.
CAPTAIN.
John W. Orahood......... Aug. 25, 1861  Dismissed the service, September 22, 1863, for
absence without leave.
David Goss................... Jan. 4, 1864  Mustered out, Jan. 5, 1865, at Leavenworth.
FIRST LIEUT.
Joseph Hall..................  Aug. 25, 1861  Resigned, June 1, 1863.
David Goss.................... July 15, 1863  Promoted Captain, January 4, 1864.
Hiram  P. Barrick......... Jan.  4, 1864  Mustered out, Jan. 5, 1865, at Leavenworth.
SECOND LIEUT.
John S. Lane............... Aug. 25, 1861  Promoted First Lt. and R. C., January 8,1863.
David Goss.................... Jan.  8, 1863  Promoted First Lieutenant, July 15, 1863.
Hiram  P. Barrick......... July 15, 1863  Promoted First Lieutenant, January 4, 1864.
William H. Shattuck..... Jan.  4, 1864  Assigned to duty as Second Lieutenant in new
Co. A, March 21, 1865.
COMPANY E.
Name and Rank.    Date of Muster.                       Remarks.
CAPTAIN.
Henry M. Dobyns......... Sept. 2, 1861  Killed in action, Oct. 23,'64, at Cow Creek, Mo.
FIRST LIEUT.
Brainard D. Benedict.... Sept. 2, 1861  Died of consumption, at Mound City, Kansas,
February 20, 1863.
Anson J. Walker........... Mar. 13, 1863  Mustered out, March 27, 1865.
SECOND LIEUT.
Herbert Robinson......... Sept. 2, 1861  Mustered out, March 9, 1862.
Anson J. Walker........... Mar. 12, 1862  Promoted First Lieutenant, March 13, 1863.
John M. Defriese......... Mar. 13, 1863  Mustered out, March 27, 1865.
COMPANY F.
Nasme and Rank.    Date of Atluster.                    Remarks.
CAPTAIN.
Charles F. Clarke.......... Oct. 21, 1861  Promoted Capt. and Asst. Adjt. Gen. U. S. Vols.
Frederick W. Schuarte.. Mar. 28, 1862  Transferred as Second Lieutenant to the Second U. S. Cavalry, July, 1862.
William Gordon............ Sept. 15, 1862  Resigned, August 4, 1863.
Charles 0. Judson......... Sept. 18, 1863  Assigned to new Co. A, March 18, 1865.
FIRST LIEUT.
Charles F. Clarke......... Oct.  4, 1861  Promoted Captain, October 21, 1861.
Frederick W. Schuarte.. Oct. 21, 1861  Promoted Captain, March 28, 1862.
William  Gordon............ July  1, 1862  Promoted Captain, September 15, 1862.
Charles W. Jewell......... Sept. 15, 1862  Promoted First Lt. and R. Q. M., Nov. 7, 1862.
William R. Judson, jr... Nov. 20, 1862  Mustered out, April 17, 1865, at Leavenworth.
SECOND. LIEUT.
William Gordon............ Oct. 20, 1861  Promoted First Lieutenant, July 1, i862.
Charles King................. July  1, 1862  Resigned, September 18, 1862.
John P. Grassberger...... Oct. 15, 1862  Mustered out, Nov. 19, 1864, at Leavenworth.




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COMPANY G.
Name and Rank.    Date of Muster.                        Remarks.
CAPTAIN.
Nathaniel B. Lucas.......  Feb. 4, 1862  Transf. as Capt. to 18thU. S. Col.V., April 6,1864.
Robert Henderson......... Dec. 9, 1864  Mustered out, May 19, 1865, DeVall's Bluff, Ark.;
wounded in action, April 18, 1864, Poison
FIRST LIEUT.                           Springs, Ark.
John M. Laing.............. Dec. 30, 1861  Promoted Major 15th K. C., October 15, 1863.
Robert Henderson.......... Jan. 1, 1864  Promoted Captain, December 9, 1864.
Ebenezer W. Lucas...... Mar. 15, 1865  Mustered out May 19, 1865, DeVall's Bluff, Ark.
SECOND LIEUT.
John M. Dunn.............. May 26, 1862   Resigned September 15, 1862.
Robert Henderson.........  Sept. 15, 1862  Promoted First Lieutenant, January 1, 1864.
Ebenezer W. Lucas........  Jan. 1, 1864  Promoted First Lieutenant, March 15, 1865.
Daniel Braman................................ Commissioned and assigned to duty as Second
Lieutenant, but never mustered.
COMPANY H.
Name and Rank.   I Date of Muster.                       Remarks.
CAPTAIN.
David Mefford...............Feb. 7, 1862  Promoted Major, July 27, 1864.
FIRST LIEUT.
George J. Clark............ Feb. 1, 1862   Prom. Capt. Company E, 14th K.C., Aug. 21,1863.
SECOND LIEUT.
Albert H. Campbell....... Feb. 1, 1862   Prom. Capt. Company G, 14th K. C., Sept. 8, 1863.
COMPANY I.
Name and Rank.    Date of Muster.                        Remarks.
CAPTAIN.
John T. Blake.............. May 26, 1863  Mustered out April 1, 1866, to date July 18,1865.
FIRST LIEUT.
Silas D. Harris.............. May 26, 1863  Mustered out July 18, 1865, DeVall's Bluff, Ark.
SECOND LIEUT.
Levi T. Stewart............ May 26, 1863  Resigned May 2, 1865.
COMPANY K.
Name and Rank.    Date of Muster.                        Remarks.
CAPTAIN.
John Rogers................. Aug. 15, 1861  Mustered out as Captain, March 7, 1862, Fort
Scott, Kas., and mustered in as First Lieut.
John Rogers................. April 1, 1862- Killed in skirmish June 2, 1864, near Ft. Scott.
FIRST LIEUT.
Charles H. Haynes........ Aug. 15, 1861  Mustered out March 7, 1862, Fort Scott, Kas.
John Rogers................. Mar. 7, 1862  Promoted Captain, April 1, 1862.
Charles H. Haynes........ April 1, 1862  Prom. Capt. Company B, 16th K.C., Ju ne 28, 1863.
John G. Harris............. July 16, 1863  Resigned on account of disability, Feb. 11, 1864.
SECOND LIEUT.
Levi Hatch.................. Aug. 15, 1861  Mustered out March 7, 1862, Fort Scott, Kas.
John G. Harris............. April 1, 1862 | Prom. First Lt., July 16,1863; severely wounded
in neck in action, Nov. 28, 1862,Cane Hill,Ark.
William M. Smalley......July 16, 1863  Mustered out March 27, 1865, Leavenworth.
COMPANY L.
Name and Rank.    Date of lMuster.                       Remarks.
CAPTAIN.
Henry P. Ledger............ June 18, 1863  Mustered out, July 18,'65, DeVall's Bluff, Ark.
FIRST LIEUT.
Henry P. Ledger..................... Promoted Captain, June 18, 1863.
Jefferson DentoD...........  June 18, 1863  Died of small-pox, Ft. Scott, Kas., Nov. 20,'63.
Leonard J. Swingley..... Feb. 15, 1864  Mustered out, July 18, 1865, DeVall's Bluff, Ark.
SECOND LIEUT.
Leonard J. Swingley.....  June 18, 1863  Promoted First Lieutenant, February 15, 1864.
James Graham.............. Oct. 1, 1864  Mustered out, July 18,1865, DeVall's Bluff, Ark.




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COMPANY M.
Name and Rank.   Date of Muster.               Remarks.
CAPTAIN.
John W. Duff............... July 30, 1863  Mustered out, July 18, 1865, DeVall's Bluff, Ark.
FIRST LIEUT.
James Brooks............... July 30, 1863  Mustered out, July 18, 1865, DeVall's Bluff, Ark.
SECOND LIEUT.
John C. Anderson........ July 30, 1863  Mustered out, July 18, 1865, DeVall's Bluff, Ark.
NEW COMPANY A.
Name and Rank.   Date of Muster.               Remarks.
CAPTAIN.
Charles 0. Judson......... Sept. 18, 1863  Mustered out, July 18, 1865, DeVall's Bluff, Ark.
FIRST LIEUT.
Thomas G. Howell........ Mar. 21, 1865  Mustered out, July 18, 1865, DeVall's Bluff, Ark.
SECOND LIEUT.
William H. Shattuck..... Jan. 4, 1864  Mustered out, July 18, 1865, DeVall's Bluff, Ark.
List of battles, etc., in which this regiment participated, showing loss
reported in each:
Dry Wood (Sept. 2, 1861)-Killed, E. M., 1; wounded, E. M., 1. Morristown-Wounded, E. M., 2. Osceola —No loss.  Carthage-Wounded,
E. M., 1. Diamond Grove —Wounded, E. M., 1. Lost Creek —No loss.
Tabourville -No loss.  Clear Creek -Wounded, E. M., 4. Hickory Grove
(Aug. 23, 1862) —No loss. Coon Creek —Killed, E. M., 2; wounded, 0. 1,
E. M. 21; missing, E. M., 1. Hickory Grove (Sept. 19, 1862,) — Killed,
E. M., 1; wounded, E. M., 2. Granby-No loss. Newtonia (Sept. 30, 1862)
-Wounded, E. M., 5; missing, E. M., 1. Newtonia (Oct. 4, 1862)-No
loss. Old FortWayne —No loss. Bastin Mountain-No loss. DryWood
(Nov. 9, 1862) -Killed, E. M., 1. Cane Hill —Killed, E. M., 1; wounded,
0. 3, E. M. 9. Prairie Grove-Missing, E. M., 1. Webber Falls (April
11, 1863)-No loss. Webber Falls (April 26, 1863) —No loss. Fort Gibson-Killed, E. M., 1; missing, E. M., 2. Cabin Creek (July 1, 1863) —
No loss. Honey Springs-Wounded, E. M., 5. Webber Falls (Oct. 12,
1863) — Killed, E. M., 1; missing, E. M., 1. Baker's Springs -Missing, E.
M., 1. Roseville-Killed, E. M., 14. Stone's Farm —Killed, E. M., 6.
Prairie D'Ann —No loss. Moscow-No loss. Dutch Mills —Missing, E.
M., 9. Camden-Killed, E. M., 1; missing, E. M., 3. Poison SpringsWounded, O. 1, E. M. 1; missing, 0. 1, E. M. 3. Princeton -Missing, E.
M., 2. Jenkins's Ferry-Missing, E. M., 1. Dardanelle-Killed, E. M., 2;
wounded, E. M., 1. Clarksville — Missing, E. M., 1. Fayetteville -Killed,
E. M., 1. Iron Bridge -Killed, E. M.1 Mazard  Prairie-Killed, E M,
11; wounded, 0. 1, E. M. 5; missing, 0. 2, E. M..151. Lee's Creek —Missing,
E. M., 1. Van Buren-Killed, E. M., 1. Fort Smith-Missing, E. M., 1.
Cabin Creek (Sept. 19, 1864)-Missing, E. M., 11. Fort Scott-Killed, E.
M., 1. Cow Creek-Killed, O., 1. Training Post-No loss.-U. S, Army
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294                          ANNALS OF KANSAS.                                      [1861.
SEVENTH REGIMENT KANSAS VOLUNTEERS-CAVALRY.
Name and Rank.    Date of Muster.                         Remarks.
COLONEL.
Charles R. Jennison...... Oct. 28, 1861  Resigned, May 1, 1862.
Albert L. Lee...............  May 17, 1862  Promoted Brigadier General Vols., Nov. 29,'62.
Thomas P. Herrick....... June 11, 1863  Mustered out, September 28, 1865.
LIEUT. COLONEL.
Daniel R. Anthony....... Oct. 29, 1861  Resigned, September 3, 1862.
Thomas P. Herrick....... Sept. 3, 1862  Promoted Colonel, June 11, 1863.
David W. Houston........ July  1, 1863  Discharged for disability, February 1, 1864.
William S. Jenkins....... Mar. 21, 1864  Mustered out, November 14, 1864.
Francis M. Malone........  Nov. 19, 1864  Mustered out with regiment, Sept. 29, 1865.
MAJOR.
Daniel R. Anthony....... Sept. 29, 1861  Promoted Lieutenant Colonel, Oct. 29, 1861.
Thomas P. Herrick....... Oct. 28, 1861  Promoted Lieutenant Colonel, Sept. 3,1862.
Albert L. Lee................ Oct. 29, 1861   Promoted Lieutenant Colonel, May 17, 1862.
John T. Snoddy............ July 22, 1862  Resigned, March 6, 1863.
Clark S. Merriman........ Oct. 31, 1862   Resigned, July 13, 1863.
William S. Jenkins........ May 27, 1863  Promoted Lieutenant Colonel, March 21, 1864.
Francis M. Malone........ Aug. 12, 1863  Promoted Lieutenant Colonel, Nov. 19, 1864.
Charles H. Gregory.......  April 18,1864  Mustered out with regiment, Sept. 29, 1865.
Levi H. Utt.................. Nov. 17,-1864  Mustered out with regiment.
ADJUTANT.
John T. Snoddy............ Oct. 14, 1861  Mustered out, July 17, 1862, per G. O. No. 26.
William  O. Osgood........  May 28,1862  Mustered out, July 29, 1862.
Frederick W. Emery..... Oct. 30, 1862   Promoted Capt. and A. A. Gen., June 30, 1863.
Simeon M. Fox............ Dec. 27, 1864  Mustered out with regiment.
QUARTERMASTER.
Robert W. Hamer........  Oct. 15, 1861  IMustered out, July 17, 1862, per G. O. No. 25.
Ebenezer Snyder.......... July 23, 1863  Mustered out, December 3, 1864.
James Smith.................  Jan. 9, 1865  Mustered out with regiment.
COMMISSARY.
Lucius Whitney............ July 22, 1863   Mustered out with regiment.
SURGEON.
Joseph L. Wever........... Jan. 10, 1862  Resigned, June 7, 1864.
Joseph S. Martin........... July 18, 1864  Mustered out with regiment.
ASSISTANT SURGEON.
Joseph S. Martin........... Nov. 5, 1861  Promoted Surgeon, July 18, 1864.
Joel J. Crook................ Oct. 10, 1864  Mustered out with regiment.
CHIAPLAIN.
Samuel Ayers............... Oct. 14, 1861   Resigned August 31, 1862.
Charles H. Lovejoy....... April19, 1863  Mustered out with regiment, Sept. 29, 1865.
COMPANY A.
Namne and Rank.    Date of Muster.                       Remarks.
CAPTAIN.
Thomas P. Herrick....... Aug. 31, 1861  Promoted Major, October 28, 1861..tevi H. Utt..................  Oct. 28, 1861  Promoted Major, November 17, 1864; wounded
in action, April 2, 1863, Leighton, Ala.
Bazil C. Sanders............ Feb.  6, 1865  Mustered out, September 2q, 1865.
FIRST LIEUT.
Levi H. Utt.................. Aug. 31, 1861  Promoted Captain, October 28, 1861.
Aaron M. Pitts.............. Oct. 28,1861  Promoted Captain Company D, October 3, 1862.
Bazil C. Sanders............ Dec. 5,1862  Mustered out, January 3, 1865.
Henry M. Campbell.....Jan. 18, 1865  Mustered out with regiment.
SECOND LIEUT.
Thomas H. Lohnes........  Aug. 31, 1861  Resigned, February 13, 1862.
Jacob M. Anthony........ Apr. 2, 1862  Promoted Captain Company I, May 16,1863.
DeWitt C. Taylor.......... May 18, 1863 | Mustered out, November 14, 1864.
COMPANY B.
Name and Rank.    Date of Muster.                         Remarks.
CAPTAIN.
Fred. Swoyer................ Oct.  5, 1861  Killed in action, Jan. 3, 1864, Somerville, Tenn.
William S. Moorhouse... June 23, 1863  Mustered out, March 7, 1865, St. Louis.
FIRST LIEUT.
Fred. Swoyer............... Sept. 15, 1861  Promoted Captain, October 5, 1861.
Isaac Gannett............... Oct.  5, 1861  Mustered out with regiment, September 29,'65.
SECOND LIEUT.
William S. Moorhouse... Sept. 10, 1861  Promoted Captain, April 22, 1863.
Charles L. Thompson.... Apr. 22, 1863 1 Mustered out with regiment.




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COMPANY C.
Name and Rank.    Date of Muster.                       Remarks.
CAPTAIN.
William S. Jenkins........ Sept. 5, 1861  Promoted Major, May 27, 1863.
James Smith................ July  1, 1863  Mustered out with regiment.
FIRST LIEUT.
Francis M. Ray............ Oct. 10, 1861  Resigned, December 8, 1861.
James D. Snoddy.......... Dec. 22, 1861  Resigned, December 30, 1862.
John A Farmer............ Dec. 30, 1862  Resigned, July 23, 1863.
Bayless S. Campbell......  Oct. 31i 1863  Mustered out with regiment.
SECOND LIEUT.
James Smith................. Oct. 10, 1861  Promoted Captain, July 1, 1863.
Bayless S. Campbell......  July 23, 1863  Promoted First Lieutenant, October 31, 1863.
John H. Wildey............ May  2, 1864  Mustered out with regiment.
COMPANY D.
Name and Rank.   IDate of Master.                       Remarks.
CAPTAIN.
Clark S. Merriman........    Sept. 3, 1861  Promoted Major, October 3, 1862.
Aaron M. Pitts.............. Oct.  3, 1862  Mustered out with regiment.
FIRST LIEUT.
Andrew Downing......... Sept. 3, 1861  Mustered out, September 27, 1864.
William Henry............. Dec. 28, 1864  Mustered out with regiment.
SECOND LIEUT.
Isaiah J. Hughes...........Sept. 3,1861  Resigned, June 2, 1863.
COMPANY E.
Name and Rank.       Date of Muster.                    Remarks.
CAPTAIN.
George J. Yeager........... Aug. 4, 1861  Resigned, October 8, 1861.
Charles H. Gregory....... Oct.  9, 1861  Promoted Major, April 8, 1864.
John Noyes, jr.............. May 19, 1864  Mustered out with regiment.
FIRST LIEUT.
Charles H. Gregory....... Aug. 4, 1861  Promoted Captain, October 9, 1861.
Russell W. Maryhugh...  Oct. 18, 1861  Mustered out, October 12, 1864.
Edwin L. Saunders........ Jan.  6, 1865  Mustered out with regiment.
SECOND LIEUT.
John Noyes, jr.............. Oct. 18, 1861  Promoted Captain, May 19, 1864.
COMPANY F.
Name and Rank.    Date of Muster.                       Remarks.
CAPTAIN.
Francis M. Malone........  Sept. 14, 1861- Promoted Major, August 12, 1863.
Edward Colbert............ Oct. 26, 1863  Mustered out with regiment.
FIRST LIEUT.
Amos Hodgeman...........  Sept. 25, 1861  Promoted Captain Company H, July 23, 1863.
John Clark................... Oct. 26, 1863  Resigned, February 15, 1865.
John W. Moore............ July 17, 1865  Mustered out with regiment.
SECOND LIEUT.
John A. Tanner............ Sept. 14, 1861  Promoted First Lieutenant Co. C, Oct. 31, 1862.
Edward Colbert............  Oct. 31, 1862  Promoted Captain, October 26, 1863.
COMPANY G.
Name and Rank.    Date of Muster. I                      Remarks.
CAPTAIN.
Edward Thornton.........  Oct. 29, 1861  Mustered out, September 29, 1865.
FIRST LIEUT.
Edward Thornton......... Oct. 12, 1861  Promoted Captain, October 29, 1861.
David W. Houston........ Oct. 29, 1861  Promoted Captain Co. H, September 30, 1862.
Harmon D. Hunt.......... Apr. 2, 1863  Mustered out, November 30, 1864.
Zachariah Norris.......... Jan. 17, 1865  Mustered out with regiment.
SECOND LIEUT.
Christr. C. Tompkins... Oct. 29, 1861  Resigned, February 1, 1862.
Richard H. Kerr........... Feb. 11, 1862  Dismissed the service per G. O. No. 195, dated
War Dept., Adjt. Gen.'s Office, Nov. 24, 1862.
Zachariah Norris........    Aug. 31, 1863  Promoted First Lieutenant, January 17, 1865.
William A. Pease.......  July  1, 1865  Mustered out with regiment.




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COMPANY H.
Name and Rank.    Date of Mluster.                       Remarks.
CAPTAIN.
Marshall Cleveland*..... Oct. 14, 1861  Resigned, November 1, 1861.
Horace Pardee..............  Nov. 8,1861  Resigned, May 15, 1862.
James L. Rafety............ May 15, 1862  Discharged by S. O. No. 319, August 31, 1862.
David W. Houston........ Sept. 30, 1862  Promoted Lieutenant Colonel, July 1, 1863.
Amos Hodgeman...........  July 21, 1863  Died, October 16, 1863, near Oxford, Miss., of
wounds received in action at Wyatt, Miss.,
October 10, 1863.
Charles L. Wall........... Apr. 6, 1864  Mustered out with regiment.
FIRST LIEUT.
James L. Rafety........... Oct.  7, 1861  Promoted Captain, May 15, 1862.
John Kendall.............. May 15, 1862  Dismissed the service per G. O. No. 195, dated
War Dept., Adjt. Gen.'s Office, Nov. 22, 1862.
Charles L. Wall............ Sept. 1, 1862  Promoted Captain, April 6, 1864.
Samuel N. Ayers........... May 28, 1864  Resigned, March 20, 1865.
Wallace E. Dickson...... July 17, 1865  Mustered out with regiment.
SECOND LIEUT.
Charles E. Gordon......... Oct. 14,1861  Resigned, February 11, 1862.
John Kendall............... Mar. 15, 1862  Promoted First Lieutenant, May 15, 1862.
Charles L. Wall............ May 15, 1862  Promoted First Lieutenant, September 1, 1862.
Samuel R. Doolittle...... Sept. 1, 1862  Resigned, March 3,1863.
Joseph H. Nessel......... Apr. 8, 1863  Dismissed the service, April 18, 1864.
*"Cleve," the Jayhawker.
COMPANY I.
Name and Rank.    Date of Muster.                        Remarks.
CAPTAIN.
John L. Merrick........... Nov. 29, 1861. Resigned, November 27, 1862.
Jacob M. Anthony........ May 16, 1863  Mustered out with regiment.
FIRST LIEUT.
Robert Hayes...............  Nov. 29, 1861  Died of disease, at Corinth, Miss., Sept. 20, 1862.
William W. Howe......... Sept. 20, 1862  Resigned, December 1, 1863.
William Weston........... Apr. 8, 1864  Mustered out with regiment.
SECOND LIEUT.
Edwin Miller.............. Nov. 23, 1861  Resigned, September 27, 1865.
William Weston............   Oct. 18, 1862  Promoted First Lieutenant, April 8, 1864.
COMPANY K.
Name and Rank.    Date of.Muster.                       Remarks.
CAPTAIN.
John Brown, jr............. Jan. 10, 1862  Resigned on account of disability, May 27, 1862.
George H. Hoyt............ May 27, 1862  Resigned on account of disability,Sept. 3, 1862.
Burr H. Bostwick.........  Oct. 30, 1862  Mustered out with regiment.
FIRST LIEUT.
Burr H. Bostwick......... Nov. 12, 1861  Promoted Captain, October 30, 1862.
William W. Crane......... Sept. 13, 1863  Mustered out with regiment.
SECOND LIEUT.
George H. Hoyt............ Nov. 11, 1861  Promoted Captain, May 27, 1862.
Frederick W. Emery..... May 27, 1822  Promoted First Lieut. and Adjt., Oct. 30, 1862.
Thomas J. Woodburn... Oct. 30, 1862  Killed in act., Dec. 5,'62, near Coffeeville, Miss.
William W. Crane......... Aug. 15, 1863  Promoted First Lieutenant, Sept. 13,1863.
List of battles, etc., in -which this regiment participated, showing loss
reported in each:
Little Blue  (Cos. A, B, and H) -Killed, E. M., 7; wounded, 0. 1, E.
M. 8.  Little Santa Fe —Wounded, E. M., 1.   Independence  (November
26, 1861)-Killed, E. M., 1; wounded, E. M., 1.  Columbus-Killed, E.
M., 5. Kossuth —Killea, E. M., 5; wounded, E. M., 6. Rienzi (September
9, 1862) -Wounded, E. M., 1.  Rienzi (September 18, 1862) —Wounded,
E. M., 1; missing, E. M., 2.  Baldwin —Killed, E. M., 1; missing, E. M., 2.




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Corinth (Oct. 3-4, 1862) —Wounded, E. M., 1. Ruckersville -Wounded,
E. M., 1. Jumpertown —No loss.  Cold Water-No loss.  Holly SpringsWounded, E. M., 1. Oxford -No loss. Coffeeville -Killed, 0. 2, E. M. 2;
wounded, O; 2, E. M. 8; missing, E. M., 4. Somerville — Killed, O. 1, E.
M. 3; wounded, E. M., 2  missing, E. M., 1.  Germantown (Jan. 27, 1863) —
No loss. Cold Water Station —No loss. Germantown (April 1, 1863)Missing, E. M., 1. Salisbury —Killed, E. M., 1. Leighton -Wounded, O., 1.
Tupelo (May 5, 1863) -Wounded, E. M., 2. Florence — Wounded, E. M., 3;
missing, E. M., 3.  Hamburg-Wounded, E. M., 2.  Iuka (July 7, 1863)No loss. Iuka (July 14, 1863) —Wounded, E. M., 1. Corinth (August 16,
1863)-No loss.  Swallows' Bluff (A  and C)-Killed, E. M., 1; wounded,
E. M., 3. Byhalia —No loss. Wyatt —Killed, E. M.; 3; wounded, 0. 1,
E. M. 6;  missing, 0. 1, E. M. 3.   Ripley-Wounded, O., 1.   King's
Creek-Missing, E. M., 1.  Memphis —Killed, E. M., 1.  La FayetteKilled, E. M., 1. New Albany-Wounded, E. M., 1. Tupelo (July 14,
1864) —Wounded, E. M., 1. Ellistown — Killed, E. M., 1. Tupelo (July
25, 1864)-No  loss.  Tallahatchie River-No loss.  Hurricane Creek —
Wounded, E. M., 2. Independence (October 22, 1864) —No loss. Big
Blue —Wounded, E. M., 1.  Little Osage River —No  loss. — U. S. Army
Register.
EIGHTH REGIMENT KANSAS VOLUNTEERS-INFANTRY.
Name and Rank.    Date of Muster.                    Remarks.
COLONEL.
Henry W. Wessels..................... Promoted from Maj. 6th U. S. Inf.; ord. to rejoin
com'd in U. S. A., per G. 0. 4,W. D., series'62,
Robert H. Graham.................. Discharged, January 27, 1864, to date Nov. 11,
1862; died near St. Louis, Mo., Nov. 11, 1862,
John A. Martin............  Nov. 1, 1862  Mustered out, November 15, 1864.
LIEUT. COLONEL.
John A. Martin............. Oct. 27, 1861  Promoted Colonel, November 1, 1862.
James L. Abernathy...... Nov. 1, 1862  Resigned, November 8, 1863.
Edward F. Schneider..... Dec. 21, 1863  Resigned, June 11, 1864.
James M. Graham......... June 26,1864  Resigned, September 23, 1864, Atlanta, Ga.
John Conover............... Oct. 21, 1864  Mustered out with regiment.
MAJOR.
Edward F. Schneider..... Sept. 17, 1861  Promoted Lieutenant Colonel, Dec. 21, 1863.
James M. Graham.........  Dec. 21, 1863  Promoted Lieutenant Colonel, June 26,1864.
John Conover............... Aug. 23, 1864  Promoted Lieutenant Colonel, Oct. 21, 1864.
Henry C. Austin.......... Nov. 16, 1864  Mustered out with regiment.
ADJUTANT.
Sheldon C. Russell......... Oct. 23, 1861  Resigned, November 15, 1862.
James E. Love............... Nov. 17, 1862  Promoted Captain Company K, July 16, 1863.
Solomon R. Washer...... July 31, 1863  Mustered out with regiment; wounded in acQUARTERMASTER.                        tion, September 19, 1863, Chicamauga, Ga.
E. P. Bancroft............... Oct. 22, 1861  Promoted Major Ninth K. V. C., April 1, 1862.
Benjamin B. Joslin......................... Mustered out Feb. 28,'62, date of consolidation.
Alfred Robinson........... April 2, 1862  Absent without leave; name dropped from the
rolls after three years' service; supposed to
have been mustered out.
Adam Cosner................ Sept. 1, 1864  Mustered out with regiment.
SURGEON.
J. B. Woodward............  Oct. 4, 1861  Transferred to 9th K. V. C., February 28, 1862,
Oliver Chamberlain......  Dec. 10, 1861  Resigned, September 22, 1864.
Nathaniel C. Clark........ Nov. 14, 1864  Mustered out with regiment.
ASST. SURGEON.
George W. Hogeboom.. Oct. 23, 1861  Promoted Surgeon 11th K. Vols., Sept. 25, 1862,
John Butterbaugh......... Nov. 9, 1862  Resigned, March 4, 1864.
Samuel E. Beach........... May 25, 1863  Died of disease, Nashville, Tenn., Nov. 4, 1863.
Edwin J. Talcott........... May 1, 1864  Resigned, February 15, 1865.
CHAPLAIN.
John Paulson............... June 17, 1863  Mustered out with regiment.




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COMPANY A.
Name and Rank.    Date of Muster.                        Remarks.
CAPTAIN.
James L. Abernathy...... Aug. 28, 1861  Promoted Lieutenant Colonel, Nov. 1, 1862.
Samuel Laighton...........   Oct.  1, 1862  Resigned, November 27, 1864.
FIRST LIEUT.
Samuel Laighton...........  Aug. 28, 1861  Promoted Captain, October 1, 1862.
Roland Risdon.............. Oct.  1, 1862   Resigned, April 13, 1864.
Eli Balderston............... July  1, 1864  Promoted Captain Company G, Oct. 12, 1864.
Ferdinand A. Berger..... Oct. 21, 1864  Mustered out with regiment; severely wounded
SECOND LIEUT.                           in action, Dec. 16, 1864,7Nashville, Tenn.
John Conover............... Aug. 28, 1861  Promoted 1st Lieut. Co. F, December 12, 1861.
Seth Foot..................... Dec. 12, 1861  Died of disease, Farmlersburg, Ia., May 14,1864.
COMPANY B.
Name and Rank.    Date of Muster.                        Remarks.
CAPTAIN.
David Block.................. Sept. 2, 1861  Resigned on account of disability, Apr. 20,1863.
Claudius Keifer............. May 14, 1863  Wounded in right thigh in action, Sept. 19,1863,'.Chicamauga, Ga.: wounded in arm and thigh
in action, August 4, 1864, Atlanta, Ga.; no
FIRST LIEUT.                           evidence of muster-out on file.
Charles Alton............... Sept. 2, 1861  Resigned, May 7, 1863.
Zacharias Burkhardt..... May 27, 1863  Died, Atlanta, Ga., October 28, 1863, in Rebel
prison of wounds received in action, September 19, 1863, Chicamauga, Ga.
August Schulz.............. Feb. 3, 1864  Mustered out with regiment.
SECOND LIEUT.
Martin Manerhan......... Sept. 3, 1861  Resigned, July 15, 1862.
Claudius Keifer............ July 21, 1862   Promoted Captain, May 14, 1863.
William  Backer............ May 27, 1863  Deserted, Nashville, Tenn., Sept. -, 1863.
Zacharias Burkhardt..... May 14, 1863  Promoted First Lieutenant, May 27, 1863.
COMPANY C.
Name and Rank.    |Date of Muster.                       Remarks.
CAPTAIN.
James M. Graham.........  Nov. 7, 1861   Promoted Major, December 21, 1863.
Richard R. Bridgland.... Mar. 8, 1864  Resigned, October 12, 1864.
George H. Robb............ Mar. 1, 1865  Mustered out with regiment.
FIRST LIEUT.
John G. Becktold........... Sept. 20, 1861  Resigned, June 3, 1863.
Richard R. Bridgland.... June 19,1863  Promoted Captain; March 8, 1864.
George H. Robb............ Apr. 17, 1864  Promoted Captain, March 1, 1865.
SECOND LIEUT.
Richard R. Bridgland...  Sept. 20, 1861   Promoted First Lieutenant, June 19, 1863.
William  Becker............ Oct. 24, 1863  Died of chronic diarrhoea, Chattanooga,Tenn.,
I  November 21, 1863..COMPANY D.
Name and Rank.    Date of Muster.                        Remarks.
CAPTAIN.
Arthur W. Williams...... Nov. 9, 1861  Resigned, February 2, 1863.
Stephen B. Todd........... April 29, 1863  Resigned on acc't of disability, August 12, 1863.
John L. Graham............K................... Killed in action September 19,1863,Chicamauga,
Ga., before being mustered in.
Philip Rockefeller......... Nov.  4, 1861  Resigned, August 13, 1864.
FIRST LIEUT.
Arthur W. Williams...... Oct. 10, 1861  Promoted Captain, November 9, 1861.
Stephen B. Todd........... Nov. 9, 1861  Promoted Captain, April 29, 1863.
John L. Graham............ April 30, 1863  Promoted Captain, September 13, 1863.
Philip Rockefeller......... Sept. 15, 1863  Promoted Captain, November 4, 1863.
Valentine S. Fisk......... Nov. 24, 1863  Mustered out, January 27,1865, Nashville,Tenn.,
by reason of having served three years.
Thomas Adamson......... Sept. 2, 1865  Mustered out with regiment.
SECOND LIEUT.
John L. Graham........... Nov. 9, 1861  Promoted First Lieutenant, April 30, 1863.
Philip Rockefeller......... April 30, 1863 1 Promoted First Lieutenant,September 15, 1863.




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COMPANY E.
Name and Rank.    Date of Muster.                       Remarks.
CAPTAIN.
John Greelish............... Nov. 5, 1861  Resigned, June 6,1864; wounded in action, September 19, 1863, Chicamauga, Ga.
Henry C. Austin........... Jan. 60, 1862  Promoted Major, November 16, 1864.
FIRST LIEUT.
John Greelish.................................... Promoted Captain, November 5, 1861.
Milton Rose.................. Nov. 5, 1861  Mustered out, Dec. 5, 1864, Nashville, Tenn.
Elisha D. Rose..............   Dec.  6, 1864  Mustered out with regiment.
SECOND LIEUT.
Daniel D. Rooks........... Nov.  5, 1861  Resigned, July 13, 1862.
Solomon R. Washer..... July 28, 1862  Prom. First Lieut. and Adjutant, July 31t 1863.
COMPANY F.
Name and Rank.    Date of Muster.                       Remarks.
CAPTAIN.
A. W. J. Brown............  Jan.  1, 1862  Mustered out, Feb. 28, 1862, Osawatomie, Kas.
John Conover............... Mar. 15, 1862  Promoted Major, August 23, 1864.
A. Earl Beardsley......... Jan. 20, 1865  Dismissed, July 24, 1865, for absence without
FIRST LIEUT.                          leave.
William S. Newbery...... Aug. 28, 1861  Resigned, April 29, 1864, Leavenworth, Kas.
John Conover............... Dec. 12, 1861  Promoted Captain, March 15, 1862.
James A. Neff............... Aug. 23, 1864  Mustered out with regiment.
SECOND LIEUT.
J. Milton Hadley......... Mar. 15, 1862  Promoted First Lieut. 9th K.V. C., June 25,1863.
W. J. Larimer............... Jan.  1, 1862  Mustered out as supernumerary, February 28,
1862, Leavenworth, Kas.
A. Earl Beardsley......... Aug. 23, 1863  Promoted Captain, Jan. 10, 1866; wounded in
action, Sept. 20, 1863, Chicamauga, Ga.; also
July 2, 1864, Kenesaw, Ga.
COMPANY G.
Name and Rank.    Date of Muster.                       Remarks.
CAPTAIN.
Nicholas. Harrington..... Dec.  1, 1861  Resigned, Sept. 9, 1863, Murfreesboro, Tenn.
Robert Flickenger......... Oct.  5, 1863  Resigned, April 6, 1864, Leavenworth, Kas.
Eli Balderston.............. Oct. 12, 1864  Mustered out with regiment.
FIRST LIEUT.
Nicholas Harrington..... Oct.  2, 1861  Promoted Captain, December 1, 1861.
Robert Flickenger......... Dec.  1, 1861  Promoted Captain, October 5, 1863.
David Baker............... Sept. 10, 1863  No evidence of muster-out on file; wounded in
SECOND LIEUT.                         action, Sept. 19, 1863, Chicamauga, Ga.
Joseph Randolph.......... Dec.  1, 1861  Resigned, July 24, 1863, Murfreesboro, Tenn.
COMPANY H.
Nante and Rank.    Date of Muster.                      Remarks.
-  CAPTAIN.
Edgar Trego............... Jan. 30, 1862  Killed in action, Sept. 19,'63, Chicamauga, Ga.
Samuel R. Stanley........ Sept.  1, 1864  Mustered out with regiment.
FIRST LIEUT.
Frank Curtis................ Jan. 30, 1862  Discharged for disability, July 6, 1864; wounded
in action, Sept. 20, 1863, Chicamauga, Ga.
Samuel R. Stanley........ July  7, 1864  Promoted Captain, September 1, 1864.
Adam Cosner................ Sept. 1, 1864  Transferred to Field and Staff as regimental
SECOND LIEUT.                          Quartermaster, September 15, 1865.
Harvey C. Blackman..... Jan. 30, 1862  Promoted Captain in U. S. Colored Troops.




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COMPANY I.
Name and Rank.    Date of Muster.                      Remarks.
CAPTAIN.
Henry C. Austin.......... Jan. 30, 1862  Transferred to Co. E, to date July 4, 1864;
wounded in action, September 19, 1863,
Chicamauga, Ga.; captured July 4, 1864,
while absent from  his command.
Marion Brooks.............  Sept. 16, 1864  Mustered out with regiment.
FIRST LIEUT.
Henry C. Austin.......... Oct. 24, 1861  Promoted Captain, January 30, 1862.
Marion Brooks.............. Jan. 30, 1862  Promoted Captain, September 16, 1864.
Charles Slawson............  Oct. 21, 1864  Mustered out with regiment.
SECOND LIEUT.
Lewis B. Graham........... Mar. 12, 1862  Mustered out August 1, 1862, Jacinto, Miss.
Byron Slemmons........... Mar. 23, 1863  Resigned, July 17, 1865; wounded in action,
September 19, 1863, Chicamauga, Ga.
COMPANY K.
Name and Rank.    Date of Mfuster.                    Remarks.
CAPTAIN.
William S. Herd............ Oct. 24, 1861  Resigned on account of disability, June 16,'63.
James E. Love............... July 16, 1863  Mustered out, May 15, 1865.
FIRST LIEUT.
James E. Love............... Oct. 10, 1861  Promoted 1st Lieut. and Adjutant, Nov. 17,'62.
William H. Babcock...... Mar. 23, 1863  Resigned, June 28, 1864.
Jacob Niuffer.............. Aug. 30, 1864  Mustered out with regiment.
SECOND LIEUT.
Fred. R. Neat............... Jan.  1, 1862  Resigned, February 22, 1862.
William H. Babcock...... April 19, 1862  Promoted First Lieutenant, March 23, 1863.
Augustin J. Quinn........ Mar. 23, 1863  Discharged for disability, Dec. 28,'64, Cin., O.
List of battles, etc., in which this regiment participated, showing loss
reported in each:
Rocky Bluff-No loss.  Chaplin Hills-No loss.  Lancaster-No loss,
Chicamauga-  Killed, 0. 2, E. M. 34; wounded, 0. 7, E. M. 141; missing,
E. M., 19. Chattanooga-Killed, E. M., 5; wounded, 0. 2, E. M. 25.
Resaca —.  Peachtree Creek-Wounded, E. M., 1.  Atlanta -  Killed,
E. M., 1; wounded, 0. 2, E. M. 17; missing, 0. 1. E. M. 1.  NashvilleKilled, E. M., 8; wounded, 0. 1, E. M. 27.-U. S. Army Register.
NINTH REGIMENT KANSAS VOLUNTEERS - CAVALRY.
Name and Rank.    Date of Muster.                      Remrarks.
COLONEL.
Edward Lynde.............. Mar. 24, 1862  Mustered out, Nov. 25, 1864, DeVall's Bluff, Ark.
LIEUT. COLONEL.
Charles S. Clarke.......... Jan.  2, 1862  Mustered out, Jan. 16, 1865, DeVall's Bluf Ark.
Willoughby Doudna...... May 15, 1865  Mustered out, July 17,1865, DeVall's Bluff, Ark.
MAJOR.
James M. Pomeroy........ Feb. 28, 1862  Mustered out, Jan. 16, 1865, DeVall's Bluff, Ark.
Edward P. Bancroft...... April 1, 1862  Resigned, February 19, 1863.
Willoughby Doudna...... Aug. 21, 1863  Promoted Lieutenant Colonel, May 15, 1865.
Luin K. Thacher........... Jan.  5, 1863  Mustered out, Nov. 25,1864, DeVall's Bluff, Ark.;
I                 wounded in skirmish, Osage river, Mo., 1863.
J. Milton Hadley.......... May 15, 1865  Mustered out, July 17,1865, DeVall's Bluff, Ark.
ADJUTANT.
Luin K. Thacher........... Oct. 14, 1862  Promoted Major, January 5, 1863.
Albert D. Searl.............. July  9, 1863  Resigned, October 10, 1864.
BATTALION ADJT.
John W. Hatcher.......... April 1, 1862  Promoted Reg'l Commissary, October 14, 1862.
Hayden M. Thompson... May 28, 1862  Mustered out, July 29, 1862.
QUARTERMASTER.
William Rosenthal........ Feb.  5, 1863  Resigned, September 12, 1864.
Jonathan B Snider......Oct. 31, 1864  Mustered out, July 17, 1865, DeVall's Bluff, Ark.




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NINTH REGIMENT KANSAS VOLUNTEERS-CAVALRY- Continued.
Name and Rank.    Date of Muster.                       Remarks.
COMMISSARY.
John W. Hatcher......... Oct. 14, 1862  Resigned, August 12, 1864.
Isaac O. Pickering........  Sept. 3, 1864  Mustered out, July 17,1865, DeVall's Bluff, Ark.
SURGEON. 
Henry C. Bostwick........ Mar. 27, 1862  Resigned, January 2,1863.
William Wakefield........ April 4, 1863  Mustered out, March 8,1865, DeVall's Bluff, Ark.
ASSIST. SURGEON.
William Wakefield........  Sept. 2, 1862  Promoted Surgeon, April 4, 1863.
Norman T. Winans.......  April 6, 1863  Mustered out, Nov. 25, 1864, DeVall's Bluff, Ark.
Abijah J. Beach............ Jan. 14, 1864  Mustered out, July 17,1865, DeVall's Bluff, Ark.
CHAPLAIN.
Gilbert S. Northup........ Mar. 27, 1862  Resigned, March 9, 1863.
Strange Brooks............. Mar. 24, 1864  Mustered out, Nov 25, 1864, DeVall's Bluff, Ark.
COMPANY A.
Name and Rank.    Date of Muster.                       Remarks.
CAPTAIN.
George F. Earl.............. Oct. 24, 1861  Mustered out, November 19, 1864, Leavenworth.
FIRST LIEUT.
George F. Earl.............. Sept. 13, 1861  Promoted Captain, October 24, 1861.
Joshua A. Pike............ Oct. 24, 1861  Promoted Capt. Company K, January 24, 1863.
Albert D. Searl.............  Jan.  1, 1863  Promoted Adjutant, July 9, 1863.
Amzi J. Steele............... July 19, 1863  Assigned to new Company A.
SECOND LIEUT.
Albert D. Searl............. Oct. 24, 1861  Promoted First Lieut., January 24, 1863.
Benton Smith............... Jan. 27,1863  Resigned, April 8, 1864.
Henry C. Davis............. June 23, 1864  Mustered out, November 19, 1864, Leavenworth.
COMPANY B.
Name and Rank.    Date of Muster.                       Remarks.
CAPTAIN.
Asaph Allen................. Nov. 20, 1861  Mustered out Nov. 19, 1864, Leavenworth, Kas.
FIRST LIEUT.
Asaph Allen................. Oct. 12, 1861  Promoted Captain, November 20, 1861.
Lemuel.T. Heritage...... Nov. 20, 1861  Resigned, March 28, 1862.
Robert Madden............[ April 5, 1862  Resigned, April 19, 1863.
Henry Brandley...........] May 17, 1863  Assigned to new Company B.
SECOND LIEUT.
Robert Madden............. Nov. 20, 1861  Promoted First Lieutenant, April 5, 1862.
Henry Brandley........... June 1, 1862  Promoted 1st Lieut., May 17, 1863; wounded by
Indians, Feb. 27, 1963, near Ft. Halleck, Col.
Hugh W. Williams.        May 17, 1863  Resigned, April 8, 1864.
William T. Kirby.        June 24,1864  Mustered out, Nov. 19,'64, Leavenworth, Kan.
COMPANY C.
Name and Rank.   IDate of Muster.                       Remarks.
CAPTAIN.
John E. Stewart............ July 24, 1861  Mustered out, Oct. 25,'64, Leavenworth, Kan.
FIRST LIEUT.
John Bowles................. July 24, 1861  Prom. Lt. Col. 1st Kas. Col'd Inft., Jan. 29,'63.
Lorendus B. Conant..... Jan. 29, 1863  Assigned to duty as Ist Lieut. new Company A.
SECOND LIEUT.
Wash. J. Buchanan....... July 24, 1861  Resigned, April 12, 1862.
Lorendus B. Conant..... Apr. 12, 1862  Promoted First Lieutenant, January 29, 1863.
Robert C. Philbrick...... Mar. 3, 1863  Assigned to duty as 2d Lieut. new Company A.




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COMPANY D.
Name and Rank.    Date of inster.                      Remarks.
CAPTAIN.
Charles F. Coleman...... Oct. 19, 1861  Mustered out, Dec. 19, 1864, Little Rock, Ark.
FIRST LIEUT.
Anderson C. Smith........ Oct. 19, 1861  Resigned, May 20, 1862.
Austin G. Carpenter...... May 20, 1862  Mustered out, Dec. 19, 1864, Little'Rock, Ark.
SECOND LIEUT.
Avery T. Spencer.......... Oct. 19, 1861  Killed in action, Feb. 19,1863, Spring River, Mo.
Jeremiah R. Sencenich.. Mar. 2, 1863  Assigned to new Company D.
COMPANY E.
Name and Rank.    Date of Muster.                      Remarks.
CAPTAIN.
Henry Flesher..............[ Oct. 19, 1861  Mustered out, Jan. 16, 1865, DeVall's Bluff, Ark.
FIRST LIEUT.
Claudius M. Meek........ Oct. 19,1861  Resigned, May 22, 1862.
Nimrod Hankins........... June 10, 1862  Mustered out, Jan. 16,'65, DeVall's Bluff, Ark.
SECOND LIEUT.
Jesse Parsons..      Oct. 19, 1861  Mustered out, Jan. 16,'65, DeVall's Bluff, Ark.
COMPANY F.
Name and Rank.    Date of iuster.                      Remarks.
CAPTAIN.
Benjamin F. Goss......... Jan. 16, 1862  Mustered out, Jan. 16,1865, DeVall's Bluff, Ark.
FIRST LIEUT.
Isaac W. Dow............... Jan. 16, 1862  Mustered out, Jan. 16, 1865, DeVall's Bluff, Ark.
SECOND LIEUT.
Henry H. Opdyke........ Jan. 16, 1862  Mustered out, Jan. 16,1865, DeVall's Bluff, Ark.
COMPANY G.
Name and Rank.    Date of Muster.                      Remarks.
CAPTAIN.
Willoughby Doudna......' Dec. 17, 1861  Promoted Major, August 21, 1863.
J Milton Hadley.......... Nov.  1, 1863  Assigned to new Company C.
FIRST LIEUT.
Lewis C. Thompson...... Oct. 15,1861  Resigned, May 16, 1862.
Luin K. Thacher........... May  1, 1862  Promoted Adjutant. October 14, 1862.
J. Milton Hadley.......... June 25, 1863  Promoted Captain, November 1, 1863.
Samuel M. Stansbury... Dec. 15, 1863  Mustered out, Jan. 16,1865, DeVall's Bluff, Ark.
SECOND LIEUT.
John N. Walkup.......... Oct. 15, 1861  Died of disease, Easton, Kansas, June 6, 1862.
Henry B. Hall.............. June 10, 1862  Mustered out, Jan. 16,1865, DeVall's Bluff, Ark.
COMPANY H.
Name and Rank.    Date of Muster.                      Remarks.
CAPTAIN.
Thomas P. Killen........ Jan.  2, 1862  Mustered out, Jan. 16,1865, DeVall's Bluff, Ark.
FIRST LIEUT.
James W. Christian...... Jan.  2, 1862  Resigned, August -, 1862.
James Crane................. Mar. 17, 1863  Mustered out, Jan. 16,1865, DeVall's Bluff, Ark.
SECOND LIEUT.
Horatio N. F. Reed...... Jan.  2,1862  Promoted Captain Co. I, May 28, 1862.
James Crane................. May 28, 1862  Promoted First Lieutenant, March 17, 1863.
John M. Singer............. Mar. 21, 1863  Resigned, January 12, 1865.




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COMPANY I.
Name and Rank.    Date of luIster.                     Remarks.
CAPTAIN.
Horatio N. F. Reed......I May 28, 1862  Mustered out, March 22,'65, DeVall's Bluff, Ark.
FIRST LIEUT.
Matthew Cowley........... Mar. 6, 1862  Died of disease, Little Rock, Ark., Oct. 7, 1864.
Jeremiah D. Conner...... Jan.  9, 1865  Mustered out, March 22,'65, DeVall's Bluff, Ark.
SECOND LIEUT.
Albert S. W. Knapper.,. Nov. 6, 1861  Prom. Captain Co. B, 16th K. V. C., Dec. 19, 1863.
Jeremiah D. Conner..Jan. 31, 1864  Promoted First Lieutenant, January 9, 1865.
COMPANY K.
Name and Rank.    Date of Muster.                      Remarks.
CAPTAIN.
Thomas M. Bowen........ July 30, 1862  Prom. Col. Thirteenth K. V. I., Sept. 20, 1862.
Joshua A. Pike............. Jan. 24, 1863  Resigned, September 20, 1864.
Wm. J. Houghawout..... Nov. 3, 1864  Mustered out, June 24, 1865.
FIRST LIEUT.
Thomas M. Bowen......... July 11, 1862  Promoted Captain, July 30, 1862.
John D. Wells............... Aug. 4, 1862  Resigned, June 24, 1863.
John K. Whitson.......... Sept. 25, 1863  Mustered out, June 24, 1865.
SECOND LIEUT.
Francis N. Sales............ Aug. 4, 1862  Resigned, March 9, 1863.
Wm. J. Houghawout..... April 19,1863  Promoted Captain, Nov. 3, 1864; was wounded
in action, Oct. 23, 1864, Hurricane Creek, Ark.
Charles Johns............... Dec. 6, 1864  Mustered out, June 24,1865.
COMPANY L.
Name and Rank.    Date of Muster.                      Remarks.
CAPTAIN.
John I. DeLashmutt......  Aug. 31,1863  Resigned, April 18, 1865.
James L. Arnold........... May 15, 1865  Mustered out, July 17,1865, DeVall's Bluff, Ark.
FIRST LIEUT.
John I. DeLashmutt.....  May  2, 1863  Promoted Captain, August 31, 1863.
James L. Arnold........... Sept. 21, 1863  Promoted Captain, March 15, 1865.
Willard Raymour......... May 15, 1865  Mustered out, July 17,1865, DeVall's Bluff, Ark.
SECOND LIEUT.
Charles C. Southard...... Aug. 15, 1863  Resigned, December 31, 1864.
COMPANY M.
Name and Rank.    Date of Msuster.                     Remarks.
CAPTAIN.
Wm. W. P. McConnell... Aug. 21, 1863  Resigned, Sept. 30,1864, Little Rock, Arkansas.
John L. Price...............I Dec. 24, 1864  Mustered out, July 17, 1865, DeVall's Bluff, Ark.
FIRST LIEUT.
Stephen L. Kenyon......[ Dec. 20, 1863  Mustered out, July 17,1865, DeVall's Bluff, Ark.
SECOND LIEUT.
John L. Price............... Dec. 3, 1863  Promoted Captain, December 24,1864.
NEW COMPANY A.
Name and Rank.    Date of Muster.                      Remarks.
CAPTAIN.
Amzi J. Steele.............. Feb. 16, 1863  Mustered out, July 17,'65, at DeVall's Bluff, Ark.
FIRST LIEUT..
Lorendus B. Conant...... Jan. 29, 1863  Resigned, January 7, 1865.
Robert C. Philbrick...... May 20, 1865  Mustered out, July 17,'65, at DeVall's Bluff, Ark.
SECOND LIEUT.
Robert C. Philbrick.    Mar. 3, 1863  Promoted First Lieutenant, May 20, 1865.
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NEW COMPANY B.
Name and Rank.   Date of Muster.                  Remarks.
CAPTAIN.
Henry Brandley...........  May 15, 1865  Mustered out, July 17,'65, at DeVall's Bluff, Ark.
FIRST LIEUT.
Henry Brandley........... May 17, 1863  Promoted Captain, May 15, 1865.
Joseph L. Denison....... May 20, 1865  Mustered out, July 17,'65, at DeVall's Bluff, Ark.
SECOND LIEUT.
Lewis McHone............. May 15, 1865  Mustered out, July 17,'65, at DeVall's Bluff, Ark.
NEW COMPANY C.
Name and Rank.   Date of Muster.                  Remarks.
CAPTAIN.
J. Milton Hadley.     Dec. 5, 1863  Promoted Major, May 15, 1865.
FIRST LIEUT.
David M. Hester........... Mar. 14, 1865  Mustered out, July 17,'65, at DeVall's Bluff, Ark.
SECOND LIEUT.
Henry B. Hall............... June 10, 1862  Resigned, February 10, 1865.
Edwin G. Parker........... May 13, 1865  Mustered out, July 17,'65, at DeVall's Bluff, Ark.
NEW COMPANY D.
Name and Rank.   Date of Muster.                  Remnarks.
CAPTAIN.
Jeremiah R. Sencenich.. May 15, 1865  Mustered out, July 17,'65, at DeVall's Bluff, Ark.
FIRST LIEUT.
Lewis Edmundson......... May 15, 1865  Mustered out, July 17,'65, at DeVall's Bluff, Ark.
SECOND LIEUT.
Jeremiah R. Sencenich.. Mar. 2, 1863  Promoted Captain, May 15, 1865.
Aaron M. Thomas.........  May 15, 1865  Mustered out, July 17,'65, at DeVall's Bluff, Ark.
List of battles, etc., in which this regiment participated, showing loss
reported in each:
Medoc (Co. C) —No loss.  Ball's Mills (C) —No loss.  Dry Wood (C)Killed, E. M., 3; wounded, E. M., 1.  Morristown (C)-No loss.  Osceola
(C)-No loss.  Locust Grove (D, E, and H) — Killed, E. M., 1.  Newtonia (D, E, F, and H) — Killed, E. M., 2; wounded, E. M., 5; missing,
E. M., 2. Cane Hill (November 28, 1.862)- No loss. Cane Hill (January 2, 1863, H) - Missing, E. M., 2. Spring River (D) - Killed, O., 1;
wounded, E. M., 1. Fort Halleck (B) -Wounded, O., 1. Westport (E
and K) -Killed, E. i., 14; wounded, E. M., 6.  Blue River (K) — No
loss.  Cabin Creek (C) -Killed, E. M., 1; wounded, E. M., 1.  Grand
Pass (B) -Wounded, E. M., 6. Honey Springs (C) -No loss. Brooklyn
(K)-No loss.  Baxter Springs —Killed, E. M., 1. Harrisonville (G) —
Killed, E. M., 1.  Fayetteville (C) —Killed, E. M., 1.  Frog Bayou —No
loss.  Bull Bayou —Killed, E. M., 1.  Bull Creek (i) — No loss.  Whitlen's Mills-Killed, E. M., 1; wounded, E. M., 1.  Hurricane CreekKilled, E. M., 1; wounded, 0., 1.-U. S. Army Register.




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TENTH REGIMENT KANSAS VOLUNTEERS -INFANTRY.
Name and Rank.    Date of Miuster.                      Rensarks.
COLONEL.
James Montgomery...... July 24, 1861  Transferred to Second Regiment South Carolina Colored Volunteers.
William Weer............... June 20, 1861  Dismissed the service by G. 0. No. 123, dated
Headq'rs Dept. of Mo., St. Louis, Aug. 20,'64.
William F. Cloud.......... Mar. 28, 1862  Transferred to Second K. V. C., June 1, 1862.
LIEUT. COLONEL.
James G. Blunt............. July 24, 1861  Promoted Brig. Gen. U. S. Vols., April 8, 1862.
John T. Burris.............. July 24, 1861  Mustered out with regiment, August 20, 1865;
promoted Brevet Colonel, March 13, 1865.
Charles S. Hills............ Mar. 1, 1865  Promoted Brevet Colonel, March 25, 1865; musMAJOR.                            tered out, Aug. 30, 1865, at Montgomery, Ala.
Otis B. Gunn....................................... Resigned, May 5, 1862.
Henry H. Williams...... July 24, 1861  Mustered out with regiment, August 20, 1864.
ADJUTANT.
Casimio B. Zulavsky...... July 24, 1861  Mustered out, date unknown.
James A. Phillips......... July 24, 1861  Promoted Major Third Indian H. G., July 20,'63.
Thomas McGannon...... May 29, 1863  Mustered out with the regiment, Aug. 20, 1864.
QUARTERMASTER.
Alfred Larzelere...........  Aug. -,1861  Assigned to Third Indian Home Guards.
Alfred Gray.................. Feb. 11, 1862  Transferred to Co. B, Fifth Kansas Cavalry.
John G. Haskell............ July 24, 1861  Prom. Capt. and A. Q. M., U. S. Vols, June 11,'62.
Alfred J. Lloyd............ Aug. 13, 1862  Prom. Capt. and A. Q. M., U. S. Vols., April 7,'64.
SURGEON.
Albert Newman............ July 24, 1861  Mustered out, February 14, 1862.
Mahlon Bailey.................................... Resigned, May 2, 1862.
John W. Scott............. Aug. 15, 1861  Resigned, May 9, 1863.
J. B. Woodward............ Oct. 4,1861  Resigned, May 20, 1864.
Henry H. Tuttle.......... June  7, 1864  Mustered out, Aug. 30,'65, at Montgomery, Ala.
ASST. SURGEON.
Edwin H. Grant...................... Mustered out, date unknown.
Richard W. Shipley.................... No evidence of muster-out on file.
George A. Miller........... Aug. 28, 1862  Resigned, date unknown.
P. Gould Parker............ Mar. 20, 1862  Resigned, July 23, 1864.
Henry H. Tuttle........... Sept. 10, 1862  Promoted Surgeon, June 7, 1864.
CHAPLAIN.
H. H. Moore................. July 24, 1861  Mustered out, February 14, 1862.
Reeder M. Fish............. Sept. 4, 1861  No evidence of muster-out on file.
John H. Drummond...... May  1, 1862  Mustered out with regiment, August 20,1864.
COMPANY A.
Namse and Rank.    Date of Muster.                      Remarks.
CAPTAIN.
Josiah E. Hayes............ July 16, 1861  Resigned, June 12, 1862.
Thomas E. Milhoan...... June 23, 1862  Mustered out, Aug. 18, 1864, at Leavenworth.
FIRST LIEUT.
Thomas E. Milhoan...... July 16, 1861  Promoted Captain, June 23, 1862.
Stephen J. Willes......... Aug. 26,.1862  Transferred as First Lt. Co. F, Fourth Reg. V.
R. C., Nov. 7,1863; severely wounded in right
hip in action, Dec. 7,'62, at Prairie Grove, Ark.
William B. Stone........... Nov. 10, 1863  Assigned to duty to new Co. C.
SECOND LIEUT.
Fernando H. Burris...... July 16, 1861  Resigned, April 16, 1862.
William B. Stone........... May 24, 1862  Promoted First Lieutenant, Nov. 10, 1863.
COMPANY B.
Name and Rank.    Date of Muster.                       Remarks.
CAPTAIN.
Matthew Quigg............. July 16, 1861  Mustered out, Aug. 19, 1864, Leavenworth, Kas.
FIRST LIEUT.
Seth M. Tucker............ July 16, 1861  Transferred to Company I, August 19, 1864.
SECOND LIEUT.
David Whittaker.......... July 16, 1861  No evidence of muster-out on file; absent on
det. service date of muster-out of company.
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COMPANY C.
Name Rad Rank.    Date of Muster.                       Remarks.
CAPTAIN.
John A. Foreman..................... Promoted Major 3d Indian Regt., July 11, 1862.
William R. Allen.......... July 30, 1861  Mustered out, February 13, 1862.
George D. Brooke......... July 12, 1863  Assigned to new Company C.
FIRST LIEUT.
George D. Brooke......... July 24, 1861  Promoted Captain, June 12, 1863.
Joseph K. Hudson...................... No evidence of muster-out on file.
SECOND LIEUT.
Isaac M. Ruth............... July 24, 1861  No evidence of muster-out on file.
COMPANY D.
Name and Rank.    Date of Muster.                       Remarks.
CAPTAIN.
Eli Snyder..................           Resigned, May 27, 1862.
Charles S. Hills............ May 11, 1862   Assigned to new Company A.
FIRST LIEUT.
John Downing............. Feb. -1862  Mustered out, Feb. 11, 1862, per G. O., W. D.,
series of 1862.
George D. Brooke......... July 24, 1861  Transferred to Company C, September 28,1862.
Frederick A. Smalley.... Sept. 1, 1862  Assigned to new Company D.
SECOND LIEUT.
Frederick A. Smalley... July 24, 1861.Promoted First Lieutenant, September 1, 1862.
Robert W. Wood........... Sept. 1, 1862  Assigned to new Company A.
COMPANY E.
Name  and Rank.    Date of Muster.                       Remarks.
CAPTAIN.
John F. Broadhead....... July 25, 1861  Mustered out with regiment, August 18, 1864.
Samuel Stevenson......... Aug. 2, 1861  Died of disease, Mound City, Kas., 1861.
FIRST LIEUT.
David Schorn.................................... Died, Dec. 18, 1862, Fayetteville,Ark., of wounds
rec'd in action, Dec.7, 1862, Prairie Grove,Ark.
James McArthur........... Aug. 2, 1861  Mustered out, February 14,1862.
William B. Keith.......... Mar. 1, 1863  Mustered out with regiment.
SECOND LIEUT.
William B. Keith.......... Aug. 2, 1861  Promoted First Lieutenant, March 1, 1863.
Solomon Smith............. May 20, 1863  Mustered out with regiment.
COMPANY F.
Name and Rank.    Date of Muster.                       Remzarks.
CAPTAIN.
John J. Boyd................. Aug. 6, 1861  Resigned, August 11, 1862.
Nathan Price............ Sept. 15, 1862  Mustered out with regiment, August 19, 1864.
FIRST LIEUT.
Nathan Price................. Aug. 13, 1861  Promoted Captain, September 15, 1862.
Cyrus Leland, jr............ Sept. 15, 1862  Resigned, January 1, 1865.
SECOND LIEUT.
Cyrus Leland, jr............ Aug.  6, 1861  Promoted First Lieutenant, September 15, 1862.
John Bryan.................. Oct. 28, 1862  Assigned to new Company B.
COMPANY G.
Name and Rank.'Date of Muster.                       Remarks.
CAPTAIN.
James H. Harris............ July 15, 1861  Must. out, March 4, 1862, and remust. as 1st Lt.
James M. Harvey......... Aug. 7, 1861  Mustered out with regiment.
FIRST LIEUT.
John U. Parsons........... Aug. 7, 1861  Died of measles, Lawrence, Kas., Dec. 22, 1861.
William C. Harris..................   Mustered out, March 4, 1862.
James H. Harris........... Mar. 4, 1862  Mustered out with regiment.
SECOND LIEUT.
Josephus D. Warner...... Aug. 7, 1861  Resigned, December 30, 1862.
Andrew G. Ege............ Aug. 16, 1861  No evidence of muster-out on file.
Gregor Wohlwend.........   April 23 1862  Died of consumption, Alton, Ill., March'10, 1864.
John C. Anderson....................... Mustered out, March 4, 1862.




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COMPANY H.
Name and Rank.    Date of ilster.                        Remarks.
CAPTAIN.
Napoleon B. Blanton..... Mar. 4, 1862  Resigned, February 2, 1863.
Samuel J. Stewart......... Feb. 15, 1863  Mustered out with regiment, August 18, 1864.
FIRST LIEUT.
Samuel J. Stewart......... Aug.  7, 1861  Promoted Captain, January 15,1863.
James H. Signor............ Feb. 15, 1863  Mustered out with regiment, August 18, 1864.
SECOND LIEUT.
James H. Signor................................. Promoted First Lieut., February 15,1863.
Levi Rittenhouse.......... Mar.  8, 1863  Mustered out with regiment, August 18, 1864.
COMPANY I.
Vame and Rank.    Date of Master.                       Remarks.
CAPTAIN.
Charles P. Twiss............ July 24, 1861  Resigned, July 18, 1862.
William C. Jones........... July -, 1862  Assigned to new Company B.
FIRST LIEUT.
William C. Jones........... July 24, 1861  Promoted Captain, July -, 1862.
James A. Pope.................................. Resigned, February 15,1863.
John F. Hill................................   Prom. Major 14th Kas. Vol. Cav., Sept. 18, 1863.
John E. Thorp.............. April 26,1864  Assigned to new Company B.
Seth M. Tucker............. July 16, 1861  Mustered out with regiment, August 19, 1864;
SECOND LIEUT.                         transferred from Company B.
James R. McClelland.....  July 24, 1861  Died, Fort Scott, Kansas, December 11, 1861.
Pemberton R. Eves....... July 24, 1861  Mustered out, March 15, 1862.
James A. Pope.............. Feb. 27, 1862  Promoted First Lieutenant.
John E. Thorp.............. Mar. 10, 1863  Promoted First Lieutenant, April 26, 1864.
COMPANY K.
Name and Rank.    Date of Muster.                       Remarks.
CAPTAIN.
Greenville Watson........ Aug. 12, 1861  Resigned, March 23, 1863.
Jerome T. Kelly...................... Mustered out, July 12, 1862, St. Louis, Mo., by
order of General Halleck.
Charles S. Hills............ May 11, 1862  Transferred to Company D, May 25, 1863.
Horace G. Loring......... April 3, 1863  Mustered out, August 19, 1864.
FIRST LIEUT.
Elijah Fleming............  Aug. 12, 1861  Resigned, August 1, 1862.
Horace G. Loring..........   Aug. 1, 1862  Promoted Captain, April 3, 1863.
John Sherrin................ April 3, 1863  Mustered out with regiment.
SECOND LIEUT.
James Davis.................. Aug. 12, 1861  Promoted Regimental Quartermaster Fifth K.
V. C., September 2, 1861.
Horace G. Loring.........   Sept. 2, 1861  Promoted First Lieutenant, August 1, 1862.
John Sherrin...............I Aug. 1, 1862  Promoted First Lieutenant, April 3,1863.
Thomas McGannon......   April 3, 1863  Promoted Adjutant, May 29, 1863.
George W. May............. May 30, 1863  Assigned to new Company D.
NEW COMPANY A.
Name and Rank.    Date of Muster.                       Remarks.
CAPTAIN.
Charles S. Hills............ May 11, 1862  Promoted Lieutenant Colonel, March 1, 1865.
Robert W. Wood........... Mar. 1, 1865  Mustered out with regiment, August 30,1865.
FIRST LIEUT.
Cyrus Leland................  Sept. 13, 1862  Resigned, December 29, 1864, per S. O. No. 360,
Department of Missouri, 1864.
Robert W. Wood............ Jan. 25, 1865  Promoted Captain, March 1, 1865.
Porter W. Phillips........ Mar. 1, 1865  Mustered out with regiment, August 80, 1865.
SECOND LIEUT.
Robert W. Wood........... Sept. 1, 1862  Promoted First Lieutenant, January 25, 1865.
Henry Banblitts........... July  1, 1865  Mustered out with regiment, August 30, 1865.




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NEW COMPANY B.
Name and Rank.    Date of iMfuster.                    Remarks.
CAPTAIN.
William C. Jones........... July -, 1862  Mustered out with regiment, August 30,1865.
FIRST LIEUT.
John E. Thorp.............. April 26, 1864  Mustered out with regiment, August 30,1865.
SECOND LIEUT.
John Bryan.................. Oct. 28, 1862  Died, May 14,'65, New Orleans, La., of wounds
received in action,April 9,'65, Ft.Blakely,Ala.
William M. Wicks........ May 14, 1865  Mustered out with regiment, August 30, 1865.
NEW. COMPANY C.
Name and Rank.    Date of Muster.                      Remarks.
CAPTAIN.
George Brooke............. June 12, 1863  Mustered out, June 16, 1865.
FIRST LIEUT.,
William  B. Stone.......... Nov. 10, 1863  Mustered out with regiment, August 30, 1865.
SECOND LIEUT.
George W. May.          May 30, 1863  Transferred to new Company D.
NEW  COMPANY D.
Name and Rank.    Date of Mluster.                     Remarks.
FIRST LIEUT.
Frederick A. Smalley... Sept. 1, 1862  Mustered out, January 20, 1865.
SECOND LIEUT.
eorge W. May............  May 30, 1863  Mustered out with regiment, August 30, 1865.
List of battles, etc., in which this regiment participated, showing loss
reported in each:
Prairie Grove —Killed, E. M., 7; wounded, 0. 2, E. M. 58. Franklin
-Wounded, E. M., 6.  Nashville -Wounded, E. M., 17.  Fort Blakely
-Killed, E. M., 5; wounded, 0. 1, E. M. 10. — U. S. Army Register.
FIRST KANSAS BATTERY —LIGHT ARTILLERY.
Name and Rank.    Date of Muster.                      Remarks.
CAPTAIN.
Thomas Bickerton......... July 24, 1861  Mustered out, February 15, 1862, orders W. D.
Norman Allen............... Feb. 25. 1862  Died of pneumonia, St. Louis, Mo., July 10,'63.
Marcus D. Tenney......... Aug. 27, 1863  Mustered out, July 17, 1865, Leavenworth, Kas.
FIRST LIEUT.
Norman Allen.............. July 24, 1861  Promoted Captain, February 25, 1862.
Alonzo Kent................. July 20, 1861  Resigned, May 14, 1862.
Marcus D. Tenney........ Jan. 15, 1862  Promoted Captain, August 27, 1863.
John C. Stoneburner..... May 15, 1862  Resigned, September 11, 1862.
Moses D. Baldwin......... Sept. 11, 1862  Resigned June 13, 1863.'Thomas Taylor............. July 10, 1863  Mustered out, July 17, 1865, Leavenworth, Kas.,John B. Cook................ Aug. 27, 1863  Mustered out, July 17, 1875, Leavenworth, Kas.
SECOND LIEUT.
Hartson R. Brown........ July 24, 1861  Mustered out, February 15, 1862, orders W. D.'Thomas Taylor............. Aug. 1, 1861  Promoted First Lieutenant, July 10, 1863.
Moses D. Baldwin.........  Feb. 25, 1862  Promoted First Lieutenant, September 11, 1862.
John B. Cook................ Sept. 11, 1862  Promoted First Lieutenant, August 27, 1863.
Michael Kearney.......... July 10, 1863  Mustered out, July 17,1865, Leavenworth, Kas..James N. Nolan............ Aug. 27, 1863  Mustered out, March 4, 1865.
List of battles, etc., in which this battery participated, showing loss reported in each:
Ball's Mills —No  loss.  Dry Wood —No loss.  Morristown —No loss.




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Osceola -no  loss.  Newtonia -No  loss.  Prairie  Grove -  Killed, E. M.,
1; wounded, E. M., 8.- U. S. Army Register.
OFFICERS FROM KANSAS COMMISSIONED BY THE PRESIDENT.
MAJOR GENERAL.                     ASS'T QUARTERMASTERS - (CONCLUDED.)
Names.          Date of Commission.            Names.           Date of Comrn ission
James G. Blunt.........November 29, 1862.   S. Lappin.................  November 26, 1862.
Chester Thomas........ February 9, 1863.
BRIGADIER GENERALS.                  Willis C. Goff........... February 19, 1863.
Adam Fisher............  February 19, 1863.
Robert B. Mitchell........ April 8, 1862.     George Alden...........March 12,1863.
James G. Blunt.........f April 8, 1862.        William A. Rankin... July 30, 1863.
Albert L. Lee............ November 29, 1862.   James E. Jones......... February 23, 1864.
George W. Deitzler... November 29, 1862.   John B. Dexter......... February 29, 1864.
Thomas Ewing,jr...... March 13, 1863.         Alfred J. Llovd.......... April 7, 1864.
Powell Clayton......... August 1, 1864.       Cyrus L. Gorton.......  May 18, 1864.
Henry H. Gillum......  August 22, 1864.
AIDES-DE-CAMP.                    Franklin F. Bruner... February 25, 1865.
Majors.
T. J. Weed............... January 29, 1862.         COMMISSARIES OF SUBSISTENCE.
Champion Vaughan.. January 29, 1862.                  Captains.
John Ritchie............ January 29, 1862.     A. Carter Wilder...... August 7, 1861.
Captains.                                Harvey A. Smith...... April 25, 1862.
James R. McClure..... January 29, 1862.        Robert Graham......... June 11, 1862.
William A. Phillips... January 29, 1862.       Oliver Barber............ June 11, 1862.
Avra P. Russell........ January 29, 1862.     Edmund N. Morrill... August 9, 1862.
ASSISTANT ADJUTANTS GENERAL.               Robert W. Hamer..... August 9, 1862.
Mliajors.                               James Davis............. September 5, 1862.
Charles Mundee........ August 16, 1862.       James Christian........ September 5, 1862.
Thomas J. Anderson. May 25, 1863.              M. S. Adams.............. September 5, 1862.
Frederick W. Emery. February 6, 1865.          Erastus Heath...........September 30, 1862.
Captains.                                John E. Gould...........  November 26, 1862.
Marcus J. Parrott...... August 3, 1861.       George L. Gaylord..... February 9, 1863.
Charles Mundee........  August' 24, 1861.     George W. Gardiner.. February 19, 1863.
Daniel McCook......... November 9, 1861.    J. H. W. Mills........... February 19, 1863.
Thomas Moonlight... April 14,1862.             John P. Alden......... July 2,1863.
W. W. H. Lawrence... April 14, 1862.           David G. Peabody..... July 30, 1863.
Charles F. Clarke...... June 12, 1862.        Demas M. Alexander  July 30, 1863.
John Pratt............... October 29, 1862.  Stephen A. Cobb.  May 18, 1864.
Sidney Clarke..........February 9, 1863.      Rufus R. Edwards    July 2, 1864.
Thomas J. Anderson. February 27, 1863.    H. Miles Moore......... July 7, 1864.
William  Tholen........ March 13, 1863.        Henry W. Fick......... July 7, 1864.
Frederick W. Emery. March 13, 1863.            Nelson Z. Strong.      February 25, 1865.
John Willans........ May 22, 1863.
SURGEONS.
ASSISTANT QUARTERMASTER S.                     Ml]ajors.
Captains.                                Henry Buckmaster... June 28, 1862.
Martin H. Insley...... August 6, 1861.        Samuel B. Davis........ February 19, 1863.
Charles F. Garrett..... April 25, 1862.       Geo.W. Hogeboom... July 19, 1863.
Theodore S. Case...... June 9, 1862.
John G. Haskell........ June 11, 1862.                 ADDITIONAL PAYMASTERS.
Prince G. D. Morton.. June 11, 1862..Mliajors. 
Edmund B.Whitman  July 18, 1862.               Henry Foote......... June 1, 1861.
George F. Warren..... July 30, 1862.           Henry J. Adams....... September 5, 1861.
Oliver S. Coffin.........  September 24, 1862.   Daniel M. Adams...... February 19, 1863.
Edward B. Grimes..... September 29, 1862.   Hiram  S. Sleeper..... February 19, 1863.
George W. McLane... October 20, 1862.           Shaler W. Eldridge... March 11, 1863.
James A. Finley.......November 26, 1862.   Josiah Miller............ July 28, 1863.
Samuel Hipple.......... November 26,1862.   George W. De Costa.. April 21, 1864.
FIRST INDIAN REGIMENT.
NVames.                            Rank.                 Date of Commission.
William A. Phillips.....................  Major....................................... June 2, 1862.
James A. Phillips...................... Major....................................... July 10, 1862.
J. H. Gillpatrick........................ First Lieutenant and Adjutant.. November 1, 1862.
Salmon S. Prouty....................... First Lieutenant and R. Q. M... June 21, 1862.
John T. Cox-..............................  First Lieutenant and R. Q. M... February 28, 1863.
John Chess................................. First Lieutenant and Adjutant.. May 28, 1863.
Alfred F. Bicking....................... First Lieutenant......................  September 10, 1862.
Ferdinand R. Jacobs.......:        First Lieutenant..........        September 10, 1862.
Robert T. Thompson.................. First Lieutenant.................... April 1, 1863.




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FIRST INDIAN REGIMENT-CONCLUDED.
Namles.                                     Rank.                       Date of Co7nmission.
Francis J. Fox..........................  First Lieutenant......................        September 10, 1862.
Albert Flanders.........................  First Lieutenant.......................   July 1, 1863.
Benj. F. Ayres...........................  First Lieutenant.......................      March 29, 1863.
Milford J. Burlingame...............  First Lieutenant.......................    December 28, 1863.
Frederick  Crafts.................          First Lieutenant......................      September 10, 1862.
Eli C. Lowe....................             First Lieutenant....................... September 10, 1862.
William  Roberts................. Second Lieutenant...................  July 1, 1863.
John D. Young.......................... Second Lieutenant...................j August 25, 1864.
SECOND INDIAN REGIMENT.
Names.                                       Rank.                       Date of Commnission.
John Ritchie..............................  Colonel....................................
Fred. W. Schuarte.....................  Lieutenant Colonel...................
E. W. Robinson..........................  First Lieutenant and Adjutant..
John  C. Palmer..........................   First Lieutenant and Adjutant..
George Huston.........................  First Lieutenant and R. Q. M...
A. J. Ritchie.....................   Surgeon.
M. A. Campdorus........................  Assistant Surgeon.....................
James H. Bruce.........................      Captain................................ May 27, 1863.
Joel Moody.............                     Captain....................................  Unknown.
Charles Lenhart.............                First Lieutenant.......................  October 15, 1862.
John M. Hunter........................  First Lieutenant.......................   September 14, 1862.
James H. Bruce..........................   First Lieutenant.......................   Unknown.
William  H. Kendall..................  First Lieutenant.......................   December 8, 1862.
John Moffit................................   First Lieutenant.......................   Unknown.
E. P. Gillpatrick........................  First Lieutenant.......................   Unknown.
A. J. Waterhouse........................   First Lieutenant.......................
Silas Hunter..............................  First Lieutenant.......................   June 2, 1862.
David A. Painter........................  First Lieutenant.......................   June 2, 1862.
Scott..............................  First Lieutenant.......................   June -, 1862.
THIRD INDIAN REGIMENT.
Names.                                       Rank.                      Date of Commission.
William  A. Phillips....................  Colonel.................................... July 11, 1862.
John A. Foreman......................I Major.......................................  July 11, 1862.
William  Galliher........................  First Lieutenant and Adjutant...  July 11, 1862.
Alfred  Larzelere........................   First Lieutenant and R. Q. M...  July 11, 1862.
A. C. Spillman...........................  Captain....................................  November 4, 1862.
Henry S. Anderson..................... Captain..........................                 November 15, 1862.
Maxwell Phillips........................  Captain....................................  May 28, 1863.
Solomon Kaufman..................... Captain.May 28, 1863.
Luke F. Parsons........................  First Lieutenant.......................  July 11, 1862.
John  S. Hanway........................  First Lieutenant.....................   July 11, 1862.
Andrew  W. Robb.......................  First Lieutenant....................... July 11, 1862.
Harmon  Scott............................           Lieutenant...................... July 11, 1862.
Benjamin Whitlow.....................  First Lieutenant........................    July 11, 1862.
Charles Brown..........................   First Lieutenant.......................   April 1, 1863.
William  McCulloch.................... Second  Lieutenant....................            December 31, 1862.
Basil G. McCrea..........................  Second  Lieutenant....................    December 31, 1862.
Jule C. Cayott.Second Lieutenant.................... May 28, 1863.
ONE HUNDRED AND THIRTEENTH U. S. COLORED TROOPS.
Namnes.'               Rank.                      Date of COns7mission.
James M. Steele...                           Lieutenant Colonel...............          December 10, 1863.
Josiah Sample..........................    aptain....................................March 1, 1864.
E. P. Gillpatrick........................  Captain......................                March1, 1864.
William  H. Smith.......................  Captain..........................             March, 1864.
John Hayes, jr.........................  Captain....................................  March 1, 1864.
James W. Gilgus.Captain.March 1, 1864.
Thomas Prastor                               First Lieutenant.......................    March 1, 1864.




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ONE HUNDRED AND THIRTEENTH U. S. COLORED TROOPS —CONCLUDED.
Names.                                 Rank.                    Date of Commission.
Wm. H. T. Wakefield................ First Lieutenant....................... January 22, 1864.
Ben. B. Thompson...................... First Lieutenant.......................  March 1, 1864.
Theodore C. Weaver.................. First Lieutenant.......................   April 1, 1865.
Abram  Smith............................ Second Lieutenant....................  March 1, 1864.
Wm. C. Kern................            Second Lieutenant.................... March 1, 1864.
Alanson Simons......................... Second Lieutenant....................   January 26, 1864.
EIGHTEENTH U. S. COLORED TROOPS.
Namnes.                                 Rank.                   Date of Commission.
John J. Sears............................Lieutenant Colonel...................  August 18,1864.
Lewis D. Joy..............................  Major....................................... September 10, 1864.
Nathaniel B. Lucas..................... Captain....................................  April 2, 1864.
L. O. Snoddy..............................  First Lieutenant and Adjutant.. June 4, 1864.
Wm. H. Dodge........................... First Lieutenant and R. Q. M... June 4, 1864.
Solomon Smith........................... Captain.................................... October 7, 1864.
George J. Drew........................... First Lieutenant.......................  June 20, 1864.
Charles H. Goodier.....................  First Lieutenant.......................  September 9, 1864.
Josiah R. Drew.......................... Second Lieutenant....................    August 8,1864.
Wm. H. Dunlap..........................  Second Lieutenant....................  September 16, 1864.
Thomas B. Murdock...................   Second Lieutenant....................  October 8, 1864.
FIFTY-SEVENTH U. S. COLORED TROOPS.
Name.                                  Rank.                   Date of Commission.
Silas Hunter..............................  Lieutenant Colonel.................. February 20, 1866.
SIXTY- FIFTH U. S. COLORED TROOPS.
Name.                                  Rank.                   Date of Commission.
Abner Doane.............................. First Lieutenant.......................  February -, 1864.
SEVENTY-SECOND U. S. COLORED TROOPS.
Name.                                  Rank.                    Date of Conmission.
James M. Iliff............................First Lieut. and R. Q. M........   June 24, 1864.
SECOND ARKANSAS INFANTRY.
Vanses.                                 Rank.                   Date of Commission.
G. M. Waugh............................. Lieutenant Colonel.................. March -, 1864.
J. K. Klinefelter........................  First Lieutenant and Adjutant.. April —, 1864.
Ira D. Bronson........................... Captain....................................  May -, 1864.
M. A. Payne............                First Lieutenant...May -,1864.
Wm. W. Tibbs............               Second Lieutenant.May -, 1864.
FOURTH ARKANSAS INFANTRY.
Names.                                  Rank.                 [Date of Commission.
Horace L. Moore............ Lieutenant Colonel................... May -, 1864.
H. S. Greeno............      Major.................................   September 8, 1864.
Henry Wood.............................   Captain....................................
Wm. J. Hunter............              Captain.................................... July 29,1864.
Howard Schuyler........................ Captain.................................... December -, 1864.
Hugh Quinn.............................. First Lieutenant.......................
John Tenant.............................. Second Lieutenant.................   October 16, 1864.




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FIFTH U. S. VOLUNTEERS.
Nasmes.'Rank.             Date of Commission.
Thomas Hughes......................... First Lieutenant...................... April 15, 1865.
Henry M. Herman..........      First Lieutenant.......................  April 18, 1865.
Chas. H. Hoyt........................... First Lieutenant.......................  May 1, 1865.
Win. M. Harshberger.................. Second Lieutenant...................  April 8, 1865.
DECEMBER 31.-Expenditures of the State for the year:
Governor's Department............. $4,150 00 Miscellaneous accounts.............. $6,306 07
Secretary's Department.............. 2,525 00 Commissioners to select lands..... 1,500 00
Auditor's Department................. 2,510 00 Adjutant General's Department..  586 79
Treasurer's Department.............  1,420 00 Quartermaster's Department......  261 75
Sup't of Public Instruction........ 1,700 00 War expenses............................  3,450 54
Attorney General.......................  963 31 Exp. issu'g and negotiat'gbonds.. 1,087 20
Judiciary Department................ 13,203 00 Comm'rs to locate Penitentiary..  182 50
Legislative exps. and Journals... 26,291 53
sate.1,6  53   Total expenses for 1861.............$84,821 99
State Printing........................... 18,684 30
1t862.
JANUARY  1.-The following papers are now  published in the State:
Independent, Oskaloosa, John W. Day and J. W. Roberts; Gazette, Grasshopper Falls, P. H. Hubbell; Express, Manhattan, James Humphrey;
Frontier News, Junction City, Geo. E. Dummler; State Record, Topeka,
E. G. Ross; Tribune, Topeka, Cummings &  Shepherd; News, Emporia,
Jacob Stotler; Herald, Osawatomie, C. E. Griffith; Republican, Lawrence,
John Speer; State Journal, Lawrence, Trask & Lowman; Gazette, Wyandotte, R. B. Taylor; Post (German), Wyandotte; Shield & Banner, Mansfield, Linn county, J. Lyman; Neosho Valley Register, Burlington, S. S.
Prouty; Smoky Hill and Republican Union, Junction City, George W.
Kingsbury; Mirror, Olathe, John Francis; Chief, White Cloud, Sol. Miller;
Union, Hiawatha, J. G. Parker; Union, Atchison, William  H. Adalns;
Champion, Atchison, John A. Martin; Zeitung (German), Semi-weekly,
Leavenworth, L. Sousmnan; Times, Daily and Weekly, Leavenworth, J.
Kemp Bartlett; Conservative, Daily, Tri-Weekly and Weekly, Leavenworth, D. W. Wilder. There are twenty-three in the list; eight still live.
JANUARY 9.- Capt. John Brown, jr., arrives at Leavenworth with enough
men to fill up his company.
JANUARY 9.-Judge Saunders W. Johnston presents to the Supreme Court
the petition of Geo. A. Crawford praying for a peremptory writ of mandamus to compel the Board of Canvassers to count the votes cast for him
for Governor.
-Major Chas. G. Halpine ("Miles O'Reilly") is Adjutant for General
Hunter, at Fort Leavenworth.
JANUARY  14. —Meeting of the Legislature.  Memnbers of the Senate:
E. P. Bancroft, J. F. Broadhead, Alonzo Curtis, J. Connell, H. B. Denman,
Jacob G. Rees, C. K. Holliday, O. B. Gunn, S. E. Hoffman, M. L. Essick,
J. M. Hubbard, S. Lappin, Chas. G. Keeler, Ed. Lynde, John J. Ingalls,
Wm. B. Barnett, Robert S. Stevens, R. Morrow, T. A. Osborn, J. A. Phillips, H. N. Seaver, W. Spriggs, H. S. Sleeper, S. N. Wood.




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Officers of the Senate: A. R. Banks, Secretary; C. K. Gilchrist, Assistant
Secretary; J. G. Kelsey, Journal Clerk; O. F. Ingraham, Engrossing Clerk;
J. R. Montgomery, Docket Clerk; J. S. Pigman, Sergeant-at-Arms; S. H.
Fairfield, Doorkeeper F. Jackson, Messenger.
Members of the House: Adams, Anderson, Baker, Brown, Carney, Church,
Columbia, Dickinson, Eskridge, Fishback, Foster, Goodnow, Grover (4th
District), Grover (7th District), Grube, Havens, Hersey, Huber, Ingersoll,
Jewell, Johnson, Jones (8th District), Jones (9th District), Jones (14th District), Karr, Lamb, Leard, Leonard, Lowry, Macy, McAuley, Marcell,
Martin, Medill, Maxson, Miller, Mitchell, Murphy, McCarthy, McClure,
McCrillus, McGonigle, McGrew (8th District), McGrew (9th Distnict),
O'Guartney, Patterson, Penney, Pierce, Plumb, Potter, Reynolds, Rice,
Russell, Sabin, Shean, Spaulding, Silvers, Smith, Starns, Steele, Thoman,
Valentine, Van Horn, Van Winkle, Welch, Wells, Wilson, Williams.
Officers of the House: M. S. Adams, Speaker; John Francis, of Johnson
county, Chief Clerk; Charles Clarkson, Sergeant-at-Arms; G. W. Griffith,
Assistant Clerk; Dan. M. Adams, Engrossing Clerk; Mr. Moffit, Assistant
Sergeant-at-Arms; Mr. McKinney, Docket Clerk; Mr. Watson, Journal
Clerk; Robt. S. Parham, Enrolling Clerk.
JANUARY 15.-Union Indians defeated in the Indian Territory and driven
to Kansas. They are encamped on Fall River.
JANUARY 21. —Sidney Clarke, contestant, admitted to the seat of George
W. Smith, in the House.
JANUARY 21.-Publication of the decision of the Supreme Court overruling the motion of Geo. A. Crawford. The Court declares the election
of Governor in 1861 illegal; opinion by Chief Justice Ewing. (State of
Kansas, ex rel. C1rawford, vs. Robinson, I Kan., 17.)
JANUARY 23.-Opotheyoholo, Chief of the Creek Nation, meets General
Hunter and tells him the condition of affairs in the Indian Territory.
-The Thirteenth Wisconsin arrives in Leavenworth.
JANUARY 23.-The Legislature accepts a present of twenty acres of land,
from the Topeka Town Association, as a site for the Capitol.
JANUARY 27. —Gen. Lane arrives in Leavenworth, as a Major General,
to take command of an expedition to the Gulf.
JANUARY 29. -The Ninth Wisconsin reaches Leavenworth.
FEBRUARY 1. —Organization of the Tenth Kansas.
FEBRUARY.-Wm. S. Blakely and George W. Martin become the publishers of the Union, at Junction City.
FEBRUARY 4.-Reception of the First Kansas, in Leavenworth.
-Investigation by the Legislature of the bond negotiations made by
Robert S. Stevens. The State reported to have lost $40,000.
FEBRUARY 12.-Death of W. R. Griffith, Superintendent of Public Instruction, at Topeka.
FEBRUARY 12.-An interesting printing swindle is exposed by Sol. Miller
and P. B. Plumb. See House Journal, pp. 213 to 224.
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of State bonds is published. It concludes with a resolution impeaching the
Governor, Secretary of State, and Auditor. The report is signed by Martin
Anderson, H. L. Jones, B. W. Hartley, Sidney Clarke, and Thomas Carney.
The House adopted the resolution by sixty-five votes in the affirmative, and
none in the negative.
FEBRUARY 15.-The Impeachment Managers, on the part of the House,
are P. B. Plumb, of Lyon; F. W. Potter, of Coffey; A. Spaulding, of Jefferson; W. R. Wagstaff, of Miami; D. Wilson, of Riley. Attorney General,
S. A. Stinson.
FEBRUARY.-The Supreme Court holds that acts of the Territorial Legislature, passed after the admission of the State into the Union, are valid;
opinion by Judge Kingman. (State of Kansas, ex rel. Hunt, vs. Meadows,
1 Kan., 90.)
FEBRUARY 20.-Kansas now has 9,000 soldiers in the field.
FEBRUARY 21.-Thos. Roberts admitted to the seat in the Senate made
vacant by the resignation of James A. Phillips.
FEBRUARY 26.-Wilson Shannon, Fred. P. Stanton and Nathan P. Case
appear as counsel for the impeached officers.
FEBRUARY 26.-James H. Lane writes to the Legislature that he has
failed to make a satisfactory arrangement with Gen. Hunter; that he will
not lead a military expedition to the Gulf; that he has resigned his Brigadiership, and that he will return to the Senate.
FEBRUARY 28.-The Daily Inquirer started in Leavenworth, by Adams
& Driggs; Burrell E. Taylor, Editor. A meeting called to mob the paper
was addressed by M. W. Delahay and D. W. Wilder, favoring free speech,
and the meeting of argument with argument.
MARCH 1.-The seats in the Senate of Bancroft, Broadhead and Gunn
are declared vacant, ostensibly because they had accepted commissions in
the volunteer service. They were friends of Robinson and enemies of Lane.
Horatio Knowles is admitted to Broadhead's seat, and J. M. Rankin to
Bancroft's seat.
MARCH 5.-Jas. C. Horton elected Assistant Journal Clerk of the Senate.
MARCH 5.-Formation of the State Agricultural Society. Meeting in the
hall of the House of Representatives, Topeka.
Officers: President, Lyman Scott, of Leavenworth; Secretary, F. G. Adams,
of Shawnee; Treasurer, Isaac Garrison, of Shawnee; Executive Committee,
E. B. Whitman, of Douglas; F. P. Baker, of Nemaha&; W. A. Shannon, of
Lyon; C. B. Lines, of Wabaunsee; J. C. Marshall, of Linn; Martin Anderson, of Jackson; Thos. Arnold, of Coffey; J. W. Sponable, of Johnson;
Welcome Wells, of Riley; R. A. Van Winkle, of Atchison.
No Fair was held.
MARCH 6.-Adjournment of the Legislature. This Legislature compiled
the laws; the volume of laws fills 1116 pages. Among the acts passed were
the following: Accepting the terms imposed by Congress upon the admission of the State; Apportioning the State for Senators and Representatives;
Codes of civil and criminal procedure; Establishing a Criminal Court in




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Leavenworth county; Organizing the county of Greenwood; Changing the
name of Breckinridge county to Lyon; Creating a State Board of Equalization; Homestead exemption law; Providing for the management of the
School fund and the University fund; Repealing the law of Feb. 9, 1858,
establishing the office of Land District Recorder; Establishing the salaries
of State officers, Judges, and Members and Clerks of the Legislature.
MARCH 6, 7, 8.-Battle of Pea Ridge, Arkansas.
MARCH 7.-"The notorious Quantrell, alias Hart," plunders Aubrey and
kills three citizens.
MARCH 9.-Arthur Gunther, of Lawrence, having been commissioned as
a Captain in the Second Kansas, the Conservative publishes the following
copy of a certificate which Gunther carries in his pocket:
HEADQUARTERS KANSAS VOLUNTEERS,
LAWRENCE CITY, Dec. 12, 1855.
This is to certify that A. GUNTHER faithfully and gallantly
served as Private in the Wakarsusa Liberty Guards, Kansas Vol-  *
unteers, from the 27th day of November, 1855, to the 13th day of
December, 1855, in defending the City of Lawrence, in Kansas
Territory, from demolition by foreign invaders; when he was
honorably discharged from said service.
H. F. SANDERS, Captain.
LYMAN ALLEN, Col. COrn. 1st Reg. Kas. Vols.
J. H. LANE, Gen. 1st Brig. KIas. Vols.
C. ROBINSON, Major General.
MARCH 13.-Treaty with the Kansas Indians; improvements by certain
settlers to be paid for.
MARCH 14.-John A. Martin, Lieutenant Colonel of the Eighth Kansas,
is appointed Provost Marshal of Leavenworth.
MARCH 15.-Kansas soldiers at Fort Riley destroy the office of the Kansas
Frontier News, a disloyal paper published at Junction City.
-Gen. Denver ordered to take command in Kansas; Gen. Deitzler to
join Curtis, in Arkansas.
-The Conservative says:
"The Ninth, Twelfth and Thirteenth Wisconsin, the First, Third, Fifth and Sixth
Kansas, and Capt. Rabb's Battery, are now at Fort Scott. The Fourth is at Wyandotte,
the Seventh at Humboldt, and the Second at Shawneetown. The headquarters of the
Eighth are here, but the regiment is widely scattered."
MARCH 25."There are now in southern Kansas between six and seven thousand Indians, refugees from the Rebels within the Indian Territory. A large number of these are encamped
at Leroy, Coffey county, on the Neosho river, at which place is established the headquarters of their Superintendent, and various agents. Leroy is also the depot from
which supplies are issued. The principal tribes to which these refugees belong are the
Creeks, Seminoles, Cherokees and Chickasaws, with a few scattered Wichitas and other
prairie tribes, whose location is west of Forts Cobb and Arbuckle. They have now been
in Kansas since the middle of January, a period of two months. Much suffering
has been endured by them. Before relief was afforded by Gen. Hunter, scores of these
people died of hunger, cold, and the diseases superinduced by these causes. Among
these Indians (whose numbers have lately been augmented by the arrival of several
fragmentary tribes of Quapaws, Senecas, etc.) are about 2,000 warriors, good and effective
braves, who only need arms and ammunition to make them a useful force."-Conservative.




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MARCH 26.-Defeat of the First Colorado, at Pigeon's Ranch,'New Mexico.
John P. Slough is the Colonel, Samuel F. Tappan Lieutenant Colonel, and
the regiment is largely made up of Kansas men.
MARCH 28.-Der Deutsche Krieger is the name of a German paper issued
by the Ninth Wisconsin, at Fort Scott.
-Prof. S. M. Thorp, of Lawrence, is appointed Superintendent of Public
Instruction.
APRIL 1. —Robt. B. Mitchell and James G. Blunt are appointed Brigadier
Generals.
APRIL 6. —Battle of Pittsburgh Landing.
MAY 2. — Gen. Blunt commands the Department of Kansas.
-The First Indian regiment organized at Leroy.
MAY 8. —Congress appropriates $100,000 to pay the Lane Brigade.
MAY 9.- Gen. Hunter, in South Carolina, issues an emancipation proclamation.
MAY 11.-The Jayhawker Cleveland, alias Moore, alias Metz, killed at
thee Marais des Cygnes, by Lieut. Walker's men, of the Sixth Kansas. His
body was taken to Osawatomie. He had been in Kansas twelve months.
Was mustered in as a Captain in Jennison's regiment, but very soon mustered out. He stole in the name of Liberty.
MAY 17.-Kansas troops ordered to Corinth, Mississippi.
MAY 19.-Lincoln revokes Hunter's proclamation.
MAY 20.-Passage of the homestead law. It is chapter 75 of the U. S.
Statutes of 1862.
MAY 22.-Organization of the First Indian regiment.
MAY 24.-Wmin.. A. Barstow, Colonel Third Wisconsin, Provost Marshal
General of the State; Maj. Elias A. Calkins, of the Third Wisconsin, Provost
Marshal of Leavenworth.
MAY 27, 28, 29.-The First, Seventh and Eighth Kansas, the Second
Kansas Battery, and the Twelfth and Thirteenth Wisconsin, sail from
Leavenworth towards Corinth.
MAY 27. —Capt. John Brown, jr., resigns, and Lieut. Geo. H. Hoyt is
appointed Captain.
MAY 30. —Col. Wm. Weer, of the Tenth Kansas, given command of the
Indian expedition.
JUNE 2.-The Senate meets as a Court of Impeachment. Counsel for
defence, Wilsofi Shannon, Fred. P. Stanton, and N. P. Case; prosecution,
Samuel A. Stinson, Azel Spaulding, Davies Wilson, and W. R. Wagstaff.
JUNE 3.-The Conservative is printed on a Hoe Cylinder Press, the first
one brought to the State. Francis J. Nutz puts it up.
JUNE 3. — Stephen A. Cobb sworn in as the successor of Senator O. B.
Gunn.
-Thos. A. Osborn elected President pro tern. of the Senate over John J.
Ingalls, on the fourteenth ballot.
-The trial of John W. Robinson, Secretary of State, begins.
JUNE 6.-Byron Sherry elected Journal Clerk, and Richard J. Hinton and
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JUNE 11.-The following is copied from the argument of Attorney General
Stinson:
"Now, may it please this honorable Court, where is the first word of legal or competent testimony tending to show that Hillyer and Robinson might not have sold these
bonds without the assistance or intervention of Stevens? We have the unsupported
and somewhat interested opinion of Stevens on the point. We have the testimony of
counsel in their Congressional experiences.
"MR. STANTON: I did not testify.
"MR. STINSON: I meant this remark in no disrespectful sense. I referred to the
Congressional experiences which I understood you and'Gov. Shannon to favor the
Court with.
"MR. STANTON: The Attorney General is mistaken; I gave no Congressional experiences.
"MR. STINSON: Then I will throw the burden on Gov. Shannon. He must stand it,
for he is not here to defefid himself.
"The only reason seems to be that they understood from Senator Pomeroy that they
better not try. Take this testimony together, and if it all be true, that distinguished
Senator seems to have been drawn into the meshes of this web of conspiracy and fraud.
He testified, in his deposition, that he is' a laborer.' The Scripture says' the laborer is
worthy of his hire.' Let us, for the honor of the State, if we can, so liberally and charitably construe this testimony as to exclude the idea that the laborer received his hire
in this transaction. Even this allusion may do injustice to an innocent man; but he
who touches pitch must be defiled. The people of the State will gratefully accept, and
at the same time earnestly insist upon, a full explanation of Mr. Pomeroy's connexion
with this transaction."
JUNE 12.-The following is copied from the Report of the Trial:
"The first Article of Impeachment was read by the Secretary pro tens.
"ARTICrEr 1. That the said John W. Robinson was, prior to the third day of June,
A. D. 1861, ever since has been, and still is, Secretary of State of said State of Kansas.
That on the fifth day of June, A. D. 1861, the said John W. Robinson, as Secretary of
State, together with the Governor and Auditor of said State, was authorized and empowered to negotiate and sell the bonds of the State, the issuance of which was provided
for in the act authorizing the negotiation of one hundred and fifty thousand dollars of
the bonds of the State of Kansas, to defray the current expenses of the State, approved
May 1, 1861.
"That bonds of the State of Kansas, to defray the current expenses of said State as
aforesaid, were prepared, executed, and issued according to law.
"That the said John W. Robinson, being so empowered to sell and negotiate said
bonds, did authorize and empower one Robert S. Stevens to negotiate and sell said
bonds, to the amount of eighty-seven thousand two hundred dollars, at any price over
sixty per centum upon the amount of said bonds, he, the said Stevens, paying to the
State no more than sixty per centum of said amount; that under said agreement, and
with the full knowledge and consent of said Robinson, said Stevens proceeded to sell
and deliver a large amount of said bonds, to wit, the amount of fifty-six thousand
dollars of said bonds, at the rate of eighty-five per centum on said amount of fifty-six
thousand dollars, all of which was well known to said Robinson; and under the said
agreement, with the full knowledge and consent of said'Robinson, said Stevens paid
over and accounted to said State for only the amount of sixty per centum on said bonds
so sold as aforesaid, which said agreement, so made and entered into by said Robinson,
was in direct violation of the laws of said State in this, that under the said.laws said
bonds could not be sold for less than seventy per centum on the amount of said bonds;
and was in violation of the official duties of the said Robinson in this, that the said State.
was, by said agreement, defrauded out of its just rights, in that said State was entitled
to receive the full amount for which said bonds were sold, while in truth and in fact,
with the full knowledge and consent of the said Robinson, said bonds were sold for,eighty-five per centum upon the dollar of the amount of said bonds, while in truth and




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in fact the said State did not receive more than sixty per centum upon the whole amount
of said bonds so sold: whereby said John W. Robinson betrayed the trust reposed in him
by the State of Kansas, subjected said State to great pecuniary loss, and has thereby
been guilty of a high misdemeanor in said office of Secretary of State aforesaid."
" The President pro tern. then took the opinion of the members of the Cqurt respectively, in the form following:
"Mr. -, how say you? Is the respondent, John W. Robinson, Guilty or Not Guilty
of a High Misdemeanor, as charged in this Article of Impeachment?
"The following gentlemen voted GUILTY, in response to the Chair: Messrs. Bayless,
Cobb, Connell, Curtis, Essick, Holliday, Hubbard, Keeler, Knowles, Lambdin, McDowell,
Osborn, Rankin, Rees, Roberts, Sleeper, and Spriggs-17.
"Those voting NOT GUILTY were: Messrs. Barnett, Ingalls, Denman, and Lappin -4."
"The President then arose, and recapitulated the votes thus:
" On the first Article of Impeachment, seventeen gentlemen having voted Guilty, and
four Not Guilty; on the second, ten gentlemen having voted Guilty, and eleven gentlemen
Not Guilty; on the third, eight gentlemen having voted Guilty, and thirteen Not Guilty;
on the fourth, five gentlemen having voted Guilty, and sixteen Not Guilty; on the fifth,
seven gentlemen having voted Guilty, and fourteen gentlemen Not Guilty; on the sixth,
twenty-one gentlemen having voted Not Guilty; on the seventh, twenty-one gentlemen
having voted Not Guilty; on the eighth, twenty-one gentlemen having voted Not Geuilty -
it therefore appears, that John W. Robinson is found Guilty of High Misdemeanor in
office, as charged in the first Article of Impeachment, and is acquitted on the second,
third, fourth, fifth, sixth, seventh and eighth Articles."
The Senate then voted to remove Secretary Robinson from office, by 18 to 3.
The trial of Geo. S. Hillyer, Auditor, followed.
JUNE 15.-The Leavenworth Inquirer suppressed by Gen. Blunt.
JUNE 16.-The following is copied from page 396 of the Trial:
"The President then arose, and recapitulated the vote thus:
"On the first Article of Impeachment, seventeen gentlemen having voted Guilty, and
four Not Guilty; on the second, nine gentlemen having voted Guilty, and twelve Not
Guilty; on the third, six gentlemen having voted Guilty, and fifteen Not Guilty; on the
fourth, five gentlemen having voted Guilty, and sixteen Not Guilty; on the fifth, no gentleman having voted Guilty, and nineteen Not Guilty; on the sixth, four gentlemen
having voted Guilty, and seventeen Not Guilty; on the seventh, twenty-one gentlemen
having voted Not Guilty-it therefore appears, that George S. Hillyer is found Guilty of
High Misdemeanor in office, as charged in the first Article of Impeachment, and is Acquitted on the second, third, fourth, fifth, sixth and seventh Articles."
The Senate then voted, by 18 to 2, to remove Auditor Hillyer from office.
The following is the Article on which he was found guilty:
"ARTICLE 1. That the said George S. Hillyer, as Auditor of State of the State of
Kansas, was, together with the Secretary of State and Governor of said State, by the
laws of said State, authorized and empowered to negotiate and sell the bonds of the
State, the issuance of which was provided for in the act authorizing the negotiation of
one hundred and fifty thousand dollars of the bonds of the State of Kansas, to defray
the current expenses of the State, approved May 1, 1861.
"That bonds of the State of Kansas, to defray the current expenses of the State as
aforesaid, were prepared, executed, and issued according to law.
" That the said George S. Hillyer, being so empowered to sell and negotiate said bonds,
did authorize and empower one Robert S. Stevens to negotiate and sell said bonds to the
amount of eighty-seven thousand two hundred dollars, at any price over sixty per centum
upon the amount of said bonds, he, said Stevens, paying to the State no more than sixty
per centum of said amount; that under said agreement, and with the full knowledge
and consent of said Hillyer, said Stevens proceeded to sell and deliver a large amount
of said bonds, to wit, the amount of fifty-six thousand dollars of said bonds, at the rate




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of eighty-five per centum on said amount of fifty-six thousand dollars, all of which was
well known to said Hillyer; and under the said agreement, with the full knowledge
and consent of said Hillyer, said Stevens paid over and accounted to said State for only
the amount of sixty per centum upon said bonds so sold, which said agreement so made
and entered into by said Hillyer, was in direct violation of the laws of said State in this,
that under said laws said bonds could not be sold for less than seventy per centum on
the amount of said bonds; and was in violation of the official duty of said Hillyer in
this, that said State was by said agreement defrauded out of its just rights, in that said
State was entitled to receive the full amount for which said bonds were sold, while in
truth and in fact, with the full knowledge and consent of said Hillyer, said bonds were
sold for eighty-five per centum upon the dollar, and the State did not receive therefrom
more than sixty per centum upon the bonds so sold: whereby said Hillyer betrayed the
trust reposed in him by the State of IKansas, subjected said State to great pecuniary loss,
and has thereby been guilty of high misdemeanor in his said office of Auditor of State
aforesaid."
The trial of Gov. Robinson followed, and was concluded the same day.
His acquittal is thus announced:
"The President then arose, and recapitulated the votes thus:
".On the first Article, two gentlemen have pronounced Guilty, and nineteen Not Guilty;
on the second Article, there is an unanimous vote of Not Guilty; on the third Article,
there is an unanimous vote of Not Guilty; on the fourth Article, there is an unanimous
vote of Not Guilty; on the fifth Article, one has said Guilty, and twenty Not Guilty: hence
it appears that there is not a constitutional majority of votes finding Charles Robinson
Guilty on any one Article. It therefore becomes my duty to declare that Charles Robinson stands Acquitted of all the Articles exhibited by the House of Representatives
against him."
The Court adjourns.  The volume of "Proceedings in the Impeachment
Cases" contains 425 pages. The printing was superintended by Senator
Ingalls.  The report was made by R. J. Hinton.
JUNE 18.-D. R. Anthony, Lieutenant Colonel of the Seventh Kansas,
issued an Order concluding as follows:
"Any officer or soldier of this command who shall arrest and deliver to his master a
fugitive slave, shall be summarily and severely punished, according to the laws relative
to such crimes."
For issuing this Order, Col. Anthony was arrested and deprived of his
command in Tennessee.
JUNE 20. —Decision of Attorney General Edward Bates published. Gov.
Robinson had commissioned A. L. Lee as Colonel of the Seventh. Lieut.
Gov. Root gave Chas. W. Blair a commission for the same position. Gen.
Blunt referred the question to the U. S. Attorney General, and received this
reply:
" The absence of Governor Robinson from the State did not create the disability contemplated by the Constitution of Kansas, by which the Lieutenant Governor would be
authorized to perform the duties of Governor."
Since this time the Private Secretary of the Governor has acted as Governor when the Governor has been absent.
JUNE 22. —Organization of the Second Indian regiment.
JUNE 24.-Treaty with the Ottawa Indians. The Ottawas to become
citizens in five years; lands to be divided between them; 20,000 acres set
apart for the purpose of endowing a school; ten acres for the benefit of the
Ottawa Baptist Church, etc. C. C. Hutchinson is the Ottawa Indian Agent.
JUNE 28.-Treaty with the Kickapoos. A portion of their lands to- be




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set apart and held in severalty; the remainder to be sold. New homes to
be purchased in the Indian country. The Atchison & Pike's Peak R. R.
Co. may buy the lands, to be sold at $1.25 an acre.
JUNE 30.-Bill and Jim Anderson, Quantrell and others, make a raid
into the State, shoot A. I. Baker and Segur, and set fire to the building they
are in. Segur escapes and dies, while Baker dies immediately, and his body
is burned to ashes. The Emporia News publishes the report.
JULY 1.-Incorporation by Congress of the Union Pacific Railroad Comlpany. The following is a summary of the law —chapter 120 of the U. S.
Statutes:
"3. There is granted to the Company every alternate section of public land, designated by odd numbers, to the amount of five alternate sections per mile on each side of
said railroad, on the line thereof, and within the limits of ten miles on each side, not
sold, reserved, or otherwise disposed of by the United States, and to which a pre-emption
or homestead claim may not have attached, at the time the line of said road is definitely
fixed.
"5. When 40 miles are finished, the Secretary of the Treasury shall issue to said
Company bonds of the United States of $1,000 each, payable in thirty years, bearing six
per cent. interest (payable semi-annually), which interest may be paid in United States
Treasury notes, or any other money or currency which the United States have or shall
declare lawful money and a legal tender, to the amount of sixteen bonds per mile for
each section of forty miles; and to secure the repayment to the United States, all such
bonds constitute a first mortgage in favor of the United States.
"8, 9. The Leavenworth, Pawnee and Western Railroad Company of Kansas are
authorized to construct a railroad and telegraph line from the Missouri river, at the
mouth of the Kansas, to connect with the Pacific Railroad of Missouri, to the one hundredth meridian of longitude, upon the same terms and conditions as provided for the
construction of the Pacific Railroad, and to meet and connect with the same at the meridian aforesaid; and said railroad through Kansas shall be so located that the several
roads from Missouri and Iowa, authorized to connect with the same, can make connexion within the limits prescribed in this act, provided the same can be done without
deviating from the general direction of the whole line to the Pacific coast.
"10. The Kansas Company shall complete 100 miles of road in two years, and 100 miles
a year thereafter; the California Company 50 miles in two years, and 50 miles a year
thereafter; and after either or both companies have finished their own roads, they may
unite on equal terms in the construction of the main line. The same is permitted to
the Hannibal and St. Joseph, and the Pacific Railroad Company of Missouri, so far as to
assist the Kansas Company to construct the Leavenworth branch.
"13. The Hannibal and St. Joseph Company may extend their road via Atchison, to
unite with the road through Kansas; and the Leavenworth, Pawnee and Western Railroad Company may construct their road from Leavenworth to unite with the road
through Kansas."
By the act there is to be a continuous railroad ready for use, from the
Missouri to the Sacramento,- by July 1, 1876.
JULY. 2.-Passage of the act giving lands for Agricultural Colleges. It is
chapter 130 of the U. S. Statutes, and is thus summarized:
"Public lands (not mineral), not exceeding 30,000 acres for each Senator and Representative in Congress, are apportioned to the several States; the proceeds of the sale of
such lands shall be invested in stocks of the United States, or of the States, or some
other safe stocks, yielding not less than five per cent.; and the moneys so invested shall
constitute a perpetual fund, the capital of which shall remain forever undiminished,
and the interest of which shall be inviolably appropriated, by each State which may
take and claim the benefit of this act, to the endowment, support and maintenance of
at least one college where the leading object shall be, without excluding other scientific
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as are related to agriculture and the mechanic arts, in such manner as the Legislatures
of the States may respectively prescribe, in order to promote the liberal and practical
education of the industrial classes in the several pursuits and professions in life."
JULY 15. —The Bourbon County Monitor issued at Marmaton, by D. B.
Emmert.
JULY 23. —Ex-Governor Reeder visits Kansas.
AUGUST 4.-J. H. Lane opens an office in Leavenworth as a Recruiting
Commissioner, to enlist colored as well as white soldiers, receiving his authority from Washington. The colored men are at first enlisted as laborers.
AUGUST 8.- Gen. Blunt leaves Leavenworth to take command of the
Indian Expedition, now in the Indian Territory.
AUGUST 12.-P, B. Plumb and E. G. Ross begin enlisting men for the
Eleventh.
AUGUST 15. —Orders are issued in Missouri, signed Upton Hays and
W. C. Quantrile, declaring that all men going to Federal posts to enlist in
the Federal army will be shot where taken.
AUGUST 19. —John Ross, Chief of the Cherokees, arrives in Leavenworth.
-E. G. Ross sells the Topeka Record to S. D. Macdonald and F. G.
Adams.
SEPTEMBER. — Organization of the Twelfth and Thirteenth Kansas.
SEPTEMBER 6.-The Judicial Convention at Hiawatha unanimously renominates Albert H. Horton for Judge.
SEPTEMBER 7.- Quantrell enters Olathe with a large force, kills several
men, robs the stores, and destroys the offices of the Mirror and the Herald.
— Governor Robinson issues an order for a complete organization of the
Militia. The name of S. R. Shepherd appears as Secretary of State.
SEPTEMBER 10.-Organization of the Second Battery.
SEPTEMBER 12.-T. Dwight Thacher resumes the publication of the Lawrence Republican.
SEPTEMBER 13.-Thos. Ewing, jr., resigns, as Chief Justice, to take command of the Eleventh regiment.
-John A. Halderman is appointed Major General of the Militia of
northern Kansas.
SEPTEMBER 16.-Organization of the Third Indian regiment.
SEPTEMBER 17.-Battle of Antietam.
SEPTEMBER 17.-Republican State Convention at Topeka. Called to
order by T. Dwight Thacher.  Vote for Chairman: F. P. Baker, of Nemaha,
41; James Scott, of Linn, 28. M. R. Dutton was chosen Secretary.
Committee on Credentials: Legate, Murdock, Burnett, Odell, Wheeler,
Bishop, and Wakefield.
Committee on Permanent Organization: Colton, McDowell, Thomas, Empie,
Maxson, Drinkwater, and Pound.
Officers: President, F. P. Baker, of Nemaha; Vice Presidents, George
W. Gardiner of Leavenworth, Coldman of Coffey, Shipley of Miami;
Secretaries, M. R. Dutton of Jefferson, Griffith of Franklin, D. B. Emmert of Bourbon.
The call for the Convention placed the nomination of the Member of
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Congress before that of Governor. Ed. Russell, of Doniphan, moved to
nominate in that order.. Lost, by 27 to 41. This was a triumph of Lane
and Carney, and the defeat of George A. Crawford.
Committee on Resolutions: Woodworth, of Atchison; Sherry, of Nemaha;
Crosby, of Jefferson; McKee, of Leavenworth; and Scott, of Linn.
Committee to Investigate Chdrges of Corruption Against Certain Candidates:
McDowell, Russell, Fairchild, Thomas, Riggs, Burnett, and Reynolds.
Adjourned till morning. On reassembling, the Committee reported that
there were no charges worthy of consideration.
Ballot for Governor: Thomas Carney, 42; George W. Collamore, 22;
William A. Phillips, 9. Ballot for Lieutenant Governor: Thomas A. Osborn, of Doniphan, 50; John J. Ingalls, of Atchison, 22; George A. Crawford, of Bourbon, 2. On motion of James F. Legate, of Johnson, George
A. Crawford was nominated for Secretary of State by acclamation. A committee appointed to wait on Mr. Crawford reported that he accepted the
nomination unconditionally. In fact, he absolutely refused the nomination. Ballot for Auditor: Asa Hairgrove, of Linn, 39; Samuel Lappin, of
Nemaha, 24; C. S. Lambdin, of Butler, 9; Martin Anderson, of Jackson, 3.
Ballot for Treasurer: William Spriggs, of Anderson, 40; Judge John A.
Wakefield, of Douglas, 32; John R. Swallow, of Lyon, 3. Ballot for
Superintendent of Public Instruction: Isaac T. Goodnow, of Riley, 34;
John Francis, of Johnson, 17; S. W. Greer, of Leavenworth, 2; S. M.
Thorp, of Douglas, 3; Wm. A. Bishop, of Saline, 6; Abram Ellis, of
Miami, 9; H. D. Preston, of Osage, 2; Watson, 1. Prof. Goodnow was,
on motion, declared the nominee. Ballot for Attorney General: Warren
W. Guthrie, of Brown, 42; C. K. Gilchrist, of Shawnee, 29; Mr. Lowe, 1.
Associate Justice: L. D. Bailey, of Lyon, 31; Azel Spaulding, of Jefferson,
13; J. H. Watson, of Lyon, 21; Judge McKay, of Wyandotte, 8. On the
second ballot Bailey received 44, Watson 28.
EVENING SESSION. —First ballot for Congress: A. C. Wilder 29, M. F.
Conway 25, T. D. Thacher 10, W. W. H. Lawrence 10, Wm. A. Phillips 1.
Second ballot: Wilder 34, Conway 27, Thacher 11, Lawrence 4. Sixth
ballot: Wilder 37, Conway 23, Thacher 15. Seventh ballot: Wilder 41,
Conway 20, Thacher 14. A letter is read from Thos. Ewing, jr., in which
he says he will not resign as Chief Justice, unless he receives a commission
as Colonel of the Eleventh.
State Central Committee: Samuel F. Atwood of. Leavenworth, John J.
Ingalls of Atchison, Sidney Clarke of Douglas, W. R. Saunders of Coffey,
J. F. Newlon of Lyon, Chester Thomas of Shawnee, L. R. Palmer of
Pottawatomie.
Speeches were made by Thos. Carney, A. C. Wilder, J. H. Lane, J. C.
Vaughan, C. R. Jennison, and John A. Wakefield. The following platform
was adopted:
"Resolved, That, as the representatives of the people of Kansas, we do most heartily
endorse the administration of the President of the United States; that, having implicit
confidence in the integrity of his character, and the steadfastness of his purpose, we
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petuate the Union; that we desire a vigorous prosecution of the war, and a speedy and
effectual vindication of a just and liberal Government, sought to be overthrown.
"Resolved, That we have full confidence in the ability and integrity of the nominees
of this Convention; that we pledge to them our united support; and that we invite all
friends of the Union, and advocates of the sentiments above enunciated, to co-operate
with us in securing their election."
SEPTEMBER 18.-D. R. Anthony, Lieutenant Colonel of the Seventh, resigns and returns to Leavenworth, from Mississippi.
— Appearance of the Leavenworth Evening Bulletin, published by Henry
Buckingham, A. N. Hamilton and George F. Prescott.
-The Conservative, during the campaign, edited by Ward Burlingame.
-Burrell B. Taylor is again editing the Inquirer.
SEPTEMBER 22.-President Lincoln's first Emancipation Proclamation.
The Chicago Tribune says: "So splendid a vision has hardly shone upon
the world since the day of the Messiah."
SEPTEMBER 24.-The body of Capt. John Lockhart; of the Fifth, reaches
Leavenworth, from Helena, Ark. He was one of the truest and worthiest
of the young pioneers and soldiers of Kansas. His family resided at
McCamish, Johnson county.
-Capt. P. B. Plumb, of Company C, Eleventh Regiment, is elected Major.
SEPTEMBER 29.-Union State Convention at Lawrence.  Called to order
by Mr. Graves, of Woodson.  W. W. Updegraff, of Miami, temporary
Chairman, J. K. Goodin, of Franklin, Secretary.
Committee on Permanent Organization: Thos. Murphy of Atchison, A. J.
Mead of Riley, Benj. F. Simpson of Miami, Hadley of Wyandotte, Ford
of Douglas, Samuel A. Stinson of Leavenworth, N. S. Goss of Woodson.
Officers: President, W. W. Updegraff; Vice Presidents, Chas. G. Keeler
of Johnson, Graves of Woodson, Benton of Atchison; Secretary, Hovey E.
Lowman, of Douglas.
Committee on Platform: Stinson, Mead, Benton, Goss, Hadley, Roberts of
Miami, and Ford of Douglas.
The following platform is adopted:
"First: That the condition of our country and State imperatively demands that all
good and loyal citizens should, without distinction of party, unite in supporting the
National Government in its efforts to crush the rebellion, and in maintaining the liberties of our people against threatened assaults from powerful and tyrannical political
demagogues.
"Second: That there are now no open questions in regard to the present policy of the
National Administration; its only policy should be to maintain the integrity of the
Government, and re-establish the authority of the Constitution and the laws at every
sacrifice.
"Third: That while there are among us differences of opinion upon minor questions
of policy in the prosecution of the war, we are all agreed that the measures adopted
should be those which will bear with the most crushing effect upon the Rebellion.
"Fourth: That the people, absorbed in the dangers which menace the country and
the State, have neglected and abandoned the old political organizations, and these
organizations have become the exponents of the schemes and ambition of demagogues
and cliques. They present no issues of principles or policy, and only serve as the machinery to corrupt the elective franchise, and divide the loyal men of the nation.
"Fifth: That recent events in our own State have demonstrated the danger and disgrace attendant upon the active continuance of party organizations at this time. Fed



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eral patronage imprudently entrusted to dishonest politicians; open pecuniary bribery,
and every species of corruption, have notoriously controlled the action of a recent
political convention in this State, and placed in nomination candidates for office
tainted with the disgrace of the assembly which presented them. To defeat this scheme,
devised to control the destinies of the State by bribery, we pledge ourselves to use our
most earnest and determined efforts.
"Sixth: That the people of Kansas love their liberties too dearly, and prize the elective franchise too highly, tamely to submit to the threatened attempt to control the
coming election by violence from any quarter. Against corruption we will appeal to
the honesty and integrity of the people; but at the sacrifice of life itself we will defend
the purity and the freedom of the ballot box from armed interference."
The following nominations were made by acclamation: Governor, W. R.
Wagstaff, of Miami; Lieutenant Governor, John J. Ingalls, of Atchison;
Secretary of State, James Humphrey, of Riley; Treasurer, D. L. Lakin,
of Jefferson; for Congress, M. J. Parrott, of Leavenworth; Attorney General, David P. Lowe, of Linn; Chief Justice, Willard P. Gambell, of
Leavenworth; Associate Justice, Ed. S. Lowman, of Douglas. Ballot for
Auditor: N. S. Goss, 22; C. G. Keeler, 13. For Superintendent of Public
Instruction: E. D. Brown, of Wyandotte, 22; S. M. Thorp, of Douglas, 8.
State Central Committee: James C. Horton, of Douglas, A. J. Mead of
Riley, M. R. Benton of Atchison, J. M. Roberts of Miami, A. L. Williams
of Shawnee. There were delegates in the Convention from eleven counties: Nemaha, Leavenworth, Atchison, Wyandotte, Johnson, Miami,
Douglas, Franklin, Woodson, Riley, and Shawnee.
OCTOBER 1.- Democratic State Convention at Topeka.  A. G. Ege, of
Doniphan, President; Wm. Roy, of Johnson, and Wm. Shepherd, of
Leavenworth, Secretaries. A resolution was passed to make no nominations. State Committee: H. B. Denman, N. J. Marvin, A. G. Ege, Hugh
S. Walsh, Robt. Reynolds, Chas. Sims, N. S. Goss, John Martin, Robt.
Graham. The following platform was adopted:
"Whereas, The Democratic party stands to-day where it has always stood, on the
Constitution and Laws of the land, and an economical administration of the Government thereof; and
" Whereas, We believe that the Democratic party by its time-honored policy made this
country great, powerful and prosperous, and the people happy; and
"Whereas, We still have abiding faith in its power and willingness to save: therefore,
"Resolved, 1st. That to the Democratic party we look for the political salvation of
the country, the maintenance of the Constitution inviolate, and a faithful administration of the Government, and the liberty of citizenship.
"2d. That we will uphold and defend the principles of the Democratic party, the
Constitution of our country, and the laws of the land made in pursuance thereof.
"3d. That we deeply regret the present unfortunate condition of our beloved
country, and hope that such measures may be adopted by the Government so that the
Constitution may be preserved as it is, and that the country may be restored as it was,
and the States again united in one common sisterhood.
"4th. That the Constitution, and laws made in pursuance thereof, are and must
remain the supreme law of the land, and as such must be preserved and maintained in
their proper and rightful supremacy; that the rebellion now in arms against them,must be suppressed, and it is the duty of all good citizens to aid the General Government in all legal and constitutional measures necessary and proper to the accomplishment of this end.
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to organize immediately, and in every Senatorial and Representative District run a candidate or candidates (as the case may be) for the State Legislature.
"6th. That this Convention appoint a State Democratic Central Committee, with
usual powers."
OCTOBER 1.-Chester Thomas elected Chairman and Samuel F. Atwood
Secretary of the Republican Committede W. W. H. Lawrence, of Franklin
county, put on the Republican ticket for Secretary of State. The Republican State ticket is supported by eighteen papers; the Union ticket by
four, viz.: Leavenworth Times, Lawrence State Journal, Atchison Champion and Manhattan Express. The Leavenworth Inquirer, Atchison Union
and Fort Scott Bulletin are straight Democratic or neutral.
OCTOBER 4. — Rebels defeated at Corinth.
OCTOBER 8.-Battle of Perryville, Kentucky.
OCTOBER 10.-James F. Legate, U. S. Assessor, enters upon his duties;
office at Lawrence. Wm. G. Mathias is a straight Democratic candidate
for Congress.
OCTOBER 16.-The Union Crusader, edited by Benj. F. Simpson, is issued
at Paola.
OCTOBER 17.- Quantrell and his gang make a foray into Johnson county,
kill three men and burn thirteen buildings. They killed two teamsters a
-few miles south of Shawnee, and stole their loaded wagons.
OCTOBER 17. —An Address to the People, issued by the Republican Committee.
-The First Kansas Colored is organized near Fort Lincoln, Bourbon
county, and ordered to Baxter Springs. The Thirteenth is at Fort Scott,
the Twelfth'on the eastern border, and the Eleventh has left to join Blunt.
OCTOBER 21.-D. P. Lowe declines the Union nomination for Attorney
General, and Louis Carpenter, of Lawrence, is nominated.
OCTOBER 22.-J. H. Watson is placed on the Republican ticket as the
candidate for Chief Justice. The Convention made no nomination.
OCTOBER 27.-Thomas Ewing, senior, makes an argument in a land case
at Topeka. The suit was brought by the United States against John Conner, Chief of the Delaware Tribe, and others, to set aside and cancel a
patent issued by the United States for a large tract of land, known as the
Government Farm, adjoining Leavenworth.  Crozier and Gambell appeared for the United States; Ewing, Stinson and Isacks for the defen ce
OCTOBER 30.-Joseph Killerman, his wife and two children burned to
death in a prairie fire, near Cresco, Anderson county.
NOVEMBER 1.-John A. Martin promoted to Colonel of the Eighth.
NOVEMBER 4. -State election. On the following page will be found the.
vote on the State tickets.




VOTE OF CANDIDATES.
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F 0      0                     P   CD aCD to                             C 0
NAMES.:                                o                                                            CD       o 
Governor:
Thomas Carney.............. 231 190 232 229 23 413 07 3241344 879 68 2  98 203 504 368 1, 612 463427 235 415 72 313 126 200 177 60 45  156 42 61183 10,090
W. R. Wagstaff*.................... 122  96 759  22 14 86  11 121  83 22 627 237 175 27 151 294 238 1, 033 171  66 61 361 74 64  52 41  96 10 145  16 15 50 123 5,463
Lieut. Governor. 
Thomas A. Osborn...............  228 192 148 227 23 438 107 319 131 30 866 750 327 108 186 251 368 1, 336 466 425 270 430 72 290 118 152 178 62 262 136 45 54 48 9,023
John J. Ingalls*.................... 121 93 794 24 12  49  10 123 86 35 617 105 155   6 169 534 230   833 159 65  29 351 67 931 55 83 97 9 332 35 11 52 251  5,685
Secretary of State:
W. W. H.' Lawrence.............. 241 186 213 228 23 430 107 326 130 40 8701 694 337 107 195 431 368 1, 3111 449 1420 174 431 72 303 129 173 171 63 451 138 45 56 195 9 507
James Humphrey *................   98  95 768 22 11 49  11 123  8837 626208 143  20 157 363 232 1, 040160  64  71 357 67 88  45  66 103 9 138  34 1151 101  5,450 
Auditor of State:
Asa Hairgrove................ 209 188 219 230 23 456 107 293 131140187416941331 107 194 433 366 1,314148814231243 432 71 304 118 175 180 63 462 157 45 24 190 9,584
N. S. Goss         *.............................]146 99 762 22 14 26  11 154 87 138 6281221 168 20 160 352 232 1,252 123  65 58 347 78  81  45 62 96 9 137 16 11185 110  5,615
State Treasurer:
William  Sprigs.....................  15243 213 196 23 428 107 314 13439 876 679 331 106 184 277 365 1,023 472 422 253 428 72 302 126176 179 64272 138 45 70 47 9 095
David L. Lakin         *....................123  19 769 56 14 54  11 129 87 39 6291236 169  20 172 520 233 1, 343 156 67 49 350 78 83 54 63 98 9 327 34 11 34 258 6,294
Attorney General: 
Warren W. Guthrie............... 218 189 226 228 23 438 107 320 135 43 852 751 332 107 195 435 365 1, 311 469 424 266 427 72 310 118 167 179 64 463 157 45 40 51 9, 553 
Louis Carpenters.................. 52 97 757 28 12 48  131125 76/36 642 154 147 17 158 3601232 1,042 155  57  291349 34  76  581 56  96  9 132  15 115812451 5,376
Supt. Public Instruction:
Isaae T. Goodnow..................218 192 225 229 23 440 107 321 131 54 872 695 331 105 195 429 363 1, 317 468 423 276 424 72 317 135 164 172 64 464 154 45 54 51  9,530
E. D. Brown*........................122  94755  22 12 47  11 125 82 23 66 206 152 20 158 364 234 1,038154  65  24 35272  76  35  66 96  9 134  16 11532431 5,497
Chief Justice Supreme Court: 
John H. Watson................. 218 182 231 194 23 417 106 316 1341 871681 312 100 195 427 351 1, 120..463 405 266 427 33 301 100 177 181 63 442 157 45 54 155 9,176
Willard P. Gambell*...............131  791685 52 14 67 11 129 8839 629!235 171  22 159 365 233 1,521 159 70  35 348 99  88 45  62  97  9 152  16 11 45 153  6,016
Associate Justice Supreme Court:
Lawrence D. Bailey............... 217 189 220 231 23 275 107 320 131 42 852 692 329 107 194 435 366 1,288 470 385 226 426 73 305 120 150 181 64 471 157 45 54 52  9,197
E. S. Lowman*......................124  961763  21 131213  11 121  8637 6491981 1721 20 157 361 23111,052 155  86 45 323 70  80  47  62  97  9 126  16 11 5312461 5,751
Representativein Congress:
A. C. Wilder........................ 223 191 255 228 23 460 107 325 133 39 893 679 330 105 193 438 369 1, 340 461 420 202 464 71 293 116 188 175 62 446 154 41 60 191 9, 676
Marcus J. Parrott*................  58 94 624  24 7 32...101. 85]405561192 133   8 119 1296 212   948 168i 71  351289 14  851 521 52  95 11 1061 16 15 30  98 4,666
Wm.G.M  athias.....             63.....100     6       1   4.....  19 40 33 14 35 52   5   348......o. 60 11 60               6   4........ 37..... 20   4    930
*Union. t Democrat.




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The following is the Legislative and Judicial vote:
SENATORS.
First District.-Whole number of votes cast, 1,574; of which Sol. Miller received 651
Abraham Bennett 661, Robert J. Nesbitt 206, John Bayless 51. Sol. Miller and Abraham
Bennett were elected.
Second District.-Whole number of votes cast, 1856; C. G. Foster received 743, Joshua
Wheeler 736, C. A. Woodworth 153, W. J. Mason 58, R. St. Clair Graham 166. C. G. Foster
and Joshua Wheeler were elected.
Third District.-Whole number of votes cast, 7,895; C. B. Pierce received 1,362, John
Wilson 1,573, F. P. Fitzwilliam  1,388, Henry B. Keller 1,274, H. Miles Moore 1,208, H.
Markson 1,090. C. B. Pierce, John Wilson and F. P. Fitzwilliam were elected.
Fourth District.-Whole number of votes' cast, 785; Azel W. Spalding received 499, C.
A. Buckmaster 286. Azel W. Spalding was elected.!ifth District.-Whole number of votes cast, 632; Byron Sherry received 632, and was
elected.
Sixth District -Whole number of votes cast, 543; Rufus Ousley received 233, Rufus
Ousler 193, A. J. Francis 117. Rufus Ousley was elected.
Seventh District.-Whole number of votes cast, 620; T. H. Baker received 610, Peter
From 7, T. S. Vail i, F. Paulson 1, James Bromwell 1. T. H. Baker was elected.
Eighth District.-Whole number of votes cast, 591; David Brockdvay received 265, F.
W. Giles 158, L. McArthur 142, Erastus Tefft 26. David Brockway was elected.
Ninth District.-Whole number of votes cast, 2,899; W. F. Woodworth received 1,378,
John A. Beam 760, S. M. Thorp 751.' W. F. Woodworth and John A. Beam were elected.
Tenth District.-Whole number of votes cast, 550; W. H. M. Fishback received 343,
John M. Giffen 197, William Holmes 10. W. H. M. Fishback was elected.
Eleventh District.-Whole number of votes cast, 771; Johnson Clark received 418, J.
H. Pratt 353. Johnson Clark was elected.
Twelfth District.-Whole number of votes cast, 295; James McGrew received 293, A. J.
Reeves 1, Byron Judd 1. James McGrew was elected.
Thirteenth District.-Whole number of votes cast, 612; David P. Lowe received 418, J.
W. Garnett 194. David P. Lowe was elected.
Fourteenth District.-Whole number of votes cast, 464; Isaac Ford received 431, E. Williams 33. Isaac Ford was elected.
Fifteenth District.-Whole number of votes cast, 276; M. R. Leonard received 162, W.
B. Hernill 105, E. H. Sanford 9. M. R. Leonard was elected.
Sixteenth District.-Whole number of votes cast, 461; Orlin Thurston received 256, S.
D. Redos 205. Orlin Thurston was elected.
Seventeenth District.-Whole number of votes cast, 780; D. M. Valentine received 565,
James Y. Campbell 215. D. M. Valentine was elected.
Eighteenth District.-Whole number of votes cast, 589; F. W. Potter received 583, A.
Lane 3. F. W. Potter was elected.
Nineteenth District.-Whole number of votes cast, 564; P. B. Maxson received 564, and
was elected.
Twentieth District.-Whole number of votes cast, 517; S. M. Strickler received 386, L.
B. Perry 131. S. M. Strickler was elected.
REPRESENTATIVES.
First District.-Votes cast, 179; F. E. Armstrong received 1, J. P. Johnson 178, and was
elected.
Second District.-Votes cast, 126; S. F. Soller received 15, N. C. Clark 111, and was
elected.
Third District.-Votes cast, 186; Lyman Nash received 41, Ed. Russell 145, and was
elected.




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Fourth District.-Votes cast, 201; Frederick Lyman received 60, William H. Hanson
141, and was elected.
Flifth District.-Votes cast, 156; Hazel Frick received 56, John W. Forman 100, and
was elected.
Sixth District.-Votes cast, 234; C. W. Edgar received 6, W. C. Smith 25, G. W. Glick
203, and was elected.
Seventh District.-Votes cast, 237; W. P. Lamb received 38, G. W. Bowman 199, and
was elected.
Eighth District.-Votes cast, 264; F. M. Williams received 123, Samuel Hollester 141,
and was elected.
Ninth District.-Votes cast, 125; A. B. Wakefield received 20, S. J. H. Snyder 105, and
was elected.
Tenth District.-Votes cast, 102; H. Perry received 4, F. Roach 41, H. S. Baker 57, and
was elected.
Eleventh District.-Votes cast, 103; D. H. Babbitt 6, Noah Hanson 1, F. T. Neal 3, Ira
J. Lacock 93, and was elected.
Twelfth District.-Votes cast, 138; Noah Hanson received 60, George E. Irwin 78, and
was elected.
Thirteenth District.-Votes cast, 182; Samuel Lappin received 1, J. C. Hibbard 73,
Richard Bradley 108, and was elected.
Fourteenth District.-Votes cast, 210; F. P. Baker received 96, John S. Hidden 114, and
was elected.
Fifteenth District.-Votes cast, 312; scattering 11, It. R. Edwards 142, Jacob Weisbach
159, and was elected.
Sixteenth District.-Votes cast, 58; H. G. Hollenberg received 58 votes, and was elected.
Seventeenth District.-Votes cast, 172; S. V. Lee received 172 votes, and was elected.
Eighteenth District.-Votes cast, 344; John B. Hubbell received 151, R. S. Craft 192, and
was elected.
Nineteenth District.-Votes cast, 289; E. Bailey received 2, Isaac Hall 105, G. M. Lee
182, and was elected.
Twentieth District.-Votes cast, 189; John Hays received 1, George Barrett 188, and
was elected.
Twenty-first District.-Votes cast, 292; D. McElvey received 4, S. Kerr 75, James Peterson 103, J. H. Jones 110, and was elected.
Twenty-second District.-Votes cast, 491; E. Welsh received 241, Abraham Brown 250,
and was elected.
Tswenty-third District.-Votes cast, 512; M. Solleder received 135, Josiah Kellogg 377,
and was elected.
Tswenty-fourth District.-Votes cast, 356; R. H. Housley received 146, H. W. Ide 210, and
was elected.
Tlwenty-fifth District.-Votes cast, 334; Allen Pierce received 121, Warren A. Lattin 213,
and was elected.
Twenty-sixth District.-Votes cast, 222; R. E. Petherbridge received 86, Chas. H. Grover
136, and was elected.
Twenty-seventh District.-Votes cast, 128; H. C. Branch received 43, Thos. O. Gwartney
85, and was elected.
Tswenty-eighth District.-Votes cast, 164; John Wright received 76, D. F. Walker 88, and
was elected.
Twenty-ninth District.-Votes cast, 200; J. L. Wallace received 93, James Medill 107,
and was elected.'Thirtieth District.-Votes cast, 164; D. H. Mitchell received 52, R. Cole Foster 112, and
was elected.
Thirty-first District.-Votes cast, 293; James Halland received 1, M. W. Bottom 292, and
was elected.




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Thirty-second District.-Votes cast, 267; W. N. Kerr received 74,C. H. Stratton 193, and
was elected.
Thirty-third District.-Votes cast, 114; A. H. Gregg received 43, D. G. Campbell 71, and
was elected..Thirty-fourth District.-Votes cast, 195; S. Bradbury received 83, William Williams 112,
and was elected.
Thirty-fifth District.-Votes cast, 368; T. D. Thacher received 163, George Ford 205, and
was elected.
Thirty-sixth District.-Votes cast, 257; Joel Grover received 105, J. S. Emery 152, and
was elected.
Thirty-seventh District.-Votes cast, 201; D. W. Pingree received 86, John W. Vaughn
115, and was elected.
Thirty-eighth District.-Votes cast, 240; - Zelvey received 61; C. S. Steele, 179, and
was elected.
Thirty-ninth District.-Votes cast, 230; Henry Monson received 104, D. T. Mitchell 126,
and was elected.
Fortieth District.-Votes cast, 204; A. Curtiss received 70, W. Foster 134, and was elected.
Forty-first District.-Votes cast, 344; T. G. Thornton received 1, J. A. Steele 149, W. P.
Douthitt 195, and was elected.
Forty-second District.-Votes cast, 238; Henry Fox received 96, John T. Ward 142, and
was elected.
Forty-third District.-Votes cast, 228; T. Roberts received 70, Isaac Christie 158, and
was elected.
Forty-fourth District. —Votes cast, 302; M. F. Holaday received 117, John M. Ellis 185,
and was elected.
Forty-fifth District.-Votes cast, 211; Samuel Jackson received 102, S. C. Convoy 109,
and was elected.
Forty-sixth District.-Votes cast, 97; scattering 2; Daniel Underhill received 95 votes,
and was elected.
Forty-seventh District.-Votes cast, 219; W. L. Henderson received 85, Fontley Muse 48,
George E. Dennison 86, and was elected.
Forty-eighth District.-Votes cast, 140; A. H. Smith received 29, J. M. Sayer 111, and
was elected.
Forty-ninth District.-Votes cast, 151; J. W. Babb received 22, T. F. Wilson 48, J. F.
Broadhead 81, and was elected.
Fiftieth District.-Votes cast, 67; L. D. Clevenger received 26, D. B. Jackman 41, and
was elected.
Fifty-first District.-Votes cast, 112; scattering 13; W. T. Jones received 37, J. Hawkins
62, and was elected.
Fifty-second District.-Votes cast, 97; David R. Cobb received 97 votes, and was elected.
Fifty-third District.-Votes cast, 205; Charles F. Drake received 205 votes, and was
elected.
Fifty-fourth District.-Votes cast, 248; James Falkner received 86, A. W. T. Brown 162,
and was elected.
Fifty-fifth District.-Votes cast, 91; J. A. Christie received 43, J. H. Campbell 48, and
was elected.
Fifty-sixth District.-Votes cast, 155; G. W. Iler received 1 vote, C. W. Fraker 48, Isaac
Hiner 106, and was elected.
Fifty-seventh District.-Votes cast, 116; S. Marsh received 43, Jackson Means 73, and
was elected.
Fifty-eighth District.-Votes cast, 260; J. K. Goodin received 128, G. W. E. Griffith 136,
and was elected.




330                         ANNALS OF KANSAS.                                   [1862.
Fifty-ninth District.-Votes cast, 231; B. C. Sanford received 74, H. B. Beeson 157, and
was elected.
Sixtieth District.-Votes cast, 174; scattering 26; P. C. Schuyler received 71, James Rogers 77, and was elected.
Sixty-first District.-Votes cast, 223; H. McMahan received 92, Horace Tucker 131, and
was elected.
Sixty-Second District.-Votes cast, 215; E. Robinson received 87, W. R. Saunders 128,
and was elected.
Sixty-third District.-Votes cast, 110; A. McCartney received 110 votes, and was elected.
Sixty-fourth District.-Votes cast, 182; C. V. Eskridge received 182 votes, and was
elected.
Sixty-fifth District.-Votes cast, 161; G. J. Tallman received 66, F. R. Page 95, and was
elected.
Sixty-sixth District.-Votes cast, 122; W. A. Shannon received 46, John W. Loy 76, and
was elected.
Sixty-seventh District.-Butler county, no returns.
Sixty-eighth District.-Votes cast, 114; E. A. Alford received 114 votes, and was elected.
Sixty-ninth District.-Votes cast, 155; J. E. Bryan received 77, William Downing 78,
and was elected.
Seventieth District.-Votes cast, 171; J. B. Ingersoll received 77, D. M. Johnston 83, and
was elected.
Seventy-first District.-Votes cast, 183; G. F. Gordon received 96, W. H. McKinley 69,
J. C. Kennet 18. G F. Gordon was elected.
Seventy-second District.-Votes cast, 381; A. Todd received 110, R. E. Fullington 271,
and was elected.
Seventy-third District.-Votes cast, 77; Robert S. Miller received 77, and was elected.
Seventy-fourth District.-Votes cast, 72; H. L. Jones received 20, R. H. Bishop 52, and
was elected.
Seventy-fifth District.-Votes cast, 121; B. F. Van Horn received 46, J. Kinner 75, and
was elected.
DISTRICT JUDGE.
Second District.-Whole number of votes cast for Judge of the District Court, 2,657;
scattering 28; Albert H. Horton received 2,629 votes, and was elected.
NOVEMBER 15. —Completion of the survey of the Pottawatomie Reserve,
by the Interior Department.
NOVEMBER 20.-The New York Tribune of November 20th publishes
the following:
"Cottonfrom Kansas. —Garbutt, Black & Hendricks, Nos. 87 and 89 Warren street, have
a bale of good, fair, short-staple cotton, unginned, grown in Kansas this year. A sample
before us shows the seeds well ripened, and quality of lint equal to Tennessee Upland.
"A manufacturer says of a sample from Madison, Indiana:
"'As to quality, but little more could be desired than is shown in the specimen, of
which the fibre, though not long, is fine, strong, silky and uniform. The same is true
of the Kansas sample.' "
NOVEMBER 28.-Battle of Cane Hill, Arkansas.
NOVEMBER 30.-Expenditures of the State for the year:
Governor's Department........... $3,437 92  State Library...........................  2,000 00
Secretary's Department............  3,428 21 Legislative exp. and Journals....  27, 861 71
Auditor's Department...............  2,892 07  Printing................................... 25,288 25
Treasurer's Department...........  1,653 50 Impeachment case....................  7,171 58
Sup't of Public Instruction.......  1,512 64 Commissioners to select lands...  2, 871 60
Attorney General.....................  1,087 98 Educating deaf and dumb.........    294 25
Quartermaster General.............    500 00 Miscellaneous expenses............  4, 077 45
Adjutant General.....................    711 79
Judiciary Department............... 15,254 21   Total for 1862.....................$100, 043 16




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DECEMBER 6. —Claiborne F. Jackson, Rebel Governor of Missouri, dies
at Little Rock, Ark. Thos. C. Reynolds, Lieutenant Governor, assumes to
be Governor.
DECEMBER 7. —Gen. Blunt gains a victory at Prairie Grove, near Fayetteville, Ark. The Kansas troops with Blunt are: part of the Ninth, Col.
Lynde; the Sixth, Col. Judson; the Tenth, Col. Weer; the Eleventh, Col.
Ewing; the Thirteenth, Col. Bowen; part of Blair's Battery, under Lieut.
Ed. A. Smith; Allen's Battery, under Taylor and Tenney, and Stockton's
Battery. The battle is called Prairie Grove.
The following is copied from Greeley's Conflict, vol. II, p. 40:
"At 1:45 P.M., Gen. Blunt, in advance of his division, came into full view of the field
where the battle was fiercely raging. The Rebels were very strongly posted on high,
rolling ground, covered by timber, and only approached from the north over large, open
fields, which afforded no cover, save that a part of them bore a crop of ripe corn. Blunt's
eccentric advance had brought him in front of the enemy's left, where they had been
massing a large force for the purpose of flanking Herron's position. The flankers found
an enemy much nearer than they expected, and were at once hotly engaged with Blunt's
division. Its three batteries, firing shell and case-shot at short range, soon proved an
overmatch for the two Rebel batteries opposed to them, driving them and their supports
back into the woods, where they were charged by Col. Weer, leading the Tenth, Thirteenth, and part of the Second and Eleventh Kansas and Twentieth Iowa, and a musketry fight of three hours was maintained with equal energy by the contending hosts.
Meantime, our batteries were advanced at various points, and served with rare efficiency;
Lieut. Tenney, with six 10-pound Parrotts, repelling with shell and canister, while
unsupported, a formidable infantry attack. Here fell the Rebel Gen. Stein, of Missouri.
A battery of ten guns, well supported, opening upon Tenney, he in ten minutes silenced
its clamor, dismounting two of the guns, and driving off the residue. An attempt to
capture Rabb's and Hopkins's batteries, which were supported by the Eleventh Kansas,
Lieut. Col. Moonlight, was defeated with fearful slaughter.... Our loss in this
battle was 167 killed, 798 wounded, and 183 missing-total, 1,148."
-Blunt gained a victory at Newtonia, October 4th; at Old Fort Wayne,
October 22d; and at Cane Hill, November 28th.
DECEMBER 16.-M. S. Adams is appointed Brigade Commissary, and
Judge Geo. W. Gardiner Quartermaster.
DECEMBER 29.-Blunt takes Van Buren, Arkansas.
- Gov. Carney appoints Ward Burlingame Private Secretary.
DECEMBER 31.-Battle of Stone River.
DECEMBER 31. —S. R. Shepherd, appointed Secretary of State to succeed
J. W. Robinson, makes the Annual Report.
-The Supreme Court declared valid the action of the Senate sitting as a
Court of Impeachment; opinion by Kingman, Ewing and Bailey concurring. The information states that Auditor Hillyer and Secretary Robinson
have held office since the 16th day of June, 1862. The respondents assert
that the Senate had no constitutional existence. The report of the case
gives the facts and dates in the Impeachment proceedings. (The State, ex
rel. Adams, vs. Hillyer, 2 Kan., 17.)
-Chas. Chadwick, Adjutant General, makes a report to Gov. Robinson.
A list is given of all the officers of the militia. The Report fills 50 pages,
and is published with the State documents.
-S. M. Thorp, appointed Superintendent of Public Instruction in place
of W. R. Griffith, deceased, makes the Annual Report.




332                         ANNALS OF KANSAS.                                   [1862.
-George W. Collamore, Q. M. General of the Militia, makes a Report.
-The Auditor's Annual Report is made by David L. Lakin, appointed to
succeed Geo. S. Hillyer.
ELEVENTH REGIMENT KANSAS VOLUNTEERS - CAVALRY.
Name and Rank.    Date of Muster.                      Remarks.
COLONEL.
Thomas Ewing, jr......... Sept. 15, 1862  Promoted Brig. Gen. U.S. Vols., March 13, 1863.
Thomas Moonlight........ Apr. 25, 1864  Mustered out, July 17,'65, at Ft. Kearney, N. T.
LIEUT. COLONEL.
Thomas Moonlight....... Sept. 20,1862  Promoted Colonel, April 25, 1864.
Preston B. Plumb......... May 17, 1864  Must. out, Sept. 13, 1865, at Fort Leavenworth.
MAJOR.
Preston B. Plumb......... Sept. 25, 1862  Promoted Lieutenant Colonel, May 17, 1864.
~Martin Anderson.......... Nov. 22, 1863  Mustered out, Sept. 18,'65, at Ft. Leavenworth;
promoted Colonel by brevet, March 13, 1865.
Edmund G. Ross........... Apr. 24, 1864  Mustered out, Sept. 20,'65, at Ft. Leavenworth;
prom. Lieut. Colonel by brevet, March 13,'65.
Nathaniel A. Adams..... May 19, 1864  Mustered out, August 9, 1865.
ADJUTANT.
John Willans............... Sept. 4, 1862  Promoted Captain and Assistant Adjutant General U. S. Volunteers, May 31, 1863.
James E. Greer............ Nov. 2, 1863  Promoted Captain Co. I, August 20, 1864.
Ira I. Taber.................. Oct. 12, 1864  Mustered out, August 19, 1865.
QUARTERMASTER.
James R. McClure........ Sept. 10, 1862  Mustered out, August 10, 1865.
COMMISSARY.
Robert J. Harper......... Oct.  8, 1863  Mustered out, August 19, 1865.
SURGEON.
George W. Hogeboom...  Sept. 27, 1862  Resigned, June 2, 1863.
Richard M. Ainsworth.. June 23, 1863  Dismissed by order of President, July 21, 1865.
ASSISTANT SURGEON.
Richard M. Ainsworth.. Sept. 20, 1862  Promoted Surgeon, June 23, 1863.
Josiah D. Adams.......... Oct. 11, 1862  Mustered out, September 20, 1865.
Granville C. Taylor...... Apr. 19, 1864  Mustered out, August 19, 1865.
CHAPLAIN.
James S. Cline...............  Oct. 11, 1862  Mustered out, July 7, 1865.
COMPANY A.
Name and Rank.    Date of Muster.                      Remarks.
CAPTAIN.
Lyman Scott................. Aug. 27, 1862  Resigned, February 20, 1863.
Henry E. Palmer.......... Mar. 24, 1863  No evidence of muster-out on file.
FIRST LIEUT.
John Owens................. Aug. 27, 1862  Died of pneumonia at Camp Babcock, Arkansas, November 19, 1862.
Henry E. Palmer......... Dec. 31, 1862  Promoted Captain, March 24, 1863.
Joseph L. Thornton...... May. 17, 1863  Mustered out, September 26, 1865.
SECOND LIEUT.
Henry E. Palmer......... Aug. 27, 1863  Promoted First Lieutenant, December 31, 1862.
Collins T. Slane............ May  2, 1863  Mustered out, September 26, 1865.
COMPANY B.
Name and Rank.    Date of Muster.                       Remarks.
CAPTAIN.
Martin Anderson......... Aug. 30, 1862  Promoted Major, November 22, 1863.
Louis F. Greene............ Nov. 23, 1863  Mustered out with company, August 31, 1865.
FIRST LIEUT.
Amos C. Smith.............. Aug. 30, 1862  Resigned on account of disability, Feb. 3, 1863.
Louis F. Greene............ Mar. 29, 1863  Promoted Captain, November 23, 1863.
Ira I. Taber.................. Dec.  8, 1863  Promoted Adjutant, October 12, 1864.
John B. Parrott............ Dec. 15, 1864  Mustered out with company, August 31, 1865.
SECOND LIEUT.
Louis F. Greene............ Aug. 30, 1862  Promoted First Lieutenant, March 29, 1863.
Ira I. Taber..................  June 19, 1863  Promoted First Lieutenant, December 8, 1863.
John B. Parrott.......... Dec.  9, 1863  Promoted First Lieutenant, December 15, 1864.
James B. Hastings........ Dec. 30, 1864  Mustered out with company, August 31, 1865.




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COMPANY C.
Name and Rank.    Date of Muster.                       Remarks.
CAPTAIN.
Preston B. Plumb......... Sept. 10, 1862  Promoted Major, September 25, 1862.
Lemuel T. Heritage...... Sept. 25, 1862  Resigned on account of disability, September 7,
1863; wounded in knee in action, December 2,
1862, Prairie Grove, Ark.
Henry Pearce................ Sept. 19, 1863  Mustered out with company, August 7, 1865.
FIRST LIEUT.
Henry Pearce.............. Sept. 10, 1862  Promoted Captain, September 19, 1863.
William V. Phillips...... Sept. 19, 1863  Mustered out with company, August 7, 1865.
SECOND LIEUT.
William V. Phillips...... Sept. 10, 1862. Promoted First Lieutenant, September 19,1863.
George M. Walker........ Sept. 20, 1863  Mustered out, September 22, 1865.
COMPANY D.
Name and Rank.    Date of Muster.                        Remarks.
CAPTAIN.
Jerome Kunkel............ Sept. 13, 1862  Cashiered by sentence G. C. M., G. 0. No. 52,
dated W. D., A. G. O., Oct. 7, 1864.
Peleg Thomas............... Dec. 13, 1864  Mustered out with company, Sept. 13, 1865.
FIRST LIEUT.
Elias Gibbs.................. Sept. 13, 1862  Cashiered by sentence G. C. M., G. O. No. 52,
dated W. D., A. G. O., Oct. 7, 1864.
Green A. Dewey............ Dec. 13, 1864  Mustered out with company.
SECOND LIEUT.
Peleg Thomas.....       Sept. 13, 1862  Promoted Captain, December 13,1864.
Wm. B. Godfrey......... Dec. 13, 1864  Mustered out with company.
COMPANY E.
Name and Rank.    Date of Muster.  Remarks.
CAPTAIN.
Edmund G. Ross........... Sept. 13, 1862  Pronloted Major, April 29, 1864.
John D. Walker............ June 18, 1864  Mustered out with company, August 7, 1865.
FIRST. LIEUT.
Charles Drake.............. Sept. 13, 1862  Resigned, March 15, 1864.
George T. Robinson...... July  7, 1864  Mustered out, July 17, 1865.
SECOND LIEUT.
Nathan P. Gregg........... Sept. 13, 1862  Promoted Captain Company M, April 19,1864.
Caleb S. Smith............... Jan. 18,1864  Mustered out with company.
COMPANY F.
Name and Rank.   |Date of Muster.'                      Remarks.
I
CAPTAIN.
Jacob G. Rees............... Sept. 11, 1862  Resigned, February 23, 1865.
John G. Lindsay........... May  1,1865  Mustered out with company, August 31, 1865.
FIRST LIEUT.
John G. Lindsay........... Sept. 11, 1862  Promoted Captain, May 1, 1865.
George W. Simons.........     June 30, 1865  Mustered out with company, August 31, 1865.
SECOND LIEUT.
George W. Simons......... Sept. 11, 1862  Promoted First Lieutenant, June 30, 1865.
Marvin H. Payne......... July  1, 1865  Mustered out with company, August 31, 1865.
COMPANY G.
Name and Rank.'Date of Muster.                       Remarks.
CAPTAIN.
Nathaniel A. Adams......  Sept. 13, 1862  Promoted Major, May 19, 1864.
Grenville L. Gove......... May 19, 1864  Died of brain fever, Olathe, Kas., Nov. 7, 1864.
Alfred C. Pierce............ Dec. 26, 1864  Mustered out, August 18, 1865.
FIRST LIEUT.
Grenville L. Gove......... Sept. 13, 1862  Promoted Captain, May 19, 1864.
Alfred C. Pierce............ May 19, 1864  Promoted Captain, December 26, 1864.
Thomas Huey............... Dec. 26, 1864  Mustered out with company, June 13, 1865.
SECOND LIEUT.
Alfred C. Pierce............ Sept. 13, 1862  Promoted First Lieutenant, May 19, 1864.
Samuel Long.................. May 29, 1864  Mustered out with company, June 13, 1865.




334                         ANNALS OF KANSAS.                                   [1862.
COMPANY H.
Name and Rank.    Date of Muster.                      Remarks.
CAPTAIN.
Joel Huntoon............. Sept. 15, 1862  Mustered out with company, Sept. 13, 1865;
FIRST LIEUT.                         promoted Colonel by brevet, Sept. 24, 1865.
Harrison Hannahs........ Sept. 15, 1862  Promoted Captain 50th Mo. Inf., Nov. 15, 1864.
John W. Ridgway......... Dec. 24, 1864  Mpstered out with company, Sept. 13, 1865.
SECOND LIEUT.
John W. Ridgway......... Sept. 15, 1862  Promoted First Lieut., December 24, 1864.
Sherman Bodwell.......... Jan.  1, 1865  Mustered out with company, Sept. 13, 1865.
COMPANY I.
Name and Rank.    Date of Mauster.                     Remarks.
CAPTAIN.
Lewis D. Joy................. Sept. 15, 1862  Prom. Major 18th U. S. Col.V. Inf., Sept. 13,1864.
James E. Greer............. Aug. 20, 1864  Mustered out with company, Sept. 26, 1865.
FIRST LIEUT.
Josiah B. McAfee.......... Sept. 16, 1862  Resigned, February 19, 1863.
William Y. Drew........... Mar. 7, 1863  Mustered out with company, Sept. 26, 1865.
SECOND LIEUT.
William Y. Drew........... Sept. 15, 1862  Promoted First Lieutenant, March 7, 1863.
James J. Clancy............ Mar. 7, 1863  Mustered out with company, Sept. 26, 1865.
COMPANY K.
Name and Rank.   |Date of f2Jlster.1                   Remarks.
CAPTAIN.
John M. Allen.............. Sept. 15, 1862  Mustered out with company, Sept. 13, 1865.
FIRST LIEUT.
Josiah M. Hubbard....... Sept. 15, 1865  Mustered. out with company, Sept. 13, 1865.
SECOND LIEUT.
Henry C. Haas.............. Sept. 15, 1862  Promoted Major 15th K. V. C., October 20, 1863.
Paul P. Grim................ Sept. 26, 1864  Mustered out with company, Sept. 13, 1865.
COMPANY L.
Name and Rank.    Date of _Muster.                     Remarks.
CAPTAIN.
Henry Booth................ Apr. 18, 1864  Mustered out with company, September 26,
1865; wounded in left shoulder and right
FIRST LIEUT.                         arm, in action, Walnut Creek, Kansas.
Henry Booth................ Mar. 23, 1864  Promoted Captain, April 18, 1864..
Jacob Van Antwerp...... Apr. 18, 1864  Mustered out with company, Sept. 26, 1865.
SECOND LIEUT.
William Booth.............. Apr. 18, 1864  Mustered out with company, Sept. 26, 1865.
COMPANY M.
Name and Rank.    Date of Muster.                      Remarks.
CAPTAIN.
Nathan P. Gregg........... Apr. 19, 1864  Mustered out with company, Sept. 26, 1865.
FIRST LIEUT.
Joseph D. Greer............ Apr. 19, 1864  Mustered out with company, Sept. 26, 1865.
SECOND LIEUT.
Henry C. Lindsey.........  Apr. 19, 1864  Mustered out with company, Sept. 26, 1865.
List of bAttles, etc., in which this regiment participated, showing loss
reported in each:
Old Fort Wayne-No loss.  Cane Hill-Wounded, E. M., 3.  Boston




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Mountain -Wounded, E. M., 3. Prairie Grove - Killed, E. M., 2; wounded,
0. 1, E. M. 19. Scott's Ford —Wounded, E. M., 1. Deep Water CreekNo loss. Lexington — Killed, E. M., 1; wounded, E. M., 1; missing, E. M,,
1.  Little Blue-Killed, E. M., 5; wounded, 0. 2, E. M. 14; missing, E.
M., 1.  Independence-Wounded, E. M., 1.  Big Blue-Killed, E. M., 3;
wounded, 0. 1, E. M. 8. Cold Water Grove —No loss. Mine Creek —No
loss. Sage Creek-No loss. Deer Creek —Killed, E. M., 1. Platte Bridge
(June 3, 1865)- Killed, E. M., 1.  White River- No loss.  Rock Creek
-No loss.  Fort Halleck —No loss.  Platte Bridge (July 26, 1865)
Killed, E. M., 26; wounded, E.M., 2. —U. S. Army Register.
TWELFTH REGIMENT KANSAS VOLUNTEERS-INFANTRY.
Name and Rank.    Date of Muster.                   Remarks.
COLONEL.
Charles W. Adams......... Sept. 30, 1862  Promoted Brev. Brig. Gen., Feb. 13,'65; wounded in action, Apr. 30,'64, Jenkins' F'ry, Ark.;
LIEUT. COLONEL.                      mustered out with regiment, June 30,'65.
Josiah E. Hayes............ Sept. 30, 1864  Promoted Brev. Brig. Gen.; wounded in action
and captured by the enemy, Apr. 30,'64, Jenkins' F'ry, Ark.; limb amputated above knee;
MAJOR.                          exch'ged Feb. 25,'65; must'd out, July 15,'65.
Thomas H. Kennedy...... Sept. 30, 1862  Mustered out with regiment.
ADJUTANT.
Charles J. Lovejoy......... Sept. 30, 1862  Resigned, April 28, 1865, Little Rock, Ark.
QUARTERMASTER.
Andrew J. Shannon...... Sept. 30, 1862  Promoted Captain and Assistant Provost Marshal, March -, 1864.
Joshua Clayton............ May 22, 1864  Mustered out with regiment.
SURGEON.
Cyrus R. Stuckslager..... Sept. 30, 1862  Mustered out with regiment, June 30, 1865; captured by the enemy, April 30, 1864, Jenkins'
ASST. SURGEON.                      Ferry, Ark.; exchanged, June 28, 1864.
Thomas Lindsay........... Sept. 30, 1862  Mustered out with regiment.
John F. Everhart.......... Sept. 30, 1862  Resigned, November 4, 1863.
CHAPLAIN.
Werter R. Davis............ Sept. 30, 1862 Resigned, January 26, 1864.
William Sellers............. Mar. 26, 1864  Resigned, April 13, 1865.
COMPANY A.
Name and Rank.   |Date of Muster.                   Remarks.
CAPTAIN.
James D. Chesnut......... Sept. 25, 1862  Mustered out with regiment.
FIRST LIEUT.
John H. Tullis.............. Sept. 25, 1862  Resigned, Feb. 9,1865, Little Rock, Ark.
SECOND LIEUT.
Nathan R. Stone........... Sept. 25, 1862  Died of disease, Westport, Mo., Oct. 13,1862.
Andrew Hooper............ Oct. 13, 1862  Mustered out, April 10, 1864, per S. O. No. 200,
from Headquarters Dept. of Arkansas.
COMPANY B.
Name and BRank.    Date of Muster.                  Remarks.
CAPTAIN.
Thomas H. Kennedy..... Sept. 25, 1862  Promoted Major, September 30, 1862.
George W. Umbarger..... Sept. 30, 1862  Mustered out with regiment.
FIRST LIEUT.
Lewis W. Hover............ Sept. 25, 1862  Dismissed the service, August 4, 1864.
Martin L. Town............. Mar. 6, 1865  Mustered out with regiment.
SECOND LIEUT.
George W. Umbarger...... Sept. 25, 1862  Promoted Captain, September 30, 1862.
Martin L. Town............ Sept. 30, 1862  Promoted First Lieutenant, March 6, 1865.




336                           ANNALS OF KANSAS.                                       [1862.
COMPANY C.
Name and Rank.    Date of Muster.                          Remarks.
CAPTAIN.
Nick L. Benter.............. Sept. 26, 1862  Assassinated, April 2, 1864, Hot Springs, Ark.
William O. Hubbell...... July 19, 1864  Mustered out with regiment.
FIRST LIEUT.
William  0. Hubbell...... Sept. 26, 1862  Promoted Captain, July 19, 1864.
William  B. Nichols......  July  19, 1864  Resigned, August 3, 1864.
William A. Wells......... Oct. 30, 1864  Resigned, May 9, 1865.
SECOND LIEUT.
William B. Nichols........ Sept. 26, 1862  Promoted First Lieutenant, July 19, 1864.
Samuel S. Kirkham...... Oct. 30, 1864  Mustered out with regiment.
COMPANY D.
Name and Rank.    Date of Muster.                          Remarks.
CAPTAIN.
George W. Ashby......... Sept. 25, 1862  Resigned, May 29, 1865, Arkansas.
FIRST LIEUT.
Henry Shively.............. Sept. 25, 1862  Resigned, August 4, 1864, Arkansas.
Alfred Johnson............ Jan.  5, 1865  Mustered out with regiment.
SECOND LIEUT.
Alfred Johnson............ Sept. 25, 1862  Promoted First Lieutenant, January 5, 1865.
Wm. H. Baker............. Jan.  5, 1865  Died of disease, in Hospital, Little Rock, Ark.,
May 30, 1865.
COMPANY E.
Name and Rank.    Date of Mauster.                         Rensarks.
CAPTAIN.
James M. Steele............ Sept. 26, 1862  Promoted Lieut. Colonel 113th U. S. Colored
Troops, January 16, 1864.
A. Jackson Jennings..... Jan. 16, 1864  Mustered out with regiment.
FIRST LIEUT.
A. Jackson Jennings..... Sept. 26, 1862  Promoted Captain, January 16, 1864.
James H. Pleasants...... Jan. 16, 1864  Mustered out with regiment.
SECOND LIEUT.
James H. Pleasants...... Sept. 16, 1862  Promoted First Lieutenant, January 16, 1864.
Henry S. Crumrine......  May 24, 1864  Mustered out with regiment.
COMPANY F.
Name and Rank.    Date'of Muster.                         Remarks.
CAPTAIN.
Clark McKay...............] Sept. 26, 1862  Resigned, April 11, 1864.
George W. S. Bell.......... Dec.  7, 1864  Mustered out with regiment.
FIRST LIEUT.
George W. S. Bell.......... Sept. 26, 1862  Promoted Captain, December 7, 1864.
Charles Cochrane......... Jan.  5, 1865  Mustered out with regiment.
SECOND LIEUT.
Allen Crocker..............Sept. 26, 1862  Resigned, July 23, 1864, Arkansas.
COMPANY G.
Name and Rank..Date of Muster.                          Remarks.
CAPTAIN.
Ezekiel Bunn............... Sept. 30, 1862  Resigned, February 10, 1865, Little Rock, Ark.
Alexander McAuthor... Mar. 22, 1865  Mustered out with regiment.
FIRST LIEUT.
Alexander McAuthor... Sept. 30, 1862  Promoted Captain, March 22, 1865.
Franklin Newell........... Mar. 22, 1865  Resigned, May 25, 1865, Little Rock, Ark.
SECOND LIEUT.
Franklin Newell........... Sept. 30, 1862  Promoted First Lieutenant, March 22, 1865.




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COMPANY H.
Name and Rank.    Date of Muster.                      Remarks.
CAPTAIN.
James W. Parmeter......  Sept. 30, 1862  Dismissed, July 7, 1864.
Augustus W. Burton...... Jan. 26, 1865  Mustered out with company, August 6, 1865,
FIRST LIEUT.                         Fort Riley, Kas.
Augustus W. Burton..... Sept. 30, 1862  Promoted Captain, January 26, 1865.
William Pellett............ Mar. 10, 1865  Mustered out with company.
SECOND LIEUT.
William Pellett..........  Sept. 30, 1862  Promoted First Lieutenant, March 10, 1865.
COMPANY I.
Name and Rank.    Date of Muster.                      Remarks.
CAPTAIN.
Joseph T. Gordon...... Sept. 30, 1862  Mustered out with regiment.
FIRST LIEUT.
George Ellis.................. Sept. 30, 1862  Killed in act'n, Ap'l 30,1864, Jenkins' Ferry,Ark.
James H. Berkshire...... Aug. 13, 1864  Mustered out with regiment.
SECOND LIEUT.
Demas M. Alexander..... Sept. 30, 1862  Promoted Captain and A. C. S., July 30, 1863.
William H. Lindsey...... Oct. 15, 1862  Prom. 1st Lt. Co. M, 16th K.V. C., June 25,1863.
James H. Berkshire...... Sept. 15, 1863  Promoted First Lieutenant, August 13, 1864.
COMPANY K.
Name and Rank.   |Date of Muster.                      Remarks.
CAPTAIN.
John J. Sears................ Sept. 30, 1862  Promoted Major 3d Mo. Col.Vol., Feb. 16, 1864.
Peter J. Miserez............ May 26, 1864  Mustered out with regiment.
FIRST LIEUT.
Peter J. Miserez............ Sept. 30, 1862  Promoted Captain, May 26, 1864.
William Barrett........M... May 26, 1864  Resigned, May 20, 1865.
SECOND LIEUT.
William Barrett............ Sept. 30, 1862  Promoted First Lieutenant, May 26, 1864.
Horace A. B. Cook.......... May 26, 1864  Mustered out with regiment.
List of battles, etc., in which  this regiment participated, showing  loss
reported in each:
Baxter Springs —Killed, E. M., 1; wounded, E. M., 1. Prairie D'Ann
-Wounded, E. M., 2.  Jenkins' Ferry-Killed, 0. 1, E. M. 7; wounded,
0. 4, E. M. 25; missing, 0. 2, E. M. 10. Fort Smith —Wounded, E. M., 1.
- U. S. Army Register.
THIRTEENTH REGIMENT KANSAS VOLUNTEERS —INFANTRY.
Name and Rank.    Date of Muster.,                    Remarks.
COLONEL.
Thomas M. Bowen........ Sept. 20, 1862  Brevet Brigadier General, January 13, 1865;
LIEUT. COLONEL.                       mustered out, June 28, 1865.
John B. Wheeler........... Sept. 20, 1862  Mustered out with regiment, June 26, 1865.
MAJOR.
Caleb A. Woodworth..... Sept. 20, 1862  Mustered out, June 26, 1865, Little Rock, Ark.
ADJUTANT.
William P. Badger........ Sept. 20, 1862  Resigned, October 10, 1863.
George W. Smith..........  Oct. 13, 1863  Mustered out, June 26, 1865, Little Rock, Ark.
QUARTERMASTER.
Cyrus Leland............... Sept. 20, 1862  Mustered out, June 26, 1865, Little Rock, Ark.
SURGEON.
William H. Grimes........ Sept. 20, 1862  Resigned, October 20, 1864, Arkansas.
Amos H. Caffee............ Feb. 13, 1865  Mustered out, June 26, 1865, Little Rock, Ark.
ASSISTANT SURGEON.
John Becker................. Sept. 20, 1862  Resigned, February 27, 1864, Arkansas.
Richard W. Shipley...... Oct.  1, 1862  Resigned, October 6, 1863, Departm't Missouri.
CHAPLAIN.
Daniel A. Murdock..... Sept. 20, 1862  Died of disease, April 28, 1863, Springfield, Mo.
Ozem B. Gardner.......... Sept. 1, 1863  Killed in action, Nov. 25,'64, Timber Hill, C. N.
22




338                          ANIVALS OF KANSAS.                                   [1862.
COMPANY A.
Name and Rank.    Date of Muster.                       Remarks.
CAPTAIN.
Samuel Flickinger......... Sept. 20, 1862  Mustered out with regiment, June 26, 1865,
FIRST LIEUT.                          Little Rock, Ark.
Joseph A. Nixon...........  Sept. 20, 1862  Resigned, September 29, 1863.
Alfred A. Clutter........... Dec. 22, 1863  Mustered out with regiment.
SECOND LIEUT.
Alfred A. Clutter........... Sept. 20, 1862  Promoted First Lieutenant, December 22, 1863.
Alexander Berry.......... Jan. 25, 1864  Resigned, September 26, 1864.
Harvey L. McAdams..... Jan. 11, 1865  Mustered out with regiment.
COMPANY B.
Name and Rank.    Date of Muster.                       Remarks.
CAPTAIN.
Henry Haverkorst........ Sept. 20, 1862  Resigned, April 20, 1863, St. Louis, Mo.
Marion N. Beeler.......... May 19, 1863  Died, August 13, 1864, Van Buren, Arkansas, of
wounds received in skirmish, August 1, 1864.
Edward P. Perkins....... Dec. 6, 1864  No evidence of muster-out on file.
FIRST LIEUT.
Marion N. Beeler.........; Sept. 20, 1862  Promoted Captain, May 19, 1863.
John F. Kotsch............ May 27, 1863  Resigned, May 20, 1864, Van Buren, Ark.
Antoine Brentano......... Sept. 27, 1864  Mustered out with regiment.
SECOND LIEUT.
August Langehemeken..  Sept. 20, 1862  Resigned, March 27, 1863, Springfield, Mo.
Edward P. Perkins........ May 23, 1863  Promoted Captain, December 6, 1864.
COMPANY C.
Namne and Rank.    Date of Muster.                      Remarks.
CAPTAIN.
Hugh Robertson........... Sept. 20, 1862  Resigned, July 12, 1863.
Jeremiah Frankhouse..J Nov.  1, 1863  Mustered out with regiment.
FIRST LIEUT.
Jeremiah Frankhouse...[ Sept. 20, 1862  Promoted Captain, November 1, 1863.
Alfred C. Low...............j Nov. 1, 1863  Mustered out with regiment.
SECOND LIEUT.
Alfred C. Low............... Sept. 20, 1862  Promoted First Lieutenant, November 1, 1863.
COMPANY D.
Name and Rank.    Date of Muster.                       Remarks.
CAPTAIN.
Henry R. Neal.............. Sept. 19, 1862  Resigned, January 16, 1865.
Robert Manville........... Mar. 9, 1865  Mustered out with regiment.
FIRST LIEUT.
John Batsell................. Sept. 19, 1862  Resigned, December 5, 1863.
Robert Manville............ Mar. 12, 1863  Promoted Captain, March 9, 1865.
John L. McCully........... Mar. 9, 1865  Mustered out with regiment.
SECOND LIEUT.
Robert Manville............  Sept. 19, 1862  Promoted First Lieutenant, March 12, 1863.
John L. McCully........... Mar. 12, 1863  Promoted First Lieutenant, March 9, 1865.
COMPANY E.
Name and Bank.    Date of Muster.                       Remarks.
CAPTAIN.
Perry Hutchinson........i Sept. 20, 1862  Resigned, July 17, 1863.
James H. McDougall..... Dec. 4, 1863  Dismissed the service per special order No. 127,
FIRST LIEUT.                         dated Little Rock, Arkansas, May 29, 1865.
James H. McDougall..... Sept. 20, 1862  Promoted Captain, December 4, 1863.
William W. Griffin........  Jan.  1, 1864  Mustered out with regiment.
SECOND LIEUT.
John N. Cline............... Sept. 20, 1862  Resigned, Odtober 12, 1863.




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COMPANY F.
Name and Rank.    Date of Miuster.                   Remarks.
CAPTAIN.
John E. Hayes............... Sept. 20, 1862  Resigned, May 3, 1865.
FIRST LIEUT.
Archimedes S. Speck.... Sept. 20, 1862  Resigned, July 12, 1863.
William J. May............ Dec. 1, 1863  Mustered out with regiment.
SECOND LIEUT.
William J. May............ Oct.  4, 1862  Promoted First Lieutenant, December 1, 1863.
Robert B. Grimes........Dec.  1, 1863  Mustered out with regiment.
COMPANY G.
Name and Rank.    Date of Muster.                    Remarks.
CAPTAIN.
William S. Blackburn...  Sept. 20, 1862  Mustered out with regiment.
FIRST LIEUT. K
Levi Hensel................. Sept. 20, 1862  Mustered out with regiment.
SECOND LIEUT.
Daniel C. Auld.............. Sept. 20, 1862  Resigned, April 2, 1863, at Springfield, Mo.
Nathaniel Slosson......... Apr. 22, 1863  Mustered out with regiment.
COMPANY H.
Name and Rank.    Date of Muster.                    Remarks.
CAPTAIN.
Orlando H. Macauley.... Sept. 20, 1862  Mustered out with regiment.
FIRST LIEUT.
James C. McElroy........] Sept. 20, 1862  Mustered out with regiment.
SECOND LIEUT. 
Theodore Collins.......... Sept. 20, 1862  Resigned, April 28, 1863.
John F.. Shields............  June 10, 1863  Mustered out with regiment.
COMPANY I.
Name and Rank.    Date of M2uster.                   Remarks.
CAPTAIN.
John Shilling............... Sept. 20, 1862  Mustered out with regiment.
FIRST LIEUT.
Alonso Bradner........... Sept. 20, 1862  Resigned, August 20, 1864, Little Rock, Ark.
John H. Croft............... Jan.  6, 1865  Mustered out with regiment.
SECOND LIEUT.
Langden M. Risley........ Sept. 20, 1862  Died, January 22 1863, Fayetteville, Ark., of
wounds received in action, December 7,1862,
Prairie Grove, Ark.
John H. Croft...............  Mar. 2, 1863  Promoted First Lieutenant, January 6, 1865.
COMPANY K.
Name and Rank.    Date of                           Rnuster.  Remarks.
CAPTAIN.
Patrick McNamara...... Sept. 20, 1862  Discharged, May 15, 1865, Little Rock, Ark., per
FIRST LIEUT.                        G. O. No. 8, W. D., series of 1865.
Daniel C. O'Keefe......... Sept. 20, 1862  Resigned, August 15, 1863, St. Louis, Mo.
Hugh Dougherty.......... Feb.  8, 1864  Resigned, May 29, 1865, Little Rock, Ark.
SECOND LIEUT.
Hugh Dougherty.......... Sept. 20, 1862  Promoted First Lieutenant, February 8, 1864.
List of battles, etc., in which this regiment participated, showing loss
reported in each:
~ Cane Hill-No loss.  Prairie Grove —Killed, E. M., 7; wounded, 0. 2,
E. M. 33; missing, E. M., 6.- U. S. Army Register.




340                         ANNALS OF KANSAS.                                   [1862.
FIRST REGIMENT KANSAS COLORED VOLUNTEERS-INFANTRY.
Name and Rank.    Date of Muster.                      Remarks.
COLONEL.
James M. Williams........ May  2, 1863  Promoted Brevet Brig. General, Feb. 13, 1865;
LIEUT. COLONEL.                        mustered out, Pine Bluff, Ark., Oct. 1, 1865.
James M. Williams........ Jan. 13, 1863  Promoted Colonel, May 2, 1863.
John Bowles................. May  2, 1863  Mustered out per S. O. No. 335, W. D., dated
June 1, 1865, to take effect December 17, 1864.
Richard G. Ward.......... April 22, 1865  Mustered out with regiment, October 1, 1865.
MAJOR.
John Bowles................. Jan. 13, 1863  Promoted Lieutenant Colonel, May 2, 1863.
Richard G. Ward........... May  2, 1863  Promoted Lieutenant Colonel, April 22, 1865.
ADJUTANT.
Richard J. Hinton........ Jan. 13, 1863  Promoted Captain 2d K.V. C. I., Oct. 21, 1863.
William C. Gibbons....... Jan. 27, 1864  Mustered out, May 15, 1865.
QUARTERMASTER.
Elijah Hughes............... Jan. 13, 1863  Mustered out with regiment, October 1, 1865.
SURGEON.
Samuel C. Harrington... Jan. 15, 1863  Resigned, January 26, 1864.
J. Fulton Ensor............ Nov.  1, 1864  Mustered out with regiment,:October 1, 1865.
ASSISTANT SURGEON.
Eliab G. Macy............... Jan. 26, 1863  Resigned, June 15, 1864, Fort Smith, Ark.
Abijah D. Tenny........... May  2, 1863  Resigned, July 20, 1864, Fort Smith, Ark.
Chauncey S. Burr.......... April 23, 1865  Mustered out with regiment, October 1, 1865.
CHAPLAIN.
George W. Hutchinson.. May  2, 1863  Resigned, June 18, 1864, Fort Smith, Ark.
COMPANY A.
Name and Rank.    Date of Muster.                      Remarks.
CAPTAIN.
Richard G. Ward........... Jan. 13, 1863  Promoted Major, May 2, 1863.
Elkanah Huddleston..... May  2, 1863  Mustered out on detachment-roll,Leavenworth,
FIRST LIEUT.                         Kas., Oct. 31, 1865, to date Oct. 26, 1865.
Elkanah Haddleston..... Jan. 13, 1863  Promoted Captain, May 2, 1863.
Benjamin G. Jones........ May  2, 1863  Promoted Captain Company B, Feb. 11, 1865.
William R. Smith......... July 10, 1865  Mustered out with regiment.
SECOND LIEUT.
Ezekiel A. Coleman...... Jan. 13, 1863  Dismissed the service per S. O. No. 99, W. D.,
1865, to date February 1, 1864.
William R. Smith........... April 22, 1865  Promoted First Lieutenant, July 10, 1865.
COMPANY B.
Name and Rank.    Date of Muster.                      Remarks.
CAPTAIN.
George J. Martin........... Jan. 13, 1863  Resigned, April 10, 1864.
Benjamin G. Jones........ Feb. 11, 1865  Mustered out with regiment.
FIRST LIEUT.
William G. White......... Jan. 13, 1863  Resigned, February 23, 1863, Fort Scott, Kas.
Luther Dickinson......... Feb. 24, 1863  Resigned, September -, 1865.
Walter J. Dallas............ Sept. 14, 1865  Mustered out with regiment.
SECOND LIEUT.
Luther Dickinson......... Jan. 13, 1863  Promoted First Lieutenant, February 24, 1863.
John Topping............... Feb. 24, 1863  Killed in action, April 18,1864, Poison Sp., Ark.
Walter J. Dallas........... July 12, 1865  Promoted First Lieutenant, Sept. 14, 1865.
COMPANY C..Name and Rank.    Date of Muster.                     Remarks.
CAPTAIN.
John R. Graton............ Jan. 13, 1863  Mustered out with regiment.
FIRST LIEUT.
Augustus T. Sholes........ Jan. 13, 1863  Promoted Captain Company K, July 21, 1865.
SECOND LIEUT.
Benjamin W. Welch...... Jan. 19, 1863  Promoted Captain Company K, May 2, 1863.
Eberle Q. Macy.............. May  6, 1863  Killed in action, November 19, 1864, Timber
Hills, C. N.
Alfred T. Jackson......... Aug. 18, 1865  Mustered out with regiment.
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COMPANY D.
Name and Rank.    Date of Muster.                    Remarks.
CAPTAIN.
Andrew J. Armstrong... Jan. 13,1863  Mustered out with regiment.
FIRST LIEUT.
Daniel D. McFarland...[ Jan. 13, 1863  Resigned, July 20, 1864, Fort Smith, Arkansas.
James A. McGinnis...... Feb. 20, 1865  Mustered out with regiment.
SECOND LIEUT.
G. Mellen Lewis........... Jan. 13,1863  Promoted Captain Company 1, Feb. 11, 1865.
COMPANY E.
Name and Rank.    Date of Muster.                    Remarks.
CAPTAIN.
Luther A. Thrasher...... Dec. 14, 1863  Mustered out with regiment.
FIRST LIEUT.
John Overdeaw............ Jan. 13, 1863  Resigned, July 4. 1864.
Eli F. Bowton............... April 23, 1865  Mustered out with regiment.
SECOND LIEUT.
William C. Gibbons. Ja. 13, 1863  Promoted First Lieut. and Adj., Jan. 27, 1864.
COMPANY F.
Name and Rank.    Date of Muster.                    Remarks.
CAPTAIN.
Ethan Earle.................. Jan. 13, 1863  Resigned, June 21, 1864, Fort Smith, Ark.
Shabua S. Creps............  Feb. 11, 1865  Mustered out with regiment.
FIRST LIEUT.
Joseph Gardner............. Jan. 13, 1863  Died of chronic diarrhcea, Camp Davis, C. N.,
August 24, 1864.
Shebua S. Creps............ Aug. -, 1863  Promoted Captain, February 11, 1865.
SECOND LIEUT.
Asa Reynard................. Jan. 13, 1863  Resigned, May 2, 1863.
COMPANY G.
Name and Rank.    Date of Muster.                    Remarks.
CAPTAIN.
William H. Smallwood.. Mar. 9, 1863  Resigned, April 19, 1865, Little Rock, Ark.
Bethuel Hitchcock........ Aug. 16, 1865  Mustered out with regiment.
FIRST LIEUT.
Bethuel Hitchcock........ Mar. 9, 1863  Promoted Captain, Aug. 16, 1865; was captured
SECOND LIEUT.                       April, 1864, Poison Springs, Ark.; exchanged.
Andrew J. Smith........... May  2,'1863  Mustered out with regiment.
COMPANY H.
Name and Rank.    Date of Muster.                    Remarks.
CAPTAIN.
Ransom Ward............... May  1, 1863  Mustered out with regiment,
FIRST LIEUT.
Charles J. Coleman....... May  1, 1863  Killed in ac'n, Apr. 18,'64, Poison Springs, Ark.
John H. Mockett.......... Sept. 14,1865  Mustered out with regiment.
SECOND LIEUT.
Wm. T. Edgerton.......... May  1, 1863  Resigned, November 14, 1863.
John H. Mockett............ April 22, 1865  Promoted First Lieutenant, Sept. 14, 1865.




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COMPANY I.
Name and Rank.    Date of  uster.                     earks.
CAPTAIN.'
Benjamin F. Van Horn. May  1, 1863  Resigned, January 19, 1864, Fort Smith, Ark.
G. Mellen Lewis............ Feb. 11, 1865  Mustered out with regiment..
FIRST.LIEUT.
Ransom L. Harris......... June 27, 1863  Resigned, June 18, 1864, Fort Smith, Ark.
Dyer W. Hitchcock....... April 26, 1865  Mustered out with- regiment.
SECOND LIEUT.
Horace H. Johnson....... Dec. 24, 1863  Resigned, October 20, 1864.
COMPANY K.
Name and Rank.    Date of Mfuster.                   Remarks.
CAPTAIN.
Benjamin W. Welch...... May  2, 1863  Killed in skirmish with guerillas, November
19, 1864, Timber Hills, C. N.
Augustus T. Sholes........ July 21, 1865  No evidence of muster-out on filb.
FIRST LIEUT.
David M. Sutherland..... May  2, 1863  Mustered out with regiment.
SECOND LIEUT.
Albert E. Saviers........... May  2, 1863  Discharged for disability, February 25, 1865,
Fort Smith, Ark.
SECOND KANSAS BATTERY-LIGHT ARTILLERY.
Name and Rank.    Date of 1fuster.                   Remarks.
CAPTAIN.
Edward A. Smith.......... July  4, 1863  Mustered out, August 11, 1865.
FIRST LIEUT.
Edward A. Smith.......... Aug. 25, 1862  Promoted Captain, July 4, 1863.
David C. Knowles......... Sept. 19, 1862  Mustered out, August 11, 1865.
Andrew G. Clark........... Aug. 8, 1863  Mustered out, August 11, 1865.
SECOND LIEUT.'Andrew G. Clark........... Sept. 10, 1862  Promoted First Lieutenant, August 8, 1863.
Aristarchus Wilson....... Sept. 19, 1862  Mustered out, August 11, 1865.
William Requa............. Aug. 8, 1863  Mustered out, August 11, 1865.
List of battles, etc., in  which this battery  participated, showing  loss
reported in each:
Newtonia-No loss. Cane Hill-No loss.  Sherwood-Killed, E. M., 3.
Cabin Creek-No loss.  Honey Springs —Wounded, O., 1.  Fort Smith —
No loss.- U. S. Army Register.
1863.
JAN. 1.-Emancipation confirmed by President Lincoln's Proclamation.
JAN. 1.-The Lawrence Weekly Tribune started, by John Speer.
-Col. William A. Phillips in possession of Fort Gibson.
JaN. 3.-Dr. R.-Gillpatrick arrives from  Washington, with commissions
for the:officers of the Second and Third Indian Regiments.
JAN. 12.;-State officers sworn in.
JAN. 13.-Meeting of the Legislature.
— The First Colored Regiment mustered, at Fort Scott.
— Officers of the Twelfth commissioned.
JAN. 13.-Message from Gov. Carney.




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MEMBERS AND OFFICERS OF THE SENATE.
Names.                    Age.    P. O. Address.                 County.          Avocation.
Thomas A. Osborn, President.....  26'Elwood.................  Doniphan'::...  Lawyer.
Thomas H. Baker........3............   35   Irving,....... Marshall......M  Lawyer.
S. M. Thorp............................... 32   Lawrence.............  Douglas.......  Lawyer.
A. Bennett...............................   44   Troy.....................  Doniphan.... Minister.
David Brockway.....................    32   Topeka..................  Shawnee......  Lawyer.
Johnson  Clark...........................  34   Osawatomie.......... Miami.........  Farmer.
W. H. M. Fishback.................... 30   ()lathe........ Johnson......  Lawyer.
F. P. Fitzwilliam.......................   26    Leavenworth........ Leavenworth   Lawyer.
Isaac Ford................................  46   Rockford.'............. Bourbon.......  Farmer.
Cassius G. Foster.......................  25   Atchison.............. Atchison......'Lawver.
M. R. Leonard..........................   35   Bazaar................... Chase...........  Physician.
D. P. Lowe.................................   40   Mound City...........  Linn............   Lawyer.
P. B..Maxson...........................   34   Fremont...........    Lyon............ Farmer.
James McGrew........................... 41   Wyandotte............ Wyandotte... Merchant.
Sol. Miller...............................   32    White Cloud......... Doniphan....  Printer.
Rufus Oursler........................       36   Circleville............  Jackson........  Merchant.
C. B. Pierce...............................   31   Leavenworth........  Leavenworth   Lawyer.
F. W. Potter.....................         29   Burlington............ Coffey...........  Laborer.
Byron Sherry............................  28   Seneca..................  Nemaha........   Lawyer.
Azel W. Spalding........................  25   Grasshopper Falls..  Jefferson......  Lawyver.
Samuel M. Strickle..................        31   Junction  City........  Davis........... Merchant.
Orlin Thurston...........................   28   Humboldt............  Allen............  At'y-at-Law.
D. M. Valentine.........................   32   Peoria City..........  Franklin......   Lawyer.
Joshua  Wheeler......................... 36   Pardee..................  Atchison......  Farmer.
John Wilson.............................. 34   Leavenworth.........  Leavenworth   Merchant.
Wilbur F. Woodworth................. 35   Baldwin  City.........  Douglas........   Lawyer.
John  Francis. Secretary.............  30   Olathe.................. Johnson......  Printer.
John G. Otis, Assistant Secretary,  24   Topeka.................  Shawnee......  Lawyer.
Win. Boulton, Journal Clerk......  41   Seneca................. Nemaha.......   Carpenter.
Davies Wilson, Docket Clerk...... 32   Emporia............... Lyon............ At'y-at-Law.
Jno. Van Horn, Engrossing Clerk,  26   Baldwin City.........  Douglas........    echanic.
Hugh A. Cook, Sergeant-at-Arms,  35   Minneola...............  Franklin......   Farmer.
LeRoy Crandall, Doorkeeper......  36   Fremont...............  Lyon...                           Farmer.
Albert L. Bartlett, Messenger...... 10   Topeka..... Shawnee          Clerk.
MEMBERS AND OFFICERS OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
~Names.                   Age    P. O. Address.                 County.             Avocation.
Josiah Kellogg, Speaker............  32   Leavenworth......  Leavenworth......  Lawyer.
E. A. Alford.............................  34   Bazaar.............  Chase.....                 Farmer.
H. S. Baker.............................. 29   Atchison............  Atchison............ Farmer.
H. V. Beeson............................. 54   Stanton............  Franklin............  Farmer.
G. W. Barrett........................... 30   Mount Florence..  Jefferson............  Farmer.
R. H. Bishop.............................  34   Salina................ Saline................. Farmer.
M. W. Bottom........................... 52   Quindaro...........  Wyandotte.........  Builder.
G. W. Bowman......................... 46   Atchison.......  Atchison............  Farmer.
R. Bradley................................ 41   Ash Point........... Nemaha.............  Farmer.
J. F. Broadhead........................ 36   Mound City........  Linn.................. Farmer.
A. Brown................................. 52   Leavenworth......  Leavenworth......   Land Agent
A. W. J. Brown......................... 45   Iola.................... Allen.................  Farmer.
D. G. Campbell.......................... 42   Shawnee........... Johnson............ Farmer.
J. H. Campbell.......................... 44   Carlyle............... Allen................. Farmer.
N. C. Clark................................ 41   Columbus........... Doniphan..........  Physician.
J. Christie................................. 34   Stanton..............  Miami...............  Farmer.
D. R. Cobb................................ 35   Marmaton..........  Bourbon.............  Co. Officer.
L. C. C(onrey.......................... 53   Osawatomie.......   Miami...............  Physician.
R. S. Craft................................. 32   Holton...............  Jackson............... Physician.
G. E. Dennison........................ 43   Moneka............. Iinn.............              Physician.
W. P. Douthitt....................... 34   Topeka.............. Shawnee..:...  Lawyer.
Wm. Downing........................... 41   Council Grove.....  Morris..............  Farmer.
C. F. Drake.............................. 29   Fort Scott........... Bourbon....... Merchant.
J. M. Ellis................................ 39   Paola.....................   armer.
J. S. Emery.............................. 32    Lawrence........... Douglas............Lawyer.
C. V. Eskridge.........                    28   Emporia............  Lyon................ Merchant.
George Ford.........                       51   Lawrence..........  Douglas............erchant.
J. W. Foinman...........................44   Doniphan..........  Doniphan..........  Miller..
W. Foster................................   41   Clinton..............  Douglas........           Farmer.
R. C. Foster..............................  28    Delaware City.... Leavenworth                  Teamster.
B. E. Fullington........................   43   Batchelor............. Riley................   Farmer.




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MEMBERS AND OFFICERS OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTAtIVES-CONCL'D.
Names.                  Age    P. O. Address.              County.            Avocation.
G. W. Glick....................          34   Atchison............ Atchison..........   Lawyer.
G. F. Gordon............................. 37   West Point......... Davis.................. Farmer.
G. W, E. Griffith........................29   Minneola........... Franklin............  Lawyer.
C. H. Grover.............................32   Le...... Leavenworth.....   Farmer.
T. O'Gwartney........................ 39   Easton............... Leavenworth.....  Farmer.
W. P. Hanson.......................... 31   Palermo............ Doniphan.......... Carpenter.
William  Harrison..................    49   Chelsea...............  Butler............. Farmer.
J. Hawkins...............................56   Mapleton............ Bourbon......... Physician.
J. S. Hidden............................ 42   Centralia............  Nemaha.............  Physician.
J. Hiner.................................... 4    Garnett.......... Anderson....... Farmer.
H. G. Hollinberg.......................34   Marysville..........  Washington........  Farmer.
S. Hollister...............             33   Sumner..........  Atchison............  Miller.
H. W. Ide................................29   Leavenworth.......   Leavenworth.....    Lawyer.
G. E. Irwin.............................  32   Hamlin............. Brown................  Physician.
D. B. Jackman..........................38   Fort Lincoln......  Bourbon..........  Teacher.
J. P. Johnson...........................  40   Highland...........  Doniphan.........  Farmer.
D. M. Johnston...............            36..........  36   Mission Creek.....   Wabaunsee.......  Farmer.
J. H. Jones..............................    Kaw City.........    Jefferson...........  Farmer.
J. Kinner..............................     47   Eureka.......        reenwood......      Farmer.
I J. Lacock..............................  27   Hiawatha...........Brown...............  Lawyer.
W. A. Lattin.......................... 36   Leavenw'th City.   Leavenworth.....   Farmer.
S. V. Lee................................... Pottawatomie..... Farmer.
G. M. Lee.................................28   Winchester........ Jefferson............ Farmer.
J. W. Loy.................................  32   Americus...........   Lyon.................. Farmer.
J. Means...................................30   Cresco............... Anderson........... Farmer.
A. McCartney...........................      Neosho Falls......Woodson............   Physician.
J. Medill..............................    35   Springdale..........  Leavenworth..... Farmer.
R. S. Miller............................... 24   Abilene............ Dickinson........... Surveyor.
D. T. Mitchell...........................  31   Lecompton.......... Douglas..............  Lawyer.
F. R. Page................................  32   Neosho Rapidst...  Lyon..................  Farmer.
F. R. Page.               32 Neosho Rapids... Lyon......  Farmer.
J. Rogers                                34   Burlingame................................  34   Burlingame...... Osage..................  Lawyer.
Ed. Russell................................ 30   Elwood...............  Doniphan.......... Farmer.
W. R. Saunders.........................      LeRoy................ Coffey.................  Lawyer.
J. N. Sayer............................. 37   Blooming Grove.. Linn.................. Farmer.
S. J. H. Snyder..........................50   Morovia............Atchison............  Farmer.
C. S. Steel............................. 32   Willow Springs... Douglas........... Farmer.
C. H. Stratton........................  34   Lexington.......... Johnson............ Farmer.
H. Tucker...............................38   Ottumwa............  Coffey................. Physician
D. Underhill.............................37   Jackson............ Linn.................. Farmer.
J. W. Vaughn.........................44   Baldwin City......  Douglas............. Farmer.
D. F. Walker...........................   58   Springdale.........  Leavenworth.....  Merchant.
J. T. Ward................................   Tecumseh...........   Shawnee............ Farmer.
J. Weisbach.............................. 31   Marysville....      Marshall............ Merchant.
W. Williams............       33   Gardner............  Johnson............  Mechanic.
A. R. Banks, Chief Clerk                 27.............. Shawnee............ Clerk.
J. W. Day, Assistant Clerk........29   Oskaloosa........... Jefferson............  Lawyer.
H. P. Welsh, Journal Clerk.......28   Minneola......... Franklin........    Lawyer.
A. Ellis, Engrossing Clerk........47   Miami............... Miami..............  Farmer.
C. S. Lambdin, Enrolling Clerk.. 533   Plymouth..........  Lyon...............  Paper M'kr.
Wm. Wilson, Docket Clerk........40   Lecompton......                Douglas............. Clergyman.
H. A. Burgess, Serg't-at-Arms..   31   Lexington.............   Farmer.
E. Cobb, Ass't Serg't-at-Arms.....   47   Junction City.... Davis........                 Carpenter.
E. Downard, Doorkeeper.......... 21   Elwood............... Doniphan.......... Teacher.
M. B. Crawford, Ass't D'rkeeper. 236   Topeka..............  Shawnee............House Jr.
Joseph Farren, Page.................14   Lawrence..........  Douglas.
William  Griffith, Page.............  14   Topeka............  Shawnee
JANUARY 13. —Meeting of the State Agricultural Society, at Topeka.
Oficers: President, L. D. Bailey, Lyon county; Secretary, F. G. Adams,
Shawnee county; Treasurer, F. P. Baker, Nemaha county.
Executive Committee: J. P. Johnson, Doniphan county; G. W. Collamore,
Douglas county; David L. Lakin, Jefferson county; Abram Ellis, Miami
county; S. M. Strickler, Davis county; J. S. Hidden, Nemaha county;
C. Starns, Leavenworth county; J. R. Swallow, Lyon county; J. C. Marshall, Linn county; C.B. Lines, Wabaunsee county.
JANUARY 14.-The Senate passes unanimously a resolution introduced
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their victories at Newtonia, in Missouri; at old Fort Wayne, in the Indian
Nation; and at Cane Hill, Prairie Grove, and Van Buren, in Arkansas.
JANUARY 14.-The Fort Scott Bulletin publishes a letter written by Geo.
A. Reynolds, in Washington, in which he says:
"About a month since, Sidney Clarke, Esq., while on his way to Washington, with
the audited accounts of the irregular claims of Lane's Brigade, had the misfortune to
lose his carpet-bag with all the papers connected with that service. The bag was stolen
from him while in Baltimore. Since then hne has used every effort to recover them, but
without any success. I fear it will greatly delay the payment of the claims, and perhaps the business will all have to be done over again."
JANUARY 19.-Benj. P. Shillaber writes a poem for the Printers' Festival,
given at Leavenworth.
JANUARY 24.-The new Board of State Canvassers declare John H.
Watson Chief Justice, he having received 8,918 votes, to 6,006 for W. P.
Gambell. The old Board declined to canvass the vote, and the Supreme
Court sustained the old Board. The Court holds that the acceptance of an
office under the United States by a judicial officer does not of itself work a
vacancy in the office; that the vacancy in the office of Chief Justice occurred
November 28th, 1862, when Ewing resigned; that the vacancy was properly
filled by the Governor, who appointed Nelson Cobb Chief Justice on that
day.
On the 4th of November, 1862, John H. Watson received a majority of
all the votes cast for Chief Justice.
Opinion by Judge Kingman. (The State, ex rel. Watson, vs. Cobb, 2 Kan., 32.)
JANUARY 17.-Fort Scott re-established as a permanent military post.
-The President appoints Samuel Lappin, Geo. F. Warren and Chester
Thomas, jr., Quartermasters.
JANUARY 27.-A book is printed in Leavenworth, called The Philosophy
of Truth; written by F. Holiday Burris.
FEBRUARY 4.-S. M. Thorp admitted to the Senate, in place of John A.
Beam.
FEBRUARY 10.-The Leavenworth Daily Inquirer, a Secession paper,
ceases to exist. The presses were destroyed at 10:30 A. M., the type thrown
out of the window, and the cases burned, on Shawnee street, near Main.
Burrell B. Taylor, the editor, ran away.
FEBRUARY 13.-Execution of Carl Horne.
MARCH 1. — Guilford Dudley is appointed Adjutant General.
-Dan. M. Adams and H. S. Sleeper appointed Paymasters.
MARCH 2.-Geo. W. Collamore elected Mayor of Lawrence.
MARCH 3.-Adjournment of the Legislature. The important acts of the
Legislature were as follows: A joint resolution accepting the act of Congress
giving land for an Agricultural College; Establishing the Agricultural College in Riley county, provided that the Trustees of Bluemont College cede
its land to the State in fee simple; An act for the government of the Agricultural College; Providing for the selection of the College lands; Giving
Prof. P. A. Emery a salary for teaching the deaf and dumb; Funding the
Territorial debt; Procuring temporary buildings for State offices; Making




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unorganized counties municipal townships; Providing for an Insane Asylum
at Osawatomie; Changing the name of Grasshopper Falls to Sautrell Falls;
Providing for building a Penitentiary; Paying a premium on the manufacture of salt; Establishing a State Normal School at Emporia; Authorizing two school districts in Lyon county to issue bonds (this seems to be
the first act of this kind); Establishing the State University at Lawrence.
The volume of laws contains 128 pages. Since the admission of the State,
public and private laws are published in the same volume.
MARCH 3.-The following is a summary of chapter 98, laws of Congress
of 1863, granting lands to Kansas railroads:
"Grants to Kansas, to aid the construction: First, of a railroad and telegraph from
the city of Leavenworth, by the way of the town of Lawrence, and via the Ohio City
crossing of the Osage river, to the southern line of the State, in the direction of Galveston Bay in Texas, with a branch from Lawrence by the valley of the Wakarusa
river, to the point on the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe railroad where said road intersects the Neosho river. Second, of a railroad from the city of Atchison, via Topeka,
the capital of said State, to the western line of the State, in the direction of Fort Union
and Santa Fe, New Mexico, with a branch from where this last-named road crosses the
Neosho, down said Neosho valley to the point where the said first-named road enters
the said Neosho valley; every alternate section of land, designated by odd numbers, for
ten sections in width on each side of said roads, and each of its branches. If any such
lands are sold or pre-empted, other as near as possible shall be given in lieu, but in no
case further than twenty miles from the line of road; the granted lands to be applied exelusively to aid the roads. The sections among these lands remaining to the United States
are not to be sold for less than double the minimum price, nor subject to private entry
until first offered at public sale, except in case of actual settlers, who may buy at minimum price; the homestead law also applies to all these lands. The roads are to be free
to the United States for carrying troops or any property. Rules for disposing of the
lands are set down. If no part of the roads is done in ten years, the grant is void."
-Passage of an act by Congress for the removal of Indians from Kans~s.
MARCH 8.-Rev. C. C. Hutchinson reappointed Ottawa Indian Agent.
MARCH 18. —Governor Carney goes to Washington, and Lieut. Gov.
Osborn goes to Topeka, to act in his absence.
-E. N. Morrill is appointed Commissary; Oliver S. Coffin and Geo.
Allen, Quartermasters; S. W. Eldridge and John B. Wheeler, Paymasters.
MARCH 13.-Thos. Ewing, jr., is made a Brigadier General; Captain
Wm. Tholen, Adjutant General, and Captain M. H. Insley is appointed
Quartermaster in the Regular Army.
APRIL.- Organization of the Fourteenth Kansas begins.
APRIL 6.-D. R. Anthony elected Mayor of Leavenworth.
APRIL 14.-T. Dwight Thacher becomes the proprietor of the Kansas
City (Mo.) Journal.
APRIL 25.-Dr.. Rufus Gillpatrick killed at Webber's Falls, Cherokee
Nation, while dressing the wounds of a Rebel soldier.
APRIL 28.-C. W. Babcock makes arrangements for bridging the Kaw
at Lawrence.
APRIL 30.-The Commissioners appointed by the Governor report to
him that they have selected forty acres of land near Lawrence as a site for
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MAY.-LThe Kansas Farmer founded by Lawrence D. Bailey, Topeka.
The size of the printed page is 41 by 7~ inches.
MAY 1.- Governor Carney sells State bonds in New York at 95-.'
MAY 2.-Battle of Chancellorsville.
MAY 18.-A ruffian and thief named Sterling hung by the citizens of
Atchison. On the 23d, about 300 men from the country went into Atchison,
took Mooney and Brewer, two other members of the gang, and hung them.
MAY 20. —Col.'William A. Phillips has an engagement with Col. Coffey,
at Fort Gibson (now called Fort Blunt.)
JUNE 1. —Sidney Clarke appointed Provost Marshal for Kansas, Nebraska and Colorado.
JUNE 3.-Two desperadoes, James Melvine and William Cannon, hung
at Highland by citizens.
JUNE 11. — Col. James Montgomery, of Kansas, with his colored regiment, leaves Hilton Head for a raid in Georgia.
— Vallandigham, nominated for Governor of Ohio.
JULY 1. —Col. James M. Williams, of the First Kansas Colored, 800
strong, and 500 Indians, has a fight at Cabin creek with a force of Texans
and Indians under Stand Waitie. Complete Union victory.
JULY 3.-Final battle of Gettysburg; retreat of Lee.
JULY 4.-Surrender of Vicksburg. The rebellion reaches its climax.
JULY 8.-The Mississippi opened.
-James McCahon and A. R. Banks made' Provost Marshals of Kansas;
Ed. Russell and A. J. Shannon, Commissioners.
JULY 12.-John Morgan's raid in'Ohio.;JULY 13.-Great draft riot in New York.
JULY 17.-Blunt gains a victory' over Cooper, at Honey Springs, sbuth
of the Arkansas, in the Indian Territory.
JULY 27.-Organization of the Agricultural College; the first term to
begin September 2.
AUGUsT.-Death of Archibald Williams, United States District Judge.
AUGUST 17.-The Commissioners appointed by the Governor report to
him that they have selected twenty acres of land adjoining Emporia as a
site for the Normal School.
AUGUST 21. —The Quantrell Massacre, at Lawrence. The following account, by Rev. Rtichard Cordley, D.D., is copied from Blackburn's Gazetteer
of Kansas. Dr. Cordley wrote a longer sketch for the Annual Register.
A pamphlet of considerable length, describing the Massacre, was written
by Hovey E. Lowman.
"Early in the summer of 1863, a large band entered Olathe, one night, about midnight. They took most of the citizens prisoners, and kept them till their work was
done. They plundered the town, carried off what they wanted, and destroyed other
property, and left before daylight. They killed some seven men.
"Some time after, they sacked the town of Shawnee twice. In addition to robbery,
they here burned most of the town. Several were killed here also. Individual murders and house-burning were common.
"On the 20th of August, a body of between three and four hundred crossed the




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State line at sundown. Riding all night, they reached Lawrence at daybreak. They
dashed into the town with a yell, shooting at everybody they saw. The surprise was
complete. The hotel, and every point where a rally would be possible, was seized at
once, and the ruffians then began the work of destruction. Some of the citizens
escaped into the fields and ravines, and some into the woods, but the larger portion
could not escape at all. Numbers of these were shot down as they were found, and
often brutally mangled. In many cases the bodies were left in the burning buildings
and were consumed. The Rebels entered the place about five o'clock, and left between
nine and ten. Troops for the relief of the town were within six miles when the
Rebels went out. One hundred and forty-three were left dead in the streets, and about
thirty desperately wounded. The main street was all burned but two stores. Thus,
about seventy-five business houses were destroyed, and nearly one hundred residences.
They destroyed something near two millions of property, left eighty widows and two
hundred and fifty orphans, as the result of their four hours' work. Scenes of brutality
were enacted, which have never been surpassed in savage warfare. The picture is
redeemed only by the fact that women and children were in no case hurt."
The first news of the event was brought to Leavenworth by James F.
Legate. The first full newspaper description of it was written by George T.
Isbell, for the Leavenworth Conservative, and telegraphed thence through
the country.
A book called "Shelby and his Men; or the War in the West," was
printed in Cincinnati in 1867. It is a Confederate history. The following
is copied from pages 400, 401:
"About daylight on the morning of August 21, 1863, Quantrell, with three hundred
men, dashed into the streets of Lawrence, Kansas. Flame and bullet, waste and pillage, terror and despair, were everywhere. Two hundred were killed, Death was a
monarch, and men bowed down aad worshipped him. Blood ran in rivulets. The guerillas were unerring shots with revolvers, and excellent horsemen. General Lane saved
himself by flight; General Collamore took refuge in a well, and died there. Poor Collamore! He should have kept away from the well, upon the principle that actuated the
mother who had no objection to her boy's learning how to swim, if he didn't go near
the water. Printers and editors suffered. Speer of the Tribune, Palmer of the Journal, Trask of the State Journal, hadn't time even to write their obituaries. Two
camps of instruction for white and negro soldiers, on Massachusetts street (of course),
were surrounded and all their occupants killed. Every hotel, except the City Hotel,
was burned. Other property, valued at two million dollars, was also fired and consumed..... Massachusetts street was made a mass of smouldering ruins. Sometimes
there is a great deal in a name-in this instance more than is generally the case.
After killing every male inhabitant who remained in Lawrence, after burning the
houses in the town and those directly around it, Quantrell very quietly withdrew his
men into Missouri and rested there, followed, however, at a safe distance, by General
Lane, who made terrible threats, but miserable fulfilments. Two hundred white abolitionists, fifty or sixty negroes, and two millions of dollars worth of property were fearful aggregates of losses."
AUGUST 22.-The citizens of Leavenworth raise $10,000 for the relief
of Lawrence.
AUGUST 23.- Blunt crosses the Arkansas.
-The following order issued by Gen. Thomas Ewing, jr.:
"GENERAL ORDER NO. 11.]                      KANSAS CITY, Mo., Aug. 23d, 1863.
"All persons living in Jackson, Cass and Bates counties. Missouri, and that part of
Vernon county included in this district, except those living within one mile of the limits of Independence, Hickman's Mill, Pleasant Hill and Harrisonville. and except those
in Kaw Township, Jackson county, north of this creek and west-of the Big Blue, embracing Kansas City and Westport, are hereby ordered to remove from their places of
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"Those who within that time prove their loyalty to the satisfaction of the commanding officer of the military station nearest their present places of residence, will
receive from him certificates stating the fact of their loyalty, and the names of the witnesses by whom it can be sworn. All who have received such certificates will be permitted to remove to any military station in this district, or to any part of Kansas
except the counties on the eastern border of the State. All others shall remove out of
this district. Officers commanding companies and detachments serving in companies
will see that this paragraph is promptly obeyed.
"All hay or grain in the field or under shelter, in the district from which the inhabitants are required to remove, within reach of the military stations after the 9th of
September next, will be taken to such stations and turned over to the proper officers
there, and a report of the amount so turned over made to the district headquarters,
specifying the names of all loyal owners and the amount of such produce taken from
them. All grain and hay found in such districts after the 9th of September next, not
convenient to such stations, will be destroyed."
SEPTEMBER.- Organization of the Fifteenth Kansas begins.
SEPTEMBER 7.-M. M. Murdock founds the Burlingame Chronicle.
W. F. Chalfant, the present proprietor, bought it in January, 1872.
SEPTEMBER 8.-Convention at Paola.  President, T. A. Osborn; Vice
Presidents, A. H. Dean, D. P. Lowe, I. Ford, W. H. M. Fishback, Johnson
Clark, J. A. Woodworth, D. M. Valentine; Secretaries, D. W. Wilder, D. B.
Emmert, Henry Buckingham, James C. Horton. Resolutions adopted asking the removal of Generals Schofield and Ewing, and the establishment
of a new military department.
SEPTEMBER 10. —Samuel Hallett at work on the Kansas Pacific Railway
at Wyandotte.
SEPTEMBER 19.-Battle of Chicamauga.
OCTOBER 6.-First State Fair, held at Leavenworth.
OCTOBER 6.-The following account of the massacre at Baxter Springs,
Kansas, is copied from Greeley's Conflict, vol. II, p. 452:
"General Blunt, having been on business to Kansas, was returning with a small
cavalry escort to Fort Smith, when he was struck, near Baxter's Springs, Cherokee
Nation, by Quantrell, with 600 guerillas, and most of his small escort killed or disabled:
among the eighty killed - nearly all after they had been captured-were Major H. Z.
Curtis, son of Major General S. R. Curtis, and several civilians. [General Curtis named
Fort Zarah for this son.] General Blunt, rallying some fifteen of his guard, escaped
capture and death by great coolness and courage; their persistency in boldly fighting
creating a belief that they were the van of a heavy force. A considerable train that
accompanied them was sacked and burned. The attack was made very near the little
post known as Fort Blair, which was next assailed; but its defenders, though few, were
brave, and well led by Lieutenant Pond, Third Wisconsin Cavalry, who bleat the enemy
off, inflicting a loss of eleven killed and many more wounded. General Blunt and his
remnant of escort kept the prairie till night, then made their way to the post. They
had not ventured thither before, apprehending that it had been taken."
OCTOBER 6.-The Provost Marshal General writes that Kansas has furnished for the United States service the number of 4,440 troops in excess
of all calls. Her white soldiers number 9,613. Colonel Fry's statement
does not include the colored regiment, nor 2,262 Indians enrolled in three
regiments, in Kansas, in 1862.
OCTOBER 7.-Meeting of State Editors at Leavenworth.  D. H. Bailey,
President; F. P. Baker, Secretary. On the 8th a Society was formed, with




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the following officers: President, John Speer; Vice President, Hovey E.
Lowman; Secretary, D. H. Bailey; Treasurer, D. W. Wilder.
-Mark W. Delahay appointed United States District Judge.
OCTOBER 8.-The Republican State Committee meets in. Leavenworth,
and nominates Robert Crozier for Chief Justice.
-D. W. Wilder appointed Surveyor General of Kansas and Nebraska.
OCTOBER 16.-The Fifteenth Regiment mustered.
OCTOBER 21.-Henry C. F. Hackbusch appointed Chief Clerk of Surveyor General.
OCTOBER 23.-Discontinuance of the Delaware Land District-office at
Atchison.
OCTOBER 25. —Battle of Pine Bluff.
"Pine Bluff, on the south bank of the Arkansas, fifty miles below Little Rock, was
occupied, early in October, by Colonel Powell Clayton, Fifth Kansas Cavalry, with 350
men and four guns. Marmaduke, at Princeton, forty-five miles south, resolved to retake it. By the time he advanced to do so, Clayton had been re-enforced by the First
Indiana Cavalry; so that now he had 600 men and nine light guns.
"Marmaduke, with twelve guns and a force estimated at 2,500, advanced in three
columns, and poured in shell and canister for five hours, setting fire to the place; but
Clayton had organized 200 negroes to barricade the streets with cotton bales, by whose
services the fire was stopped without subtracting from his slender fighting force. The
Rebel shells burned the Court House and several dwellings, battering most of the residue; but they could not take the town, and at 2 P. M. drew off, having lost 150 killed and
wounded, beside 33 prisoners. Our loss was but 17 killed and 40 wounded —five of the
former and twelve of the latter among the negro volunteers.'?-Greeley's Conflict, vol. II,
p. 453.
NOVEMBER 1. —A book published, called "History of American Conspiracies."  By Orville J. Victor.  New  York:' James D. Torrey.  1863.
One chapter is given to the "Kansas-Nebraska troubles," and one to "John
Brown's Conspiracy." It contains a steel engraving by John Rogers, designed by Felix O. C. Darley, "Missourians going to Kansas to'vote."'
The "voters" are well-armed assassins, and the engraving spirited.
NOVEMBER. — Organization of the Sixteenth Kansas begins.
— Location of the Insane Asylum, at Osawatomie.
NOVEMBER 2.-The conditions of the act of February 20 having been
complied with, Governor Carney issues a proclamation declaring the State
University to be permanently established at Lawrence.
NOVEMBER 3.-Election. The following is the canvass of the vote:
JUDICIAL VOTE.
CHIEF JUSTICE OF THE SUPREME COURT.
Robert Crozier................................12, 731   Scattering........................................... 14
DISTRICT ATTORNEY FOR FIRST JUDICIAL DISTRICT.
Counties.                        X                 L
Jackson............................................................................ 147...... 147  147
Jefferson.........................................................................  784.......  784   784
Leavenworth.199 10 2005 1985
Leavenworth............................................................   1995   10  2005   1985
Wyandotte.................................................  307   36  343   271
Total..........................................................3279  3187




1863.]                                           ANNALS OF KANSAS.                                                                             351
DISTRICT ATTORNEY FOR SECOND JUDICIAL DISTRICT.
Counties.                                                             bAtchison.....929.....................929..................                                                                        929       929
Brown......................................................    30...                   303          303
Doniphan..........                                                          855............................................ 855  855
Marshall.............................................    337.........7........    337                      337
Nemaha............................................. 284          9         10    303.........
Total.7  29..................................... 2727  2689
DISTRICT ATTORNEY FOR THIRD JUDICIAL DISTRICT.
Counties.
Davis...................................... 113                                                  109.....    222             4.........
Dickinson.......................................                 57          13........         70         44.........
Pottawatomie...............................................                          131          24            6       161         107.........
Saline................................................                                 42         23.........          65         19.........
Shawnee........................................                                     276         240.........    516             36.........
W abaunsee...............................................                               51          85.........    136.........               34
Riley....................    114          108.........    222                6........
Total................................................... 1392   182........
DISTRICT ATTORNEY FOR FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT.
Counties., 
Allen.........209...................                                                             290.0..................    290.........
Anderson.....................................138..................  138.........
Bourbon..................................................................  239         187.........    426           52
Douglas..............................................................               821         58          12        891          763
Franklin............................................        181            1........    182               180
Johnson.........................................                                              271          85........   356                 186
Linn.......................................                                                     467.......67........    467            467
Miami........................................  426    426
Total...................................'...........................  3176                                                             2502
DISTRICT ATTORNEY FOR FIFTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT.
Counties.'                                 |
Chase.......................................                                         55          52           2        109            3....
Coffey..............................................................                  86          6       248         3162
Greenwood.....................................................                        31          11          39         81.........             8
Lyon.....................................................                          137        309           62        508....................
Morris.............                                                                    89.........  30  119   59 
Osage.............................                                    169            1         29    199    140.......
Woodson................................................................... 85
Butler.1n                                                                                            1           1         23         20................................................ 
TButler........................6 21                                                        4.23    26.........
Total.........................................................                                                 1464          262.........
DISTRICTATTORNEY FORFIFTH       JUDICIAL   DISTRICT.~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~




352                                          ANNALS OF KANSAS.                                                                    [1863.
VOTE FOR MEMBERS OF THE LEGISLATURE.
REPRESENTATIVES.
Counties.                                       Names.                                                     P 
1    Doniphan.......................  J.P. Johnson..........................                          133         58.........
W. R. Parker..........................              75...............
T. C. Shreve.................       50.........      258
2.................................     W.J. Orem..............................    999          31.....
E. Fleming..............................               68.........      167
3.................................    F. H. Drenning.......................               104        104        104
4.....................................      C. C. Camp.......................                  175        175        175
5.....................................      J. W. Forman.........................    105                    44.........
S.W. Lloyd............................'61.........         176       880
6    Atchison........................   G.W. Glick.............................    189                          183.........
J. Saqui..................................              6.........      195
7.................................  Jacob  Saqui.............................    208              132........
William   Dean........................                 76.........    284
8......................................  Asa  Barnes............................    232  231......... Samuel Hollister...........233
9.......................................  B. W. Williams................       124        122.........
Scattering..............................               2.........    126
10......................................J. C. Batsell............................                     83         83         83       921
11    Brown...........................  Ira  J. Lacock..........................    115                             53......
L. C. Dunn..62................          62.................
Scattering...............................               1...    178
12.......................................  George E. Irwin.......................                     73         28.........
George E.  IrwSavin.............................        45.........    118        296
13    Nemaha........................  Richard  Bradley.................... 133  39.........
George raham.....................                     94.........    227
14...................................... J..S. Hidden......................     134         69.........
J. Hodgins..............................               65.........      199        426
15    Marshall........................D. Brumbaugh..............    224         117.........
T. S. Vail................................    107.........              331        331
16    Washington...................  G.H. Hollinberg.....................                               48         48         48         48
17    Pottawatomie................ O. J. Grover.............................    131               99........
F. N. Sales.32................    32.........  163    163
18  Jackson.J. W. Williams....................                                                         190         69.........
G. M. Lee.61......................                     61..................
N. Leaventon..........................               25.........    272
20.......................................  E. M. Hutchins......................    116                        18...
Rohert Riddle..........................                   98....      214
21...............................   M. Barnes..............................              149         51...] 2
G.W. Gray..............................                98.........                   733
22    Leavenworth................  William   Freeland.....................340                                     182.........
W..  Gam        ell.........................       158.........    498
23.......................................  Josiah  Kellogg ~ ~.....................                492       492        492
24...........................George  A. Moore.....................    390                            301.........
John  L. Pendery....................                   89.........      479
25................................  James  B. Laing.......................                251         71.........
W. A. Lattin..........................              180.........    431
26............................... Jacob W. Craig........................121                            66........
Charles H. Grover..................                   55....     176
27......................................George  R. Houts....................                         60         14...
P. E   Thornton...................    146.........    106
28.......................................  David  F. Walker.....................                     62         18.........
John  Wright...........................                44..................
Isaac M. Pierce.......................                15....    121
29................................  Thomas Trower......................    113                                    61.........
James L. Wallace..........1..........                  52.........    165
30......................................  Ben. H. Twombly.................... 97          21........
H. T. Green.76.. 1732641..............   76.........  173  2641
31    W.yandotte.....................  M. W. Bottom..........................    190                               84.........
B. B. Hadley...........................    106..................
A. Guthrie...............................              45.........      341        341
32    Johnson....................    C. H. Stratton.................    126         103.........
W. D. Butt........................                     23.........    149
33.......................................    D. G. Campbei.Wllke r...............      71         22'......
S. B. Bell W                                           49.........      120
34..................................... ~      Harry  McBride ~......................                 75         75         75       344
35  Douglas.........................s T. J. Steinberg......................                            254    254    254
36......................................      J. S. Emery.............................    114                    63.........
S. J. Willes.51........................   5.........  165




1863.]                                    ANNALS OF KANSAS.                                                               353
VOTE FOR REPRESENTATIVES — (CONTINUED).
Counties.                                   Names.                       q X
37  Douglas (concluded)....... Clarkson Reynolds..................   71    41
W. G. Piper.............................           30..             101
38.......................................  A. Thoman............................  66        3
Levi Woodard.........:     63.........     129
39......                                    J. A. Wakefield...............                   114        59.
William   Brass..     55..................169
40......................................  William   Draper................... 90   88.
Scattering...........................             2...           92       910
41    Shawnee........................  J. F. Cummings......................    194                      83.
W. P. Douthitt................................
Scattering...........................         308
42......................................   Henry  Fox..............................    107             11.
J. L. Weightman.....................              95
Scattering.............................    203                  511
43   Miami............................  William  Chesnut.....................                    84       39
Thomas Roberts.. 45.........  129
44....................................     T. H. Ellis...............................         134     134      134
45...................................      W. G. McCollock.....................              93        29.
R. Hiner.................................        64.........    15        420
46   Linn..............................    William  Snooks.......................             45          1
Richard  Hill...........................          44.........      89
47.......................................   J. H. Belding...........................          87        87        87
48.........Samuel   yres..........................                                             53        53        53
49.....................................  Jeff. Fleming..........................    102               102      102       331
50   Bourbon........................  William  Stone.................     55        47.
A. Warner.......................                    8.......         3
51.                                          R. P. Stevens.......................              51        28.
M. T. Jones.............................         23
J. Hawkins.............................           19....          93
52......................................  D. R. Cobb.............7................                     87 87     87
53......................................    J. G. Miller.............................   176           174 
G. A. Revnolds........................              2.........    178      421
54   Allen.............................  D. Rogers................................           142        42.
J. R. Goodin...........................   100.........    242
55.......................................   J. M. Evans............................           35         3.
J. W. Scott..     32......................   67  309
56  Anderson........................  Henry  Cavender.....................                    86        14.
Isaac H ic.............................  72....
James Adams..........................  7.........    165
57......................................    B. M. ingo.............................          72        59.
R. Kirkland.............................          13.........     85       250
58   Franklin........................  Isaiah Pile..............................              81        78....
Scattering........................                3                 84.......
59                                           J     e.......................... es N. Smith................ 80.....   80"   80  164
60 Osage.James Rogers.................  99    1.
P. C. Schuyler........................                              97      197
61    Coffey...........................  Job Throckmlorton..................                137      111.
Joseph Jenks..........................           26..              163
62                                           William R. Saunders..                           98    23.........
Abijah Jones..      75.......................    173  336
63   Woodson........................  A. W. Pickering.....................                    80        80        80        80
64    Lyon............................. C.. Eskridge.........................    13           17....
Jacob Stotler...........................    118..                  253
65.......................................   A. K. Hawks..........................              62        16.
G. H. Lillie..............................       46.
Isaiah Booth...........................          26.
E. H. Sanford........................            29.
W. H. Mickel....................                4.........    167
66.......................................  Joseph Frost........................              56        10.........
R. H. Abraham........................    46..                   102      522
67   Butler...........................  G. T. Donaldson.......................                19         4.
L. Mi. Pratt........................     13                  34        34
68   Chase.............................  A. L. Alford.............................             76        44
H. L. Scribner........................  32.........    108    108
69   Morris...........................  S. N. Wood...............     96........46.
William   Downing....................            50.........    146         146
70   Wabaunsee.....................  D. M. Johnstoni.......................                  109        8.
F. Weir...................................       24
W. Mitchell........................                2......     35       135
71    Davis...................              P. Z. Taylor............................   130              19
W. S. Gilbert................................... 241         241
23




354                            ANNALS OF KANSAS.                                         [1863.
VOTE FOR REPRESENTATIVES — (CONCLUDED.)
Countie.                         Names.,
72  Riley............................B. E. Fullington.....................  150  66
Robert Fleming.......................    84.........  234    234
73  Dickinson................. G. F. Hersey.69                              69      69     69
74  Saline.................. H. L. Jones..............................  -42  20 
I H. Whiteley...........................    22.........   64  64
75  Greenwood..................... James Kenner........................ 2 63   51
Jochan Keyes..........................   12........    75  75
Total....... I....1I|22,9
VOTE FOR SENATOR OF THE NINTH  DISTRICT, DOUGLAS COUNTY, TO FILL A VACANCY.
Robert G. Elliott............................................................................ 906
RECAPITULATION OF VOTES.
CHIEF JUSTICE.
Robert Crozier.......,.............................................................................................12, 731
Scattering............................................................................................................  14
Total..........................................................................12,745
DISTRICT ATTORNEYS.
First District...................................................................................................... 3,279
Second District........................                                                    2,727
Third District..............................                                                1,392
Fourth   District..................................................................................................  3,176
Fifth District................................                                            1,464
Total.........................12, 038
REPRESENTATIVES.
Total vote for all the candidates........................................1 2                 992
NOVEMBER 19. —Speech of Abraham Lincoln at Gettysburg, on the occasion of dedicating a National Cemetery.*
"Fourscore and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent a new
nation, conceived in Liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created
equal.  Now, we are engaged in a great civil war, testing whether that nation, or any
nation so conceived and so dedicated, can long endure. We are met on a great battlefield of that war. We have come to dedicate a portion of that field as a final restingplace for those who here gave their lives that that nation might live. It is altogether
fitting and proper that we should do this.
"But, in a larger sense, we cannot dedicate, we cannot consecrate, we cannot hallow,
this ground.  The brave men, living and dead, who struggled here, have consecrated it
far above our poor power to add or detract. The world will little note nor long remember what we say here, but it can never forget what they did here. It is for us the living,
rather, to be dedicated here to the unfinished work that they have thus far so nobly advanced. It is rather for us to be here dedicated to the great task remaining before us;
that from these honored dead we take increased devotion to that cause for which they
gave the last full measure of devotion; that we here highly resolve that these dead
shall not have died in vain; that this nation, under God, shall have a new birth of
freedom, and that government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not
perish from the earth."
NOVEMBER 24. —Capture of Lookout Mountain —the "fight above the
clouds."
*" There is what I call the American  Idea.                     This Idea demands, as the
proximate organization thereof, a Democracy; that is, a government of all the people,
by all the people, for all the people; of course, a government of the Principles of Eternal Justice, the unchanging Law of God: for shortness' sake I will call it the Idea of
Freedom."-THEODORE PARKER. Speech at the New England Anti-Slavery Convention, Boston, 3M1ay 29, 1850.




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NOVEMBER 30. —Expenditures of the State for the year:
Governor's Department............ $4,230 00 Judiciary Department........... 15,243 58
Secretary's Department............  5,025 84 Legislature and Journals......... 26,918 23
Auditor's Department...............  3,340 83 Printing Department.................  9,132 89
Treasurer's Department............  2,116 00 Educating deaf and dumb..........   913 85
Superintendent of Public In-           Capitol grounds........................  1,000 00
struction................................  1,648 30 Selecting agricultural lands.......  1,000 00
Attorney General.....................  1,120 58 Miscellaneous accounts.............. 13,723 14
Quartermaster General..............  500 00 
AdjQ~ut~anr~t G~~eneraG1    Total for  1863.....   $86,869 24
Adjutant General.....................   9,57 00..................
DECEMBER 1. —Death of Lyman Allen, at Lawrence.  He came to Kansas in March, 1855, filled many public positions, and was a man of high
character.
-The Lawrence bridge is nearly completed. It is 690 feet in length. It
has been built by C. W. Babcock, E. D. Thompson, Josiah Miller, and M.
J. Parrott.
DECEMBER 10.-The State "capitol building," so called, built by Mills,
Farnsworth, Gordon, and Gage, completed and leased to the State.
DECEMBER 11. —Death of J. W. Robinson, Surgeon of the Second Kansas, at Fort Smith. He was generally believed to be innocent of intentional
wrong-doing in the sale of the State bonds —an illegal act for which he was
impeached, as Secretary of State, and removed from office. No other Kansas politician has died of a broken heart.
DECEMBER 16.-The Conservative reviews a pamphlet published by M.
Neidner & Co., St. Louis, 1854. It is entitled "Negro Slavery No Evil, or
the North and the South," and is a "Report Made to the Platte County
Self-Defensive Association, by a Committee, through B. F. Stringfellow,
Chairman."  To the men sent to Kansas by the Emigrant Aid Societies
the writer says: "We offer no argument but that of the strong arm;" "they
are to us as would be a band of Blackfeet or Camanches;" "we would be
justified in marching to their camp, and driving them back to their dens,
without waiting for their attack;" "robbers and murderers have no right to
call on the law for protection." The pamphlet contains forty pages.
-The Second Kansas (colored) is in camp at Fort Smith, Ark.
-Mr. Brinkerhoff, the pioneer conductor of the K. P., arrives.
DECEMBER 18. —Col. Wm. A. Phillips defeats a Rebel force n.ear Fort
Gibson.
DECEMBER 19.-Fort Gibson attacked by Stand Waitie; he is repulsed.
DECEMBER 22.- Wilkes Booth plays Richard III at the Leavenworth
Theatre.
DECEMBER 22.- The following is copied from  the report made to I. T.
Goodnow, Superintendent of Public Instruction, by Joseph Denison, President of the Agricultural College:
"The commissioners, appointed to locate the lands donated by Congress to the Kansas State Agricultural College, have done their work very faithfully, as we have good
evidence to believe, having visited and inspected each quarter-section in person; and
they affirm that each quarter-section is suitable to make a good farm. The 90,000 acres
of land for the endowment of the College are mostly located (76,000 acres) and designated,
and their minimum value cannot be less than $2.50 per acre, making the minimum value
of the endowment two hundred and twenty-five thousand dollars ($225,000.) Add to
this the value of the College buildings, with the library, etc., and one hundred acres of
land adjoining, estimated in July last at $25,000, and since increased by donations in




356                       ANNALS OF KANSAS.                                 [1863.
musical instruments, electrical machines, furniture, etc., about $900, and you have the
present assets of the institution. About $600 more are already pledged to the institution, by subscription, and this amount is expected to be still largely increased."
DECEMBER 31.-The Directors of the Penitentiary report that they have
made a contract for building a Penitentiary.
DECEMBER 31.-W. W. Guthrie, Attorney General, makes a report which
is published with the State documents - a good precedent.
DECEMBER 31.-The report of the Secretary of State contains a list of
the lands selected by E. P. Bancroft, H. B. Denman and S. E. Hoffman for
the State. They are: 46,080 acres, containing twelve salt springs, granted
by Congress by the Act of Admission and confirmed to the State by the
Secretary of the Interior; 6,376.36 acres for public buildings; 48,886.35
acres for the State University; 17,638.59 acres confirmed to the State in
lieu of sections 16 and 36 which had been settled upon and disposed of before the surveys -total number of acres selected, 115,981.50;
DECEMBER  31. —P. A. Emery reports fifteen pupils in  his deaf-mute
school at Baldwin City, Douglas county.
FOURTEENTH REGIMENT KANSAS VOLUNTEERS- CAVALRY.
Name and Rank.    Date of Muster.                   Remarks.
COLONEL.
Charles W. Blair........... Nov. 20, 1863  Mustered out on detached roll, Leavenworth,
LIEUT. COLONEL.                      Kansas, Aug. 21, 1865, to date Aug. 11, 1865.
Charles W. Blair........... Sept. 26, 1863  Promoted Colonel, November 20, 1863.
John G. Brown............ May  5, 1864  Resigned, August 5, 1864, Fort Smith, Ark.
J. Finn Hill..................  Nov. 22, 1864  Died of pulmonary consumption, St. Louis,
Missouri, May 11, 1865.
Albert J. Briggs............ June  3, 1865  Mustered out with regiment, June 25, 1865.
MAJOR.
Daniel H. David............ Sept. 26, 1863  Dismissed, January 7,1864, Fort Smith, Ark.
Charles Willetts...........  Nov. 12, 1863  Resigned, April 28, 1865, Pine Bluff, Arkansas.
John G. Brown............ Nov. 20,.1863  Promoted Lieutenant Colonel, March 5, 1864.
J. Finn Hill................. Jan. 20, 1864  Promoted Lieutenant Colonel, Nov. 22, 1864.
William O. Gould......... Mar. 19, 1864  Mustered out on detached roll, Leavenworth,
Kansas, Aug. 22, 1865, to date Aug. 11, 1865.
Albert J. Briggs............ May  4, 1865  Promoted Lieutenant Colonel, June 3, 1865.
William N. Bixby......... June  3, 1865  Mustered out with regiment.
ADJUTANT.
William O. Gould.........  Nov. 1, 1863  Promoted Major, March 19, 1864.
Alexander D. Nieman....July 29, 1864  Promoted Captain Company D, June 4, 1865.
George W. Williams..... June 10, 1865  Mustered out with regiment.
QUARTERMASTER.
George W. Huston........  Oct. 17, 1863  Prisoner of war from June 18, 1864, to May 27,
COMMISSARY.,         1865'; mustered out with regiment.
Josiah C. Haskell........ Nov. 9, 1863  Mustered out with regiment.
Count S. Steel............... June 3,1865  Died of pneumonia on board steamer, on the
SURGEON.                         Arkansas river, May 4,1865.
Albert W. Chenoweth... Jan.  1, 1864  Mustered out with regiment.
ASST. SURGEON.
Albert W. Chenoweth... Aug. 21, 1863  Promoted Surgeon, January 1, 1864.
Willis J. Peak.............. Aug. 20, 1864  Mustered out with regiment.
COMPANY A.
Name and Rank.    Date of Muster.                   Remar ks.
CAPTAIN.
William Larimer, jr...... Aug. 12, 1863  Mustered out with regiment.
FIRST LIEUT.
Colden C. Whitman......  May 19,1863  Killed by guerillas, near Waldron, Arkansas,
September 19, 1864.
Alexander D. Nieman... Nov. 11, 1863  Promoted Adjutant, July 29, 1864.
SECOND LIEUT.
Robert H. Pierce........... Aug. 24, 1863  Mustered out with regiment.




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qoMPANY B.
Name and Rank.    Date of Master.                      Remarks.
CAPTAIN.
Charles H. Haynes........ June 18, 1863  Mustered out with regiment.
FIRST LIEUT,
James Morris............... June 18, 1863  Dismissed, March 4, 1865, Pine Bluff, Ark., per
S. 0. 36, from Headq'rs Dept. of Arkansas.
Judson B. Taylor......... Mar. 4, 1865  Mustered out with regiment.
SECOND LIEUT.
Andrew M. Anderson... June 18, 186J  Discharged, Dec. 2, 1864, Fort Smith, Ark., per
S. 0. 99, Dept. of Arkansas.
COMPANY C.
Name and Rank.    Date of Muster.                      Remarks.
CAPTAIN.
Charles Willetts............ Aug. 6, 1863  Promoted Major, November 12, 1863.
Benjamin F. Henry...... Feb. 23, 1864  Mustered out with regiment.
FIRST LIEUT.
John G. Brown............ Aug. 6, 1863  Promoted Major, November 20, 1863.
William C. Smith.......... Feb. 23, 1864  Mustered out with regiment.
SECOND LIEUT.
J. F. Dalton.................. Aug. 6, 1863  Dishonorably mustered out of service, Aug. 26,
1864, to date Jan. 21, 1864, Fort Smith, Ark.
Pemberton R. Eves....... July 29, 1864  Mustered out, April 13, 1865.
Andrew J. Mowry......... June  4, 1865  Mustered out with regiment.
COMPANY D.
Name and Rank.    Date of Muster.                      Remarks.
CAPTAIN.
William N. Bixby......... Sept. 5, 1863  Promoted Major, June 3,1865.
Alexander D. Nieman... June  4, 1865  Mustered out with regiment.
FIRST LIEUT.
Samuel L. Jennings...... Sept. 5, 1863  Mustered out with regiment.
William N. Bixby.........  Aug. 14, 1863  Promoted Captain, September 5, 1863.
SECOND LIEUT.
James H. Berry............ Sept. 5, 1863  Dismissed the service, January 27, 1864.
COMPANY E.
Name and Rank.    Date of Muster.                      Remarks.
CAPTAIN.
George J. Clark............. Aug. 21, 1863  Mustered out on detached roll, Fort Scott, Kas.,
FIRST LIEUT.                         Auguist 11, 1865.
Benjamin F. Josling...... Aug. 21, 1863  Mustered out with regiment.
SECOND LIEUT.
William B. Clark........... Sept. 16, 1863  Mustered out with regiment.
COMPANY F.
Name and Rank.    Date of Muster.                      Remarks.
CAPTAIN.
Albert J. Briggs............ Aug. 26, 1863  Promoted Major, June 3, 1865.
John A. Huff............... June 4, 1865  Mustered out with regiment.
FIRST LIEUT.
John A. Huff............... Aug. 26, 1863  Promoted Captain, June 4, 1865.
William D. Parish......... June 7, 1865  Mustered out with regiment.
SECOND LIEUT.
William D. Parish......... Aug. 26, 1863  Promoted First Lieutenant, June 7, 1865.




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COMPANY G.
Name and Rank.    Date of Muster.                      Remarks.
CAPTAIN.
Albert H. Campbell...... Sept. 8, 1863  Mustered out, March 20, 1865.
FIRST LIEUT.
Count S. Steel............... Sept. 8, 1863  Promoted Regimental Commissary, June 3,'65.
John A. English........... June 4, 1865  Mustered out with regiment.
SECOND LIEUT.
James M. Kilgore......... Sept. 8, 1864  Mustered out, July 1, 1864, at Little Rock, Ark.
COMPANY H.
Name and Rank.    Date of Muster.                      Remarks.
CAPTAIN.
Thomas Stephenson...... Sept. 26, 1863  Mustered out with regiment.
FIRST LIEUT.
James A. Ogan..............  Sept. 26, 1863  Dismissed the service, August 2, 1865, at LawSECOND LIEUT.                         rence, Kansas.
Dudley Sawyer............. Sept. 26, 1863  Mustered out, August 2, 1865.
COMPANY I.
Name and Rank.   |Date of Muster.                      Remarks.
CAPTAIN.
Merimoth O. Teeple......[ Nov. 4, 1863  Mustered out with regiment.
FIRST LIEUT.
George L. Bowen...........  Nov. 4, 1863  Resigned, February 11, 1865.
Joseph Rickabaugh........ Apr. 20, 1865  Mustered out with regiment.
SECOND LIEUT.
Joseph Rickabaugh........ Nov. 4, 1863  Promoted First Lieutenant, April 20, 1865.
COMPANY K.
Name and Rank.    Date of Master.                      Remarks.
CAPTAIN.
Godfrey B. Nuzum........[ Feb. 19, 1864  Mustered out with regiment.
FIRST LIEUT.
Josephus Utt.            Nov. 5, 1863  Resigned, July 28, 1864, at Fort Smith, Ark.
David Handley............ Sept. 26, 1864  Mustered out with regiment.
SECOND LIEUT.
Henry Minton.............. Feb.  7, 1864  Must. out with reg't, June 25,'65; was prisoner
of war from April 26, 1864, to April 15, 1865.
COMPANY L.
Name and Rank.    Date of Muste'.                       Remarks.
CAPTAIN.
Charles Harris.............. Oct. 20, 1863  Dismissed the service, June 3,'65, Little Rock,
FIRST LIEUT.                         Ark.
Charles Harris............. July 30, 1863  Promoted Captain, October 20, 1863.
Joseph Pratt................. Oct. 20, 1863  Discharged, Fort Smith, Ark., April 28, 1865, to
date November 29, 1864
William Jones.............. Apr. 18, 1865  Mustered out with regiment.
SECOND LIEUT.
William Writtenberry... Oct. 19, 1863  Resigned, February 11, 1865.
COMPANY M.
Name and Rank.    Date of Muaster.                     Remaks.
FIRST LIEUT.
Alexander F. Barnes.....[ July  1, 1864  Killed in Cherokee Nation, date unknown.
George Patterson........... May 31, 1865f  Mustered out with regiment.
SECOND LIEUT.
William L. Trott............Deserted, Fort Gibson, C. N., Sept. 2, 1864.
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List of battles, etc., in  which this regiment participated, showing  loss
reported in each:
Waldron (Co. A)-Killed, O., 1; wounded, E. M., 2; missing, E. M., 1.
Baxter Springs (A)- Killed, E. M., 17; wounded, E. M., 3; missing, E.
M., 5.  Flint Creek-Killed, E. M., 1.  Prairie D'Ann-  Missing, E. M.,
2. Poison Springs —  Missing, E. M., 4. Jenkins's Ferry-No loss. OzarkKilled, E. M., 2; missing, E. M., 1.  Camp Verdigris (M) —No loss.  Cabin
Creek-Missing, E. M., 3.  Vache Grass -  Killed, E. M., 8; wounded, 0.
1, E. M. 1; missing, E. M., 4.  Big Blue -  Killed, E. M., 1. —U. S. Army
Register.
FIFTEENTH REGIMENT KANSAS VOLUNTEERS —CAVALRY.
Name and Rank.    Date of Muster.                        Remarks.
COLONEL.
Charles R. Jennison...... Oct. 17, 1863
Wm. F. Cloud............... July 26, 1865  Mustered out, Oct. 19, 1865, at Leavenworth.
LIEUT. COLONEL.
George H. Hoyt............ Oct. 17, 1863  Resigned, July 19, 1865; promoted Brev. Brig.
Gen., March 13, 1865.
Henry C. Haas.............. Sept. 3, 1865  Mustered out, Oct. 19, 1865, Leavenworth.
MAJOR.
Robert H. Hunt............ Oct.  2, 1863  Promoted Brev. Lt. Col., June 19, 1865.
John M. Laing..............  Oct. 19, 1863
Henry C. Haas............. Oct. 20, 1863  Promoted Lieutenant Colonel, Sept. 3, 1865.
Benj. F. Simpson........... June  7, 1865  Mustered out, October 19, 1865.
Leroy J. Beam..........   Sept. 27, 1865  Mustered out, October 19, 1865.
ADJUTANT.
Joseph Mackle.............. Sept. 1, 1863  Mustered out, October 19, 1865.
QUARTERMASTER.
George W. Carpenter..... Sept. 1, 1863  Promoted Captain and A. Q. M.. U. S. Vols.,
November 22, 1864.
Samuel P. Warren......... Mar. 22, 1864  Mustered out, October 19, 1865.
COMMISSARY.
John Francis................. Oct. 27, 1863  Resigned, June 12, 1865.
George E. Clark............ Aug. 20, 1865  Mustered out, October 19, 1865.
SURGEON.
Aug. E. Denning........... Sept. 28, 1863  Died, Leavenworth, January 6, 1864.
Edward Twiss............... June 14, 1864  Mustered out, October 19, 1865.
ASSIST. SURGEON.
Edward Twiss............... Oct. 31, 1863  Promoted Surgeon, June 14, 1864.
Samuel Ashmore........... Sept. 27, 1864  Mustered out, October 19, 1865.
CHAPLAIN.
Benj. L. Read................ Oct. 23, 1863  Mustered out, October 19, 1865.
COMPANY A.
Name and Rank.    Date of.Mluster.                       Remarks.
CAPTAIN.
John A. Wanless...........  Nov. 23, 1863
Wm. H. Morris............ June  9, 1865  Mustered out with regiment, October 19, 1865.
FIRST LIEUT.
James Wilson............... Sept. 17, 1863  Mustered out with regiment.
SECOND LIEUT.
D. W. Wallingford.........  Aug. 29, 1863  Honorably discharged, April 28, 1865.
COMPANY B.
Name and Rank.    Date of Muster.                        Remarks.
CAPTAIN.
John L. Thompson....... Oct.  6, 1863  Dismissed the service, March 20, 1865.
FIRST LIEUT.
John Murphy............... Sept. 17, 1863  Transferred to Company C, August 22, 1865.
SECOND LIEUT.
David J. M. Wood......... Mar. 18, 1863  Mustered out with regiment.




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COMPANY C.
Name and Rank.    Date of ifuster.                      Remarks.
CAPTAIN.
Benjamin F. Simpson....  Oct.  6, 1863  Promoted Major, June 7, 1865.
James H. Young........... May 14, 1863  Mustered out with regiment.
FIRST LIEUT.
Joseph Phillips.............  Sept. 18, 1863  Resigned, May 20, 1865, Paola, Kas.
John Murphy...............    Sept. 17, 1863  Mustered out with regiment.
SECOND LIEUT.
Isom Smith.................. Oct.  6, 1863  Resigned, April 30, 1864.
Ralph J. Farnsworth.... June 15, 1864  Mustered out with regiment.
COMPANY D.
Name and Rank.    Date of.IMlster.                      Remarks.
CAPTAIN.
Tyrus J. Hurd.............. Nov. 19, 1863  Resigned, June 13, 1865.
Leroy J. Beam.............. Aug. 15, 1865  Promoted Major, September 27, 1865.
Darius J. Lobdell.......... Sept. 26, 1865  Mustered out with regiment.
FIRST LIEUT.
Abraln Ellis.................. Sept. 11, 1863  Resigned, February 22, 1865.
Leroy J. Beani.............. May 10, 1865  Promoted Captain, August 15, 1865.
Edward Thomles........... Oct.  4, 1865  Mustered out with regiment.
SECOND LIEUT.
Leroy J. Beam.............. Oct.  2, 1863  Promoted First Lieutenant, May 10, 1865.
Darius J. Lobdell.......... May 10, 1865  Promoted Captain, September 26, 1865. 
COMPANY E.
Name and Rank.    Date of Master.                       Remarks.
CAPTAIN.
Curtiss Johnson............ Nov. 24, 1863  Mustered out with regiment.
FIRST LIEUT.
John T. Smith.............. Dec. 11, 1863  Resigned, May 30, 1865.
William  H. H. Grinter.. Oct. 10, 1865  Mustered out with regiment.
SECOND LIEUT.
William H. Bisbee.........  Nov. 9, 1863  Mustered out, May 18, 1865.
COMPANY F.
Name and Rank.    Date of Mluster.                      Remnaks.
CAPTAIN.
Orren A. Curtis............ Oct.  2, 1863  Mustered out, to date April 27, 1865.
Robert F. Bowman........ June  9, 1865  Mustered out with regiment.
FIRST LIEUT.
Thomas J. Bragg........... Oct.  2, 1863  Dismissed the service, July 25, 1864, per sentence G. C. M. 
Luther H. Wentworth... Sept. 8, 1865  Mustered out with regiment.
SECOND LIEUT.
Robert F. Bowman....... Oct.  2,1863  Promoted Captain, June 7, 1865.
Allison J. Pliley........... Sept. 1, 1865  Discharged. July 31, 1865, per S. O. No. 9, Headquarters Dept. Missouri.
COMPANY G.
Name and Rank.    Date of.ifuster.                     Remnarks.
CAPTAIN.
Charles 0. Smith........... Sept. 26, 1863  Mustered out with regiment.
FIRST LIEUT.
Francis M. Hall............ Sept. 16, 1863  Resigned, August 14, 1865.
SECOND LIEUT.
Henry L. Barker........... Nov. 14, 1863  Resigned, September 22, 1865.




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COMPANY H.
Name and Rank.    Date of Muster.                          Remarks.
CAPTAIN.
Oscar F. Dunlap............ Oct.  2, 1863  Resigned, June 10, 1865.
Jacob A. Sloneker......... Oct.  7, 1865  Mustered out, Dec. 7, 1865, Fort Leavenworth.
FIRST LIEUT.
Reeder M. Fish............ Oct.  2, 1863  Dismissed the service per S. O. No. 232, W. D.,
A. G. O., July 9, 1864.
L. Craig Shields............ Nov. 23, 1864  Mustered out with company.
SECOND LIEUT.
Francis E. Smith........... Oct.  2, 1863  Dismissed the service per G. O. No. 232, W. D.,
A. G. O., June 9, 1864.
Edward Gill.................. Sept. 20, 1864  Mustered out with company.
COMPANY I.
Name and Rank.    Date of Muster.                          Remarks.
CAPTAIN.
Samuel W. Greer.......... Oct. 14, 1863  Mustered out with regiment.
FIRST LIEUT.
Stutely S. Nichols......... Oct. 14, 1863  Mustered out with regiment.
SECOND LIEUT.
William  H. Morris........ Oct. 14, 1863  Promoted Captain Co. A, June 9, 1865.
Zena A. Mason.............. July 19, 1865  Mustered out with regiment.
COMPANY K.
Name and Rank.    Date of Muster.                          Remarks.
CAPTAIN.
Joseph B. Swain............  Oct. 10, 1863  Dismissed the service, March 20,'65; reinstated,
to date March 20, 1865, per S. O. 224, W. D.
Anson J. Walker...........   May 24,1865  Mustered out with regiment.
FIRST LIEUT.
George W. Roberts........ Oct. 10, 1863  Dismissed, May 23,'64, by gen'l court martial.
Hiram  E. Turner.......... July  8, 1864  Mustered out with regiment.
SECOND LIEUT.
John H. Roberts........... Oct. 10, 1863  Dismissed, May 23,'64, by gen'l court martial.
Justin N. Ayers............ July  9, 1864  Mustered out with regiment.
COMPANY L.
Name and Rank.    Date of Muster.                          Remarks.
CAPTAIN.
Dick D. Rooks.............. Oct. 16, 1863  Died of pneumonia, Ft. Scott, Kan., March 15,'64.
Orloff Norton............... Mar. 28, 1864  Killed by guerillas, Cane Hill, Ark., Nov. 11,'64.
Alonzo Donovan...........  Jan. 14, 1865  Mustered out with regiment.
FIRST LIEUT.
Alonzo Donovan........... Sept. 29, 1863  Promoted Captain, January 14, 1865.
Henry Gronheim.......... Jan. 14, 1865  Mustered out with regiment.
SECOND LIEUT.
Orloff Norton.............. Nov. 14, 1863  Promoted Captain, March 28, 1864.
Henry Gronheim.........  April 8, 1864  Promoted First Lieutenant, January 14, 1865.
David M. Wood............  Nov. 18, 1863  Mustered out with regiment.
COMPANY M.
Name and Rank.    Date of Mustei.                          Remarks.
CAPTAIN.
Edward B. Metz............ Oct. 17, 1863  Dismissed the service, May 12, 1865, per sentence of G. C. M.
William A. Johnson..... June  9, 1865  Mustered out with regiment.
FIRST LIEUT.
Emmett Goss............... Oct.  8, 1863  Killed by guerillas, November 12, 1864, near
Cane Hill, Arkansas.
Jacob A. Sloneker......... Dec. 27, 1864  Promoted Captain Company H, October 7,1865.
SECOND LIEUT.
William A. Johnson...... Oct. 17, 1863  Promoted Captain, June 9, 1865.
Edmund Mercer............July 20, 1865  Mustered out with regiment.




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NEW COMPANY B.
Namre and Rank.    Date of Muster.                     Remarks.
CAPTAIN.
Livingston G. Parker.... April 29, 1865  Mustered out with regiment.
FIRST LIEUT.
Henry N. Dunlap......... June  1, 1865  Mustered out with regiment.
SECOND LIEUT.
William F. Goble.........  May 30, 1863  Mustered out with regiment.
List of battles, etc., in which this regiment participated, showing loss
reported in each:
Clear Creek  (Cos.  D   and  L) —Wounded,  E. M., 2.  Lexington -
Wounded, E. M., 1; missing, E. M., 1.  Little  Blue-Killed, E. M., 3;
wounded, O. 2, E. M. 35.  Independence -Wounded, E. M., 2; missing,
E. M., 6.  Big Blue-Killed, E. M., 2; wounded, 0. 1, E. M. 21; missing,
E. M., 3.  Osage-Missing, E. M., 1.  Newtonia -Wounded, E. M., 10.U. S. Army Register.
SIXTEENTH REGIMENT KANSAS VOLUNTEERS —CAVALRY.
Name and Rank.    Date of Muster.                      Remarks.
COLONEL.
Werter R. Davis............ Oct.  8, 1864  Mustered out with regiment, Nov. 28, 1865.
LIEUT. COLONEL.
Werter R. Davis............ Mar. 10, 1864  Promoted Colonel, October 8, 1864.
Samuel Walker............ Oct.  8, 1864  Mustered out with regiment, Dec. 6, 1865.
MAJOR.
James A. Price.............. Feb. 29, 1864  Resigned, October 7, 1864.
Wilber F. Woodworth... April 27, 1864  Resigned, June 20, 1865.
James Ketner............... Oct.  8, 1864  Mustered out with regiment, December 6, 1865;
promoted Brevet Colonel, March 13, 1865.
Clarkson Reynolds........ Oct.  8, 1864  Mustered out with regiment, December 6, 1865.
ADJUTANT.
Philip Doppler.............. Nov. 18, 1863  Promoted Captain Company E, Feb. 4, 1865.
Jonas G. Dodge............ Mar. 20, 1865  Mustered out, November 28, 1865.
QUARTERMASTER.
William B. Halyard...... Nov. 24, 1863  Mustered out, November 28, 1865.
COMMISSARY.
William  P. Miller........ June 30, 1864  Mustered out, November 28, 1865.
SURGEON.
James P. Erickson.........July  1, 1864  Died of chronic dysentery, Fort Conner, D. T.,
September 21, 1865.
John A. Hart............... Nov. 16, 1865  Mustered out, November 28, 1865.
ASSIST. SURGEON.
George A. Benjamin..... Mar. 6, 1865  Dismissed for incompetency, March 18, 1865, to
date from muster-in.
John A. Hart................ May 20, 1865  Promoted Surgeon, November 16, 1865.
CHAPLAIN.
Thomas J. Ferril.......... Oct.  8, 1864  Mustered out, November 28, 1865.
COMPANY A.
Name and Rank.    Date of M'uster.. Remarks.
CAPTAIN.
Nathan Ames............... Nov. 12, 1863  Mustered out'with regiment, Dec. 6, 1865.
FIRST LIEUT.
Alexander Montgomery  Feb. 13, 1864  Mustered out with regiment.
SECOND LIEUT.
Alfred Thornbrugh...... Jan. 23, 1864  Discharged for disability, May 8, 1865.




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COMPANY B.
Name and Rank.    Date of Muster.                      Remarks.
CAPTAIN.
Albert S. W. Knapper... Dec. 19, 1863  Cashiered per S. O. No. 45, Dept. of Kansas,
dated Leavenworth, Kansas, August 19, 1864.
John K. Wright............  Oct.  1, 1864  Mustered out with regiment.
FIRST LIEUT.
McGinly M. Neely........ Jan. 21, 1864  Promoted Captain Co. E, October 9, 1865.
SECOND LIEUT.
John K. Wright............ Feb. 2, 1864  Promoted Captain, October 1, 1864.
COMPANY C.
Name and Rank.   [Date of 1uster.                      Remarks.
CAPTAIN.
Shubial P. Thompson... Jan. 13, 1864  Mustered out with regiment.
FIRST LIEUT.
James W. Hendrix........  Dec. 22, 1863  Mustered out with regiment.
SECOND LIEUT.
William R. Lambdin.... Jan.  9, 1864  Resigned, March -, 1864.
Charles Ballance...........  Mar. 15, 1864  Promoted First Lieut. Co. G, October 7, 1865.
COMPANY D.
Name and Rank.    Date of Muster.                      Remarks.
CAPTAIN.
John Kendall............... Feb. 4, 1864  Dismissed the service per special order No. 276,
FIRST LIEUT.                         Department Missouri, series of 1865.
Henry T. Stith.............. Dec. 29, 1863  Dismissed the service per special order No. 15,
War Department, dated January 10, 1865.
James L. Walker.,......... Mar. 31, 1865  Died, October 22, 1865, of gunshot wounds.
SECOND LIEUT.
Silas Dexter.................. Feb. 5, 1864  Discharged per S. O. 433, W. D., dated August
11, 1865, to take effect January 10, 1865.
James A. Spencer......... Feb. 11, 1865  Mustered out with regiment.
COMPANY E.
Name and Rank.    Date of Muster.                      Remarks.
CAPTAIN.
Philip Doppler.............. Feb.  4, 1865  Resigned, June 20, i1865.
McGinly M. Neely........ Oct.  9, 1865  Mustered out with regiment.
FIRST LIEUT.
Charles Guenther......... Jan.  7, 1864  Promoted Captain Co. M., November 3, 1864.
Esculapius Buckmaster. Nov. 1, 1864  Resigned, July 17, 1865.
Thomas E. Mills............ Nov. 22, 1865  Mustered out with regiment.
SECOND LIEUT.
Esculapius Buckmaster. Mar. 16, 1864  Promoted First Lieutenant, November 1, 1864.
Thomas E. Mills............ Jan. 12, 1865  Promoted First Lieutenant, Nov. 22, 1865.
COMPANY F.
Name and Rank.    Date of Muster.                      Remarks.
CAPTAIN.
Adoniram J. Miller...... April 27, 1864  Resigned, June 15, 1865.
Andrew J. Barber......... Sept. 25, 1865  Mustered out with regiment.
FIRST LIEUT.
Hiram Malotte.............. Jan. 21, 1864  Dismissed the service, March 8, 1865.
Andrew J. Barber......... April 14, 1865  Promoted Captain, September 25, 1865.
Franklin Ellis.............. Nov. 16, 1865  Mustered out with regiment.
SECOND LIEUT.
Jeremiah H. Malcomb... April 29, 1864  Discharged, January 27, 1865, per S. O. No. 23,
from Headquarters Department of Kansas.




364                         ANNALS OF KANSAS.                                   [1863.
COMPANY G.
Name and Rank.    Date of Muster.                      Remarks.
CAPTAIN.
John W. Hall............... Mar. 2, 1864  Resigned, June 28, 1865.
Euphrates Shepherd..... Oct.  7, 1865  Mustered out with regiment.
FIRST LIEUT.
John W. Hall............... Jan. 22, 1864  Promoted Captain, March 2, 1864.
Jacob H. Cassidy........... Mar. 2, 1864  Resigned, June 30, 1865.
Charles Ballance........... Oct.  7,1865  Mustered out with regiment.
SECOND LIEUT.
Euphrates Shepherd...... Mar. 1, 1864  Promoted Captain, October 7, 1865.
Samuel C. Gilliland....... Oct.  7, 1865  Mustered out with regiment.
COMPANY H.
Name and Rank.    Date of Muster.                      Remarks.
CAPTAIN.
H. W. Stubblefield......... April 2, 1864  Mustered out with regiment.
FIRST LIEUT.
Wesley T. Smith....M..... Mar. 16, 1864  Mustered out with regiment.
SECOND LIEUT.
David J. Keller............. April 2) 1864  Resigned, July 27,1865.
COMPANY I.
Name and Rank.    Date of Muster.                      Remarks.
CAPTAIN.
Absalom Hyde.............. June 18, 1864  Mustered out with company, Nov. 28, 1865.
FIRST LIEUT.
George R. Barricklow... April 13, 1864  Mustered out with company, Nov. 28, 1865.
SECOND LIEUT.
Charles Byer................ June 10, 1864  Resigned, November 22, 1865.
COMPANY K.
name and Rank.   |Date of Muster.|                     Remarks.
CAPTAIN.
Nathaniel C. Cradit...... Oct.  1, 1864  Discharged April 21, 1865, per S. 0. 178, W. D.
Bradford S. Bassett...... May 17, 1865  Mustered out with regiment.
FIRST LIEUT.
Michael C. Clary........... May  5, 1864  Resigned, September 6, 1865.
John S. Edie............... Nov. 25, 1865  Mustered out with regiment.
SECOND LIEUT.
John S. Edie..............  Oct. 12, 1864  Promoted First Lieutenant, November 25, 1865.
COMPANY L.
Namedand Rank.    Date of Mfuster.                     Remzarks.
CAPTAIN.
William B. Tompkins... Oct.  7, 1864  Mustered out with regiment.
FIRST LIEUT.
George Wolfe...............] May  4, 1864  Mustered out with regiment.
SECOND LIEUT.
Ira G. Robertson........... Oct. 15, 1864  Promoted Captain Co. M, February 4,1865.
William A. F. Ahrberg.. Feb. 10, 1865  Mustered out with regiment.




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COMPANY M.
Name and Rank.    Date of 3luster.                  Remarks.
CAPTAIN.
Thomas Hughes............ May 21, 1864  Dismissed the service, October 14, 1864.
Charles Guenther......... Nov. 3, 1864  Resigned, June 21, 1865.
Ira G. Robertson........... Feb. 4, 1865  Dismissed the service, June 14, 1865, per S. 0.
No. 300, War Department.
Thomas Flanagan......... Sept. 26, 1865  Mustered out with regiment.
FIRST LIEUT.
Thomas Hughes........... Mar. 10, 1864  Promoted Captain, May 21, 1864.
Thomas Flanagan......... May 21, 1864  Promoted Captain, September 26, 1865.
Joshua Mitchell............ Sept. 26, 1865  Mustered out with regiment.
SECOND LIEUT.
Samuel P. Curtis........... June 4, 1864  Resigned, August 23, 1865.
List of battles, etc., in which this regiment participated, showing loss
reported in each:
Camden Point (Co. F)-No loss.  Lexington -No  loss.  Little Blue
-Wounded, E. M., 3.  Independence-Wounded, E. M., 1.  Big BlueWounded, E. M., 2. Little Osage River —No loss. Newtonia —Killed,
E. M., 3.  Powder River —Killed, E. M., 1; wounded, E. M., 1.-U. S.
Arsny Register.
SEVENTEENTH REGIMENT KANSAS VOLUNTEERS —INFANTRY.
Namne and Rank.   IDate of 1Muster.                 Remarks.
LIEUT. COLONEL.
Samuel A. Drake........... July 28, 1864  No evidence of muster-out on file.
ADJUTANT.
D.C. Strandridge........... July 28, 1864  No evidence of muster-out on file.
QUARTERMASTER.
B. D. Evans................ July 28, 1864  No evidence of muster-out on file.
ASSISTANT SURGEON.
George E. Budington. July 28, 1864  No evidence of muster-out on file.
COMPANY A.
Vame and Rank.    Date of Muster.                   Remarks.
CAPTAIN.
John W. Murphy.......... July 28, 1864  Mustered out with regiment, Nov. 16, 1864.
FIRST LIEUT.
George DeSanno............July 28, 1864  Mustered out with regiment.
SECOND LIEUT.
James Kelsey............... July 28, 1864  Mustered out with regiment.
COMPANY B.
Name and Rank.    Date of MIluster.                 Remarks.
CAPTAIN.
William C. Barnes......... July 28, 1864  Mustered out with regiment.
FIRST LIEUT.
Isaac W. Houts............ July 28, 1864  Mustered out with regiment.
SECOND LIEUT.
Thomas G. Peppard...... July 28, 1864  Mustered out with regiment.
COMPANY C,
Nfame and Rank.    Date of MIuster.                 Remarks.
FIRST LIEUT.
Asa R. Bancroft............ July 28, 1864  Mustered out with regiment.
SECOND LIEUT.
Mincher Condray......... July 28, 1864  Mustered out with regiment.




366                         ANNALS OF KANSAS.                                   [1863.
COMPANY D.
Name and Rank.    Date of Muster.                      Remarks.
CAPTAIN.
Richard D. Mobley....... July 28, 1864  Mustered out with regiment.
FIRST LIEUT.
Mason M. Hovey........... July 28, 1864  Mustered out with regiment.
SECOND LIEUT.
Albion H. Whitcomb..... July 28, 1864  Mustered out with regiment.
COMPANY E.
Name and Rank.    Date of Muster.                      Remarks.
CAPTAIN.
Herbert Robinson........ Aug. 18, 1864  Mustered out with regiment.
FIRST LIEUT.
Perry G. Noel............... Aug. 18, 1864  Mustered out with regiment.
SECOND LIEUT.
John T. McKown.........  Aug. 20, 1864  Mustered out with regiment.
SECOND REGIMENT KANSAS COLORED VOLUNTEERS-INFANTRY.
Name and Rank.    Date of Muster.                      Remarks.
COLONEL.
Samuel J. Crawford...... Nov. 1, 1863  Resigned, December 2, 1864; promoted BrigaLIEUT. COLONEL.                        dier General by brevet, March 13, 1865.
Horatio Knowles.......... Nov. 1, 1863  Resigned, May 24, 1864, Little Rock Ark.
James H. Gillpatrick.... Nov. 9, 1864  Mustered out with regiment, October 9, 1865.
MAJOR.
James H. Gillpatrick....  Oct.  1, 1863  Promoted Lieutenant Colonel, Nov. 9, 1864.
Jerome A. Soward......... Dec. 1, 1864  Mustered out with regiment.
ADJUTANT.
John R. Montgomery.... July 14, 1863  Promoted Captain Company E, January 1,1865.
William  D. Clark.......... Apr. 8, 1865  Mustered out with regiment.
QUARTERMASTER.
Edwin Stokes............... Aug. 12, 1863  Resigned, April 22, 1865, Little Rock, Ark.
George E. Hutchinson...  Apr. 11, 1863  Transferred to Company D, September 17,1865.
Reuben F. Playford...... Sept. 6, 1863  Mustered out with regiment.
SURGEON.
George W. Wolgamott... Jan. 27, 1864  Resigned, April 22, 1864, Camden, Ark.
D. A. Morse..................  Mar. 28, 1865  Resigned, July 11, 1865, Little Rock, Ark.
ASST. SURGEON.
Francis P. Thomas........ July 27, 1863  Discharged per S. O. 181, W. D., dated April 20,
1866, on account of insanity, to take effect
May 5, 1865.
Jesse D. Wood............... Nov. 1,1863  Mustered out with regiment.
CHAPLAIN.
Josiah B. McAfee..........  Nov. 6, 1863  Resigned, January 16, 1865.
COMPANY A.
Name and Rank.    Date of Muster.                      Remarks.
CAPTAIN.
Samuel Sanders............ Aug. 19, 1863  Resigned, June 2, 1864.
Charles Scofield............ Apr. 11, 1865  Mustered out with regiment.
FIRST LIEUT.
Ralph E. Cook............... Aug. 19, 1863  Killed in action, Oct. 6,'63, Baxter Springs, C. N.
John R. F. Shull........... Nov. 10, 1863  Resigned, March 8,1865.
Jesse Buckman............. July 12, 1865  Mustered out with regiment.
SECOND LIEUT.
Charles Scofield............  Aug. 19, 1863  Promoted Captain, April 11, 1865.




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COMPANY B.
Name and Rank.    Date of Muster.                      Remarks.
CAPTAIN.
Richard J. Hinton......... Oct. 21, 1863  No evidence of muster-out on file.
FIRST LIEUT.
John M. Cain............... Sept. 2, 1863  Promoted Captain Co. G, October 9, 1864.
James M. Trant............ Jan. 16, 1865  Resigned, March 8, 1865.
Joshua J. Locker...........  July 12, 1865  Mustered out with regiment.
SECOND LIEUT.
James M. Trant............ Sept. 2, 1863  Promoted First Lieutenant, January 16, 1865.
Joshua J. Locker........... Nov. 10, 1864  Promoted First Lieutenant, July 12, 1865.
COMPANY C.
Name and Rank.    Date of Muster.                      Remarks.
CAPTAIN.
James A. Soward........... Aug. 26, 1863  Promoted Major, December 1, 1864.
Marcus F. Gillpatrick... Dec.  1, 1864  Mustered out with regiment.
FIRST LIEUT.
John E. Hayes.............. Aug. 26, 1863  Mustered out, to date December 11, 1864, per
S. 0. No. 60, W. D., A. G. O., Feb. 10, 1866.
George E. Hutchinson... Apr. 15, 1865  Promoted Regt'l Quartermaster, April 23, 1865.
Thomas Adair.............. July  8, 1865  Mustered out with regiment.
SECOND LIEUT.
Thomas Adair............. Aug. 26, 1863  Promoted First Lieutenant, July 8, 1865.
COMPANY D.
Name and Rank.    Date of Muster.|                     Remarks.
CAPTAIN.
Frank Kister............... Sept. 4, 1863  Mustered out with regiment.
FIRST LIEUT.
Reuben F. Playford...... Sept. 6, 1863  Transferred to field and staff as Regimental
Quartermaster, September 17, 1865.
George E. Hutchinson... Apr. 11, 1865  Mustered out with regiment.
SECOND LIEUT.
William M. Mercer........ Sept. 4, 1863  Promoted First Lieutenant Co. H, Dec. 1, 1864.
Benjamin B. B. Reppert Apr. 23, 1865  Mustered out with regiment.
COMPANY E.
Name and Rank.    Date of Muster.                      Remarks.
CAPTAIN.
George W. Sands........... Sept. 10, 1863  Resigned, August -, 1864.
John R. Montgomery... Jan.  1, 1865  Mustered out. on det. roll, Little Rock, Ark.,
FIRST LIEUT.                         January 10, 1866.
Henry DeVilliers......... Sept. 10, 1863  Resigned, April 19, 1865.
Ireneeus C. Myers......... July 11, 1865  Mustered out with regiment.
SECOND LIEUT.
William J. Brown......... Sept. 10, 1863  Resigned, February 12, 1864.
Henry F.'Best.....       Nov. 10, 1864  Promoted First Lieut. Co. G, July 11, 1865.
COMPANY F.
Name and Rank.    Date of Muster.                      Remarks.
CAPTAIN.
James Adams............... Oct. 20, 1863  Mustered out with regiment.
FIRST LIEUT.
Samuel Kaisennan........ Oct. 20, 1863  Resigned, April 10, 1864, Little Rock, Ark.
Isaiah Nichols............... Dec.  1, 1864  Mustered out with regiment.
SECOND LIEUT.
Isaiah Nichols.............. Oct. 20, 1863  Promoted First Lieutenant, December 1, 1864.




368                         ANNALS OF KANSAS.                                    [1863.
COMPANY G.
Name and Rank.    Date of Mulster.                     Remarks.
CAPTAIN.
Ebenezer H. Curtiss...... Nov. 1, 1863  Resigned, April 22, 1864, Camden, Ark.
John M. Cain............... Oct.  9; 1864  Mustered out with regiment.
FIRST LIEUT.
David E.-Westervelt..... Nov. 1, 1863  Dismissed the service per S. O. No. 322, dated
Headquarters Dep't Arkansas, Dec. 31, 1864.
Henry F. Best............... July 11, 1865  Mustered out with regiment.
SECOND LIEUT.
George E. Hutchinson... Nov.  1, 1863  Prom. 1st Lt. and Reg'l Q. M., April 23, 1865.
COMPANY H.
Name and Rank.    Date of Muster.                      Remarks.
CAPTAIN.
Alexander Rush........... Nov.  1,1863  Killed in action April 30,1864, Jenkins's Ferry,
Ark.
Orlando S. Bartlett........ Nov. 10, 1864  Mustered out with regiment.
FIRST LIEUT.
Orlando S. Bartlett........ Nov.  1, 1863  Promoted Captain, November 10, 1864.
William M. Mercer........ Dec.  1, 1864  Mustered out with regiment.
SECOND LIEUT.'
Daniel K. Harden......... Nov.  1,1863  Resigned.
COMPANY I.
Name and Rank.    Date of Muster.                      Remarks.
CAPTAIN.
James L. Rafety........... Nov. 1, 1863  Dismissed the service per G. O. No. 71, dated
FIRST LIEUT.                         Headquarters Dep't of Ark., July 13, 1865.
Marcus F. Gillpatrick... Nov. 1, 1863  Promoted Captain Company C, Dec. 1, 1864.
Harry C. Chase............ Dec.  1, 1864  No evidence of muster-out on file.
SECOND LIEUT.
Harry C. Chase............. Nov.  1,1863  Promoted First Lieutenant, Dec. 1, 1864.
Ireneeus C. Myers.      Nov. 10, 1864  Promoted First Lieutenant Co. E, July 11, 1865.
COMPANY K.
Name and Rank.    Date of.Mulcster.                   Remarks.
CAPTAIN.
John Branson...............Nov. 1, 1863  Mustered out with regiment.!FIRST LIEUT.
William G. White......... Nov.  1, 1863 Mustered out with regiment.
SECOND LIEUT.
Jesse Buckman............. Nov.  1, 1863  Promoted First Lieut. Co. A, July 11, 1865.
THIRD KANSAS BATTERY —LIGHT ARTILLERY.
Namne and Rank.    Date of Muster.                     Remarks.
CAPTAIN.
Henry Hopkins............. Nov. 27, 1861  Promoted Major 2d Kan. Cav., Oct. 15, 1863.
John F. Aduddell......... Jan. 26, 1864  Mustered out, January 19i 1865.
FIRST LIEUT.
John F. Aduddell......... Oct. 28, 1861  Promoted Captain, January 26, 1864.
Bradford S. Bassett........ Jan. 26, 1864  Mustered out, April 17, 1865, Leavenworth.
SECOND LIEUT.
Oscar F. Dunlap............ Oct. 28, 1861  Resigned, May 15, 1862.
Bradford S. Bassett...... May 15, 1862  Promoted First Lieutenant, January 26, 1864.
Levinus Harris............. Mar. 21, 1864  Mustered out, January 19, 1865.




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List of battles in which this battery was engaged:
Hazel Bottom -Wounded, E. M., 1; missing, E. M., 1. Shell's Mills -
No loss. Old Fort Wayne - No loss. Cane Hill - No loss. Prairie Grove
- No loss. Van Buren- No loss. Honey Springs — Killed, E. M., 2.U. S. Army Register.
INDEPENDENT COLORED KANSAS BATTERY —LIGHT ARTILLERY.
Name and Rank.   Date of Muster.           Remarks.
CAPTAIN.
Hezekiah F. Douglass... Feb. 27, 1865 Mustered out, July 22, 1865, Leavenworth.
FIRST LIEUT.
William D. Mathews..... Feb. 27, 1865 Mustered out, July 22, 1865, Leavenworth.
SECOND LIEUT.
Patrick H. Minor......... Feb. 27, 1865 Died of disease, Leavenworth, March 22, 1865.
1864.
JANUARY.-Publication of the first number of the Kansas Educational
Journal. It continued to be published in book form through nine volumes
and years, and was then continued about one year in a quarto form, ceasing
to exist about the end of 1874. It was mainly supported by an annual
appropriation made by the State. The first volume contains 344 pages. It
is edited by H. D. McCarty, and printed at the Bulletin office, Leavenworth.
The Associate Editors are D. P. Mitchell and B. L. Baldridge, Leavenworth;
Richard Cordley and Miss Lois Reynolds, Lawrence; Peter McVicar and
Mrs. E. H. Mabie, Topeka; James Rogers, Burlingame; R. K. McCartney,
Grasshopper Falls; Isaac T. Goodnow, Manhattan; Miss H. A. Earhart,
Pardee; Miss A. J. Ellinwood, Chicago, Ill.; and Miss Mary J. Watson,
Emporia. The State Teachers' Association was formed at Leavenworth,
September 29,1863. The first Teachers' Association in the State was formed
at Leavenworth, March 14, 1863. The Journal published 32 pages a month.
The April number gives the State Geological Corps: B. F. Mudge, State
Geologist; Frederick Hawn, Assistant; G. C. Swallow, Paleologist; Tiffin
Sinks, Chemist and Meteorologist; C. A. Logan, Botanist, with charge of the
Sanitary Relations of the State.
JANUARY 1.-Kansas made a military department, with Gen. Samuel R.
Curtis in command.
JANUARY 12.-Meeting of the State Agricultural Society, at Topeka.
Officers: President, L. D. Bailey, of Douglas; Secretary, F. G. Adams, of
Shawnee; Treasurer, Wm. Spriggs, of Anderson. Executive Committee: R. G.
Elliott, of Douglas; J. W. Sponable, of Johnson; S. M. Strickler, of Davis;
P. B. Maxson, of Lyon; S. S. Tipton, of Anderson; J. L. McDowell, of
Leavenworth; J. L. Hidden, of Nemaha; C. Starns, of Leavenworth; J. P.
Johnson, of Douglas; D. L. Lakin, of Jefferson.
No Fair was held this year.
JANUARY 12.-Meeting of the Legislature.
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370                            ANNALS OF KANSAS.                                          [1864.
STATE SENATORS.
Names.                          P. O. Address.                  County.
1   Abram  Bennett.......................... Troy..................................  Doniphan.
1   Sol. Miller.................................. White Cloud....................... Doniphan.
2   Cassius G. Foster....................... Atchison............................. Atchison.
2   Joshua Wheeler.......................... Pardee................................ Atchison.
3   F. P. Fitzwilliam........................ Leavenworth...................    Leavenworth.
3   Claudius B. Pierce...................... Leavenworth...................... Leavenworth.
3   John Wilson.............................. Leavenworth...................... Leavenworth.
4   A. W. Spalding.......................... Grasshopper........................ Jefferson.
5   Byron Sherry............................. Seneca............................... Br'wn and Nemaha
6   Rlufus Oursler............................. Circleville........................... Jackson and Pottawatomie.
7   Thomas H. Baker........................ Irving................................  Marshall,Riley and
Washington.
8   David Brockway........................ Topeka.............................. Shawnee.
9   Robert G. Elliott........................ Lawrence........................... Douglas.
9   Wilber F. Woodworth................ Baldwin City..................... Douglas.
10   W. H. M. Fishback..................... Olathe................................. Johnson.
11   Johnson Clark........................... Osawatomie........................ Miami.
12   James McGrew........................... Wyandotte......................... Wyandotte.
13   David P. Lowe........................... Mound City........................ Linn.
14   Isaac Ford................................. Rockford........................... Bourbon.
15   M. R. Leonard..........................  Bazaar............................... Morris, Chase and
Butler.
16   Orlin Thurston.......................... Humboldt.......................... Allen and Woodson
17   David M. Valentine.................... Peoria City........................ Anderson and
Franklin.
18   F. W. Potter.....................     Burlington.........................Coffey and Osage.
19   Perry B. Maxson......................... Fremont............................ Lyon and Greenw'd
20   Samuel M. Strickler.................... Junction City..................... Wabaunsee, Davis,
D'kinson, Saline.
MEMBERS OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
Name.          Vote    County.         b          Names.          Vote    Couuty.
1  J. P. Johnson........ 258  Doniphan.         39  J. A. Wakefield..... 169  Douglas.
2  W. J. Orem............ 167  Doniphan.         40  Wm. Draper........... 92  Douglas.
3  F. H. Drenning..... 104  Doniphan.           41  J. F. Cummings..... 308  Shawnee.
4  C. C. Camp............ 175  Doniphan.        42  Henry Fox............203  Shawnee.
5  J. W. Forman........ 166  Doniphan.          43  Win. Chestnut........ 129  Miami.
6  George W. Glick.... 195  Atchison.           44  Thomas H. Ellis.... 134  Miami.
7  Jacob Saqui........... 284  Atchison.        45  W. G. McColloch.... 157  Miami.
8  Asa Barnes............ 233  Atchison.        46  Wm. Snooks......... 89  Linn.
9  Boaz W. Williams.. 126  Atchison.             47  J. H. Belding.........  87  Linn.
10  J. C. Batsell............ 83  Atchison.      48  Samuel Ayers......... 53  Linn.
11  Ira J. Lacock......... 178  Brown.           49  Jefferson Fleming.. 102  Linn.
12  Geo. E. Irwin........ 118  Brown.            50  Wm. Stone............. 63  Bourbon.
13  Richard Bradley... 227  Nemaha.              51  R. P. Stevens.........  93  Bourbon.
14  J. S. Hidden........... 199  Nemaha.         52  D. R. Cobb............  87  Bourbon.
15  J. D. Brumbaugh... 331  Marshall.             53  J. G. Miller............ 178  Bourbon.
16  G. H. Hollinberg... 48  Washington.   54  D. Rogers............... 142  Allen.
17  O. J. Grover........... 163  Pottaw'mie.    55  J. M. Evans............  35  Allen.
18  J. W. Williams...... 311  Jackson.           56  H. Cavender........... 165  Anderson.
19  C. A. Beach........... 272  Jefferson.       57  Benj. M. Lingo......  85  Anderson.
20  E. M. Hutchins.....  214  Jefferson.          58  Isaiah Pile............. 84  Franklin.
21  M. Barnes.............. 247  Jefferson.      59  James N. Smith.....  80  Franklin.
22  Wm. Freeland.......  498  Leavenw'th.   60  James Rogers........ 197  Osage.
23  Josiah Kellogg......  492  Leavenw'th.   61  Job Throckmorton. 163  Coffey.
24  Geo. A. Moore........ 479  Leavenw'th.   62  Wm. R. Saunders.... 173  Coffey.
25  James B. Laing...... 431  Leavenw'th.   63  A. W. Pickering.....  80  Woodson.
26  J. W. Craig............ 176  Leavenw'th.   64  C. V. Eskridge........ 253  Lyon.
27  G. R. Houts........... 110  Leavenw'th.   65  A. K. Hawks.......... 167  Lyon.
28  D. F. Walker......... 121  Leavenw'th.   66  Joseph Frost......... 102  Lyon.
29  Thomas Trower..... 165  Leavenw'th.'67  G. T. Donelson\......    Butler.
30  B. H. Twombley..... 173  Leavenw'th.   68  A. L. Alford........... 108  Chase.
31  M. W. Bottom....... 341  Wyandotte.    69  S. N. Wood............ 146  Morris.
32. HI. Stratton........ 149  Johnson.       70  D. M. Johnston..... 135  Wabaunsee.
33  D. G. Campbell...... 120. Johnson.           71  P. Z. Taylor.......... 241  Davis.
34  Harry McBride......   75  Johnson.           72  B. E. Fullington..... 234  Riley.
35  T. J. Sternbergh..... 254  Douglas.           73' T. F. Hersey......... 69  Dickinson.
36  James S. Emery.....  165  Douglas.           74  H. L. Jones............ 64  Saline..
37  Clarkson Reynolds. 101  Douglas.              75  James Kenner......  74  Greenwood.
38  Alois Thoman......... 129  Douglas.




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Officers of the Senate: John T. Morton, Secretary; John T. Weaver, Assistant Secretary; Alson I. Sherwood, Journal Clerk; W. F. Cotton, Docket
Clerk; John Van Horn, Engrossing Clerk; H. A. Cook, Sergeant-at-Arms;
Leroy Crandall, Doorkeeper; A. L. Bartlett, Messenger.
Officers of the House: Josiah Kellogg, Speaker; W. R. Saunders, Speaker
pro  tern.; A. R. Banks, Chief Clerk; J. B. Oliver, Assistant Clerk; H. P.
Welsh, Journal Clerk; H. B. Waldron, Docket Clerk; C. S. Lambdin, Enrolling Clerk; D. F. Drinkwater, Engrossing Clerk; H. A. Burgess, Sergeant-at:Arms; Edward Cobb, Assistant Sergeant-at-Arms; -    Detrick,
Doorkeeper.
JANUARY 13.-Message from Governor Carney.
JANUARY 18. —Robt. G. Elliott takes his seat in the Senate, as the successor of S. M. Thorp, killed in the Lawrence Massacre.
JANUARY 25.-Burning of Stockton's Hall, the Union Theatre building,
Leavenworth.
JANUARY 29. —General Thayer succeeds General McNeil in command
of the District of the Frontier.
JANUARY 30.-A wagon train, loaded with Fort Scott coal, arrives in
Leavenworth.
-The Annual Register gives the following list of the Baptist Ministers
in the State:
Names.                                  Post Office.                    County.
Alderson, L. A................................  Atchison..................    Atchison.
Alward, E...................................... Topeka..................................    Shawnee.
Alvord, Nelson..........,.................... Wathena.......................... Doniphan.
Brant. R. C..................            Leavenworth City........................ Leavenworth.
Barrett, T. W..................................   Leavenworth City........................ Leavenworth.
Bell, G. W. S...................................  Ottumwa................    Coffey.
Curtis, Alonzo.................................  Hiawatha...................   Brown.
Cabal, H.......................................... Elizabethtown.....................Allen.
Dooley, Wm................................... Ottumwa............................. Coffey.
Dean, A. H...................................... Paola...................................   Miami.
Evans, R. P..........  Lanesfield.................................... Johnson.
Freeman, -...............................  Fort Scott...................................  Bourbon.
Gibson, -....................................  Garnett.................................   Anderson.
Hutchinson, C.C............................  Lawrence....................................  Douglas.
Harris, Israel.................................  Humboldt..................................... Allen.
Jones, J. T...................................... Ottawa Creek............................ Franklin.
Kermott, W. J................................. Leavenworth City........................ Leavenworth.
Lackey, J. M...................................  Manhattan................................... Riley.
Pratt, J. G....................................... Leavenworth City........................ Leavenworth.
Perkins, A...................................... Atchison..................................... Atchison.
Patterson,................................  Forest Hill...................................  Lyon.
Ritter, Joseph................................. Paris........................................... Linn.
Sands, G. W................................... Elizabethtown............................. Allen.
Taylor, J. B.................................... Waterloo..................................... Lyon.
Upham, W.................................. Lawrence................................    Douglas.
Veatch, E.......................................  Lawrence................................    Douglas.
Waddell, D........................        Atchison......................................  Atchison.
Webb, S. M........................... Humboldt..................................... Allen.
"The aggregate number of Baptist churches in Kansas is about forty-eight, and
number of members, 1,231."
JANUARY.-Indian Agents in the State: H. W. Farnsworth, of the Kaws;
G. A. Cutler, of the Creeks; G. A. Colton, of the Weas, Peorias, Piankeshaws, Kaskaskias, and Miamis; P. P. Elder, of the Osages; H. W. Martin,
of the Sac and Foxes; C. C. Hutchinson, of the Ottawas; C. B. Keith, of




372                    ANNALS OF KANSAS.                          [1864.
the Kickapoos; Fielding Johnson, of the Delawares; J. B. Abbott, of the
Shawnees; W. W. Ross, of the Pottawatomies.
-The Annual Register says the first Minister of the Presbyterian Church
(O. S.), who settled in Kansas, was Rev. S. M. Irvin. He was appointed
by the Foreign Board to superintend the Iowa (Indian) Mission, near what
is now Highland, in Doniphan county. This was in 1835.
In the year 1857, the General Assembly, in session at Lexington, Ky.,
constituted two Presbyteries within the Territory, under the names of
"Highland" and "Kansas."  The former met and organized, November 6,
at Highland, with three Ministers present, and two churches represented.
The Ministers were S. M. Irvin, W. H. Honnell and D. A. Murdock; the
churches represented were Highland and Lodiana, the latter in Brown
county, near Kennekuk. The Presbytery of Kansas failed to organize, and
was, by the Assembly of 1858, merged in that of Highland, which now
covers the whole of Kansas and Colorado.
There are now (1864) under its care twenty-two churches, with sixteen
Ministers. The Presbytery at its last meeting, held in Leavenworth,
adopted a paper by which their whole field is thrown into Missionary
districts.
Special attention is given to education, and the University of Highland,
Mapleton Academy and Iola High School are affording excellent advantages
to the youth of the State.
Organized and growing churches may be found in Leavenworth, Lawrence, Atchison, Topeka, Highland, Lecompton, Salina, Bethel, Fort Scott,
Carlyle, Burlingame, Twin Springs, Elm Grove, Denver City, and in other
towns.
-An article by Rev. James H. Defouri, of Topeka, in the Annual Register,
says "the Catholic population of Kansas is from 15,000 to 20,000 souls,
spread all over the State, in a great many congregations, large and small.
The Right Rev. J. B. Miege, D. D., is the Bishop of the Diocese. Under
him, to minister to the wants of Catholics, are eighteen priests and several
religious communities."
Leavenworth has the Cathedral, St. Mary's Academy, the largest boardingschool for young ladies in the State, directed by the Sisters of Charity, and
a large Hospital under the care of the same Sisters. There is also a German
Catholic Church.
"Atchison County.-St. Benedict's Church, Rlev. Augustin Wirth, Pastor; Assistants,
R. R. Thomas and X. Attached to the Church is St. Benedict's College, for young men,
Very Rev. Wirth, Principal; also, a boarding-school for young ladies, under the direction
of-the Benedictine Sisters. The counties of Atchison, Doniphan and Brown are attended
from Atchison.
"Pottawatomie County. —St. Mary's Mission Church of the Immaculate Conception,
Very Rev. J. F. Deils, S. Y., Pastor; Assistants, R. R. Galland, Dumortier, and Laigniel,
S. Y. A large school for Indian boys is under the direction of the Company of Jesus,
Very Rev. J. F. Deils, Principal. Another school, for Indian girls, is under the direction of the ladies of the Sacred Heart of Jesus. Both schools are very numerous and
flourishing. The counties of Pottawatomie, Wabaunsee, Riley, Morris, Davis, Dickinson,
Saline, Chase, Lyon and Clay are attended from St. Mary's Mission.
"Nemaha County.-Seneca Church of St. Patrick, Rev. John Meurs, Pastor. Under
his direction is a Catholic school, and also the district school. The counties of Nemaha,
Marshall, Jackson and Washington are attended from Seneca.




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"Shawnee County.-Topeka, Church of the Assumption of the B. V. M., Rev. James H
Defouri, Pastor. Attached to the Church is a select school, in a prosperous condition;
Principal, Rev. J. H. Defouri; Assistant, James J. Kennedy, Esq. The counties of Shawnee, Osage, Jefferson, and part of Douglas, are attended from Topeka.
"Douglas County.-Lawrence, Church of St. John, Rev. Sebastian Farre, Pastor. The
counties of Douglas, Johnson, Lykins and Franklin are attended from Lawrence.
"Anderson County.-Near Scipio, Church of St. Boniface, Rev. Oloys Meyer, Pastor.
The counties of Linn, Anderson and Coffey are attended from Scipio.
"Osage Indian Land. —Catholic Mission, under the direction of the Fathers of the
Company of Jesus. Church of St. Francis de Hieronymo, Very Rev. J. Schoenmakers,
Pastor; Assistants, R. R. X. Hocken, and P. Ponzilione and X. The Jesuit Fathers,
notwithstanding the losses sustained by them on account of the Southern Rebellion,
direct a large school for boys. The Mission has also a large school for Indian girls,
under the direction of the Sisters of Loretto. The counties of Bourbon, Allen, Woodson,
Greenwood, etc., are attended from the Osage Mission."
The Annual Register gives the following list of Ministers in the Church
of the United Brethren in Christ:
Josiah Terrel.........................Mound City. W. R. Eggleston...............Centralia.
W. A. Cardwell.......................Big Springs.  J. Rogers.........................Mount Florence.
J. S. Gingerich........................Lawrence.   S. B. McGrew...................Mound City.
Samuel Kretsinger.................Black Jack.  H. C. Dennison................Greeley.
Martin Seliler.....................Ridgeway.   L. O. Mouer....................Burlingame.
W. Huffman..............   Lancaster....Lancaster.   T. W. Jessup....................Burlingame.
H. A. Bell..............................Mound City. A. P. Floyd....................Fremont.
A. Prescott..............   Oskaloosa.   B. F. Lewis................H......olton.
Wm. Phillips..........................Hum boldt.  J. H. Bonebrake..............Auburn.
George Bonebrake..................Auburn.  H. M. Greene..................Twin Mound.
N. Bixler................................Emporia.  B. F. Moore......................Lecompton.
C. Zook.................................Holton.  M. Husted.......................Burlington.
A. M. Thornton.....................Richfield.    D. Kling........................Manhattan.
S. G. Elliott............................Fremont.    H. D. Healey....................Tecumseh.
E. Lewis.................................Holton.  Aaron Silver.....................Big Blue.
The following facts in regard to Marshall county  are copied from  the
Annual Register:
"Marshall county was first settled by A. G. Woodward, in 1848. He kept a trading
post at Independence Crossing, on Big Blue, six miles south of Marysville. The next
settler was F. J. Marshall, who settled where the present military road crosses Big Blue
river, and where the present town site of Marysville is situated, in the year 1850, and
established a ferry and trading post, and sold articles of merchandise to the California
emigrants, and traded goods for furs with the different tribes of Indians, when the Big
Blue valley was the hunting ground for the Pawnees, Cheyennes, Otoes, and Sioux
Indians. The next settlements were made by John D. Wells on Black Vermilion,
George Manley on Manley's creek, and George Guittard, sen., where Guittard's Station
is now situated, on the military road, twelve miles east of Marysville. The county in
1860 contained a population of 2,280.
"The first Probate Judge was Jame~ Doniphan, who held the first term on the 10th
day of October, 1855, when the Probate Courts had jurisdiction in civil and criminal
cases.
"The first Sheriff was Alexander Clark, commissioned in October, 1855, and was
killed in June, 1856, while attempting to arrest two horse thieves.
"The first board of County Commissioners was W. N. Glenn, John D. Wells and
A. M. L. Duncan. Their first session was in October, 1855."
FEBRUARY  5.-Hawkins Taylor appointed Mail Agent.
FEBRUARY 6.-Reception of the Seventh Kansas in Leavenworth.
-  John T. Snoddy and James D. Snoddy buy the Elwood Press of H. D.
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FEBRUARY 6.-The following Senators protest against the election of a
U. S. Senator this winter: Abram Bennett, R. G. Elliott, M. R. Leonard,
Jas. McGrew, Rufus Oursler, F. W. Potter, S. M. Strickler, and D. M.
Valentine. Nineteen members of the House sign a similar protest.
FEBRUARY 9. —Joint Convention of the two Houses to elect a U. S.
-Senator for the term beginning March 4, 1865. The result of the vote was:
For Thos. Carney, 68; "Against a fraud," 1; Excused and declined to vote,
27; Blank, 2. Governor Carney was declared elected.
FEBRUARY 20.-Battle of Olustee, Fla. Colonel James Montgomery,
of Kansas, and Colonel Thos. W. Higginson, of Massachusetts, commanding colored regiments, were in this engagement.
"Our left column, Colonel Montgomery, came last into the fight, just in time to stop;a Rebel charge. The Fifty-fourth Massachusetts went in first, followed by the First
North Carolina (both Black). They were of course overpowered; but the latter left its
Lieut. Colonel, Major and Adjutant dead on the field. It was admitted that these two
regiments had saved our little army from being routed.'- Greeley's Conflict, vol. lI, p. 531.
FEBRUARY 29.-Reception of the Eighth Kansas in Leavenworth.
MARCH 1. —Adjournment of the Legislature. Among the acts passed
were the following: Allowing each county along the line of the Atchison,
Topeka & Santa Fe Railroad to issue $200,000 in bonds for that road; Authorizing school districts to issue bonds; Providing for the election of
County Attorneys; Appointing commissioners to locate a Blind Asylum in
Wyandotte county; Authorizing Wyandotte county to issue $100,000 in
bonds to the Union Pacific Railway Company, Eastern Division; Proposing
an amendment to the Constitution, allowing soldiers and others to vote;
Locating the Deaf and Dumb Asylum at Olathe; Authorizing the Governor to
appoint a State Geologist; Abolishing grand juries; Amending the act incorporating the Leavenworth, Lawrence & Fort Gibson Railroad Company
(it authorizes a branch from Lawrence through the Wakarusa Valley, to
the A. T. & S. F. R. R.); Establishing a Bureau of Immigration; Accepting
the grant of lands for railroads made by Congress March 3, 1863; Changing the name of Sautrell Falls to Grasshopper Falls; Changing the site of
the Penitentiary; Organizing the State Normal School; Organizing the
University; Refunding to certain counties the Territorial taxes paid by
them for 1860; and a law submitting to the people in November the question whether the School Lands shall be sold.
MARCH 12.- Gen. Grant Commander-in-Chief.
APRIL 10. —The first volume of Horace Greeley's American Conflict
issued. It contains several chapters giving important events in our annals.
APRIL 12.-William W. Bloss becomes one of the editors of the Conservative.
APRIL 20.-The War Department credits the State with 1,529 colored
troops.
APRIL 20.-Thomas A. Osborn appointed U. S. Marshal.
APRIL 21.-Republican State Convention at Topeka. Gov. Carney sends
a letter to the Convention resigning all claims to the office of United States
Senator. Called to order by Sidney Clarke. John W. Scott temporary
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Committee on Credentials: Foster, Irvin, Hoaglin, Reynolds, and Jones.
Committee on Permanent Organization: McGrew, Guthrie, Thornton,
Sherry, and Camp.
Officers: President, John W. Scott, of Allen; Vice Presidents, S. H.
Glenn of Atchison, A. G. Procter of Lyon, S. C. Russell of Douglas, W. S.
Hoaglin of Jackson; Secretaries, M. M. Murdock, of Osage; J. W. Roberts, of Jefferson.
Committee on Resolutions: Bowen, Foster, Sternberg, Hofmann. Danford,
Procter, Strickler, McDowell, Snoddy.
Vote for Delegates to the* Baltimore National Convention: James H. Lane
44, A. Carter Wilder 49, Thomas M. Bowen 49, W. W. H. Lawrence 49,
Martin H. Insley 51, F. W. Potter 49.  Alternates: C. W. Babcock 50,
S. A. Cobb 50, John M. Price 49, Robert McBratney 48, G. A. Colton 50,
H. W. Farnsworth 50.
State Central Committee: Sidney Clarke, J. C. Burnett, J. M. Rankin, A.
Low, James McCahon, W. S. Hoaglin, Jacob Stotler.
The following resolutions were adopted:
"Resolved, That the people of the State of Kansas have implicit confidence in the
integrity, ability, prudence and patriotism  of Abraham  Lincoln. That he is their
unqualified choice for re-election, and that a change in the Chief Executive at this
critical time would prove detrimental to the cause of the Union and endanger our
liberties as a people.
"Resolved, That the delegates from this State to the Baltimore Convention be instructed
to cast their votes, and exert their entire influence, to secure the renomination of Abraham Lincoln to the Presidency.
"Resolved, That Slavery was the cause and now constitutes the strength of the Rebellion, and that we see no hope of permanent peace until the principles of Liberty enunciated in the Declaration of Independence are carried into practice, and that we subscribe
to the doctrine of Universal Human Freedom.
"Resolved, That the question whether Slavery is to be perpetuated or not is no longer
exclusively a State, but a National one, and it is therefore proper that the Constitution
of the United States should be so amended as to secure Freedom to every human being
within its jurisdiction.
"Resolved, That at this, the first Convention which has met since the session of the
Legislature which perpetrated the Senatorial Swindle, we, the representatives of the
people, for them and in their name, do set the seal of condemnation upon said act, and
denounce it as a Fraud unparalleled in the history of political frauds.
"Resolved, That we regard the law giving to our citizens in the United States volunteer
service the privilege of exercising the elective franchise as an act of justice to those who
are willing to imperil life in defence of our liberties.
"Resolved, That the letter of Gov. Carney to this Convention, declining to consider
himself a Senator, is another evidence of the weakness of any policy to obtain power
under a Republican Government without the consent of the people."
-Death of John T. Snoddy, recently Major in the Seventh Kansas, at
Mound City.
APRIL 30.-Battle at Jenkins's Ferry, the crossing of the Saline, Arkansas.
Greeley's Conflict says:
"We had one section of a battery on the field, but could not use it. A section of a
Rebel battery appeared and fired one round, when the Twenty-ninth Iowa and Second
Kansas charged across the field, and brought away the guns.
"When all was over, and our men had crossed the river, Kirby Smith sent a flag of
truce; but, finding only a burial party, instead of an army, he made haste to capture
these and claim a victory."
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MAY 4.-A despatch from Washington says Kansas has raised 4,500
troops in excess of all calls, and that there will be no draft.
MAY 11.-Grant proposes "to fight it out on this line if it takes all
summer."
MAY 13.- S. A. Cobb is appointed Commissary, C. C. Willetts Paymaster,
and C. L. Gorton Quartermaster.
MAY.-Publication of the Second Annual Catalogue of Baker University,
at Baldwin City.
Board of Trustees: First year, H. D. Fisher, G. W. Paddock, S. Brooks,
S. Parker; second year, S. Kieffer, J. W. Frame, S. N. Walker, W. G. Piper;
third year, R. P. Duval, H. Barricklow, C. Steuckeman, S. H. Watson;
fourth year, L. B. Dennis, N. Taylor, D. P. Mitchell, Geo. H. Weaver.
The number of pupils is 204. The second annual address is delivered
by Rev. D. P. Mitchell.
The Kansas and Nebraska Annual Conference, held at Nebraska City,
April 16, 1857, took the initiative in the establishment of Baker University.
Rev. A. Still and Rev. L. B. Dennis were authorized to assign to the Methodist Episcopal Church bonds for 700 acres of land given by the Palmyra
Town Company for an institution of learning. The building was begun in
the winter of 1858.. In September, 1858, Rev. Werter R. Davis was elected
President. He resigned June 25, 1862, and Rev. G. W. Paddock was elected
President.
JUNE 1. —Democratic State Convention at Topeka. Wilson Shannon,
President; John R. Goodin, Secretary. Committee on Credentials: W. G.
Mathias, Hugh S. Walsh, Isaac E. Eaton, J. P. Taylor, Judge Miller.
The following delegates to the Chicago National Convention were elected:
W. C. McDowell, Wilson Shannon, Orlin Thurston, L. B. Wheat, H. J.
Strickler, J. P. Taylor.
Presidential Electors: Nelson Cobb, Thomas Bridgens, John W. Forman.
State Committee, W. P. Gambell, Isaac E. Eaton, Edward Carroll, E. J.
Lines, H. S. Walsh, Dr. Milligan, Allen White, O. P. Haughawout, A. G.
Otis.
The Convention passed a resolution declaring it expedient to establish a
Democratic journal in Leavenworth, and the following, offered by Mr.
Gambell:
"Resolved, That we are in favor of making Kansas a free white State."
JUNE 1.-Railroad Convention of the Border Tier counties, at Paola;
W. R. Wagstaff, President. The Convention asks for a land grant and appropriations for a railroad from the Missouri river to the Gulf.
JUNE 4.-Neosho Valley Railroad Convention, at Emporia; S. M. Strickler, President. Articles of Association were drawn up for a railroad from
a point near Fort Riley, through the Neosho Valley, in, the direction of
Galveston. Robert M. Ruggles was made President of the Association.
JuNE.-The first catalogue published of the Agricultural College; there
are 108 pupils.
JUNE 7, 8.-National Republican Convention at Baltimore. Nomination
of Abraham Lincoln and Andrew Johnson.
JULY 1. —Act of Congress (chapter 198, U. S. Stats.) giving every alter



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nate section of land designated by odd numbers, for ten sections in width
on each side of the road, for a railroad and telegraph from Emporia, via
Council Grove, to Fort Riley.  The Wakarusa branch road is changed to
run from Lawrence to Emporia, and is to receive the same grant made by
the act of March 3, 1863. The Leavenworth, Lawrence & Ohio City road
is required to run via Baldwin City.
JULY 2.-The following is copied from the act of Congress (chapter 216,
U. S. Stats.) relating to Pacific railroads:
"SEc. 9... And provided further, That any company authorized by this act to
construct its road-and telegraph from the Missouri river to the initial point aforesaid,
may construct its road and telegraph line so as to connect with the Union Pacific Railroad at any point westwardly of such initial point, in case such company shall deem
such westward connexion more practicable or desirable; and in aid of the construction
of so much of its road and telegraph line as shall be a departure from the route hereinbefore provided for its road, such company shall be entitled to all the benefits, and be subject to all the conditions and restrictions of this act: Provided fisrther, however, That the
bonds of the United States shall not be issued to such company for a greater amount
than is hereinbefore provided, if the same had united with the Union Pacific Railroad
on the 100th degree of longitude; nor shall such company be entitled to receive any
greater amount of alternate sections of public lands than are also herein provided.
" SEC. 12. And be it further enacted, That the Leavenworth, Pawnee & Western Railroad Company, now known as the Union Pacific Railroad Company, Eastern Division,
shall build the railroad from the mouth of the Kansas river, by way of Leavenworth;
or. if that be not deemed the best route, then the said Company shall, within two years,
build a railroad from the city of Leavenworth to unite with the main stem at or near
the city of Lawrence; but to aid in the construction of said branch the said Company
shall not be entitled to any bonds. And if the Union Pacific Railroad Company shall
not be proceeding in good faith to build the said railroad through the Territories when
the Leavenworth, Pawnee & Western Railroad'Company, now known as the Union Pacific Railroad Company, Eastern Division, shall have completed their road to the 100th
degree of longitude, then the last-named Company may proceed to make said road
westward until it meets and connects with the'Central Pacific Railroad on the same
line. And the said railroad from the mouth of Kansas river to the one hundredth
meridian of longitude shall be made by the way of Lawrence and Topeka, or on the
bank of the Kansas river opposite said towns: Provided, That no bonds shall be issued
or land certified by the United States to any person or company for the construction of
any part of the main trunk-line of said railroad west of the one hundredth meridian
of longitude and east of the Rocky Mountains, until said road shall be completed from
or near Omaha, on the Missouri river, to the said one hundredth meridian of longitude."
JULY 2.-Report that Colonel Dan McCook, formerly of the First Kansas, is fatally wounded.
-Captain William D. Mathews begins to raise a Colored Battery.
— General Curtis authorized to raise a regiment of Hundred Days Men.
It was called the Seventeenth.
— Gold quoted 276.
JULY 24.-Indian raids on Cow Creek and Fort Larned; stock and
wagons stolen.
JULY 27.-Samuel Hallett killed at Wyandotte.  He was building the
Pacific Railroad.
— General Curtis in the Arkiansas Valley, in southwestern Kansas, establishing posts to protect the Santa Fe mail route.
JULY 27."General Gano, with 1,500 Rebels, surprised an outpost of Fort Smith, held by Captain Mefford, with 200 of the Fifth Kansas, whom he captured, with 82 of his men, after




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we had lost 10 killed, 15 wounded, to 12 killed, 20 wounded, of the enemy. Gano, of
course, got away before he could be reached from Fort Smith."- Greeley's Conflict, vol.
II, p. 555.
AUGUST 3.-State Convention of colored men to ask that the word
"white" be struck out of the Constitution.
AUGUST 5.-Farragut's victory at Mobile Bay.
AUGUST 10.-Serious Indian raid on the Little Blue, near Marysville.
AUGUST 14.-Death of Judge Elmore.
AUGUST 29.-Four companies of the Fifth Kansas, under Major Samuel
Walker, arrive in Leavenworth from Pine Bluff, Arkansas.
AUGUST 29.-National Democratic Convention, at Chicago. McClellan
and Pendleton nominated for President and Vice President.
SEPTEMBER 1.-Hood evacuates Atlanta.
-In the fall, Frank G. Adams started the Atchison Daily Free Press.
It was consolidated with the Champion in August, 1868.
SEPTEMBER 6.-Fort Zarah established, by Gen. Curtis.
SEPTEMBER 8.-Republican State Convention, at Topeka. Called to
order by Jacob Stotler. M. R. Dutton, temporary Chairman; John T. Cox,
Secretary.
Committee on C~Oedentials: Emmert, of Bourbon; Tholen, of Leavenworth;
Hunt, of Lyon; Ballard, of Washington; Riddle, of Jefferson.
Committee on Permanent Organization: Sears, of Franklin; Shepherd, of
Wabaunsee; McGrew, of Wyandotte; Low, of Doniphan; Limbocker, of
Pottawatomie.
Officers: President, J. T. Cox, of Coffey; Vice Presidents, Winm. M. Inman
of Franklin, Capt. Bowman of Atchison, Winm. Tholen of Leavenworth,
W. E. Bowker of Shawnee, Thaddeus Prentice of Douglas; Secretaries,
B. B..Lockwood of Morris, F. G. Adams of Atchison.
Voted to admit three delegates from each white regiment.
First ballot for Governor: George A. Crawford, 23; Samuel J. Crawford,
16; W. W. H. Lawrence, 21; T. A. Osborn, 12; S. D. Houston, 3; J. C.
Burnett, 3; J. W. Scott, 3; R. Riddle, 1.
Sixth ballot: S. J. Crawford, 51; G. A. Crawford, 31.
Ballot for Member of Congress: Sidney Clarke, 46; A. C. Wilder, 35;
D. R. Anthony, 3; Blank, 1.
For Lieutenant Governor: James McGrew, 38; J. W. Scott, 20; S. M.
Strickler, 16.
R. A. Barker, of Atchison, was nominated for Secretary of State by
acclamation.
For Auditor: John R. Swallow, 39; J. C. Lambdin, 22; C. L. Palmer, 7;
Chester Thomas, 4.
Wm. Spriggs, of Anderson, was nominated for Treasurer by acclamation.
For Attorney General: J. D: Brumbaugh, 51; John T. Burris, 25.
I. T. Goodnow was renominated for Superintendent of Public Instruction.
Jacob Safford was nominated by acclamation for Associate Justice.
For Presidential Electors: Ellsworth Cheeseborough, of Atchison; Nelson
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Mr. Cheeseborough and Mr. McCracken died before election day. The
electors finally voted for were Robert McBratney, Thomas Moonlight and
W. F. Cloud.
SEPTEMBER 13.-The Republican Union State Convention at Topeka
made the following nominations: For Governor, Solon 0. Thacher, of
Douglas; Lieutenant Governor, John J. Ingalls, of Atchison; Secretary
of State, William. R. Saunders, of Coffey; Treasurer, J. R. McClure, of
Davis; Auditor, Asa Hairgrove, of Linn; Attorney General, Hiram
Griswold, of Leavenworth; Superintendent of Public Instruction, Peter
McVicar, of Shawnee; Associate Justice, Samuel A. Kingman, of Brown;
for Congress, Albert L. Lee, of Doniphan.
The following platform was adopted:
"Resolved, That we are in favor of a vigorous prosecution of the war against the
Rebellion, and no compromise with traitors against the Government.
"Resolved, That as Kansas in the past has been most lavish of her men and means in
sustaining the country against treason, so in the future she will ever be found among
the foremost in standing by and supporting the Government,
"Resolved, That we endorse the platform of the Baltimore Convention, and most
earnestly recommend that all loyal voters in Kansas give to Lincoln and Johnson their
undivided support.
"Resolved, That the corruptionists and plunderers who are robbing the nation of the
material aid necessary to carry on the war with success are the most efficient aiders of
Jeff. Davis and the Rebellion, and must be put down.
"Resolved, That the practice of the utmost economy consistent with an efficient administration of the affairs of the Government is imperatively the duty of both National
and State Administrations.
"Resolved, That the noble sons of Kansas, who have been and are now in the field,
asserting the supremacy of the nation over armed treason, and conferring brilliant renown upon our young State, deserve and receive the most hearty sympathy and support
of the people of the State.
"Resolved, That the people have the right to assemble in a peaceful manner, to consult
for all lawful purposes, and that the threats of violent interference by a faction of corrlupt revolutionists with the exercise of the elective franchise receive our unqualified
disapprobation.
"Resolved, That we believe it to be theduty of all good men, irrespective of party, to
unite in putting down the'one-man power' in Kansas, the'corrupt and tyrannical
exercise of which has brought disgrace and untold evil upon the State."
SEPTEMBER 13.-The Democratic State Convention at Topeka adopted
the following platform:
"Whereas, The Delegate Convention of the Republican party, this day assembled at
the Capital, has passed a resolution reaffirming the principles and re-establishing the
rights guaranteed by the Constitution of the United States to every citizen thereof, and
has declared that liberty of speech and of the press shall remain inviolate, and shall be
maintained inviolate at all hazards throughout this State, and have moreover nominated
candidates for the various offices to be filled at the next election, men who have given
evidence of devotion to those principles, and whose past record affords ample guarantee
that their principles will be faithfully carried out in the administration of the government of the State: therefore,
"Resolved, That this Convention deem it inexpedient for the Democratic party of
Kansas to nominate a State ticket, to be supported at the ensuing election, and we deem
it impolitic for any Democrat in the State to permit his name to be used as a candidate
for any State office or member of Congress.
"Resolved, That we hereby ratify the nomination of George B. McClellan, of New
Jersey, for President, and George H. Pendleton, of Ohio, for Vice President, and pledge
them our undivided support.
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construed by General George B. McClellan in his letter accepting the nomination of the
Chicago Convention for President of the United States.
"Resolved, That we believe, in justice to.our brave soldiers from this State, who are
periling their lives in defence of the Constitution, the Union, and our homes, that the
Constitution of the State should be so amended as to permit such soldiers to exercise
the right of suffrage, and that we, as a party, are heartily in favor of the proposed
amendment to our Constitution for that purpose.
"Resolved, That all Democratic papers in the State publish the following ticket: For
President, George B. McClellan, of New Jersey. For Vice President, George H. Pendleton, of Ohio. For State Electors, Nelson Cobb, of Douglas; Thomas Bridgens, of
Bourbon; and Andrew G. Ege, of Doniphan county."
SEPTEMBER 20.-W. W. Bloss becomes the editor of the Leavenworth
Times. D. R. Anthony and Sidney Clarke buy the Bulletin.
- Government train burned at Cabin Creek.
SEPTEMBER 27. —General Ewing arrives at Rolla, Mo., after being surrounded at Harrison by Price's forces.
OCTOBER 1.- General Sterling Price reported advancing towards Kansas
with 15,000 men. He crossed the Arkansas, coming north at Dardanelles,
Pope county, Arkansas, with from 5,000 to 15,000 men. His army was
greatly increased in Arkansas and Missouri. Rosecrans was in command
at St. Louis, and Steele at Little Rock. A supply train from Fort Scott to
Fort Gibson was captured September 19, by General Gano, at Cabin Creek.
Governor Carney learned of the Rebel advance September 24. General
Thomas Ewing, jr., commanded the southeast Missouri district. He reached
Pilot Knob with 1,051 men, September 26, and had an engagement with
Marmaduke on the 27th. He then retreated, marching north and west.
He was attacked at Harrison on the 29th and 30th, and withdrew to Rolla
October 1st.
OCTOBER 2.-General Samuel R. Curtis, at Fort Leavenworth, learns
that Price is coming west.
OCTOBER 8.-General Alfred Pleasonton takes command at Jefferson
City. He sends General John B. Sanborn with 4,100 mounted men to follow Price.
OCTOBER 8.-Governor Carney calls out the State Militia. George W.
Deitzler, Major General of the Militia; John T. Morton, Adjutant General.
OCTOBER 9.-General Curtis calls all United States troops into the field
to resist Price.
OCTOBER 9.-General Blunt arrives at Olathe.
OCTOBER 10.-General- Curtis proclaims martial law in Kansas. James
H. Lane assigned to duty on his staff.
OCTOBER 11.-General Blunt takes command at Olathe, relieving General Sykes.
The Militia assembled at Olathe number 6,816; at Atchison, 1,154; at
Paola, 1,872; at Mound City, 1,180; at Fort Scott, 1,050; at Wyandotte,
550. All are soon concentrated on the border.
OCTOBER 20.-Engagement at Lexington, Mo., and retreat to the Little
Blue.
OCTOBER 21.-Battle along the Little Blue; fall back to the Big Blue,
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OCTOBER 22.-Battle of the Big Blue; Union victory. Generals Pleasonton and Sanborn reach the Little Blue, and occupy Independence at
night.
General Curtis's command consists of the Eleventh, Fourteenth, Fifteenth, Sixteenth, and Seventeenth Kansas, a battalion of the Third Wisconsin, a section of the Second Kansas battery, McLain's Colorado battery,
and Captain Dodge's Ninth Wisconsin battery-in all, about 4,500 men.
Citizens of Kansas now under arms estimated to number 20,000.
OCTOBER 23.-Battle of Westport. Defeat and retreat of Price. Colonel
Moonlight moves down the Kansas border in advance.
A raid is made on Marmaton, Bourbon county, six citizens killed, and
the town sacked and fired.
Price enters Kansas in Linn county, a few miles south of West Point,
Mo., and remains in the State, in that county and Bourbon, until he crosses
the Marmaton, reaching the farthest point west in Linn county.
OCTOBER.-Publication of the first volume of Supreme Court Reports.
Elliot V. Banks, Reporter. Preston B. Plumb, appointed the first Reporter, resigned in October, 1862. Louis Carpenter was appointed in January, 1863, and was killed in the Lawrence Massacre, August 21, 1863.
The second and third volumes were issued in 1866; the fourth in 1868; the
fifth in 1871-all by Banks. William C. Webb was appointed Reporter,
and the sixth volume appeared in May, 1872, the seventh in November,
1872; the eighth and ninth in 1873; the tenth, eleventh and twelfth in
1874; the thirteenth in 1875.
The following facts are obtained from these volumes: Archibald Williams, United States District Judge, died in September, 1863. Robert
Crozier was United States District Attorney until elected Chief Justice, in
1863. James S. Emery succeeded him as Attorney. John T. Morton was
succeeded as United States Clerk by Frank G. Adams, in 1863. Nelson
Cobb was appointed Chief Justice December 28, 1862. Clark J. Hanks
succeeded F. G. Adams as United States District Clerk in 1863; in 1865,
Adolphus S. Thomas succeeded Mr. Hanks. Andrew Stark was the Clerk
of the Supreme Court in 1865. David J. Brewer was Judge of the Leavenworth Criminal Court in 1864, and was succeeded in 1865 by Peter McFarland. Samuel A. Riggs was appointed United States District Attorney in
1867, and Charles C. Whiting, United States Marshal. Hiram Griswold
was appointed Commissioner in Bankruptcy. E. B. Fowler was appointed
Clerk of the Supreme Court in 1868. He was succeeded by A. Hammatt
in July, 1870. J. F. Broadhead succeeded Judge Lowe in March, 1871.
D. W. Houston was appointed United States Marshal May 13, 1869. Albert H. Horton became United States District Attorney. Henry G. Webb
was appointed Judge of the Eleventh District November 17, 1870.. William C. Webb was appointed Reporter April 1, 1871. Charles Chadwick
was appointed Attorney General July 30, 1860, B. F. Simpson having resigned and entered the service. John F. Dillon was appointed United
States Circuit Judge December 22, 1869, and held his first term of court
here in May, 1870. Cyrus O. French was appointed Register in Bankruptcy in 1871. B. W. Perkins was appointed Judge of the Eleventh




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District in March, 1873. C. I. Scofield was appointed United States District Attorney in June, 1873; he was succeeded by George R. Peck, in January, 1874. William S. Tough was appointed United States Marshal in
April, 1873. J. Jay Buck was appointed' Register in Bankruptcy in 1874.
OCTOBER 24.-The force in pursuit of Price numbers 10,000. There is
a skirmish at Coldwater Grove, fifteen miles below Santa Fe. Pleasonton
takes the right. Moonlight reaches Mound City at midnight, after a march
of sixty-five miles. A part of the Rebel army encamps at the Trading Post.
They murder and burn as they run.
OCTOBER 25. —Decisive day for Kansas. Battle near Mound City. Price
commands the Rebels. We capture Gens. Marmaduke and Cabel, with
nine guns and 800 men. Rebels retreat across Mine Creek. Two hundred
Rebels buried there. Mound City made a hospital for the wounded of both
armies.
*Another engagement on the Little Osage. McNeil and Pleasonton in
advance. Rebels retreat eastward, leaving Fort Scott to the right.
The Rebels make another stand on the Marmaton, six miles east of Fort
Scott. The battle is called Charlott, from a creek and farm on the field.
It is a Union victory.
Gen. Curtis reaches Fort Scott, and rescinds the order proclaiming martial law.
OCTOBER 26. —Gen. Curtis leaves Fort Scott with Moonlight's brigade,
moving towards Lamar and Carthage. Gen. Blunt follows with the brigades
of Jennison and Ford. McNeil had followed the retreating foe.
OCTOBER 27.-The brigades of Sanborn and Benteen leave Fort Scott,
and join in the pursuit. Curtis camps at Shanghai.
OCTOBER 27.- Gov. Carney orders the Militia to return to their homes.
OCTOBER 28.- Curtis reaches Carthage.
OCTOBER 28.-Fight at Newtonia. Blunt begins alone. Sanborn comes
up. Another struggle, and thle Rebels abandon the field.
OCTOBER 29.-Rosecrans orders all the troops of his Department to return to their districts.
Congratulatory order from Gen. Deitzler.
OCTOBER 30. —Lieut. Gen. Grant orders the pursuit of Price to be resumed.
NOVEMBER 1.- Curtis at Pea Ridge.
NOVEMBER 3.-March to Sugar Creek.
NOVEMBER 4.-Curtis at Fayetteville.
NOVEMBER 5.-Our army encamps on the Prairie Grove battle-field.
NOVEMBER 6.-Cane Hill reached. Price crosses the Arkansas.
NOVEMBER 8.-Generals Curtis and Blunt reach the Arkansas. The
object of the campaign is accomplished. Both Generals issue congratulatory orders. General Curtis said:
"The pursuit of. Price in 1864, and the battles of Lexington, Little Blue, Big Blue,
Westport, Marais des Cygnes, Osage, Charlott and Newtonia, will be borne on the banners of the regiments who shared in them; and the States of Missouri, Iowa, Kansas,
Colorado, Illinois, Indiana, Wisconsin and Arkansas may glory in the achievement of
their sons in this short but eventful campaign."




1864.]                  ANNALS OF KANSAS.                             383
General Blunt said:
"On the 16th of October, the brigades of Colonel Jennison and Colonel Moonlight,
numbering in all but 2,000 men, marched from Hickman's Mills, Mo., to Pleasant Hill,
Holden and Lexington, to make a reconnoissance.
"On the 19th of October, at 11 A. M., we were attacked at Lexington by the enemy,
26,000 strong, and held the position until their entire army was developed, when our
little force retired fighting and in good order, until the darkness of night put an end
to the contest.
"On the 21st, the brigades of Colonels Jennison, Ford and Moonlight, numbering
only 3,500 men, fought the battle of the Little Blue, contesting stubbornly every foot of
ground with an enemy five to one against them, with the most glorious results. In this
contest the Second Brigade, under Colonel Moonlight, is entitled to special commendation for the gallant manner in which they fought the enemy's advancing columns until
re-enforcements arrived.
"On the 22d, the brigades of Colonels Jennison and Moonlight stubbornly contested
the advance of the enemy at the crossing of the Big Blue, and at the State Line (after
the enemy had forced a passage at Byrom's Ford), checking his right flank, and punishing him severely.
"Thus by striking the enemy in front, and by three days' severe fighting, he was
firmly held in check until the command of Major General Pleasonton was enabled to
check and attack his rear at Independence, and co-operate with us in obtaining the
glorious results of the battle of Westport on the 23d, when the entire Division (including Colonel C. W. Blair's brigade of Kansas State Militia) attacked the enemy's front,
and, after a severe conflict, turned his right flank, which resulted in his complete defeat
and rout.
"In this day's contest credit is due to several regiments of Kansas State Militia for
the gallant part they bore, which will be appropriately noticed in official reports."
General Blunt gives credit to the Second Colorado and to General Pleasonton for the courage displayed "in the battles of the Osage, on the 25th,"
and to Colonel Moonlight for the victory St Mound City.
All was honorable to the Militia in this campaign. Their sacrifices and
heroism were not less glorious and patriotic than the deeds of the fathers
of the country at Lexington, Bunker Hill, and on the other fields of the
Revolution. All was honorable until the question of their pay came up in
Congress, and until the scrip was hawked about by speculators in Kansas.
Dishonor marked these transactions. Delay was made in Congress in order
that the scrip might be depreciated. The Militiamen sold it for nearly
nothing. When the money reached Kansas it was so disbursed as to call
for the following censure —made by the Legislative Committee, March 2,
1874:
"Owing to the brief time allotted to your Committee in which to perform the work
assigned them, they have been unable to make a detailed examination of the vouchers,
papers, and accounts of the office of the Treasurer, and have not been able to count all
of the Military scrip returned by the Treasurer to the Auditor as vouchers for the payment of money thereon; but your Committee, from their examination of the scrip, cannot but express the opinion that payments by the Treasurer out of this fund were
carelessly and negligently made. In numerous instances, payments were made on scrip
presented without the signature of the Treasurer thereto, and scrip was accepted and
paid without the name of the payee being endorsed thereon. Such a practice necessarily
opened the way to an improper disbursement of this fund, and an opportunity for money
to be wrongfully drawn from the Treasury."
This report is signed by Albert H. Horton, T. F. Robley, S. N. Latta, and
E. K. Townsend, and is found on page 4 of Proceedings of the Court of
Impeachment, published in 1874.
NOVEMBER 8.-Election.  Abraham Lincoln re-elected President.




384                             ANNALS OF KANSAS.                                           [1864.
VOTE FOR STATE OFFICERS, AND CONGRESSMAN.
Governor.   Lieut. Gov.  Sec. of State.   Auditor.
Counties.  O.                                         _
Allen...............................................    225    96  226    94  225    93  224    39
Anderson.......................................    239    57  229    60   224    60      229    60
Atchison.........................................  555   622  525   644   681   498      531   644
Bourbon........................................    864   166  866   150   865   145      868   148
Butler........................................  35    25    35    25       35    25      -35    25
Brown........................................  207   156   214   147      210   152      211   152
Coffey.............................................    278   149  285   142  280   144   282   147
Chase..............................................  60    67  63    66    64    65       66    69
Douglas...................................  959   595  1,009   576   1,010   571   1,018   565
Doniphan..........................          634   516      593   543      668   481      595   545
Davis..................................   134    91  134    91   133    92      134    91
Dickinson.......................................  44    20  43    20       42    20       42    20
Franklin...........................    320   127    331   113      331   112      330   113
Greenwood.....................................  96    18    41      8      97      8      97    22
Jefferson..............................    635   379     628   371      631   374      628   376
Jackson...........................................   620   112  259   113  258   115     258   113
Johnson.................................    258   179      264   265      260   264      254   276
Linn...............................................   299   448  254   487  234   500    301   406
Lyon.........................    440   113        449   101      447   104      436   106
Leavenworth................................... 1,350 2, 077  1, 343 2, 079  1,360 2, 063  1, 348 2, 071
Miami........................................  439   266   434   264      431   263      431   263
Morris...................................    50.105       48   106       48   104       47   108
Marshall...............................     170   146      170   145      172   145      173   145
Nemaha........................................    250   131  253   127    255   123      254   124
Neosho........................................  2    24.........    27.........   26.........  27
Osage.............................................   121    68  120    68  88    89      119    69
Pottawatomie.................................   173    87  168    94      167    92      168    92
Riley........................................  160   111   159   111      161   110      157   114
Shawnee.....................................    427   132  384   275      387   272      359   279
Saline..............................................   50    55  55    57  48    57       40    66
Washington....................................' 59    43  56    47       57    46       56    47
Wilson...........................    19            7      19      7      19      7      19      7
Woodson........................................  56    46   56    46       55    47       56    46
Wabaunsee.............................    116    63        102    75      102    75      106    72
Wyandotte....................................   176   339  234   278      176   335      194   314
Total home vote......................... 10, 196 7, 840 10, 047 7, 822 10,225 7,676 10, 066 7, 833
Soldiers' vote..............               2,191   608  2,047   671   1,996   587   1,967   657
Total vote................................... 13,387 8,448 12, 094 8,493 12,221 8,2631 12,033 8,490'.~.'.
Treasurer.   Att'y Gen.  Supt. Inst'n.  Ass'te Just. Rep in Cong.
Allen..................   218   101    224    93    224    93    224    93    192   126
Anderson...............   207    76        1901   60    200    59    227    60    220    63
Atchison....................  531   641    5191  644    555   609    533   647    508   659
Bourbon................    865   146    862   1461   868   145    864   146    760   243
Butler..........................  35    251   35    25      35    25       35    25       26    30
Brown..        249   114    122   165    281.80         184   169      146   219
Coffey........................  285   143    284   1451 1  281   1461  280   146    265   164
Chase..........................  64    65     63    65       63    64      64    65       59    67
Douglas................. 1,022   561  1,010   57511   929   617    987   597    977   598
Doniphan.....................   586   622    540   581     617   527    537   612    495   655
Davis...........................     108    134    91    1341   90 1  134    91    128    92
Dickinson.................     43.   18       43    20|| 45    18          451   18       41    19
Franklin...............   341   102    331   191    335   101    331   113    317   125
Greenwood...............       97    13       9     13       27    13      97      7      96    13
Jefferson...............      629   372    608   385    627   362    606   382    597   302
Jackson..............    259   113    256   114    259   113    259   112    254   117
Johnson................   258   275    -261   265    266   16311   261   265    235   288
Linn......................    239   503    127   503       265   4681    235   482       191   541
Lyon..................    451    97    447    9911   456    91    448    99    413   132
Leavenworth...............  1, 346 2, 076  1, 324 2,100  1,35312,06311 1,34212,080  1,16212,230




1864.]                                           ANNALS OF KANSAS.                                                                     385
VOTE FOR STATE OFFICERS, AND CONGRESSMAN-CONCLUDED.
Treasurer.   Att'y Gen.  Supt. Inst'n. Ass'te Just. Rep.in Cong.
Counties.                                                                                                       Qpsn    
Miami..........................             435    261.........    261             435      261         434      262         413      277
Morris..........................             48      105          44    503            56       93         47      103          36      118
Marshall......................             172       146        190      122         176      139         167      148         149      167
Nemaha......................               257      122         212      143         261      120         227      152         227      152
Neosho................................              20.........        26.........        26.........        26.................
Osage..........................           117        72        115        72        122        53        113        76        114        73
Pottawatomie...............               166        93        165        93        166        94        173        86        158       98
Riley...........................          154       112        150      119         167        94        168      102         145      135
Shawnee.....................              394       268        376      281         395      263         373      278         379      280
Saline.........................             48       57          45       59          51       44         49        55         42       62
Washington..................                  57       46          46       46          64       37          55       41         57        46
Wilson..........................              19         7         19         7         19        7.........        7         19         7
Woodson.......................               56       46          56       46          56       4           56       46         55        47
Wabaunsee..................               104        73        105        71        104        72        104        72        102        77
Wyandotte...................                176      335        176       332        190      314         174      339         168    343
Total home vote........ 10,044 7,935  9,22917,984 10,119 7,608  9,833 8;002  9,1568,668
Soldiers' vote.................  2,007    591    1,870                    593    2,027         555    1,988         634    1,674 1,042
Total vote................. 12,051  8,526  11,099 8,577  12,1468,163  11,8218,636  10,830 9, 710
VOTE ON AMENDMENTS TO CONSTITUTION, AND SALE OF SCHOOL LAND.
Amendments to Const'n.    Sale of
SchoolLand.
Counties.                                      Sec. 3, Art. 1. Sec.l12, Art. 2.
For. Agst.
For. Agst.   For. Ags4.
Allen..................................................................             284........         260         3[       251         7
Anderson............................................................                  76         1         35         1        92        30
Atchison........................................           786        441       648        96}       389      221
Bourbon.............................................................                 860........          861........           92         3
Butler..................................................................................................
Brown....................................   344            1    236    53.  208    65
Coffey................................................................     286........  279........  65         1
Chase........................................                                        117          9       117         9        117         9
Douglas............................................... 1,066    101                                   1,057       103          50    528
Doniphan......................................................                     889          3       765         3        343      145
Davis...................................................         197          21      197         21       126         8
Dickinson...........................................................                  60........         60........         43       33
Franklin..............................................................                275          4[   275            2         74........
Greenwood...........................................................                    69........          69........         45........
Jefferson......................................................................
Jackson.........................................................................
Johnson......................................2......                                  15         1       151        34        113        15
Linn............................................                                      534         1    504   30[    21    10
Lyon......................................................                          533        20        496        49[       501       46
Leavenworth..............................................  1,017        109         717      183          36    555
Miami......................................................                          434          2         35........'72       15
Morris.........................................................                  142        12        138        13[       150         2
Marshall...........................................................                  238        10        239         9        225        27
Nemaha.............................................................                  306          2       299         4        153        24
Neosho...................................................................."17...... 3......1 4......
Osage..................................................................              157          3       149        11.................
Neoshott.wato.i e.......................................................
Riley...................................................................I
Pottawatomie........................                                607....................4...
Saline....................................................
Shalinee.................................................................'/11:10 il.......1'0..... ~ 1....    19/ 
Washington............................................................                 64........    64 1.......    71........
Wilson...........................................................................
Woodson..............................                                                        ".........................
Wabaunsee..................................................                         164          2       154         9         77       44
Wyandotte.............................................................................
Total home  vote......9 7                                                                   2       5.............................   9,870   329    8,438  625    3,437 2,186
Soldiers"  vote.............................................           886.....             270         1         75      145
Total vote........                                         10 756   3291 8, 708   626  3,51212,331
25




386                                          ANNALS OF KANSAS.                                                                    [1864:
VOTE FOR MEMBERS OF THE SENATE.
Counties.                                                   Names.                                      8  O
1    Doniphan............................                F. H. Drenning...................................    631                      6
N. Price...............................................           562         5
J. T. Lane..................................           542        76
W. J. Orem....................................     504        55
2    Atchison................................. M. Quigg.............................................  673.
Thomas  Murphy.................................                  571        83
J. Wheeler...........................           545......
J. J. Patterson.....................................    509                  1
3     Leavenworth..........................   H. Foote...................................         2008         15
J. F. Legate..................................                1, 979        32
W. P. Gambell.1...................                           1, 895   15
M. L. Grant.........................................1479                      79
G. D. Parks.............1............................ 1422  98
F. Wellhouse...............................                   1, 384.    93
4     Jefferson.................................   J. H. Jones........................................' 974              20
5    Brown....................................  Samuel Spear...................................                           221......
James  A. Pope...................................    131......
Nemaha...............................        Samuel Spear..................................                     254......l^a~          -                James  A. Pope.....................................    120.6  Jackon...................................     J. Groverer..........24..................                  242 
Pottawatomie.........................  0.  J. Grover..................................         239......
Scattering........................................                  2...
7    Marshall........................ C. Manning................................                    181        42
W. A. Adams......................................                 131        28
Riley.................................   E. C. Manning.................................                      128......
W. A. Adams...................                                   138......
Washington.........................  E. C. Manning.................................61.....
W. A; Adams...................   39...
8    Shawnee.................................. Dan.........                                      361        14
G. W. Veale..........                                             293   1
9     Douglas...............................    John  Speer....................                 1, 008     104
Oliver  Barber.........................               993        73
R. W. Ludington............................                       585        15
C. S. Warren.................................          572        15
10    Johnson................................ T. C. Milhoan......................................    292                                3
J. T. Weaver.......................................    236'                  8
11    Miami....................................   G. A. Colton........................................    420                          59
J. H. Pratt................................                       270.4
12    Wyandotte..............................  William   Weer....................................                            271.....
Byron  Judd....................................                   237        22
13     Linn.................................               -        Smith...........................................         453         4
-        Jones........................................            264.1
14     Bourbon................................  A. Danford.........................................    817                             76
Scattering........................................                 10.....
15      Morris....................................  H. L. Hunt................................                              101......
R. B. Lockwood................................                     61        21
Chase.....................................  H. L. Hunt........................................                         69......
R. B. Lockwood..............................                       55......
Butler..................,.............  H. L. -Hunt........................................                           23 
R. B. Lockwood................................                     34....
16    Allen..................................... C. P. Twiss...................................                             227         3
J. L. Fletcher............                     84 
Woodson................................ C. P. Twiss...................................                 58......
J. L. Fletcher................................                    43.....
Wilson................... Twiss..................                                                               26......
Neosho..................................          C. P. Twiss...................................                        1......
J. L. Fletcher................................                     29......
17    Anderson........................  D. W. Houston.................................                      254        90
Scattering............................................
Franklin...............................           D. D W. Houston................................  368......
Blair.............................          67...
18    Coffey...................................   F. W. Potter..................................                            283        36
James  Rogers..................................                   142......
Osage..................................... W. Potter.......................................                85....
James  Rogers...............................                      99......
19     Lyon.....................................    C. V. Eskridge.....................................    351......
P. B. Maxson..................................                    188        13
Greenwood..................... V. Eskridge................................                    44       42
P. B. Maxson.......................................                63......
20     Wabaunsee............... W..... K. Bartlett.....................................                      10       22
R. S. Miller..............................      67    23
Davis.. W.. Bartlett.....................................  144......




1864.]                             ANNALS OF KANSAS.                                                   387
VOTE FOR MEMBERS OF THE SENATE —CoNCLuDED.
Counties.                                      Nanmes.    
20   Davis.................................... R. S. Miller......................................    30...
Dickinson                               W. K. Bartlett.47.
Dickinson..............................  W. K. Bartlett....................................    47......
R. S. Miller......................................  15......
Saline..................................... K. Bartlett....................................    59  
R. S. Miller........................................    40......
VOTE FOR MEMBERS OF THE HOUSE.
aCunties.                                      Names.              e               Re
1   Doniphan.....................  E. Detrick..........................       156       7
J. Dillon...............................................
2....................................  D: L. Payne.134...................   134......
R. George.............................................* 74...
J. Normelle.........................................  1......
3 8................E................... E. Russell................................   112     1
E. Downard.................................        82      4
C. Leland.....................................     81......:::::::::5...::::::::::::       A:. Flickingerow......................................  9......
6   Atchison................................  G. W.  Glick.......................................   132......
E. K. Blair..................................     112    12..............     G. eorge. Fairchild........................................4
H. C. Purcell........................................    46......
G.W. Bownan....................................   119......
M.. Benton......................................
Dr. Larry..................
13   Nemaha.................................  J. D. Sammons......                     107......
J. M. HiPurcell.....46..................
~14................................................   C. C. Coffi nbut...................... ~............  129......
Nico11   Brownsonli............................................
G. B. Ranso m.................................  0......
12..........................  Sutherland...................................   137....
J. ES. Tyler..................................   120......
13   Nemaha.............................   James M    elan...................................   213......
J. M. Hickston..........88............................    98......
14.                                    C.CoGranger.................................   49......
19   Jefferson.................................  M. R. Duttonbu......................................  167......
-     ew icolson..................................     159......
15   Marshall J..................... R.D. We lls..................................  13.....3 4
S. B.Todd.....133.......................................
21.................................................   A. B.H endrick s..................................   186......
16   Washington............................. R.    Darby........   12 
T. R. Bayn~...........................................   39......
G. H.  wthorliner......50.............               36......
17  Pottawat omie...............Russell Church..............................   137......
J. E. Clardy.................................    478      7
S. McFar n120.................................    225    31
18 Jackson..              James McLelan.....23..............                   9   1
J.  J. Preston........................98......................  320  8
W. Gra nger.................       164    30
9   Jeffers................................M.   R. Dutton.......................................    296   2
Lewis Trower.                                       159...................   256.
20..................................... MRo ert Ri ddle................................143........  28  4
C. Hicks.....................
21...A. B. Hendricks....................................
M.. Baldwi n......................................112 
T.  R. Bayn.............  enne...................   116......
- Hawthorn........
Scattering...............................................
22 Leavenworth......................... T.M. O'Brien.................................478 7
S. McFarland.225 31
J. M. Brown.39 1
23................................................ H. Smith.320 8
C. H. Robinson.164 30
24.................................  S.F. Atw ood.296  2
C. J. Hanks................................256 - 6
25..... M. Jordon.328 4
J. Walkinshaw................................220 9
26................................ L. Kennedy.116.




388                                             ANNALS OF KANSAS.                                                                           [1864.
VOTE FOR MEMBERS OF THE HOUSE —CONTINUED.
Cobunties.                                                      Names. 
26      Leavenworth  (concluded).........   J. Mize............................107                             11
27......................................  T. O'Gwartney.............................                 94......
W. S. Marvin......................................                     62          9
28...............................................  E. Stafford........................          94          8
D. F. Walker..............................            70....
29........................................         J. T. Salsbury.....             135          5
Thomas  Kincaid.................................                         93.
Scattering..........................................
30................................................   R. C. Foster...................             124......
H. Brandt.76....................................
81      W yandotte.............................                C. S. Glick......................................                     267.
T. A. Gruiter...................             240         14
32      Johnson................................. C. H. Stratton.................................                                      135          5
J. E. Corliss.........................................                 101          1
3.............................................. G. Campbell.82......................                                82......
J. D. Tinderson..........................                              60......
34....................................                       C..  Dillie..9......................  92......
L. Bradbury.......................................       49
85      Douglas...................................             F. B. Swift.......................................                    253         23
R. A. Hays.......................................                      222...
36.............................. R. Kennedy.....................................                                               127          1
J. M. Shepherd...................       103......
37.....................................   W. Craig.............................184......
L. L. Hartman...................        40    14
38....................E S.................                   E.  S. Scudder.........................            140......
E. H. Vanhcesen................................                        96...39................................................  W. Morrow.........................117                                                     1
R. Young.......................................                         83.....
40................................................ W. Draper...........                   149    20
J. C. Steele............................                                 38 
41      Shawnee................................                S.  D. Macdonald...................          223          4
W. W. Ross.174..................  174......
42................................................    James Fletcher..................................                               120....
A. M. Thornton..............................    117          1
S. Parker..............................                    62....
43      Miami.....................................    H. Rice................................................
J. W. Jennison.....................................                      79 
-44................................................          W. L. Houts.................................  131    21
R. W. Massey...................................... 127        2
-45.............................................  W. Carr...............................                                             109          6
W. Hoffman....................              94        17
-46      Linn....................................               A. J.  Loomis......................................
47...............................                    J. Hodson.89............................                                 89......
W. H. Weatherman.............................                           67 
S. J. Addis..................................
C. Clark........................................                      15...
48................................................             W. Goss.................6............. 66                  25
i T. J. Coseboom.................................
E. A. Deland.............................     25....
49...................................             J. F. Broadhead...........................90                        9
E. Smith................................73......
50      Bourbon..........................L..... D. Clevinger.................................                       95 
D. B. Jackman...................................                       48.
51................................................  D. L. Campbell..............................   123           2
T. S. Brockman.....................              1......
52..........................................  W. Griswold..............               203......
D. R. Cobb...........................................
Green.....2
53....................                           W. Z. Strong...............................                            348         54
Scattering........................................                     21...
54      Allen.......................................           W. Stewart................................           144......
J. McClure........................................                      50......
Scattering.............................. 2.5............................     J. A. Christy............................       79.
56      Anderson................................   H. Cavender................................                96......
J. H. Hiner.........................            73......
57.....................W............  A. G. W est..............................         68......
J. Gibson.................................26......
Scattering..........................................                     2..58     Franklin................................  A. Cook..........................141                  2
J. Parkinson..............................                71....
69...............................................  J. Hanway..............................    144           8




1864.]                                     ANNALS OF KANSAS.                                                          389
VOTE FOR MEMBERS OF THE HOUSE-CONCLUDED.
Counties.                                            Names.                                l G
59    Franklin (concluded)...............  H. F. Sheldon.................................                       71.....
60    Osage.......................0..............  HO.. Browne......................................        98        8
G. Becker.......................................           86.
61    Coffey..................................... J. Throckmorton...............................   176    212
Scattering.......................5................           5.....
62.......................................   W. B. Perry........................104                                      3
A. Stewart..................................   100.....
Scattering.....                                             5......
63    Woodson................................ J. Foster..................................        56.....
J. Moody.45................................  45...
64    Lyon......................................  J. Stotler...........................................   210           35
T. Anner.............................................       30.....
65...............................            F. R. Page.......................................           97       4
G. J. Tallman......................................         52......
D. H. Baker....................           36.....
66..............................................  R. Abraham...................                            65        3
O. ing...............................................33   3
W. Grinnell...................................  24    1
67    Butler................................        J. R. Mead......................................            31        3
A. Ellis........................................    24......
68    Chase....................................E. A. Alford.................................                    69.
M. R. Leonard...............................    85      16
69    Morris.................................  J. Spencer................                          104.....
J. Carey........................................            56 
70    Wabaunsee.............................   H. D. Shepherd............................... 108        2
G. Swanzinger..............................   65       8
71    Davis....................................A. W. Callen..................................     198      28
72    Riley..................................... J. M. Harvey......................................   178              20
R. Nehaukee..............................                   81       6
73    Dickinson.............................   C. Kohler...............................           41.....
J. Irwin.............................................       23....
74    Saline..................................... H. Bishop........................................       49        2
N. B. Hues............................................      50.....
75    Greenwood.............................  W. Martindale...............................                     58.....
76    Wilson..........................             D. C. Finn.......................................          25.....
77    Neosho.........................................................................  32.....
VOTE FOR ELECTORS OF PRESIDENT AND VICE PRESIDENT, NOVEMBER 8, 1864.
Counties.                                               i:: ~
Allen........................................      250          250      211        39        73       73        72.......
Anderson.................................          257          256      238        18        37        37       37......
Atchison...........................   785          785      522       275      380       378       380......
Bourbon...................................         955          960      894        63       126      126       126......
Brown......................................        362          362      195       167         3         3         3......
Butler.......................................        41          39         9       32        19        19       19        2
Chase.......       -......................          79          79        17       64        47       47        47......
Coffey....................................... 307               307      283        25      124       124       124......
Davis........................        151          153        90       63        65       65        65......
Dickinson *.........................    42          42.........     42        20       20        20......
Doniphan........................    1,084         1,081       338       748        19        19       21......
Douglas...............1...................    1, 349         1,353  1,032         -328      198       194       192......
Franklin...................................        391          395      350        67        42       23        44......
Greenwood..............................           162          106.........       7       15        16       16       74
Jackson *.................................        266          267      238        21       105      106       104......
Jefferson........................               831          855      601       270       178      178       178......
Johnson........................        411          437      282       159       105      105       106......
Leavenworth............................         2,122        2,139   1,440         749  1,379   1,371   1,371......
Linn.........................................      704          689      370       332        62       62        62......
Lyon.......................................       488          487      462        27        69       69        69.......
*The votes of those counties with a * attached to their names were not canvassed,
owing to the fact that the returns were not sent in the time prescribed by law.




390                              ANNALS OF KANSAS.                                              [1864.
VOTE FOR ELECTORS OF PRESIDENT AND VICE PRESIDENT, NOVEMBER 8, 1864- CONCLUDED.
n.  a
Counties.          m         a *
Marshall..................................                           260      59      59....59...........
Miami...................................  621        614    462    174        79      80      80......
Morris........................              70        70........    70      98      98      98......
Nemaha........................            341        341      12    830       30      30      30......
Neosho *........................           24         24.........    24     11      11      11.
Osage................................    166        167    115       51      27      27      27......
Pottawatomie..........................    212        213    150       71      35      35      34......
Riley.......................................  213    220      76    149       51.50       51......
Saline*....................................  75       75.........    75     34      34      34......
Shawnee........................     574        573    391    186        75      75      7 5...
Washington............................      93        93.........    56...........................  36
Wabaunsee.............................    163        163      50    113        7       7       7......
Wilson*..21   21......... 21   5   5   5......
Wyandotte.....................            285        285       7    279    190    190    190......
Woodson...............................       67        67      45      22      35      35      35......
Total................................  14,162   14,228  8,888  5;375  3,802  3871  3,782   112
Abstract of the Soldier vote for Electors of President and Vice President,
not canvassed; the returns were not in the time prescribed by law:
"Soldier Vote.-,Robt. McBratney, 2,867; Winm. F. Cloud, 2,586; Thos. Moonlight, 1,543;
M. J. Parrott, 828; Nelson Cobb, 34; J. Bridgens, 34; A. G. Ege, 36; E. Cheeseborough, 543.
RECAPITULATION.
oVote..
a
Home vote................. 14,162   14,228    8,880    5,375    3,802    3,871    3,782   112
Soldier vote...;......  2, 867    2,586    1,543               828        34         34        36   543
Total................. 17,029   16,814   10,423    6,203    3,836    3,905    3,818   655
VOTE FOR DISTRICT JUDGES.
FIRST JUDICIAL DISTRICT.
Counties.                                             a
Leavenworth........................................      2, 009    1,362..........
Wyandotte....................................................................    335  170    3,.876
Wyandotte.335                                                                     170    3, 876
Soldier vote.19                                                                     95..........   114
Soldier vote...............................................................  19    95............
SECOND JUDICIAL DISTRICT.
Counties. 
Atchison......................................................................89............
Brown................................................            297............... 
Doniphan..........................................................................    857...................
Marshall........................................                         157.....................
Nemaha........................................   371    2  2, 273
Soldier vote.....................................................             24




1864.]                                   ANNALS OF KANSAS.                                                            39J
VOTE FOR DISTRICT JUDGES - CONCLUDED.
THIRD JUDICIAL DISTRICT.
Counties...
Davis.............................................   24       35        36        37....................
Dickinson......9.........                                                   4        35....................
Jackson...................1................................ 164        37       33.............................
Jefferson....................................  559                 349        43        16.....................
Pottawatomie...................   126         80-     33         12.....................
Riley..................................                                57        15.....................
Saline..............................................................   19          2       19.....................
Shawnee....             218....   334      95         1.....................
Wabaunsee........................................            25        86       43         2       22      2, 812
oldier vote............................................   49             9        11        2.....................    71
I Q t1
FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT.
Anderson.204   22.....................
Allen............................................35.......................... 35
Bourbon.....,.865.........................8............
Douglas..................................................................     856      702.....................
Franklin........................................396                        21.....................
Johnson.279                                                                                  4......................................  279  4...........
Linn..................                        102      469.................
Miami....................................................................03            263...................
Miami                                                                           403   263
Neosho.........................................                               29       39      4,915
Soldier vote..........................                                                  14.............. 473
FIFTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT.
g.::.
o.unties.:Butler..........................................30
Chase............-..........................64                                          64.......
Coffey.....................................................................   257         167.....................
Greenwood.....................                                 77           21
Lyon........................................                               354          181..............
Morris........................41                             121
OU~~~~sage~~.........................1 11
Wilson......................................................19..... 7
Woodson...................................................    55          47         9      1,728
Soldier vote.....................................                             5 4 7.................                     71
Soldier vote....50  21.....................71
The vote given to Marcus J. Parrott as a Presidential Elector was Republican, but Anti-Lane. That was the issue between Republicans during the
canvass.,, The Price Raid made Lane successful.
NOVEMBER 9.-. Gen. Curtis moves toward Fort Scott, by way of Fort
Gibson.: Gen. Blunt moves to Fort Smith. Gens. Blunt and Herron soon
arrive in Leavenworth, by way of Gibson and Scott.
NOVEMBER 16. —Sherman leaves Atlanta.




392                      ANNALS OF KANSAS.                            [1864.
NOVEMBER 16.-Joseph Bond starts the Herald, at Humboldt —the first
paper printed there. J. H. Young soon became one of the publishers. John
R. Goodin was one of the editors. The Herald lived a year.
NOVEMBER 28.-First excursion train from Wyandotte to Lawrence.
NOVEMBER 30.-Battle of Franklin.
NOVEMBER 30.-Expenditures of the State for the year:
Governor's Department............  $5,549 72 Visiting regts. and def'gborder.. 11,800 00
Secretary's Department............  4,906 32 Deaf and Dumb Asylum............  2,115 14
Auditor's Department...............  3,032 90 Agricultural College..................  3,778 28
Treasurer's Department............  1,981 47 Normal School..........................  1,013 00
Supt. of Public Instruction.......  1,685 00 Immigration fund.....................  1,509 00
Attorney General.....................  1,330 62 State Geologist..........................  2,956 77
Judiciary................................. 12,901 79 Rent of Capitol Building...........  1,500 00
Printing...................................  21,214 64 Capitol grounds........................   851 35
Legislature and Journals........... 23,023 38 Land offices...........................  1,640 50
Penitentiary.............................   31,693 06 Miscellaneous expenses............  1,809 01
Adjutant General.....................  3,553 51
Quartermaster........................    750 00  Total for 1864.....................$143, 595 46
— Price crossed the Red River, halted at Bonham, and finally selected
Clarksville, Texas, for his headquarters. Thos. C. Reynolds, who claimed
to be the Confederate Governor of Missouri, published a long letter reviewing the Raid, and severely censuring Gen. Price for its failure.
DECEMBER 9. —Chivington's Indian fight and Indian massacre near Fort
Lyon.
DECEMBER 13.-Hazen captures Fort McAllister.
-Sherman's report of his great March to the Sea.
DECEMBER 15.-Victory of Thomas, near Nashville.
DECEMBER 21.-Sherman occupies Savannah.
DECEMBER.- B. F. Mudge, State Geologist, makes his first Annual Report.
It is a pamphlet of 56 pages.
-Publication of the Kansas Annual Register for 1864.  Andrew  Stark
editor. The plan of the Register originated with Judge L. D. Bailey, and
he hoped to have it published annually. This number is printed at the
Bulletin office, Leavenworth, and contains 265 pages of interesting matter.
The history of religious societies in the State, and of counties, is peculiarly
valuable. Dr. Richard Cordley writes a sketch of Lawrence, twenty pages
long. The book contains lithographic pictures of Thomas Carney, Thomas
Ewing, jr., James H. Lane, A. C. Wilder, George W. Deitzler, and James
G. Blunt.
DECEMBER 31.-The report of W. W. H. Lawrence, Secretary of State,
gives a list of 495,552 1-5 acres of land selected for the State under the act
of Congress of September 4, 1841.
DECEMBER 31.-Publication of the report of C. K. Holliday, Adjutant
General. It is a book of 714 pages, contains a history of the Price Raid,
and gives a roster and brief history of the volunteer regiments. The following list of the Militia engaged in the Price Raid is copied from the
report:




1864.]                              ANNALS OF KANSAS.                                                   393
COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF AND STAFF.
Names.                   Rank.                 Dmte   on        Residence.            Remarks.'
Commission.
Thomas Carney....  Com'der-in-Chief... Jan. 12, 1863   Leavenworth   In'g'dJan. 12,'63.
Guilford Dudley...  AdjutantGeneral... Mar.  2, 1864   Topeka......... Res., Apr. 30, 64.
C. K. Holliday......  AdjutantGeneral...  May   2,1864   Topeka....................................
Edward Russell.... Lieut. Colonel........ Mar.  2, 1864   Elwood....................................
David Brockway... Lieut. Colonel........  Mar.  2, 1864   Topeka....................................
Jas. A. McGonigle  Lieut. Colonel........ Mar.  2,1864   Leavenworth...........................
F. H. Drenning....  Lieut. Colonel........ Mar.  2, 1864   Elwood..................
W. H. M. Fishback  Lieut. Colonel........ Mar,  2, 1864   Olathe.......... Pro'ed Brig. Gen.
W. P. Dutton..... Lieut. Colonel........ Mar.  2, 1864   Paola.......................................
J. R. Swallow....... Lieut. Colonel........ Mar.  2, 1864   Emporia.................................
D. P. Lowe...........  Lieut. Colonel........ Mar.  2, 1864   Mound City.. Resigned.
S. F. Atwood.........  Lieut. Colonel........ April 29, 1864   Leavenworth   Resigned.
R. A. Randlett...... Lieut. Colonel........ May  18, 1864   Topeka....................................
Win. C. Crawford.. Lieut. Colonel........ Oct.  10, 1864   Topeka.................................
A. S. Hughes........   Lieut. Colonel........  Oct.  10, 1864   Atchison...........................
Wm. Rosenthal....  Lieut. Colonel........ Oct.  10, 1864   Atchison.................................
John W. Brown... Lieut. Colonel........ Oct.  10, 1864   Auburn....................................
MAJOR GENERAL AND STAFF.
Geo. W. Deitzler.... Major General.......  Feb. 29, 1864   Lawrence.................................
John T. Morton... Asst. Adjt. General  April 20, 1864   Topeka....................................
R. A. Randlett.....  Asst. Quar'master..I May  13, 1864   Topeka......... Resigned.
Sam. F. Atwood...  Asst. Quar'master..I May  18, 1864.......................................
Chas. Chadwick...  Major....................   May  13, 1864   Lawrence.................................
Geo. T. Robinson.  Major.................... May  13, 1864   Topeka......... Resigned.
Lewis C.Wilmarth   Major....................  July  15, 1864   Topeka....................................
John J. Ingalls.....  Major.................... May.13, 1864   Atchison.................................
Thomas White......  Major....................  May  13, 1864   Council Gr've  Deceased.
Elisha G. Moon....  Major...................  Sept.  7, 1864   Topeka....................................
H. Stein................  Major....................  May  13, 1864   Leavenworth..........................
John A. Leffker...  Major...................   May  13, 1864   Moneka...................................,                                 FIRST BRIGADE K. S. M.
S. A. Drake........... Brig. General.........  Feb. 29,1864   Leavenworth  Com. Lt. Col. Vol.
M. S. Grant......... Brig. General......... Aug. 22, 1864   Leavenworth...........................
Alonzo Hastings.. Capt. and A. A. G... April 13, 1864   Leavenworth...........................
George O. Eddy.... Capt. and A. Q. M..  April 13, 1864   Leavenworth   Resigned.
E. H. Marsh.......  Capt. and A. Q. M.. Oct.  17, 1864   Leavenworth...........................
Ed. D. Thompson.. Capt. and A. C.......  April 13, 1864   Lawrence...... Resigned.
Peter Ridenour.... Capt. and A. C.......  Oct.  17, 1864   Lawrence...............................
J. H. Dubois.........   st Lt. and A. D. C. April 13, 1864   Leavenworth...........................
John Gray..........  1st Lt. and A. D. C. April 13, 1864   Atchison...... Resigned.
David Stettauer...  1st Lt. and A. D. C.  Oct.  17, 1864   Leavenworth...........................
G. M. Lee............. 1st Lt. and A. D. C. Oct.  17, 1864   Leavenworth...........................
SECOND BRIGADE.K. S. M.
Byron  Sherry...... Brig. General......... Feb. 29, 1864   Seneca...................................
John E. Smith......  Capt. and A. A. G..] May  13, 1864   Seneca.....................................
J. Weisbach.........  Capt. and A. Q. M..] May  13, 1864   Marshall Co..............................
G. H. Hollinberg..g   Capt. and A. Com...  May  13, 1864   Wash'g'n Co..I...........................
H. M. Robinson....   Capt. and A. D. C...  May  13, 1864   Brown Co.................................
Alfred Saxey........  1st Lt. and A. D. C. May  13, 1864   Doniphan.........................
THIRD BRIGADE K. S. M.
W. H. M. Fishback   Brig. General.........  June   9, 1864   Olathe................................
Harry McBride...  Capt. and A. A. G..  Aug. 22, 1864   Johnson Co...............................
James P. Way...... Capt. and Comrn...... Aug. 22, 1864   Johnson Co...............................
John P. Weaver.... Capt. and A. Q. M..  Aug. 22, 1864   Olathe......... Resigned.
James B. Hovey....  Capt. and A. Q. M.. Oct.   8, 1864   Spring Hill..............................
J. B. Hovey.........  Ist Lt. and A. D. C.  Aug. 22, 1864   Spring Hill...  Pr. C. & A. Q. M.
Horace Pardee...... 1st Lt. and A. D. C. Aug. 22, 1864   Spring Hill...............................
H. A. Burgess........ 1st Lt. and A. 1). C. Aug. 22, 1864   Spring Hill...I...........................
W. W. Updegraff..  1st Lt. and A. D. C. Oct.  20, 1864   Osawatomie.............................
FOURTH BRIGADE K. S. M.
John B. Scott....... Brig. General......... Feb. 29, 1864   Le Roy....................................
E. Robinson.........  Capt. and A. A. G..  Mar. 22, 1864   Le Roy...................................
James F. Walker..  Capt. and A. Q. M..  Mar. 22, 1864   Garnett............................
M. E. Grimes........ Capt. and Com rn.......   June 14, 1864   Le Roy....................................




394                           ANNALS OF KANSAS.                                       [1864.
FIFTHI BRIGADE K. S. M.
Namnes.           Rank. RDae of                  Residence.            Remarks.
Commission.
John T. Snoddy.... Brig. General Feb. 29, 1864.................. Deceased.
S. N. Wood........... Brig. General'Feb.'29, 1864  Council Grove....................................
H. C. Akin.......... Capt.&A.A.G. Mar. 24, 1864  Council Grove.........................
R. A. Randlett...... Cpt. &'A.Q.M. Mar. 14, 1864  Topeka............ Resigned.
W. R. Frost......... Cpt. & A.Q.M. May 24, 1864  Topeka.................................
Amos D. Craigue.. Cpt. & A.Q.M. Mar. 25, 1864  Topeka..................................
G. T. Donaldson... lstLt.&A.D.C.  Mar. 25, 1864  Chelsea............ Resigned.
T. F. Hersey........ lstLt.&A.D.C. May  24, 1864  Abilene...........................................
Asa R. Bancroft... lstLt.&A.D.C. May  25, 1864  Emporia....
E. Woodman........ 1stLt.&A.D.C. May  25, 1864  Manhattan.......................................
FIRST REGIMENT K. S. M.
S. A. Drake.......... Colonel......   Sept. 17, 1863  Leavenworth    PromotedBrig. Gen.
C. H. Robinson...... Colonel.      Mar. 19, 1864   Leavenworth..................................
Jas. A. McGonigle  Lieut. Col..... Sept. 17, 1863   Leavenworth     Promoted Gov. Staff.. D. McCarty..... Liet. Col..... Mar. 19, 1864  Leavenworth...................................
L. Shindling......... Major........... Sept. 17, 1863  Leavenworth.
Alonzo Hastings... Adjutant..... Nov. 23, 1863  Leavenworth    Resigned.
Francis S. Drake..[ Adjutant..... May 24, 1864   Leavenworth...................................
A. J. Angell......... Quar'master. Sept. 17, 1863  Leavenworth    Resigned.
Henry S. Burr... Quar'master. July  18,1864   Leavenworth    Resigned.
W. S. Vandoren... Quar'master. Oct. 10, 1864  Leavenworth...................................
C. A. Logan......... Surgeon....... June 29, 1864  Leavenworth...................................
COMPANY A.
Wm. Shepherd..... Captain....... Sept. 17, 1863  Leavenworth    Resigned.
H. P. Scott........... Captain.. July 21, 1864   Leavenworth...................................
H. P. Scott...........  First Lieut... Sept. 17, 1863   Leavenworth     Promoted Captain.
E. F. Root.......... First Lieut... July 21, 1864  Leavenworth..................
A. D. Nieman...... Second Lieut Sept. 17, 1863  Leavenworth   Resigned.
H. C. Keller......... Second Lieut July 21, 1864   Leavenworth.
COMPANY B.
Jas. McCahon...... Captain....... Sept. 17, 1863  Leavenworth.. Com. rev. June 23,'64.
H. D. McCarty..... First Lieut....I Sept. 17, 1863   Leavenworth.. Promoted.
John R. Bailey...... Second Lieut Sept. 17, 1863   Leavenworth..  Resigned.
D. R. Churchill..... Second Lieut Oct. 15, 1864   Leavenworth...................................
COMPANY C.
C. R. Robinson.....] Captain....... Sept. 17, 1863  Leavenworth.. Resigned.
O. C. Beeler......,[i; Captain....... Sept. 14, 1864  Leavenworth........
George Einstein... First Lieut... Sept. 17, 1863  Leavenworth.." Resigned.
E. Hallett........... First Lieut... Sept. 14,1864: Leavenworth...................................
H. W. Kastor....... Second Lieut Sept. 17, 1863   Leavenworth.. Resigned.
D. Sibbett............ Second Lieut Sept. 14, 1864 [ Leavenworth.................................
COMPANY D.
W. S. Vandoren....] Captain......  Sept. 17, 1863  Leavenworth.. Resign'd, April 28,'64.
L. B. Wheat.........  Captain....... July  1, 1864   Leavenworth...
L. B. Wheat.........   First Lieut... Sept. 17, 1863  Leavenworth    Promoted Captain.
Edward Carroll... First Lieut... Jult  1, 1864   Leavenworth.
Edward Carroll... Second Lieut Sept. 17, 1863  Leavenworth    Promoted First Lt.
James S. Crow.... Second Lieut July 22, 1864   Leavenworth.................................
COMPANY E.
M. Bransfield... Captain           Sept. 17, 1863  Leavenworth................................
D. N. Mitchell....... First Lieut.. Sept. 17, 1863  Leavenworth..................................
Simon Shaw........  Second Lieut Sept. 17, 1863  Leavenworth..................................
COMPANY F.
Henry Sarsted.....I Captain....... Sept. 17, 1863  Leavenworth.........
Joseph Walters...[ First Lieut...,   Sept. 17, 1863  Leavenworth....................
Charles Schiller...l Second Lieut Sept. 17, 1863   Leavenworth..l.................................




1864.]                        ANNALS- OF KANSAS.                                        395
COMPANY G, FIRST REGIMENT K. S. M.
Na es.           Rank.           Datle of        Residence.            Remarks.
Commissiodn.
Martin Smith...... Captain....... Sept. 17, 1863  Leavenworth...................................
John Berringer... First Lieut... Sept. 17, 1863  Leavenworth.
Philip Depper...... Second Lieut Sept. 17, 1863  Leavenworth.
COMPANY H.
AugustusM. Sattig  Captain....... Sept. 17, 1863  Leavenworth..................................
Thomas Hughes... First Lieut... Sept. 17, 1863   Leavenworth.. Resigned.
H. S. McClelland.. First Lieut... Aug. 24, 1864  Leavenworth..................................
H. S. McClelland..] Second Lieut Sept. 17, 1863  Leavenworth.. Promoted First Lt.
Henry Frank...... Second Lieut Aug. 24, 1864  Leavenworth.
COMPANY I.
F. Lathy.............. Captain....... Sept. 17, 1863   Leavenworth.................................
Philip Doyle.       First Lieut...  Sept. 17, 1863  Leavenworth.................................
D. Bishop............ Second Lieutj Sept. 17, 1863  Leavenworth...................................
COMPANY K.
Harvey W. Ide.....I Captain....... Sept. 17, 1863  Leavenworth..  Resigned.
J. C. Walkinshaw   Captain.......  May 16,1864   L eavenworth..  Resigned.
John Hollusk...... Captain....... Oct. 14, 1864   Leavenworth.........................
John Holland...... First Lieut...  Sept. 17, 1863  Leavenworth.. Resigned.
Henry Teeple...... First Lieut... Oct. 14, 1864   Leavenworth..
Charles N. Palmerl Second Lieut Sept. 17, 1863  Leavenworth..............................
BATTERY.
Henry Mehl........ Captain.... Sept. 17, 1863 [ Leavenworth.* ------— A* —
Charles Besser.....    First Lieut...   Sept. 17, 1863  Leavenworth
HenryDeckelman  Second Lieut Sept. 17, 1863   Leavenworth................................
COMPANY L.
F. M. Christian....] Captain.      June 29, 1864   Delaware City....
F. S. Churchill    First Lieut... June 29, 1864  Delaware City..
A. J, Nuckles.. Second Lieut June 29, 1864  Delaware City.............
SECOND REGIMENT K. S. M.
W.W.H.Lawrence  Colonel......... Sept. 19, 1863  Topeka........... Resigned, Nov. 18,'63.
R. A. Randlett.....  Colonel........ Nov. 30, 1863   Topeka........... Resigned.
Geo. W. Veale......   Colonel......... May  9,1864   Topeka..........................................
R. A. Randlett.....  Lieut. Col..... Sept. 19, 1863  Topeka........... Promoted Colonel.
Henry M. Greene. Lieut. Col..... July 15; 1864  Monmouth...... Wounded, battle of
I  Blue, Oct. 22, 1864.
Andrew Stark...... Major........... Sept. 19, 1863  Topeka.......................................
E. P. Kellam......... Adjutant...... Sept. 21, 1863  Topeka.......................................
Sam'l J. Reeder...  Quar'master  Nov. 4, 1863  Indianola...... Taken pris., battle of
Blue, Oct. 22, 1864.
S. E. Martin.......... Surgeon....... Sept. 21, 1863  Topeka............................................
COMPANY *.
L. Farnsworth.....   Captain....... Sept. 19, 1863  Topeka........... Resigned.
Geo. W. Veale...... Captain..... April 20, 1864  Topeka...........  Promwed Colonel.
Daniel H. Horne..I Captain....... May 14, 1864  Topeka.................................
S. R. Remington... First Lieut...  Sept. 17,-1863  Topeka.................................
D. A. Hunter...... Second Lieut Sept. 19, 1863  Topeka...... Resigned.
Geo. 0. Wilmarth. Second Lieut April 20, 1864  Topeka...................................
COMPANY B.
R. A. Randlett..... Captain....... Aug. 25, 1863  Topeka........... Promoted Lieut. Col.
A. J. Huntoon...... Captain....... Nov.. 27, 1863  Topeka........... Prisoner battle Blue.
A. J. Huntoon......  First Lieut... Aug. 25, 1863  Topeka....         Promoted Captain.
James R. Parker.. First Lieut... Nov.. 27, 1863  Topeka.....'.................................
Andrew Stark...... Second Lieut Aug. 25, 1863  Topeka.....  Promoted Major.
S. W. Higby......... Second Lieut Nov. 27, 1863  Topeka.              Prisoner battle Blue.




396                           ANNALS OF KANSAS.                                      [1864.
COMPANY C, SECOND REGIMENT K. S. M.
Names.            Rank.          Date of         Residence.            Remarks.
Commission.
J. B. Hammon..... Captain........ Aug. 26, 1863  Tecumseh.......................................
J. Tyler............... First Lieut... Aug. 26, 1863  Tecumseh.......  Resigned.
C. S. Pyle............. First Lieut... May 16, 1864  Tecumseh........  Removedto Ft.Scott.
J. Tyler............... First Lieut... Oct. 10, 1864  Tecumseh........
Hiram Ward........  Second Lieut Aug. 26, 1863  Tecumseh........................................
COMPANY D.
O. A. Curtis......  Captain........ Sept. 2, 1863   Indianola....... Resigned.
Sterling B. Miles.. Captain........ Sept. 17, 1863  Indianola....... Wounded battle Blue.
Sterling B. Miles.. First Lieut... Sept. 2, 1863  Indianola....... Promoted Captain.
G. P. Clark........... First Lieut... Sept. 19, 1863  Indianola....... Resigned.
Samuel J Reeder. Second Lieut Sept. 2, 1863   Indianola.......  Resigned.
Thos. H. Heller... Second Lieut Sept. 19, 1863  Indianola.................................
COMPANY E.
John H. Banks..... Captain....... June  9, 1864  Topeka................................
Wm. P. Douthitt.. First Lieut..........................  Topeka.
John H. Banks.....  Second Lieut Dec. 21, 1863   Topeka........... Promoted Captain.
Samuel Harriott... Second Lieut June  9, 1864  Topeka......................................
COMPANY F.
James Thompson. Captain....... Sept. 2, 1863  Big Springs................................
Dennis Mariatty...] First Lieut...  Sept. 2, 1863  Big Springs.....................
P. H. Glenn......... Second Lieut Sept. 2, 1863   Big Springs................................
COMPANY G.
Harvey McCaslin. Captain....... Sept. 5, 1863  Auburn........... Resigned.
H. E. Bush........... Captain....... Sept. 18, 1863  Auburn........... Wounded Oct. 22,'64.
H. E. Bush........... First Lieut...  Sept. 18, 1863  Auburn........... Promoted Captain.
H. L. Shumway... First Lieut...  Sept. 18, 1863  Auburn...........
W. H. DeLong...... Second Lieut Sept. 18, 1863  Auburn....           Died of wounds.
COMPANY H.
Charles C. Neal.... Captain....... Sept. 7, 1863  Williamsport... Resigned.
Perry Tice..........  Captain.......  June 4,1864  Willlamsport....................................
Perry Tice........... First Lieut... Sept. 7, 1863  Williamsport...I Promoted Captain.
Joseph Young...... First Lieut...  June 4, 1864  Williamsport..I.................................
Henry K.Winans. Second Lieut Sept. 7,1863  Williamsport.................................
COMPANY I.
J. L. Wightman... I Captain....... Sept. 9, 1863  Richland........ Resigned.
William Disney... Captain....... May 20, 1864  Richland.
William Disney.... First Lieut... Sept. 9, 1863   Rihland........Promoted Captain.
John Helton........ First Lieut... May 20, 1864  Richland.
John Helton........ Second Lieut Sept. 9, 1863  Richland......   Promoted First Lt.
William  Reed...... Second Lieut May 20, 1864  Richland.........................................
COMPANY K.
Alexander Bailey  Captain....... June  4, 1863   Osage county... 1
J. B. Stewart........ Captain.......Ma  16, 1864  Burlingame.....   Transferred to S. F.
Edwin Timms...... First Lieut...  May  4, 1863  Burlingame.....    Battalion.
Geo. W. BerrilO... Second Lieut   May  4, 1863  Burlingame.....
COMPANY L.
D. B. Burdick......  Captain....... Nov. 14, 1863  Ridgeway.................................
R. Clark............... First Lieut... Nov. 14, 1863  Ridgeway..............................
Wm. McNaught... Second Lieut Nov. 14, 1863  Ridgeway.........................................
M. Heils.............. Second Lieut May 16, 1864   Ridgeway........................................
COMPANY M.
J. W. Mossman.....  Captain....... Sept. 26, 1863 1 Wabaunsee...............................
Peter S. Wemple...I First Lieut...  Sept. 26, 1863   Mission Creek
T. K. Thompson:...  Second Lieut] Sept. 26, 1863   Mission Creek...................................




1864.]                          ANNALS OF KANSAS.                                             397
BATTERY SECOND REGIMENT K. S. M.
Names.             Rank.            DaC e  of       Residence.             Remarks.
Commision.
W.W.lI.Lawrence  Captain........ Aug. 24, 1863   Topeka.......... Resigned.
Ross Burns.......... Captain....... Sept. 19, 1863   Topeka.........  Wounded.
Ross Burns.......... First Lieut... Aug. 24, 1863   Topeka......... Promoted Captain.
Samuel Hall.....'" First Lieut... Sept. 19, 1863   Topeka........... Resigned.
Tobias Billings.... First Lieut... July  19, 1864   Topeka.......................................
Samuel Hall........ Second Lieut Aug. 24, 1863   Topeka.... Promoted First Lt.
Chas. H. Wyckoff. Second Lieut Sept. 19, 1863   Topeka..... Prisoner.
THIRD REGIMENT K. S. M.
F. B. Swift........... Colonel...... Nov. 2,1863   Lawrence....... Resigned.
Chas. Willemsen...I Colonel........ Feb. 13, 1864   Lawrence........................................
James S. Moore....  Lieut. Col.....  Nov. 13, 1863   Lawrence....... Resigned.
Newell W. Spicer.. Lieut. Col..... Oct. 13, 1864   Lawrence......................................
Andrew Still........ Major........... Nov. 13, 1863   Lawrence....... Resigned.
Joseph E. Riggs... Major.......... Oct. 17, 1864   Lawrence.......................................
S. S. Horton........  Adjutant...   Nov. 13, 1863   Lawrence........................................
Paul R. Brooks..... Quar'master  Nov. 13, 1863   Lawrence......................................
COMPANY A.
Holland Wheeler.[ Captain........ Aug. 17, 1864   Lawrence
Richard Huggardl First Lieut... Feb. 13,1864   Lawrence.Ii... Removed.
R. W. Sparr......... First Lieut... Aug. 17, 1864   Lawrence.................................
R. A. Watts......... Second Lieut Aug. 17, 1864   Lawrence........................
COMPANY C.
John H. Wilder    Cap n...... Captain  Dec. 12, 1863   Lawrence........................................
Samuel J. Kimball  First Lieut...  Dec. 12 1863   Lawrence.................................
C. A. Faris........... Second Lieut Oct.  4, 1864   Lawrence.....................................
COMPANY D.
James Brandon....  Captain            Sept. 17, 1863   Lecompton......................................
John Hornback...] First Lieut...Sept. 17 1863   Lecompton......................................
Jas. D. TodhunterI Second Lieut Aug.  2 1864   Lecompton..........................
COMPANY E.
Frank B. Swift..... Captain....... Oct. 13, 1864 1 Lawrence.......I................................
James D. Faxon...I First Lieut.    Oct. 13 1864   Lawrence..................................
Eph. W. Baker.....|  Second Lieutl Oct. 13, 1864   Lawrence.......I.....:...:.........
COMPANY F.
W. T. Hindman... Captain....... Dec. 12,1863    Wakarusa......................................
W. B. Kennedy... First Lieut.   Dec. 12 1863   Wakarusa.................................
Wm. Meairs......... Second Lieutl Dec. 12, 1863   Wakarusa.........................................
COMPANY G.
L. G. Anderson.....   Captain....... Oct. 14, 1864   Franklin........................................
J. D. Herrington.. First Lieut...  Oct.  12, 1864   Franklin.....................
John McFarland..I Second Lieutj Aug. 10, 1864   Franklin.........................................
COMPANY H.
Whitford Thurber Captain....... Dec. 12, 1863   Wakarusa.................
David C. Adams...  First Lieut..  Dec. 12 1863   Wakarusa........................
Wm. B. Baker...... Second Lieut Dec. 12 1863    Wakarusa.................................
COMPANY I.
J. C. Vincent........  Captain....... July  5, 1864I Lecompton.......................................
Chas. H. Rand...... First Lieut...   July   5, 1864   Lecompton..............
Jacob Redinger.... Second Lieutl July  5, 1864   Lecompton...............
COMPANY K.
A. R. Leonard.... Captain......[ June 25, 1864   Kanwaka.................................
Robert J. Barber..  First Lieut..  June 25 1864   Kanwaka...........
John Barber........ Second Lieut  June 25 1864   Kanwaka..............




398                          ANNALS OF KANSAS.                                        [1864.
COMPANY L, THIRD REGIMENT K. S. M.
Names.            Rank.          Date of         Residence.            Remarks.
Commission.            ~
R. A. Steele.........j Captain....... July, 12, 1864.  Bloomington...
William Draper... First Lieut... July' 12,1864  Bloomington.
C. W. Ferrier...... Second Lieut July 12, 1864   Bloomington.................................
COMPANY M.
C. M. Meek..........j Captain......  Aug. 2, 1864   Lawrence......................................
Benton Smith...... First Lieut...   Aug   2 1864   Lawrence....
B. D. Palmer........I Second Lieutl Aug. 2, 1864   Lawrence........................................
FOURTH REGIMENT K. S. M.
S. S. Cooper........ Colonel........  Nov. 4, 1863  Oskaloosa....... Removed from dist.
Wm. D. McCain... Colonel......... Nov. 16, 1864   Oskaloosa.......................................
J. B. Hubbell...... Lieut. Col.....   Nov. 4, 1863   Oskaloosa......  Prom. Colonel 20th.
N. F. Hewitt........  Lieut. Col..... Oct. 17, 1863  Oskaloosa.
G. B. Carson.......  Quar'master  Nov. 16, 1864   Oskaloosa.......................................
C. B. McClellan... Adjutant...... Nov. 16, 1864  Oskaloosa..........................
J. B. Divilbiss...... Surgeon....... Nov. 16, 1864   Oskaloosa.
COMPANY A.
Company A transferred to Twentieth Regiment.
COMPANY B.
Company B transferred to Twentieth Regiment.
COMPANY C.
Jerome B. Hazen.. Captain.......I Sept. 2, 1a63   Oskaloosa...............................
Wm. D. McCain.... Captain...... I Dec.  7, 1863   Oskaloosa........ Promoted Colonel.
Wm. D. McCain... First Lieut... Sept. 2, 1863  Oslaloosa........ Promoted Captain.
W. L. Demming...J First Lieut...1 Dec.  7, 1863  Oskaloosa.........................................
W. L. Demming... Second Lieut, Sept. 2, 1863  Oskaloosa........ Promoted First Lt.
Eli Evans...........  Second Lieut Dec.  7, 1863   Oskaloosa.......................................
COMPANY D.
John W. Rodgers. Captain....... Sept. 5, 1863  Winchester.
W. P. Wilt..........  First Lieut...  Sept. 5, 1863  Winchester..... Resigned.
Hiram  Webb....... First Lieut...  Oct. 15, 1863   Winchester............................
A. J. Gafford........ Second Lieut Sept. 5,1863   Winchester.....Resigned.
John H. Webb..... Second Lieut Jan. 26, 1864  Winchester......................................
COMPANY E.
William Estes......l Captain....... Sept. 10, 1863  Kentucky Tp... Resigned.
Andrea Dehort.... Captain....... July   1, 1864   Kentucky Tp............................
William Cather.... First Lieut... Sept. 10, 1863  Kentucky Tp....................................
Joseph Culton...... Second Lieut Sept. 10, 1863  Kentucky Tp..............................
COMPANY F.
E. M. Hutchins.... I Captain....... Sept. 16, 1863  Grassh. Falls... Resigned.
N. F. Hewitt........l Captain....... Sept. 29, 1864  Grassh. Falls... Promoted Lieut. Col.
Wm. A. Cowen...... Captain.       Oct. 17, 1863   Grassh. Falls..
John Beland........I. First Lieut... Sept. 16, 1863  Grassh. Falls..................................
Sam'l D. Divilbiss  Second LieutJ Sept. 16, 1863   Grassh. Falls..  Resigned.
George Riffert...... Second Lieut July  6, 1864  Grassh. Falls............
COMPANY G.
James H. Jones... I Captain.. Sept. 19, 1863   Kaw City.................
James M. Huber.. First Lieut...  Sept. 19, 1863  Kaw City
John J. Townsendl Second Lieut Sept. 19, 1863   Kaw City:::::::................
COMPANY H.
Golden Silvers...... Captain....... Sept. 22, 1863 J Mt. Florence...l............................
Newell Colby.....   First Lieut...   Sept. 22, 1863  Mt. Florence 
John Rippetoe.....   Second Lieut  Sept. 22, 1863   Mt. Florence..........................




1864.]                           ANNALS OF KANSAS.                                              399
COMPANY I, FOURTH REGIMENT K. S. M.
Names.              Rank             Date             Residence.             Remarks.
Commission.
A. G. Patrick...... Captain....... Sept. 22, 1863   Mt.-Florence...  Removed out of Dist.
W. C. Butts........  Captain....... July   1, 1864   Grassh. Falls....................................
W. C. Butts......... First Lieut...  Sept. 22, 1863   Grassh. Falls...  Promoted Captain.
W. G. Keech........ First Lieut...  July   1, 1864   Grassh. Falls....................................
S. B. Hogan.........  Second Lieut Sept. 22, 1864   Grassh. Falls....................................
COMPANY K.J. W. Houtz.........  Captain......  Sept. 22, 1863   Winchester....................................
J. J. Martin.....:... Second Lieutl Sept. 22, 1863   Winchester......................................
COMPANY L.
Ephraim  Bainter...  Captain......  Dec.  7, 1863 1 Osawkee.......... Resigned.
John Freek......... Captain.....   Nov. 14, 1864   Osawkee...................................
John Freek.........FirstLieut...  Dec.  7, 1863   Osawkee.                   Promoted Captain.
Johnson Kennedy  First Lieut...  Nov. 14, 1864   Osawkee.....................................
Horace C. Deming  Second Lieut Dec.  7, 1863   Osawkee........ Resigned.
Jas. D. Nesbitt..... Second Lieut Nov. 14, 1864   Osawkee.........................................
COMPANY M.
Henry Morley...... Captain....... Jan. 13, 1864   Oskaloosa........ Resigned.
John L. Patterson  Captain....... May 14, 1864   Sarcoxie..........................................
J. O. Reed...........  First Lieut...  Dec.  7, 1863   Oskaloosa.......  Resigned.
Moses D. Baldwin  First Lieut...  May 14, 1864   Sarcoxie........Resigned.
D. M. Smith.........  First Lieut...  July   6, 1864   Oskaloosa.........................................
David M. Smith... Second Lieut Dec.  7, 1863   Oskaloosa........ Promoted First Lt.
Jesse D. Miller..... Second Lieut May 14, 1864   Sarcoxie........Resigned.
Amos M. Fawcett.  Second Lieut  July   6, 1864   Oskaloosa.........................................
COMPANY N.
F. M. Whitlow..... Captain.           Dec.  7, 1863 I Sarcoxie.................................
Thomas R. Bayne  Captain....... Oct. 15, 1864.....................................
M.J.Bundy......... First Lieut...  Dec.  7, 1863   Sarcoxie.......... Removed from  Dist.
H. B. Hatton........ First Lieut... June 14, 1864   Sarcoxie..................................
William Williams  Second Lieut  Dec.  7, 1863   Sarcoxie.........  Removed from  Dist.
Thomas J. Hare...  Second Lieut  June 14, 1864   Sarcoxie.........................................
COMPANY 0.
J. M. Hawthorne..l   Captain......Nov.  1,1864 I Jefferson Co.-........................
Noah W. Moon'.  First Lieut    Nov. 1 1864   Jef erson Co
Sylvester Alton... Second LieutL Nov.  1, 1864 l Jefferson Co....
FIFTH REGIMENT K. S. M.
G. A. Colton........ Colonel........  Sept. 28, 1863   Paola..............................................'G. H. Hume........  Lieut. Col..... Sept. 28, 1863   Paola............................
Assail Hunt.........   Major........... Sept. 28, 1863   Paola...............................................
T. J. Hedges..... Adjutant......  Sept. 28, 1863   Paola..............................................
B. Snyder............ Quar'master  Sept. 28, 1863   Paola...............................................
COMPANY A.
John P. Dodd...... Captain.....  Sept. 4, 1863   Osage..............................................
S. Underhill....... First Lieut...  Sept. 4, 1863   Osage.............
W. G. McCollock..  Second Lieut  Sept.  4, 1863   Osage.....................
COMPANY B.
Charles Rice........  Captain....... Sept. 5, 1863   Stanton.......... Resigned.
J. K. Landers......  Captain....... July 25, 1864   Stanton...........................................
P. P. Bingham.....  First Lieut... July 25, 1864   Stanton.......................................
Joel Goodrich...... Second Lieut Sept. 5,1864   Stanton.........  Resigned.
W. P. Bowen........  Second Lieut July 25, 1864   Stanton...........................................
COMPANY C.
G. H. Hume.........  Captain.......1 Oct.   4, 1863   New Lancaster.
John Massey....... First Lieut...   Oct.  4, 1863   New Lancaster......
R. S. Hiner.........  Second Lieut  Oct.  4, 1863   New Lancaster............................




400                                  ANNALS OF KANSAS.                                                    [1864.
COMPANY D, FIFTH REGIMENT K. S. M.
Names.                RBank.             Date of R             esidence.                Remarks.
Commission.
H. Pardee...........  Captain....... Sept. 28,1863    Paola................................................
Jacob Snyder.......  First Lieut...  Sept. 28, 1863   Paola................................................
W. W. Childer.....    Second Lieut  Sept. 28, 1863   Paola................................................
COMPANY E.
Elias Snyder........  Captain....... Sept. 28, 1863   Osawatomie....  Resigned.
Thomas Roberts...  Captain....... July  18, 1864   Osawatomie....  Resigned.
W. R. Wagstaff....  Captain....... Aug. 22, 1864   Paola................................................
James Bell........... First Lieut... Aug. 28, 1864..................  Resigned.
Henry Smith......   First Lieut...  July  18,1864.................. Resigned.
Martin Dale.........  First Lieut...  Aug. 22, 1864........................................
Matt Stephens......  Second Lieut  Sept. 28, 1863   Osawatomie.....  Resigned.
C. M. Stephens.....  Second Lieut  July  18, 1864...........                          Resigned.
M. D. Gossett.......  Second Lieut  July   8, 1864........................................................
COMPANY F.
L. A. Arnott.........   First Lieut...I Sept. 28, 1863 1 Indianapolis...  Resigned.
W. J. Ellis........... Second Lieut[ Sept. 28, 1863 l Indianapolis.................................
COMPANY G.
G. B. Trayler.......  Captain.......  Sept.  9,1863   St. Marysville................................
H. L. Lyon..........   First Lieut...  Sept.  9,1863   St. Marysville..................................
S. W. Spear.......   Second Lieut  Sept.  9,1863   St. Marysville.. Resigned.
James V. Lyon.....   Second Lieut  Aug.  2, 1864   Lyons.....................................
COMPANY H.
James Ray........... Captain....... Sept. 28, 1863   Richland......................
F. N. Dodd...........  First Lieut...  Sept. 28, 1863   Richland.................
J. W. Pile.............  Second Lieut  Sept. 28, 1863   Richland......    Removed from  Dist.
Charles N. White.   Second Lieut  April 25, 1864   Richland.........................................
COMPANY I.
G. W. Raney.......  Captain....... Nov.  5, 1863    Wea................   Resigned.
W. B. Keith.........  Captain.......  Sept. 19, 1864   Paola...............................................
G. W. Wise.........  First Lieut...  Nov.  5,1863   Wea................   Resigned.
Peter Reynolds....  First Lieut...  Sept. 19, 1864   Paola.................................
J. A. Hicks.......... Second Lieut  Nov.  5, 1863   Wea.................................................
COMPANY K.
Seth Clover..........  Captain.......  Sept.  8, 1863   Paola.............  Resigned.
Thomas Roberts...  Captain....... July  18,1864   Osawatomie......................................
Thos. J. Hedges...  First Lieut...  Sept.  8,1863   Osawatomie.....  Promoted.
Henry B. Smith...I First Lieut...  July   8,1864   Osawatomie......................................
M. D. Gossett.......  Second Lieut  Sept.  8, 1863   Osawatomie.....    Resigned.
C. M. Stephens.....  Second Lieut  July  18,1864   Osawatomie.................................
SIXTH REGIMENT K. S. M.
James D. Snoddy..1  Colonel........ June 13, 1864   Mound City......................................
H. Robinson......  Major.......... June 30, 1864   Mound City......................................
E. R. Smith......... Adjutant.....  June 30, 1864   Mound City......................................
James L. Scott..... Quarterm'r..  June 30, 1864   Mound City.....................................
L. B. Hiatt..........  Surgeon......  June 30, 1864   Mound City.................................
COMPANY A.
Justin N. Ayres...l Captain.......  Sept.  4, 1863   Centreville..................
Charles Barnes....  Captain.......  Aug.  2, 1864   Centreville......................................
H. Robinson........  First Lieut...  Sept.  4,1863   Centreville......  Promoted Major.
D. F. Park...........  First Lieut...  Aug.  2, 1864   Centreville......................................
Benj. F. Bradley...  Second Lieut  Sept.  4,1863   Centreville......  Resigned.
Jesse Brown.......  Second Lieut  Aug. 28, 1864   Centreville.......................................




1864.]                              ANNALS OFT KANSAS.                                                  401
COMPANY B, SIXTH REGIMENT K. S. M.
Names.               Rank.             Dao e   of          Residence.              Remarks.
Commission.
M. P. McDaniels...  Captain.......  Sept. 10, 1863   Paris, Linn Co. Removed.
W. S. McDowell...  Captain.......  June  3, 1864   Paris, Linn Co. Resigned.
Nelson Knight.....  Captain.......  Aug.  2, 1864   Paris, Linn Co.................................
Jeremiah Farris... First Lieut...  Sept. 10, 1863   Paris, Linn Co. Resigned.
Owen D. Botkin...  First Lieut...  Aug.  2, 1864   Paris, Linn Co..................................
John M. Honnis...  Second Lieut  Sept. 10, 1863   Paris, Linn Co. Resigned.
J. S. Corbin.........  Second Lieut  Aug.  2, 1864   Paris, Linn Co.................................
COMPANY C.
J. H. Trego......... Captain....... Dec. 31, 1863   Linn  county...I Resigned.
Theo. F. Wilson... Captain....... Aug.  2, 1864   Linn  county...I.................................
Dennis Gray........  First Lieut... Dec. 31, 1863   Linn  county...  Resigned.
J. J. Calton.......... First Lieut...  Aug.  2, 1864   Linn  county....................................
A. S. Potter......... Second Lieut  Dec. 31, 1863   Linn county...  Resigned.
Lyman  Strong..... Second Lieut  Aug.  2, 1864   Linn  county....................................
COMPANY D.
M. McDaniels......  Captain.......  Dec. 31, 1863........................  Resigned.
T. L. Wilson........ Captain....... Aug.  5,1864.......................................
Elias Snook.......... First Lieut... Dec. 31, 1863........................ Resigned.
W. J. Brewer.......  First Lieut... Aug.  5, 1864........................]...............
A. W. Long..........   Second Lieut  Dec. 31, 1863........................ Resigned.
John Rice............ Second Lieut  Aug.  5, 1863.........................................................
COMPANY E.'T. L. Wilson.........  Captain....... Dec. 31, 1863   Linn county....  Resigned.
T. M. Crawford...  Captain.......  Aug.  5, 1864   Linn  county.....................................
W. J. Brewer....... First Lieut... Dec. 31, 1863   Linn county....  Resigned.
G. H. B. Hopkins.. First Lieut... Aug.  5, 1864   Linn county....
A. L. Hills...........   Second Lieut  Dec. 31, 1863   Linn county.....................................
COMPANY F.
Herbert Robinson  Captain.......  Dec. 31,1863.......................  Resigned.
William  Lewis..... Captain.......  Aug.  5, 1864.......................I Resigned.l ----.....
John H. Belding... First Lieut... Dec. 31, 1863........................  Resigned.
Jeremiah Fanes...  First Lieut... Sept. 10, 1863.........................................
James P. Way......  Second Lieut  Dec. 31, 1863.......................................................
COMPANY G.
David Lindsey.....  Captain.......  Oct. 31, 1863   Linn county....  Res., June 13, 1864.
Isaac Morris......... Captain....... Dec. 15, 1863   Linn county.....................................
Robt. P. Stephens.  First Lieut...  Oct. 31, 1863   Linn county....................................
Aaron Lamb........   Second Lieut  Oct. 31, 1863   Linn  county....  Resigned.
Asbury S. Potter..  Second Lieut  Dec. 15, 1863   Linn county................................
COMPANY H.
John F. Clippard.l Captain....... Aug.  5, 1864...............
B. F. Bradley....... First Lieut... Aug.  5, 1864.......................................
COMPANY I.
Wm. Lounsbury...         Captain....    Aug.  5, 1864...............
Elias Snook......      First Lieut...  Aug.  5,1864............g..... Resigned.
Nathaniel Oats... First Lieut.................................................................
T. C. Crague.........  SecondLieut  Aug.  5,1864........................  Resigned.
William  C. Ryan..  Second Lieut.....................................................................
COMPANY K.
ZebadiahW.Lason   Captain...;..  Aug.  5,1864................... —-1 —---
Elias Snook........... First Lieut...  Aug.  5, 1864..................1
T. C. Crague........  Second Lieut  Aug.  5, 1864.......................................
COMPANY L.
David Lindsey.....  Captain.......  Oct. 31, 1863.......................................
John H. Belding........... First Lieut... Oct. 31, 1863 
Aaron Lamb.......   Second Lieut  Oct. 31, 1863.....................................
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402                           ANNALS OF KANSAS.                                       [1864.
COMPANY M, SIXTH REGIMENT K. S.. M.
Names.            Rank.         Date of         Residence.            Remarks.
Commission.
Amos W. Long...     Captain.        Aug. 5,1864.......................................
Mark T. Phelps... First Lieut... Aug. 5, 1864.......................................
Stephen B. Griffin  Second Lieut Aug. 5, 1864......................................
COMPANY N.
C. C. Hadsell....... Captain....     ug. 5, 1864...................
William Goss....... First Lieut...  Aug. 5, 1864.................................
A. H. Smith......... Second Lieut Aug. 5, 1864.
SEVENTH REGIMENT K. S. M.
PeterMcFarland..[ Colonel........l Dec.  9, 1863   Leavenworth.............................
R. N. Hershfield... Liut.Col...  Dec.  9, 1863   Leavenworth.................................
E. L. Stanley       Major........ Dec.  9, 1863   Leavenworth........................
Chas. A. Clarke.... Adjutant...... Dec.  9,1863   Leavenworth.  Res., Nov. 2, 1864.
COMPANY A.
T. C. Stevens....... Captain....... Dec.  8, 1863  Leavenworth.. Res., April 28, 1864.
W. C. Higginson...  Captain..... July 15, 1864   Leavenworth.........................
W. L. Easson........ First Lieut... July 15, 1864   Leavenworth.................................
W. C. Zentmeyer.. Second Lieut July 15, 1864   Leavenworth...................................
COMPANY B.
Kearney Cusick...    Captain....... Sept. 22, 1863  Leavenworth.. Resigned.
W. H. Hays.....  Captain...... July 15, 1864   Leavenworth..................................
Ed. Sherlock....... First Lieut... Sept. 22, 1863   Leavenworth..  Resigned.
J. B. Ludlum.......  First Lieut... Sept. 22, 1863  Leavenworth..................................
John Dugan........  Second Lieut  Sept. 22, 1863   Leavenworth..  Resigned.
J. H. Lyon..........  Second Lieut Sept. 22, 1863   Leavenworth...............................
COMPANY C.
Smith D. Woods... Captain....... Sept. 22, 1863   Leavenworth.. Resigned.
T. A. Hurd...........  Captain....... July 15,;1864   Leavenworth...................
T. A. Hurd........... First Lieut... Sept. 22, 1863   Leavenworth..  Promoted Captain.
S. Hastings......    First Lieut... July 15, 1864   Leavenworth..........................
S. Hastings.......... Second Lieut Sept. 22, 1863   Leavenworth..  Promoted First Lieut
G, W. Foster....... Second Lieut July 15, 1864   Leavenworth..................................
COMPANY D.
Oliver Diefendorf  Captain....... Sept. 22, 1863  Leavenworth... Resigned.
Edward Reilly..... Captain....... July  5, 1864   Leavenworth....................................
John B. Ludlum... First Lieut... Sept. 22, 1863   Leavenworth............................
J. H. Lyon...........  Second Lieut Sept. 22, 1863  Leavenworth.....
This Company transferred to Nineteenth Regiment, as Company E.
COMPANY E.
A. C. Harlow........  Captain.......1 Sept. 22, 1863   Leavenworth...I.................................
J. S. Spear......    First Lieut...I Sept. 22, 1863   Leavenworth....................................
Frank Goble........   Second.Lieuti Sept. 22, 1863  Leavenworth...........................
COMPANY F.
George Einstein... Captain....... July  5, 1864  Leavenworth....................................
Peter Huesgen.....  First Lieut... Sept. 22, 1863  Leavenworth...I Resigned.
Morris Kayser..... First Lieut... July  5, 1864   Leavenworth.................................
N. W. West......... Second Lieut Sept. 22, 1863   Leavenworth... Resigned.
D. A. Comstock... Second Lieut July  5,1864  Leavenworth....................................
COMPANY G.
R. H. Kerr........... Captain....... Sept. 22, 1863   Leavenworth............................
JohnFirst ieut... Sept. 22, 1863  Leavenworth....................................
John Kaczynsky..  First Lieut...  Sept. 22, 1863  Leavenworth... 
Thomnas Kyle...... Second Lieut Sept. 22, 1863   Leavenworth..................................




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COMPANY H, SEVENTH REGIMENT K. S. M.
Names.           Rank.        CommDate isof     Residence.            Remarks.
Commission.
Robert Ward....... Captain....... Sept. 22, 1863  Leavenworth... Resigned.
Gust. Bayer......... Captain.......  July 15,1864  Leavenworth...I.................................
B. F. Toombley... First Lieut... Sept. 22, 1863   Leavenworth... Resigned.
Charles Schiller... First Lieut... July  15, 1864  Leavenworth.....................................
S. J. McCown.......  Second Lieut Sept. 22, 1863   Leavenworth... Resigned..
Louis Brusher......  Second Lieut July. 5, 1864   Leavenworth.................................
COMPANY I.
Crawford Moore...  Captain....... Sept. 22, 1863  Leavenworth...l  Resigned.
James McCahon... Captain.......l July 15, 1864   Leavenworth....................................
James J. Daniels.. First Lieut... Sept. 22, 1863   Leavenworth... Resigned.
George S. Smith... First Lieut... July 15, 1864  Leavenworth... I.................................
Richard Gilstrap.. Second Lieut Sept. 22, 1863  Leavenworth... Resigned.
A. McFarland...... Second Lieut July 15, 1864  Leavenworth....................................
COMPANY K.
William Smith..... Captain.      Sept. 22, 1863  Leavenworth.
Wm. V. French... First Lieut... Sept. 22, 1863   Leavenworth.........
William Hills...:... Second Lieut Sept. 22, 1863   Leavenworth...:.................................
COMPANY M.
Geo. W. Baird...... Captain....... Dec.  8, 1863  Easton.......
J. J. Robinson..... FirstLieut... Dec.  8, 1863  Easton............
J. C. Baird........... Second Lieuti Dec.  8, 1863   Easton............I::::::
COMPANY N.
James Hendersoni Captain....... I Dec.  8, 1863  Easton............
John Thornbury.. First Lieut...  Dec.  8, 1863  Easton............
Win. T. Martin...' Second Lieutl Dec.  8, 1863   Easton.................................
COMPANY 0.
Transferred to Nineteenth Regiment, as Company G.
COMPANY P.
Transferred to Nineteenth Regiment, as Company B.
COMPANY Q.
EdwardSherlock..  First Lieut... Dec.  8, 1863  Leavenworth...........................'John Dugan........I Second Lieut Dec.  8, 1863  Leavenworth..l.........................
COMPANY R.
Ed. S. Menegar..... Captain.      Dec.  8, 1863 I Delaware.........
Gilbert M. Piper... First Lieut...  Dec.  8, 1863  Delaware.
Joseph Drees....... Second Lieut Dec.  8, 1863  Delaware.................................
EIGHTH REGIMENT K. S. M.
S. N. Wood...........   Colonel......... Nov. 10, 1863   Council Grove  Promoted Brig. Gen.
Wm. S. Smith...... Colonel......... July  4,1864   Cot'nw'd Falls 
W. S. Smith.........  Lieut. Col..... Nov. 10, 1863  Cot'nw'd Falls  Promoted Colonel.
R. B. Lockwood... Lieut. Col..... July 14, 1864  Council Grove 
R. 3. Lockwood... Major........... Nov. 10, 1863   Council Grove  Promoted Lieut. Col.
A. S. Pollard........ Major........... July 14, 1864  Council Grove.'Thomas White..... Adjutant...... Dec. 21, 1863  Council Grove  Deceased.
John H. Scribner  Quar'master  Dec. 21, 1863  Council Grove.
J. H. Bradford...... Surgeon....... Dec. 21, 1863  Council Grove 
COMPANY A.
S. N. Wood.......... Captain....... May 20, 1863. Council Grove  Promoted Colonel.
James Cairey....... Captain....... Nov. 14, 1863  Council Grove.................................
R. B. Lockwood...  First Lieut... May 20, 1863  Council Grove  Promoted Major.
James Cairey...... First Lieut... Oct.  1, 1863  Council Grove  Promoted Captain.
Joseph Dunlap.....I First Lieut... Nov. 14, 1863  Council Grove 
James Cairey....... Second Lieut May 20, 1863  Council Grove  Promoted First Lt..
Theodore Jones   Second Lieut Oct.  1, 1863  Council Grove.




404                                ANNALS OF KANSAS.                                               [1864.
COMPANY B, EIGHTH REGIMENT K. S. M.
Names.               Rank.            Date of           Residence.               Renmarks.
Commission.
W. S. Smith........ Captain....... Sept. 16, 1862   Cot'nw'd Falls.  Promoted Lieut. Col.
A. S. Howard.......  Captain....... Jan. 13, 1864   Cot'nw'd Falls..................................
A. S. Howard....... First Lieut...  Sept. 16, 1863   Cot'nw'd Falls.  Promoted Captain.
H. E. Snyder........  First Lieut...  Jan. 13,1864   Cot'nw'd Falls.................................
H. L. Hunt.........   Second Lieut  Sept. 16, 1863   Cot'nw'd Falls.................................
COMPANY C.
William  F. Lard.. Captain.........   Sept.  8,1863   Council Grove
James E. Bryan...  First Lieut...! Sept.  8, 1863    Council Grove..................................
rm    y...  Second L   Sept.'8, 1863    Council Grove.l.................................
Jacob A. B. Bear... Second Lieut  Sept.  8, 1863   Cuncil Grove.................................
COMPANY D.
Charles Gunter....I Captain......   Sept. 22, 1863 I Clark's Creek..l................................
Henry Baxter...... First Lieut...  Sept. 22, 1863    Clark's Creek..
Cartney Holmes... Second Lieut  Sept. 22, 1863   Clark's Creek..
COMPANY E.
S. D. Price............ Captain....... Sept. 22, 1863 1 Neosho Falls....................................
T. J. Lambert...... First Lieut..  Sept. 22, 1863              Neosho Falls...
M. Clay............ Second Lieuti Sept. 22, 1863    Neosho Falls.................
COMPANY F.
H. H. Doolittle..... Captain....... Nov. 11, 1863   Cot'nw'd Falls.  Resigned.
Geo. W. Williams.  Captain.......  Mar. 17, 1864   Cot'nw'd Falls.............
O. H. Drinkwater.  First Lieut...  Nov. 11, 1863   Cot'nw'd Falls. Resigned.
M. R. Leonard......  First Lieut...  Nov. 25, 1863   Cot'nw'd Falls..................................
Asa Taylor........... Second Lieut  Nov. 11, 1863   Cot'nw'd Falls. 
COMPANY G.
G. F. Donaldson...  Captain....... Sept. 28, 1863   Chelsea.............................................
John Spencer......  First Lieut...  Sept. 28, 1863   Chelsea....................
D. Llewellyn........  Second Lieuti Sept. 28, 1863   Chelsea......................................
NINTH REGIMENT K. S. M.
Frank M. Tracy...  Colonel........ Feb. 17,1864   Doniphan....................................
Sylvest. Bonesteel  Lieut. Col.....  Feb. 17,1864   Highland.........................
Lewis Tracy........I Major.......       Feb. 17,1864   Elwood.................................
A. Saxey........... Adjutant......  Feb. 17, 1864   Troy..............................................
A. J. Miner.......   Quarmaster.  Feb. 17,1864   Troy...................................
N. Harrington.... Surgeon.....  Feb. 17, 1864   Troy.....................
COMPANY A.
G. W. Barr........... Captain.......  Oct.  17, 1863    Elwood..........................................
T. A. Hays...........l  First Lieut       Oct  17,1863    Elwood........... I..................................
Lewis Tracy......... Second LieutI Oct.  17, 1863   Elwood........... Promoted Major.
COMPANY B.
S. Bonesteel......... Captain....... Sept. 19, 1863   Highland........ Promoted Lieut. Col.
John Dillon......... Captain....... Feb. 17, 1864   Highland...
John Dillon..........  First Lieut...  Sept. 19, 1863   Highland......:Promoted Captain.
James Williams...    First Lieut...  Feb. 17, 1864   Highland..
Jesse W. Jones.....  Second Lieut  Sept. 19, 1863   Highland.................................
COMPANY C.
Frank M. Fracy..  Captain....... June 20, 1863   Doniphan........  Promoted Colonel.
Robert J. Wynn... Captain...... Feb. 17, 1864   Doniphan.........................................
Robert'J. Wynn... First Lieut...  June 20, 1863   Doniphan........  Promoted Captain.
Cyrus C. Camp..... First Lieut...  Feb. 17, 1864   Doniphan........................................
A. A. Gardner..... Second Lieut  June 20, 1863   Doniphan........ Removed from Dist.
J. R. Plummer..... Second Lieut  Feb. 17, 1864   Doniphan...............................




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COMPANY D, NINTH REGIMENT K. S. M.
Names.               Rank.             Date of           Residence.              Remarks.
Commission.
James Wake......... Captain....... Sept. 19, 1863   Wathena......... Resigned.
Benj. Harding.....  Captain....... Apr. 13, 1864   Wathena..........................................
Abrah'm  Johnson  First Lieut...  Sept. 19, 1863   Wathena...... Resigned.
Augustus Miller...  First Lieut...  Apr. 13, 1864   Wathena..........................................
Young Guthery...  Second Lieut  Sept. 22, 1863   Wathena......... Resigned.
J. O. Larzelere.....  Second Lieut  Apr. 13, 1864   Wathena................................
COMPANY E.
F. W. Ledington...  Captain....... Sept. 22, 1863   Doniphan........  Resigned.
Elijah Fleming....  Captain....... Aug.  5,1864   Doniphan.........................................
A. B. Symms....... First Lieut...I Sept. 22, 1863   Doniphan........  Resigned.
C. Nahnung.........I First Lieut... Aug.  5, 1864   Doniphan.........................................
N. S. Sprowls.....  Second Lieut  Sept. 22, 1863   Doniphan......  Resigned.
Daniel Jacks.......  Second Lieut  Aug.  5,1864   I)oniphan.........................................
COMPANY F.
A. S. Addis...........   Captain.......Sept. 22, 1863   Doniphan.........................................
Arthur Larkin....  First Lieut...  Sept. 22, 1863   Doniphan.......................,
H. N. Short.........  Second Lieutl Sept. 22, 1863   Doniphan..................................
COMPANY G.
S. Anderson.......  Captain....... Oct.  12, 1863   Palermo..........
P. Grady..........     First Lieut...  Oct.  12, 1863   Palermo..............................
R. Myers.............. Second Lieut  Oct.  12, 1863   Palermo.....................
COMPANY H.
William  Orem.......   Captain.......  Dec.  8, 1863   Syracuse.........I..............................
James iH. Long.....] First Lieut... Dec.  8, 1863   Syracuse
Patrick Kirwin.....  Second Lieutl Dec.  8, 1863   Syracuse.........
COMPANY I.
J. T. Lane.............  Captain.......  Dec.  8, 1863   Iowa Point......  Resigned.
James M. Powell.. Captain.......  July 18, 1864   Iowa Point.......................................
W. H. Nesbitt...... First Lieut... Dec.  8, 1863   Iowa Point...... Resigned.
A. H. Acton......... First Lieut...  July  18, 1864   Iowa Point......................................
C(. W. McCoy........  Second Lieut   Dec.   8, 1863   Iowa Point......  Resigned.
Fred. Breckholter  Second Lieut  July  18, 1864   Iowa Point.......................................
COMPANY K.
C. W. Noyes........   Captain.......  Dec.  8, 1863   White Cloud....................................
H. F. Macy.......... First Lieut...    Dec.  8,1863   White Cloud...
Allen Hollencraft  Second Lieut  Dec.  8, 1863   White  Cloud:...............................
COMPANY L.
Albert Perry........    Captain.         July   1, 1864 l Troy.......................................
Joseph Hayton.....  First Lieut...  July   1, 1864   Troy................................................
J. L. Zimmerman.  Second Lieut  July   1, 1864   Troy.............................
COMPANY M.
James M. Tracy.... Captain.......I Oct.  19, 1864   Elwood............
D. B. Jones  I.......  First Lieut... Oct.  19, 1864   Elwood...........................................
Archibald Craig.... Second Lieut|  Oct.  19,1864   Elwood...........................................
TENTH REGIMENT K. S. M.
William  Pennock  Colonel.........  Nov. 18, 1863   Centropolis.................
Miles Morris........  Lieut. Col..... Nov. 18, 1863   Garnett..........I.............................
A. Wiley..............   Major.......    lNov. 18, 1863   Garnett..........
J. K. Goodin........ Adjutant.....I Dec.  1, 1863   Minneola.........  Pro. Captain Co. A.
Irwin C. Hughes.. I Quar'master   Dec.  1, 1863   Minneola........
M. F. HI oladay....  Surgeon.......  Oct.  10,1864   Lane...............




406                               ANNALS OF KANSAS.                                             [1864.
COMPANY A, TENTH REGIMENT K. S. M.
Names.              Rank.             DaC e  of        Residence.              Remarks.
Commission.
William  Pennock  Captain....... Sept. 10, 1863   Centropolis..... Promoted Colonel.
J. K. Goodin........ Captain....... Dec. 10, 1863   Minneola........ Commis'n revoked.
James Harris...... Captain...... Dec.  8, 1863   Centropolis...... Commis'n revoked.
W. S. Delano........  Captain....... Feb. 11, 1864................... Entered U. S. service.
James W. Jane..... Captain..... June  7,1864   Minneola..........................................
James Harris....... First Lieut...  Sept. 10, 1864   Centropolis..... Promoted Captain.
Charles Clark...... First Lieut...  Feb. 11,1864.......................................
W. S. Delano........    Second Lieut  Sept. 10, 1683.................. Promoted Captain.
John Clark......... Second Lieut Mar. 14, 1864.............................................
COMPANY B.
Miles Morris........ Captain.......I Sept. 19, 1863   Garnett.......... Pro. Lieut. Colonel.
George W. Iler...... Captain....... Dec. 24, 1863   Garnett..........................................
A. W. Jones........  First Lieut... Sept. 19, 1863   Garnett                   Resigned.
James Reynolds.... First Lieut...  May  16, 1864   Garnett..................................
Junius Reynolds.. Second Lieut  Sept. 19, 1864   Garnett                        Pro. First Lieut.
H. Cavender........I Second Lieut  May  16, 1864   Garnett.::-.:::-.................................
COMPANY C.
R. E. Jenness......Captai.......  Sept. 19, 1863 I Peoria.............
W. D. Springer....   First Lieut...     Sept. 19, 1863   Peoria.............
G. B. Davidson..... Second Lieutd Sept: 19, 1863   Peoria...........................................
COMPANY D.
William Benton...  Captain.......I Sept. 19, 1863 I Peoria.....
Anders'nJohnson  First Lieut....... Sept. 19, 1863    Peoria...........................................
S. Wheatly...........I Second Lieuti Sept: 19, 1863   Peoria..............................................
COMPANY E.
Hardy Warren..... Captain....... Sept. 24, 1863 ] Mt. Gilead.......
Harrison Lowrey.  First Lieut...  Sept. 24, 1863   Mt. Gilead....................................
John Fox........... Second Lieut|  Sept. 24, 1863   Mt. Gilead.......................................
COMPANY F.
Milton Pettibone..l Captain.......I Oct.   2, 1863   Ottawa........................................
Thomas Taylor.... First Lieut.   Oct.   2, 1863   Ottawa......
A. Rankin...........I Second Lieutl Oct.   2, 1863   Ottawa..................................
COMPANY G.
Mars Burrell........  Captain....... Oct.  12, 1863   Ohio City.........l.................................
John W. Gannon. First Lieut...  Oct.  12,1863   Ohio City.................................
JohnWalruff.......  |Second Lieutl  Oct.  12, 1863   Ohio City.....................................
COMPANY H.
S. H. Case...........  Captain..... Oct. 28, 1863   Anderson Co... Removed  from  Dist.
J. A. Cunningham   Captain.......I Sept.  3, 1864   Berea........................................
John N. Bronell.. First Lieut...  Oct.  28, 1863.......................................
D. W. Hoov er.    Second Lieut Oct. 28, 1863
COMPANY I.
Jas. McLaughlin..1 Captain........ Nov. 10, 1863   Garnett 
Henry Fenerbornj First Lieut...  Nov. 10, 1863   Garnett.                       Removed from  Dist.
David Wright......  First Lieut... June 27, 1864 Garnett.
James S. Smith....  Second Lieut  Nov. 10, 1863   Garnett...........................................
COMPANY K.
James B. Loury...   Captain.......I Dec. 12, 1863   Reeder P. O...............................
David S. Easton...  First Lieut... Dec. 12, 1863   Reeder P. O.... Resigned.
Samuel Patton..... First Lieut...  July  22, 1864   Mineral Point............................
W. H. Hooper.....  Second Lieut  Dec. 12,1863   Reeder P. O......................................




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COMPANY L, TENTH REGIMENT K. S. M.
Names.              Rank.            Date of           Residence.              Remarks.
Commission.
W. H. H. Lour... Captain....... July  14, 1864   Ottawa........... Resigned.
Edward Smith......  FirstLieut...  July  14,1864   Ottawa...........................................
F. F. Johnson...... Second Lieut  July  14,1864   Ottawa........... Resigned.
ELEVENTH REGIMENT K. S. M.
A. J. Mitchell......  Colonel......... Oct. 28, 1863   Emporia.........
J. C. Bunch.........  Lieut. Col.....  Oct. 28, 1863   Emporia.........    Resigned.
R. H. Abraham.... Major.......... Oct. 28, 1863  Emporia..J. Stotler............. Adjutant......  Oct.  28, 1863   Emporia..................................
N. S. Storrs....      Quar'master   May  30, 1864   Emporia....J.A. M~oore..........I Surgeon....... April 18, 1864   Emporia.J.A.Moore...     Surgeon....... Aprill8,1864   Emporia......................................
COMPANY A.
A. R. Bancroft..... Captain....... Sept. 10, 1863   Emporia....................
G. D. Humphrey..  First Lieut...  Sept. 10,1863   Emporia................................
J. D. Gilchrist......  Second Lieut  Sept. 10, 1863   Emporia......... Resigned.
G. W. Frederick...[ Second Lieut  Aug.  5,1864   Emporia.......................................
COMPANY B.
MalcolmCampbelll Captain....... Sept. 26, 1863 1 Plymouth............
A. J. Reeves........  First Lieut...    Sept. 26, 1863   Plymouth......................................
David McCool...... Second Lieutl Sept. 26, 1863    Plymouth........................................
COMPANY C.
Alfred B. Elliott.. Captain....... Sept. 26, 1863   Fremont......
J. W. Loy............  Second Lieutl Sept. 26, 1863   Fremont....................................
COMPANY D..J. C. Hill..............  Captain...... Sept. 29, 1863   Americus.................
J.. White           First  ieut.......  Sept. 29, 1863   Americus.........Joseph Kempton..  Second Lieut Sept. 29, 1863   Americus.........................................
COMPANY E.
Transferred to Santa Fe Battalion.
COMPANY F.
P. H. Hunt........... Captain....... May  16, 1864 I Emporia.........
Ed. Borton...........        L          May  16,1864   Emporia..........................................
Ed. Borton..., First Lieut... May 16, 1864 Emporia.
M. B. Jacobs........ Second Lieut  May  16, 1864   Emporia..:..............................
COMPANY G.
Wm. E. McGinnisl Captain......  Sept.  8,1864   Hartford........................
Wm. K.Maybury.   First Lieut...   Sept. 8, 1864   Hartford.........,G. Griffith............  Second Lieut  Sept. 8, 1864   Hartford:::::............
TWELFTH REGIMENT K. S. M.
L. S. Treat...........  Colonel......... Dec. 12, 1863 1 Atchison..........................................S. O. Hilton........  Lieut. Col..... Dec. 12, 1863   Atchison...........................................J. C. Batsell......... Major........... Dec. 12, 1863   Atchison......... Resigned.
~Geo. H. Hawkins.  Adjutant.....   Jan. 30, 1864   Monrovia........ Resigned.
G.M. Woodworth. Adjutant..... Aug. 29, 1864   Monrovia.........................................Junius F. Brown.. Quar'master  Jan. 30, 1864   Atchison................................
Chas.Williamson.. Surgeon......  July   8,1864   Atchison.................................
COMPANY A.
AsaBarnes........  Captain..                  17,1863   Mt. Pleasant.......
G. W. Thompson.. First Lieut... Jan. 20, 1864   Mt. Pleasant................................
J. Maxwell..........  Second Lieutl Jan. 20, 1864   Mt. Pleasant-..,............................
COMPANY B.
Sam'l M. BowmanI Captain.......  Sept. 18, 1863 I Kickapoo...   Resigned.
Sam'l L. Hollisterl Captain....... Dec.  7, 1863   Kickapoo.................................
Ferdin'd Jaedickel First Lieut... Sept. 18, 1863   W. Creek........  Resigned.
Wm. H. Cook...... I First Lieut...  Sept. 3, 1864   W. Creek.....................................
Fred. Christy...... Second Lieut  Sept. 18, 1863   W. Creek........ Resigned.
Wm. J. Bailey...... Second Lieut  Sept.  3, 1864  iW. Creek.......................................




408                             ANNALS OF KANSAS.                                          [1864,
COMPANY C, TWELFTH REGIMENT K. S. M.
Names.             Rank.            Date of         Residence.             Remarks.
Comsmissions.
Geo. J. Weaver..... Captain....... May 26, 1864   Atchison...........................................
Geo. J. Weaver..... First Lieut... Sept. 18, 1863   Atchison......... Promoted Captain.
Henry F. Smith... First Lieut... May 26, 1864   Atchison..........................................
Henry F. Smith...  Second Lieut   May  18, 1863   Atchison.......  Promoted First Lt.
Jas. W. Truesdale  Second Lieut May 26, 1864   Atchison..........................................
COMPANY D.
Hezekiah  J. Crist. Captain....... Jan. 27, 1864   Huron.......................................
Sam. H. Cozard....   First Lieut...  Oct. 22, 1863   Monrovia.........................................
Eli Watson.........  First Lieut...  Jan. 27, 1864   Huron.......................................
Hezekiah J. Crist. Second Lieut Oct. 23, 1863   Monrovia........ Promoted Captain.
G. M. Fuller......... Second Lieut Jan. 27, 1864   Monrovia........   Removed from Dist.
Wm. H. Sidner..... Second Lieut May  19, 1864   Huron............................................
COMPANY E.
Robert White......   Captain......... Oct.  3, 1863   Eden.......................
John English......  FirstLet...        Oct.  3, 1863   Eden..............................................
Milton F. Steeter..| Second Lier;t Oct.  3, 1863   Eden
COMPANY F.
A. S. Best............ Captain....... Nov.  5, 1863   Monrovia...................
Benj. Walleck...... First Lieut... Nov.  5, 1863   Monrovia........ Removed.
Henry Widner....  First Lieut... June  9, 1864   Monrovia........ Resigned.
John N. Holliday.  First Lieut... Aug. 22, 1864   Monrovia........................................
Geo. W. Hawkins. Second Lieut Aug. 5,1864   Monrovia.                     Promoted Adjutant.
John Graves....... Second Lieut June 9, 1864  Monrovia.
COMPANY G.
William M. Ham..  Captain....... Nov. 23, 1863   Kennekuk......   Resigned.
Martin C. Willis... Captain....... May 18, 1864   Atchisoh Co.....................................
Wm. P. Badger....  First Lieut... Nov. 23, 1863   Atchison Co.... Resigned.
William M. Ham.. First Lieut...   Oct. 10, 1864   Atchison Co......................................
T. W. Carter........  Second Lieut  Nov. 23, 1863   Atchison Co.... 
COMPANY H.
A. J. Evans..........l Captain....... Dec.  7, 1863   Atchison Co...........
L. A. Wait..........l First Lieut... Dec.  7, 1863   Atchison Co....l Resigned.
Orren D. Haskell.l First Lieut... Oct.  6, 1864,Atchison Co....
J. R. Underwood.. Second Lieut Dec.  7, 1863   Atchison Co....
COMPANY K.
William  Jackson..l Captain.......I Dec.  7, 1863 1 Atchison Co....
G. L. Gove.......    First Lieut...   Dec.  7,1863   Atchison Co....................................
Julius Newman...I Second Lieutt Dec.  7, 1863   Atchison Co.......................
THIRTEENTH REGIMENT K. S. M.
Julius A. Keeler... Colonel.......  Oct. 13, 1863   Johnson Co.......................................
Alex. S. Johnson.. Lieut. Col..... Oct. 13, 1863   Johnson Co....................................
J. Nicholson.........  Major.........  Oct. 13, 1863   Johnson Co.................................
W. A. Ocheltree... Adjutant...... Oct. 13, 1863   Johnson Co               Resigned.
William Roy........ Adjutant...... Oct. 13, 1864   Johnson Co...................................
Benj. B. Francis...I Quar'master. Oct. 13, 1863   Johnson Co.................................
W. D. Bull......     Surgeon....... Oct. 13,1863   Johnson Co.....................................
COMPANY A.
Geo. F. Warnick... Captain....... Oct. 13, 1863   Lexington......I..................................
John Johnson..... Captain....... Oct.  8,1864   DeSoto..............................................
J. R. Baldwin.        First Lieut... Oct. 13, 1863   Lexington..................................
J. D. Baird........... First Lieut... Oct. 8, 1864.
G. W. Train......... Second Lieut Oct. 13, 1863   Lexington.......................................
Jonath'n Dowdle.. Second Lieut Oct.  8, 1864   DeSoto............l..................................
COMPANY B.
Jos. H. Gamble..  Capta....    Sept. 19, 1863   Westport.........................................
J. A. Pemblerton.. First Lieut...   Sept. 19, 1863   Westport.....................................
A. Waldsmith......I Second Lieut Sept. 19, 1863 l Westport..........................................




1864.]                             ANNALS OF KANSAS.                                                 409
COMPANY C, THIRTEENTH REGIMENT K. S. M.
BNames..       [    RBank.            Datle oNf         Residence.               Remarks.
Commission.
J. C. Stuck........... Captain....... Oct. 13, 1863   Monticello......].............................
Samuel Garrett.... First Lieut...  Oct. 13, 1863   Monticello..........................
A. Robards......... Second Lieut  Oct.  13, 1863   Monticello...... Resigned.
Wm. B. Cortin..... Second Lieut  May  13, 1864   Monticello.......................................
COMPANY D.
A. S. Johnson...... Captain.......I Sept. 19, 1863 Eastport..........................................
T. C. Porter.........  First Lieut...  Sept. 19, 1863   Eastport.......................................
P. G. Cross.........   Second Lieut   Sept. 19, 1863   Eastport..........................................
COMPANY E.
SamuelMcGinnis.   Captain....... Sept. 19, 1863   Olathe.......................................
John James......... First Lieut..  Sept. 19, 1863   Olathe........................................
William  Henry... Second Lieutl Sept. 19, 1863   Olathe.........................................
COMPANY F.
H. M. Dresher......  Captain....... Nov. 20, 1863   McCamish.......
David Martin...... Captain....... Sept. 12, 1863   Lanesfield.................
S. K. Wilhite........ First Lieut... Nov. 20, 1863.
H. L. Ward........ Second Lieut Nov. 20, 1863.................                   1
COMPANY G.
E. Davis.......  Captain....... Oct.  13, 1864   Gardner.....................................
John Kizer.......  First Lieut...   Oct. 13, 1864   Gardner.....................................
John Bradbury....  Second Lieutl Oct.  13, 1864   Gardner........................................
COMPANY H.
Wm. Waterhouse.  Captain.......  Oct.  13, 1863   Aubrey.................................
Franklin Trekell. I First Lieut..  Oct   13, 1863   Aubrey....:.......  Resigned.
Thos. Dougherty..I Second Lieutl Oct. 13, 1863 Aubrey.
Thos. Dougherty. IScn  iu                   c,1,83 Aubrey.............................................
COMPANY I.
Thos. A. Parker...  Captain....... Oct.  13,1863   Spring  Hill..............................
John Mosier........  First Lieut...  Oct.  13, 1863   Spring  Hill...................
J. M. Galaway......  Second Lieut  Oct. 13, 1863   Spring  Hill....
FOURTEENTH REGIMENT K. S. M.
D. W. Scott.........  Colonel.           Nov.  9, 1863   Ogden............  Resigned.
Jas. M. Harvey...  Colonel......... Oct.  19, 1864   Ogden............]...........................
E. L. Patee....... Lieut. Col.....  Oct.   9, 1863   Manhattan.....  Resigned.
Frank Mansfield..  Lieut. Col..... Jan. 27, 1864   Manhattan.....................................
T. S. St. John.......  Major........  Nov.  9, 1863   Zeandale..................................
Joseph Carney..... Adjutant......  Nov. 24, 1864   Manhattan......................................
Ephraim  Warner. Quar'master.  Nov. 24, 1864   Ogden.........................................
O. E. Dickenson...  Surgeon....... Nov. 24, 1864   Manhattan......................................
COMPANY A.
A. Todd............... Captain....... Jan.  27, 1864   Manhattan.................................
Ambrose Todd..... First Lieut...  Sept. 10, 1863   Manhattan...  Promoted Captain.
A. Dodge.............. First Lieut...  Feb. 22, 1864   Manhattan.................................
E. B. Sneyth........  Second Lieut  Sept. 10,1863   Manhattan                   Resigned.
Asaph Browning.. Second Lieut  May  14, 1864   Manhattan..... Resigned.
Geo. B. Brown.....  Second Lieut  Sept. 10, 1864   Manhattan.................................
COMPANY B.
Martin Matuerhan  Captain....... Sept. 16, 1863   Manhattan.................................
John Fleming..... First Lieut...  Sept. 16, 1863   Manhattan..... Removed from  Dist.
Geo. W. Wisner...  First Lieut...  July  14, 1864   Manhattan......................................
Geo. W. Wisner...  Second Lieut  Feb.  4, 1864   Manhattan.....  PromotedFirst Lieut
Samuel Jack........  Second Lieut  July  14, 1864   Manhattan....................................
COMPANY C.
Chauncey Noyes..  Captain....... Oct.   2, 1863   Wabaunsee................................
William  Mitchell.. First Lieut...  Oct.   2, 1863   Wabaunsee..... Promoted to Staff.
Geo. S. Burt......... First Lieut...  Mar. 14, 1864   Wabaunsee.....................................
Geo. S. Burt....... Second Lieut  Oct.   2, 1863   Wabaunsee..... PromotedFirstLieut
WalterS.Griswold  Second Lieut  Mar. 14, 1864   Wabaunsee..........................|......




410                           ANNALS OF KANSAS.                                       [1864.
COMPANY D, FOURTEENTH REGIMENT K. S. M.
Names.            Rank.          Date of mmis    Residence.            Remarks.
Edward Knapp... Captain....... Oct. 10, 1863   Wabaunsee......................................
Joseph True........ First Lieut... Oct. 10, 1863   Wabaunsee.................................
William Lange.....  Second Lieut Oct. 10, 1863   Wabaunsee......................................
COMPANY E.
F. N. Sas........... Captain....... Oct. 21, 1863   Westmoreland  Resigned.
Sargent Moody... Captain....... July 11, 1864    Westmoreland.................................
J. S. Betts............ First Lieut...  Oct. 21, 1863   Westmoreland..........
F. Blockskey....... Second Lieut Oct. 21,1863   Westmoreland...............
COMPANY F.
John H. Curtis.    Captain......  Nov. 30,1863   Ogden.................J. M. Myres.........] First Lieut...' Dec. 30, 1864   Ogden..........
C. M. Dyehe........ Second Lieutl Dec.  7, 1864   Ogden.......................................
COMPANY G.
L. W. Craub........  Captain....... Oct. 31, 1863   St. George.................................
J. N. Linbocker...  Captain.......  May 26, 1864   Louisville.................................
J. N. Linbocker...  First Lieut... Oct. 31, 1863  St. George........ Promoted Captain.
J. H. Clark.......... First Lieut... May 26, 1864   Louisville.........................................
John H. Clark... Second Lieut Oct. 31, 1863   Louisville........  Promoted FirstLieut
F. J. Crawford.... Second Lieut May 26, 1864   Louisville.........................................
COMPANY H.,C. W. Knapp..Captain4, 186  Wild.......
C).W. Knapp.......   Captain.......:l Nov. 4,1863 Wild  Cat...........................................D. C. Piercf........ First Lieut...  Nov. 4, 1863  Riley county................................
B. H. Fuller.........  Second Lieutl Nov. 4, 1863  Riley county...................................
COMPANY I.
Mincher Coudray.l Captain..   Mar. 26, 1864  Shawnee Tp................................
MincherCoudray. First Lieut... Nov. 9, 1863  Shawnee Tp....  Promoted Captain.:S. M. Wilhite....   First Lieut... May 16, 1864  Manhattan.................................
John Dial..........  Second Lieut Nov. 9, 1863  Shawnee Tp.....................................
COMPANY K.
C. P. McDonald...  Captain....... July 14,1864   Zeandale.........,C. P. McDonald... First Lieut... Dec.  9, 1863   Wabaunsee'Co.I Promoted Captain.
W. F. Smith........ First Lieut... July 14, 1864   Wabauinsee Co. 
W. F. Smith........ Second Lieut Dec.  9, 1863   Wabaunsee Co. Promoted First Lieut
COMPANY L.
Charles Webber... First Lieut...  Dec.  9, 1863  Mill Creek.'WilliamHorn.....   Second Lieutl Dec.  9, 1863  Wabaunsee Co.................................
FIFTEENTH REGIMENT K. S. M..John T. Price...... Colonel........l Nov.  4, 1863  Junction City...................................
William Gordon.. Lieut. Col....  Nov.  4, 1863  Junction City..
Wm. S. Blakely... Major.......... Nov.  4, 1863  Junction City.. 
R. E. Laurenson......  Adjutant......  Nov. 17,1863.....Junction City...................................
P. Z. Taylor....    Quar'master  Nov. 17, 1863  Junction City...................................
E. W. Seymour..... Surgeon.......  Nov. 17, 1863  Junction City...................................
COMPANY A..A. W. Callen.......[ Captain.......I Oct. 31, 1863 I Junction City..].................................
J. F. Schmidt...... First Lieut... Nov. 24, 1863  Junction City..................................
John Gross..........Second Lieutl Feb. 15, 1864  Junction City...................................
COMPANY B.
George Ware........ Captain....... Oct. 31, 1863  Junction City...................................
Winm. Mullhayen... First Lieut... Oct. 31, 1863  Junction City...
J. Fred. Staats.....l Second Lieut Oct. 31, 1863  Junction City..................................




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COMPANY C, FIFTEENTH REGIMENT K. S. M.
Names.                Rank.             RDate of            Residence.                 Remarks.
Moses Younkin... Captain....... Oct.  31, 1861    Gatesville........   En. in U. S. service.
Marshall Barry... Captain.......  May  20, 1864.......................................
MaxwellSaunders  First Lieut...  Oct. 31, 1863   Gatesville........  Removed to Ky.
S. D. Kirby......... First Lieut...  May  20, 1864   Gatesville.........................................
Lewis Laftice...... Second Lieut  Oct.  31, 1863   Gatesville........  En. in  U. S. service.
D. H. Meyers...... Second Lieut  May  20, 1864-  Gatesville.........................................
COMPANY D.
C. H. Thompson...J  Captain.......  Nov.  4, 1863 I Dickins'n Co...I.................................
John Irwin'W.......  First Lieut.  Nov   4, 1863   Dickins'n Co...............t.........
Samuel Richards..I Second Lieut  Nov.  4, 1863   Dickins'n Co...I.....................
COMPANY E.
DavidChurch......l Captain.......  Jan.  12,1864   Junction City..................................
David Church......  First Lieut...  Jan.   9, 1864   Junction City.. Promoted  Captain.
Charles Salcheo...  First Lieut...  Jan. 12, 1864  I Junction City...................................
Samuel Orr..........Second Lieut  Jan.  9, 1864   Junction City..................................
COMPANY F.
George A. Taylor.l Captain....... Nov. 24, 1863    Kenton...........................................
P. Z. Taylor.........  First Lieut...  Nov. 24, 1863   Junction City..  Promoted Quar'm'r.
R. D. Mobley.......  First Lieut...  Feb. 17, 1864   Junction  City.................................
James H. Brown...I Second Lieut  Nov. 24, 1863   Kenton...........................................
COMPAINY G.
H. L. Jones:::..... Captain...... Nov. 24, 1863   Salina........................................
C. Harver......  First Lieut...  Nov. 24, 1863   Salina............................................
Timothy Rioridan   Second Lieut  Nov. 24, 1863   Salina..............................................
COMPANY H.;
Charles Briggs.....  First Lieut...  Nov. 30, 1863   Ashland...
W. B. Mead.              Second Lieut Nov. 30, 1863
WT. B. Mead.....,...   Second Lieut    Nov. 30, 1863   Ashland..........................................
COMPANY I.
A. H. Rose......  Captain.......  June  8, 1864   Solomon City.......................
E. Schaltenbrund.  First Lieut...  June  8, 1864    Solomon City........................
And. J. Ingersoll..  Second Lieut  June  8, 1864    Solomon City.................................
SIXTEENTH REGIMENT K. S. M.
F. W. Potter......... Colonel........  Dec. 24, 1863   Burlington......................................
A. S. Goss............  Lieut. Col....  Dec. 24, 1863   Neosho Falls...................................
Wm. B. Perry......  Major...........  Dec. 24, 1863    Le    oy.................................
S. C. Jenkins........  Adjutant......  Dec. 24, 1863   Le Roy..........................................
Orson Kent.........  Quar'master   Dec. 24,1863   Burlington...............................
W. Manson.......... Surgeon.......  Dec. 24, 1863   Le Roy....................................
COMPANY A.
Joseph Jenks              Captain......Oct.  12, 1863   Ottum a.......
D. H. Houtt........  First Lieut...  Oct.  12, 1863   Ottumwa.................................
N. C. Terrill.........  Second Lieut  Oct. 12, 1863   Ottumwa.......................................
COMPANY B.
F. W. Potter........  Captain.......  Oct.   3,1863   Burlington......  Promoted Colonel.
A. A. Burr...........  Captain.......  Dec. 24, 1863   Burlington.................................
A. A. Burr...........  First Lieut...  Oct.  12, 1863   Burlington......   Promoted Captain.
George Gisey.......  First Lieut...  Dec. 24, 1863   Burlington.....................................
Theodore O'Leary   Second Lieut  Oct.   3, 1863   Burlington.................................




412                                  ANNALS OF KANSAS.                                                    [1864.
COMPANY C, SIXTEENTH REGIMENT K. S. M.
Names.                Rank.            CDate  of               esidence.                Remarks.
Commission.
Curtis Phillips.....  Captain.......  Oct.  12, 1863    Le  Roy........................................
John A. Robinson   First Lieut...  Oct. 12, 1863    Le Roy....................................
Wm. B. Perry......   Second Lieut  Oct. 12, 1863   Le  Roy.............................................
COMPANY D.
James A. Stewart.1 Captain....... Oct.  12, 1863    Le Roy........................................
Payton Casner......       First Lieut...    Oct.  12, 1863    Le  Roy............................
Asa Whitney........  Second Lieut  Oct. 12, 1863    Le  Roy.................................
COMPANY E.
Mark McLeese.....   Captain.                Oct. 28, 1863   Ottumwa......................................
J. S. Harrell.........  First Lieut...   Oct. 28, 1863   Ottumwa.........................................
Joseph Leabo........   Second Lieut  Oct. 28, 1863    Ottumwa.........................................
COMPANY F.
Wm. W. Brazell...  Captain.......  Oct. 28, 1863   Greenwood.
Oscar Coy............  First Lieut...   Oct. 28, 1863   Pleasant Gr've........................
John Estess......... Second Lieut  Oct. 28, 1863   Pleasant Gr've................................
COMPANY G.
Joseph H. Gunby.1 Captain.......  Oct. 28, 1863    Belmont..........  Resigned.
James E. Walkins  First Lieut... i   Oct. 28, 1863    Belmont..................................
Robt. N. Daniels...  Second Lieut  Oct. 28, 1863    Belmont...........................................
COMPANY H.
B. R. Smith..........  Captain......  Dec. 12, 1863   Neosho Falls....................................
Owen Deveny..... First Lieut...   Oct. 28, 1863   Neosho Falls....................................
B. R. Smith..........   Second Lieut  Oct. 28, 1863   Neosho Falls...  Promoted Captain.
G. L. Wait.......        Second Lieut  Oct. 28, 1863   Neosho Falls...  Resigned.
Nathan Keller.....   Second Lieut  Oct. 14, 1864    Neosho Falls...I.................................
COMPANY I.
John Douglas......  Captain.......I Nov.  2, 1863   Le Roy.....
Samuel J. Carter..  First Lieut...  Nov.  2,1863    Le  Roy...........
Warren Crandal...  Second Lieuti  Nov.  2,1863     Le  Roy...........................................
COMPANY K.
Charles Puffer......I Captain.......  Nov.  2,1863    Burlington.......................................
J. Throckmorton.  First Lieut...    Nov.  2, 1863    Burlington.................................
Thomas Ormald...              | Second Lieut  Nov.  2, 1863    Burlington......
COMPANY L.
A. Williams.........  Captain.......  Dec. 11, 1863   Eureka..................................
H. J. Cantrell......   First Lieut...    Dec. 11, 1863    Eureka..................................
T. J. Jones........... Second Lieut.   Dec. 11, 1863    Eureka.......................................
COMPANY M.
John Duncan...... I  Captain.......  Dec. 11, 1863  I Shell Rock.......................................
Chas. H. Norton...  First Lieut... Dec. 11, 1863    Shell Rock...................
Wm. W.Duncan... Second Lieutl Dec. 11, 1863    Shell Rock...............................
SEVENTEENTH REGIMENT K. S. M.
E. C. Manning.....  Colonel........  Nov. 14, 1863    Marysville.....................................
H. G. Hollenburg.  Lieut. Col.....  Nov. 14, 1863   Washington..............................
John D. Wells...... Major...........   Nov. 14, 1863    Washington.....................................
J. D. Brumbaugh..I Adjutant......  Nov. 14, 1863   Marysville............................
E. Putney..........   Quarmaster   Nov. 14, 1863    Nottingham.....................................
C. J. Lee..............  Surgeon.....   Nov. 14, 1863   Marysville.......................................




1864.]                                  ANNALS OF KANSAS.                                                     413
COMPANY A, SEVENTEENTH REGIMENT K. S. M.
Names.                Rank.              Date of             Residence.                Remarks.
Commission.
William  Henry....  Captain.......   Nov. 27,1863    Marysville.......................................
Wm. McClosky.....  First Lieut....  Feb. 22, 1864   Marysville.....................................
Henry Ogle........ Second Lieut  Oct.  31, 1863   Marysville.......................................
COMPANY B.
Andrew  D. Lane..  Captain....   Nov. 14, 1863   Irving.............................................
Theodore S. Vaile.  Captain....... Aug. 13, 1864   Irving.........................................
Wm. A. McLain...  First Lieut.... Nov. 14, 1863   Irving.......................................
Thomas Baker........  Second Lieut  Nov. 14, 1863. Irving...........................................
Sidney H. Warren   Second Lieut  Aug. 13, 1864    Irving.............................................
COMPANY C.
IsaacM.Schooley.  Captain.    D                      21863    Clifton.............................................
Jas. M. Hagaman.  First Lieut...  Dec. 2, 1863    Clifton..........................................
Samuel C. ChesterI Second Lieut  Dec.  2, 1863   Clifton......................................
COMPANY D.
J. McNulty..........  Captain....... May  24, 1864   Washington.....  Removed  from   Dist.
A. S. Vaught.........  Captain.......  June 28, 1864   Washington.....................................
Henry Clark........  First Lieut...  June   9,1864   Washington.................................
Joel Snyder.........  Second Lieut  June   9, 1864   Washington.....................................
COMPANY E.
James Kelley.......  Captain....             Dec. 14, 1864   Nottingham.......
Robert Morrison.. First Lieut  I Dec. 14, 1864   Nottingham............
John D. Wilson....I Second Lieutf May  24, 1864  l Nottingham.....................................
COMPANY F.
Frank Schmidt.....  Captain.......        I May  24, 1864     Marysville.......................................
R. Y. Shubley......  First Lieut   I May  24, 1864  I Marysville.................................
H. P. Wells.......... Second Lieutj May  24, 1864   Marysville......................................
EIGHTEENTH REGIMENT, K. S. M.
P. L. Hubbard......  Colonel........  Mar.  7, 1864   Atchison.........  Resigned.
Matthew  Quigg....  Colonel........  Sept. 10, 1864   Atchison..........................................
G. M. K hl...........  Lieut. Col.....  Mar.  7, 1864   Atchison.........................................
J. M. Crowell......   Major..........  Nov. 23, 1864    Atchison......................................
A. S. Hughes........   Adjutant...... Apr. 13, 1864   Atchison.........  Resigned.
S. Heselberger......  Adjutant......  Aug. 11, 1864   Atchison..........................................
Virgil W. Parker..  Quar'master   Apr. 13, 1864   Atchison..........................................
W. W. Cochrane...  Surgeon........ Apr. 13, 1864.Atchison.........................................
COMPANY A.
E. Butcher........ Captain......   Sept.  2,1863    Atchison................................
F. W. McLaughlin   Second Lieut  Sept.  2,1863    Atchison..............................
COMPANY B.
Wm. Bowman......  Captain.......  Sept.  8, 1863   Atchison.........IResigned.
Thomas Murphy..  Captain....... July   8, 1864    Atchison..........................................
Jacob Saqui......... First Lieut...  Sept.  8, 1863   Atchison......... Resigned.
A. H. Whitcomb...  First Lieut...  July   8, 1864    Atchison.....  Resigned.
A. J. L. Philbrick.  First Lieut...  Aug. 16, 1864   Atchison..........................................
C. Neal.................  Second Lieut  June   3, 1864   Atchison..........................................
COMPANY C.
Geo. W. Taylor.....  Captain........ Sept. 11, 1863    Atchison.................
John Heartha...... First Lieut...          Sept. 11, 1863    Atchison........................................
Henry Buchanan.[ Second Lieut  Sept. 11, 1863   Atchison..........................................
COMPANY D.
Lewis Higby........Captain.......l Sept. 17, 1863  Atchison..........
S. T. Waltere........     First Lieut...  Sept. 17, 1863   Atchison..................
PT.Doland...........Second Lieut Sept. 17, 1863  Atchison.........
P.............Se d Sept. 17, 1863    Atchison..........................................




414                              ANNALS OF KANSAS.                                            [1864.
COMPANY E, EIGHTEENTH REGIMENT K. S. M.
Names.              Rank.           Date of           Residence.             Remarks.
Commission.
Robert Breedlore. Captain....... Oct. 12, 1863   Pardee..........................................
B. F. Whittaker...  Captain             Sept. 16, 1864   Pardee..........................................
D. M. Stillman..... First Lieut...  Oct. 12, 1863   Pardee........................................
S. P. Griffin......... Second Lieut Oct.  12, 1863   Pardee............................................
NINETEENTH REGIMENT K. S; M.
M. S. Grant......... Colonel......... May  13, 1864   Leavenworth..  Promoted Brig. Gen.
B. F. Akers......... Colonel........  Sept.  3, 1864   Leavenworth.. Resigned.
A. C. Hogan.......  Colonel......... Oct. 14,1864   Leavenworth...............................
J. A. Neice........... Lieut. Col.....  June  3,1864   Leavenworth..  Resigned.
A. C. Hogan.......  Lieut. Col.....  Sept. 3, 1864   Leavenworth.. Resigned.
John Wright........    Lieut. Col.....  Oct. 14, 1864   Leavenworth...................................
William Smith..... Major..........  June  3, 1864   Leavenworth..................................
John Freeland..... Adjutant...  Juine  3, 1864   Leavenworth...................................
E. M. Marsh......... Quar'master  May  13, 1864   Leavenworth..  Resigned.
J. W. Skinner......  Quarmaster  Oct. 14, 1864   Leavenworth...................................
Tiffin Sinks.......   Surgeon...... May  13, 1864   Leavenworth.................................
COMPANY A.
Benj. F. Akers...... Captain........ June  3, 1864   Leavenworth..  Promoted Colonel.
Thomas R. Clark.. Captain........ Nov.  1, 1864   Leavenworth...................................
Thomas R. Clark.. First Lieut... June  3, 1864   Leavenworth..  Promoted Captain.
Joseph Kesler...... First Lieut...  Nov.  1,1864   Leavenworth...................................
A. O. Bangs......... Second Lieut June  3, 1863   Leavenworth.. Resigned.
Patrick McGraw.. Second Lieut Nov.  1,1864   Leavenworth...................................
COMPANY B.
Joseph Goble....... Captain.......  Dec.  8, 1863   Kickapoo.........
C. F. Lublin........  First Lieut...  Dec.  8, 1863   Kickapoo.........................................
J. W. Craig....... Second Lieut Dec.  8, 1863   Kickapoo.........................................
COMPANY C.
Nels'nMcCracken  Captain....... June  3,1864   Leavenworth..  Resigned.
Jas. L. McDowell.. Captain......   Oct. 12, 1864   Leavenworth...................................
Peter Huesgen.... First Lieut... June  3, 1864   Leavenworth..  Resigned.
John W. Spratley. First Lieut... Oct. 14, 1864   Leavenworth...................................
N. W. West.........  Second Lieut  June  3, 1864   Leavenworth..  Resigned.
Chas. Schincke..... Second Lieut  Oct. 14, 1864   Leavenworth...................................
COMPANY D.
Thomas Trower... Captain.......June 3, 1864  Springdale'......
A. D. McCune...... First Lieut...  June  3, 1864   Springdale.......................................
Crayton Carney... Second Lieut June  3, 1864   Springdale.......................................
COMPANY E.
John Wright........ Captain.....D..ec.  8, 1863   Springdale......
E. D. Bowen........ First Lieut...  June  3, 1864   Springdale.......................................
David N. Gilbert..I Second Lieut Dec.  8, 1863   Springdale.......................................
COMPANY F.
John Francis....... Captain....... July   3,1864   Stranger.......................
William Franck...  First Lieut...  July   3, 1864   Stranger........  Resigned.
Lorenzo Wallace..' First Lieut...  Oct. 14, 1864   Stranger.........................................
Lorenzo Wallace.. Second Lieut July   3, 1864   Stranger......... Promoted First Lt.
David C. Morrow.. Second Lieut  Oct. 14, 1864   Stranger.........................................
COMPANY G.
A. C. Hogan........ Captain....... Dec.  8, 1863   Salt Creek....... Promoted.
Jesse Connell...... Captain....... Oct. 14, 1864   Salt Creek........................................
John Duffin........ First Lieut...  Dec.  8, 1863   Salt Creek........................................
J. Harris.......... Second Lieut  Dec.  8, 1863   Salt Creek........................................




1864.]                          ANNALS OF KANSAS.                                           415
COMPANY H, NINETEENTH REGIMENT K. S. M.
Names.             Rank.           Date of         Residence.             Remarks.
Commission.
Crawford Moore... Captain....... June  3,1864   Stranger.......................................
Sam'l F. Burdett.. First Lieut... June  3, 1864   Stranger...............................
Richard Gilstrap.. Second Lieut June  3, 1864   Stranger...........................................
COMPANY I.
F. Wellhouse.......  Captain.....  June  3, 1864   Pleasant Ridgel.............................
W. I. Johnson..... First Lieut...I June  3, 1864   Pleasant Ridge' 
R. E. Petherborge  Second Lieutj June  3, 1864   Pleasant Ridge 
COMPANY K.
A. C. Harlow........ Captain......  June  3, 1864   Delaware........
JamesL.Spears.... First Liet. June  3 1864   Delaware.....................................
Frank M. Goble... Second Lieut June  3, 1864   Delaware.................
COMPANY L.
Walter S. Kerr..... Captain....... June  3, 1864   Springdale....................................
A. W. Walker...... First Lieut... June  3, 1864   Springdale.......................................
H. G. Talcott........ Second Lieut June  3, 1864   Springdale...................................
COMPANY M.
William Orr........l Second Lieutl Oct. 14, 1864 1..........;............................................
COMPANY 0.
J. E. Bauserman.. Captain.....  Oct. 17, 1864 l Leav'worth Co. 
E. S. Dunham...... First Lieut..  Oct. 17, 1864   Leav'worthCo................................
Abner Haskins... Second Lieut Oct. 17, 1864   Leav'worth Co.................................
COMPANY N.
James McCune..... Captain.......Oct. 18, 1864............[;!!
J. L. Hamby........ First Lieut...  Oct.  18, 1864................
H. W. Harrison... Second Lieut  Oct. 18, 1864...................
TWENTIETH REGIMENT K. S. M.
John B. Hubbell..    Colonel......... June 28, 1864   Holton.....................................
James McClellan.. Lieut. Col.....   June 28,1864   Holton............................................
William Knipe.....  Major........... June 28, 1864   Circleville..................................
W. L. Burns......... Adjutant....  Ot.  3, 1864
W. L. Burns..........- Adjutant...... Oct. 13, 1864..................ii...............i..............
P. M. Hodges.......  Quar'master. Oct. 13, 1864.................................
B. F. Fuller.......... Surgeon....... Oct. 10, 1864.
COMPANY A.
J. F. M. Walters... Captain..  June 14,1864   Holton..............................
J. N. Walton........  First Lieut... June 14, 1864   Holton............
Winm. Beh tsker......   First Lieut... Sept. 19, 1864   Holton............................
Hugh McBride..... Second Lieut June 14, 1864   Holton............................................
COMPANY B.
J. S. oa g           Captain....... June  1,1864   Holton..................................
J. Taylor I.........  First Lieut...  June  1, 1864   Holton.................
Winm. L. Burns..... Second Lieut June  1, 1864   Holton...............................
COMPANY C.
S. J. Fosterst Lie..... June 29, 1864   Cirleville                        Promoted Capt. Co. F.
Homer Heathman  Second LieutI June 29, 1864   Circleville.......  Pro'ted 1st Lt. Co. F.
J. B. Coffin........... Second LieutJ June 29, 1864   Circleville.........................................




416                               ANNALS OF KANSAS.                                             [1864.
COMPANY D, TWENTIETH REGIMENT K. S. M.
Names.              Rank.            Date of           Residence.              Remarks.
Commission.
James McLellan... Captain........ july  30, 1863   Cedar Creek.. Promoted.
J. L. Finnicum....  Captain....... Aug. 9, 1864   Holton.................................
Stephen J. Elliott  First Lieut...  July  30, 1863   Cedar Creek.....
John Coleman..... Second Lieut  July  29, 1863   Cedar Creek......................................
COMPANY E.
R. J. Tolin......   Captain.......1  Feb.  4, 1864   Aurora City....................................
C. C. Branhan......  First Lieut...I Feb.  4, 1864   Aurora City.....
A. C. Cochran...... Second LieutI Feb. 4, 1864  Aurora City.....
COMPANY F.
S. J. Foster..........  Captain.......  Oct. 10, 1864   Circleville......
H. Heathman            FirstLieut...    Oct. 12,1864   Circleville.....................
B. F. Niswander.. Second Lieut Oct. 12, 1864 Circleville.................................. |
COMPANY G.
O. J. Grover......... Captain.....  Oct. 13, 1864   Vienna, Pott'ie.................................
R. S. Wooley........ First Lieut...} Oct. 13, 1864   Vienna, Pott'ie.
Moses Day...........I Second Lieut  Oct. 13, 1864   Vienna, Pott'ie 
TWENTY-FIRST REGIMENT K. S. M.
Sandy Lowe.........  Colonel.........  Sept. 23, 1864 I Willow Springs....................
F. L. Robinson..... Lieut. Col..... Sept. 23, 1864   Baldwin City...........................
A. T. Still...........  Major........... Sept. 23, 1864   Baldwin City...
George F. Smith... Adjutant             Sept.23 1864..............
E. A. Barrett........  Quar'master.  Sept. 23,'1864.........................................
Wm. D. Martin....  Surgeon.....  Sept. 23, 1864 Baldwin City.........................
COMPANY A.
C. Tefft................I Captain....... Oct. 14, 1862 1.......................................
COMPANY B.
Sylvester Creel.....l  Captain....... Sept. 16, 1863 I Wash. Creek....................................
R. N. Woodward.. First Lieut...  Sept. 16, 1863   Wash. Creek....................................
D. C. Holbert........I Second Lieut  Sept. 16, 1863   Wash. Creek..................................
COMPANY C.
J. H. Lafland.......I Captain.......] Dec. 12, 1863 I Blue Mound......................................
H. R. Saunders..    First Lieut...   Oct. 16, 1863 
Daniel Street........ Second Lieut  Oct. 16, 1863..............................................
COMPANY D.
J. W. Pingree......  Captain.....  May   7, 1864 | Baldwin City...I.................................
H. E. Badwell..... First Lieut... Oct. 10, 1864 Baldwin City...
Daniel F. Feye..... Second Lieut  Oct. 10, 1864 1 Baldwin City..:............
COMPANY E.
Henry Webber.....{ Captain......I Aug.  2, 1864   Clinton............
Sam'l W. Metsker  First Lieut...  Aug. 2,1864   Clinton...................
Wmin. M. Baldwin:.. Second Lieut) Aug.  2,1864   Clinton............................................
COMPANY G.
Barton Andrews..] Captain........  Sept. 21,1863
Silas Dexter........  First Lieut... Oct. 14, 1864...................... 
David Foster........  Second Lieutj Oct. 14, 1864..................    
COMPANY H.
W. A. David.........I Captain....... Sept. 5, 1863   Prairie City......................................
James Skaggs......i First ILeut... Sept. 5, 1863   Prairie City...................
Elisha Brown...... |Seconds Lieut] Sept. 5, 1863   Prairie City......




1864.]                             ANNALS OF KANSAS.                                                 417
COMPANY K, TWENTY-FIRST REGIMENT K. S. M.
Names.              Rank.             Date of           Residence.               Remarks.
Commission.
G. F. Sprague.... Captain....... June 29, 1864   Prairie City.................................
James Ashley......  First Lieut...  June 29, 1864   Prairie City.................................
Joseph Meadow... Second Lieut  June 29, 1864   Prairie City.................................
COMPANY L.
Jackson Bell........Captain....... Dec. 31, 1863   Black Jack......................................
John McKilip...... First Lieut.. I Dec. 31, 1863   Black Jack......
M. Thompson...... Second Lieutl Dec. 31, 1863   Black Jack......J.................................
COMPANY M.
Julius Fisher....... I Captain....... Sept. 16, 1863   Eudora.............................................
Christian Stroble.  First Lieut.-.  Sept. 16, 1863   Eudora................................
Freder'k Galfkon I Second Lieutj Sept. 16, 1863   Eudora...................................
TWENTY-SECOND REGIMENT K. S. M.
James P. Taylor.. Colonel........ Sept.  7, 1864   Seneca............
Lewis Sheely...... Lieut. Col..... Sept.  7,1864   Nemaha Co.................................
Isaac E. Coleman.. Major.......    Sept. 7,1864   Nemaha Co.......................................
William  F. Wells..  Major........... Sept.  7, 1864   Nemaha Co.................................
J. S. Hidden........   Adjutant......  Sept.  7, 1864   Nemaha Co.......................................
Bolivar Scofield... Surgeon......  Sept.  7, 1864   Nemaha Co.......................................
COMPANY A.
Lew. J. McGowanl  Captain.......  Sept. 25, 1863   Seneca............................................
Asa Titus............. First Lieut...  Sept 22, 1863   Seneca...........................................
William  Forbion.......... Second Lieut  Sept. 25, 1863   Seneca.............................................
COMPANY B.
Robert Little.......  Captain.......J Sept. 19, 1863 I Muddy Creek...]................................
Jacob Shoemaker.  First Lieut..   Sept. 19, 1863   Brown County.................................
Josiah Travis...... Second Lieutl Sept. 19, 1863   Brown County..............................
COMPANY C.
J. H. Higgins......  Captain....... June 22, 1864   Red Vermil'n..................................
Ephr'm  Blankley.I First Lieut    June 22, 1864   Red Vermil'n.................................
M. N. Shepherd... I Second Lieut.I June 22, 1864   Red Vermil'n.................................
COMPANY D.
Wm. C. Vasser..... Captain.......  June  9, 1864   Albany............................................
Nicholas Vasser...  First Lieut...    June  9,1864   Albany..................................
Rob'tWilliamson.  Second Lieutj June  9, 1864   Albany..........................
COMPANY E.
Morton Cave........Captain....... Jan. 22, 1864   Nemaha Tp.....................................
William  Weaks         First Lieut    Jan. 22,1864   Nemaha Tp..............................
George Frederick.  Second Lieutl Jan. 22, 1864   Nemaha Tp.....................................
COMPANY F.
T. S. Wright.........I Captain....... Aug. 25, 1864 l Grenada..........................................
John Stanley            First Lieut..  Aug. 25, 1864   Grenada.................................
Daniel Woodman..   Second Lieutl Aug. 25, 1864   Grenada.........................
COMPANY G.
J. N. Cline....  Captain.                Sept. 27, 1863   Lincoln.............................
N. Hocker....:....  First Lieut...   June 22, 1863               Lincoln.................................
J. G. Jones........... Second Lieut  June 22, 1863   Lincoln..........................
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418                               ANNALS OF KANSAS.                                                [1864.
COMPANY H, TWENTY-SECOND REGIMENT K. S. M.
Names.               Rank.        DCoassie of            Residence.              Remarks.
Commission.
Aaron Magill...... Captain....  Sept. 21, 1864   Sabetha......................................
Michael McGenty  First Lieut...  Dec.  7, 1863   Sabetha.................................
Coga Fox............. Second Lieut  Dec.  7, 1863   Sabetha............................................
COMPANY I.
N. W. Dressy....... Captain....... IOct.   1, 1864   Centralia........
H. Smith........    First Lieut.   Oct!  1, 1864   Centralia........
L. Lochmuller...... Second Lieutl Oct.   1, 1864   Centralia........
TWENTY-THIRD REGIMENT K. S. M.
William Weer...... Colonel......... Oct.  15, 1864   Wyandotte.......................................
Joseph Gilliford...  Lieut. Col..... Oct.  15, 1864   Wyandotte.......................................
Isaiah Walker.....  Quar'master   Oct.' 15, 1864   Wyandotte.................................
George B. Wood... Surgeon....... Oct. 15, 1864   Wyandotte................................
COMPANY A.
J. G. McKibban...  Captain..... Oct. 28,1863   Quindaro........
Theodore Bartles.. Captain....... July  18, 1863   Quindaro........
Isaac Lemons...... First Lieut...  Oct. 28, 1863   Quindaro.....................................
Joseph Turk........ Second Lieut  Oct. 28,1863   Quindaro......................................
COMPANY B.
Jas.M.Chinault...  Captain.......Nov.  9,1863   Muncytown.....................................
Patrick Reedy.....  First Lieut...   Nov.  9, 1863   Muncytown.................................
Michael Collins...  Second Lieut  Nov.  9,1863   Muncytown..    Resigned.
John E. Johnson.. Second Lieut  Aug. 16, 1864   Muncytown..............................
COMPANY C.
Matthew Clarry...  Captain....... June 23, 1864    Wyandotte............................
Isaac N. White.....  First Lieut.   June 23, 1864   Wyandotte..........................
Robert Halford....  Second Lieut    June 23, 1864 I Wyandotte.......................
COMPANY D.
Philip Hascher....l  Captain... June 23, 1864   Wyandotte................................
Hermann Stach...First Lieut   June 23, 1864   Wyandotte..................
J. Muenzewmier..I Second Lieutl June 23, 1864 | Wyandotte..........................
COMPANY E.
Joseph Gilliford...  Captain....... July  21, 1864   Wyandotte.....  Promoted.
Philip Knoblock.. Captain....... Oct. 10, 1864   Wyandotte....................................
Rynear Morgan...  First Lieut...  July  21, 1864   Wyandotte......................................
Martin Stewart....  Second Lieut  July  21, 1864   Wyandotte......................................
COMPANY F.
Thos. A. Gruiter..l Captain.. Aug. 13,1864   Muncytown................................
L. B. Pratt........  First Lieut...I Ag   13  1864
L. B. Pratt...   First  Lieut... Aug. 13, 1864    Muncytown.....................................
Jacob Maigly.......  Second Lieutl Aug. 13, 1864   Muncytown.....................................
COMPANY G.
Hiram  Wood........ I Captain......  Oct.  14, 1864   Wyandotte.................................
N.A. Reicheneck'rI First Lieut...    Oct.  14,1864   Wyandotte...............................
Jas. Brown......... Second Lieut  Oct.  14, 1864   Wyandotte.................................
COMPANY H.
Chas. S. Glick...... Captain........  Oct.  14, 1864   Wyandotte.................................
Wm. J. Huffaker.. First Lieit..   Oct.  19, 1864   Wyandotte................................
Francis House.....   Second Li eut  Oct.  19, 1864   Wyandotte......................................
COMPANY I.
S. S. Sharp...........I Captain.......I Oct.  17, 1864                   *......................
Wm. J. Fulton.....  First Lieut...I Oct. 17, 1864 
T. W. Packs..1....... Second Lieutl Oct.  17, 1864  1......i...........11.......I 




1864.]                           ANNALS OF KANSAS.                                            419
TWENTY- FOURTH REGIMENT K. S. M.
Names.             Rank.            Date of          Residence.             Remarks.
Commission.
Isaac Staddin......  Colonel......... Oct. 22, 1864   Fort Scott.......................................
John Van Fossen..  Lieut. Col.....  Oct. 22, 1864   Bourbon Co......................................
Joseph Ury.......... Major........... Oct. 22, 1864   Bourbon Co......................................
A. Danford...... Adjutant..... Oct. 22, 1864   Fort Scott............................
J. T. Bridgens...... Quar'master  Oct. 22, 1864   Bourbon Co......................................
COMPANY A.
John T. White..... First Lieut...  Oct. 22, 1864 I  Fort Scott...
C. B. Hayward..... Second Lieutl Oct. 22, 1864   Fort Scott.................................
COMPANY B.
W. C. Dennison... First Lieut................. Oct. 22,1864   Bourbon Co................
R. D. Lender........  Second Lieutl Oct. 22, 1864   Bourbon Co.....
COMPANY C.
James B. Skeen... Captain....... Oct. 22,1864   Bourbon Co...................................
Thomas Barnes... First Lieut...   Oct. 22, 1864   Bourbon Co.................................
C. B. Maurice....... Second Lieutl Oct: 22, 1864   Bourbon Co.................................
COMPANY D.
J. C. Hinkley...... Captain...... Oct. 22,1864 1 Bourbon Co..
Robert Stalker..... First Lieut...  Oct. 22, 1864 ] Bourbon Co
COMPANY E.
HenryT. Coffman  Captain......Oct. 22,1864   Bourbon Co....................................
Robert Adams...... First Lieut...   Oct. 22, 1864   Bourbon Co.....
Wm. P. Gray....... Second Lieut Oct. 22, 1864   Bourbon Co.....
COMPANY F.
J. C. Ury........     Captain...... Oct. 22, 1864   Bourbon Co.....................................
J. B. Cabiniss...... First Lieut...   Oct. 22, 1864   Bourbon Co.................................
S. Streeter...........  Second Lieut Oct. 22, 1864   Bourbon Co......................................
SANTA FE BATTALION, K. S. M.
M, M. Murdock.... I Colonel....:    May 26,1864    Burlingame...............................
W. F. Aderholt.... I Major......    May 26, 1864   Wilmington..................................
COMPANY A.
John Hodgson..... Captain....... May 14,1864   Wilmington....
E. H. Sanford...... First Lieut...  May 14, 1864   Wilmington.............
Levi Smith......... First Lieut...  May 30, 1864   Wilmington....................................
W. F. Aderholt... Second Lieut May 14, 1864   Wilmington..................................
R. J. Murs........... Second Lieut May 30, 1864   Wilmington....................................
COMPANY B.
J. B. Stewart........ Captain....... May  16, 1864   Burlingame....................................
Edward Timms   First Leut.  June 4 1863  Burlingame.........
Geo. W. Perrill.....  Second Lieut  June  4, 1863   Burlingae.................................
BOURBON COUNTY BATITALION, K. S. M.
Geo. P. Eaves....... Lieut. Col.....,  June 13, 1864 1 Marmaton.....................................
COMPANY A.
DavidD.Roberts. Captain....... Oct. 12,1863   FortLincoln..................................
Isaac Burton.......  First Lieut.    Oct. 12,1863   Fort Lincoln
C.W. Campbell..... Second Lieut   Oct. 12, 1868   Fort Lincoln............................
COMPANY B.
Dyer Smith.......   Captain....       Oct. 28,1863   Marmaton.....
D. R. Radden.... First Lieut...  Oct. 28, 1863   Marmaton................................
B. R. Wood....... Second Lieut Oct. 28, 1863 JMarmaton......I................................!~~~~~CMAYA




420                               ANNALS OF KANSAS.                                                [1865.
COMPANY C, BOURBON COUNTY BATTALION, K. S. M.
Names.               Rank.             Date of           Residence.              Remarks.
Commission.
John J. Stewart...  Captain....... Oct. 28,1863   Mill Creek.......................................
John Blair........... First Lieut...  Oct. 28, 1863   Mill Creek..................................
Elias M. Marshall Second Lieut  Oct. 28, 1863   Mill Creek......                     t.................................
COMPANY D.
S. B. Mahurn...........Captain.    Nov. 4,1863  Fort Scott.......
John Hamilton... First Lieut...  Nov. 4, 1863  Fort Scott.......
John C. Audrick... Second Lieut  Nov.  4, 1863   Fort Scott.......
COMPANY E.
Benj. F. Gumm...  Captain........ Dec. 11, 1863   Marion Prec't...................................
Benj. F. Gumm... Captain.......  July 13, 1864   Turkey Creek...
Nathan Baker..... First Lieut.../ July 13, 1864' Turkey Creek...................................
William  Goff........ Second Lieut  July  13, 1864   Turkey Creek..
COMPANY F.
Isaac Morris.......  Captain.......  Dec. 15,1863   Xenia.......
Robert S. Stevens.. First Lieut... Dec. 15, 1863  Xenia....
Asbury S. Potter..I Second Lieut  Dec. 15, 1863   Xenia.......................................
COMPANY G.
W. A. Shannon....I Captain.......[ June 20, 1864   Fort Scott.......................
N. J. Roscoe........ First Lieut...    June 20, 1864   Fort Scott........ l.
David McComas...  Second Lieut  June 20, 1864   Fort Scott.........................
1865.
JANUARY 1.-John A. Martin returns to the Atchison Champion. It
had been edited by John J. Ingalls about three years.
JANUARY 9.- State officers sworn in.
JANUARY 10.-Meeting of the Legislature.
LIST OF MEMBERS AND OFFICERS OF THE SENATE.
Members and Officers.                     Post Office Address.        County.        Avocation.
James McGrew, President...............  43   Wyandotte......... Wyandotte.....  Merch't.
Bartlett, H. W. E...........................  40   Junction City......  Davis............. Merch't.
Barber, Oliver................................  48   Kanwaka............ Douglas........... Farmer.
Colton, Gustavus A........................  35   Paola.................. Miami......... Farmer.
Danford, A................................... 35   Fort Scott............  Bourbon.......... Lawyer.
Drenning, Frank H........................  28   Elwood...............  Doniphan........ Lawyer.
Eskridge, Chas. V...........................  30   Emporia............   Lyon..............  Merch't.
Foote, Henry................................. 36   Leavenworth...... Leavenworth..
Gambell, W. P................................  33   Leavenworth......  Leavenworth..  Attorney
Grover, O. J..........................       37   Neuchatel............ Nemaha......... Farmer.
Houston, D. W................................ 37   Garnett............    Anderson........  Lawyer.
Horne, Daniel HI............................. 36   Topeka............    Shawnee.........  Farmer.
Jones, J. H....................................  37   Kaw  City............  Jefferson.........  Farmer.
Legate, Jas. F................................   36   Leavenworth.......  Leavenworth..  Farmer.
Lane, J. T......................................  33   Iowa Point.......... Doniphan........  Merch't.
Manning, E. C................................  26   Marysville.......... Marshall......... Printer.
Milhoan, T. E................................  32   Olathe................ Johnson......... Farmer.
Murphy, Thomas............................  36   Atchison............  Atchison......... Hotel k'r
Potter, F. W..................................  31   Burlington..........  Coffey........... Laborer.
Quigg, Mathew................................  28   Atchison............ Atchison........  Clerk.
Spear, S..........................................  48   Hiawatha............ Brown............  Farmer.
Speer, John.................................... 47   Lawrence............ Douglas........... Printer.
Smith, A. H..................................    37   Blooming Grove.. Linn..............   Farmer.
Twiss, Charles P..............................  31   Iola.....................  Alen          Lawyer.
Weer, William............................. 40   Wyandotte......... Wyandotte....... Lawyer.
A. Smith Devenney, Secretary........ 30   Olathe................  Johnson.......... Lawyer.
W. S. Newberry, Assistant Secretary  30   Iola.....................  Allen............. Lawyer.
M. M. Murdock, Docket Clerk......... 29   Burlingame.........  Osage..........               Editor.
Ira H. Smith, Journal Clerk.......... 49   Topeka................  Shawnee......... LandAgt
L. M. Benedict, Engrossing Clerk....  34   Vienna............... Pottawatomie.. Farmer.
W. B. Bowman, Enrolling Clerk...... 35   Wyandotte.......... Wyandotte.....  Lawyer.
T. Mills, Sergeant-at-Arms............. 51   Topeka................ Shawnee......... Mason.
Wm. Thompson, Doorkeeper........... 32   Topeka................ Shawnee.........  Farmer.
Win. Young, Assistant Doorkeeper.. 23   Topeka................ Shawnee......... Mason.
Clarence Walrod, Page....................  12   Paola.................. Miami............  Student.
Charles Horne, Page.......................   11   Topeka................ Shawnee......... Student.




1865.]                                    ANNALS OF KANSAS.                                                         421
MEMBERS AND OFFICERS OF HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
Members..              Post Office Address.                 County.             Avocation.
Jacob Stotler, Speaker............30    Emporia................  Lyon.................  Printer.
Abraham, R. H.:................  37    Emporia................  Lyon.................  Farmer.
Atwood, Samuel F..................  34    Leavenworth.........Leavenworth.....  Convey'cer
Benton, Milton  R................  49    Atchison.................  Atchison.........                  Farmer.
Broadhead, J. F................  Linn..................    Lawyer.
Browne, 0. H........................  45    Ridgeway...............  Osage................  Farmer.
Callen, A. W..........................   32    Junction  City.........  Davis..........  Lawyer.
Campbell, D. G.............................  Johnson............  Farmer.
Campbell, D. L....................  40    Mapleton................  Bourbon............  Merchant.
Cavender, Henderson............   31    Garnett..................  Anderson..........  Merchant.
Christy, J. A.......................... 2         ol........................  Allen..................  Farmer.
Church, R..............................   55    Westmoreland........  Pottawatomie.....   Farmer.
Cleavenger, L. D....................  44    Fort Scott..............  Bourbon..........  Physician.
Coffinberry, Chas. C...............  36    Lincoln.................  Nemaha..........  Farmer.
Cook, Hugh  A........................37    Minneola................Franklin...........  Farmer.
Craig, Warner........................  28    Black  Jack.............  Douglas..............   Farmer.
Darby, Rufus........................  49    Washington........... Washington......  Farmer.
Detrick, D..............................  49    Highland.............  Doniphan...........  Farmer.
Dille, C. L..............................   48    LaJohnson............    Farmer.
Draper, William..................... 33    Clinton...................  Douglas.............  Farmer.
Dutton, M. R.......................   34    Oskaloosa.........  Jefferson............  Farmer.
Fairchild, G. H....................   31    Atchison.................   Atchison............  Banker.
Finn, Daniel C...............             28........  Syracuse......... Wilson...............  Lawyer.
Foster, Robert Cole................  30   Leavenworth.........  Leavenworth.....  Laborer.
Fletcher, James.....................   35    Tecumseh...............  Shawnee............  Farmer.
Glick, Charles S.....................  32    Wyandotte City......  Wyandotte.........  Lawyer.
Glick, G. W..........................  38    Atchison..............  Atchison.........  Attorney.
Goss, William......................    34    Blooming Grove......  Linn..........   Farmer.
Griswold, Nelson...............  44    Turkey Creek.........   Bourbon.........                       Farmer.
Hanway, James.....................  56    Lane.......................   Franklin...........  Farmer.
Harvey, James M.................  31    Fort Riley..                           Riley...............  Farmer.
Hendrick, A. B......................  35    Rising Sun...........  Jefferson.........    Farmer.
Hodgson, J............................59    Paris.....................    inn..................  Farmer.
Houts, W. L...........................    33    Paola...............  Merchant.
Hughes, N. B..   31    Salina....................  Saline...............  Physician.
Jordan, Michael...............    45    Leavenworth.........  Leavenworth.....  Hotelk'per
Karr, William........................    51    New  Lancaster.......  Miami................  Farmer.
Kennedy, J. R.......................  41    Lawrence..............  Douglas..............  Farmer.
Kennedy, Lawrence..............           47    Pleasant Ridge.......  Leavenworth.....  Farmer.
Kohler, C.............................   30    Junction...............  Dickinson.........  Smith.
Leland, Cyrus, jr...................    23    Troy.......................  Doniphan...........  Soldier.
Leonard, M. R.......................   37    Bazaar....................  Chase.................  Physician.
Loomis, A. J.........................    39    Twin Springs..........  Linn..................   Farmer.
Low, A...................................  53    Doniphan...............  Doniphan...........  Farmer.
Macdonald, S. D.....................  39    Topeka...................    Shawnee............  Printer.
Martindale, Wm.....................  29    Madison..................  Greenwood........  Farmer.
McClellan, J..................             44    Holton....................  Jackson.............  Farmer.
Mead, James R......................  28    Towanda...............  Butler...............  Merchant.
Moody, Joel..........................   31    Belmont.................  Woodson............  Lawyer.
Morrow, William...................  37    Lecompton............  Douglas..............  Merchant.
O'Brien, T. M.......................  34    Leavenworth.........Leavenworth.....   Mil. Att'y.
O'Gwartney, Thos..................  42    Easton....................   Leavenworth.....   Farmer.
Page, F. R..............................   34    Neosho Rapids........  Lyon.................  Farmer.
Payne, D. L...........................   28    Columbus...............   Doniphan........... Farmer.
Perry, William  B..................  24    LeRoy....................  Coffey...............  Merchant.
Rawlings, N. P................             39    Robinson................  Brown.............  Farmer.
Riddle, Robert.......................  36    Grasshopper Falls...  Jefferson............  Farmer.
Rice, H................................   39    Osawatomie............  Miami................  Farmer.
Rogers, H. D..........................  33    Humboldt...............  Neosho..............  Laborer.
Russell, Ed...............                 32    Elwood...................  Doniphan...........  Farmer.
Sammons, I. D.......................  30    Albany.............N......    emaha............  Stock rais'r
Salisbury, J. P.......................  40    Leavenworth.........  Leavenworth.....   Farmer.
Scudder, E. S..................           47    Willow  Springs.......  Douglas.............. Farmer.
Shepherd, H. D.....................   26    Wilmington...........  Wabaunsee.........  Merchant.
Smith, Henry........................   34    Leavenworth.........  Leavenworth.....   Merchant.
Snyder, S. J. H.....................   52    Monrovia...............  Atchison.............  Farmer.
Stafford, E.............................   36    Springdale..............  Leavenworth.....   Physician.
Spencer, J.............................   34    Council Grove.........  Morris.............  Farmer.
Stewart, Watson.................   38    Humboldt............  Allen..................  Farmer.
Storch, George.......................  30    Kennekuk.............  Atchison............  Merchant.
Stratton, C. H........................36    DeSoto...................  Johnson.............  Farmer.
Strong, N. Z...........................   37    Fort Scott...............   Bourbon............  Lawyer.
Sutherland, D. H................          46    New  Eureka............  Brown............. Farmer.




422                          ANNALS OF KANSAS.                                      [1865.
MEMBERS AND OFFICERS OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES - CONCL'D.
3fembers and Officers.'   P. O. Address.       County.      Avocation.
Swift, Frank B...................................... 30   Lawrence.....  Douglas........ Printer.'
Throckmorton, Job.............................. 30  Burlington...... Coffey..........  Farmer.
Wells, John D......................................  34  Barrett........... Marshall...... Farmer.
West, AG...........................................   43  Ozark.............. Anderson.... Farmer.
D. B. Emmert, Chief Clerk.................... 28  Fort Scott....... Bourbon....... Publisher.
Freeman Bell, Assistant Clerk.............. 31  Topeka........... Shawnee...... Farmer.
C. S. Lambdin, Journal Clerk................ 56  Plymouth........  Lyon...........  Farmer.
John MacReynolds, Docket Clerk......... 32  Paola.............. Miami......    Printer.
D. F. Drinkwater, Engrossing Clerk...... 27  Cedar Point..... Chase...... Farmer.
John T. Cox, Enrolling Clerk................ 44  Ottumwa........ Coffey.........  Lawyer.
J. E. Follansbee, Ass't Journal Clerk..... 25  Topeka............ Shawnee...... Teacher.
J. D. Farren, Sergeant-at-Arms.............  54  Lawrence....... Douglas....... Teacher.'Thos. Archer, Ass't Sergeant-at-Arms.... 31  Topeka........    Shawnee...... Merchant.
M. B. Crawford, Doorkeeper.................. 28  Topeka......... Shawnee...... Carpent'r.
C. T. K. Prentice, Assistant Doorkeeper 17  McKinney's.... Douglas......... Farmer.
William Miller, Page............................. 18  Ridgeway........ Osage.......... Farmer.
Albert L. Bartlett, Page........................ 12  Neosho Rapids Lyon.....    Farmer.
Wm. R. Griffith, Page........................... 16  Topeka............ Shawnee...... Farmer.
JANUARY 11. —Free Missouri sends greeting to the Kansas Legislature.
-Message from Gov. Crawford.
JANUARY 12.-James H. Lane elected U. S. Senator, for the term  beginning March 4, 1865.  Lane received  82 votes, Wm. A. Phillips 7, Wm. C.
McDowell 4, C. B. Brace 2, W. Y. Roberts 2, B. M. Hughes 1.  The election
is followed by a banquet.
JANUARY 12.-Meeting of the State Agricultural Society, at Topeka.
Officers:'President, L. D. Bailey, of Douglas county; Secretary, John  S.
Brown, of Douglas; Treasurer, Wm. Spriggs, of Anderson. Executive Committee: R. G. Elliott, of Jefferson; H. B. Keller, of Leavenworth; S. Hubbard, of Wyandotte; A. W. J. Brown, of Allen; James B. Maynard, of
Doniphan; C. B. Lines, of Wabaunsee; J. W. Sponable, of Johnson; S. M.
Strickler, of Davis; P. B. Maxson, of Lyon; S. S. Tipton, of Anderson.
No Fair was held this year.
JANUARY 16.-Joel Moody admitted to the seat in the House, of Jonathan
Foster, from the Sixty-third District, Woodson county.
JANUARY  17. —C. K. Holliday, Adjutant General, makes the following
statement in regard to Kansas troops, to Gov. Crawford:
No. of Regiment.                         it 3.
First Regiment.......... Infantry... 3 years  May,  1861        986   206    1,192      116
Second Regiment....... Infantry... 3 mths   May,  1861          650.........    650.........
Second Regiment....... Cavalry.... 3 years  Fall,  1861    870   403   1, 273           56
Fifth Regiment......... Cavalry.... 3 years   Fall,  1861      900   420   1, 320       29
Sixth Regiment......... Cavalry.-... 3 years   Fall,   1861     851   654    1,505'    79
Seventh Regiment...... Cavalry.... 3 years  Oct.,   1861       902   356   1, 258    455
Eighth Regiment....... Infantry... 3 years  Oct.,  1861         719   243       962    218
Ninth Regiment.........  Cavalry.... 3 years  Spring, 1862       817   710   1,527        31
Tenth Regiment........ Infantry... 3 years  Aug.,  1861    777   250   1,027            182
Eleventh Regiment.. Cavalry.... 3 years  Sept.,  1862    916   498   1,414.
Twelfth Regiment...... Infantry... 3 years  Sept.,  1862    910   103   1,013.'Thirteenth Regiment. Infantry... 3 years  Sept.,  1862    890    93             983.
Fourteenth Regiment.  Cavalry..... 3 years  Dec.,  1863  1,070          53   1,125.........
Fifteenth Regiment... Cavalry.... 3 years  Oct.,  1863  1,015   208   1,223
Sixteenth Regiment... Cavalry.... 3 years  Oct.,  1864  1,000    42   1,042.
Seventeenth Reg't......Infantry... 100 dys  July,  1864    455.........    455.
First Regiment (Col'd) Infantry... 3 years  Jan.,  1863          869   223   1,092.
Second Reg't (Col'd)... Infantry... 3 years  Nov.,  1863    901    36            937.




1865.]                    ANNALS OF KANSAS.                                423
COL. HOLLIDAY'S REPORT —Concluded.
No. of Regiment.                                    Z a                   - 
~.          Z: tQ Q                        Zs
First Battery............ Artillery.. 3 years   —, 1861   150    23    173    43
Second Battery.......... Artillery.. 3 years.Aug.,  1862    140    12    152.........
Third Battery............ Artillery.. 3 years  March, 1863    126    20    146.........
Inde'dent Bat. (Col'd).. Artillery.. 3 years....  54......           54 
Cr. by enl'nts in other
States..........................................................................  74.
Total.................................................... 20, 597   1, 209
Add  Veterans.............   1, 209.........
Grand  aggregate.............................................I.........  21, 806
"The foregoing exhibit sho~ws the number of the several regiments of Kansas volunteers in the service of the United States since the commencement of the war; the arm
of service with which they were connected' term of service; date of organization;
original strength of regiments; number of recruits added since organization; aggregates of regiments, and veterans re-enlisted: making in all a grand aggregate of 21,806
men.
"Of the foregoing aggregate of 21,806 men, the Second Infantry was in the service
for a period of only three months, and the Seventeenth Infantry for one hundred days.
The Second numbered 650 men; the Seventeenth 455 men; making a total of 1,105 men.
These reduced to three-years men-the standard of measurement adopted by the Department of War —would lessen the foregoing aggregate 1,009 men, and render it equal
to 20,797 three-years men.
"The foregoing exhibit embraces all the white and colored troops enlisted in the
volunteer service of which this office has any official information.
"It embraces also a number of Indians who were regularly recruited in the white
regiments. These were our home Indians, such as the Delawares, Shawnees, Pottawatomies, etc.; many of them having been made citizens of the United States by act of
Congress. It is impossible to separate these home Indians, or distinguish them from
other members of the regiments, as they are reported here the same as other volunteers.
Of this number, 2,083 are.colored.
"In addition to the foregoing, there are three regiments of Indians in the service,
officered, originally, almost exclusively by citizens from Kansas. These regiments have
never reported to this office, consequently I can make no estimate of their numbers.
"The First and Second of, the Indian Regiments, and part of the Third, were recruited
in Kansas; the credits, however, consisting chiefly of refugee Indians, from the Cherokee and Creek Nations. A part, however, were resident Indians whose lands were, and
still are, within the limits of our State, and whose homes and firesides are still here."
JANUARY 19.-Legislature adjourns to the 23d, to take a railroad excursion to Lawrence and Wyandotte.
-Report of Senate Committee to the petition of Nathan Price, that J. T.
Lane is elected Senator from the First District.
JANUARY 26.-Overland mail line from Atchison reopened, after having
been closed three weeks.
JANUARY 27.-A  cotton gin at Burlington is doing a good business.
JANUARY 30.-Report of Senate Committee that the Auditor has drawn
warrants to pay claims of officers and men in service in the State Militia,
amounting to $62,800.
JANUARY 30.-Alex. H. Stephens, R. M. T. Hunter and Judge Campbell
come within Grant's lines as Peace Commissioners.




424                     ANNALS OF KANSAS.                           [1865.
FEBRUARY 1.- Congress passes the Constitutional Amendment abolishing
Slavery.
FEBRUARY 1.-The mail service in this State, for the year ending June
30, 1864, cost $83,736; receipts, $58,644.
FEBRUARY 2.-Lincoln and Seward meet the Peace Commissioners at
Fortress Monroe.
-Gold in Richmond, 4,400 per cent. premium.
FEBRUARY 6.-A Special Committee reports in favor of relocating the
Penitentiary.
FEBRUARY 7.-Gen. Samuel R. Curtis leaves Fort Leavenworth, and is
succeeded by Gen. G. M. Dodge.
FEBRUARY 10.-Report of House Special Committee, that D. Rogers is
not entitled to a seat from Neosho county:
"In the organization of Neosho county, we find on file in the Secretary of State's
office the necessary papers to complete such organization. We find from the. evidence
before us that D. Rogers, S. E. Beach and Rufus Estes, who filed the affidavit as to the
number of inhabitants of the county of Neosho, are residents of Allen county. That
of the thirty-one persons representing themselves as resident freeholders of Neosho
county, a. large majority are residents of Allen county; and that J. L. Fletcher, who
was appointed Special Clerk, and the three persons appointed County Commissioners,
are residents of Allen county."
FEBRUARY 15.-A draft begins, for the first time in the State, and because
full credits have not been given.
— Much talk in the newspapers about cattle stolen from the Indian Territory.
FEBRUARY 17.-Sherman occupies Columbia, South Carolina.
FEBRUARY 18. —Gov. Crawford appoints the following Militia officers:
Wm. F. Cloud, Major General, K. S. M.; D. E. Ballard, Quartermaster
General, K. S. M.; John K. Rankin, Inspector General and Paymaster
General; N. T. Winans, Surgeon General.
FEBRUARY 20.-Adjournment of the Legislature. It was a very short
session. Among the laws made were the following: Authorizing counties
and cities to issue bonds to railroad companies; Providing for taking the
first census; To encourage the growth of forest trees; For a geological survey; For the incorporation and regulation of railroad companies; For the
payment of claims arising out of the Price Raid and the expeditions of
Gen. Curtis against the Indians, in July and August, 1864; For the government of the Insane Asylum; To prevent the bringing of Texas stock
into the State.
FEBRUARY 21. —The Eleventh Kansas, Col. Plumb, leaves Fort Riley for
Fort Kearney.
FEBRUARY 25.-G. C. Swallow appointed State Geologist.
- Gen. Thos. Ewing, jr., leaves the army.
MARCH 3.-Summary of a law passed by Congress, chapter 88 of U. S.
Statutes:
"Allows the Central Pacific Railroad Company, and the Western Pacific Railroad
Company, of California; the Union Pacific Railroad Company; the Union Pacific Railroad Company, Eastern Division; and all other Companies provided for in Pacific Railroad Act of July 2, 1864 (see Statutes 1864, ch. 210), to issue their six per centum thirty
years' bonds upon their separate roads, and to issue their bonds respectively to the
extent of 100 miles in advance of a continuous completed line of construction. The




1865.]                   ANNALS OF KANSAS.                              425
assignment made by the Central Pacific Railroad Company of California, to the Western
Pacific Railroad Company of that State, of the right to construct all that portion of the
railroad and telegraph from San Jose to Sacramento, is ratified. The first twenty miles
of the road must be completed one year from July 1, 1865, and the entire road within
four years thereafter."
MARCH 4.-Reinauguration of Lincoln. Conclusion of his Address:
"Neither party expected for the war the magnitude or the duration which it has
already attained. Neither anticipated that the cause of the- conflict might cease with,
or even before the conflict itself should cease. Each looked for an easier triumph, and
a result less fundamental and astounding.
"Both read the same Bible, and pray to the same God; and each invokes his aid
against the other. It may seem strange that any men should dare to ask a just God's
assistance in wringing their bread from the sweat of other men's faces; but let us judge
not, that we be not judged. The prayers of both could not be answered. That of neither
has been answered fully. The Almighty has his own purposes.'Woe unto the world
because of offences, for it must needs be that offences come; but woe to that man by
whom the offence cometh.' If we shall suppose that American Slavery is one of these
offences, which, in the providence of God, must needs come, but which, having continued through his appointed time, he now wills to remove, and that he gives to both
North and South this terrible war as the woe due to those by whom the offence came,
shall we discern therein any departure from those divine attributes which the believers
in a living God always ascribe to him? Fondly do we hope, fervently do we pray, that
this mighty scourge of war may soon pass away. Yet, if God wills that it continue
until all the wealth piled by the bondman's two hundred and fifty years of unrequited
toil shall be sunk, and until every drop of blood drawn with the lash shall be paid with
another drawn by the sword; as was said three thousand years ago, so still it must be
said,'The judgments of the Lord are true and righteous altogether.'
" With malice towards none, with charity to all, with firmness in the right as God
gives us to see the right, let us strive on to finish the work we are in; to bind up the
Nation's wounds; to care for him who shall have borne the battle, and for his widow
and his orphans; to do all which may achieve and cherish a just and a lasting peace
among ourselves and with all nations."
MARCH 10.-Major Thos. J. Anderson appointed Adjutant General.
MARCH 15.-The draft in Kansas suspended.
-Hiram S. Sleeper appointed Surveyor General of Kansas and Nebraska.
Henry C. Fields Chief Clerk.
MARCH 17. -Death of L. A. Maclean, staff officer of Gen. Sterling Price;
formerly chief clerk of John Calhoun, at Lecompton.
MARCH 18.- Geo. A. Crawford orders machinery for a Woollen Factory,
at Fort Scott.
-All the Kansas regiments at Fort Smith, Ark., five in number, leave
there.
APRIL. —Geo. W. Martin revives the Union, and calls it the Junction
City Union.
APRIL 1. —Battle of Five Forks; great victory of Sheridan.-Grant
closing around Petersburg.
APRIL 2.-Advance on Petersburg. Petersburg and Richmond evacuated,
Departure of Jeff. Davis.
APRIL 3.-Weitzel occupies Richmond.
APRIL 4.-Lincoln in Richmond.
APRIL 8. —Great Jubilee in Leavenworth over the Union victories and
the end of the war. There were similar celebrations all over the State.
APRIL 9.-Surrender of Lee at Appomattox Court House.
APRIL 10.-Hiram  T. Beman appointed Assistant Adjutant General.




426                    ANNALS OF KANSAS.                         [1865.
APRIL 14.-Assassination of President Lincoln, by John Wilkes Booth,
at Ford's Theatre, at 10 o'clock P. M. Murderous attack upon Secretary
Seward, by Payne.
APRIL 15.-President Lincoln dies, at 22 minutes past 7 o'clock A. M.
-Andrew Johnson takes the oath of office as President.
APRIL 15. — Gov. Crawford appoints April 23d as a day of fasting and
prayer, on account of the assassination of President Lincoln.
APRIL 18.-Terms of surrender by Johnston to Sherman.
APRIL 22. —Elijah Sells appointed Superintendent of Indian Affairs, vice
William G. Coffin, resigned.
MAY 4. —Burial of Abraham Lincoln in Oak Ridge Cemetery, Springfield, Illinois.
MAY 5.-E. C. K. Garvey and C. K. Holliday buy the Topeka Tribune
of Andrew Stark.
-Gen. R. B. Mitchell appointed to command the District of Kansas.
MAY 10.- Capture of Jeff. Davis, at Irwinville, Georgia.
-A census taken in this month gives the State a population of 135,807.
MAY 13.-Artemus Ward thanks the Leavenworth Typographical Union
for electing him an honorary member. Among other things, he says: "It
is the first time I was ever elected to anything. I once ran for County
Clerk in this State, (Ohio,) but an ignorant and ruffianly people defeated
me by some three thousand five hundred scattering votes. The civil war
soon followed. Events since that there time are matters of history. I need
not speak of them."
JUNE 1. —James Christian and Milton W. Reynolds buy the Lawrence
State Journal.
JUNE 2.-Kirby Smith and Magruder formally surrender their forces at
Galveston.
JUNE 26.-Work begun on the Leavenworth and Lawrence Railroad.
-The Home Journal started in Ottawa, by I. S. Kailoch and Charles T.
Evans. Ottawa is one year old.
JULY 1. —"The Army of the Border" published by Church & Goodman,
Chicago. It is a book of 351 pages, written by Richard J. Hinton, and is
a history of the Price Raid of 1864. The pursuit and defeat of Gen. Price
was the most important event in the history of the State, and it is fortunate
that this record was made. The writer spent ten years in Kansas in unselfish and heroic service, and his name is gratefully remembered.
The rebel account of this campaign is given in the book called "Shelby
and his Men; or the War in the West."  The author says:
"No prisoners were taken, and why should there be?..    Shelby was leaving
Kansas and taking terrible adieus. He was fighting the devil with fire, and smoking
him to death. Hay stacks, houses, barns, produce, crops and farming implements were
consumed before the march of his squadrons, and what the flames spared the bullet
finished. On those vast plains out west there, the jarring sabre-strokes were unheard,
and the revolvers sounded as the tapping of woodpeckers. Shelby was soothing the
wounds of Missouri by stabbing the breast of Kansas. For the victims of Lane and
Jennison he demanded life for life and. blood for blood. The interest had been compounded, but he gathered it to the uttermost farthing. Fort Scott lay before him like
a picture, mellowed by haze and distance, and the orders for its destruction had gone




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forth.... I know not what feelings this exultation over fire and pillage may
awaken in the breasts of Yankees, and I care not."-pp. /47, A48.
JULY 12.-Railroad meeting in behalf of the Leavenworth, Lawrence &
Fort Gibson road, at Ottawa. Called to order by Gen. Lane, President of
the road. The amount of bonds to be voted by each county fixed upon.
JULY 13.-Return of the Twelfth Kansas to Lawrence, where the regiment is to be mustered out.
-Gen. John Pope ordered to Fort Leavenworth.
JULY 17.-The Lawrence Journal appears as a Daily.
-Petroleum excitement in Miami and Bourbon counties.
JULY 26.- Second Annual Meeting of the State Teachers' Association, at
Atchison.
JULY 26.-Books opened at Lawrence for the St. Louis, Lawrence &
Denver Railroad.
-Damaging floods in different parts of the State.
-Escort train of Company H, Eleventh Kansas, burned at Red Buttes
by Indians, and several soldiers killed.
-Mathews's Colored Battery mustered out.
JULY 28.-A. T. & S. F. R. R. meeting in Topeka. Atchison, Jefferson,
Shawnee, Osage, Lyon and Chase counties agree to vote bonds September
12th; the same day that bonds are to be voted for the L. L. & F. G. R. R.
AUGUST 3.-Gov. Crawford writes to Secretary Harlan that the Osages
and Cherokees are holding land in Kansas to which they have no title.
AUGUST 4. —Capt. E. A. Smith's Second Kansas Battery arrives at Fort
Leavenworth, to be mustered out.
AUGUST 7.-Isaac E. Eaton reports from Denver to D. A. Butterfield that
the Smoky Hill expedition is successful, and that route the best.
— Col. Thos. Moonlight resigns.
AUGUST 16.-The steamboat E. Hensley, Capt. Burke, built at Leavenworth, makes a trip to Lawrence.
AUGUST 21.-Kansas U. S. Provost Marshal offices abolished.
AUGUST 28. —Election, at Olathe, of Directors of the Kansas and Neosho
Valley R. R. Co. Col. Kersey Coates elected President.
-Col. S. W. Eldridge is building, for the third time, She Eldridge House,
at Lawrence.
AUGUST 31.-J. M. Edmunds, Commissioner of the General Land Office,
replies to Gov. Crawford that his views in regard to the boundaries of the
Osage and Cherokee lands are erroneous. Some time later, G. J. Endicott
made a new survey; his conclusion was that the authorities at Washington
were wrong. The correspondence is given in the Message of Gov. Crawford, January 10, 1866. One point of the dispute was the location of
"White Hair's Village."
SEPTEMBER 10.-All Kansas troops ordered to be mustered out as soon
as they can reach home.
SEPTEMBER 29.-Treaty with the Great and Little Osage Indians. The
Osages sell to the United States the lands bounded as follows:
"Beginning at the southeast corner of their present reservation, and running thence
north with the eastern boundary thereof fifty miles to the northeast corner; thence




428.                            ANNALS OF KAINSAS.                                         [1865.
west with the northern line thirty miles; thence south fifty miles, to the southern
boundary of said reservation; and thence east with said southern boundary to the place
of beginning."
The United States agree to pay $300,000 for the land. They also cede
to the United States a tract of land twenty miles in width from north to
south, off the north side of the remainder of their present reservation, and
extending its entire length from east to west.
OCTOBER 14.-Treaty with the Cheyennes and Arapahoes.
OCTOBER 15.- George T. Isbell becomes the publisher of the Grasshopper
Falls Jeffersonian.
OCTOBER 17.-The claims before the Price Raid Commission amount to
nearly $2,000,000.
OCTOBER 18.-Public reception of Gen. W. T. Sherman in Leavenworth.
He was received in Lawrence on the 19th.
-The pontoon bridge at Topeka completed.
-Major B. S. Henning takes up his residence at Lawrence, and superintends the Leavenworth and Lawrence Railroad.
OCTOBER 30.-President Johnson, after a long controversy, accepts the
first forty miles of the Kansas branch of the Pacific Railroad.
-Death of Lewis Tracy, Esq., in Doniphan county. He was one of the
earliest citizens of Kansas and  of the  Platte  Purchase, in  Missouri.   He
joined the Union army when more than sixty years old.
NOVEMBER 2.-Annual election.
SENATORS TO FILL VACANCIES.
9TH
lST DIST.       2D  DIST.             11TH  DIST.    14T4H  DIST.    15TH DIST.
DIST.11HIT.!TDI.
Counties..
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a    a ~a
a                              a
Doniphan..  680    538..............................................................................
Atchison......................  730    519...........................................................
Douglas......................................  1,575................................................
Miami............................................     72    21......................................
Bourbon.......................................................459    415    1.........
Butler......."22" 25
Chase............................................    78    65
Morris...............105    75
Marion........................................25..............................................................................................250   165
MEMBERS OF THE HOUSE.
Counties.                        Names.                   (lb.'
IDoniphan.................... Charles E. Fox.........................  180
John H. Utt.............................   139  41    319
2.................................... Robert H. Montgomery............  121
William J. Orem.....................   64    57    185
3............................... Lyman   ash...........................  119
W. H. Smallwood.....................   98      21    217
4...............................  W. Harrington........................  141
Robert Myres..........................  125   16    266




1865.]                                     ANNALS OF KANSAS.                                                                 429
MEMBERS OF THE HOUSE —CONTINUED.
Coubnties.                                  Names..
5    Doniphan (continued)..  E. M. Stratton........................                            64
F. E. Micks...........................              50
F. E.SMix.................................           42
E. A. Beauchary.......................               8                 164    1,151
6    Atchison.................... G. W. Glick..............................    185
E. K. Blair...............................    165             20       350
7.................  William  Jackson...................    217
Robert Manville....................               141         76       358
8................................... W. S. Cain..............    154
M. It. Benton..........................             9        85       223
9........................  Milo Carlton.............................          145
Joseph Dousbough....................                  9       136.   154
10........................  George W. Stabler....                                 55         19
Orvill Lee.................................         36
W. K. Shimp............................             29                 120    1,205
11    Brown.........................    Ira  J. Lacock.......................                  143                  143
12........................  Chase  E. Parker.......................    110               66
John  M. Meidith....................                44
P. B. Rust.................................          4
C. B. Sanders..................                      1                 159         302
13  Nemaha................... George Graham................129                                                129
14..................................  James K. Gross........................             30
Joseph  Hanners.......................              84
S. H. Andrews..........................  1                199         328
15    Marshall.....................  James Smith............................                   187         42
S. B. Todd...............................          145                 332         332
16    Washington........                   G. H. Hollenberg..................                 90         47
R. H. West.........................                 43                 133         133
17    Pottawatomie.............    H. P. Smith......................                          202         50
S. Moody..........................                 152                 354         354
18    Jackson.......................  James McLellan.................                         189         85
John  Rippetoe...................                  104
Golden  Silvers......................               78                 371         371
19    Jefferson.....................  Walter N. Allen.................                        189         40
J. M. Johnson............... 149                    338         338
20.........................  George Van Gaasbeek...............                 134
Robert Riddle....................... 94            40       228
21.........................  Jerome Kunkel.................                     119          5
A. Venard..........................                114
B. W. Whitlow.........................              40
J. N. O. P. Wood.....................               80
M. D. Baldwin.........................              85                 438    1, 004
22    Leavenworth..............  T. M. O'Brien............230                                          112
E. N. O. Clough........................            118
W. G. Mathias.........................             113                 461
23..................................  Josiah  Kellogg.........................233              233
24..........................             C. R. Jennison........                              289          5
W. F. Cloud..............................         284                  537
25........................  Auley  McAuley.......................               362                 362
26..................................   Fred. Wellhouse.....................                   84        50Will. F. Goble............34                                           118
27.                                  N  Humber..............................    81                   23
J. C. Baird.........................               58                 139
28...................................   J. Knight.................................          137         23
Walker  Kerr...........................            114                  251
29........................  Jos. P. Bauserman..................                  71        28
J. M. O r................................. 11
Milton  Sloan.......................                43                 125
30..................................... Cole Foster........................            92        49
J. D. Ross..........................                43                 135    2, 397
31    Wyandotte..................  Isaiah  Walker...................                          325       167
James D. Chestnut..............                   158
Scattering................................                             492
32  Johnson...................... John T. Burris.239    80
John  C. Collins......................    159                          389
33..................................P. A. S. Johnson...........................               57        95
N. Pursell........................              62
F. Strausser.......................                35                 254
34..........G..........    arret C. Rue...........................        122         22'Thomas A. Parker..............                    100
Young.2                                                         224   876
35    Douglas...................   John  K. Rankin.......................                     654                 654




430                                      ANNALS OF KANSAS.                                                             [1865.
MEMBERS OF THE HOUSE-CONTINUED.
Cbunties.                                  Names.                         X                               C;
36    Douglas (concluded).....  George W. Smith......................     101                           23
E. R. Falley...........................           78                 179
37.........................  Warner Craig...........................   113                        113
38........................  Levi Woodard.......................... 188                           188
39....................................   J. H. Bonebrake.......................98      52        98
A. J. Parrish...........................         46                  46
W. S. Kirby.............................         21                 165
40......................  James H. Kelley................   135                 135    1,434
41    Shawnee..................C... K. Holliday...........  -.......    334             132
W. W. H. Lawrence...............    202                              536
42........................  James Fletcher........................    155              58
John  S. Ward...........................97           252        788
43    Miami.......................   H. B. Smith...........................           150       116
Z. Baker................................  34             184
44....................................  R. W. Massey..................     189        80
John  McReynolds....................[  159                           348
45......................  Sylvester Underhill.................. 231                            231        763
46    Linn.........................          D. Harmon.......................               62        12
R. Hill.............    50                      112
47.................................  J. M. Arthur..................         101         5
Jonathan  Hodgson...................               96
Scattering................................   9.                      197
48....................................J  C.  Quinn.............................    111    52
John  S. Leave..........................          59                 170
49.................          J. M. Brice..............................          94        44
James D. Snoddy.....................              50'Scattering................................                          144         623
50    Bourbon......................  W.H. Green.............................                  79        28
T. L. Wilson.............................          51                 130
51.......................... Joseph  L. Wilson.....................   136              99
H. Goff...................................   37        173
52..................  Nelson Griswold.......................   141                 139
Scattering..........2.......            2                143
53....................................  C.W. Blair                                        264       119
W. A. Shannon........................    145                         409        855
54    Allen..................  Joseph Bond.........................              161         73
W. C. Jones                                         88
-    Christy.........................                   250
55......................F. W. Power................             66        18
John  A. Christy......................             48                114        364
56    Anderson.................   H. Cavender.............................                   99         1
-     McShane...........................           98
J. Hiver...................................       48                 245
57.........................  J. W. Stewart..........................            52        21
D. L. Duff................................         31
John  Smith..............................           13
S. L. Fullenwider.....................             20                 116        361
58    Franklin.....................  William  Pennock.....................                    78        22
Alfred Johnson....................                56
A. Johnson..............................  2             136
59...............................  Jacob G. Reese...................                    189       186
James Hanway.......................                 3                192        328
60    Osage.........................   H. D. Preston..........................    129                53
P. C. Schuyler.........................           76
S. P. Hart................................        39                 244        244
S. P. Hart.39                                   244   244
61    Coffey........................   Charles Cochrane.....................   174                     61
J. M. Rankin...........................   113                        287
62........................  A. N. Coffin..............................    123
A. Jones.................................         111        12
W. A. Ela.............................              16                150        537
63    Wilson.....................         Isaac W. Dow................     92        52
W. B. Stines.40
Scatterin                 g g...................1..........          133        133
64    Lyon...........................  Jacob Stotler............................   251                250
Scattering............................ 1.....                        252
65..................................... E.H. Sanford......................155  152
Scattering................................          3                158
66..............................       Charles Drake.........     77        38
S. L. Loy.................................        39
Scattering................................                           120        530
67    Butler.....................        D. L. McCabe...........................              37       25
L. M. Pratt.............................           12
S. W. Satchell..........................                              54         54




1865.]                          ANNALS OF KANSAS.                                       431
MEMBERS OF THE HOUSE —CONCLUDED.
Counties.                      Names.                   M 
68  Chase.......................... S. N. Wood............................   105  59
O. H. Drinkwater.....................  46        249      249
69  Morris.......................J. J.. Bradford..........................  101  23
R. B. Lockwood.....................   78         179      179
70  Wabaunsee................. DH.. Shepherd......................   77        77      77
71  Davis....................... A. AW. Callen.........................   248   238
J. P. Wiley.........................  5
L. B. Perry..............................  3
Scattering................................      258      268
72  Riley....................J. M. Harvey...........................282   281
J. H. Phelps.............................        283      283
73  Dickinson................. C. H. Kohler............... 39      3
Dan. Jones......                    36            75       75
74  Saline.............   W. A. Phillips...........................   74  1
H. L. Jones...............................73  147  147
75  Greenwood.................. William Martindale.................   84  31
W. B. Godfrey..........................    53
W. W. Brazel...........................   11      148      148
76  Woodson.................... Henry Pearman.......................   69  23
A. Thompson...........................   46      115      115
77  Neosho....................... Darius Rogers...........................   50
Scattering....................                   50       50
78  Marion....................... A. Moore.............................  288            28
NOVEMBER 15.-Telegraph completed to Topeka.
-Prof. Swallow  discovers marble at Fort Scott.
-The Eighth Kansas is at San Antonio, Texas.
— Grading in progress on the railroad between Leavenworth and Wyandotte.
NOVEMBER 16.-The Sixteenth Kansas arrives at Fort Leavenworth, from
the Plains.
NOVEMBER 20.- Col. Vliet leaves Lawrence to survey the L. L. & Ft. G.
R. R., and the Emporia branch.
NOVEMBER 23. —The first rail laid on the Atchison and Pike's Peak R. R.
-Major B. F. Simpson returns to the practice of law, in Miami county.
-The Lawrence and Pleasant Hill Railroad is surveyed.
NOVEMBER 27.-Major O. B. Gunn leaves Atchison to survey the A. T.
& S. F. R. R.
NOVEMBER 30.-Expenditures of the State for the year:
Governor's Department............ $6,325 00  Legislature and Journals........... 23,287 95
Secretary's Department............  5, 421 45  State Normal School.................  2, 000 00
Auditor's Department...............  2,960 54  Penitentiary............................  21,506 22
Treasurer's Department,...........   2,767 00  Geological Survey.....................  7,500 00
Sup't of Public Instruction.......  1, 866 85  Deaf and Dumb Asylum...........  2, 041 11
Attorney General.....................   1,031 48  Agricultural College.................  3,316 50
Adjutant General.....................  6, 042 50  Capitol grounds and building.... 42,492 15
Quartermaster General.............  1, 480 94  Military purposes.....................   2, 992 19
Paymaster General...................  1,000 00  Taking census..........................  2, 997 07
Judiciary Department............... 15,691 95  Rent of Capitol building...........  3,000 00
Printing................................... 24,979 74  Miscellaneous expenses...........  3,715 72
Military Companies..................  2, 789 23
Total for 1865..........$187,105 59
DECEMBER 9. —The Topeka Leader issued, by J. F. Cummings & Co.;
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-Western Home Journal, at Ottawa, edited by I..S. Kalloch and C. CQ.
Hutchinson.
DECEMBER 13. — Col. Winm. A. Barstow, of the Third Wisconsin, dies in
Leavenworth.
DECEMBER 14.-The Adjutant General reports that Kansas furnished the
General Government during the war 19,812 men.
-A telegraph office is established at Troy.
-Robert B. Mitchell appointed Governor of New Mexico.
DECEMBER 15.-The Report of R. A. Barker, Secretary of State, says the
census taken in May is not yet classified and arranged. It contains a list
of the bonds issued under the act of March 1, 1864, to refund taxes, amounting to $39,675; a list of the bonds issued to fund the Territorial debt, under
the act of Feb. 20, 1863, amounting to $57,300 issued to date; and a list of
the land selected by Johnson Clark, P. B. Maxson and Daniel Mitchell for
the Agricultural College, amounting to 82,313.53 acres.
DECEMBER 15.-The report of President Denison, of the Agricultural
College, to Superintendent Goodnow, says the Catalogue contains the names
of 113 students.
-G. W. Paddock, Regent, reports that the Regents of the University held
their first meeting March 21. R. W. Oliver was elected Chancellor; G. W.
Paddock, Secretary; G. W. Deitzler, Treasurer; and Jas. S. Emery, Librarian. The officers, with Solon O. Thacher and Charles Robinson, were made
an executive committee. James H. Lane and the City of Lawrence have
given an additional site of eight acres of land. A new building, fifty feet
square, is in process of erection.
-Prof. Joseph Mount has charge of the Deaf and Dumb school, at Baldwin City.
-The Normal School opened at Emporia, February 15, with 18 students.
L. B. Kellogg and H. B. Norton are the teachers.
-Fifty miles of the Kansas Pacific road are completed.
-The Leavenworth Conservative publishes long military histories, written by Col. Moonlight and Col. Jennison.
1866.
JANUARY 3.- Officers of the State Agricultural Society, elected at Topeka:
President, L. D. Bailey, of Douglas; Secretary, John S. Brown, of Douglas;
Treasurer, Wm. Spriggs, of Anderson; Superintendent, J. L. McDowell.
Executive Committee: C. B. Lines of Wabaunsee county, J. W. Sponable of
Johnson, H. J. Strickler of Shawnee, G. W. Deitzler of Douglas, S. S. Tipton of Anderson, R. G. Elliott of Jefferson, H. B. Keller of Leavenworth,
Alfred Gray of Wyandotte, A. W. J. Brown of Allen, Jas. B. Maynard of
Doniphan. State Fair held at Lawrence.
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and makes a speech on Reconstruction, and endorsing President Andrew
Johnson.
-The Eighth Kansas arrives in Atchison.
JANUARY 8.-Report of G. C. Swallow, State Geologist, 94 pages; of Maj.
F. Hawn, Assistant, 28 pages; of C. A. Logan, on the Sanitary Relations of
Kansas, 50 pages; of Tiffin Sinks, on the Climatology of Kansas, 20 pages.
The following tables are copied from Dr. Sinks's Report:
TABLE OF MEAN TEMPERATURE FOR SEASONS AND YEARS.
Location.                             E  
Fort Leavenworth... 390211 94044' 896. 53076 74005 53066 29076   1080 -300 52081
Fort Riley............... 839 00 196 30 1,180 55 85 79 12 56 09 27 98   106  -23  53 47
Fort Scott................ 37 45 194 35 1, 000 54 75 74 95 55 27 32 93    98  -10   54 48
Fort Larned............ 38 15 99 20 1,780 50 76 77 43 54 34 32 12.................. 53 66
Fort Kearney.......... 40 38 [98 57 2, 360 46 81 71 47 49 35 23 04   102  -28   47 66
St. Louis.................. 38 40 90 05   450 54 15 76 19 55 44 32 27   107  -18   54 51
Cincinnati............... 39 05 84 29   500 53 80 73 70 53 60 33 80   106  -17   53 70
Pittsburgh............... 40 32 80 02   704 49 97 71 47 51 43 30 59   100  -18   50 86
TABLE OF MEAN TEMPERATURE FOR MONTHS.
Locationa.                              _1'Ci
Fort Leavenworth. 28000 31015 4222 55047 63064 71031 76067 74016 66016 54046 40036 29077
Fort Riley............ 24 73 31 49 44 06 56 03S67 47 76 40 82 26 78 71 72 55 55 60 40 13 27 73
Fort Scott.............. 32 91 34 98 43 13 55 72 65 48 72 11 77 22175 53168 62 55 23 41 91131 09
Fort Larned..........27 18 35 09 43 03 52 92 56 43 73 49 79 84 78 98 70 28 52 36 40 39 34 09
Fort Kearney........ 21 14 26 11 34 50 47 13 58 81 68 51 73 56 72 33 64 42 49 56 34 07 21 87
St. Louis.............. 35 44 33 43 42 30 55 08 65 07174 20 78 22176 16169 58 54 20 42 55131 93
Cincinnati............ 38 50 34 10 43 40 54 50163 50 71 10 76 30 73 70 65 50 53 00 42 30 33 80
Pittsburgh............29 25 31 16 39 0249 96.60 92 69 22,72 98 71 21 63 58150 91 39 80 31 35
MEAN PRECIPITATION OF RAIN, CALCULATED FOR SEASONS AND YEARS.
Places of Observation.                  C
Fort Leavenworth........................................    7.32   13.03  7.57    3.42   31.34  30
Fort Riley.............................................    5.62   10.68  5.87    2.72/ 24.90   5
Fort Scott....................................................... 12.57   16.37   8.39   4.79   42.12  10
Fort Larned........................................   5.36    8.45  4.01.81   18.63   4
Fort Kearney.................................   6.80   10.62  4.85    1.50   23.77  13
St. Louis........................................................  12. 30  14.14  8.94    6.94  42.32  19
Cincinnati...................................... 12.14   13.70   9.90   11.15   46.89  20
Pittsburgh.................................. 9.38  9.87  8.23  7.48  34.96 18
Athens, Illinois............................................... 12.20   13.30   9.20    7.10  41,80  10
"Taking the records at Forts Leavenworth, Riley and Scott as a basis for calculation,
the mean annual precipitation of rain for the eastern half of the State is 32 78-100 inches.
The mean for the western half is about 24 inches.
"The mean for Minnesota is 30 inches, for Wisconsin 32 inches, and for Michigan 30
inches."
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JANUARY 9.-Meeting of the Legislature.
MEMBERS AND OFFICERS OF THE SENATE.
Members and QOlcers.                              P. O. Address.                County.           Avocation.
James McGrew, President...............  44    Wyandotte.........  Wyandotte.....  Merch't.
Akin, Eugene L.............................  28    Lawrence............  Douglas...........  Lawyer.
Anderson, David.............................  41    Paola..................  Miami.............  Farmer.
Bartlett, W. K.................................  40    Junction City......  Davis..............  Merch't.
Barber, Oliver.................................  49    Kanwaka............ Douglas...........  Farmer.
Drenning, F. H..............................  28    Wathena.............  Doniphan........  Lawyer.
Emmert, D.B.................................  29    Fort'Scott............   Bourbon.........  Publis'r.
Eskridge, C. V................................  31    Emporia............  Lyon..............    Merch't.
Foote, Henry.................................  36    Leavenworth.......  Leavenworth...  Farmer.
Gambell, W. P.................................  33    Leavenworth.......   Leavenworth...   Attor'ey.
Grover, O. J.............  38    America City....    Nemaha.........  Farmer.
Houston, D. W............                         37    Garnett...............   Anderson........  Lawyer.
Horne, D. H....................................  36    Topeka................  Shawnee.........  Land Ag.
Jones, J. H.....................................  38    Kaw   City............  Jefferson.........  Farmer.
Legate, J. F....................................  37    Leavenworth.......   Leavenworth...   Farmer.
Manning, E. C.................................    27    Marysville...........  Marshall.........  Printer.'
Miller, Sol...................................     35    White  Cloud........  Doniphan........  Printer.
Milhoan, T. E.................................  33    Olathe.................  Johnson..........  Farmer.
Wheeler, Joshua............................  39    Pardee.................  Atchison.........  Farmer.
Potter, F. W...................................  32    Burlington..........  Coffey..........  Laborer.
Quigg, M..................................  29    Atchison..............  Atchison.........  Clerk.
Riggs, Reuben................................    56    Marion  Centre.....  Marion...........  Lawyer.
Spear, S.......................................    49    Hiawatha...........   Brown............  Farmer.
Smith, A. H...................................   38    Blooming Grove...  Linn...............  Farmer.
Twiss, Charles P.............................  32    Iola.....................  Allen..............  Lawyer.
Weer, William................................  41  Wyandotte.........  Wyandotte......  Lawyer.
A. R. Banks, Secretary....................  30    Lawrence........... Douglas...........  Lawyer.
A. Hitchcock, Assistant Secretary...  38    Lawrence...........  Douglas...........  Minister.
W. F. Goble, Docket Clerk...............  27    Pleasant Ridge.....   Leavenworth...    Book'er.
Ira H. Smith, Journal Clerk............  49    Topeka................  Shawnee......... Land Ag.
L. M. Benedict, Engrossing Clerk.... 34  Vienna........                             Pottawatomie.. Farmer.
W. B. Bowman, Enrolling Clerk......  35    Wyandotte.........                       Wyandotte......    Lawyer.
T. Mills, Sergeant-at-Arms..............   51    Topeka................  Shawnee......   Mason.
Wm. Thompson, Doorkeeper...........  32    Topeka................  Shawnee.........   Farmer.
G. Y. Arnold, Assistant Doorkeeper  23    Topeka............  Shawnee.........  Merch't.
Clarence Walrod, Page....................  12    Paola....                          Miami.............  Student.
J. T. Miller, Page...........................  14    Topeka....                     Shawnee.....  Student.
MEMBERS AND OFFICERS OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
3lembers.                               P. O. Address.                 County.           Avocation.
John T. Burris, Speaker...............  37    Olathe................. Johnson..........  Lawyer.
Allen, W. N.................................  32    Oskaloosa............  Jeffrson.........    Lawyer.
Arthur, J. M................................    49    Centreville..........  Linn...............   Farmer.
Bauserman, J. P..........................  25    Leavenworth.......   Leavenworth...  Farmer.
Blair, C. W...................................  37    Fort Scott............  Bourbon.........  Lawyer.
Bradford, J. H.............................  37    Council Grove......  Morris............  Physician.
Brice, S. M..................................   51    Mound City.........  Linn..............         Physician.
Bond, Joseph.............................   45    Humboldt............  Allen..............  Printer.
Bonebrake, J. H.........................   35    Lecompton.........  Douglas...........  Physician.
Cain, W. S...................................   29    Atchison..............   Atchison..........  Farmer.
Callen, A. W..............................    33    Junction City......  Davis..............  Lawyer.
Carlton, Milo..............................51    Pardee.................  Atchison.........  Farmer.
Cavender, H................................32    Garnett...............  Anderson.......  Merchant.
Craig, Warner.............................  29    Baldwin City......  Douglas...........  Farmer.
Cochrane, Charles........................  32    Ottumwa............  Coffey...........  Farmer.
Coffin, A. V.................................   46    Le Roy...............  Coffey...........  Everyth'g.
Drake, C....................................    29    Americus..........  Lyon.............  Farmer.
Dow, Isaac W..............................  33    Neosho Falls........  Woodson.........  Mechanic.
Fletcher, James...........................  36    Tecumseh..........  Shawnee.........  Farmer.
Foster, R. C.................................  31    Leavenworth.......    Leavenworth...   Teamster.
Fox, Charles E............................  31    Highland............  Doniphan........   Farmer.
Graham, George...........................  45    Seneca..........                Nemaha.........  Merchant.
Green, W. H..............................   38    Fort Lincoln........   Bourbon.
Glick,G. W..............................           38    Atchison..............  Atchison.........  Attorney.
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MEMIBERS AND OFFICERS OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES  CONCL'D.
Mllembers and Officers.:        P. O. Address.               County.          Avocation.
Griswold, Nelson..........................  45   Turkey Creek......   Bourbon.......... Farmer.
Gross, James R.............                  34   America City......    Nemaha......... Freighter.
Harmon,  0. D..............................  37   Twin Springs......  Linn...............    Farmer.
Harrington, N.............................  42   Palermo...............  Doniphan.......  Physician.
Harvey, J. M..............................  32   Fort Riley...........  Riley...............  Farmer.
Hollenberg, G. H......................... 38   Marysville...........  Washington.....  Farmer.
Holliday, C. K.............................  38   Topeka................  Shawnee.........   Lawyer.
Humber, N..................................  50   Easton.................  Leavenworth...   Farmer.
Jackson, W.................................  32   Atchison............  Atchison.........  Farmer.
Jennison, C. R.............................  32   Leavenworth.......   Leavenworth...   Farmer.
Johnson, A.S..............................  33   Shawnee..............  Johnson..........  Farmer.
Kellogg, Josiah...........................  33   Leavenworth.......Leavenworth... Lawyer.
Kelly, James H...........................  40    Willow  Springs....        Douglas...........   Farmer.
Knight, Jonathan........................  32   Tonganoxie.........  Leavenworth...   Farmer.
Kohler, C..................................    31   Junction City......  Dickinson.......  Mechanic.
Kunkel, Jerome..........................  38   Rising Sun........... Jefferson.........  Lumber'n.
Lacock, Ira J...............................   31   Hiawatha............  Brown............  Lawyer.
Martindale  Wm..........................   30   Madison...............   Greenwood.....    Farmer.
Massey, R. W.............                    43   Paola..................  Miami.............    Lawyer.
Montgomery, R. H.............                27  Columbus.                  Doniphan....... Teacher.
Mix, F. E..................................   27   Atchison..............  Doniphan........   Farmer.
Moore, A. A.................................  54   Marion  Centre.....  Marion...........  Rancher.
McAuley,'A.............54   Leavenworth......  Leavenworth.. Lawyer.
McCabe, David  L.........................   34   Eldorado..............  Butler............  Bl'ksmith.
McLellan, James......................... 45   Holton.................  Jackson......... Farmer.
Nash, Lyman..............................  45   Wathena.............  Doniphan........  Mechanic..
O'Brien, T. M.............................  35   Leavenworth......    Leavenworth..   Mil.att'y..
Parker, C. E.................................41   Carson.................  Brown............  Farmer.
Pearman, H.................................43   Belmont...............  Wilson............  Farmer.
Pennock, Wn..............................           Minneola............  Franklin.........   Farmer..
Preston, H. D..............................36   Burlingame...                 Osage.Farmer.
Phillips, Wm. A............................39   Salina..................  Saline                    Journalist.
Power, F. M.................................        Iola.....................  Allen.............  Farmer.
Quinn, J. C.................................  56   Mvound City.......        Linn...............    Farmer.
Rankin, Jno. K...........................  28   Lawrence..........  Douglas...........  Laborer.
Rees, J. G...................                40   Mount Gilead......  Franklin.........  Farmer.
Rogers, D.................................    34   Humboldt.......... Neosho........... Merchant.
Rue, G. C.....................................  42   Gardner..............  Johnson.........  Merchant.
Sanford, Eph. H...........................  43   Allen...................  Lyon..............   Lawyer.
Stabler, Geo. W............................ 30   Huron................ Atchison.........  Stock r'ser.
Shepard, H. D..............................  27   Wilmington.........  Wabaunsee......   Merchant.
Stewart, J. W..............................  4      Garnett............... Anderson.........  Miller.
Smith, James...............................  28   Barrett................  Marshall.........  Farmer.
Smith, H. P.................................  35   Rock Creek.........  Pottawatomie..   Miller.
Smith, Geo. W....................            60   Lawrence............  Douglas...........  Lawyer.
Smith, H; B.................................  33   Osawatomie.........   Mianmi.............  Merchant.
Stotler, Jacob............................    31   Emporia..............  Lyon..............  Printer.
Underhill, S........42.........................    Osawatomie.               Miami.............  Farmer.
Van Gaasbeek, Geo......................  50   Grasshopper Falls  Jefferson.........  Farmer.
Walker, Isaiah.............................  40    Wyandotte...........  Wyandotte......   Merchant.
Wellhouse, F..............................   37   Pleasant Ridge.....   Leavenworth..   Farmer.
Wilson, Joseph S.........................  49   Mapleton............  Bourbon.........  Farmer.
Wood, S. N...................................  40   Cottonwood Falls.  Chase..............  Farmer.
Woodard, Levi............................   35   Eudora................  Douglas...........  Farmer.
John T. Morton, Chief Clerk.........  44   Topeka...............  Shawnee.........  Lawyer.
John E. Thorpe, Assistant Clerk... 26   Iola.....................  Allen.............. Farmer.
Wm. R. Brown, Journal Clerk......   25   Lawrence............  Douglas...........  Lawyer.
J. A. Soward, Docket Clerk...........  31   Wyandotte...........  Wyandotte......   Merchant.
Dwight G. Hull, Engrossing Clerk.  24   Atchison..............  Atchison.........   Bookk'per.
W. H. Cowan, Enrolling Clerk......24   Topeka................  Shawnee.........  Clerk.
Thos. Archer, Sergeant-at-Arms...  32   Topeka................  Shawnee........  Trader.
L. W. Graham, Ass'tSerg.-at-Arms  33   Elmendaro...........  Lyon...............  Farmer.
G. Pharaoh, Doorkeeper...............  24   Lawrence............  Douglas...........  File cutter.
C. T. K. Prentice, Ass't Doork'per.  18   Lawrence............  Douglas........... Farmer.
Wm. R. Griffith, Page..................  17   Topeka..............  Shawnee.........  Farmer.
Wm. Miller, Page.........................  19   Ridgeway............  Osage..............  Student.
Francis J. Rice, Page..............           12   Topeka...... Shawnee.........  Student.
JANUARY 9.-The following is copied from Gov. Crawford's Message:
"Baker University, located at Baldwin City, Douglas county, is under the control of
the Methodist Episcopal Chtrch; Lane University, in the same county, is under the




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supervision of the United Brethren Church; Ottumwa College, at Ottumwa, Coffey
county, is under the management of the Christian Church; Highland University, at
Highland, Doniphan county, is under the control of the Presbyterian Church; Ottawa
University, at Ottawa City, Franklin county, is under the care of the Baptist Church;
Lincoln College, at Topeka, belongs to the Congregational Church; the Episcopal Church
has a Female Seminary at Topeka; Wetmore Institute, at Irving, Marshall county, is
under the control of the Presbyterian Church; the Methodists are erecting one at
Circleville, in Jackson county, which will soon be ready for occupation; they also own
Hartford Institute, at Hartford, Lyon county."
-There are about 300 miles of railroad in the State.
-Baker University, at Baldwin City, has 202 students.
JANUARY 11.-The Price Raid Commission have audited claims amounting to $400,000.
-Lawrence has a woollen factory nearly completed.
-Thos. Murphy, Indian Superintendent, pays the Ottawa Indians their
last annuity. Of their lands, 87,000 acres are to be sold to settlers; 20,000
acres are given to the College now in process of erection.
-Senator Lane addresses the citizens of Topeka, in behalf of Andrew
Johnson's policy; his resolutions are adopted, as they had been in Leavenworth.
JANUARY 12.-T. J. Anderson, Adjutant General, reports that we lost
472 officers and 7,344 enlisted men during the war.
JANUARY 17.-Meeting in Topeka to form a State Editors' and Publishers'
Association. R. B. Taylor Chairman, John A. Martin Secretary. Eighteen
papers represented.
-The Burlington Woollen Factory is in operation.
JANUARY 26.-A bill has passed the Senate giving 500,000 acres of State
lands to railroads. It passes the House February 17th, by 44 to 27, and
against the written protest of twenty-three members. See House Journal,
p. 483.  The Attorney General declares the bill constitutional.  House
Journal, pp. 494-8.
FEBRUARY 12.-Theodore C. Sears, by invitation, addresses the Legislature on the life and character of Abraham Lincoln.
-Wool-growing becomes an important interest in Andersan county.
FEBRUARY 20.-Death of Samuel A. Stinson, of Leavenworth, at Wiscasset, Maine. Mr. Stinson was a member of the Wyandotte Convention,
had been Attorney General of the State, and was one of the most brilliant,
successful and popular lawyers in the State.
FEBRUARY 27.-Adjournment of the Legislature.  Among the acts
passed were the following: Apportioning the State for Senators and Representatives; Seventeen acts relating to bonds; Defining the boundaries of
Neosho county; Providing temporary buildings at Olathe for a Deaf and
and Dumb Asylum; Encouraging the growth of forest trees; Giving the
500,000 acres of land granted to, Kansas under the act of Sept. 4, 1841, to
the following railroad companies: The Northern Kansas, from Elwood; the
Kansas and Neosho Valley (for a road through Johnson, Miami, Linn, and
Bourbon counties); the Union Pacific Railway, Southern Branch, from
Fort Riley along the Neosho Valley; and to the Leavenworth, Lawrence
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efit of these companies, by an Agent appointed by the Governor; -An act
for the protection of State and county treasuries; Changing the name of the
Leavenworth, Lawrence and Fort Gibson Railroad Company to the Leavenworth, Lawrence and Galveston Railroad Company; Issuing bonds to
build the Penitentiary; For the erection of a State House, and the sale of
public lands; For the sale of Normal School lands; For the sale of University lands; For the sale of Agricultural College lands.
MARCH 1. —A coal mine is in successful operation near Ridgeway, Osage
county.
MARCH 8. —Proposals are published for building a portion of a State
Penitentiary.
MARCH 10.- Col. John W. Horner is elected President of Baker University.
MARCH 19.-Jas! L. McDowell becomes Postmaster at Leavenworth.
— E. C. Manning revives the Big Blue Union.
-The track on the Pacific road is laid to Silver Lake, twelve miles west
of Topeka.
MARCH 20.-The names of five soldiers who were buried at Andersonville are published. They belonged to the Eighth Kansas.
MARCH 29.-Proposals are published for building a portion of the State
Capitol.
APRIL.-Gov. Crawford sells in New York $60,000 Penitentiary and
$70,000 Public Improvement State bonds, at 91 cents on the dollar.
APRIL 6.-J. H. Lane, in the Senate, makes a bitter speech supporting
the President's policy, but indignantly denying that he wears Andrew Johnson's collar.
APRIL 12.-Ira J. Lacock takes charge of the Hiawatha Sentinel.
APRIL 14.-A public meeting in Lawrence strongly condemns the course
of Senator Lane. The resolutions were reported by Major E. G. Ross.
-Gen. John W. Whitfield writes from Austin, Texas: " We got whipped,
and there is no use to talk. I am the most loyal man now you ever saw."
APRIL 14.-A meeting in Fort Scott, called to support Johnson and Lane,
denounces both.
APRIL 18.-The Humboldt Union started: W. T. McElroy, Publisher;
Orlin Thurston, Editor. T. C. Sherman, W. R. Spooner and D. B. Emmert
have been partners of Mr. McElroy.
APRIL 20.-First National Bank of Topeka organized.
-The Ben. Holladay Overland Mail runs from the terminus of the Pacific
road to Denver.
-G. A. Colton takes charge of the Paola Free Press.
MAY 12. —Meeting in Hiawatha to take measures to consolidate the
Northern Kansas R. R. Co. with the St. Joseph and Denver. Samuel Lappin
President, F. H. Drenning Secretary.
MAY 13.-A farmer killed by Indians on the Solomon.'MAY 14.-Ward Burlingame succeeds T. C. Sears as editor of the Conservative.
-R. St. Clair Graham appointed Judge, vice Albert H. Horton, resigned.




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MAY 15.-Trains begin running on the Leavenworth branch, to Lawrence.
R. H. Shoemaker is Superintendent of the road.
MAY 20. —Six men killed by Indians, fifteen miles west of Lake Sibley.
TABLE SHOWING THE POPULATION OF THIE STATE, MAY, 1865.
Counties.
Allen...45..................................................................   2,450          287.........   2, 737
Anderson..............................................   2,544                                 115.........   2, 659
Atchison......................................................................    8,316       613.........   8,929
Butler......................................................................       276           18.......         294
Brown..........................................................................               107.........   2, 891
Bourbon..............................................   7,174                                  787..........   7,961
Eight-mile strip neutral lands, south of Bourbon county.                            595            1.........     596
Clay...................................                                             2...38................................  238
Coffey..............................................                  3,127          256.........    3,383
Chase.............................................                                 870.....................        870
Douglas.............................                                 13, 36'2'078"......           15, 814
Doniphan................................................   8,787        808......... 9,595
Davis..............................................                             1,167           22                1,189
Dickinson....................................                                      442.......................  442
Franklin...........................3............                               3,583          112.........    3,695
Greenwood.............................................., 187 1....................   1,187       1188
Jefferson................................                   5 84           269.................................. 5,853
Jackson.................................                                        2,940            22..............2.........  2,962
Johnson..............................................                           5, 469         342       382      6,093
Linn............................................................   5,853         69.........   6,543
Lyon*..........................................................................   2, 200         48.              2, 248
Leavenworth..............................................................  20,882          3,374......... 24,256
Miami..............................................                             5,842          309.........   6,151
Morris....................................1,11.................................   1,141
Marion..............................................                              161            1                  162
Marshall.......................................................................  2, 346            3..            2, 349
Nemaha......................................................................   2,615             23.........    2,638
Neosho........................................... 698                                            79.........      777
Ottawa..............................................178..........................                           178
Osage...........................................................................                 29.........   1,169
Pottawatomie...............................................................   2,022              97..           2,119
Riley..........................................................................   1,802         11.........   1,813
Shawnee.....................................................................   3,201          257..           3,458
Saline...........................................................................   472            1.........        473
Washington t..............................................................................................
Woodson.......................................................................,108          199.........   1307
Wabaunsee...................................................................   1, 043            38..           1,081
Wyandotte...................................................3, 323                 1,504.........    4,827
Wilson t................................................................................................
Total...................................                               127, 270  12,527   382 140,179
Sixty-fifth District not returned.   t Not reported.
At a meeting of the State Central Democratic Committee at Leavenworth, the following preamble and resolutions were adopted:
" Whereas, In the present crisis in public affairs it becomes the duty of every political
organization and every individual who has the interest of his country at heart, so far
as its or his action can influence public opinion, to faithfully, honestly, and fearlessly
express that opinion: be it, therefore, by the State Central Committee of the State of
Kansas,
"Resolved, 1. That, representing and speaking in behalf of eight thousand Democratic
voters of the State, we hold as fundamental principles that the Federal Constitution
and the laws passed in pursuance thereof, ever are supreme throughout the limits of.
the United States, and in each and every State, North, South, East and West; and that,all men, President, Senators, Congressmen, and private individuals, are bound by them,
and as officers and citizens, should, in every act, submit to and be guided by their spirit.
2. That we cordially uphold and stand by the administration of President Johnsqn,
in so far as his public policy has indicated that his purpose has been and is to uphold
the principles upon which the Government was founded, and to sustain the rights of
the people and all the States equally.




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3. That without regard to past political differences, we invite the co-operation of all
men in the State in securing to our State Government officers of acknowledged capacity
and integrity.
4. That we distinctly repudiate all idea of permitting any longer our party organization to become in any way submissive to the political or personal fortunes of any man
or set of men outside of the party, and, upon the principles heretofore set forth, whether
victory or defeat be the result.
5. That the interests of the party imperatively require the establishing of a Democratic organ at Leavenworth City.
6. That the chairman be authorized and requested to call a State Convention, at such
time and place as he shall deem proper, to select a ticket for State officers and Member
of Congress, to be voted for at the ensuing election.
T. P. FENLoN, Secretary pro tern.. P. GAMBELL, Chairman.
JUNE. —The Educational Journal is published at Topeka.
-In the summer, Samuel N. Wood starts the Chase County Banner.
Theodore Alvord published it from August 3, 1867, till November, 1868.
In 1870, the Banner stopped, and the press went to Winfield. F. E. Smith
published the Banner one year.
JUNE 1.-Bridge over the Kaw, at Wyandotte, nearly completed.
-The towns of Chetopa, Wamego, Solomon and Montana begin to be
talked about.
— Survey begun on the Fort Scott and Sedalia road.
JUNE 8.-J. H. Lane votes with the rest of the Republican Senators, for
the Constitutional Amendment.
JUNE 10. —M. F. Conway nominated as Consul to Marseilles. He sustains
Johnson's policy.,
JUNF, ll.-Senator Lane obtains leave of absence. He arrives in Lawrence on the 16th.
JUNE 20. —Meeting of the Republican Committee at Topeka. State Convention to be held September 5th.
-Gen. Lane passes Leavenworth on his way East.
JUNE 23.-The Fenian company raised in Leavenworth returns to that
city.
-Robert Tracy enlarges the Troy Reporter.
JUNE 25. —Gen. Lane reported seriously ill, at the Lindell Hotel, St.
Louis.
JUNE 25. —The Missouri Pacific completed to Kansas City.
JUNE 27.-Neosho county is receiving a very large immigration.
-The L. L. & G. is located to nearly the southern boundary of the State.
-The season is a very wet one.
-Lawrence city and Douglas county have voted bonds to the Pleasant
Hill road.
— )oniphan county has voted bonds to the Denver road.
-Steamboats still running from Weston to Kansas City.
-Judge Bailey asks the poet Whittier to be present at the State Fair, at
Lawrence.
JUNE 28.-Gen. Lane arrives at Kansas City.
-John Speer confirmed as Collector.
JUNE 29. —Gen. Lane arrives in Leavenworth, and stops with his brotherin-law, Gen. McCall, at the Government farm, on the Fort Reservation.




440                    ANNALS OF KANSAS.                          [1866.
-Santa Fe coaches now start from Junction City.
JULY 1.-The Conservative of Tuesday, July 3d, says:
"On Sunday evening, (July 1st,) being apparently in comparative good health and
sound mind, Senator Lane rode out with Mr. McCall from the Farm House. During
the time he made excuse to leave the carriage several times, seemingly having a morbid
plan of self-destruction, until, arriving at a gate, McCall alighted to open it. As the
latter reached the gate, Senator Lane sprang from the carriage and, being then in the
rear of it, exclaimed,'Good-bye, Mac.,' and immediately fired a pistol, the muzzle being
placed in his mouth. The ball struck the roof of the mouth and emerged from about
the upper centre of the cranium, having passed through the brain and almost perpendicularly through the head. With a convulsive spring into the air, the Senator fell,
apparently lifeless, to the earth. The evidently pulseless body was immediately placed
in the carriage by those accompanying -McCall and Capt. Adams, (a brother of Gen.
Lane's son-in-law) — and taken to the house, and surgeons summoned as speedily as possible, who proceeded to make examination as to the nature and extent of the wound.
~At present writing (12 M.) the Senator is still unconscious, and no hopes are entertained
of his recovery."
On the 6th the same paper said: " Gen. Lane recognizes persons, and converses to some extent with his friends."
The Senator died on Wednesday, July 11th, at 11:55 A. M. James Henry
Lane was the son of Amos Lane, and was born in Lawrenceburg, Indiana,
June 22, 1814. In 1846, he became Colonel of a regiment raised to engage
in the Mexican war; in 1847, he became Colonel of another Indiana regiment; in 1849, he was elected Lieutenant Governor; in 1852, he was a
Democratic Presidential Elector, and was elected to Congress; in April,
1855, he came to Kansas. In this State, in politics, he was the King.
JULY 1.-The first through passenger' train leaves Leavenworth for St.
Louis, on the Missouri River and Missouri Pacific lines..
-E. C. Manning starts the Radical, at Manhattan.
JULY.-Indian raid on White Rock river; they rob citizens and violate
women.
JULY 3. —State Teachers' Association meets at Lawrence. Officers: President, P. McVicar; Recording Secretary, L. B. Kellogg; Corresponding Secretary, John S. Brown; Treasurer, Miss Carrie Collins. Executive Committee:
D. J. Brewer, B. F. Mudge, R. K. McCartney, Orlando Sawyer.
JULY 3.-Chapter 159 of the U. S. Statutes authorizes the.U. P. R. R.,
Eastern Division, to designate its general route and file a map before December 1. The road is to unite with the Union Pacific at a point not more
than fifty miles west of the meridian of Denver.
Heretofore the line followed the Republican valley; now it goes up the
Smoky Hill.
JULY 4.-At the Soldiers' Celebration, at Topeka, Gen. Blunt makes a
speech formally presenting the battle-flags to Gov. Crawford. The oration
is delivered by Samuel A. Kingman.
JULY 4.-Treaty with the Delawares. The Secretary of the Interior is
authorized to sell the remainder of the Delaware lands to the Missouri River
R. R. Co., at not less than $2.50 an acre.
JULY 9.-Work begun on the St. Joseph and Denver road.
JULY 19.-Treaty with the Cherokees. The right of way granted to a
railroad from the east, and to one from the north. The Cherokees cede to




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the United States the tract of land in Kansas sold to the Cherokees in 1835;
also that strip of land in Kansas ceded to the Cherokees in that treaty.
These lands are to be sold at not less than $1.25 an acre. The United
States agrees to run the boundary line between the Cherokee country and
the States of Arkansas, Missouri and Kansas. The Senate added a proviso
to the treaty, allowing the lands to be sold in a body at $1 an acre.
JULY 20.-Governor Crawford appoints Major Edmund G. Ross United
States Senator.
-W. F. Cloud, Major General of the Militia, calls for a cavalry regiment
to protect the frontier against Indians.
JULY 21.-Major W. C. Ransom shot by bushwhackers, in Kansas City,
and severely wounded. The attempted assassination was caused by Major
Ransom's gallant service on the border during the war.
JULY 23. —Congress (Chap. 212, U. S. Statutes) grants lands to aid in
the construction of a railroad and telegraph from Elwood, westwardly, via
Marysville, so as to effect a junction with the Union Pacific Railroad, with
the usual guarantees to settlers under the homestead and other laws. The
sections within ten miles of the road which are not granted shall not be
sold for less than double the minimum price of the public land. For every
ten consecutive miles of road completed, patents shall issue for so many
sections of land as lie opposite and coterminous with said completed sections.
If the road is not completed within ten years, the land remaining unpatented shall revert to the United States.
JULY 25.-The National Union Club, at Leavenworth, elects the following delegates to the Philadelphia Convention of August 14th: Hugh
Ewing, Charles W. Blair, V. Nicholas Smith, James L. McDowell, Hiram
S. Sleeper, G. A. Colton.
JULY 25.-Congress (Chap. 241, U. S. Statutes) grants lands to the State
of Kansas to aid in the construction of the Kansas and Neosho Valley
Railroad and its extension to Red river.
This road became the Missouri River, Fort Scott and Gulf.
JULY 26.-Congress (Chap. 270, U. S. Statutes) grants land to aid in the
construction of a Southern Branch of the Union Pacific Railway and Telegraph, from Fort Riley, Kansas, to Fort Smith, Arkansas.
This road became the Missouri, Kansas and Texas.
JULY 28.-Bayard Taylor returns east, after a lecturing tour and visit in
Kansas and Colorado.
-The Democrats elect the following delegates to the Philadelphia Convention: W. P. Gambell, G. W. Glick, J. L. Pendery, Orlin Thurston, T.
P. Fenlon, E. F. Campbell. Alternates: F. P. Fitzwilliam, Isaac Sharp,
W. A. Tipton, R. M. Ruggles, Charles Rubicam.
JULY 30.-The President sends Victoria a message by the Atlantic cable,
AUGUST 1.-The Second Annual Report of the Superintendent of Public
Schools of Leavenworth is published. It fills 56 pages, and is an admirably
prepared document. David J. Brewer is the Superintendent.
AUGUST 1.-Work begun on the L. L. & G., at Lawrence.
AUGUST 4.- Gen. Albert L. Lee returns to the State. He makes a speech
in Leavenworth, on the 11th.




442                  AVNALS OF KANSAS.                       [1866.
- Secretary Harlan agrees to have the Neutral Lands surveyed.
AUGUST 16.-Col. Wm. A. Phillips speaks in Leavenworth.
AUGUST. — Settlers on Lulu creek, a branch of the Solomon, driven off
by Indians. Settlers' fields destroyed on the upper Republican.
AUGUST 18.-McReynolds & Simpson issue the Paola Republican.
-Trains are running to Manhattan.
-Jack Henderson visits Leavenworth. He is appointed Indian Agent,
at Santa Fe, by Andy Johnson.
AUGUST 31.-The National Union Committee hold a meeting in Leavenworth, and issue a call for a State Convention at Topeka. The Democrats
join in the call.
SEPTEMBER 5.-Major General John Pope erects the initial stone of the
Neosho Valley R. R., at Junction City. Speeches by Robert McBratney,
N. S. Goss, and others.
SEPTEMBER 5. —State Republican Convention, at Topeka. Called to order
by Jacob Stotler. Vote for temporary Chairman: J. P. Root, 47; Geo. Graham, 33. M. R. Dutton, Secretary.
Committee on Credentials: Geo. T. Isbell of Jefferson, Lulell of Saline,
Crane of Shawnee, Leland of Doniphan, Harden of Lyon.
Committee on Permanent Organization: Russell of Cherokee, Beates of
Davis, Cavender of Anderson.
A despatch was sent to the Loyal Southern Convention, at Philadelphia.
J. P. Root was elected President; M. R. Dutton and Dr. Lulell, Secretaries.
Samuel J. Crawford was renominated for Governor, receiving 64 votes, to
18 for Andrew Akin, of Morris county.
Committee on Resolutions: Speer, Keith, Pearsall, Anthony and Prouty.
Vote for Lieutenant Governor.-first ballot: McGrew 12, Strickler 14, Green
20, Updegraff 3, Barr 6, Elder 12, Burris 9, Larimer 6.
Second ballot: McGrew 11, Strickler 16, Green 27, Barr 1, Elder 15,
Burris 11.
Third ballot: Green 55, Elder 17, Strickler 10.
Vote for Secretary of State-first ballot: Barker 40, Emmert 29, Moonlight 12, Day 1.
Second ballot: Barker 44, Emmert 32, Moonlight 6.
J. R. Swallow was renominated for Auditor by acclamation.
Vote for Treasurer —first ballot: Anderson 30, Lappin 22, Johnson 22,
Twiss 6, Mills 2.
Second ballot: Anderson 50, Lappin 17, Johnson 14, Twiss 1.
For Superintendent.of Public Instruction: McVicar 51, Hartman 31.
For Attorney General: Geo. H. Hoyt 59, J. D. Brumbaugh 15, J. M.
Rankin 8.
For Chief Justice: Samuel A. Kingman 43, David P. Lowe 39.
Sidney Clarke was nominated for Congress by acclamation.
A. D. Richardson, of the New York Tribune, made a brief speech.
State Committee: H. D. Fisher, R. B. Taylor, Geo. W. Gardiner, Frank H.
Drenning, Jacob Stotler, D. B. Emmert, Chas. C. Whiting. F. H. Drenning
was elected Chairman, and C. C. Whiting Secretary.




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The following platform was adopted:
"To give expression to the sentiment and opinion of the loyal people of Kansas, we
the delegates assembled in State Convention, do hereby adopt the following resolutions:
"Resolved, That with devout thankfulness and gratitude to God, who has delivered us
from the anarchy and desolation of war —who has overthrown and broken the cursed
power and crime-creating institution of Slavery —and with unfaltering faith and trust
in the eternity of Good, and in the divinity of Justice-we hereby reaffirm our devotion
to liberty and to the sacred and inalienable rights of man.
"Resolved, That in the great and awful wickedness which our President has perpetrated in making treason a virtue and loyalty a crime; in giving to Rebels the protection,
and to their anarchy the sanction of law; in casting upon the noble and sacrificing
Unionists of the South the scorn and the insolence of tyrannic power; in fostering and
encouraging the spirit of disaffection among the Rebels, and in crushing the dawning
hopes of the freedmen; in usurping and overriding the authority of Congress, and in
trampling upon the sovereignty of States; and in his audacious and crowning wickedness in calling our Representatives'An assumed Congress,' meaning the tyrant's threat
at anarchy or absolute power-has lost our confidence and respect, and to his insolence
and threats we hurl back our defiance and scorn.
"Resolved, That our Congress, for their unwavering fidelity to duty, to the freedmen,
and the Government; for their undaunted heroism in resisting the encroachments of
the President; for their stern and unswerving purpose to reward loyalty and punish
treason, and for their love of justice, we extend to them the gratitude and thanks of a
grateful people. And to our Senator and Member of Congress, because they have obeyed
the wishes and not trifled with the conscience of their constituents -from the bottom
of our hearts we extend to them the hand of greeting, and say,' Well done, good and
faithful servants.'
"Resolved, That we recommend to the next Legislature the submission of the question
of impartial suffrage to a vote of the people of Kansas."
SEPTEMBER 9.-Northwestern Kansas and Fort Kearney, Neb., overrun
with grasshoppers.  They are in Nemaha and Marshall counties.  The
Wyandotte Gazette is quoted in the Conservative as saying: "Between Topeka and Wamego they fill the air like snow-flakes in a winter storm."
-The Conservative gives a list of thirty-seven newspapers published in
the State; thirty-one support the Republican ticket, five oppose it, and one
is doubtful.
-Survey of the Neutral Lands is soon to be made.
SEPTEMBER 12.-Grasshopper visitation at Osage Mission.  "Most all
the crops were saved."  In the spring of 1867 they hatched, but "a sudden
freshet swept them all away."
SEPTEMBER 12.-Dedication of the State University. Solon O. Thacher
delivers the oration.
SEPTEMBER 14.-Grasshoppers reach Lawrence.
SEPTEMBER 15.-Grasshoppers in Leavenworth county.
— Colonel Charles W. Blair Postmaster at Fort Scott., SEPTEMBER 20.-Prospectus issued of the Leavenworth Commercial, to
be published by George F. Prescott, George C. Hume and A. F. Callahan.
-The Right Reverend Thomas H. Vail, Bishop of Kansas, resigns the
Rectorship of the Atchison Episcopal church, and is succeeded by Reverend
John Bakewell.
-National Union State Convention at Topeka.  Called to order by
James L. McDowell. G. A. Colton, temporary chairman. Secretaries, M.
W. Reynolds, Charles Hayward, A. F. Callahan, and Bond of Allen.
Committees: Permanent Organization-James Ketner, Royal Baldwin,




444                      ANNALS OF KANSAS.                         [1866.
Charles W. Adams, Charles Thompson, Richard Burr; Resolutions-G.
W. Glick, W. C. McDowell, S. H. Fletcher, James L. McDowell, Edwards;
Credentials-J. L. Pendery, T. J. Dolan, L. R. Palmer, H. G. Wilson,
Wilkinson.  President: Win. C. McDowell. Vice Presidents: Hiram  S.
Sleeper, J. W. Forman, J. R. McClure, James Christian, Richard Burr.
Secretaries: M. W. Reynolds, Charles Hayward, A. F. Callahan, Bond of
Allen, and Campbell of Morris.
On motion of L. B. Wheat, J. L. McDowell was nominated for Governor
by acclamation.
On motion of G. W. Glick, J. R. McClure, of Davis, was nominated for
Lieutenant Governor by acclamation.
On motion of Mr. Bridgens, of Bourbon, Colonel M. Quigg, of Atchison,
was nominated for Secretary of State by acclamation.
On motion of T. P. Fenlon, Ross Burns, of Shawnee, was nominated for
Attorney General by acclamation.
On motion of Charles S. Glick, I. S. Walker, of Wyandotte, was nominated for Treasurer by acclamation.
On motion of R. C. Foster, N. S. Goss, of Woodson, was nominated for
Auditor by acclamation.
On motion of G. W. Glick, Joseph Bond, of Allen, was nominated for
Superintendent of Public Instruction by acclamation.
H. T. Wilson, of Bourbon, nominated Wilson Shannon for Chief Justice.
Governor Shannon declined in favor of Nelson Cobb, who was nominated
by acclamation.
On motion of L. B. Wheat, Charles W. Blair, of Bourbon, was nominated
for Member of Congress by acclamation.
State General Committee: G. W. Glick, J. B. Sharp, George A. Reynolds,
Samuel H. Fletcher, J. L. Pendery, James A. McGonigle, James Ketner,
F. P. Fitzwilliam, H. S. Sleeper.
The following platform was adopted:
"Whereas, The exigencies of the times, so startling that wise men fear revolution - so
pregnant with the destiny of constitutional government that patriotism and statesmanship alike tremble for the future -so alarming that the fundamental principles of our
Republican Government are in danger of being disowned and repudiated and substituted by the caprice of revenge and the madness of fanaticism —demand of all who
love the Constitution and the Government of our fathers, that in a spirit of patriotism
which places our country and our cherished institutions above party, they should
earnestly and zealously labor for the speedy restoration of the Union under the Constitution: therefore, be it
"Resolved, 1. That we heartily endorse the resolutions and address of the National
Union Convention that met at Philadelphia.
"2. That inasmuch as the war is over and peace is again restored to our recently distracted country, and inasmuch as the blood and treasure expended by those who
cherished the Union of the States and the supremacy of the Constitution, were poured
out so freely in vindication of constitutional government, it becomes the bounden duty
of all good men to see to it that the great sacrifices of the war were not made in vain,
but that the triumph of our arms becomes the triumph of those great principles of
government bequeathed to us by our ancestors.
"3. That in the great crisis of our country growing out of the disagreement between
Congress and the Administration, we heartily endorse the policy of President Johnson




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in his manly defence of the Constitution and the Union against the assaults of a partisan Congress and a fanatical party to destroy the Government bequeathed to us by our
fathers.
"4. That it is the constitutional right of every State in the Union, through its loyal
representatives in both houses of Congress, to participate in the National Legislature,
subject alone to the right of each house to judge of the election and qualification of
its members; and States cannot legally be disfranchised or punished for the actions of
any of their citizens.
"5. That inasmuch as the Southern States lately in rebellion have repealed their ordinances of secession, repudiated ihe so-called Confederate debt, and accepted the constitutional amendment abolishing Slavery throughout the jurisdiction of the United
States, the continued refusal of Congress, through its session of eight months, to
recognize the right of Congressional representation to ten States in the Union, and subject to the Constitution, is at war with the, genius and spirit of our institutions, and
revolutionary in its character.
"6. That the war has definitely settled the question that the right of secession is a
political heresy; and that no State nor combination of States can throw off their primal
allegiance to the General Government;,and that the Constitution, and the laws passed
in pursuance thereof, are the supreme law of the land, ordinances and statutes to the
contrary notwithstanding.
"7. That the officers and soldiers of the war have our unfeigned thanks for their
patriotic defence of the Union, and their glorious triumphs in the conflict of arms; and
with them we join in denouncing the meanness of Congress in voting to its members
an increase of pay at the rate of thirty-three dollars per day, while voting to the
soldiers wh6 periled their lives for the Union, a bounty of only fifty dollars for two
years' service in fighting for the Union.
"8. That the prodigality, corruption and imbecility of the present officials of this
State merits and ought to receive the severest reprobation of the honest, tax-ridden
people of the State.
"9. That we condemn the criminal conduct of the present Executive in neglecting or
refusing to extend the protection of the State to the hardy pioneers of our western
borders against Indian hostilities and savage barbarities daily and notoriously committed against them.
" 10. That in its revolutionary action the Congress of the United States, demanding
as a condition precedent to the right of representation, the recognition of negro
equality and negro suffrage, has promulgated a dogma abhorrent to the feelings of the
American people, and arrogated to itself a power that, under the Constitution, belongs
exclusively to the States; and that we, in opposition to the real policy of the Radicals,
declare our unalterable determination to oppose negro suffrage in the State of Kansas.",
-A resolution was adopted asking the removal from office of men who
opposed the President; and another sympathizing with the Irish people in
their effort to restore their lost liberties.
OCTOBER.- State Musical Convention at Lawrence.
-P. McVicar is the editor of the Educational Journal.
OCTOBER.- Settler killed by Indians west of Lake Sibley.
OCTOBER 2.-State Fair at Lawrence.
-Hugh Ewing appointed Minister to the Hague, and credited to
Kansas.
-M. J. Parrott and A. L. Lee are on the stump for the Republican
ticket.
OCTOBER 7.-The Kansas Pacific track laid to the old town of Pawnee;
the United States Commissioners inspect 130 miles of the road.




446                              ANNALS OF KANSAS.                                       [1866.
OCTOBER 16.-General George A. Custer leaves Leavenworth to take
command at Fort Riley.
OCTOBER  17.-Laying  of the corner-stone  of the  State  Capitol by  the
Grand Lodge of Masons.
OCTOBER 18.-John Speer turns over the United States Collector's office
to Edward Carroll, of Leavenworth.
OCTOBER 20. —James M. Harvey, a member of the House last winter, is
nominated for the Senate.
OCTOBER 27.-Topeka Daily Tribune issued.
-H. B. Denman, of Leavenworth, appointed Indian Superintendent of
the Northern Superintendency.
NOVEMBER 1.-The Junction City Union published as a Daily to August
1st, 1867.
-Leavenworth has six daily papers.
NOVEMBER 6.-Election.   The following is the vote on State tickets:
GOVERNOR.   LIEUT. GOV. SEC.OF STATE  STA. AUDIT'R  STATE TREAS
CoLunties. 
G1.
Allen.................... 407    168    406    169    404    169    397    168    405    168
Anderson.............   367    56    371       58 1   371      56     348     57      369    56
Atchison.............. 1,120    609  1,134    604  1, 128    608  1,134    605  1,134    604
Bourbon..............   855    404    856    405      855    405      855    404      856    402
Brown.............     452     36    453       36     451      36    453      36    450       36
Butler.............     61     27       61     27      61      27      63     26       60     27
Chase.............     155     31     156      24     157      24     156     24     157      24
Cherokee........    2721    49        271      49     272      49     272     49     271      49
Clay....................   102  4     101       4     102       4     102      4     102       4
Coffey..................   402    228  405    229     404    228      403    229    405    227
Davis...................   341    200  338    187     341    201      341    203    341    201
Dickinson...........   101     93      99      96     100      95     100     94     100      94
Doniphan............. 1,233    366  1,248    349  1, 238    360  1,245    351  1,234    351
Douglas............... 1,729    459  1,787    402  1,817    397  1,817    394  1,816    394
Franklin..............   747    112    750    110     725    111      729    110     751    110
Greenwood..........   168       41   168         4     168       4     168      4     168       4
Jackson..............   371    149    365    125      368    139      367    138, 276    148
Jefferson..............   829    423  840    432      836    425      837    426      772    442
Johnson..............   846    404    846    401      848    421      848    417      840    424
Leavenworth.......   1,944  2,247  2, 016  2,191   2,034  2,179  2, 019  2,172  2,018  2,188
Linn..................   781    185    805    181     804    182      805    182      803    182
Lyon...................    647  61    651      51     652      51     649     54      649     52
Marshall..............   560   33     556      25    534       25     556     25     553      25
Marion.............     41     14      21      34      20      29      32     18       34     14
Miami..................    778    362  778    362    781    359        783    360      781    361
Morris..............   113    133     112    132      112    132      111    128      112    132
Nemaha..............   384    177     385    177      385    177      385    177     379    179
Neosho...............   266    61     261      66    259       67     256     70     261      66
Osage.............   272       46     272      40     282     39      282     40     280      40
Ottawa.................    92.         89      4      93......       93.........    93......
Pottawatomie......     389    162     388    159      389    159      389    159     383    161
Riley................... 369   24     363      27     366      24     369     24     368      24
Saline................. 210    37     210      37    210       37     210     37     208      37
Shawnee.............   886    200     885    198      894    193      898. 189     905    178
Shirley.................    48.......     48.........    48........    46.........
Washington.........     115            115......    116......    116.....          116.........
Wabaunsee..........    245     23    253       13    257       13     254     14    255       14
Wilson................. 157    53     144      53    151       53     149     54     150      53
Woodson.............. 117       53     117      53              53      86     84     118      52
Wyandotte..........   398    458      393    463    393    460    393    461, 373    480
Total..............19, 370  8,152 19, 517  7, 977 19, 571  7, 991 19, 516 7, 988 19,392 8, 008
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1866.]                            ANNALS OF KANSAS.                                           447
VOTE ON STATE OFFICERS - Concluded.
SUPT. PUB. INS.  ATT'Y GENERAL.   CHIEF JUSTICE.  MEM. OF CONG.
Anderson............     37 0     56         299        60        370        56        366      5
Brown..............  454            36       430        36        436        36       448       3
Counties.
n                                        n         ob 
Alen.............       402       158        393       169        404 97    168        394     169
Anderson............     370        56       299        60        370 272    56        366       58269
Atchison............. 1,136  602  1,125       602      1,149      4588     1 133      608
Bourbon..............   852       406        852       405        856       408        841     407
Brown................    454         36       430        36        436        36       448       35
Butler.................   60        27        32        49         60        27         58      27
Chase.................   156         22       126        24         97        16        153      30
Cherokee............      273        49       274        48        272        49        269      50
Clay.....................  101        4       101         4        102         4         99        4
Coffey..................    405   228        394       228        404       226       405      226
Davis...................    340   201        339       202        340       200       340      201
Dickinson............    100        94        99        95        100        94         79      94
Doniphan............  1, 245      351     1,238       353      1,247       350     1,225      366
Douglas...............  1, 816    389      1,762       407      1,660       414     1, 758     429
Franklin..............    749       109       742       110        752       108        741     112
Greenwood..........      168         4       168         4        167         4        168.......
Jackson...............    367      137       332       149        360       141        361     152
Jefferson............,  833      424        494       537        732       426       820      435.
Johnson...............   849      398        805       448        851       417       836      427
Leavenworth......    2,016    2,182        1,963    2,193       2,008    2,179      1,982   2,206
Linn....................  803      182       695       236        793       182        777     187
Lyon..................    648       52       174       270        651        51       643       62
Marshall.............    533        24       555        25        551        22       560       32
Marion...............     20        29        18        30         20        29         18       35
Miami.................    783     361        746       370        782       362       765      367
Morris.................  112      132        104       132        112       131       104      134
Nemaha..............    384       176        383       176        378       175       378      179
Neosho -..............    259        62       252        70        259        65        206      79
Osage..................  282        39       269        42        282        40       272       44
Ottawa.............       93..........     90............     93............     92        1
Pottawatomie......    388          159       381       161        389       162        390     159
Riley..................    367      24       352        26        368        24       368       24
Saline..................    211     37       201        37        210        37       209       37
Shawnee..............    895      189        810       248        907       178        868     204
Shirley...............    48............     48............      48............     48.........
Washington.........    116............      101............     115............    114........
Wabaunsee.........    258           11       198... 48     253        14       259       12
Wilson................    149        54       149        54        148        53        148      94
Woodson..............    117        52       116        52        118        52        115      54
Wyandotte..........    391        465        313       481        386       466       392      462
Total.............. 19, 549    7,945    17, 916    8,581    19,236    7,955    19, 201   8,106
NOVEMBER 6.-Vote for District Judge in the Second District:
CANDIDATES.
~.Q
Names of Counties.
S
Atchison..............................................................1.........................  579............... 
Doniphan................................................................................  1,228 
M arshall..................................................................................................    529
Marshall'..............................................................  529   1
Washington..............................................................                  55    60
Nemaha...................................................................................  513
Total.................................................................................................   4,360   61




448                                           ANNALS OF KANSAS.                                                                    [1866.
VOTE FOR MEMBERS OF THE SENATE.
Counties.                                          Names.                                             c.
1 Doniphan..........................    A. Low....................................    1,177
N. G. Clarke............................    1,155
D. M. Johnston..........................                  367
J. W. Jenkins....................                         232
W. Ellsworth.                                                75
W.-Ellsworth...........................                   75
2     Atchison...........................  J. M. Price................................   ~ 1,149
J. KE. Fisher..............................    1,124
F. M. McLaughlin....................                     605
M. R. Benton............................                  574
3     Leavenworth....................  P. McFarland...........................    2, 264
R. C. Foster..............................    2, 052
H. C. Haas................................    2, 020
J. Medill..................................            1,875
T. O'Gwartney.........................    1,685
C. R. Jennison.....................,591
W. S. Jenkins...........................                  396
4    Jefferson...........................S. S. Cooper.............................                           739        247,A. G. Patrick.............................                492                 1,231
5     Nemaha...........................  George Graham.......................                              347
J. E. Smith.............                                 179
Brown.............................>          George  Graham........................                 410        523
J. E. Smith...............................                  55
Scattering................................                  1                   992
6    Jackson............................  W. H. Dodge............................                            276
Golden  Silvers...........................                 221
Pottawatomie....................   W. H. Dodge.............................                            380        275
Golden  Silvers.......................160
J. E. Clardy..............................                   3                1,040
7   Washington....................... M. Harvey..................116
G. H. Hollenberg.....................                       2
Marshall............................ J...........................         553
Riley..............................         J.  M. Harvey...........................                 360   1,065
D. S. Chandler..........................                     9
Shirley........... M. Harvey...........................                   47                 1, 087
S    Shawnee.........................              G. W. Veale..............................                 621        154
C. K. Holliday..........................                 467                 1, 088
9     Douglas............................          S. A. Riggs................................    1,820
L. F. Greene...........................                 1,814
Homer Hays.20
John  Speer...............................
10    Johnson.........J..................                 B. Abbott..............................               697        123
A. S. Johnson......................                       574
Scattering................................                   1                1,372
11    Miami...............................   B. F. Simpson.........................                              756        393
J. W. Gossett.............................                363                 1,119
12    WyandotteJ. B. Sharp........................................559                                                      269
L. L. Hartman................290                                                 849
13     Linn..........................                D. Underhill.............................                  748        577
J. Hodgson.......................                        171
Scattering...............................                   6                   925
14    Bourbon...........................               B. E m           mert...........................      826
J. H. Couch..............................                 419
Cherokee..........................   D. B. Emmert....................263                                         588
J. H. Couch..............................                   82                 1,590
15     Butler..............................   S. N. Wood..............................                           59
Reuben  Riggs...........................                    28
Chase................................  S. N. Wood..........................                             130
Reuben  Riggs........................                      51
Marion.............................  S. N. Wood................................                          12
Reuben  Riggs..................39
Morris.............................  S. N. Wood................................                          75          7
Reuben  Riggs...........................                  151                    545
16     Allen.....................                   J. W. Scott................................                335
W. Doudna...............................                   198
Neosho.............................  John  W. Scott......................... 225
W. Doudna...............................                    82
Wilson.............................  John  W. Scott...........................                            80
W. Doudna...............................                  117
Woodson...........................  John  W. Scott..............104                                               285
W. Doudna..............................                   62                 17203
W. Doudna                                                   62                 1,203
17     Anderson..........................  A. Wiley..................................                          249
H. P. Welch..............................                 163
Franklin...........................  A. Wiley..................................                        577        407




1866.]                                      ANNALS OF KANSAS.                                                              449
VOTE FOR MEMBERS OF THE SENATE-CONCLUDED.
Counties.                                      Names.'                       e
Franklin  (concluded).........  H. P. Welch................................    256                              1, 245
18    Coffey...............................  James Rogers..............................    427
Orlando Walking........................    145
Osage...............................  James Rogers...............    213         437
Orlando Walking.........................               58
Scattering...................................           1                 844
19    Lyon...............................P. B. Maxson..............................    644
E. H. Sanford..............................           83
Scattering...................................           1
Greenwood....................... P. B. Maxson...........................                       88
E. H. Sanford...........................              79                  900
20    Davis...............................W. S. Blakely......................                        345
Abram   Barry......................                  197
Dickinson....................W..... S. Blakely......................                          103
Abram  Barry...........................               91
Saline...........................  W. S. Blakely..............................                105       472
Abram  Barry...........................               37
L. F. Parsons...............................         100
Ottawa............................. W. S. Blakely..............................                 76
L. F. Parsons...........................              16
Wabaunsee.......................  W. S. Blakely......................                         124
L. F. Parsons.......................                 134
Abram   Barry..............................             4
W. M. S. Blakely.........................               8
Clay................................ W. S. Blakely..............................               35
Abram  Barry..............................              4
L. F. Parsons...............................           66               1,442
VOTE FOR MEMBERS OF THE HOUSE.
a Ceunties.                                Nasnes.                                               n   e
1    Doniphan...................... W. R. Parker.......................    220                       51
N. M. Keith..........................    169                       389
2....................................... G. H. Robb...........................    130  39
J. Normille...........................          91
R. Small...............................        79                300
3....................................... B. D. Evans..........................    255  210
A. J. Haskell........................           45                300
4..........................   E. J. Jenkins.......................    227            137
A. Perry.......                  90                317
5.......................................  R. Flickinger.......................    186            103
A. G. Ege.....................          83                269    1,575
Atchison........................  Wm. Bowman.......................    233                       59
E. Button.                                     174                407
E. Button..........................    174                       407
7........................................ G. W. Bowman.....................     356  238
W. Jackson..........................    118
L. S. Treat...........................          2                476
8.......................   G. W. Thompson..................  205                       31
J. Howell..............4...........    174                       379
9..........................  W. J. May............................    188  158
S. Pardee.............................         30                218
10..........................  M. J. Cloyce........................    113             59
D. W. Cozard........................            54
J. W. Perry..........................           40                207    1,687
11    Brown........................... M. C. Willis..........................    192
J. W. Overholzer..................    114                 78      306
12....................................... E. Parker........................    158.    149
Robert Rhea........................             9                167         473
13    Nemaha....................             T. B. Collins.......................    148              14
J. P. Taylor..........................       134
Scattering...........................          5                287
14..........................  Joseph Hanemum.................    107                    44
J. S. Hidden.........................           63
P. Hamilton.......................             60
-A. S. Kenoyer....................              31
Scattering......1.........                                      262         549
15    Marshall.........................    J. D. Wells..............            307          3
J. W. Bollinger....................    304                        611
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450                                           ANNALS OF KANSAS.                                                                    [1866.
MEMBERS OF THE HOUSE-CONTINUED.
Counties.                                      Names.; m
16     Washington...................    D. E. Ballard...................... 69             17
G. H. Hollenberg...........    52                                       121    121
17     Pottawatomie.................  W. Jenkins.......................    373                                284
F. M. Sales..........................               89
H. Smith...............................             61                  523          523
18     Jackson..........................    P. Bryant..............................                 207        138
IR.  Hogg................................  69               276
J. B. Oliver..........................               89         30
J. W. Williams......................                59
79..........................   J. Rippetoe........................                   45
A. C. Beckwith......................                30
Scattering...........................                8                 231          507
19     Jefferson........................    F.M. Johnson.......................                     280        161
C. A. Buck....................    119                    399
20....................................... C. Butts...............       161          25
L. Prentice........................                136
H. Smith..............................              39                  336
21....................................... A. Venard.............................    341    161
S. R. Bayne..........................    180                           521    1,256
22      Leavenworth.................  John  Harrison......................    323                               79
T. J. Darling.........................    244
Ira Taylor............................            102
Scattering.............................               1                 670
23....................................... M. Przybylowicz...................    282            103
G. A. Moore...........................    179
H. Miles Moore.....................    156                              617
24.......................................  H. Allen.............................        412        410
Scattering............................               2                 414
25.....................................  John   Dugan..........................    269      24
Levi Houston........................    245
A. McAuley........................    240                              754
26........................................  L. Kennedy..........................    198                      55
F. Wellhouse........................    143                             341
27....................................... J. Turner..............................   131      72
G. W. Baird...........................              59                  190
28............         J. F. Knight................                      190         59
B. B. Moore...........................    131                           321
29.......................................  John  Faulkner....................    198                63
S. S. Nichols.......................               135                  333
30..........................  S. D. Lecompte......................             144          33
W. Dunlap...........................    111
H. Brandt...........................                51                  306    3,946
31     Wyandotte....................  Dan. Killen...........................    217                             97
J. A. Soward..........................    120                           337
80......................................  T. J. Barker..........................    305                    110
Alfred  Gray.........................  195
Scattering.............................               2                 502          839
32     Johnson........................ M. B. Lyon...........................    282                             56
H. McBride...........................                   226508
33.......................................   Albert Johnson.....................    229                          19
D. G. Campbell......................    210
Scattering........................                    2                 441
34.....................................   J. W. Sponable......................    202                          92
R. Addy................................    110                          312       1261
35     Douglas....................  Josiah  Miller........................    716                              716
36.......................................  T. H. Kennedy.....................    158                       9
I1                                                C. W. Babcock......................                149                   307
37.......                                      J. K. Goodin.............152                                     2
G. C. Snow..........................             150                  302
38..........................  Sam. Hindman......................                135          36
Allen  Pierce..........................             99                  234
39.......................................  T. H. Clark...........................    137                       12
W. M. Nace..........................    125                             262
40.......................... W. Draper...........................    126      46
J. C. Coleman.......................               80                  206     2,027
41      Shawnee.....................    J. M. Spencer...................    398                     79
A. H. Case.............................    319
J. B. Whitaker.....................                 39                  756
42,.....................           S. E. A. Palmer..............    185    111
J. A. Powell.......................  74
Ben. Stees..............................            65                  324       1,080
43      Miami......................     W. W. Updegraff..................    248                                  248
44..........................  J. A. Kendall........................   286                       11




1866.]                                        ANNALS OF KANSAS.                                                                       451
MEMBERS OF THE HOUSE —CONTINUED.
Counties.                                      Names.                             C 
44   Miami (concluded)......... A. G. McKenzie.....................275                                                    561
45..................................  William    Huffman.................    225                    141
D. M. Sheldon...:...................                84                  309       1118
46     Linn.................... 0. cHarmon..........D...........             118        111
Scattering.............................               7                 125
47.......................................   Enoch   Estep.......................    218                      141
J. N. Hight...........................               77                  295
48...................  J. S. Lane.............................    268                 265
N. McCord.......................                     3                 271
49....................................... J. P. Way..........................   202    199
Scattering..........................                  3                 205          896
50    Bourbon........................   W. A. McIntosh....................                          104          23
A. W. Burton.......................    81
Scattering.............................             34                  219
51......................................   Joseph  Wilson......................    170               132
M. E. Hudson.......................                38                  208
52.............................  W. F. Travers.......................    204                          150
B. F. Gumm..........................                 54
Scattering.............................               6                 264
53..................................          S. A. Manlove.......................    271                      1
B. P. McDonald....................               270                   541      1,232
54   Allen.....J.. Goodin..........................  233                                                       52
H. D. Parsons........................    180
J. Sansom                     g  2....................... 2              415
55....................        F. M. Bower...............       74         13
E. Fisk.................................             61                  135          550
56     Anderson.......................  Thomas Lindsay..................                           133           4
C. P. Alvey...........................                 129              262
57.....................................   W. M. Hamby.......................                      124         83
J. S. Johnson......................                 41                  165          427
58     Franklin........................   M. Luce............................                      194        100
H. Bell.........................                    94                  288
59....................................... W. E. KEibbee.......................           502        461
M. F. Holaday....................                    41                  543         831
60     Osage............................   H. C. Sheldon............1..........    130                         24
D. B. Foster.........0.............    106
S. R. Canif..........................    183
Scattering.............................               1320                           320
61    Coffey.........................            Job Throckmorton................                   201        112
William   Gans.......................               89                  290
62.......................................  Allen  Crocker.177                                                 25
R. - Burr...................152.........          152
E. E. Coffin..........................               1330                           620
63     Woodson......................              H. J. Gregory.......................               95         39
0. Deviney n..........................               56
Scattering.............................             15                  166         166
64     Lyon...                                  P. B. Plumb........................                223        114
C. V. Eskridge......................    109                             332
65.........................   R. Harper.......................              80          9
D. K. Hardin.......................                 71
Dan. Hendricks............                           58
S. C. Martin....................                    21                  230
66.......................................  J. D. Jaquith.......................    132                        128
Scattering.............................               4                 136         698
67     Butler.........................           J. D. Conner........................                37         10
J. P.  oodale........................              27
J. H. Adams.........................                 24                    88          88
68          Chase.......................................................    117           53
H. E. Snyder........................                64
H. L. Scribner.......................                9                  190         190
69     Morris.........................  C. Columbia........................    134                              23
Thomas Collins...................111.....                                 245        245
70     Wabaunsee....................  H. J. Loomis........................                          168         74
D. M. Ada           s........................       94                  262         262
71          Davis.............................  E. S. Stover..........................              339        154
H. F. Hale.......................    185                              524         524
72     Riley..............................  H. B...........H...........    361                          361         361
73     Dickinson......................  C. H. Thompson....................                             98          3
D. R. Emery.........................                95                  193         193
74     Saline......................             A. C. Spilman.......................    158                    83
H. L. Jones........................                 75
C. H. Martin..............2.......                 5                  238         238
76     Greenwood................... Tucker...........................             129         94




452                             ANNALS OF KANSAS.                                           [1866.
MEMBERS OF THE HOUSE-CONCLUDED.
Counties.                       Names.        ~          a                
75   Greenwood (concluded)... G. H. Lillie........................      35            164      164
76   Marion...........................A. A. Moore.......................  39    27
C. R. Roberts...............         12              51
77   Wilson......................  J. W. Jewitt.....................  112      17
J. Keys.............................  95          207     207
78   Neosho.......................  D. Rogers...........................    297    278
J. C. Weibley.....................   19
M. C. Wright....................     4             320     320
81   Ottawa....It...........  R. D. Mobley.....................        94      93
Scattering..........................  1             95       95
82   Clay.............................. L. Gates.............................  67  32
J. P. Byon.........................  35             102     102
83   Cherokee........................ D. C. Fipn..........................    129  6
H. Harryman.....................    123
J. Sherwood.......................   75
J. M. Reed..........................  25           352     352
84   Shirley..........................J. P. Rupe..........................  27  6
D. M. Hagarman...............       21              48      48
Total......................................................... 26, 753
NOVEMBER 30. —Expenditures of the State for the year:
Governor's Department......   $5,803 06  Agricultural College..................   5,673 00
Secretary's Department...........    5,825 68  State University........................   2, 885 98
Auditor's Department...............  3,932 00  Normal School..........................  13,000 00
Treasurer's Department............   2,980 88  Deaf and Dumb Asylum............   6,200 00
Supt. of Public Instruction.......   1,751 86  Insane Asylum.........................   3,500 00
Attorney General.....................   1,021 53  Military companies...................    2,621 00
Adjutant General...............   9,474 60  Legislature and Journals.........  25,204 05
Judiciary.................................  14,582 99  Miscellaneous expenses............   2,899 60
Printing...................................    17,405 11  Railroad Land Agent................   1,236 28
Penitentiary........................  68,926 66
Capitol Building........................ 41,540 88    Total for 1866..................... $236,465 16
NOVEMBER 30.-The following statement of Price Raid claims is copied
from the report of T. J. Anderson, Adjutant General:
"The claims audited by the Board of Commissioners up to November 1, 1866, are as
follows:
Services   rendered....................................................................................... $197,327  34
Materials, supplies, and transportation furnished...............................       152,530 54
Damages sustained.............................                                         106,806 05
Miscellaneous claims...............................                                      36,290 90
Total...............................................................................................  $492,644   83
"There are in the possession of the Board a number of claims received after the 1st
day of November, which they could not act upon."
The United States Senate passed a bill to pay $259,474.13 of Price Raid
claims. The House failed to pass it.
-During the year Paola has erected buildings valued at $108,300.
DECEMBER.-The trade of Leavenworth for the year is estimated at
$32,440,000.
DECEMBER 1.-The Directory and Shippers' Guide, for Kansas and
Nebraska, issued by Holland & Co.
DECEMBER 7.- State Encampment of the Veteran Brotherhood meets in
Topeka. John A. Martin elected Commander-in-Chief.




1867.]                 ANNALS OF KANSAS.                           453
DECEMBER 8.-The Leavenworth Board of Trade condemns the County
Board for subscribing $300,000 to the stock of the P. C. & F. D. R. R. Co.
-John Willans succeeds Geo. W. Martin as Register of the Junction
City Land Office.
DECEMBER 15.-The Normal School Visitors report that the new building is nearly completed. It is forty by sixty feet on the ground, and two
stories high. A boarding-house is also nearly finished.
President Denison, of the Agricultural College, reports 150 students, and
the completion of the boarding-house.
E. J. Rice, President of University Faculty, says the first session opened
September 12, with three Professors and forty students.
Board of Regents, State Agricultural College: L. D. Bailey, S. D. Houston,
J. G. Reaser, John Pipher, T. H. Baker, W. L. Woodworth, R. Cordley,
E. Gale, D. Earhart.
Board of Directors, State Normal School: James Rogers, T. S.'Huffaker,
C. V. Eskridge, J. W. Roberts, G. C. Morse, J. M. Rankin.
Board of Regents, State University: Chas. Robinson, J. D. Liggett, Wm.
A. Starrett, T. C. Sears, J. S. Emery, D. P. Mitchell, S. O. Thacher, C. B.
Lines, Joseph S. Wever, E. M. Bartholow, G. W. Paddock, C. K. Holliday.
DEcEMBER 18.-R. A. Barker, Secretary of State, says in his Report:
" It appears from the records in this office, that during the year ending November
30, 1866, there was issued and registered, under the provisions of'An act entitled'An act to fund the Territorial debt,' approved February 20, 1863,' the sum of $4,900
in bonds, making the total amount of bonds issued and registered, $62,200."
— Opening of the Wyandotte bridge.
DECEMBER 28.-The military commission have allowed Price and Curtis
Raid claims, amounting to $492,944.83; claims audited by previous commissions, $224,200.46; total claims against the United States, $717,145.59.
1 867.
JANUARY 1. —Catalogue issued of Lincoln College. Number of students,
92. Trustees: Lewis Bodwell, President; S. D. Storrs, J. D. Liggett, Ira H.
Smith, Richard Cordley, Harrison Hannahs, John Ritchie, H. D. Rice,
William E. Bowker, J. W. Fox, H. W. Farnsworth.
JANUARY. —Dedication of. the Normal School building, at Emporia.
H. B. Norton writes a Dedication Hymn, of which the following is the concluding stanza:
"By all the progress and the might
Which other ages shall unfoldBy all the brilliant beams that light
The Future's skies of morning goldBy all that sheds a cheering ray
Upon the path the Past has trodWe dedicate its walls, this day,
To Truth, to Freedom, and to God!"
JANUARY.-The Report of Provost Marshal General Fry shows the pro



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portion per thousand men which each loyal State contributed to the item
of mortality. Kansas heads the column; her proportion was 61.01; Vermont is second, 58.22; and Massachusetts third, 47.76. Gen. Fry says:
" Kansas shows the highest battle mortality of the table....  The same singularly martial disposition which induced above half of the able-bodied men of the State
to enter the army without bounty, may be supposed to have increased their exposure to
the casualties of battle after they were in the service."
Among the Kansas troops, the number of officers killed in battle was 36;
enlisted men, 923. Number of officers died of wounds, 8; enlisted men, 259.
Number of officers died of disease, 24; enlisted men, 2,170.
-The first term of the present Governor does not conclude until the
Legislature has been in session six days.
-The State Record issues a Daily.
JANUARY  8. —Meeting of the Legislature.
STATE OFFICERS.
Names.            Former P. O.       County.      Where Born.  ~   Avocation.
S. J. Crawford, Governor. Garnett......... Anderson...... Indiana........ 31  Lawyer.
N. Green, Lieut. Gov....... Manhattan.... Riley........ Ohio............ 29  Minister.
R. A. Barker, Sec. of State  Atchison........ Atchison........ Vermont... 36  Attorn'y.
J. R. Swallow, Auditor.... Emporia........ Lyon......      New Jersey... 46  Printer.
M. Anderson, Treasurer.. Circleville......Jackson......... Ohio............ 49  Farmer.
P. McVicar, Sp't Pub.Inst. Topeka.........   Shawnee.....  NewBrunsw. 37  Minister.
G. H. Hoyt, Att'y General Leavenworth   Leavenworth   Massach'tts.. 29  Attorn'y.
JUDGES OF THE SUPREME COURT.
Names.             Former P.O.I  County.'WhereBorn.  |    Avocation.
S. A. Kingman, Chief Justice. Atchison... Atchison... Massachusetts  48  Attorn'y.
J. Safford, Associate Justice.  Topeka       Shawnee...] Vermont......... 39  Lawyer.
L. D. Bailey, Associate Justice  Clinton     Douglas.....  NewHampsh...  47  Lawyer.
JUDGES OF DISTRICT COURTS.
Names.                     Districts.     P. O. Address.       County.
D. J. Brewer....................................   First...............Leavenworth  Leavenworth.
R. St. Clair Graham........................ Second............ Atchison............ Atchison.
C. K. Gilchrist............... Third.............. Topeka.........     Shawnee.
D. M. Valentine.............................. Fourth............ Ottawa.........   Franklin.
J. H. Watson..................................  Fifth............... Emporia............ Lyon.
D. P. Lowe...............             Sixth.............. Mound City........ Linn.
Wm. Spriggs................................    Seventh........... Garnett............. Anderson.
Jas. Humphrey.............................    Eighth............ Manhattan......... Riley.
S. N. Wood......................  Ninth.............. CottonwoodFalls Chase.




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MEMBERS AND OFFICERS OF THE SENATE.
Names.               P. 0. Address.        County.       Where Born.'    Avocation.
N. Green, President......... Manhattan...... Riley............ Ohio.........  29   Minister.
Abbott, James B.............. DeSoto............ Johnson.......Conn......... 48   Mechanic.
Blakely, William  S........... Chapman Cr'k. Dickinson... New York. 28   Merchant.
Clark, N. C...................... Wathena......... Doniphan..... Ohio......... 44   Physician.
Cooper, S.S..................... Oskaloosa....... Jefferson...... Illinois..... 40   Physician.
Dodge, William  H............ Holton............ Jackson....... Kentucky.. 32   Lawyer.
Emmert, D. B..................  Fort Scott....... Bourbon...... Penn........ 30   Publisher.
Fisher, J. K..................... Huron.........   Atchison......  Pein........ 42   Farmer.
Foster, R. C.*................... Leavenworth.. Leavenw'th.  Kentucky.. 32   Lawyer.
Graham, George............... Seneca............ Nemaha...... New  York. 46   Merchant.
Greene, L. F.................... Baldwin City... Douglas........ Ohio......... 31   Farmer.
Haas, H. C....................... Leavenworth.. Leavenw'th.   Germany.. 32   Carpenter.
Harvey, James M............ Fort Riley...... Riley........... Virginia.... 33   Farmer.
Low, A............................ Doniphan........ Doniphan..... Maryland.. 55   Farmer.
McFarland, P............       Leavenworth.. Leavenw'th..  Ireland...... 34   Farmer.
Maxson, P. B................... Emporia......... Lyon...........  R'deIsland  39   Farmer.
Price, J. M......................  Atchison......  Atchison......  Kentucky.. 37   Lawyer.
Rogers, James................. Burlingame.... Osage........... New Hamp  38   Lawyer.
Riggs, Samuel A...........    Lawrence....... Douglas....... Ohio.....    31   Lawyer.
Scott, J. W.......................   Iola................. Allen...........  Penn........ 42   Physician.
Sharp, J. B....................... Wyandotte...... Wyandotte... Ohio........  31   Lawyer.
Simpson, B. F.................. Paola...............  Miami.......... Ohio.....    30   Lawyer.
Underhill, D.................... Jackson...........  Iinn............  Indiana..... 40   Farmer.
Veale, G. W..................... Topeka........... Shawnee...... Indiana.....  33   Freighter.
Wiley, A......................... Ottawa............ Franklin......  Ohio.....    42   Physician.
Wood, S.N...................... Cotton'd Falls. Chase.......... Ohio......... 41   Farmer.
A. R. Banks, Secretary..... Lawrence....... Douglas........ Ohio..              31   Lawyer.
Jos. Speck, Assist. Sec'y *  Wyandotte.....  Wyandotte...  Penn........-    Physician.
M. R. Dutton, Jour. Clerk.  Grantville...... Jefferson......  Conn........37   Farmer.
W. F. Goble, Docket Cl'k *  Pleasant Ridge  Leavenw'th.  Iowa.........29   Book-k'per
A. J. Simpson, Eng. Cl'k *  Carlyle........... Allen........... Indiana..... 25   Carpenter.
Geo. B. Holmnes, Enr. Cl'k. Topeka........... Shawnee...... Mass......... 50   Clerk.
D.L. Payne,Ser.-at-Arlns *  Troy............... Doniphan.....  Indiana....30   Farmer.
J.Drew, As't Ser.-at-Arms  Burlingame.... Osage........... New York. 65   Farmer.
Geo. W. Weed, Doork'r*..  Pardee............. Atchison...... New York. 31   Farmer.
G.Pharaoh,Ass't Doork'r *  Louisville........  Pottawato'ie. Prussia              27   None.
Clarence Walrod, Page*...j Paola..............  Miami.......... Illinois..... 14   Student.
Wm. R. Griffin, Page *...... Topeka........... Shawnee...... Ohio......   18   Student.
Wm. H. Fletcher, Page *... Topeka........... Shawnee......  Indiana..... 14   Student.
MEMBERS AND OFFICERS OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
Names.               P. O. Address.        County.       Where Born.'f   Avocation.
P. B. Plumb, Speaker*..... Emporia..........  Lyon........... Ohio........ 30   Farmer.
Allen, Harvey............ L..... eavenworth.. Leavenw'th.  Ohio......... 42   Cab't m'kr.
Barker, Thomas J............  Wyandotte...... Wyandotte... Virginia....  38   Farmer.
Booth, Henry*................  Manhattan...... Riley............ England.... 28   Farmer.
Bowman, George W.t.......  Atchison......... Atchison......  Penn........ 52   Farmer.
Bowman, William............   Atchison......... Atchison....... New Hamp  38   Miller.
Brandley, Harry.............. Bazaar............  Chase.......... Switzerl'd.. 25   Farmer.
Bryant. Peter..................  Banner............ Jackson........ Illinois...... 29   Farmer.
Butts, W. C......................  Grass'per Falls  Jefferson......  New  York. 33   Farmer.
Bent, C. H.*.....................  Oswego............ Labette........  New York. 28   Farmer.
Clark, T. H.*....................  Big Springs...... Douglas........ New Hamp  37   FarmerCloves, M.J..................... Lancaster....... Atchison...... Vermont... 40   Farmer.
Collins, T. B..................... Albany............  Nemaha...... Ohio......... 33   Farmer.
Columbia, Charles*.......... Council Grove.. Morris.....    Ohio......... 40   Blacksm'h.
Conner, J. D.*.................. Eldorado.......... Butler.......... Ireland...... 29   Farmer.
Crocker, Allen................. Burlington...... Coffey.......... Indiana..... 42   Farmer.
Draper, William...............  Clinton............ Douglas........I New York. 35   Farmer.
Dugan, John....................   Leavenworth.. Leavenw'th.  Ireland...... 26   Contractor
Estep, Enoch................... Paris............... Linn............  Illinois...  41   Farmer.
Evans, B. D..................... Elwood........... Doniphan..... Penn........ 37   Mechanic.
Faulkner, J. K................. Stranger........  Leavenw'th..[   Virginia.... 32   Farmer.
Finn, D. C........................ Pleasant View. Cherokee.....New York. 30   Lawyer.
Flickinger, R................... Geary City...... Doniphan..... Penn........ 33   Lumber'n.
Gates, Lorenzo.................  Gatesville........Clay......... New York. 44   Farmer.
Goodin, Joel K..........       Baldwin City... Douglas........ Ohio....... 42   Attorney.
Goodin, J.R..........          Humboldt...... Allen........... Ohio......... 27   Lawyer.
Gregory, H. J.................. Belmont......... Woodson...... Tennessee   40   Farmer.
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MEMBERS AND OFFICERS OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES-CONCL'D.
Names.                 P. 0. Address.         County.        Where Born.'5!   Avocation.
Hamby, William  N........ Garnett..........  Anderson.... N.Carolina  52   Farmer.
Hannon, J....................... Leavenworth..  Leavenwo'th   Ireland......}29
Hannum, J......................  America City... Nemaha.......   Ohio........./52   Farmer.
Harmon, O. D..................  Twin Springs... Linn............   Ohio......... 38   Farmer.
Harper, G. R...................  Neosho Rapids  Lyon...........   Penn......... 41   Merchant,
Hindman,  S....................  Willow Springs  Douglas........  Ohio......... 52   Farmer.
Hollenberg, G. H............  Marysville......  Washington   Hanover... 41   Farmer.
Huffmnan, William............  New Lancaster  Miami..........  Ohio......... 51   Minister.
Jaquith, J. D.................... Americus........  Lyon........... Vermont...  45   Lawyer.
Jenkins, E. J...................  Troy...............Doniphan..... Ohio.........  33   Lawyer.
Jenkins, R. W.................. Vienna........... Pottawat'minie  Kentucky.  36   Farmer.
Jewitt, J. W.....................  Coyville..........  Wilson.........   Illinois.....123   Farmer.
Johnson, A......................  Shawnee.........  Johnson.......  New  York.  56   Farmer.
Johnson, F. M..................  Winchester...... Jefferson......  Indiana....  40   Tradesman
Kendall, J. A...................  Squiresville....  Mliami......... Kentucky.. --    Farmer.
Kennedy, L.....................   Pleasant Ridge  Leavenwo'th   Ireland..... 50   Farmer.
Kennedy, T. H................  Lawrence........  Douglas........  Ohio.........   34   Farmer.
Kibbe, William  E............  Ohio City........  Franklin.....  New  York.  33   Farmer.
Killen, Daniel..................  Wyandotte..... Wyandotte.. Penn........  49   R.R. Cont'r
Knight, Jonathan............  Tonganoxie.....  Leavenwo'th   Penn........ 34   Various.
Lane, J. S........................  Blooming  G've  Linn............   New  York   34   Merchant.
Luce, J. M.......................  Centropolis.....  Franklin......  New  York.  36   Laborer.
Lecompte, S. D.................  Leavenworth..    Leavenwo'th   Maryland..  52   Lawyer.
Lindsay, Thomas............. Garnett..........  Anderson...  Ohio.........40   Physician.
Loomis, H. J.................... Mission Creek. Wabaunsee...   Ohio.........  38   Farmer.
Lyon, M. B...................... Monticello......    Johnson.......  Ohio......... 45   Farmer.
Manlove, S. A..................  Fort Scott....... Bourbon...... Illinois......  27   Merchant.
May, William  J.............. Monrovia.......  Atchison......  Indiana....  28   Farmer.
McIntosh, W. A.............. Barnesville.....  Bourbon......  New  York. 32   Farmer.
Miller, Josiah..................  Lawrence........  Douglas.......  S. Carolina  37   Merchant.
Mobley, IR. D.*.................  Salina............   Ottawa.........  Kentucky..  32   Farmer.
Moorej A. A.....................  Marion Center. Marion........ Ohio......... 32   Merchant.
Oliver, J. B......................  Rossville.........  Jackson.......  Penn........ 25   Merchant.
Palmer, S. E. A............... Auburn......S... Shawnee...... Penn........ 33   Farmer.
Parker, C. E....................  Carson............ Brown.......... Maine...... 42   Farmer.
Parker, W. R.................  Iowa Point......  Doniphan....,  N.Carolina  66   Farmer.
Power, F. M....................  Carlyle..........  Allen............  Indiana.....  35   Farmer.
Przybylowicz, M..............  Leavenworth.. Leavenwoth   Poland....../40   Butcher.
Robb, George H...............  Troy............... Doniphan.....   Penn........  32   Farmer.
Rogers, D........................  Rogers's Mill... Neosho........ New York.  35   Merchant.
Rupe, J. B.*.....................  Elk Creek........ Shirley........Indiana..... 32   Farmer.
Sheldon, H. C..................  Burlingame.....  Osage..........  New York.  37   Farmer.
Spencer, James M............  Topeka............  Shawnee......  New York.  35   Lawyer.
Spillman, A. C..................  Salina............  Saline..........  Miss..........  29   Farmer.
Sponable, J. W.................  Gardner........ Johnson.......  New York.  35   Farmer.
Stover, E. S.*.................... Junction City.. Davis...........  Maine......  30   Mechanic.
Thompson, C. I...............   Abilene....... Dickinson... Virginia...  36   Farmer.
Thompson, G. W.............. Atchison.......... Atchison......  Kentucky..  39   Farmer.
Throckmorton, Job.......... Burlington......  Coffey.........  Ohio.........  32   Farmer.
Travis, W. F.................... Marmaton....... Bourbon...... Ohio........./37   Minister.
Tucker, Edwin................. Eureka.......... Greenwood..l Vermont... 30   Farmer.
Turner, Joshua................  Easton............    Leavenwo'th  Missouri...  38   Farmer.
Updegraff, W. W..............  Osawatomie.....  Miami..........  Penn........  45   Physician.
Venard, A........................  Osawkee......... Jefferson......  Ohio........./38   Physician.
Way, James P.................. Mound City.....  Linn............  Indiana....  40   Merchant.
Wells, J. D.......................  Barrett's P. 0...  Marshall...... Kentucky..  39   Farmer.
Willis, M. C..................... Kennekuk...... Brown......... Tennessee    36   Farmer.
Wilson, J. S.....................   Mapleton........ Bourbon.......  Kentucky..  50   Farmer.
John T. Morton, Chief Cl'k   Topeka...........  Shawnee......  Mass......... 45   Lawyer.
J. H. Prescott, Ass't Cl'k*  Salina............  Saline.......... N. IH.........  26   Farmer.
Wm. R. Brown, Jour. Cl'k*  Emporia.......... Lyon...........New York.  26   Lawyer.
G.D.Stinehaugh,Enr.Cl'k~*  Ohio City........  Franklin......  Ohio......... 26   Clerk.
Asa Hairgrove, Eng. Cl'k..  Topeka........... Shawnee... Georgia..... 41   Mechanic.
D.B. Jackman, Dock. Cl'k*  Fort Lincoln...   Bourbon.......  Mass......... 42   Lawyer.
J.A. Hunter, Ser.-at-Arms  Topeka........... Shawnee......  Ohio.........  35   Farmer.
M.B.Crawford,As.S.-at-A's  Topeka.....  Shawnee......  Ohio......... 30   Carpenter.
J. M. Adair, Doorkeeper t..  Burlington......  Coffey.........  Kentucky..  65   Wagonm'r.
M. R. Moore, Ass't Doork'r  Topeka........... Shawnee...... Ind;ana....  20   Bummer.
Frank Rice, Page*...........   Topeka........... Shawnee......  Indiana....  13   Student.
Charlie Painter, Page *.....  Emporia..........  Lyon...........  Ohio.........  11   Student.
Willie Miller, Page*........   Ridgeway.......  Osage...........  Ohio.........  20
C. N. Norton, Page*......... Topeka...........  Shawnee......  NewYork.  16   None.
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JANUARY 15. — Meeting of the veterans of 1855-6, in the Senate Chamber. Henry J. Adams presides. Speeches are made by M. J. Parrott,
Charles Robinson, and C. B. Lines.
JANUARY 16. —Election of the following officers of the State Agricultural Society: President, R. G. Elliott, of Douglas; Secretary, H. J. Strickler, of Shawnee; Treasurer, C. B. Lines, of Shawnee; Superintendent, J,
L. McDowell. Executive Committee: M. J. Alkire, of Shawnee; H. C.
Cross, of Lyon; S. S. Tipton, of Anderson; W. G. Coffin, of Leavenworth;
J. W. Sponable, of Johnson; G. W. Deitzler, of Douglas; B. W. Williams,
of Atchison; M. R. Dutton, of Jefferson; W. A. Phillips, of Saline; Alfred
G3ray, of Wyandotte.
A Fair was held at Lawrence.
JANUARY 17. —Colonel John C. Vaughan delivers the address before the
Publishers' and Editors' Association, at Topeka. The Association asks the
Legislature to create the office of State Printer.
— General W. W. Wright, Superintendent of the Kansas Pacific, writes
to Governor Crawford that the work was begun in August, 1863; forty
miles were built in 1864; in 1865-6, 110 miles were completed, including
the line from Leavenworth to Lawrence; the track is now laid to the 155th
mile-post, twenty miles beyond Fort Riley; Shoemaker, Miller & Co. are
to complete the road to the 385th mile-post.
JANUARY 18.-The town of Osage Mission laid out, by George A. Crawford, Chas. D. Drake and others.
-The Insane Asylum at Osawatomie has four inmates.
JANUARY 22. -the Senate votes for United States Senator for the long
term, as follows: S. C. Pomeroy, 16; A. L. Lee, 8; D. R. Anthony, 1. For
the short term, the vote stands: Thos. Carney, 9; S. O. Thacher, 5; E. G.
Ross, 5; I. S. Kalloch, 3; George A. Crawford, 1; J. P. Root, 1; S. D.
Houston, 1.
JANUARY 22. —The House votes as follows for United States Senator for
the short term: Thomas Carney, 32; E. G. Ross, 24; S. O. Thacher, 14; I.
S. Kalloch, 8; Werter R. Davis, 3; Charles Robinson, 2; George A.
Crawford, 1.
JANUARY 23. —Election of United States Senators. Vote for the long
term, beginning March 4, 1867: S. C. Pomeroy, 84; A. L. Lee, 25. For
the short term: Edmund G. Ross, 68; Thomas Carney, 40; Samuel A.
Riggs, 1. There is only a single ballot for each Senator.
-A movement on foot to cause the State to purchase a building at Olathe
for the Deaf and Dumb School.
— The town of Ellsworth laid out.
— Charles G. Leland, of the Philadelphia Press, writes a song: "Hans
Breitmann vent to Kansas."
FEBRUARY 1. —Coaches make the trip from Junction City to Santa Fe
in seven days.
— A suspension bridge is to be built at Ottawa.
-The foundation of the Capitol is reported to be worthless, being made
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-John N. Holloway, of Indiana, is collecting materials fbr a History of
Kansas.
FEBRUARY 6.-Douglas county votes bonds to the L. L. & G. Road.
-Ed. D. Thompson, of Lawrence, is appointed Register of the Santa Fe
Land Office.
FEBRUARY 9. —The Legislature votes to investigate the Senatorial election.
FEBRUARY 12. —George A. Crawford, by invitation, addresses the Legislature on the life and services of Abraham Lincoln.
-The Marais des Cygnes bridged at Osawatomie.
-Bridges swept away at Wyandotte, Topeka (pontoon), Manhattan, and
Fort Riley.
-The Lawrence Tribune published a letter from S. C. Pomeroy to Geo.
W. Deitzler. Of Wm. Sturges, of Chicago, the Senator says: "I hope you
will not distrust him, but use him and his associates in the most confiding
and liberal spirit." Mr. Sturges is announced as President of the L. L. &
G. R. R.
FEBRUARY 15.-The Atchison and Pike's Peak R. R., 40 miles, receives
$640,000 in Government bonds; the Union Pacific, Eastern Division, 155
miles, $2,480,000.
-The Freedmen's University, at Quindaro, is said to be in a flourishing
condition.
FEBRUARY 18. —Treaty with the Sacs and Foxes. Lands ceded to the
United States. New reservation provided in the Indian country.
FEBRUARY 21.- The Legislature elects Wm. Bowman, John Hammond
and Daniel Killen State House Commissioners.
-The Salina Herald issued, by B. J. F. Hanna.
FEBRUARY 23.- Treaty with the Senecas, Mixed Senecas and Shawnees,
Quapaws, Confederated Peorias, Kaskaskias, Weas and Piankeshaws, Ottawas of Blanchard's Ford and Roche de Bceuf, Miamies, and certain Wyandottes. It is provided that these Indians, now residing in Kansas, shall
remove to new homes in the Indian Territory.
Treaty with the Pottawatomies, to provide a new home in the Indian
country. The Leavenworth, Pawnee and Western Railroad Company having
failed to buy their lands, they may be purchased by the Atchison, Topeka
and Santa Fe Railroad Company.
-The State Senate discusses a bill which proposes a five-million State
railroad debt.
-Hiawatha has a flour mill driven by wind.
- Judge Greer retires from the Topeka Daily Tribune.
-The United States Senate rejects the nomination of Edward Carroll
as United States Collector, John Ritchie, Register at Topeka, and John
Willans, Register at Junction City.
-The Legislature makes four new judicial districts.
FEBRUARY 25.-The Investigating Committee conclude their report as
follows:
"And while this testimony is not sufficient of itself to authorize your Committee to
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record their convictions that money has been used for the base purposes of influencing
members of the Legislature to disregard the wishes of their constituents, and to vote as
money dictated, and regret their failure to procure the evidence necessary to demonstrate the facts to the people of the State."-Senate Journal, pp. 755 to 767.
FEBRUARY 26.-The gopher bill was changed by the Senate into a grasshopper bill, giving a bounty for all scalps of grasshoppers furnished with
the ears.-Judge Lecompte, of the House, delivers a poem. —S. A. Riggs,
James McCahon and John M. Price are appointed to codify the laws; Geo.
A. Crawford and L. D. Bailey, Commissioners of Immigration.
FEBRUARY 26.-The Governor makes the following appointments: Regents of the State University: D. P. Mitchell, G. W. Paddock, W. A. Starrett,
J. L. Wever, T. C. Sears.
FEBRUARY 28. -Death at Wyandotte of Col. Wm. Weer. He had been
U. S. District Attorney and Colonel of the Tenth Regiment. He was a man
of unusual intellectual power. His remains were taken to Illinois for burial.
MARCH 1.-Young grasshoppers appear near Leavenworth. The Oskaloosa Independent reports early hatching and premature death of the gryllus.
MARCH 2.-Congress passes a joint resolution for the reduction of the
Fort Riley Military Reservation, and granting land to build a bridge over
the Republican.
MARCH 2.-State Historical Society organized. Samuel A. Kingman,
President; C. K. Holliday, Vice President; D. W. Stormont, Treasurer;
Andrew Stark, Librarian; S. D. Bowker, Corresponding Secretary; George
A. Crawford, Recording Secretary.
MARCH 3.-Adjournment of the Legislature. Among the acts passed
were the following: Ratifying the 14th Amendment to the Constitution of
the United States; For building a Blind Asylum at Wyandotte; Issuing
$100,000 in bonds for the Penitentiary; Issuing $15,500 in bonds for the
Deaf and Dumb Asylum; Issuing $100,000 in bonds for the State House;
Changing or defining the boundaries of Wilson, Labette, Dickinson, Bourbon, Crawford and Cherokee counties; Defining the boundaries of Montgomery, Greenwood, Howard, Butler, Cowley, Marion, McPherson, Sedgwick,
Sumner, Jewell, Mitchell, Lincoln, Ellsworth, Rice, Reno, Harper, Smith,
Osborne, Russell, Barton, Stafford, Pratt, Barbour [should be spelled Barber],
Phillips, Rooks, Ellis, Rush, Pawnee, Kiowa, Comanche, Norton, Graham,
Trego, Ness, Hodgeman, Ford and Clark counties; Accepting a grant of
land for bridging the Republican, at Fort Riley; Providing for the assumption by the State of the Price Raid claims, and referring them again to a
special committee; Changing the name of Shirley county to Cloud; Making
the Freedmen's University, at Quindaro, a present of State taxes. Three
amendments to the Constitution were submitted to the people; one on negro
suffrage, one on woman suffrage, and one disfranchising certain soldiers.
MARCH 3.-J. R. McClure is confirmed as Register at Junction City, and
C. W. Blair as Postmaster at Fort Scott. H. W. Martin is rejected as Agent
of the Sacs and Foxes. H. L. Taylor, for the Shawnees, and Geo. C. Snow,
for Osages, are confirmed. Nathan Price, for the Kickapoos, and Forrest
R. Page, for the Kaws, are rejected.
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Hartford, Conn. Another edition was issued in 1869. It is a book of 620
pages, about one-third of it made up of letters written by Mr. Richardson
from'Kansas, to the Boston Journal and New York Tribune, between 1857
and 1867. It is profuisely illustrated, and gives a graphic picture of affairs
in Kansas —men, scenery, events. It is not history, but an entertaining
story, well preserving the spirit of the times. Its exaggerations are characteristic of the people and the period, but they prevail to such an extent
that nothing can be copied here.
MARCH 4.-D. P. Lowe is appointed Judge of the Sixth District, Wm.
Spriggs of the Seventh, Jas. Humphrey of the Eighth, Samuel N. Wood
of the Ninth.
MARCH 8.-Thos. Moonlight is confirmed as U. S. Collector.
-Chas. C. Whiting is confirmed as U. S. Marshal, vice Thos. A. Osborn,
removed.
MARCH 13.-The Platte Country R. R. is completed from Weston to a
point opposite Leavenworth.
-Joel Huntoon is confirmed as Register at Topeka.
-Court House burned at Troy.
MARCH 18.-E. S. Stover is confirmed as Agent for the Kansas Indians,
and A. Wiley for the Sacs and Foxes.
-John W. Scott is rejected as Register at Humboldt.
MARCH 19.-The Atchison Champion says there are 6,866 Indians in
the State. Treaties have been made for their land-1,071,946 acres.
MARCH 20.-The Missouri Valley Press Association organized; sixteen
dailies represented. D. R. Anthony, of the Bulletin, elected President;
John W. Wright, of the Conservative, Secretary; John Speer, of the Lawrence Tribune, Treasurer.
MARCH 26.-Governor Crawford appoints D. E. Ballard, W. H. Fitzpatrick and Wm. N. Hamby, Commissioners, to re-audit and correct the
Price Raid awards.
APRIL 1.-Rev. Hiram  R. Revels, afterwards United States Senator
from Mississippi, is the pastor of the African Methodist Church, Leavenworth.
-John A. Halderman is elected Mayor of Leavenworth, Samuel Kimball of Lawrence, and Cassius G. Foster of Atchison.
APRIL 2.-The Kansas Pacific sells Delaware lands at Lawrence, at
auction, at good figures.
APRIL. - Gov. Crawford sells $30,000 of State bonds to the School Commissioners, at 91 cents on the dollar. In New York, he sells $100,000 at
the same price. The remaining $70,000 are sold in New York by Auditor
Swallow, in September, at 90 cents on the dollar.
APRIL 2. -John G. Haskell appointed Quartermaster General.
APRIL 3. —Impartial Suffrage Convention at Topeka. Lucy Stone
Blackwell, Mr. Blackwell and Mrs. C. I. H. Nichols make speeches. A
State Association formed. President, Gov. S. J. Crawford; Vice President,
Lieut. Gov. N. Green; Corresponding Secretary, Samuel N. Wood; Recording Secretary, Miss Minnie Otis; Treasurer, John Ritchie.




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APRIL 8. -- Samuel A. Riggs confirmed as United States District Attorney,
vice James S. Emery.
-The locomotive within five miles of Salina.
-Colorado had grasshoppers in 1864 and 1865. They did not come to
Kansas.
APRIL 17. —A. F. Callahan retires from the Leavenworth Commercial.
-Death, in New York, of George L. Stearns, the early friend of Kansas
and John Brown.
APRIL 22.-Death of George Dimon, ex-Mayor, and proprietor of the
Wilder House, Fort Scott.
-Marriage of Bishop Vail, in Philadelphia.
-D. J. Silver & Son, State House contractors, have removed the defective
stone, and are putting in new foundations.
APRIL 24.-Earthquake shock, at 2:45 P. M., in eastern Kansas and western
Missouri. A second shock soon followed. A few chimneys fell.
APRIL 29. —Trains run to Salina.
-James F. Legate appointed Mail Agent for Kansas and New Mexico.
APRIL 30.- Gens. Hancock and Custer lead an expedition against Indians,
in western Kansas.
MAY 1.-John K. Rankin takes possession of the Lawrence Post Office.
-A. H. Hallowell is succeeded, on the Kansas City Journal, by John
Wilder.
-Emporia ships 20,000 pounds of flour, by flatboat, to Fort Gibson.
-Grasshoppers destroying crops in some localities.'
MAY 6.-A. Anderson succeeds W. W. Wright as Superintendent of the
Kansas Pacific.
-The Atchison Daily Free Press, L. R. Elliott, Editor, enters upon its
fifth volume.
-Lucy Stone is stumping the State for woman suffrage.
-Geo. T. Isbell removes the Jeffersonian from Grasshopper to Oskaloosa.
MAY 14.-Laying of the corner-stone of Odd Fellows' Hall, Leavenworth.
MAY 15.-Meeting of the Republican State Committee, at Topeka.~ Steps
taken to canvass the State in behalf of negro suffrage.
— Grasshoppers industrious.
-Bourbon county votes bonds to the Sedalia road.
MAY 22.- M. H. Insley's name is published as one of the proprietors of
the Leavenworth Conservative.
-That paper says: "It is believed that the grasshoppers will do no
damage. The birds are eating them, and they are otherwise mysteriously
disappearing."
MAY 23.-Subscription books of the Atchison and Nebraska City R. R.
opened.
— Miami county issues bonds to the Border Tier road.
-Robert Tracy sells the Wathena Reporter to Ed. H. Snow and Geo. W.
Larzelere.
JUNE.-Third Annual Catalogue issued of the Agricultural College.
Number of students, 178.




462                    ANNALS OF KANSAS.                          [1867.
JUNE 1.-The Leavenworth Medical Herald, a monthly, issued by Drs.
C. A. Logan and Tiffin Sinks.
-Hiram Griswold is appointed Register in Bankruptcy.
-Contract let for a court house in Jefferson county.
— Grasshoppers leave Coffey and Greenwood counties; no damage done
since the recent heavy rains; crops fine.
JUNE 6. —Simon Cameron and other Eastern men-make a journey to the
end of the Kansas Pacific track.
JUNE 9.-Ben. F. Wade, Z. Chandler, J. A. J. Creswell, Richard Yates,
Lyman Trumbull, John Covode, and others, arrive in Leavenworth.
-Twenty-three houses burned in Atchison.
JUNE 10.-Wade, Covode and George Francis Train make speeches in
Lawrence. They pass on to the end of the track.
-Leavenworth county and Platte county, Mo., overrun with grasshoppers.
JUNE 14.-Death of Jacob Saqui, a leading Mason, at Atchison. He had
been Grand Master of the Grand Lodge for six years.
-- Great flood at Salina and Ellsworth.
-There are 10,000 Sunday school children in the State, and over 1,000
teachers.
-No grasshoppers south of Ottawa.
-A poem called "Osseo, the Spectre Chieftain," by Evander C. Kennedy,
is published in Leavenworth.
-Indian raid in western Kansas.
JUNE 24.- Grasshoppers begin to fly.
-Murders by Indians daily reported. Gen. Hancock starts for Denver,
tq open the route.
-There have been no grasshoppers in Junction City, or west of that
place. They laid eggs and hatched only in the northeastern counties, and
in Missouri.
-Gen. Custer loses sixty men in a fight with Indians, near the headwaters of the Republican.
JUNE 29.-The Leavenworth Bulletin sold by D. R. Anthony. Geo. T.
Anthony ceases to be its editor.
JUNE 29.- Gen. W. T. Sherman authorizes Gov. Crawford to call out a
volunteer battalion to protect the frontier. Four companies were raised —
the Eighteenth Kansas Cavalry -for four months' service.
JULY 1.-The Examining Commissioners of the Price Raid Claims, D.
E. Ballard, W. N. Hamby, and W. H. Fitzpatrick, make a report to Governor Crawford, of which he speaks as follows in his Message, in January,
1868:
"On the 1st day of April last, the Commission met, organized, and entered upon the
laborious task to be performed.
"After a thorough and careful investigation and re-examination, which consumed
the entire time allowed by law, the Commission made their report to me, on the 1st day
of July, 1867; which report I herewith transmit, and from which I deduce the following:
Amount allowed for services....................................................................... $218,398 75
Amount allowed for services, supplies and transportation...........................  81, 682 32
Amount allowed for services-damages sustained.......................................   131,693 83
Amount allowed for services, property lost, and miscellaneous.....................  35,518 47
Whole amount allowed by Examining Commission............................ $467,293 37




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Amount allowed by Price Raid Commission for supplies, transportation,
property lost, and miscellaneous............................................................  $367, 548 70
Amount allowed by Examining Commission for supplies, transportation,
damages, property lost, and miscellaneous............................................   248,894 62
Difference..............................................................  $118,654  08
"It will thus be seen that the awards of the Examining Commission are one hundred
and eighteen thousand six hundred and fifty-four dollars and eight cents ($118,654.08)
less than the amount allowed by the Price Raid Commission. A portion of this discrepancy can doubtless be accounted for by an honest difference of opinion between
the two Boards in regard to the prices of material, supplies, &c.; while another portion,
I regret to say, can only be accounted for by a package of forged or fabricated vouchers,
amounting to some eighteen thousand dollars, which were placed in my possession by
the Examining Commission when they made their report, in compliance with the law.
These forged or fabricated claims purport to have been sworn to before the Secretary of
the Price Raid Commission. Whether he has been imposed upon by unknown parties
is not for me to determine; but I respectfully refer the whole subject to the Legislature,
with the earnest recommendation that a thorough and searching investigation be made
of the entire affair, so as to prevent undue suspicion from attaching to those who might
be farthest from the commission of such a crjme. Besides, if the Commission should
have been mistaken in judging these claims to be forged when in fact they were genuine, then an investigation is due, in order that the innocent may not suffer."
JULY 1.-Governor Crawford issues a proclamation calling for eight
companies of cavalry to fight Indians.
-Theodore Alvord & Co. publish the Banner, at Cottonwood Falls.
-Death of Delos F. Drinkwater, a pioneer, in West Virginia.
— M. C. Wheeler Postmaster of Paola, vice John McReynolds, of the
Republican.
- George A. Crawford becomes one of the editors of the Kansas Farmer.
JULY  4.-State Teachers' Association, at Topeka. President, B. F.
Mudge; Recording Secretary, Miss M. J. Watson; Corresponding Secretary,
D. L. Bradford; Treasurer, H. D. McCarty; Executive Committee: Kellogg,
Horner, Rice, Pierce, and Putnam.
JULY 5.-The cars are running to Ellsworth.
JULY 6.-Coffey county has voted $200,000 in bonds for the Neosho
Valley road.
JULY 9.-Grasshoppers all gone from Leavenworth. Their presence in
a part of the State created no panic or alarm.
-Colonel George H. Hoyt edits the Conservative.
-R. B. Taylor returns to the Wyandotte Gazette.
JULY 15.-The Eighteenth Kansas mustered into the United States
service. The Report of Adjutant General McAfee says:
"During the month of July a battalion of four companies was organized by authority from Lieutenant General Sherman, to protect the western settlements; to guard
the employes of the Union Pacific Railway, Eastern Division, and the travel on the
great highways leading to the west and southwest. The Battalion was commanded
by Major H. L. Moore, of Lawrence, formerly Lieut. Colonel of the Fourth Arkansas
Cavalry; Company A, by Captain Henry Lindsey, of Topeka, with Lieutenants Thomas
Hughes and John H. Wellman; Company B, Captain Edgar A. Barker, with Lieutenants
John W. Price and Samuel L. Hybarger, succeeded by Francis M. Stahl; Company C,
by Captain Geo. B. Jenness, with Lieutenants Peleg Thomas and James Reynolds;
Company D, by Captain David L. Payne, with Lieutenants John M. Cain and Henry
Hegwer. The Battalion consisted of 358 officers and enlisted men."
JULY 16. —Death of Judge Wm. C. McDowell, of Leavenworth, in St.
Louis. He fell from  the top of a coach while riding from the Southern




464                  ANNALS OF KANSAS.                      [1867.
Hotel to the Pacific depot; one wheel passed over his body. The Kansas
friends with him were Thos. Carney, E. Stillings, J. C. Burnett, W. P.
Gambell, J. W. Scott, John Speer, and Win. Spriggs. Judge McDowell
was a member of the Wyandotte Convention, and the first Judge of the
Leavenworth district. He was a man of very brilliant talents, of spotless
integrity, and was universally beloved.
JULY 17.-Rev. Olympia Brown and Miss Bessie Bisbee are speaking in
the State for woman suffrage.
-A post office is established at Ellsworth, and letters are no longer detained at Fort Harker.
JULY 18.-The Topeka Record says the Price Raid Commissioners
threw out $118,000 of the $360,000 claims allowed. "A large number of
the claims are said to be marked on the margin of the rolls,'Forged or
fabricated."'
-The News started at Holton, by A. W. Moore.
-The cholera is raging at Fort Harker.
-Crops good all over the State.
-Davis county votes bonds to the Neosho Valley road. The counties
have voted that road $800,000.
JULY.-Second Annual Catalogue issued of the State University. John
Fraser, President and Chancellor. Number of students, 105.
JULY 24.-Silver & Son, contractors, withdraw from work on the State
IHouse; the contract is given to Bogert and Babcock.
-Cholera at Ellsworth. Fifteen Kansas soldiers have died at Fort
Larned, of cholera. The Eighteenth Battalion is at Larned.
AUGUST 1.-Seven men of a railroad grading party killed by Indians,
twenty miles east of Fort Hays.
AUGUST 2. —The Agricultural College lands offered for sale.
-John S. Brown, of Lawrence, retires from the Kansas Farmer.
-W. K. McCoy & Bros., of Springfield, Ill., establish a stock-yard for
Texas cattle, at Abilene.
AUGUST 10. —A new bridge is completed at Wyandotte.
-Maj. W. F. Downs, of the Central Branch, is selling the Kickapoo
lands, of which the Company owns 152,417 acres.
AUGUST 12. -The men who burned the Platte river bridge, in 1861, are
arrested in St. Joseph.
AUGUST 15. -First passenger train over the Valley road, opposite Leavenworth.
- The Eighteenth Battalion ordered from Fort Dodge to Fort Hays.
AUGUST 18. —Thomas J. Anderson resigns, and J. B. McAfee is appointed Adjutant General. Ward Burlingame succeeds Capt. McAfee as
Gov. Crawford's Private Secretary.
AUGUST 20. —Gen. Sheridan ordered to Kansas.
AUGUST 21. -Corner-stone laid of the first abutment of a bridge across
the Missouri, at Kansas City. Octave Chanute, Chief Engineer.
- Fight with Indians on the Solomon.
-Capt. J. K. Fisher, of Atchison, is appointed Revenue Inspector.




1867.]                ANNALS OF KANSAS.                          465
AUGUST 23. —Arrangements made with Dull & Gowan, and others, to
build the Neosho Valley road.
-Mr. Bogert has a large force at work on the basement of the State
House.
- The building of J. E. Hays, Olathe, has been bought for the Deaf and
Dumb Asylum.
AUGUST 29. - Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton leave New
York to advocate woman suffrage in Kansas.
SEPTEMBER 1. —George T. Anthony enlarges the Kansas Farmer.
SEPTEMBER 3.-John B. Irvin dies, at Jonesboro', Ill. Dr. Irvin lived
at Kennekuk, had been a member of the Legislature, and was an early and
leading citizen of Atchison county.
SEPTEMBER.-Kellogg and Norton become the Editors of the Educational Journal. It is published at Emporia.
SEPTEMBER 5.-Leading Republicans meet at Lawrence, and organize a
campaign in favor of negro and against woman suffrage. D. W. Houston'
is Chairman, and John A. Martin, Secretary, of the meeting. An AntiFemale Suffrage State Committee appointed: C. V. Eskridge, Chairman;
E. C. Manning, Secretary. The members of the State Committee are as
follows: S. A. Kingman, Jno. A. Martin, C. G. Foster, T. C. Sears, G. H.
Hoyt, H. C. Haas, J. G. Blunt, S. A. Riggs, G. W. Deitzler, E. M. Bartholow, T. B. Eldridge, Geo. W. Smith, J. W. Roberts, R. J. Harper, Martin
Anderson, Geo. W. Martin, D. W. Parker, B. F. Simpson, J. D. Snoddy,
S. A. Manlove, D. W. Houston, I. S. Kalloch, C. C. Whiting, J. R. Swallow,
J. F. Cummings, O. H. Sheldon, J. B. Orwig, Jacob Weisbach, C. G. Allen,
Andrew Akin, P. B. Plunib, J. Stotler, H. N. Bent.
— Grasshoppers leave Omaha. Since they left Kansas they have done
much damage in western Missouri and southwestern Iowa.
-National Cemeteries are to be established at Forts Leavenworth and
Scott.
SEPTEMBER 11.-Reception of General P. H. Sheridan in Leavenworth.
SEPTEMBER 18.-Iron received at Atchison for the next section of the
Central Branch.
-Indians continue their attacks on railway men, beyond Hays.
— Grasshoppers appear on the Cottonwood river. They are seen in the
air in Leavenworth, flying southwest "in great numbers."
SEPTEMBER 18.-Democratic State Convention at Leavenworth. F. P.
Fitzwilliam, President; P. Z. Taylor, Vice President; J. A. Berry and A.
A. Tousley, Secretaries. The following platform is adopted:
"Resolved, That, in the opinion of this Convention, public credit can only be sustained, public confidence in our institutions preserved, and the general prosperity of
all classes of our people maintained, by a return to a system of rigid economy and
retrenchment in national, state and county expenses.
"2. That, as charity should always begin at home, so should economy and the
cutting-down of expenses begin in the curtailment of our national, state and county
extravagances, and in abolishing all useless expenditures; and we demand the same at
the hands of our national, state and county authorities.
"3. That we are in favor of a system of equal taxation, predicated upon all property
and valuables, that the burden of labor may be lightened.
"4. That we are opposed to an aristocracy exempted by partial legislation from taxation or bearing any portion of the burdens of government.
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466                     ANNALS OF KANSAS.                           [1867.
"5. That we demand the redemption of the United States Government bonds in the
same currency by which they were contracted, that there may be no unjust discrimination between the citizen and the bondholder.
"6. That equal and exact justice to all men, of whatever sect, rank or condition, is a
cardinal doctrine of Democracy, and that unequal taxation is one of the sources of the
discontent which now prevails throughout the land; that we demand that the three
thousand millions of bonds on which no state, county or municipal taxes are paid shall
be placed upon the duplicate in every state and county in the land, so that all men
shall stand equal before the laws, and that the children of the rich and poor may start
fairly in the race of life, without governmental favor or governmental oppression.
" 7. That we do not regard a national debt as a national blessing, but, on the contrary, as a sore and great calamity to any people. The down-trodden masses of the Old
World, suffering for ages the oppression and penalty, caused by the ambition of rulers,
and the wars of privileged dynasties, have no reason to love the tyrants who saddled
upon their backs ponderous national cumbrances. Such debts are constant drains upon
the manhood of nations, and pander alone to the passions of the non-producer and the
worthless. As citizens we desire to see our national debt paid to the last dollar-paid
without delay -in the same national currency that the farmer gets for his products,
the artisan for the work of his hands, the laborer for his toil and sweat, and the merchant for his goods. When the people of the United States do this, they will have
fully discharged their duty, and none but moneyed Shylocks, or their tools and apologists, will ask for more.
"8. That we are opposed to all the proposed amendments to our State Constitution,
and to all unjust, intolerant, and proscriptive legislation, whereby a portion of our
fellow-citizens are deprived of their social rights and religious privileges."
SEPTEMBER 23. —German Convention at Topeka.  H. C. Haas, President; August Tauber, Secretary. The sentiment of the Convention in favor
of adhering to the Republican party, allowing full latitude of individual
opinion and action, and opposition to sumptuary laws.
- Gov. Crawford tenders a regiment to Gen. Sherman, the Indian hostilities still continuing.
-P. H. Hubbell starts the Grasshopper Falls Gazette.
-J. W. Cook is building a woollen factory at Wathena.
- Lyon county is building a court house.
- The Hutchinson Family singing for woman suffrage.
OCTOBER 1. —Henry Buckingham  buys an interest in the Leavenworth
Times.
— Jefferson county votes on two railroad propositions.
-Doniphan county votes on the Nebraska and Denver roads.
-The Central Branch is graded to the Blue.
OCTOBER 3.-Two men hung by a Vigilance Committee at Ellsworth.
-Spring Hill, Johnson county, growing rapidly.
— Samuel N. Wood leads the woman suffrage campaign.
-Blind Asylum at Wyandotte completed.
OCTOBER 11.-General Sherman telegraphs that the United States will
pay the Eighteenth, when it is mustered out.
-Excellent crops in every county.
OCTOBER 14.-The Leavenworth Commercial says the State funds are in
Dan. M. Adams's keeping, and are now invested in cattle.
OCTOBER 15.-The Kansas Pacific has completed 338 miles of its road.
-W. F. Goble starts the Kansas Central paper, at Olathe.
-Basil M. Simpson edits the Paola Republican.




1867.]                         ANNALS OF KANSAS.                                          467
OCTOBER 15. —Ground broken at Junction City for the Neosho Valley
road. Speeches by Thaddeus H. Walker, Geo. T. Anthony and others.
-Heavy Texas cattle trade at Abilene.
OCTOBER 21.-Treaty made with the Kiowas and Comanches, on Medicine Lodge Creek. New reservation defined.
OCTOBER 28.-By treaty with the Cheyennes and Arapahoes, made on
Medicine Lodge Creek, these tribes are  located  on  a reservation  in  the
Indian Territory.
OCTOBER 28.-Frank H. Drenning, Chairman of the State Committee,
issues an address to Republican voters, in behalf of negro suffrage.
-Indian Peace Commissioners at Medicine Lodge Creek.
OCTOBER 29.-The Eighteenth Battalion ordered to Fort Harker, to be
mustered out.
NOVEMBER 4.-Geo. Francis Train concludes his campaign for female
suffrage, and leaves the State.
NOVEMBER 5.-Annual election.
VOTE ON THE VARIOUS PROPOSITIONS TO AMEND THE CONSTITUTION
OF THE STATE.
Striking oust the  Striking out the   Restricting the
Counties.  ord " White."  word "Male."   elective franchise.
Counties.
For.  Against.  eFor   Against.   For.  Against.
Allen...................................   324    266        243      303       454        163
Anderson....................................    258  259    218       275       393        138
Atchison.............................    412    1,161        345    1,235       736        884
Bourbon................................  550      725       464       736    1,350          33
Brown...................................  265     346        248      341       342        222
Butler........................................  33  70        28       76        39         64
Chase...........................................    120  123  118     125       164         83
Clay...................................   47      53         39       58        78         32
Crawford......................................  50  199       45      150       150         41
Cherokee................................  200     186        249      239       254        110
Coffey...................................  239    434        299      350       272        364
Davis...................................   183    383        167      364       281        304
Dickinson................89................       95         34      140       151         44
Doniphan............................     338    1,425        355    1,390       576      1,126
Douglas................................  1, 017    1,147     652    1,464    1,484         635
Franklin................................ 280      539       120       709       652        175
Greenwood...............................  133     198         99      198       234         56
Jackson.................................  173     445        162      387       301        310
Jefferson................................  392    1,159     335    1,158        649        894
Johnson......................................    400  852    325      866       655        438
Labette.......................................    115  213    95      217       207        134
Leavenworth..............................    890    2, 703    1,588    1,775    1,135   2, 289
Linn............................................    340  798  253     791       737        178
Lyon..........................................    503  273  209       565       701         92
Marion.......................................  13  58         16       59        16         56
Marshall......................................    167  427   160      410       304        229
Miami........................................    486  865   243       970       850.       413
Morris...........................  48      212         66      203        71        190
Nemaha.......................................    251  421   227       427       396        178
Neosho................................   151      322        101      367       236        180
Osage...................................  207      143        121      238       225        113
Ottawa........................................   44  27       34       32        57         15
Pottawatomie..............................    226  456       155      501       352        336
Riley........................................  351  277     218       378       329        267
Shawnee...........................       494      670        439      731       900        234
Saline...........................    162      219        132      233       252        123
Wabaunsee...................................    149  108     114      152       230         28
Washington.............................   39      118         19      143        93.        78
Wilson.................................   36     138         43      170       132         81
Woodson......................................  88  149        94      141       187         56
Wyandotte................................  159    826        168      798       235        779
Total............................   10,483   19,421   9,070   19,857   16,860    12, 165




468                                        ANNALS OF KANSAS.                                                           [1867.
SENATORS TO FILL VACANCIES.
3                  Counties.                                        Names.
2    Atchison.........           Samuel Hipple...........................   966[                          246
R. A. Van  Winkle.......................   726   1,692
9    Douglas............................. E. Learnard..........................         1,315                   342
John W. Horn er........................ [  972  2, 286
14    Bourbon................M.......................    814
Crawford..........................    W. M. Matheny........................                197
Cherokee.................................................                          61
Bourbon..................................                                                                             61
Crawford..........................    C. F. Drake..........................                 201
Cherokee......................................................                                   45   2,277
15    Butlerr...........................................................                  6
Marion.                 A. A. Mooreq.66
Chase.............................                               108
Morris..................................................   162                   63
Butler......................................................    55
Chase................................   J. W. McMillan......                                    139
Marion.............................                                                               7
Morris.....................................................    118      701
17 Anderson.                P. P. Elder.5
Fr17     A nderson.............................     812   1,312    1,312
Franklin......................................
MEMBERS OF THE LEGISLATURE.
Counties.                                         Naes. N a ms
1    Doniphan....................  Thos. J. Vanderslice.................    158                        36
Israel May..............................    122
Wim. R. Parker........................    100
H. N. Seaver...........................    100                       480
2....................................  H. C. Moore.............................   229  148
George Flemming.....................              81
W. D. Rippey............1............              14
John  P. Bitner........................             11                335
S.........................  W. H. Smallwood.....................          129         10
E. D. McClelland.....................    119
E. G. Westcott..........................           54
N. Abbey.................................          10                312
4.................................... E. J. Jenkins..........................    350  346
Daniel Bursk...........................             4
John  Martin............................            2                356
5.........................  J. H. Philbrick........................      181         90
Wm. Kirby..............................            91                272
6    Atchison.....................  Geo. W. Glick...........................    323                  160                1, 755
W. W. Guthrie........................    163                        486
7.................................... A. Byram................................189    52
John  Gray..............................    136                     325..George W. Thompson.............. 197  155
J. Potter.................................         45                242
9........................  B. W. Williams....................                 140         4
J. W. Breadlove....................               136
Scattering...............................          2                278
10......................                W. L. Johnson........................            113          8
Win. Martin.....................95                    208    1,539
11    Brown........................   E. Bierer...............................              217        84
Ira  J. Lacock............................        133
Scattering................................           3                353
12....................................  John  Downs..............................    185  154
J. S. Tyler................................        29                 212        565
13    Nemaha.....................  Philip Rockefeller.....................    201                      44
J. P. Taylor..............................    157
Scattering................................           2                360
14.................................... John Hodgins..........................  195     31
J. F. Hocker..............................   164                      359        719
15    Marshall...................... G. Patrick.............................                 339       339        339
16    Washington................ F. Snyder..............................           91      50
R. P. West.........................    41
Vernon Parker..........................             40                 172        172
17    Pottawatomie............. W. Jenkins...........................    368              4
Martin Mannerhan....................              364                 732        732




1867.]                                         ANVALS OF KANSAS.                                                                      469
MEMBERS OF THE LEGISLATURE-CONTINUED.
~~ |           Counties.                                       Names.                                ~.        -    I t    A
18    Jackson..................               D. W. C. Locke..........................                 198      115
Peter Dickson...........................                83
Scattering...............................                 4                 285
79........................   George W. Miller.......................    145                        81
George Ewbank........................                   64
Golden  Silvers...........................               56                 265          550
19    Jefferson.....................  John  B. Johnson................    238           62
Thomas Housh.................    176
Stephen  Stiers.......................               69                  483
20.................................... W. C. Butts..........................  179     24
D. H. Frazier..........................    155             334
21.........................    Robert Armstrong.................... 491  191
J. D. Rollins..............................    300.                          791    1, 608
22     Leavenworth..............   W. P. Gambell..................    232           24
James McCahon................   308                     640
23.....................................Miles Moore..................    315          53
C. D. Roys.................................    262                          577
24.................................... C.R. Jennison..........................   319  12
M. S. Adams..........................                  307                  626
25...............................  Mathew  Ryan..........................                411        200
Daniel Shire..............................    211                            622
26.................................   W. H. Hastings.........................                     189        116
J. R. Deland...................      73                  262
27........................  James Cooley..................     121          60
William Kincaid.......... 6.......    61                                    182
28.................................  Seth  Hollingsworth...............    260           90
Jos. W right............              110                   310
29..                        J. L. Wallace.................  188   87
J. B. Pickering.................    101                     289
30........................  Thos. L. Towne.........................               136           6
S. D. Lecompte..........................               130                  266       3, 774
31    Wyandotte..................   Vincent J. Lane.................    239           28
Stephen  A. Cobb................    211                    450
80 S............. Richard Hewitt........................  434    302
Thom   A. Grinter................    132                    566       1,016
32    Johnson...................   J. P. Robinson..........................    325                              93
C. E. Lewis..........................      232                  557
33.................................... G. Campbell..........................                       249          40
Abner  Arrasmith.....................                  207
J. McAuley..........................                    1                 455
34....................................  J. B. Bruner..........................    180              52
Dan  Martin..............................               128                   308      1,220
35     Douglas......................   George W. Smith.......................    432                              58
Wilson  Shannon, jr..............    374
T. H. Lescher...........................               135
Wm. Haseltine..........................                  10                  951
36.............................  Joel Grover....................    135           13
James  Bryson............................ 122               257
37....................................  Joel K. Goodin.................    230         158
Amos Walton..................        72                  302
38....................................  C. M. Sears...............................  300               300
39....................................   G. W. Zinn....................    216                    216
40....................................  Horace Tucker.......................... 145      63
Henry  Webber..........................                  82                  227      2,253
41    Shawnee.....................  John  Guthrie..................  657        438
A. L. Williams..........................    219                              876
42....................................   James Fletcher.........................    201                          32
L.  J.  Beam................................            169                   370      1, 248
43    Miami........................   H. H. Williams..........................    230                            137
W. B. Keith..............................               93                   323
44...................................  J. W. Gosset........332...........                                      21
E. H. Topping...........................    311                             643
45....................................   Wm. Huffman...........................    210                           10
W. H. Wilhite..................    179                    398       1, 364
46     Linn.......  A. A. Smith..............................                                      155          83
W. J.   ray................................  72
Richard  Hill.............................                 1                 223
47...................................  Henry  Blackburn.....................    17                              88
Sam. Ayres.............................                 90
John Fletcher...........................                  1                 269
48..................................... J. W. Garret..............................    246          83
B. J. Long..........................       162                  408
49.........................    James D. Snoddy.......................  121                          53




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MEMBERS OF THE LEGISLATURE-CONTINUED.
Cbunties.                                      Names.                                                      
49     Linn  (concluded).........  T. J. Baskerville.......................                             68
Joel Moody...................         1                 100    1,096
50     Bourbon..................... Wi. Wm. inton.............................                      169        105
S. MI. Allen.............................                64                  233
51...................................        B. F. Sualley............................              161          67
-      Taylor..............................             97                  251
52............................  J. B. Moore.........................  218      140
B. F. Gumm..............................                78                  296
53.................................... E.M. Hulett...............................    323                       49
W. C. Webb....................    274                    597      1,387
54     Allen.......................N. B. Blanton.................    292           159
J. N. Phillip..............................    137                          436
Scattering................................               3
55...............................  Lewis Edmunson.......................                 88         14
Wmi. O. Keith...........................                54                  180         616
J. H. Campbell..........................                38
56     Anderson................... T. G. Headley..................    182           40
D. W. Houston..........................                 142                  324
57................................  W. N. Hamby..................    111         8
P. T. Mathews..........................               103                   214         538
58     Franklin.....................  James Foster..........................    127                             50
Capt. James..........................                   77
T. Jones...................................              53
E. D. Coburn......................       33                  290
59.....................................P. Welsh.............      448          51       448         738
60     Osage......................... J. R. Stewart.............................    123
S. R. Caniff...........................                 72
M. Rambo.................................                62
M. Hupp..................................              61
D. B. Burdick...........................               58
M. W. Richardson.........1......                          1                 377          377
61    Coffey.......................   Harrison  Kelley...............    172            16
H. N. F. Read...........................    156                             328
62................................... H. Smith..............................    363                361
-        Read...............................              2                 365          693
63     Woodson....................  David  W. Finney...............    125            5
John  H. Bayer.................    120                    245          245
64     Lyon..................   P. B. Plumb..............................              332        258
Mark  Patty..............................               74
Scattering.................................                2                 408
65................................  A. J. Andrews.........................:.    118                          10
D. K. Hardin...........................    108                              226
66................................... J. D. Jaquith..................    133            86
Watson  Grinnell...............       47                  180          814
67   Butler.........                          G. T. Donaldson.................  42           2
L. M. Pratt..............................              40
H. D. Kellogg........................... 19
D. M. Bronson..........................                10
Scattering................................               2113                           113
68      Chase......................... H. Drinkwater.........1......    141                           13
Henry  Brandley................      125                  266          266
69      Morris........................  Isaac  Sharp..............................                     177        71
A. B. Spencer..................    106                     283          283
70     Wabaunsee.................  William   Mitchell................    259                                          259'         259
71   Davis..................... John K. Wright........................  327    41
David  Monfort..........................               286                  613          613
72     Riley..........................        D. D.M. Johnson.................    246           15
Gottlieb   Schauble................    231
Henry   Booth............................    192
Scattering.................................               2                 671          671
73     Dickinson..................   William    Lamb..........................    101                            18
Eliphalet Barber.......................                  83                 184          184
74     Saline........................ F. Millard...................      227         97
L. F. Parsons..................    130
H. L. Jones...............................              46                  403          403
75     Greenwood..................  Edwin  Tucker..................    132           19
L. Clogton.................................             113
J. J. Barrett..........................                63
J. C. Clogston...........................                1                 309          309
76     Marion......................   C. 0. O   Fuller....................67               59
G. H. Costello.................        8                   75           75
77    Wilson........................  P. Fay......................................    175                        150
Dr. McCartney.................       25                  200          200




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MEMBERS OF THE LEGISLATURE - CONCLUDED.
Counties.                                 Names.                       I               a 
78    Neosho........................  Thomas H. Butler.....................     237                 83
D. T. Mitchell...........................    154
A. F. Neely..............................   154                    545        545
81    Ottawa........................  R. D. Mobley.............................            50         9
H. H. Tucker............................         41                  91         91
82    Clay............................  Magnus H. Ristine....................   113                         113        113
83    Cherokee.................  N. D. Ingraham........................                  328       130
C. C. McI)o ell.........................   198                     526        526
84    Cloud..........................  James M. Hagaman..................          32
85    Labette..................  W. C. Watkins.........................   206  10
J. S. Waters............. 4.............   196                     402        402
86    Crawford....................  John Hamilton........................   217                     43
J. Warmley.174                                                      391  391
88    Ellis.......................... W. E. Webb............................ I  212                 73
R. M. Fish.....................    139
W. J. Ohler......................               128
J. G. Duncan...................                   2               481        481
Total vote in State................................................................................  31,413
VOTE CAST FOR JUDGES OF THE DISTRICT COURTS, FOR THE SIXTH,
SEVENTH, EIGHTH AND NINTH JUDICIAL DISTRICTS.
Counties.                                 Names.                       Vote of  Vote of
County.  District.
Bourbon......................... D. P. Lowe...........................   1,432
I Crawford......................... P. Lowe...........................         393.....    Cherokee.......................... P. Lowe...........................        416
Linn...............................   D. P. Lowe..........................        1, 223
Miami...............................P. Lowe...........................   1,376           4,840    4, 840
Anderson.......................   John  R. Goodin....................                205
Allen..............................  John  R. Goodin...................              378
Labette.......                                    Goodin....................          196
Neosho...........................  John  R. Goodin....................               290
Wilson...........................  John  R. Goodin....................                152
Woodson.........................  John  R. Goodin....................                 163                     207
7...     Allen..............................   Nelson F. Acres...................                263
Anderson........................  Nelson  F. Acres....................                304
Lahette...................  Nelson F. Acres...................                       201
Neosho...                            Nelson F. Acres..................               228
Wilson.....................  Nelson F. Acres....................                    102
Woodson..........................   Nelson F. Aces...................                    79
eWoodson..........................   Willian Spriggs...................                    1      2, 562
f Clav................................  James  Humphrey................                109
Cloud.............................  James Humphrey................                     61
Davis...............................  James Humphrey.................                   313
Dickinson.......................   James Hu ph.....r          199
Ottawa.............................  James Humphrey.................                    54.....   Riley............................    James    Humphrey........5....                   515
Saline..............................  James Humphrey................                   312                     131
Davis..............................S. B. White........................                219
Saline.............................   S. B. White.................                     25
Riley...............................  Scattering........................                         1 811
Butler............................ W. R. Brown.................                        33
Chase..............................  W.       Brown..............                     139
Marion...........................  W. R. Brown.......................                  65                      43
Butler..............................  S. N. Wood........................               71
i Chase.......S................    N. Wood......................            115
Marion...........................    N. Wood....                    8         431
NOVEMBER 5.-Ross Steele & Co. bring suit against the U. P. R. R., E. D.
They were the contractors before the road was sold to Hallett and Fremont.
-On negro suffrage, the State followed the saying of a well-known politician: "Talk for it; vote agin it."
-The L. L. & G. done one mile south of Lawrence.




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-A coal company is formed at Burlingame.
-The Hays City Advance issued, by Joseph Clarke, W. H. Bisbee and
Willis Emery.
NOVEMBER 6.- 0. H. Browning, Secretary of the Interior, writes to Geo.
A. Crawford that James F. Joy has bought the Cherokee Neutral Lands.
They have been appraised by Wm. A. Phillips and John T. Cox. Mr. Joy
represents the Border Tier railroad.
-Woodson county voted against railroad bonds.
NOVEMBER 22.- Completion of the Kansas City and Cameron railroad.
NOVEMBER 30.In obedience to your orders [Gov. Crawford's], I have had duplicate copies of all
pay-rolls made, which are now ready for binding. The claims arising out of the Price
Raid are as follows:
On pay-rolls........................................                                    $218, 398 75
Material, supplies, and transportation.........................................................   81, 682 82
Damages............................................................................................  131,693 83
Miscellaneous claims..........................................................         35, 518 47
Total.................................................................................................... $467, 293 37
Amount justly due the State of Kansas from the U. S. Government:
Claims for expenditures for 1861 and 1862...................................         $12, 351 04
Allowed on the above claim...................................                                9, 360 82
Balance due the State...................................                              $2, 990 22
Military bonds of 1864.................................................................................  $100, 000 00
Military bonds of 1866.................................                                    40,000 00
Interest on the above, about...................................                            30, 000 00
Miscellaneous claims, about........................................................................  12, 000 00
Arising out of Price Raid...................................                             467, 293 37
Aggregate......................2........................................  $652,283 59
-Report of Adjutant General McAfee.
NOVEMBER 30.-Expenditures of the State for the year:
Governor's Department............  $8,191 23  Normal School..........................  13,997 97
Secretary's Department............    7,434 70  University................................    9,380 26
Auditor's Department...............   3,927 17  Insane Asylum........................   7,759 00
Treasurer's Department............   2,831 05  Deaf and Dumb Asylum...........    9,930 90
Sup't of Public Instruction;......   2,030 58  Agricultural Society..................   6, 000 00
Attorney General.....................   2,055 15  Agricultural College.................   12,138 90
Adjutant General.....................   4, 764 34  Railroad Land Agent...............   1, 641 90
Judiciary Department...............  22, 839 36  Blind Asylum...........................   10,034 00
Legislature and Journals...........  28, 473 50  Military expenses....................     1, 860 00
Printing Department...............    13,891 02  Miscellaneous expenses............   2,683 60
Capitol building and grounds*..    91,487 61
Penitentiaryt........................... 155,946 49     Total for 1867...................... $419,298 73
*Of State Capitol expenditure, $89,513.01 is from the sale of $100,000 in bonds.
t Of Penitentiary expenditure, $89,329.16 is from the sale of $100,000 in bonds.
NOVEMBER 30.-The following facts in regard to Lincoln College-afterwards changed to Washburn -are copied from a statement of S. D. Bowker
to Superintendent McVicar:
" The purpose of founding an institution of learning of a high literary and religious
character early took possession of the minds of the people of Kansas. The project first
came up for general discussion in 1857, at which time measures were adopted to secure
a fitting location for such an enterprise. Unforeseen difficulties, however, attended the
settlement of the Territory and the formation of a State Government. Repeated hostile invasions, the hardships of the year of famine, and the tumult arising from  the
war, compelled the suspension, for a time, of all active effoft for the establishment of
the College. On the return of peace, the interest hitherto manifested took a tangible




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form, and on the 6th of February, 1865, an act of incorporation was secured under the
name of'Lincoln College.'
"Lincoln College is located at Topeka, Kansas. Topeka, the Capital of the State, is
situated on the Kansas river, about sixty miles from its junction with the Missouri, at
a point on the Pacific Railroad, 350 miles west of St. Louis. The city is built on elevated prairie ground, about one mile south of the river.
"An elegant stone edifice for the Preparatory Department was completed in the
autumn of 1865. The building is located at the southeast corner of the Capitol Square,
one of the most sightly positions in the city. Its rooms for recitations and general
exercises will accommodate some 150 students; besides these it has rooms for library
and cabinet. The first term of the College opened January, 1866, with five teachers and
over thirty students; among the latter were representatives from six or seven different
counties of the State."
DECEMBER.-Report of the Codifying Commissioners. It fills an octavo
volume of 1021 pages.
DECEMBER 6.-Topeka Daily Tribune re-issued, under the management
of J. P. Greer and A. L. Williams.
— Lawrence is made headquarters of the K. P. road. George Noble is
Division Superintendent.
DECEMBER 10. —Geo. T. Anthony becomes editor of the Conservative.
-The Smoky Hill is bridged at Salina.          ]
DECEMBER 10.-First annual meeting of the State Horticultural Society,
at Lawrence. President, Wm. Tanner; Vice President, Charles B. Lines;
Secretary, G. C. Brackett; Treasurer, S. T. Kelsey.
DECEMBER 18.-Last payments made, at Paola, to the confederated
tribes, Peoria, Kaskaskia, Wea and other Indians. They number 204
persons. When they came to Kansas, in 1846, they numbered about 800.
They go to the Indian Territory.
-The K. P. done to the 335th mile-post.
DECEMBER 20.- Completion of the Republican river bridge, at Junction
City.
-John Severance is to receive $55,000 for completing the St. Jo. & De
R. R. to Troy.
DECEMBER 21.-Stock books opened of the Kansas and Missouri Bridge
Co., at Leavenworth, and $59,100 subscribed.
DECEMBER 23. —Gov. Hayes appoints Ed. F. Schneider Adjutant General
of Ohio. He had been Major of the Eighth Kansas, and editor of the
Leavenworth Times.
DECEMBER 29.-Last rail laid on the 100th mile of the Central Branch.
DECEMBER 30.-There are 523 miles of railroad in the State. The K. P.
is within 35 miles of the western boundary -main line completed, 335
miles; Leavenworth branch, 33 miles. The Central Branch is operating 90
miles. The L. L. & G. is done to Ottawa, 27 miles.
-A  book appears with this title: "History of Kansas, from the First
Exploration of the Mississippi Valley to its Admission into the Union. By
J. N. Holloway, A. M. Lafayette, Ind. James, Emmons & Co., Journal
Buildings." pp. 584. This is the most bulky of the books on Kansas, but
probably contains less reading matter than Mrs. Robinson's. Like the other
histories, it has no index; the important facts published in it are badly arranged, and it is not easy to find any special subject in regard to which the




474                       ANNALS OF KANSAS.                                [1867.
reader may want information. The opinions, the grammar, and the spelling, especially of proper names, might be criticised. The author was a
non-resident, and it is really surprising that the book is so complete. It
ends with the admission of the State into the Union.  The book had a large:sale, but Mr. Holloway has not received the credit which his industry justly
entitled him to.
EIGHTEENTH KANSAS CAVALRY BATTALION.
Name and Rank.    Date of Muster.                  Remarks.
MAJOR.
Horace L. Moore........... July 15, 1867  Mustered out with battalion, Nov. 15, 1867.
COMPANY A.
Name and Rank.    Date of Muster.                  Remarks.
CAPTAIN.
Horace L. Moore........... July 15, 1867  Promoted Major, July 15, 1867.
-Henry C. Lindsey......... July 15, 1867  Mustered out with battalion.
FIRST LIEUT.
Thomas Hughes........... Jly 15, 1867  Mustered out with battalion.
SECOND LIEUT.
John H. Wellman.        July 15, 1867  Mustered out with battalion.
COMPANY B.
Nanse and Rank.    Date of Muster.                 Remarks.
CAPTAIN.
Edgar A. Barker........... July 15, 1867  Mustered out with battalion.
FIRST LIEUT.
John W. Price.............. July 15, 1867  Mustered out with battalion.
SECOND LIEUT.
Samuel L. Hybarger    July 15, 1867  Died of cholera, Fort Larned, Kas., July 26,'67.
Francis M. Stahl........... Aug. 8, 1867  Mustered out with battalion.
COMPANY C.
Name and Rank.    Date of Muster.                  Remarks.
CAPTAIN.
George B. Jenness......... July 15, 1867  Mustered out with battalion.
FIRST LIEUT.
Peleg Thomas............... July 15, 1867  Mustered out with battalion.
SECOND LIEUT.
Janius Reynolds..     July 15,1867  Mustered out with battalion.
COMPANY D.
Name and Rank.    Date of Muster.                  Remarks.
CAPTAIN.
David L. Payne............ July 15, 1867  Mustered out with battalion.
FIRST LIEUT.
John M. Cain............... July 15, 1867  Mustered out with battalion.
SECOND LIEUT.
Henry Hegwer............. July 15, 1867  Mustered out with battalion.




1868.]                    ANNALS OF KANSAS.                                475
1868.
JANUARY 1.-Die Fackel, a German paper, removed from Wyandotte to
Atchison.
JANUARY 7. —Jefferson county votes bonds to the A. T. & S. F., and the
Lawrence, Oskaloosa and Atchison road, by 64 majority.  At a previous
election the propositions were defeated.
-The Olathe Central and Paola Republican publish county histories.
JANUARY 7.-In  reply to a resolution, Secretary Browning sends a message to Congress on Indian land sales in Kansas.  The Cherokee Neutral
Lands were sold to James F. Joy, October 9th, at a dollar an acre, without
an official notice that bids would be received for the land. The patent will
be issued when the purchase-money is received.  The Atchison and Pike's
Peak Railroad Company gave $1.25 an acre for 123,832 acres of Kickapoo
land. The Leavenworth, Pawnee and Western Railroad Company bought
223,966.78 acres of Delaware lands, known as the Delaware Diminished
Reserve. Of these lands, 92,589.22 acres have been paid for and patented
to Leonard T. Smith, President of the Missouri River Railroad Company.
Other land sales, under treaties, are mentioned in the communication.
JANUARY 10. —State officers pass over the L. L. & G., preparatory to
giving it 125,000 acres of State land.
JANUARY 11.-Mrs. Stanton publishes an article in the Revolution, on
the woman suffrage campaign in Kansas.  She believes the vote cast for
female suffrage was in the main Democratic.
JANUARY 14. —M1eeting of the Legislature.
STATE OFFICERS.
Names.          P. O. Address.   County.    Where Born.'   Avocation.
S. J. Crawford, Governor..... Garnett....... Anderson..... Indiana..... 32  Lawyer.
N. Green, Lieut. Governor... Manhattan... Riley........... Ohio........ 30  Minister.
R. A. Barker, Sec. of State... Atchison...... Atchison..V... Vermont... 37  Attorney.
J. R. Swallow, Auditor........  Emporia..... Lyon......   N. Jersey.. 47  Printer.
M. Anderson, Treasurer...... Circleville... Jackson........ Ohio....... 49  Farmer.
P. McVicar, Supt. Pub. Inst. Topeka........ Shawnee...... N. Bruns'k  38  Minister.
Geo. H. Hoyt, Att'y General Leavenworth  Leavenworth  Mass......... 30  Attorney.
JUDGES OF THE SUPREME COURT.
Names.           P. O. Address. County.  Where Born. ~   Avocation.
S. A. Kingman, Chief Justice...I Atchison...... Atchison  Mass.........  50  Attorney.
Jacob Safford, Associate Justice Topeka.    Shawnee Vermont... 40  Lawyer.
L. D. Bailey, Associate Justice   Clinton... Douglas.. New Hamp 46  Lawyer.
JUDGES OF DISTRICT COURTS.
NYames.                      Post Office Address.    County.
D. J. Brewer..................................   1  Leavenworth.............. Leavenworth.
R. St. Clair Graham.......................... 2  Atchison.................... Atchison.
C. K. Gilchrist...............................   3  Topeka....................... Shawnee.
D. M. Valentine...............           4  Ottawa........................ Franklin.
J. H. Watson........................................    5  Emporia......................  Lyon.
D. P. Lowe.............................................6  Mound City................. Linn.
John R. Goodin...............           7  Humboldt................... Allen.
James Humphrey......................................   8 Manhattan.................. Riley.
William R. Brown...................................  9  Cottonwood Falls........ Chase.




476                              ANNALS OF KANSAS.                                            [1868,
MEMBERS AND OFFICERS OF THE SENATE.
Names.               P. O. Address.        County.       Where Born.'    Avocation.
N. Green, President......... Manhattan...... Riley........... Ohio......... 29   Minister.
Abbott, James B............... DeSoto............ Johnson....... Conn........ 67   Convey'cer
Blakely, William  S...........  Junction City.. Davis........... New York. 38   Merchant.
Clark, N. C...................... Columbus........  Doniphan..... Ohio......... 34   Physician.
Cooper, S. S..................... Oskaloosa........ Jefferson......  Illinois....  26   Physician.
Dodge, William  H............ Holton............  Jackson........ Kentucky.. 51   Lawyer.
Elder, P. P....................... Ottawa............ Franklin...  Maine....... 34   Banker.
Foster, R.C..................... Leavenworth.. Leavenw'th.   Kentucky.  31   Lawyer.
Graham, George.............. Seneca............ Nemaha...... New York. 66   Merchant,
Greene, L. F.................... Baldwin City... Douglas........ Ohio......... 32   Farmer.
Haas, H. C.......................  Leavenworth.. Leavenw' th.    Germany... 28   Carpenter.
Harvey, James M............ Fort Riley...... Riley............ Virginia.... 16   Farmer.
Hipple, Samuel............. Monrovia........ Atchison...... Penn........ 19   Farmler.
Learnard, O. E................. Lawrence....... Douglas........   Vermont... 14   Farmer.
Low, A............................ Doniphan........ Doniphan..... Maryland.. 30   Farmer.
Matheny, W. M........... Baxter Springs  Cherokee    K..... entucky.. 49   Lawyer.
Maxson, P. B.................. Emporia.........  Lyon........... R'de Island  29   Farmer.
McFarland, P..................  Leavenworth.. Leavenw'th.   Ireland...... 45   Farmer.
Moore, A. A..................... Marion Centre  Marion........  Ohio......... 41   Merchant.
Price, John M................. Atchison......... Atchison......   Kentucky.  33   Lawyer.
Rogers, James................. Burlingame.....  Osage.......... NewHamp  45   Lawyer.
Scott, J. W....................... Iola................. Allen............ Penn........ 33   Physician.
Sharp, Isaac B.................. Wyand'te City. Wyandotte... Ohio.........  47   Lawyer.
Simpson, B. F.................. Paola.............. Miami.......... Ohio........ 32   Lawyer.
Underhill, D.................... Jackson.......... Linn............  Indiana..... 33   Farmer.
Veale, G. W..................... Topeka............ Shawnee...... Indiana..... 34   Freighter.
E. C. Manning, Secretary.. Manhattan...... Riley........... New York. 47   Printer.
Jos. Speck, Assist. Sec'y... Wyandotte...... Wyandotte.. Penn........ 35   Physician.
M. R. Dutton, Jour. Clerk. Grantville....... Jefferson...... Conn........ 56   Farmer.
J. H. Titsworth, Dock. Cl'k  Pardee............ Atchison...... New Jers'y  35   Teacher.
A. J. Simpson, Eng. Clerk. Carlyle........... Allen........... Indiana..... 40   Carpenter.
Geo. B. Holmes, Enr. Cl'k. Topeka...........  Shawnee...... Mass......... 35   Land Ag't.
M.W. Reynolds, Offic'l Rep  Lawrence........  Douglas........ New Jers'y  32   Journalist.
D. L. Payne, Ser.-at-Arms. Troy................Doniphan.....  Indiana....  38   Soldier.
J. Drew,As't Ser.-at-Arms. Burlingame..... Osage........... New York. 39   Farmer.
Geo. W. Weed, Doork'per.. Pardee............. Atchison...... New York. 43   Farmer,
G. Pharaoh,As't Doork'per  Louisville........  Pottawat'ie.. Prussia..... 32   Farmer.
Clarence J. Walrod, Page.. Paola............... Miami......... Illinois...... 32   Clerk.
William  R. Griffith, Page.. Topeka........... Shawnee...... Ohio......... 41   Teamster.
Wm. H. Fletcher, Page..... Erie............... Neosho........ Indiana..... 34   Farmer.
MEMBERS AND OFFICERS OF HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
Names.               P. O. Address.        County.      Where Born.   Avocation.
Geo. W. Smith, Speaker... Lawrence........ Douglas........  Pennsylv... 62   Attorney.
Andrews, A. J.................. Neosho Rapids  Lyon........... Ohio.........  42   Farmer.
Armstrong, Robert............ Perry.............. Jefferson...... Indiana..... 43   Farmer.
Bierer, Everard............. Hiawatha........ Brown......... Penn........ 41   Lawyer.
Blackburn, Henry............ Linnville........ Linn............  En'glad....  54   Farmer.
Blanton, N. B.................. Humboldt...... Allen............ Missouri... 38   Farmer.
Bruner, J. B..................... Gardner.......... Johnson...... Penn......  30   Merchant.
Butler, T. H.................... Erie..........   Neosho........ Ohio......... 45   Farmer.
Butts, W. C......................  Grassh'r Falls.. Jefferson...... New York. 34   Farmer.
Byram, A........................ Atchison.........  Atchison...... Kentucky..  75   Farmer.
Campbell, D. G................ Shawnee......... Johnson...... Tennessee   47   Farmer.
Cooley, James.................. Mt. Pleasant... Leavenw'th.   Kentucky..  44   Farmer.
Donaldson, G. T.............. Chelsea........... Butler......   Ohio......... 36   Farmer.
Downs, John.................... Albany............  Brown......... New York. 39   Farmer.
Drinkwater, O. H............ Cedar Point..... Chase........... Penn........ 32   Farmer
Duncan, Charles C........... Ellsworth....... Ellsworth..... Ohio......... 24   Grocer.
Edmundson, Lewis..........  lola................. Allen........... Penn........ 36   Plasterer.
Fay, P............................. New  Albany... Wilson........  New York. 49   Miller.
Finney, D. W........... Neosho Falls... Woodson...... Indiana..... 26   Merchant.
Fletcher, James............... Tecumseh.......  Shawnee.....  Penn........ 38   Farmer.
Foster, James N............... Peoria City...... Franklin..... Indiana..... 30   Farmer.
Fuller, C. O................;.... Marion Centre. Marion........ New York. 39   Farmer.
Gambell, W. P.................. Leavenworth...   Leavenw'th.  New York. 34   Attorney.
Garrett, J. W................... Potosi............. Linn............  New York. 58   Farmer.
Glick, G. W...................... Atchison......... Atchison...... Ohio......... 40   Attorney.
Goodin, Joel K.................   Baldwin City... Douglas.....   Ohio........   45   Attorney.
Gossett, J. W................... Paola.............. Miami.......... Kentucky.. 39   Physician.




4868.]                              ANNALS OF KANSAS.                                               477
MEMBERS AND OFFICERS OF HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES-CoNcLUDED.
Names.               P. O. Address.          County.      Where Born. ~         Avocation..Grover, Joel....................  Lawrence....... Douglas........ New York- 43   Farmer..Guthrie, John.................. Topeka............ Shawnee...... Indiana..... 38   Attorney.
Hagaman, James M......... Elk Creek........  Cloud.......... NewYork.. 37   Farmer..Hamby, W. N..................  Garnett........... Anderson..... North Car. 52   Farmer.
Hamilton, John............... Hamilton........ Crawford..... Pennsylv... 52   Farmer.
Hastings, W. H...............  Pleasant Ridge  Leavenw'rth   North Car. 38   Farmer.
Headley, T. G..................   Garnett....... Anderson..... Indiana.....}49   Farmer.
Hewitt, Richard...............  Wyandotte......  Wyandotte.. New York.. 63   Physician.
Hinton, William.............. Fort Lincoln...  Bourbon...... Kentucky.. 40   Farmer.
Hodgins, I........................  Centralia.........  Nemaha...... New York. 38   Dairyman.
Hollingsworth, S.............. Tonganoxie..... Leavenw'rth   Ohio.........42   Farmer.,Huffman, William...              New Lancaster  Miami........ Ohio......... 52   Minister.
Hulett, E. M..................... Fort Scott........ Bourbon..... New York. 28   Attorney.
-Ingraham, Nathan D........ Baxter Springs  Cherokee.....  Ohio.........  42   Nurs'yman
Jaquith, J. D.................... Americus.........  Lyon...........  Vermont...  46   Farmer.
Jenkins, E. J...................  Troy...............  Doniphan..... Ohio......... 34   Lawyer.
Jenkins, R. W.................. Vienna............ Pottawato'ie  Kentucky..  37   Farmer.
Jennison, C. R................. Leavenworth..  Leavenw'rth   New York. 33   Farmer.,Johnston, D. M................ Manhattan...... Riley............ New York. 41   Laborer.
Johnson, J. B..................  Oskaloosa........ Jefferson...... Illinois...... 25   Lawyer.
Johnson, W. S...............  Lancaster........  Atchison......  Virginia....  34   Farmer.
Kelley, Harrison.............. Ottumwa........ Coffey......... Ohio......... 30   Farmer.
Lamb, William................. Detroit.......... Dickinson...  North Car. 61   Farmer.
Lane, Vincent J............... Wyandotte...... Wyandotte... Pennsylv... 70   R. R. contr.
Lecompte, Samuel D........ Leavenworth..  Leavenw'rth   Maryland.. 53   Lawyer.
Locke, D. W. C................. Holton............  Jackson....... Vermont... 31   Farmer.
Millard Ed. F................ Salina............ Saline......... Michigan... 25   Merchant.
Miller, G. W..................... South Cedar..... Jackson...... Kentucky..  32   Farmer.
Mitchell, William............ Wabaunsee...... Wabaunsee.. Scotland.... 42   Farmer.
Mobley, R. D................... Minneapolis.... Ottawa......... Kentucky. 33   Farmer.,Moore, J. B...................... Fort Scott........ Bourbon...... Illinois...... 34   Farmer.
Moore, H. C.....................  Troy............... Doniphan..... Kentucky..  38   Farmer.
Moore, H. Miles............... Leavenworth..  Leavenw'rth   New York. 38   Attorney..Patrick, A. G....................  Irving............. Mlarshall......  Indiana..... 40   Printer.
Philbrick, J. L.................  Doniphan........ Doniphan..... New Hamp  42   Insur. ag't.
Plumb, P. B.....................  Emporia......... Lyon........... Ohio......... 30   Attorney.
Ristine, M. H................... Clay Centre..... Clay............. Indiana..... 49   Carpenter.
Robinson, J. P................. DeSoto............ Johnson...... Indiana... 34   Physician.
Rockefeller, Philip........... Albany...........Nemaha...... New York. 46   Mechanic.
Ryan Mathew.............       Leavenworth..  Leavenw'rth  Ireland.... 49   T.cattle t'r.
Sears, Charles M.............. Eudora...........  Douglas........ New York. 38   St'e mason.
Sharp, Isaac.................... Council Grove   Morris.........  Pennsylv... 36   Attorney.
Smalley, B. F................... Xenia............. Bourbon...... Ohio......... 40   Farmer.
Smallwood, W. H............   Wathena.........  Doniphan..... Kentucky..  26   Farmer.:Smith, A. A..................... Twin Springs... Linn............  Ohio......... 38   Physician.,Smith, P. H.....................  Leroy..............  Coffey......... New York. 40   Merchant.
Snoddy, James D.............. Mound City..... Linn............   Pennsylv...  29   Attorney.
Snyder, S. F.....................  Washington....  Washington   Kentucky..  69   Farmer.
Stewart, J. R....................  Burlingame.....  Osage........... Pennsylv...  38   Lawyer.
Thompson, G. W..............  Atchison......... Atcbison.....Kentucky..  40   Farmer.
Tucker, Edwin.................  Eureka...........  Greenwood.. Vermont...  31   Farmer.
Tucker, Horace............... Sigel............... Douglas........ Conn.........  43   Hortic'st.
Vanderslice, Thomas J..... Highland......... Doniphan..... Kentucky.. 40   Farmer.
Wallace, James L............. Leavenworth..  Leavenw'rth  North Car. 52   Physician.
Watkins, W. C.................   Oswego............  Labette........  Tennessee.  33   Lawyer.
Webb, W. E.....................  Hays City....... Ellis               New York. 29   Op. in land
Welsh, H. P..................... Ottawa............[Franklin..... Ohio......... 34   Attorney.
Williams, B. W................  Monrovia........[Atchison...... North Car. 51   Farmer.
Williams, H. H................ Osawatomie..... Miami......... New  York.  39   Merchant.
Wright, John K...............  Junction City.. Davis........... Indiana....  33   Merchant.
Zinn, George W............... Lecompton             Douglas........ Ohio......... 58   Farmer.
John T. Morton, ChiefC'k  Topeka............/Shawnee...... Mass.........   46   Lawyer.
E. C. Kennedy, Ass't Clerk  Leavenworth... Leavenw'rth  Indiana....  26   Lawyer.
J. M. Mahan, JournalCl'k  Junction City.. Davis........... Ohio......... 29   Lawyer.M. R. Moore, Docket Cl'k. Topeka............ Shawnee...... Indiana.....  21   Stud't L. C.
Emma Hunt, Enroll'g C'k  Emporia........ Lyon.......                 Indiana.....-    Student.
N. Merchant, Engross. C'k  Peoria City...... Franklin..... New York. 37   Farmer.
H. C  Hollister, Reporter.. Leavenworth..  Leavenw'rth   New York. 34   Stenogr.
H. H. Sawyer, S.-at-Arms.  Wyandotte......  Wyandotte..  Vermont... 87   Trader.
M. B. Crawford, A. S.-at-A.  Topeka............  Shawnee...... Ohio......... 31   House car.
Horace Gibbs, Doorkeeper  Oskaloosa........ Jefferson......  Ohio.........41   Farmer.
-C. S. Norton, Asst. Doork'r  Topeka............ Shawnee...... New York. 17   Student.
Frank J. Nice, Page......... Topeka........... Shawnee...... Indiana.....14   Merchant.
~,Chas. F. Painter, Page...... Emporia.........  Lyon...........   Ohio.........11   Student.
Edwin S. Eldridge, Page... Lawrence........  Douglas.......  Mass.........15   Printer.




478                   ANNALS OF KANSAS.                     [1868.
JANUARY 14.-The Commissioners to codify the laws make a statement
of their work to the Legislature.
JANUARY 15.-Election of the following officers of the State Agricultural
Society, at Topeka: President, R. G. Elliott, of Douglas; Secretary, H. J.
Strickler, of Shawnee; Treasurer, C. B. Lines, of Wabaunsee; Superintendent, P. G. Lowe. Executive Committee: M. J. Alkire of Shawnee, W. G.
Coffin of Leavenworth, J. W. Sponable of Johnson, B. W. Williams of
Atchison, Josiah Miller of Douglas, M. R. Dutton of Jefferson, Alfied Gray
of Wyandotte, W. L. Harrison of Franklin, A. B. Whiting of Riley, J. W.
Scott of Allen. A Fair was held at Leavenworth.
JANUARY 17.-Meeting of the Editorial Association, at Topeka. Address
by Milton W. Reynolds, of the Lawrence Journal. Officers elected: President, R. B. Taylor; Vice Presidents, John A. Martin, M. W. Reynolds,
Geo. W. Martin; Secretary, S. D. Macdonald; Treasurer, P. H. Peters.
John A. Martin was elected to deliver the next address. John A. Martin,
John Speer and James D. Snoddy were appointed to memorialize the Legislature to so amend the Constitution as to create the office of State Printer.
JANUARY 17.-Report of State House Commissioners. (House Journal,
pp. 98 to 104.)
JANUARY 18.-Report on Blind Asylum building. (House Journal, pp.
125 to 129.)
-The Delaware Indians pass through Lawrence, to their new home in
the Indian Territory.
JANUARY 23.-Message from the Governor, on the Penitentiary. (House
Journal, pp. 192-4.)
JANUARY 23.-In the contest of Stephen A. Cobb against Vincent J.
Lane, the House decides that Lane is entitled to his seat.
JANUARY 31.-A fire in Leavenworth burned the Mercantile Library.
Besides many valuable books, it contained files of the Leavenworth Herald
(presented to the Library by Eugene F. Havens), and many other State
newspapers. The generous enterprise of the citizens soon supplied a new
Library, equal in size to the one destroyed..In 1869, Alonzo L. Callahan
wrote a history and compiled a Catalogue of the Library. It was published
by the Times and Conservative.
-A Legislative Committee, investigating the original Price Raid awards,
finds that many claims were dishonestly allowed.
— Jackson county is building a Court House.
FEBRUARY 1.-There are eleven Daily and fifty Weekly papers in the
State.
FEBRUARY 3.-T. Dwight Thacher issues the Evening Republican', at
Lawrence.
FEBRUARY 4.-Meeting of the Historical Society, at Topeka. Address
by Judge Kingman, the President. George A. Crawford read a paper on
the Calhoun Candle-box. Officers elected: President, S. A. Kingman; Vice
President, J. R. Swallow; Recording Secretary, George H. Hoyt; Corresponding Secretary, George A. Crawford; Treasurer, D. W. Stormont;
Librarian, P. McVicar.




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FEBRUARY 4. —Governor Crawford makes a statement of the money due
the State by the United States. (See Senate Journal, pp. 220-1.)
FEBRUARY 5.-Death of Willard P. Gambell, a member of the House,
from Leavenworth. Mr. Gambell had lived in Kansas about ten years,
and probably had no superior among our citizens as a lawyer.
FEBRUARY 6.-S. D. Macdonald retires from the Topeka Record, and
F. P. Baker becomes sole proprietor.
FEBRUARY 13.-Meeting of the Republican Committee, at Topeka.
Frank H. Drenning, Chairman; George A. Crawford, Secretary pro tem.
Convention called for March 25th.
FEBRUARY 14.-Reports of State officers begin to appear.
FEBRUARY 15.-A  Senate Committee reports in favor of concentrating
the State institutions at Topeka. (Senate Journal, pp. 319-21.)
FEBRUARY 17.-Report of Joint Legislative Committee on the action of
the different Price Raid Commissions.  (Senate Journal, pp. 339 to 345.)
FEBRUARY 18.-Report of Superintendent McVicar on school lands lost
to the State. (Senate Journal, pp. 364 to 370.)
FEBRUARY 19.-James McCahon elected to the seat made vacant by the
death of Willard P. Gambell.
FEBRUARY 21.-Report of Committee on building Penitentiary. (Senate
Journal, 416 to 423, and 449 to 452.)  The testimony is given in House
Journal, pp. 658 to 689.
FEBRUARY 24.-The lower house of Congress passes a resolution to
impeach President Johnson, by 126 to 46.
FEBRUARY 25.-P. B. Plumb's resolution, endorsing the impeachment of
Johnson, passes the House by 47 to 28.
FEBRUARY 26.-Democratic State Convention, at Topeka. A. J. Mead,
President; Jos. Oliver, Geo. F. Prescott, and H. C. Hollister, Secretaries.
Delegates elected to the National Convention: Wilson Shannon, jr., Lawrence;
Thos. P. Fenlon, Leavenworth; Chas. W. Blair, Fort Scott; Geo. W. Glick,
Atchison; A. J. Mead, Manhattan; Isaac Sharp, Council Grove. The following resolutions were adopted:
"Resolved, That we regret the unhappy differences between the Radical party in
Congress and the President, and condemn the attempt on the part of Congress to strip
the Presidential office of its constitutional authority, and the Supreme Court of its
proper functions, in order that they may carry out their unprecedented schemes of
negro supremacy in certain States, in violation of the Constitution of the United States,
and contrary tp the sentiments and feelings of the great bulk of the population of the
Union.
"Resolved, That we are in favor of guaranteeing to each State in this Union a republican form bf government, under the control of the white race.
"Resolved, That we have full confidence in the sober second thought of the people,
and feel confident that, at the next election, they will so decide as to do justice to the
fundamental law, promote the ends of justice, and reunite the States of this once glorious Union in harmony and peace.
"Resolved, That the distrust of business men throughout the Union, and want of confidence in pecuniary matters, caused by the neglect of the Congress of the United States
to present and perfect measures in regard to taxation and currency, is evidence of want
of capacity to appreciate the situation, or indifference to the general welfare.
"Resolved, That an equal and uniform rate of taxation upon all property and valuable
assets, of both rich and poor alike, is the true doctrine of a republican government.




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*"Resolved, That gold for the rich and paper for the poor is oppressive and unjust, and
-an equal and uniform currency for the whole people is demanded by both honor and
justice, and the Congress of the United States would be more properly engaged in relieving the burthens of the people than in struggles for political power.
"Resolved, That the flag of our country should protect the rights of persons and property of all our citizens, both native and foreign-born, in all parts of the world, and
the Government should take prompt measures to make that protection certain and
effective."
Speeches were made by Chas. W. Blair, Geo. W. Glick, and Thomas P.
Fenlon.
FEBRUARY 27.-Report of Committee in relation to Governor Crawford
and the Kansas Pacific. (House Journal, pp. 835, 841, 847.)
MARCH 2."The following gentlemen were confirmed as Regents of the State University: C. B.
Lines, of Wabaunsee county; Rev. John Ekin, of Shawnee county; and Bishop Thomas
H. Vail, of Douglas county.
"For Regents of the Agricultsural College: Thomas H. Baker and E. C. Manning, of Riley
county; and Rev. Charles Reynolds. of Davis county.
"For Directors of the State Normal School: G. C. Morse, of Lyon county; James Rogers,
of Osage county; T. S. Huffaker, of Morris county; L. D. Bailey, of Douglas county;
and S. S. Prouty, of Coffey county.
"For Adjutant General: J. B. McAfee, of Jefferson county.
"For Quartermaster General: J. G. Haskell, of Douglas county.
"For Directors of the Penitentiary: T. C. Sears, of Leavenworth county; A. Low, of
Doniphan county; and M. R. Dutton, of Jefferson county." —Senate Journal, p. 609.
MARCH 2.-Maj. Gen. P. H. Sheridan resumes command of the Department of the Missouri, at Fort Leavenworth.
MARCH 3.-Last business of the Legislature —passing a new Price Raid'bill, and the code.
MARCH 4.-Adjournment of the Legislature.  Two volumes of laws are
published, one called the General Statutes, (as revised by Price, Riggs and
McCahon,) containing 1270 pages, and one called Special Laws, (although
general laws are published in it,) containing 104 pages. Among the laws
made were the following: State bonds for Penitentiary, $50,000; State bonds
for Capitol, $150,000; State bonds for Insane Asylum, $20,000; Defining
the boundaries of Gove and Wallace counties; A resolution for the protection of settlers on the Cherokee Neutral Lands.
The Laws were printed by John Speer, at Lawrence. Edward P. Harris.superintended the printing, and the General Laws and Special Statutes of
1868 are the best specimens of legal printing, the most accurate and handsome volumes, we have in the State.
MARCH 4.-Legislative excursion to Hays City and the end of the track,
at Coyote.
MARCH 5.-The two German papers of Leavenworth consolidate, and
take the name Zeitung.
-Senator Ross is reported by telegraph as opposed to impeachment.
-P. H. Hubbell stops the Grasshopper Falls Gazette, and starts the Ellsworth Advocate.
-Meetings of settlers on the Osage and Neutral Lands, demanding a
chance to buy their homes at the price established by law.
-Douglas county twice enjoined from issuing bonds to the L. L. & G.




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MARCH 25. — Republican State Convention, at Topeka. John W. Sc ott
temporary Chairman, and E. C. Manning Secretary.               
Committee on Credentials: James C. Horton, Byron Sherry, Benjamin F.
Simpson, A. J. Huntoon, E. S. Stover.
On Organization: J. A. Johnson, P. P. Elder, Charles Drake, A. Low,
J. W. McMillan, R. D. Mobley, John Speer, F. W. Potter, Henry Booth.
On Resolutions: I. S. Kalloch, Albert H. Horton, Ed. R. Smith, J. B.
Johnson, P. C. Schuyler, A. J. Bell, John W. Scott.
Officers: President, John T. Burris; Vice Presidents, Wm. A. Phillips,
T. C. Sears, J. B. Johnson, P. P. Elder, J. W. McMillan, A. Low, J. T.
Lanter, A. J. Huntoon, A. H. Horton; Secretaries, F. G. Adams, W. A.
Cormany, John Speer.
The following were elected delegates to the National Convention: C. W.
Babcock, B. F. Simpson, S. S. Prouty, John A. Martin, N. A. Adams, Louis
Weil. Alternates: A. Danford, C. P. Twiss, F. P. Baker, Cyrus Leland, jr.,
J. W. McMillan, J. A. Weisbach.
The following resolutions were adopted:
"Resolved, That the Republican party of Kansas, through its delegates assembled in
State Convention, hereby reaffirms its devotion to the principles of justice, equality
and nationality which were triumphantly vindicated in the late war, and that the
reconstruction of the Union upon the basis of the equality of all men before the law, the
complete extirpation of Slavery and the ideas which gave it birth, the speedy restoration of permanent peace and prosperty, and the preservation of the public faith and
national credit untarnished and inviolate, are all dependent upon the triumph of the
great Republican party of the country at the ensuing Presidential election.
"Resolved, That regarding the splendid military record of Gen. Ulysses S. Grant with
unfeigned admiration, having faith in his wisdom, integrity, prudence and firmness;
believing his name synonymous with our cause, and that he is emphatically the man
for the times, we cheerfully add our voice to the loud acclaim in his behalf, and instruct
the delegates from Kansas to the National Republican Convention at Chicago to cast
their votes as a unit in favor of his nomination for the office of President of the United
States.
"Resolved, That while recognizing the ability and public services of others whose
names have been presented to the country, we hereby declare Hon. S. C. Pomeroy as
the first choice of the Republican party in this State for the office of Vice President.
His early and consistent identification with the cause of human freedom, his patriotic
services in Congress, his earnest and uniform devotion to the wants and interests of his
constituents, as well as his great prudence and firmness, give assurance that his nomination would inspire universal confidence and enthusiasm, and in his election the loyal
people of the nation would have for Vice President'a man we can trust.'
"Resolved, That this Convention express thanks to the soldiers and sailors of the Union
who fought and conquered armed Rebels, and stood true to the principles which they
vindicated and the flag which floated over them and led them to victory; and that
their heroic sacrifices and services will forever be remembered with gratitude by the
people of the country which has been saved through their valor and patriotism.
"Resolved, That every American citizen, whether by birth or adoption, is entitled to
the protection of the nation and its flag; and while it is incumbent on the Government
to institute negotiations for the establishment of an international law for expatriation,
recognizing naturalization by one nation as terminating allegiance due to another, and
conferring all rights of citizenship, it is no less its duty to vindicate its people, of all
classes, whether native or naturalized, from oppression or interference, either at home
or abroad, when in the legitimate exercise or defence of their personal rights.
"Resolved, That we tender our most cordial thanks to Edwin M. Stanton, the statesman
of the old Roman type, stern, steadfast and true, for the firmness and patriotism with
which he has maintained the majesty of the law and the rights of the people against the
attempted invasion of a faithless and wicked Executive.
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482                    ANNALS OF KANSAS.                          [1868.
"Resolved, That we approve the action of the House of Representatives in its arraignment of Andrew Johnson for high crimes and misdemeanors in office, and we earnestly
call upon the Senate of the United States, sitting as a Court of Impeachment, to proceed
with the trial of the President without fear, favor or affection, and we pledge the people
of Kansas to stand by and maintain the just judgment of the law.
"Resolved, That, believing the ensuing Presidential election will settle finally and
conclusively, if rightly determined, the great issues brought upon us by the Rebellion,
and being convinced that the work which was done in putting down the Rebellion was
well and righteously done, and should stand, we exhort our fellow-Republicans throughout the State to perfect and complete their party organizations, and to provide forthwith
for the systematic diffusion of political intelligence, by journals and otherwise, and to
organize for a vigorous and efficient canvass henceforth to the close of the polls in November next."
MARCH 28.-Nat. G. Barter buys the Border Sentinel, Linn county, of
Joel Moody.
MARCH. —S. T. Kelsey's forest at Ottawa attracts general attention.  He
has cultivated twenty-five acres.
— Cheese-making has become an important industry at Centralia, Nemaha county.
MARCH 30. —Methodist Conference at Lawrence. Bishop Thompson
presides. I. P. Mitchell and W. R. Davis elected to the General Conference. Presiding Elders, A. B. Leonard, C. R. Rice, J. D. Knox.
APRIL.-A book published called "History and Directory of Doniphan
County; Sketches of Each Village in the,,County; Citizens' and Business
Directory. R. F. Smith, Editor. Smith, Vaughan & Co., Publishers."
pp. 348. The book contains many important facts, is not well printed, and
its main purpose is advertising, not history.
APRIL 6.-Burning of the Leavenworth Zeitung office; it was owned by
Louis Weil.
APRIL 7.-The Douglas county bonds are to be given to the Leavenworth, Lawrence and Galveston Railroad Company.
- Contract for building the east wing of the Insane Asylum, at Osawatomie, let to S. M. Larkins, of Paola, at $25,934.
-Kansas Pacific done to the 385th mile-post.
APRIL.-A resolution passed by Congress to enable settlers to buy the
Osage Ceded Lands.
APRIL 16.-Alex. McDonald, formerly of Fort Scott, is elected United
States Senator from Arkansas. Powell Clayton, formerly of Leavenworth, is
Governor, and Thomas M. Bowen, formerly of Marysville, is Chief Justice.
APRIL 23.-Meeting at Emporia of the "Wichita Town and Land Company." W. W. H. Lawrence, President; E. P. Bancroft, Secretary. The
Secretary was authorized to make a map of Wichita.
APRIL 27. — Supplemental treaty with the Cherokees. On the 30th of
August, 1866, Secretary Harlan made a contract with the American Emigrant Company, of Connecticut, for the sale of the Cherokee Neutral Lands.
Secretary Browning regarded this sale as illegal, and, on the 9th of October,
1867, he made a contract to sell the lands to James F. Joy. It is now
agreed, April 27th, 1868, that the American Emigrant Company shall
assign its contract to Joy, and the contract is reaffirmed and declared valid,
as herein modified; the contract between Browning and Joy is cancelled.




1868.]                    ANNALS OF KANSAS.                                 483
MAY 5.- D. W. Wilder returns to the Leavenworth Conservative.
MAY 5.- D. L. Moody, the famous Chicago revivalist, speaks in Laing's
Hall, Leavenworth, to immense audiences.
MAY  14.-Wm. A. Phillips announces that the Cherokee Neutral Land
Commissioners have finished their labors in the field, and will send their
plats to Washington.
MAY  16.-President Johnson acquitted.  Senator Ross voted  against
impeachment.
MAY  20. —Republican Convention at Chicago.  Grant and Colfax nominated for President and Vice President.
MAY 20.-Houston Nesbitt and H. H. Stafford begin the publication of
the Jefferson County Democrat, at Oskaloosa.
MAY  27.-Treaty with the Osage Indians, selling their land to the L. L.
& G. R. R. Co., at twenty cents an acre. There are 8,000,000 acres.
JUNE 3.-F. P. Baker starts the Daily Record, at Topeka.
JUNE 4.-E. S. Stover, Agent of the Kaws, informs Gov. Crawford that
the Cheyennes are fighting the Kaws, on the Kaw reservation.
JUNE 9. —E. R. Trask starts the Register, at Oswego.
JUNE.-The Senate confirms a supplemental treaty selling the Neutral
Lands to James F. Joy.
-The State officers memorialize the United States Senate against confirming the Osage treaty.
JUNE 26.-Centre College, Kentucky, confers the degree of Doctor of
Divinity on Rev. J. G. Reaser, of Leavenworth.
JUNE 29.-Dr. Hartwell Carver makes a journey over the NebraskaPacific, and sends the editor of the Conservative his "blessing and benediction."  Dr. Carver is called the Father of the Pacific road, having advocated
it before Whitney and Benton. His first article urging a road across the
continent was published in the New York Courier and Enquirer, August
11th, 1837.
JUNE 29.-A letter of R. J. Hinton, in the Worcester (Mass.) Spy, gives
the following statement of sales by the Government, of Kansas Indian land:
Reservation.         When Sold.              To Whom.        Acres Sold. Per
Acre.
Delaware............... August 31, 1866............   Len. T. Smith.........9..  92,598.33 $2 50
Kickapoo................ August 16, 1865............ Atchison & P. P. R. R.. 123, 832.61  1 25
Ottawa................... June, 1864, to July, 1866 Different persons.........  18,405.63  2 31
Sac & Fox............... Since January 1, 1864... Hugh McCulloch.........   2, 220.76  1 73
Sac & Fox.................................................. Carney & Stevens........  2,490.36  1 84
Sac & Fox................................................... Wm. R. McKean.........  29,677.21    64
Sac & Fox....................................... Fuller & McDonald......  39,058 27    73
Sac & Fox.......................................... Robert S. Stevens......... 51,689. 31    71
Sac & Fox................................................. John McManus........... 142,915,90  1 09
Sac &Fox................................................... Other persons.............. 20,667,85  2 42
Kaw....................... Since January 1, 1864... J. W. McMillan...........  2, 946,59  1 16
Kaw.................................... Northrup & Chick.......  7,519. 66  1 28
Kaw.................................... Other persons.............. 23, 505, 07  1 50
Cherokee Neutral... October 9, 1867............ James F. Joy............... 800,000.00  1 00
JULY 2.-State Teachers' Association at Emporia. Officers: President,
D. J. Brewer, Leavenworth; Recording Secretary, Mrs. J. H. Gorham,
Emporia; Corresponding Secretary, Joseph Denison, Manhattan; Treasurer, Miss E. D. Copley, Paola; Executive Committee, B. F. Mudge, Man



484                     ANNALS OF KANSAS.                           [1868.
hattan; D. T. Bradford, Atchison; D. H. Robinson, Lawrence; M. D. Gage,
Junction City; E. F. Heisler, Wyandotte. L. B. Kellogg and H. B.
Norton continued as editors of the Journal.
JULY 6.- National Democratic Convention in New York. On the 9th,
Horatio Seymour was nominated for President, on the twenty-second ballot.
Frank P. Blair was unanimously nominated for Vice President. Thomas
Ewing, jr., was a candidate for Vice President, and was defeated by Order
No. 11.
JULY 9.-The United States Senate passes a bill to pay the Price Raid
claims.
JULY 14.-A pamphlet reporting the Impeachment investigation reaches
Kansas. It is claimed that a letter signed by S. C. Pomeroy and sent to
James F. Legate, was forged by Mr. Luce. Thurlow Weed and Edmund
Cooper, Johnson's Private Secretary, seem to have declared that the letter
was genuine. The committee acquit Pomeroy of trying to sell his vote to
President Johnson.
JULY. —S. G. Mead starts the Eureka Herald.
JULY 15.-Republican State Convention called, to meet September 9th.
JULY 16.- Generals Grant and Sherman arrive in Leavenworth, and
are received by General Sheridan. On the 17th there was a public reception at the Club Rooms. On the 18th the three Generals started for Denver.
JULY 20.-Congress authorizes the sale of twenty acres of the Fort
Leavenworth reservation, for cQal-mining purposes.
JULY 20. —Congress grants the right to bridge the Missouri at Leavenworth, and at St. Joseph.
JULY 22.-Dr. Wm. H. Saunders sends the Lawrence Republican the
following analysis of our upland prairie soil:
Organic matter................................. 11.00   Silica...............................................   69.83
Alumina...........................................   8.66 Sesquioxide of iron........................  2.05
Potassa.................................   1.15    Soda...............................................a trace
Lime....................   3.23   Magnesia...............................   2.00
Chlorine........................................  0.00   Sulphuric acid................................a trace
Phosphoric acid................................ 2.08                1oo.oo
"The lower or bottom prairie contains more organic matter. We have a soil rich in
all the chemical elements necessary for a vigorous growth of vegetation."
JULY 29.-Democratic State Convention at Topeka. Called to order by
Thomas- P. Fenlon. W. R. Wagstaff, of Miami, temporary Chairman; P.
Z. Taylor, of Davis, Secretary.
Committee on Credentials: Wilson Shannon, jr., of Douglas, J. E. Clardy,
of Pottawatomie, George Kingsley of Miami, P. Chitwood of Linn, Thomas
P. Fenlon of Leavenworth.
Committee on Organization: T. M. O'Brien of Leavenworth, R. Aldy of
Johnson, John Martin of Shawnee, Adam Dobson of Franklin, Seth Clover
of Miami, C. H. Armes of Ellis, A. G. Ege of Doniphan, R. C. Whitney of
Davis, Samuel Hipple of Atchison.
Oficers' President, Daniel Vanderslice, of Doniphan; Vice Presidents,
F. P. Fitzwilliam of Leavenworth, W. T. Shirley of Miami, John B. Scott
of Coffey, Thomas Dixon of Riley, D. G. Campbell of Johnson, A. Byram
of Atchison, N. Hoysradt of Douglas, John A. Miller of Bourbon, S. C.




1868.]                  ANNALS OF KANSAS.                             485
Gephart of Jefferson, Reuben Riggs of Marion, J. P. Taylor, of Nemaha,
G. W. Miller of Jackson, John L. Rice of Shawnee; Secretaries, P. Z.
Taylor of Davis, P. H. Tiernan of Leavenworth, P. G. Parker of Johnson,
Isaac B. Sharp of Wyandotte, Thomas Dolan of Atchison, A. Dobson of
Franklin, P. Chitwood of Linn, A. O. Robbins of Ellsworth, W. S.
Kanugh of Chase; Sergeant-at-Arms, James A. Cornell of Shawnee;
Pages, Frank Rice and Charles Prodnell.
Committee on Resolutions: J. W. Morris, A. G. Otis, H. S. Walsh, D. G.
Campbell, J. M. Jarboe, W. H. Warner, A. McCartney, C. H. Armes, Reuben Riggs.
Isaac E. Eaton read the report of the caucus on a plan of organization,
as follows:
"The committee of the Democratic caucus to whom was referred the subject of party
organization, make the following recommendations:
"1. That a committee consisting of one from each county, to be designated by the
respective delegations, shall be appointed to constitute a committee on party organization, and that the postoffice address of such committee shall be reported to the Convention.
"2. That a Central Committee of nine be appointed to serve as a State Central
Committee for the ensuing year.
"3. That the Committee on Party Organization be instructed to cause a thorough
organization of the party in the several counties of the State, and have made out a list
of all the voters in their respective counties, under the designation of'Democrat,''Radical,' and'Doubtful,' and that they forward, on or before the 1st day of September next, a copy of said list, and such other information as they think may tend to
advance the interests of the Democratic cause, to the Chairman of the State Central
Committee."
Geo. W. Glick was nominated for Governor by acclamation.
Maxwell McCaslin was unanimously nominated for Lieutenant Governor.
Wilson Shannon, jr., was nominated for Secretary of State.
Gottlieb Schauble, of Riley, was nominated for Auditor.
For Treasurer, Adam Brenner, of Doniphan, received 42 votes; Allen
McCartney, of Bourbon, 93.
Ross -Burns, of Shawnee, was nominated for Attorney General by acclamation.
Archibald Beatty, of Wyandotte, was nominated for Superintendent of
Public Instruction, by acclamation.
W. R. Wagstaff was nominated for Associate Justice.
Charles W. Blair, of Bourbon, was nominated for Congress, by acclamation.
The following Presidential Electors were selected: Leonard T. Smith,
Leavenworth; P. Z. Taylor, Davis; Orlin Thurston, Allen.
The following platform was adopted:
"Resolved, That the Democracy of the State of Kansas in convention assembled, do
hereby ratify and reaffirm the platform of principles adopted by the National Democratic Convention of July 4th, 1868, and we heartily and cheerfully endorse the nomination of Horatio Seymour, of New York, for President, and Frank P. Blair, of Missouri,
for Vice President, and pledge to them our earnest and energetic support.
"Resolved, That the bonded debt of the United States should be paid according to the
terms of its creation, and all that portion thereof which is not designated to be paid in
coin should be paid in greenbacks; that whatever money is received by the laborer for
his work, by the farmer for his produce, by the soldier's widow as her pension, should
also be received by all other creditors of the United States where express provision is
not made by law to the contrary."




486                     ANNALS OF KANSAS.                           [1868.
"Resolved, That the National Bank currency should be called in, and the bonds
pledged for their redemption cancelled, and lawful money of the United States substituted in their place, thereby saving some eighteen millions of coin interest per annum
for the redemption of the bonded debt.
A "Resolved, That while we are in favor of education for all, we are opposed to mixed
schools of black and white children, and are in favor of separate schools for each race.
"Resolved, That we are in favor of the speedy removal of all Indians from the State,
and the extinction of all Indian titles as speedily as possible, and that in the making of
all treaties for the Indian-reservations in the State of Kansas, we demand that the same
shall be opened to actual settlers under the homestead and pre-emption laws, and that
sections 16 and 36 be secured and set apart for the public.
"Resolved, That we hereby denounce the profligate expenditures of the public money
of the people of the State of Kansas by the Radical party, and that we denounce as
oppressive and unjust the excessive taxation that has been levied on the people of this
State by that party.
"Resolved, That we owe a debt of lasting gratitude to the soldiers and sailors of the
United States for their services in suppressing the rebellion, and that their services will
be held in grateful remembrance by the American people.
Committee on Organization: Allen, W. E. Grover, Humboldt; Atchison,
W. P. Waggener, Atchison; Bourbon, W. H. Warner, Fort Scott; Chase,
H. L. Hunt, Cottonwood Falls; Crawford, C. H. Strong; Cherokee, Wm.
W. Cooke; Davis, Robert Reynolds; Dickinson, H. C. Brown, Abilene;
Doniphan, Daniel Vanderslice, Highland; Douglas, Ely Moore, Lawrence;
Ellis, M. W. Soule, Hays City; Ellsworth, J. H. Kimkle, Ellsworth;
Franklin, Adam Cobson, Ottawa; Jackson, Z. G. Williams, Holton; Jefferson, S. C. Gephart, Oskaloosa; Johnson, W. B. White, Olathe; Labette,
Watkins, Chetopa; Leavenworth, J. L. McDowell; Linn, J. H. Barlow, Paris; Marion, Reuben Riggs, Marion Centre; Miami, Geo. Kinsley,
Paola; Morris, James A. Robbins, Council Grove; Nemaha, James Taylor,
Seneca; Neosho, John O'Grady, Osage Mission; Osage, N. L. Wyatt, Burlingame; Pottawatomie, J. E. Clardy, Wamego; Riley, A. B. Brookfield,
Ogden; Shawnee, H. E. Norton, Topeka; Wabaunsee, E. J. Lines, Wabaunsee; Wilson, Wm. M. Brown, New Albany; Woodson, O. P. Haughawout, Neosho Falls; Wyandotte, Chas. S. Glick, Wyandotte.
State Central Committee: J. L. McDowell, Leavenworth; T. M. O'Brien,
Leavenworth; Robert Ferberger, Atchison; A. Byram, Atchison; Isaac B.
Sharp, Wyandotte; Nicholas Hoysradt, Douglas; Hugh S. Walsh, Jefferson; A. J. Mead, Riley; N. S. Goss, Woodson.
JULY 31.-Frank P. Blair is serenaded, and makes a speech in Leavenworth. He is one of the Pacific Railroad Commissioners.
AUGUST 10.-Indian outrage on Spillman's Creek. Cheyennes and Arapahoes reported in the Solomon Valley.
AUGUST 11.-The Atchison Champion and Free Press consolidated; John
A. Martin and Frank A. Root, Publishers; Frank G. Adams retires.
AUGUST 13, 14.-Ten settlers killed and four wounded, in the Solomon
Valley, by Indians. Raids along the Republican and Saline.
AUGUST 18.-Gen. Alfred Sully in pursuit of Indians on the Solomon.
-J. B. McAfee reports eight men killed at Asher Creek.
AUGUST.- Geo. T. Anthony appointed United States Collector.
AUGUST 20.-Gen. Sheridan and Col. Forsyth leave Fort Leavenworth
for Fort Harker.




1868.]                ANNALS OF KANSAS.                          487
AUGUST 23.-Gen. Sheridan reports that the Indians have killed twenty
citizens of Kansas, and wounded many more. He directs their forcible
removal to their reservations.
AUGUST 27.-Prof. Louis Agassiz, Roscoe Conkling, Ward Hunt, and
other Eastern men, visit Leavenworth. Agassiz said he had never seen
such good soil as he had seen in Kansas and Missouri. The peaches, apples,
pears and grapes, he thought equal to any he had ever tasted. Of the Catholic Cathedral he said: "It is an anachronism; it represents the past. That
great free-school building pleases me better; that represents the future.
Mankind will probably continue to worship, but not in this way."  He
speaks of Prince Neuwied, who explored the Missouri up to the Yellowstone, and says his report is marvellous for its accuracy and ability. His
Reise durch Nordamerika was published at Coblentz in 1838-43, and an English version in London, in 1843. The report is second to Lewis and Clarke
in time, bhut first in geological importance.
The Conservative reprints Longfellow's poem on Agassiz:
"And he wandered away and away
With Nature, the dear old nurse,
Who sang to him night and day
The rhymes of the universe."
AUGUST 31.-An immense army of grasshoppers comes down to the ground
in Leavenworth. No harm is done; it is a year of the greatest prosperity.
SEPTEMBER 9. —Republican  State Convention at Topeka. Called to.order by F. H. Drenning. Temporary Chairman, George Graham; Secretary, Alfred Gray.
Committee on Credentials: S. A. Cobb, J. Stotler, J. H. Gillpatrick, C. C.
Whiting, A. Low, J. T. Lanter, Alfred Spear.
Committee on Permanent Organization: J. E. Hayes, Dr. Hathaway, D. Carmichael, J. S. Hidden, Gregory of Woodson, W. P. Douthitt, P. B. Maxson.
Officers: President, D. R. Anthony; Vice President, Josiah E. Hayes;
Secretaries, M. M. Murdock and B. J. F. Hanna.
Committee on Resolutions: Joshua Wheeler, John Schott, A. G. Chase, A.
Danford, J. Stotler, J. H. Gillpatrick, I. S. Kalloch, Jos. Clarke, F. W. Potter.
First ballot for Governor: Geo. A. Crawford 35, James M. Harvey 31,
Thos. Carney 23, T. H. Walker 1.
Second ballot: Crawford 36, Harvey 30, Carney 22, Walker 1, Deckelman 1.
Third ballot: Crawford 37, Harvey 28, Carney 23, Phillips 1, Walker 1.
Fourth ballot: Crawford 40, Harvey 25, Carney 24, Hayes 1.
T. A. Osborn withdrew the name of Thos. Carney.
Fifth ballot: Harvey 50, Crawford 39, Carney 1.
Ballot for Congressman: Sidney Clarke 55, S. J. Crawford 12, Jas. D.
Snoddy 7, T. D. Thacher 11, J. W. Scott 3.
First ballot for Lieutenant Governor: C. V. Eskridge 40, C. G. Foster 31,'Geo. H. Hoyt 12, Jos. L. Speer, 5.
Second ballot: Eskridge 50, Foster 31, Hoyt 5, Speer 2.
Convention adjourned to the 10th.
First ballot for Associate Justice: C. K. Gilchrist 22, L. D. Bailey 18,
A. M. Sawyer 9, D. M. Valentine 23, John T. Burris 11, Geo. W. Gardiner
3, A. H. Horton 1.




488                     ANNALS OF KANSAS.                            [1868.
Second ballot: Valentine 36, Gilchrist 24, Bailey 11, Sawyer 1, Burris 9,
Gardiner 1.
Third ballot: Valentine 54, Gilchrist 27, Burris 6, Bailey 3, Gardiner 1.
For Secretary of State: Thomas Moonlight received 71 votes, and J. B.
McAfee 19.
For Auditor: A. Thoman 63, S. S. Prouty 23, J. R. Swallow 1.
For Treasurer: George Graham  50, M. Anderson 29, John Hosick 5,
John M. Funk 5, S. S. Prouty 1.
First ballot for Attorney General: E. J. Jenkins 33, A. Danford 18, D. J.
Brewer 18, A. L. Williams 5, John Q. Porter 5, Johnson 3, D. B. Hadley 1.
Second ballot: Danford 37, Jenkins 34, Brewer 11, Williams 3, Johnson 1.
Third ballot: Danford 48, Jenkins 34, Williams 3.
P. McVicar was nominated for Superintendent of Public Instruction by
acclamation.
Presidential Electors: I. S. Kalloch, D. R. Anthony, A. H. Horton.
State Committee: George W. Martin, E. J. Jenkins, B. F. Simpson, P. P.
Elder, T. A. Osborn, E. L. Akin, J. M. Spencer, I. N. Dow, M. M. Murdock.
The following resolutions were adopted:
"1. The Union Republican party of the State of Kansas, in Delegate Convention
assembled, pledges its earnest and positive adherence to the principles and platform of
the National Union Republican Party, adopted at Chicago, and to the nominees of the
Convention, Gen. U. S. Grant and Schuyler Colfax, its most cordial and enthusiastic
support.
" 2. The history of the Democratic party in Kansas, from its earliest attempt to force
the system of human Slavery upon a reluctant people, its systematic violation of the
ballot, its perfidious apathy during the struggle for national existence, is a record of
violence, cowardice and fraud. Its leaders and its principles are unchanged, and deserve
alike the unqualified opposition of every citizen who believes in the supremacy of the.
law and the perpetuity of free institutions.' 3. The studied and persistent hostility of the Democratic party to the prosecution
of the war for the preservation of the Union, its constant and malignant efforts in the
North to perplex the Government and dishearten the people, and its open and undisguised treason in the South; its position of uncompromising opposition to every measure
originated for the safety of the nation; its nomination of candidates for President and
Vice President who propose, if elected, to trample in the dust laws duly enacted, to disperse State governments constitutionally established, and undo the wosk of reconstruction with violence and blood, impel all friends of the Republic, with renewed energy,
to rally in ardent support of the Republican party, around which the hopes of the Nation clustered in its darkest hours.
"4. During the eight years of its possession of National power, the Republican party
has proved itself equal to the sacred trust which the Nation confided to its charge, and'
achieved results which have no parallel in the annals of the political organizations of
the world. Its career has been one of beneficence to the poor, justice to the oppressed,
and fidelity to those immutable principles without which a Republic is impossible. By
the development of the Pacific Railroad system, it has incalculably augmented our
resources, and'enlarged the national domain; by the Homestead enactments it has
increased the wealth and population of the West; by the eight-hour law it has proved
its loyalty to labor; by its assertion of the doctrine of expatriation it has evinced its
devotion to the rights of our foreign-born citizens; by the adoption of the Fourteenth
Constitutional Amendment it has irrevocably secured the results of the war, elevated
citizenship, established the national credit, emancipated and enfranchised a race, and
dedicated a continent to Freedom. In the future, as in the past, it will continue to advocate those measures which will promote economy, national honesty, domestic concord,
and friendly relations with foreign powers, to the end that we may have a government
of laws and not of men.




1868.]                 ANNALS OF KANSAS.                            489
"5. In the distribution of public lands and Indian reserves we demand the full protection of the rights of settlers, and the reservation of the 16th and 36th sections, to
which the State is justly entitled, for educational purposes. Wholesalelgrants of territory to speculators and foreign corporations are unfavorable to the interests of the
community, and inconsistent with the objects for which the National domain should be
distributed. We especially condemn the policy of disposing of Indian reservations to
railroad or land monopolies, and insist that such lands be immediately opened to actual
settlers, at not more than one dollar and twenty-five cents per acre. We demand, in
the name of our frontier settlers, that the uncivilized Indians be driven from the State,
and the civilized tribes be speedily removed to the Indian country.
"6. To our Member of Congress, who favored and labored for the arraignment of
Andrew Johnson, for high treason and misdemeanors in office, and to our Senator, who
promptly pronounced him guilty thereof by his recorded vote, we extend the gratitude
and thanks of a grateful people."
SEPTEMBER 14.-W. S. Burke buys the Leavenworth Bulletin.
-Ihn the fall, Nelson Abbott established the Atchison Daily Patriot.
SEPTEMBER 14. —Governor Crawford calls for five companies of Cavalry,
for three months' service on the frontier. They were soon raised, and sent to
Lake Sibley, Ayersburg (in the Solomon valley), Salina, and Marion Centre.
SEPTEMBER 17.-Wilder & Sleeper buy the Times, and the consolidated
paper is called the Times and Conservative.
SEPTEMBER 17. —Colonel Geo. A. Forsyth is surrounded by Indians, on
the North Fork of the Republican, receives two nearly fatal wounds, and
loses several men. Among the killed are Lieut. F. H. Beecher and Surgeon
John H. Mooers. The fight lasted eight days.
-P. P. Elder is elected Chairman, and M. M. Murdock Secretary, of
the Republican Committee.
SEPTEMBER 18. —Execution of Melvin Baughn, at Seneca. He killed
Jesse S. Dennis, in 1866.
-L. R. Elliott buys and consolidates the Manhattan Radical and Independent. The new paper is called the Standard.
SEPTEMBER 28.-A  company of Militia, raised by Governor Crawford,
is marching southwest.
SEPTEMBER 29.-State Fair at Leavenworth.
SEPTEMBER 30.-Meeting  of the Missouri Valley Associated Press.
D. W. Wilder is elected President, and Geo. F. Prescott, Secretary.
- Colonel T. J. Peter makes arrangements to build the A. T. & S. F. R. R.
OCTOBER 1.-It is announced that the General Statutes will be delivered
October 31st, and take effect after that date.
-Indian outrages near Ellsworth and Fort Zarah.
OCTOBER 9. -General Sheridan, near Fort Hays, calls on the Governor
for a regiment to fight Indians.
OCTOBER 10.-Proclamation of Governor Crawford, calling for a regiment of volunteers, for six months' service.
OCTOBER 13.-Eleventh Annual Session of the Odd Fellows, at Atchison;
membership, 1,575.
OCTOBER 13.-Four men killed and one wounded by Indians, in the
Solomon valley. Two women have been carried into captivity by Indians.
OCTOBER 15.-The Leavenworth Call issued, by Joseph Clarke, Henry
Buckingham, and W. H. Bisbee.




490                             ANNALS OF KANSAS.                                           [1868.
SEPTEMBER 19. —Mrs. Bassett and infant child captured by Indians, on
the Solomon.
OCTOBER 20.-Company A, of the Nineteenth Kansas, mustered in, at
Topeka.
OCTOBER 30.-John M. Haeberlein starts the Freie Presse, Daily, in
Leavenworth.
-A    despatch  from  Grinnell says the Indians tore  up  the track, thirtyfive miles from Sheridan, and threw off six cars.
NOVEMBER.-Wm. Tanner, Leavenworth, has chestnut trees eight years
old fifteen feet high.
NOVEMBER.-The Springfield, Mass., Republican says:
"Prof. Agassiz is fairly seething with enthusiasm over his visit to Kansas. All Brazil
was nothing to what he has seen of natural beauty and scientific revelations."
NOVEMBER 3.-Annual election.
VOTE FOR PRESIDENTIAL ELECTORS.
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C'i      si 
Allen............................................... 693  691     690       200       191      202
Anderson..........................................   612  611     610       130       130      130
Atchison..........................................  1,297    1,295    1,295  934      934      934
Bourbon........................................  1,443    1,441    1,442    486       486      486,rown....................................      691       689      690       178       178      178
Butler..........................................   135  135      135        93        93       93
Chase................................................   243  243  243        71        71       71
Chase.2~~~~~~43l    2431    2431                                  71 [      71 [     71
Clay.............................................. 17    175       175        21        21      21
Crawford................................      479       479       480       265       264      264
Coffey...............................................  637  637    636       261       261      261
Cloud................................................   100  100  100        11        11       11
Davis...............................................  371  372    373       256       258      256
Dickinson.........................................   194  194     194        98        98       98
IDoniphan........................................   1,549    1,573    1,573  721      721      721
Douglas.........................................    2, 434    2,427    2,418  609     609      609
Ellis................................................  68  68      68       171       171      171:Ellsworth.........................................  159  161     1         135 [     138      135
Bllsworth.13~~~~~~9  161 I                             161 I     135    138~s       135
Franklin.........................................., 030    1,03  1,060      319       317      316
Greenwood................................      341       341       341        98        98       98
Jackson............'..........................   553     553       553       313      313      313
Jefferson.........................................  1,268    1,268[  1,266  724       724      724
Johnson..........................................   1,487    1,485    1,487  723      723      723
Lahette............................................. 617  617      617       166       166      166
Leavenworth.............................    2, 671    2,623    2,664    2,330    2, 315   2,315
Linn................................................,310    1,310    1,310  415  416      416
Lyon................................................ 946  941     942       110       110      110
Marion.............................................  52   52        52        47        47       47
Marshall..........................................  514  514      514       228       228      228
Miami..............................................   1, 250    1,248    1,243  557    557      557
Morris.............................................  155  154      155      172       171      171
Nemaha............................   591        591      590       272       272      272
Neosho~~~~.7....08[ 707[ 707 [409[ 411  411
Neosho...................................       708      707       707                 411
Osage....................................    422       422       422        83.83.83
Ottawa.............................................  136  136      136.................................
Pottawatomie...................................  613    613       613       300       300      299
Republic..........................................  62    62        62         3        3        3
Riley................................................  587  587   586       130       129      130
Shawnee..........................................  1, 351    1,348    1, 345  450     450      450
Saline............................................. 348  345      345       117       116      114
Wabaunsee.......................................  333   332       333        41        41       41
Washington......................................  202    202       202        52        52       52
Wilson..............................................  368  368     368       192       192      192
Woodson..........................................   263  264      263        81        81       81
Wyandotte.......................................  569    568       568       628       628      628
Total........................................ 30,028   29,968   30,027   13,620   13,578  13,571




1868.]                       ANNALS OF KANSAS.                                      491
VOTE FOR STATE OFFICERS.
GOVERNOR.         LIEUT. GOV.    SEC. OF STATE.        AUDITO.
Counties.  yG
rs.             ~...
Allen....................     684  206  682      204       683      204      683    203
Anderson.............    609   134      606      134       613      131      613    131
Atchison..............  1,221   1,012    1, 272  960    1,285       953    1,281    956
Bourbon..............  1,433   492    1,434      292    1,435       491.  1,435    491
Brown.................    681  185      684      182       683      181      685    182
Butler.................    135  96      133       96       136       93      137      92
Chase..................    243  73      218       81       243       72      243      73
Clay.............     173       22      172       22       167       22      168      22
Crawford.............    478   267      475      267       473      266      412    333
Coffey..................    630  269    624      264       631      263      635    264
Cloud..................    100    11    100       11       100       10       100     11
Davis...................    374  253    366      260       366      261      369    258
Dickinson...........    196     97      196       97       194       98       194     98
Doniphan.............  1,547   743    1,555      734    1,562       715    1,563    733
Douglas...............  2, 398  631    2,357     626    2, 366      646    2,374     627
Ellis.....................  49  135      40      140        48      135       49    134
Ellsworth............    164   133      161      137       161      137       161    137
Franklin.............  1,065   320    1,043      320    1,068       278    1,066    320
Greenwood..........    340     102      334      101       342      100      344    101
Jackson.............    536    332      547      320       545      319      547    319
Jefferson..............  1,247  749    1,245     744    1,255       741    1,260    737
Johnson.............  1,480. 735    1,480    732    1,478       732    1,482    732
Labette............    615     168      613      168
Leavenworth.......  2, 657   2,348    2,660   2,343    2,657    2,334    2,664  2,328
Linn...................  1,289  438    1,289    430    1,293       427    1,288    426
Lyon..............    937      115      891      114       939      110      937    112
Marion...............  52       47       52       47        52       47       52      47
Marshall..............    497  238      507      234       506      232      509    232
Miami..................   1,272  570    1,166    619    1,237       568    1,244    566
Morris..............    155    172      155      171       154      173       156    171
Nemaha..............    579    287      585      280       586      280      586    280
Neosho...............    706   410      706      411       708      403      707    410
Osage..................    421  83      412       83       417       83      421      83
Ottawa.................    180   5      178        6       177        6       179      6
Pottawatomie......   597       315      595      315       599      313      599    312
Republic.............  63        3       63............    63............    63.........
Riley...................    588  129    581      133       583      133      562    457
Shawnee.............  1,340    453    1,093      453    1, 337      438    1,328    450
Saline..................    350  115    345      116       349      114       349    116
Wabaunsee..........    341      43      318       40       333       37       345     41
Washington.........    202      56      202       66       201       57       201     56
Wilson.................    340  184     341      185       343      185       343    185
Woodson..............    264    81      259       82       264       81       264     81
Wyandotte..........    567      624      566      629       568      629       571    627.Total.............. 29,795  13,809   29, 301  13, 849   29,200  13,498   29,169 13,640
STATE OFFICERS, ASSOCIATE JUSTICE, AND MEMBER OF CONGRESS.
TREASURER. ATT'Y GEN'L. SUP. PUB. IN. ASSOC. JUS.  MEM. OF CON.
Counties.                           b                      Sc
Cbo Q..
Allen...................  683   204    683   204    687   204    681   204      662  214
Anderson............  614   131    613   133    613   130    606   133          601  131
Atchison.............. 1,278   956  1,279   956  1,281   956  1,279   905    1,269  965
Bourbon.............. 1,435   491  1, 435   487  1,434   491  1, 435   491    1,417  507
Brown.................  685   182    684   180    686   181    685   181        687  181
Butler.................  137    92    133    96    137    92    137    92       138   98
Chase..................  243    73    139    76    243    73    240    76       240   75
Clay....................    172    22    171    22    163    22    172    22    172    9
Crawford............  474   267    465   267    478   267    474   267          476  265
Coffey..................  634   264    635   264    632   266    634   264      624  270
Cloud..................  100    10    100    11    101    10    100     5        99   10
Davis...................  366   260    365   260    366   260    366   260      365  260
Dickinson............  194    98    194    98    195 1  97    194    97         193   98
Doniphan........... 1,562   732  1,562   733  1,563 1 730  1,564 1 607    1,556  824




492                            ANNALS OF'KANSAS.                                       [1868.
STATE OFFICERS, ASSOCIATE JUSTICE, AND MEMBER OF CONGRESS —CONCL'D.
TREASURER. ATT'Y GEN'L. SUP, PUB. INS,  ASSOC. JUS.  MEM. OF CON.
Counties.                                                                            b a.
Douglas...............  2,404    625  2,406    625  2,388    634  2,399    704  2,191    671
Ellis.................... 49    134     49    134      50    134I    49    134        51    142;
Ellsworth............   161    137    160    138     161    135    162    137    162    137
Franklin.............. 1,067    320  1,067    319  1,067    320  1,065    323  1,040'   327
Greenwood..........   342    100    342    100    344    101    341           99    340    101
Jackson...............   550    320    546    323    551    3191   544    319    543    321
Jefferson..............1,261    734  1,260    739  1, 258    736! 1 260    739  1,244    7386
Johnson............... 1,482    737  1,483    730  1,482    7324  1,880    732  1,475    733
Labette..........589 158
Leavenworth.         2,672 2,339  2,676 2,323  2,665 2,327  2,662  2,329  2,618  2,352
Linn....................  1,300    425  1,291    429  1,296    420  1,291    434   1,2911  426
Lyon.......   939    112    938    115    939    111    939    113    926    118
Marion...............  52      47      52     47      52     47      52      39      47     47
Marshall.............   508    233    509    213    502    232    510    232    508    231
Miami................. 1,254    566  1,253    566   1,257    567  1,193    611  1,230    572
Morris.................   155    171  155    1721   156    17111   155    170    149    173
Nemaha..............   587    271    587    2781   586    280    587    2801   584    282
Neosho...............   708    409    708    410    707    410       707    409    679    420(
Osage..................   421  83    421      83    422      83    421       83    413      84
Ottawa................. 184      6    184       6    184       6    184        5    184       6
Pottawatomie......   598    313    597    314    595    315    598    314    598    314
Republic..........     63..........   63.........   63.........    63.........   62      3
Riley..................   585    133    385    134    587    132    585    134    574    136
Shawnee.............. 1, 331    439  1,293    485  1,333    440  1, 325    451  1,272    461
Saline..................   350    115    349    116/   350    1091  349    11511  348    116
Wabaunsee.........   345       40    333      53    346      41     344      41    340      42
Washington......... 201         57    201      57    201      57    201       57    202      54
Wilson.................   336    191    343    185    343    185    343    185    341    183
Woodson..............   262     83    264      81    262      82    265       80    2641    81
Wyandotte..........   570    627    571    626    563    633[   568    628    560    633
Total.............. 29,338 13,544 i 29, 247 13, 588, 29,289 13,547 29,209 13,500 29, 324113, 969
VOTE FOR JUDGES OF THE DISTRICT COURT, IN THE FIRST, SECOND,
THIRD, FOURTH, AND FIFTH JUDICIAL DISTRICTS.
(p
District.       Counties.                        District.       Coucnties.               Q 
First......... Leavenworth.....2,599  2,376   Third...... Jefferson            1,261
Wyandotte.........   571    624                 Shawnee............1,72        5
Wabaunsee.........   384
Total...............13, 170 3,000             Pottawatomie.....  910
-________   -   _______________   -           Jackson..............  846
Total.............,153      5
District.       Counties.                       -
~~~~~~~~~~~
Second......  Atchison............  009  1,218    District.       Counties.. 
Brown...............  621    225
Doniphan........... 1,363    833                                            s
Washington......  191       67
Republic............   63..        Fourth... Douglas.............. 2,137     826
Nemaha............  533    327                 Franklin........... 1,038    341
Marshall.......387    343                     Johnson............ 1,409    793
Total...............4,167  3,013               Total..............4 584  1,960
District.    Counties.                          District.     Counties.        
1.3       ct4
Fifth......Lyon........    808      93......  Fifth...... Greenwood...  309       49......
Osage.......  396        99......              Morris.........  149......... 174
Coffey..........496    379
Total      2,158    620   174




1868.]                          ANNALS OF KANSAS.                                           493
VOTE FOR STATE SENATORS.
Counties.         Namnes.                    e    Counties.        NAames.              QZ
I1 Doniphan... E. J. Jenkins......1452  718  14 Bourbon... M. V. Voss......... 14231123
Doniphan...  W. H. Smallwood 1518  764             Crawford...  M. V. Voss.........448
Doniphan... D. Vanderslice.... 754                Cherokee................I..
Doniphan... W. J. Stout.........  734              Bourbon... J.'E.IcKeighan  481
2 Atchison.....  W. H. Grimes..... 1260  252         Crawford... J. E. McKeighan  271
Atchison..... S. J. H. Snyder... 1214  253         Cherokee.................................
Atchison..... J.W. Forman.....1018             15 Butler........J. R. Mead....... 128  13
Atchison.....  Samuel Ripple.... 961               Chase........ J. R. Mead......... 216.3 Leavenw'th.  John McKee.......2690  196            Marion......J. R. Mead.........  47
Leavenw'th  Wm. Larimer...../2579  232             Morris....... J. R. Mead.........138
Leavenw'th  MI. Smith............[2542  271        Butler........ Isaac Sharp.......82
Leavenw'th  J. A. Halderman. 2494  I Chase........ Isaac Sharp.......81
Leavenw'th  J. W. Morris........]2347              Marion......]Isaac Sharp.......  45
Leavenw'th  T. O'Gwartney.... 2271                 Morris....... Isaac Sharp....... 186
4 Jefferson.... J. C. Bailey.........11253  514  16 Allen........  J. C. Carpenter.. 686 1695
Jefferson.... G. B. Carson........  739            Labette       J. C. Carpenter.. 653.5 Brown......... Albert G. Spear... 631  699         Neosho...... J.C. Carpenter  615
Nemaha...... Albert G. Spear...  557               Wilson...... J. C. Carpenter.. 363
Brown......... J. Martin............ 186           Woodson... J.C. Carpenter..  265
Nemaha......  J. Martin............ 303            Allen........ F.M. Frost...... 197
Brown....... Scattering...........   4             Neosho......  F.M. Frost...... 449
Nemaha...... Scattering...........   2             Wilson......F. M. Frost......161
6 Jackson......0. J. Grover........ 549 452           Woodson... F.M. Frost......   80
Pottawat'ie  O. J. Grover........ 556        [  Labette.....  C. F. Hutchings.   9
Jackson...... J. Richey...........317          17 Anderson.. E.S. Niccolls.....307 334
Pottawat'ie  J. Richey.......  366              Franklin... E. S. Niccolls..... 897
7 Cloud.......... A. A. Carnahan...  81 932           Anderson.. D. W. Houston.. 391
Marshall..... A. A.Carnahan... 505                Franklin...  D.W.Houston.. 479
Republic....  A. A. Carnahan         58            Anderson.. Scattering.........      1
Riley.......... A. A.Carnahan... 555          18 Coffey........ M. M. Murdock..  641 1051
Washington A. A. Carnahan...  196                  Osage......... M.M. Murdock.. 410
Cloud.......... A. Smith.............20        19 Greenwood E. Tucker.........326 1270
Marshall..... A. Smith.............[232            Lyon.........[E. Tucker.........945
Republic..... A. Smith............. 3              Greenwood Scattering.........   1
Riley.......... A. Smith.............151       20 Clay..........J. H. Prescott... 168 779
Washington  A. Smith.............  57              Davis.........J. H. Prescott... 332
Riley.......... B. F. Mudge........   2            Dickinson.. J. H. Prescott... 177.8 Shawnee..... W.H. Fitzpatrick 1087 479            Ellis.......... J. H. Prescott...  43
Shawnee..... John Martin....... 608                Ellsworth... J. H. Prescott... 147
9 Douglas...... Levi Woodard... 2399 1756            Ottawa......J. H. Prescott... 174
Douglas......0. E. Learnard... 235511718         Saline......  J. H. Prescott... 263
Douglas..... S. K. Huson........643                Waaunsee J. H. Prescott.  369
Douglas...... W. M. Nace........ 637             Clay.......... R. E. Laurenson   15
10 Johnson...... Abner Arrasmith 1445 688              Davis.........  R.E. Laurenson   296
Johnson.11 D. G. Campbell...  757                  Dickinson..  R. E. Laurenson  113
11 Miami.........H. H. Williams... 1217 642           Ellis.......... R. E. Laurenson  136
Miami......... E.Darniello........ 575            Elsworth..R. E. Laurenson  141
12 Wyandotte.. C. S. Glick............ 581    5        Ottawa...... R.E. Laurenson    8
Wyandotte.. S. A. Cobb...........576               Saline........ E.Laurenson  166
13 Linn..........  J. F. Broadhead... 1270  838        Wabaunsee R.E. Laurenson   19
Linn..........   R. S. Kelso, jr..432             Scattering..                        1
Linn............Scattering..........    1
VOTE FOR MEMBERS OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
Counties.                        Names..'. 
1   Doniphan....................... J. S. Martin..........................  430    245
T. J. Vanderslice..................   185         615
2......................................  G. W. Wood..........................  280    118
Charles Ladwick..................   162          442
3....................................... A.J. Mowry........................  214  30
M. Bryant............................   184       398
4....................................... I. C. Hawkins.....................  202  22
Joseph Randolph.................   180
David Lee............................    80       462
5....................................... David Whitaker..................  175  17
L. A. Hoffman...........'......  158             333   2,250
6   Atchison........................  Oliver Davis........................  309  41
J. S. Galbraith.....................  268        557




494                                              ANNALS OF KANSAS.                                                                         [1868.
VOTE FOR MEMBERS OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES-CONTINUED.
Counties,                                          Names.   
7     Atchison  (concluded)......   A. J. Evans...........................                                276        110
H. Myer................................    166                               442
8......................................           G. W. Thompson..................                     258          39
S. Hollister..........................    219                                477
9.......................................    Joseph  Logan........................                        280        154
J. Kirkpatrick.....................    126                                  406
10....................................... W. M. Hamm..................       188           82
W. Martin............................                 106                    294       2,196
11      Brown..........................             M. B. Bowers........................                  428         298
S. Smouse.............................               130
Scattering.............................                   1                  559
12............................  George E. Irwin....................  130                           11
J. S. Tyler...........................    119
John  Meredith.....................                    42                   291           850
13      Nemaha........................   Samuel  Lappin.....................    291                                   161
J. P. Koelzer............... 1.........    130
Scattering............................                   1                  422
14.......................................    Daniel Helphrey...................                           241           58
W. S. Mathews......................    183                                   424          846
15      Marshall.........................  W illiam   Smith.....................    444                               160
Thomas  Wells.......................                  284                    728           728
16      W ashington...................  Rufus  Darby.........................    179                                  113
W. Lovering..........................                   66                   24            245
17      Pottawatomie.................   P. Y. Baker........................    546                                     218
J. W. W eiler........................                328                    874           874
18      Jackson.........................             J. L. W illiams.......................    319                     101
J. B. McComas.......................    218                                  537
79.......................................    N. J. Allen............................                      184           61
G. W. Miller..........................    123                               307           844
19      Jefferson....................... J. B. Johnson........................    405                                  233
A. J. Miller...........................               172                    577
20.......................................    William   Crosby.....................    250                               90
W. C. Butts...........................                160                    410
21.......................................    F. Gilluly.............................                     560         165
H. S. W alsh..........................    395                               955       1, 942
22      Leavenworth.................   P. H. Tiernan.......................    353                                     38
H. P. Scott...........................                315                    668
23.......................................   Josiah  Kellogg......................' 379          67
G. F. Prescott........................    312.                               691
24......................................                   S. Adams..........................    538                  210
J. McCarthy..........................                 322                    860
25..      R, V. Flora...........................                483         180
C. Currier..............................    303                              786
26....................................... N. Palmer........................              209           69
George  B. Coffin....................                 140                    349
27.......................................  N. Hum ber...........................             126           25
A. G. Chase...........................                     101227
28.......................................    T. McIntosh..........................                        301           73
David  Smith..........................    228                                529
29.......................................    Joseph  Howell.....................                          239          44
J. L. W allace........................    195                                434
30.................................... James J. Larimer..................    225                  46
J. D. Revnerson....................                   179                    404       4,948
31      Wyandotte...................H. H. W. Cook...........................    250                                    71
D. Ryers........................                     179                    429
80......................................   Thomas Feeney.....................    426                                 114
D. B. Hadley........................   312
Scattering........................                      4                   742       1,171
32      Johnson.......................               R. E. Stephenson..................    641                         358
J. P. Robinson......................    283                                 724
33.......................................    D. B. Johnson.......................                        495         164
J. W atts................................             331                    826
34......................             J. T. Rankin........................                  290         134
J. M. W illis..........................    156                              446       1,996
35      Douglas..........................    James Blood..........................                          867         590
E. B. Chadwick.....................    277                                1,114
36.......................................    Joel Grover...........................    265                            207
J. J. McGhee........................                    58
N. Cameron...........................                   46.  369
37.......................................   Amos  W alton........................            188           17
*H. E. Cowgill........................                 171
G. W. W ood..........................                   44                   403
38.......................................  A. Brundage........................    365                326




1868.]                                        ANNALS OF KANSAS.                                                                       495
VOTE FOR MEMBERS OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES - CONTINUED.
-r                 Counties.                                       Names.                     ~         i 
38   Douglas (continued)....... J. Deskins...                                                          39                  404
39...........................   J. L. Jones.....................    165                         40
W. Pennington................                      125                  270
40...................................;.. L. D. Bailey...........................                     236     165
H. Webber............................               71                  307    2  66341    Shawnee........................   J. Guthrie............................    854                          510
George L. Young...................    344                            1  198
42.......................................  Perry  Tice............................         345        201
E. Carriger............................    142                          487, 685
43  Miami.................... S. -Iymer..............................  327   156
W. H. Willhoit.......................                                   498
44........................................ J. Taylor...........................    536                       164
P. G. Parker.......................    372                               908
45.....................................  Reuben  Smith............       333        291
L. D. Williams.....................                 42                  375   1,781
46    Linn.............................          A. G. Seaman........................    223                    205
G. Hart.................................            18                  241
47...............J........................ J.. Madden........................   225     74
J. Chitwood..........................              151                  376
48.......................................    S. R. Hungerford..................                    486        303
R. S. Kelso............................    183                          669
49.......................................   J. D. Snoddy........................    258                     145
H. P. Clay.............................                                 371       1,657
50    Bourbon......................... D. Roberts........................    248                204
E. G. Morrell.....................   44
Scattering............................                                 295
51....................................... L. Roberts.............................   263    176
J. B. Groesbeck.....................                87                  350
52.......................................  J. B. Moore...........................               407        341
E. Williams...........................               66                 473
53...............................  W. Simpson......................                  460        149
E. M. Hulett....................                   311                  771  1, 880
54     Allen............................                                                            267          63
M. Neal.................................    204
W. S. Newbury....................                  146                  617
55........................  G. B. Inge.............................    221                    189
A. Allen...............................             32
Scattering.............................               1                 254          871
56     Anderson.......................   John  Butterbaugh.................                         251          77
E. P. Gilpatrick.....................    174
Scattering.............................               1                 426
57.................................  Charles Gregg........................    275                275        275         701
58     Franklin...................               J. McClenahan....................    400                     262
G. W. Ashby..........1.............               138                   538
59.......................................  T. C. Bowles.......................              646        468
A. W. Adams...................    178                                   824       1,362
60     Osage........................... M. B. Hupp...........................    277                           184
J. Law..................................            93
G. B. Jackson........................               84                  454          454
61     Coffey........................  J. A. McGinnes.....................    298                    156
W. J. Sanders........................    142                            440
62...................E....................          E. Coffin...........................    279             119
W. Crandall...........................    160
Scattering............................              8                 447          887
63     Woodson....................... B. F. Johnson........................    264                             186
Peter Yohon........................                 78                  342          342
64     Lyon.............................   J. Stotler.............................    484                     483
Scattering............................               1                 485
65.......................................  J.M. Hunter....................... 141                     26
S. G. Britton.........................             115
R. Best................................             75                  331
66.......................................  C. Drake..............................                193        193        193      1,009
67     Butler........................            T. R. Wilson..........................    134                   48
W. C. Black........................                 86                  220         220
68     Chase............................  E. B. Crocker........................    223                         139
A. Miller................                84                 307    307
69     Morris..........................           H. W. McNay.......................                162            1
M. Conn...............     161                   323          323
70     Wabaunsee...................  S. R   Weed............................    262                           139
W. Mitchell...........................    123
Scattering...........................                2                 387.387
71      Davis......................  A. C. Pierce...........................              361        105
J. H. Brown.........................    256                            617          617




496                               ANNALS OF KANSAS.                                             [1868.
VOTE FOR MEMBERS OF' THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES-CONCLUDED.
Counties.                          Names.                                   J.  
72   Riley.............................. Ed. Secrest............................  584    451
J. T. Pritner.........................   133         717      717
73   Dickinson...................... Cyrus Kilgore.......................  188     86
E. Bar ber..............................  102        290      290
74   Saline............................. J. Ma ltby..............................198  60
J. Hambarger........................  138
T. Anderson..........................   116          452      452
75   Greenwood..................... W. F. Osborn........................  306    181
B. F. Humphrey..................  125
Scattering                              1             432      432
76   Marion........................... A.E. Case.............................    56  13
R. Riggs................................    43        99       99
77   Wilson........................... W..F. Travis....................  315    122
R.M. Nelson........................  193             508      508
78   Neosho.......................... Thomas H. Butler..................  629    176
S. L. Colter..........................  453        1, 082   1,082
81   Ottawa........................... Wallace W. Lambert.............    96        4
James Gable..........................    92           188      188
82   Clay.............................. M.H. Ristine.......................    98  3
J. B. McLaughlin..................    95             193      193
84   Cloud............................. J.N. Dalrymple.....................    93  93     93       93
85   Labette.........................D. D.D. McGeath.......................  567    361
W. C. Watkins.......................  206            773      773
86   Crawford....................... James Wamsley.....................   467    202
John Hamilton.....................  265              732      732
87   Ellis............................... J.F. Wright..........................  138    100
U. E. Thurmond...................    38
Scattering............................  8            184      184
88   Ellsworth...................    Z. Jackson.......................    185      74
J. E. New..............................  111
J. Miller                               1             297      297
90   Republic.............................    37                            9
M. Schooley...28.65.......................   28     65       65
VOTE CAST FOR AMENDMENT TO SECTION 4, ARTICLE 15, OF THE CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF KANSAS.
Counties.               For. Ag'nst                 Counties.                For.  Ag'nst
Allen...................................  448  31    Leavenworth........................    393     262
Anderson............................   130    207    Linn....................................  1,246  41
Atchison.............................   431   17    Lyon...................................  81      3
Bourbon..............................    54  1,128    Marion.................................  36     1
Brown.................................  431    158   Marshall...............................................
Butler................................    36  10   Miami...........................................
Chase..........................................   Morris.................................  88     55
Clay.....................................   139  4    Nemaha................................   657     144
Crawford......................................   Neosho................................   262   361
Cherokee.....................................   Osage...................................   141  155
Coffey...................................    549    297    Ottawa.....................................
Cloud..........................................   Pottawatomie.......................   700      73
Davis............................................   Republic.................................................
Dickinson...........................  258      9    Riley...................................    236  323
Doniphan................................         Shawnee............................. 1,421     161
Douglas..............................   943    590    Saline.................................   158  101
Ellis.......................................       Wabaunsee..........................    345      37
Ellsworth........................  172      7    Wallace..........................
Franklin..............................   273    278    Washington........................   165      6
Greenwood.........................  196       33   Wilson..........................................
Jackson................................   238    242   Woodson...........................  264        33
Jefferson..............................   793    144    Wyandotte...........................   250  177
Johnson...................... 1, 677    294
Labette.............................   260    33          Total........................... 13,4.1   5,415
NOVEMBER 4.-Gov. S. J. Crawford resigns, to take command of the
Nineteenth Regiment. Lieutenant Governor Green takes the oath as Governor. The regiment left camp, at Topeka, on the 5th.




1868.]                        ANNALS OF KANSAS.                                       497
NOVEMBER 15.- Gen. Sheridan makes a report to Gen. Sherman, in which
a complete history is given of the Indian campaign in Kansas. He demands
that the War Department "have sole and entire charge of the Indians."
"It is the interest of the nation and humanity to put an end to this inhuman farce.
The Peace Commission, and the Indian Department, and the Military and the Indians,
make a'balky team.' The public treasury is depleted, and innocent people murdered,
in the quadrangular management, in which the public treasury and the unarmed settlers
are the greatest sufferers."
NOVEMBER 19.-Lincoln College, Topeka, takes the name of Washburn,
from its benefactor, Hon. Ichabod Washburn, of Worcester, Mass.
NOVEMBER 27. —Gen. Custer defeats the Cheyennes in a battle on the
Washita river, near the Antelope Hills, Indian Territory.
NOVEMBER 30.-Expenditures of the State for the year:
Governor's Department............. $5,518 73  Insane Asylum......................... 30, 952 13
Secretary's Department............  6,631 07  Deaf and Dumb Asylum............ 10,300 00
Auditor's Department...............  3,321 45  BlindAsylum.........................  14,222 11
Treasurer's Department............  5,050 07  Agricultural College..................  8,275 00
Attorney General.....................  1,250 00  Agricultural Society.................  3, 500 00
Supt. of Public Instruction.......  2,100 00  State University.........................   6,966 00
Adjutant General.....................  5,085 25  Normal School..........................  5,186 00
Judiciary................................. 20,350 00  Transcribing Journals..............  1,286 00
Printing........................ 35,251 10  Military expenses......................  1,140 27
Capitol building and grounds*... 141,333 39  Miscellaneous expenses............  1,455 80
Legislative expenses.................. 31, 068 00
Penitentiary t........................... 116,906 72  Total for 1868.................... $457,149 09
$150,000 in bonds issued for Capitol; proceeds in above, $137,180.69.
t$50,000 in bonds issued for Penitentiary; proceeds in above, $45,588.35.
NOVEMBER 30. —First Annual, Report of the Trustees of the Blind Asylum. The Trustees are F. P. Baker, Wm. Larimer and Frederick Speck.
NOVEMBER 30.-Report of the officers of the Deaf and Dumb Asylum.
The Board of Trustees consists'of: A. S. Johnson, President, Mission, Johnson county; Frank E. Henderson, Secretary, Olathe; G. H. Lawrence,
Treasurer, Olathe; J. K. Goodin, Baldwin City; D. L. Lakin, Topeka.
NOVEMBER  30.-Superintendent McVicar, in  his Report, says he has
brought suit to test the constitutionality of the law giving 500,000 acres of
lands to railroads; that of the 800,000 acres of Cherokee Neutral Lands,
"not a single acre is reserved for the benefit of common schools;" and that
no reservation was made in the Osage Treaty for the benefit of schools.
He says:
The following is a summary of the amount of school lands lost to the State by Indian
Reservations and Trust Lands within the limits of Kansas:
School lands on 16th and 36th sections of Indian Reservations -
In Topeka U. S. Land District....................................................................... 159,269.44
In Cherokee Neutral Tract........................................................................... 53,000
In Neosho and Labette counties....................................................................  55,000
In Osage Reserve, Trust Lands.................................................................... 500,000
Total acres............................................................................................. 767,269.44
DECEMBER 1.-Perry Fuller is Collector of the Port, at New  Orleans.
-Judge A. H. Horton, Presidential Elector, carries the vote to Washington.
DECEMBER 2.-A  building at Salina robbed of forty-three stand of Spencer arms and several thousand rounds of ammunition, owned by the State.
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498                           ANNALS OF KANSAS.                                       [1868.
DECEMBER 4. —State officers accept ten miles of the St. Joseph and Denver
R. 1E. Geo. W. Veale, State Agent, sells 104,632 acres to Dudley M. Steele,
at $1.25 per acre -being the remainder unsold of the 125,000 acres given to
the road.  The railroad company draw the money ($130,790) from  the State
Treasurer.
DECEMBER 8.-The Catholic Cathedral, at Leavenworth, dedicated.
-F. P. Baker enlarges the Topeka Daily Record.
DECEMBER 13.-The  Fort Scott road  is completed  twenty-three  miles.
State officers visit and accept it, and it is now entitled to 125,000 acres of
State land.
DECEMBER 15.-James Hanway, Daniel Underhill, and S. L. Adair,
Trustees, make the Fourth Annual Report of the Insane Asylum, at Osawatomie. The new building is now occupied. W. W. Updegraff is the
Steward.
DECEMBER 30.-The following is copied from the Report of J. B. McAfee,
Adjutant General:
"The killed, as far as can be ascertained, on the border and on the plains, within the
limits of this State, during the year, number from eighty to one hundred persons.
"Claims of the State of Kansas against the United States Government:
Military bonds of 1864..............................................................  $100, 000 00
Military bonds of 1866....................................                          40, 000 00
Military bonds of 1868.............................................................  30, 000 00
Balance due from 1861 and 1862..............................................................  2, 990 22
Interest on above, about.............................................................................  40, 000 00
Miscellaneous claims, about........................................................................  12, 000 00
Price Raid claims.......................................................................................  490, 000 00
Military claims of 1868, about.....................................................................  100, 000 00
W hole  amount......................................................................................  $814, 990  22
"The great famine in Sweden has been causing tens of thousands to immigrate to this
country; a great portion of them might, with proper effort, be secured to this State,
Large'purchases have already been made in Republic, Jewell, Cloud, Mitchell, Ottawa.
Lincoln, Saline and McPherson counties. Those having already settled in Republic
county are very apprehensive of Indian troubles, and one raid might break up entirely
the settlement and deter the others from coming to it."
NINETEENTH REGIMENT KANSAS VOLUNTEERS-CAVALRY.
Name and Rank.    Date of Muster.                          Remarks.
COLONEL.
Samuel J. Crawford...... Nov. 4, 1868  Resigned; resignation accepted, Feb. 12,1869.
Horace L. Moore........... Mar. 23, 1869  Mustered out, April 18, 1869.
LIEUT. COLONEL.
Horace L. Moore........... Oct. 30, 1868  Promoted Colonel; date of com., Mar. 8, 1869.
William C. Jones........... Mar. 23, 1869  Mustered out, April 18, 1869.
MAJOR.
William C. Jones........... Oct. 26, 1868  Promoted Lt. Col.; date of com., Mar. 8, 1869.
Charles Dimon..............  Oct. 30, 1868  Mustered out, April 18, 1869.
Richard W. Jenkins...... Nov. 4, 1868  Mustered out, April 18, 1869.
Milton Stewart............. Mar. 23, 1869  Mustered out, April 18, 1869.
SURGEON.
Mahlon Bailey.............. Oct. 16, 1868  Mustered out, April 18, 1869.
ASSISTANT SURGEON.
Ezra P. Russell............ Oct., 20, 1868  Mustered out, April 18, 1869.
Robert Aikman............ Nov. 11, 1868  Mustered out, April 18, 1869.
ADJUTANT.
James M. Steele............ Oct. 20, 1868  Mustered out, April 18, 1869.
QUARTERMASTER.
Luther A. Thrasher...... Oct. 17, 1868  Mustered out, April 18, 1869.
COMMISSARY.
John Johnston.............  Oct. 20, 1868  Mustered out, April 18, 1869.




1868.]                       ANNALS OF KANSAS.                                     499
COMPANY A.
Name and Rank.    Date of Msster.                      Remarks.
CAPTAIN.
Allison J. Pliley........... Oct. 20, 1868  Mustered out with regiment, April 18, 1869.
FIRST LIEUT.
B. D. Wilson.................] Oct. 20, 1868  Mustered out with regiment, April 18, 1869.
SECOND LIEUT.
Raleigh C. Powell..................... Resigned, and resignation accepted, Jan. 5,'69.
Joseph Beacock........... Mar. 23, 1869  Mustered out with regiment, April 18, 1869.
COMPANY B.
Name and Rank.   |Date of Master.                      Remarks.
CAPTAIN.
Charles E. Reck............Oct. 23, 1868  Mustered out with regiment, April 18, 1869.
FIRST LIEUT.
Henry H. McCollister...  Oct. 28, 1868  Mustered out with regiment, April 18, 1869.
SECOND LIEUT.
Charles H. Champney... Oct. 23, 1868  Mustered out with regiment, April 18, 1869.
COMPANY C.
Name and Rank.    Date of Muster.                      Remarks.
CAPTAIN.
Charles P. Twiss........... Oct. 26, 1868  Mustered out with regiment, April 18, 1869.
FIRST LIEUT.
Walter J. Dallas........... Oct. 26, 1868  Mustered out with regiment, April 18, 1869.
SECOND LIEUT.
Jesse E. Parsons............ Oct. 26, 1868  Mustered out with regiment, April 18, 1869.
COMPANY D.
Name and Rank.    Date of Muster.                      Remarks.
CAPTAIN. 
John Q. A. Norton........ Oct. 26, 1868  Mustered out with regiment.
FIRST LIEUT.
John S. Edie.................. Oct. 26, 1868  Mustered out with regiment.
SECOND LIEUT.
Charles H. Hoyt............ Oct. 26, 1868  Mustered out with regiment.
COMPANY E.
Name and Rank.    Date of MMuster.                     Remarks.
CAPTAIN.
Thomas J. Darling........ Oct. 26, 1868  Mustered out with regiment.
FIRST LIEUT.
Wm. B. Bidwell........... Oct. 26, 1868  Mustered out with regiment.
SECOND LIEUT.
Charles T. Brady.       Nov. 4, 1868  Mustered out with regiment.
COMPANY F.
Name and Rank.    Date of Master.                      Remarks.
CAPTAIN.
George B. Jenness......... Nov. 4,1868  Mustered out with regiment.
FIRST LIEUT.
DeWitt C. Jenness........ Oct. 27, 1868  Mustered out with regiment.
SECOND LIEUT.
John Fellows.............   Oct. 27, 1868  Mustered out with regiment.




500                           ANNALS OF KANSAS.                                     [1868.
COMPANY G.
Name and Rank.    Date of Muster.                        Remarks.
CAPTAIN.
Charles Dimon.............. Oct. 28, 1868  Promoted Major, October 30, 1868.
Richard D. Lender........ Nov. 4, 1868  Mustered out with regiment.
FIRST LIEUT.
Richard D. Lender........ Oct. 28, 1868  Promoted Captain.
Myron A. Wood............ Nov. 4, 1868  Mustered out with regiment.
SECOND LIEUT.
Myron A; Wood............ Oct. 28, 1868  Promoted First Lieutenant.
Henry C. Litchfield......  Nov. 4,1868  Resigned, and resignation accepted Jan. 22,'69.
James W. Brown...........  Mar. 23. 1868  Mustered out with regiment.
COMPANY H.
Name and Rank.    Date of Muster.                        Remarks.
CAPTAIN.
David L. Payne............ Oct. 29, 1868  Mustered out with regiment.
FIRST LIEUT.
Mount A. Gordon......... Oct. 29, 1868  Mustered out with regiment.
SECOND LIEUT.
Robert M. Steele............ Oct. 29, 1868  Mustered out with regiment.
COMPANY I.
Name and Rank.    Date of Muster.                        Remarks.
CAPTAIN.
Roger A. Elsworth......... Oct. 29, 1868  Mustered out with regiment.
FIRST LIEUT.
James J. Clancy............ Oct. 29, 1868  Mustered out with regiment.
SECOND LIEUT.
Jamnes M. May.            Oct. 29, 1868  Mustered out with regiment.
COMPANY K.
Name and Rank.    Date of Muster.                         Remarks.
CAPTAIN.
Milton Stewart.............. Oct. 29, 1868  Promoted Major. Date of com., March 8, 1869.
Emmet Ryus................. Mar. 23, 1869  Mustered out with regiment.
FIRST LIEUT.
Emmet Ryus................. Oct. 29, 1868  Promoted Captain.
Charles H. Hallett......... Mar. 23, 1869  Mustered out with regiment.
SECOND LIEUT.
Charles H. Hallett......... Oct. 29, 1868  Promoted First Lieutenant.
Robert 15. Sharp............ Mar. 23, 1869  Mustered out with regiment.
COMPANY L.
Name and Rank.    Date of Master.                        Remarks.
CAPTAIN.
Charles H. Finch......... Oct. 29, 1868  Mustered out, April 18, 1869.
FIRST LIEUT.
Henry E. Stoddard........ Oct. 29, 1868  Mustered out, April 18, 1869.
SECOND LIEUT.
Winfield S. Tilton........ Oct. 29, 1868  Mustered out, April 18, 1869.




1869.]                      ANNALS OF KANSAS.                                   501
COMPANY M.
Name and Rank.    Date of Muster.                    Remarks.
CAPTAIN.
Sargent Moody.............. Oct. 29, 1868  Mustered out, April 18, 1869.
FIRST LIEUT.
James Graham.............. Oct. 29, 1868  Mustered out, April 18, 1869,
SECOND LIEUT.
James P. Hurst............ Oct. 29, 1868  Mustered out, April 18, 1869.
1869.
JANUARY.- Sheridan's Indian campaign is described at length in a book
called: "Sheridan's Troopers on the Borders: A Winter Campaign on the
Plains, by DeB. Randolph Keim. With numerous engravings. Philadelphia: Claxton, Remsen & Haffelinger." pp. 308. It is a well-written and
handsomely-printed book. It begins with the writer's arrival in Leavenworth, in the summer of 1868, and ends with the completion of Sheridan's
campaign against the Indians, in March, 1869. Forsyth's fight at Arrickaree Fork, Sept. 17, 1868, the massacres on the Saline and the Solomon, the
battle of Washita, and many other interesting events, are narrated.
— During the past year, Baker University has had 181 students, Washburn
College 57, Episcopal Female Seminary 90.
JANUARY 1. —Ward Burlingame, who was the Private Secretary of Govs.
Carney and Crawford, receives the appointment from  Gov. Harvey.
JANUARY 12.-Meeting of the Legislature.
STATE OFFICERS.
Names.           Former P. O.      County.     Where Born.  X  Avocation.
J. M. Harvey, Governor.. Fort Riley...... Riley............. Virginia........] 35  Farmer.
C. V. Eskridge, Lt. Gov... Emporia..... Lyon.............  Virginia....... 37  Mercha't.
T. Moonlight, Sec. of State Leavenworth. Leavenworth  Scotland...... 35
A. Danford, Att'y Gen..... Fort Scott...... Bourbon..... New Hamp... 39  Attorn'y.
P. McVicar, Sp't Pub.Inst. Topeka......... Shawnee........ NewBrunsw. 39'Minister.
Geo. Graham, Treasurer.. Seneca...      Nemaha........ New York.... 49  Mercha't.
A. Thoman, Aud. of State Lawrence...... Douglas......... Switzerland.. 39  Farmer.
JUDGES OF THE SUPREME COURT.
Names.            Former P.O.  County.      Where Born.        Avocation.
S. A. Kingman, Chief Justice. Atchison... Atchison... Massachusetts  51  Attorn'y.
J. Safford, Associate Justice.  Topeka..... Shawnee...  Vermont.........1  Lawyer.
D. M. Valentine, Asso. Justice Ottawa...... Franklin... Ohio.............. 38  Lawyer.
JUDGES OF DISTRICT COURTS.
Names.                   Districts.    P. O. Address.      County.
H. W. Ide...............................  First............... Leavenworth  Leavenworth.
Nathan Price..................... Second............ Troy.................. Doniphan.
John T. Morton................................ Third.............. Topeka.............. Shawnee.
Owen A. Bassett............................... Fourth............ Lawrence...... Douglas.
J. H. Watson.................................... Fifth..........    Emporia............ Lyon.
D. P. Lowe.......................  Sixth.........    Mound City........ Linn.
John R. Goodin............................... Seventh...   Humboldt.......... Allen.
James Humphrey............................. Eighth............ Manhattan......... Riley.
William. R. Brown............................   Ninth.............. Cottonwood Falls Chase.
John T. Burris................................. Tenth.............. Olathe................ Johnson.
-Barzillai Gray, Judge Criminal Court, Leavenworth county.




502                           ANNALS OF KANSAS.                                       [1869.
MEMBERS AND OFFICERS OF THE SENATE.
Names.             P. O. Address.      County.    Where Born.           Avocation.
Eskridge, C. V., President Emporia......... Lyon...t.......  Virginia.... 37  Merchant.
Arrasmith, Abner............ Olathe........... Johnson....... Kentucky.. 56  Farmer.
Bailey, J. C.................... Perryville...... Jefferson...... Penn........ 34  Merchant.
Broadhead, J. F.............. Mound City..... Linn............ New York. 38  Lawyer.
Carnahan, A. A............... Clyde............ Cloud........... Ohio......... 30   Attorney.
Carpenter, John C............  Erie...............  Neosho......... Penn........ 30  Attorney.
Cobb, Stephen A.............. Wyandotte..Wyandotte... Minnesota. 35  Attorney.
Fitzpatrick, W. H............ Topeka........... Shawnee...... Kentucky.. 47  Farmer.
Grimes, W. H..................  Atchison......... Atchison....... Maryland.. 65  Physician.
Grover, 0. J.....................  Savannah........ Pottawato'ie. New York. 41  Farmer.
Jenkins, E. J..................  Troy............... Doniphan..... Ohio......... 35   Lawyer.
Larimer, William............ Delaware T'p...  Leavenw'th.   Penn           59   Farmer.
Learnard, 0. E................. Lawrence....... Douglas........ Vermont... 36   Farmer.
Mead, James R................. Towanda....... Butler........... Vermont... 31   Farmer.
Murdock, M. M......         Burlingame.... Osage........... Virginia.... 31  Editor.
McKee, John...........  Leavenworth..  Leavenw'th.   Missouri... 41  Civil Eng.
Niccolls, E. S............  Garnett........ rt..... Anderson..... Penn........39   Farmer.
Prescott, J. H.................. Salina.......... Salne.........  New Hamp  38  Attorney.
Schmidt, Martin............... Leavenworth.   Leavenwth   Germany..              are35 r
Smallwood, W.  H.............   Wathena...........Doniphan.... Kentu cky.. 27  Farmer.
Snyder, S.J.H.................  Monrovia........ Atchison......  Maryland.. 56  Farmer.
Spear, A. G...................Hiawatha.....  Brown........ Ohion......... 33  Farmer.
Tucker, Edwin.................   ureka.......... Greenwood   Vermont... 32  Farmer.
Voss, M. V....................... F    ort Sc ott......... Bourbon......  Ohio......... 30   Attorney.
Williams, H., H............... Osawatomie    Miami........  New York. 40  Merchant.
Woodard, Levi...................  Eudora........... Douglas........  Indiana..... 3 Farmer.
Geo. C. Crowther, Secy........   Irwin..............   Marshall......   Conn......... 1    Editor.
J. D. GilEchrist, As't Secy.I Oskaloosa........  Jefferson......   New Hamp  28   Attorney.
D. M. Bronson, Jour' l Clik  Eldorado.......... Butler........ New York. 31  Attorney.
L. M. Benedict, Dock't Clk  Vienna............  Pottawato'ie  New York. 38   Farmer.
H. H. Carr, Engros'g Cl'  k  Eudora.........   Douglas....  Ohio......... 34   Attorney.
N. Merchant, S'gt-at-Ar's  Prairie City.....  Franklin...... New York. 38   Farmer.
George W. Weed, Doork'r Pardee......... Atchison...... New York. 33  Farmer.
A. A. House, As't Doork'r Junction City..   Davis........... Ohio......... 18  Student.
Edwin C Eldridge, Page...   Lawrence....... Douglas.   Ohio......6...           Student.
William H. Fletcher, Page  Erie......... Neoshoe.........  Indiana....15   Student.
William R. Griffith, Page.. Topeka......Shawnee              OS......Ohio............  Student.
MEMBERS AND OFFICERS OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
Names.             P. 0. Address.       County.    Where Born.         Avocation.
Adams, M. S., Speaker......   Leavenworth.. Leavenw'th.  New Hamp. 42  Lawyer.
Allen, N. J....................  North Heder... Jackson.......   Penn........   27  Farmer.
Bailey, L. D..................... Clinton............ Douglas....... New I amp  49  Farmer.
Baker, P. Y..................... Westmoreland. Pottawato'ie  Illinois..... 26  Farmer.
Blood, James.................. Lawrence........ Douglas........ Wisconsin  48  Farmer.
Bowers, M.B................ White Clo ud....   Brown.......  Pen n........ 38  Farmer.
Bowles, T.C..................... Ottawa............ Franklin  Ohio.........140  Lawyer.
Brundage, A.................... Prairie City..... Douglas........ Penn........ 68   Farmer.
Butterbaugh, J................. Garnett.......... Anderson.... Maryland.. 36  Farmer.
Butler, T..................... Erie............... Neosho........ Ohio.........145  Farmer.
Case, Alexander E............ Marion Centre  Marion........   Penn...........
Coffin, E.E....................... Le Roy....._... Coffey.......... Indiana.....]30  Cattle D'r.
Cook, H.W..................... Wyandotte...... Wyandotte... Ohio.........136  Lawyer.
Crocker, E. B.................. Bazaar............ Chase.......... Michigan... 30  Farmer.
Crosby, William............   Grass'per Falls Jefferson...... Maine.......136  Merchant.
Dalrymple, J. N............... Clyde.............. Cloud.......... Ohio.........31  Farmer.
Darby, Rufus................... Washington.... Washington. Ohio.........152  Farmer.
Davis, Oliver.................... Atchison......... Atchison...... Mass.........[33
Drake,C.......................... Americus......... Lyon........... Ohio.. 32   Farmer.
Evans, A. J..................... Atchison......... Atchison...... Ohio.......... 40   Farmer.
Feeney,T........................ Wyandotte    Wyandotte... Ireland......132  Farmer.
Flora, R. V...................... Leavenworth.. Leavenw'th.  Virginia.... 55  Bricklayer.
Gilluly, Francis............... Oskaloosa.   Jefferson...... Mass......... 51  Farmer.
Gregg, Charles................. Mineral Point.. Anderson.... New York. 41   Farmer.
Grover, Joel..................... Lawrence....... Douglas........ New Jers'y  44   Farmer.
Guthrie, John.................. Topeka.      Shawnee...... Indiana.....[39   Attorney.
Hamm, W. M.........         Muscotah.        Atchison...... Kentucky.. 34   Farmer.
Hawkins, H.C................. Troy............... Doniphan..... New York. 38   Attorney.
Helphrey, D..................... America......... Nemaha...... Ohio.........137   Farmer.
Howell, Joseph................ Leavenworth.. Leavenw'th. New Jers'yI 35   Farmer.




1869.]                                 ANNALS OF KANSAS.                                                     503'
MEMBERS AND OFFICERS OF HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES-CONCLUDED.
Names.                  P. O. Address.           County.        Where Born.  ~          Avocation.
Humber, N......................   Easton............  Leavenwo'th   Kentucky.   53   Farmer.
Hungerford, S..............  Blooming  G've  Linn............   Vermont...  38   Miller.
Hunter, J. M....................  Forest Hill.....   Lyon............ Penn........  31    Farmer.
Hupp, M. B.....................  Ridgeway........  Osage........  Ohio.........[33   Farmer.
Hymer, Samuel...............  Rockville........  Miami.......... Indiana....  39   Farmer.
Inge, J.- B........................  Geneva.......... Allen...........  Virginia...  43   Farmer.
Irwin, G. E......................  Hamlin.........   Brown......... Kentucky..  30   Physician.
Jackson, Z.......................   Fort Harker...  Ellsworth.....  Penn........42    Merchant.
Jones, J. L.......................   Lecompton......    Douglas........  Mass.........  38    Farmer.
Johnson, J. B.................. Oskaloosa........ Jefferson..... Illinois......26   Lawyer.
Johnson, D. B.................. Shawnee.........  Johnson.......  Ohio......... 28   Farmer.
Johnson, B. F.................. Neosh5 Falls...  Woodson......   Virginia....  28    Carpenter.
Kellogg, Josiah................  Leavenworth...  Leavenwo'th   New  York.   32   Lawyer.
Kilgore, Cyrus................. Abilene...........  Dickinson....   Penn........55   Lawyer.
Lambert, W. W................   Lindsey...........   Ottawa.........  New  York.  34   Farmer.
Lappin, Samuel............... Seneca............  INemaha.......   Ohio.........[38    Farmer.
Larimer, J. I....................  Leavenworth... Leavenwoth   Penn........49   Farmer.
Logan, Joseph..................  Monrovia........  Atchison......  Indiana....  35   Farmer.
Madden,J. JH...................  Mound City.....  Linn............    illinois.....  27   Farmer.
Maltby, Joel..................... Salina.............  Saline.......... Coun........  55   Farmer.
iMartin,  J  S.....................   Highland........  Doniphan.....  Ohio........  38   Physician.
Moore, J. B.....................   Fort Scott........  Bourbon......  Illinois......  35   Farmer.
Mowry, A. J.....................  Wathena.........  Doniphan.....  New  York.  36   Farmer.
McClenahan, John..........  Ottawa............  Franklin......  Ohio.........  35   Farmer.
McDowell, C.C................  Wirtonia.........   Cherokee......  Virginia....48   Physician.
McGinnis, J. A................. Hartford.........  Coffey......... Indiana....  32'Farmer.
McGrath, -...............................................................
McIntosh, T.....................  Tonganoxie.....  Leavenwo'th
McNay, H. W..................  Council Grove.. Morris......... Ohio......... 43   Saddler.
Osborn, W. F...................  Virgil..............  Greenwood.. Indiana.....  41   Farmer.
Palmer, R. E....................  Kickapoo.........  Leavenwo'th   Virginia....  24   Farmer.
Pierce, A. C..................... Junction City.. Davis.......... New York. 33   Lawyer.
Porter, J.Q.....................  Humboldt.......  Allen............]Indiana....                   Lawyer.
Rankin, J. T....................   Spring Hill......  Johnson.......  Tennessee   46   Merchant.
Ristine, M.H...................  Clay Centre.....  Clay.............   Indiana....50   Carpenter.
Roberts, D. D...................  Fort Lincoln...  Bourbon......  Indiana.... 31   Farmer.
Roberts, L.........................  Dayton............  Bourbon.......  New  York.  60   Farmer.
Seaman, A. G...................  Jackson.........  Linn.........   New  York. 34   Farmer.
Secrest, E........................ Randolph........  Riley...........  Switzerl'd..  36   Farmer.
Simpson, William............Crawford......  Illinois..... 31   Farmer.
Smith, W. H....................Barrett............  Marshall.....  Penn........ 26   Loafer.
Smith, R..........................  Osawatomie....  Miami..........  England....   36   Farmer.,Snoddy, J.....................  Mound City.....  Linn............   Penn........ 30   Attorney.
Stevenson, R. E...............  Olathe...........  Johnson.......  Illinois.....29   Farmer.
Stotler, Jacob.................. Emporia.........  Lyon...........  Maryland..  35   Printer.
Taylor, T. J.....................   Paola..............  Miami.........  Virginia....  67   Minister.'Tice, Perry......................  Topeka............ Shawnee... Penn.........  47   Farmer.
Tiernan, P..................  Leavenworth...  Leavenwo'th   Missouri...  27   Printer.
Thompson, G. W..............  Atchison.........  Atchison......   Kentucky..   41   Farmer.'Travis, W. F.....................  Coyville...........  Wilson.........  Ohio.........  38   Farmer.
Jhler, William.................  Fort Wallace...  Wallace........    Penn........  41   Wheel'ght.
Wamsley, James..............  Crawfordsville.  Crawford.....  Ohio............   Blacks'th.
Walton, Amos.................. Vinland...........  Douglas........  Penn.......30    Farmer.
Weed, S. R.......................  Alma...............   Wabaunsee...  Miss.......... 36   Clerk.
West, R. P....;..Salt Marsh......  Republic......   Indiana.....  38   Minister.
Whitaker, David..............  Doniphan......... Doniphan.....  Penn...........   Farmer.
Williams, J. L..................   Holton............ Jackson.......  Ohio......... 48   Physician.
Wilson, T. R....................  Eldorado.........  Butler......... Penn........]38   Farmer.
Wood, G. W.....................  Troy............... Doniphan.....  Missouri...   27   Farmer.
Wright, J. F.....................  Hays City.......  Ellis............  New  York...   Merchant.
H. C. Olney, Chief  Clerk..  Atchison.........  Atchison......  New  York.  27   Editor.
J. C. Pratt, Ass'tClerk......  Madison, Wis..  Potter.........  Penn........  24   Surveyor..J. H. Mayhan, Jour. Clerk   Abilene........... Dickinson...  Ohio......... 30   Lawyer.
W. H. Cox, Ass't Jour. Cl'k   Abilene...........  Dickinson...  Kentucky..  27   Dentist.
M. -R. Moore, Docket Clerk  Topeka........... Shawnee......  Indiana.....  22   Clerk.
MissH. R. Henry, Enr.C'k   Holton........... Jackson........  Illinois......  24   Teacher.
JoshuaMitchell, Engr. C'k   Centralia........  Nemaha......  Maine......  27   Farmer.
G.A. Schreiner, Serg.-at-A.  Wyandotte.....  Wyandotte..  Germany...  37   Pilot.
John Drew, Ass't S.-at-A...   Burlingame.....[Osage...........  England....62   Farmer.
Adam  H. Beck, Doorkeep'r  Ottawa............  Franklin......  Ohio.........  26   Silversth.
C. S. Norton, Ass't Doork.  Topeka............  Shawnee......  New  York.  18   Printer.
Francis J. Rice, Page.....  Topeka...........|Shawnee... Indiana...  15   Student.
Willie H. Davis, Page......  Topeka...........  Shawnee......  Indiana.....  12   Student.
Willie H.Weymouth, Page  Topeka......... Shawnee.....  Kansas.....  13   Carpenter.
Harry Finity, Page.. Topeka...........  Shawnee......  Illinois..... 17




-504                     ANNALS OF KANSAS.                         [1869.
JANUARY 13. Election of the following officers of the State Agricultural
Society, at Topeka: President, R. G. Elliott, of Douglas; Secretary, H. J.
Strickler, of Shawnee; Treasurer, C. B. Lines, of Wabaunsee; Superintendent, Alfred Gray. Executive Committee: M. J. Alkire of Shawnee, Jas.
Larimer of Leavenworth, J. W. Sponable of Johnson, Josiah Miller of
Douglas, A. B. Whiting of Riley, J. N. Insley of Jefferson, Alfred Gray of
Wyandotte, S. T. Kelsey of Franklin, J. W. Scott of Allen. Fair held at
Lawrence.
JANUARY 19.-Election of State Printer:
First ballot: S. S. Prouty 23, S. D. Macdonald 6, Sol. Miller 13, W. S.
Burke 7, John A. Martin 5, Jacob Stotler 12, Geo. C. Crowther 4, John
Speer 12, Geo. W. Martin 7, Geo. F. Prescott 5, R. B. Taylor 3.
Second ballot: Prouty 38, Macdonald 21, Miller 20, Speer 18, Prescott 5,
Taylor 3, Stotler 1.
Third ballot: Prouty 42, Macdonald 22, Speer 22, Miller 19, Prescott 2.
Fourth ballot: Prouty 69, Macdonald 19, Speer 16, Miller 4.
JANUARY 20.-State Convention of colored people, at Topeka. They
ask the Legislature to memorialize Congress to provide for negro suffrage.
Wm. D. Mathews, of Leavenworth, was made Chairman of a State Committee.
JANUARY 20.-The seat of Charles S. Glick, Senator from Wyandotte
county, is given to S. A. Cobb, contestant.
FEBRUARY 4.-Woman Suffrage Convention, at Topeka. President, Mrs.
E. Bliss; Vice Presidents, Rev. W. A. Starrett and Rev. D. H. Johnston;
Secretaries, Mrs. D. Ogden and A. L. Winans.
FEBRUARY 6.-R. D. Mobley, of Ottawa county, is appointed State Agent
for the sale of railroad lands.
FEBRUARY 9.-Death of Wm. Y. Roberts, at Lawrence. The Senate
passes appropriate resolutions.
FEBRUARY 9.-Report of Committee on Penitentiary. (Senate Journal,,
pp. 294 to 300, and 526 to 529; and House Journal, pp. 524 to 530.)
— Report of Adjutant General of troops raised under all calls during the
war. (House Journal, pp. 506 to 516.)
FEBRUARY 12.-Report of Committee on State House building expenses.
(Senate Journal, pp. 359 to 363, and 608, 609.)
FEBRUARY 23.-Report of Senate Committee on State Treasurer:
"Your Committee beg respectfully to direct attention to the unsatisfactory character
of the late Treasurer's last annual report. By that report it would appear that the permanent school fund invested is only $86,613.50, whereas your Committee found in the
hands of the Treasurer, belonging to said fund, bonds amounting to $186,950, which
had been turned over to the present Treasurer by the late incumbent in that office.
They would further state that they found in the hands of the present Treasurer,
received from the same source, bonds, belonging to the State University fund, amounting to $10,300, of which no mention whatever is made in the late Treasurer's last annual
report. Your Committee are of the opinion that section 48 of'An act relating to the
forms and duties of the State officers of the Executive Department,' chapter 102 of
General Statutes, clearly makes it the duty of the State Treasurer, in his annual report,
to present a full exhibit of the State funds of every kind and character in the custody
of the State Treasurer, instead of simply an exhibit of his receipts and disbursements
during the year, as presented in the-late Treasurer's last annual report....




1869.]                 ANNALS OF KANSAS.                            505
Your Committee desire to call attention to section 52, chapter 102 of the compiled
statutes, which provides that the Governor, Secretary of State and Auditor shall con-,
stitute a board of examination, whose duty it shall be, once a month at least, without
previous notice, to make a thorough and complete examination of all the books,
vouchers, accounts, records, bonds, securities, claims, assets, and e1Tects, which are or'
should be in the treasury. And shall count all moneys in the treasury, and compare
the books, vouchers, accounts, and records of the same.
"Your Committee are of the opinion that the provisions of this section should be
strictly complied with, as the intention of the section was to prevent any State Treasurer from loaning, speculating in, or otherwise using, the funds of the State. By'
making this examination, the exact condition of the treasury, each month, would be
known, and be an answer to the rumors constantly afloat of parties speculating with
the funds of the State."-Senate Journal, pp. 493 to 497.
FEBRUARY 27.-The Legislature ratifies the Fifteenth Amendment to
the Constitution of the Un;ted States. The ratification is defective, and
the amendment goes over to the next Legislature.
MARCH 3.-Appointments: William  S. Moorhouse, of Atchison county,
Adjutant General; H. T. Beman, of Shawnee county, Assistant Adjutant
General; William Burgoyne, William C. Jones, and Frank H. Drenning,
Aides-de-Camp to the Commander-in-Chief; Frederick Speck, F. P. Baker,
and William Larimer, Trustees of the Blind Asylum; H. H. Sawyer, Superintendent of the Blind Asylum; J. M. McClenahan, of Franklin county,
and B. J. F. Hanna, of Saline county, Regents of the State Agricultural
College; Harrison Kelley, of Coffey county, and E. Hensley, of Leavenworth county, Directors of the Penitentiary.
MARCH.- Gov. Harvey appoints Z. Jackson, of Ellsworth county, Edson
Baxter, of Saline county, and James F. Tallman, of Washington county,
Commissioners under the act of March 3, to audit and report claims for
losses, in 1867 and 1868, from Indian depredations.
MARCH 4.-S. S. Prouty and J. B. Davis buy the Topeka Leader of J.
F. Cummings.  This was No. 13, vol. 4.  Mr. Cummings had published
this paper and the Topeka Tribune, and was in the office with Mr. Garvey
when the first Topeka paper was issued —the Kansas Freeman, July 4,
1855. The last number of the Leader was probably the one issued April 8th.
MARCH 4.-Legislature adjourns. Among the acts are the following:
Issuing $75,000 State bonds for military expenses of 1868; Issuing $100,000
State bonds "for the purpose of providing a military contingent fund, to be
used in protecting the frontier of the State" (the Attorney General, Adjutant General and Auditor are to audit the claims presented); Issuing $70,000
State bonds to aid in completing the east wing of the Capitol; Issuing $14,000
State bonds to defray expense of raising the Nineteenth Regiment; A joint
resolution for a committee of five to investigate all the accounts connected
with the building of the Capitol; Providing for a commission to audit Price
Raid and Curtis Expedition claims; Providing for the election of a Public
Printer;. For the settlement of losses from Indian raids in 1867 and 1868;
Giving'certain salt lands to the Normal School; For the investigation of
Penitentiary accounts; Making County Clerks assessors of railroad property; Authorizing the Governor to appoint an Agent to buy seed wheat for
destitute citizens on the western frontier, and appropriating $15,000.




506                      ANNALS OF KANSAS..[1869.
MARCH 23.-The Secretary of State and Treasurer meet under the act of
February 9, and issue bonds to pay the military expenses incurred in 1868.
MARCH 30.-The first locomotive, the "C. K. Holliday," passes over the
A. T. & S. F. R.,R. bridge, at Topeka.
MARcH 31.-The Nineteenth Regiment is ordered to Hays City, to be
mustered out.
APRIL 3.-Burning of the Topeka Record office. The paper was reissued, April 6th.
APRIL 7.-Congress passes a resolution, for the relief of the settlers on
the Shawnee absentee lands.
APRIL 10.]ly an act of Congress, in the form of a joint resolution, approved April 10, 1869,
sections 16 and 36 on that part of the Osage reservation known as the Osage ceded and
trust lands, have been secured to the State, for the support of public schools. This provision of the act referred to includes all of sections 16 and 36, or their equivalents, in
Labette and Neosho counties, and, by a construction of the Commissioner of the General Land Office, all of sections 16 and 36, or their equivalents, on what is known as the
"Twenty-mile strip," on the north of the Osage diminished reserve, and extending
from the west line of Neosho county through the south part of Wilson, Greenwood and
Butler counties, to the west line of the Osage reserve, a distance of about two hundred
and fifty miles. The amount of school lands thus secured to the State by the act of
Congress of the 10th of April last, is as follows:
In Labette county.....................................................................................  22, 408 acres
In  Neosho  county.....................................................................................  20,480  acres
On  the  Twenty-mile  strip.........................................................................177,777  acres
Total................................................................................................220, 665 acres
— Supt. Me Vicae-'s Report.
APRIL 13.-C. W. Babcock is appointed Surveyor General; Geo. W.
Martin, Register of the Junction  City Land office; Watson Stewart,
Register at Humboldt, and G. E. Beates, of Junction City, U. S. Assessor.
APRIL 14. —Henry C. F. Hackbusch, of Leavenworth, appointed Chief
Clerk of Surveyor General.
APRIL.-Levi Woodard, David Whitaker and T. J. Taylor meet at
Topeka, to audit claims growing out of the Price Raid and the Indian Expedition under General!Curtis, in July and August, 1864.
MAY.-Surveyor General's office removed from Leavenworth to Lawrence.
MAY 1. —Issue of the Topeka Daily Commonwealth, by Prouty, Davis &
Crane.
MAY 10.-Capt. Henry King and Maj. A. W. Edwards, partners of F. P.
Baker in the State Record, arrive from Illinois.
MAY 14.-Geo. H. Hoyt is appointed U. S. Mail Agent, and D. W.
Houston U. S. Marshal.
MAY 20.-Grasshoppers in Leavenworth; reported in the Times and
Conservative; no report of their appearance in other parts of the State.
MAY 21.-Indian raid on the Republican. Killing and plundering of
settlers on White Rock creek, Republic county. Six men and one woman
killed, and two boys captured.'MAY 25.-Albert -H. Horton sworn in as U. S. District Attorney, succeeding Samuel A. Riggs.
-Gov. Harvey asks Gen. Schofield to send troops to preserve peace on
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1869.]                 ANNALS OF KANSAS.                            507
MAY 30.- Indian raid on the Saline; thirteen persons killed and wounded.
MAY 31.-Gov. Harvey issues a proclamation enjoining the people of
Cherokee and Crawford counties to yield obedience to the officers of the law.
He asks that a detachment of troops be sent to the Cherokee Neutral Lands
to assist the civil officers in the preservation of peace.
JUNE. — W. S. Moorhouse, Adjutant General, stations Militia on Plum
creek, Fisher creek, Spillman creek, on the Saline, on Beaver creek, on the
Republican, and on Turkey creek, near the Little Arkansas. The following
is copied from his Report, dated December 20th:
"The following is the battalion, as originally mustered in:
"Company A —Captain, A. J. Pliley; First Lieutenant, C. B. Whitney; Second Lieutenant, John Marshall; fifty-four men.
"Company B —Captain, W. A. Winsell; First Lieutenant, Joseph Becock; Second
Lieutenant, B. C. Lawrence; sixty-one men.
"Company C —Captain, I. N. Dalrymple; First Lieutenant, H. H. Tucker; seventy
men.
" Company D —Captain, Richard Stanfield; First Lieutenant, Herod Johnson; sixtyfive men.
"Detachment-Second Lieutenant, C. Stinson; thirty men.
"iMaking an aggregate of eleven commissioned officers, and three hundred enlisted
men; considerable more than the number authorized by law. This excess was caused
from the fact that during the high water all communication with the frontier was cut
off, and men were recruited more rapidly than I anticipated. The number was gradually
reduced to one hundred and fifteen, at the final muster-out, on Nov. 20th, 1869.
"The total expense of the battalion is $82,833.26."
JUNE 25.-The Fifth Annual Report of the Board of Education of the
City of Leavenworth is a book of 270 pages, printed by John C. Ketcheson,
and the best specimen of printing yet seen in the State. The Superintendent
of the schools is P. J. Williams, recently of New York.
JUNE 26.-Flood in Chapman creek; thirteen lives lost. Water four feet,deep on the bottoms, at Junction City. It is a very wet and fruitful year.
JUNE 29. —State Teachers' Association, at Manhattan.  Officers elected:
President, I. J. Banister, of Paola. Executive Comvmittee: E. F. Heisler of
Wyandotte, Mrs. J. H. Gorham of Emporia, Miss E. M. Dickinson of
Atchison, P. J. Williams of Leavenworth, and P. Fales of Franklin county,
Recording Secretary, Miss Alice L. Norton, of Manhattan; Corresponding
Secretary, Thomas C. Dick, of Jefferson county; Treasurer, Miss Lizze Ela,
of Emporia.
JUNE 30.-Association of County and City Superintendents, at Manhattan.
Officers: President, Peter McVicar; Vice Presidents, Philetus Fales, A. D.
Chambers, P. J. Williams; Secretary, E. Gale. Executive Committee: I. J.
Banister, E. F. Heisler, T. C. Dick.
JULY.-Publication of "The Discovery of the Great West," by Francis
Parkman. It is a history of French discovery, exploration and dominion
in North America. The heroes of the volume are Robert Cavalier de La
Salle (born at Rouen, in 1643), Jean Nicollet (first Frenchman who penetrated to one of the northern tributaries of the Mississippi), Louis Joliet
(born in Quebec, in 1645), Father Marquette, Father Hennepin, Tonty; and
the Sieur de la Motte.
JULY 28.-Neutral Land Settlers' meeting at Jacksonville, Neosho county.
President: Dr. C. C. McDowell. Vice Presidents: Dr. Moore, of Crawford;




508                    ANNALS OF KANSAS.                           [1869
William R. Laughlin, of Cherokee; William Logan,.of Labette; and Bry —
ant Purcell, of Neosho. Secretaries: C. D. Sayrs, of Crawford; J. N. Ritter, of Cherokee; J. C. Coulter, of Labette; and William H. Maguire, of
Neosho. Resolutions were passed against the land-grant system; requesting Senators Ross and Pomeroy to resign; and against the claim of James
F. Joy to a title in the Neutral Lands.
AUGUST 4.-The Monitor and the Post, Fort Scott Dailies, are admitted
to the Associated Press, and entitled to receive despatches.
-United States soldiers are guarding railroad graders in Crawford
county.
-This is one of the railroad-bond-voting years.
AuGuST.-Sale of Agricultural College lands during the month, 5,720
acres, at $4.75 per acre. The whole amount received from sales to date,
$164,000.
SEPTEMBER 1.-The third Price Raid Commission reports to Governor
Harvey that it has allowed claims amounting to $72,380.54. These were
in part Price Raid claims, and in part claims arising from the Indian Expedition of Major General Samuel R. Curtis, in July and August, 1864.
-E. R. Trask starts the Pioneer, at Independence, Montgomery county.
SEPTEMBER 10.-Railroad open from Leavenworth to Atchison.
SEPTEMBER 15.-The National Pomological Society, at Philadelphia, by
a unanimous vote, awards to Kansas its great gold medal "for a collection
of fruit unsurpassed for size, perfection and flavor."
SEPTEMBER 18.-Charles B. Lines writes from  Philadelphia that the
Kansas fruit has received the highest award.
SEPTEMBER.-A  "Manifesto of the People of the Cherokee Neutral
Lands" issued. It is a pamphlet of twenty-two pages, and is signed by
C. C. McDowell and W. R. Laughlin, of Cherokee county, and A. Perry
and C. Dana Sayrs, of Crawford county. The following is copied from the
pamphlet:
"In 1803, our Government bought from France what has since been known as the'Louisiana Purchase,' of which the Cherokee neutral land is an integral part.
"After Missouri became a State, and its western counties were being settled, for the
protection of its inhabitants, the Government treated, in 1827, with the Osage Indians,
for this tract of land, with the stipulation that neither the Indians nor the whites
should occupy the same, thus placing a strip fifty miles north and south by twenty-five
east and west as a barrier between the white and the red men. So it remained until
the treaty-making power gave the Cherokee Nation the right to occupy the tract.
"In 1866, by a' treaty,' they gave back the land to the United States, and attempted
to do so'in trust,' and to empower the Secretary of the Interior to sell the neutral
land.
"One of the last official acts of the then Secretary of the Interior (Harlan) was to
sell as much of the tract as was not'occupied by actual settlers at the date of the
treaty,' to the'American Emigrant Company,' for one dollar per acre.
"But Secretary Browning, on assuming the office, procured the opinion of Attorney
Stanbery that Harlan's sale was' illegal and void;' and on that' opinion' set the sale
aside. Browning then proceeded to sell the residue of the tract not'occupied by actual
settlers at the date of the treaty,' to James F. Joy, of Detroit, Michigan, at one dollar
per acre, although Fremont had offered one dollar and a quarter per acre for it.
"The Emigrant Company threatened litigation, and matters remained secretly in
negotiation until June 6, 1868, when, to the utter surprise of the settlers, a supplemental




1869.]                   ANNALS OF KANSAS.                                509
treaty was put through the Senate, which assumed to cancel Mr. Joy's contract with
Browning, and to assign to him the contract of the Emigrant Company. Such is a very
brief outline of the strange transactions by which the'rings' cast lots for the garments
of the settlers, and proposed to divide among themselves the gains of this most infamous of all'jobs' for robbing the settlers of the West."
OCTOBER.-The North American Review of this date (vol. CIX, pp. 401,
402) contains a paper by Lewis H. Morgan, on Indian Migrations, from
which the following is copied:
"The most perfect display of the prairies is found in the eastern parts of Kansas
and Nebraska. It is no exaggeration to pronounce this region, as left by the hand of
Nature, the most beautiful country in its landscape upon the face of the earth. Here
the forest is restricted to narrow fringes along the rivers and streams, the courses of
which are thus defined as far as the eye can reach, whilst all between is a broad expanse
of meadow-lands, carpeted with the richest verdure and wearing the appearance of
artistically graded lawns. They are familiarly called the rolling prairies, because the
land rises and falls in gentle swells, which attain an elevation of thirty feet, more or
less, and descend again to the original level, within the distance of one or more miles.
The crest-lines of these motionless waves of land intersect each other at every conceivable angle, the effect of which is to bring into view the most extended landscape,
and to show the dark green foliage of the forest trees skirting the streams in pleasing
contrast with the light green of the prairie grasses. In their spring covering of vegetation these prairies wear the semblance of an old and once highly-cultivated country,
from the soil of which every inequality of surface, every stone, and every bush has
been carefully removed and the surface rolled down into absolute uniformity. The
marvel is suggested how Nature could have kept these verdant fields in such luxuriance
after man had apparently abandoned them to waste. This striking display is limited
to about one hundred and thirty miles in the eastern part of Kansas, and a narrower
belt in eastern Nebraska."
OCTOBER. —James McCahon, of Leavenworth, edits a volume of decisions
of the Supreme Court of the Territory of Kansas. Published by Callaghan
& Cockcroft, Chicago. pp. 298.
OCTOBER 1. —Excursion on the Neosho Valley Railroad from Junction
City, twenty-five miles. The road is inspected by State officers preparatory
to giving it 125,000 acres of land. Robert S. Stevens is the manager of the
road.
-State Convention of Spiritualists, in Topeka. Dr. F. L. Crane, President; Secretary, Miss Jennie Crowe.
OCTOBER 4.- Excursion on the Santa Fe Railroad, from Topeka to Burlingame.  Gov. Harvey accepts the twenty-six miles.
OCTOBER 27.-Railroad open to Council Grove.
— Convention of colored men at Topeka.  Wm. D. Mathews, President;
J. W. Scott and W. R. Conner, Secretaries.
NOVEMBER 2.-Annual election.
VOTE FOR JUDGE IN THE TENTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT.
Counties                             s.Hsiramsh b a'   Ma j.
Johnsontte.............................................................    773    728  45
-W yandotte..........................................     924     172    752
Miami.................................................................................  1,226  113  1,113
Total............,...................................................   2,923  1,013  1,910




510                                    ANNALS OF KANSAS.                                                        [1869.
VOTE FOR MEMBERS OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
Counties.                               Names.                        a                            a
1-  Doniphan................... S. F. Nesbitt.............................   319              304
George W. Neal.......................          14                333
2....................A...............  A. Hazen.................................   110       71
E. Fleming..............................       39                149
3.................................... A. J. Mowry............................   22  252  252
4...................................E. H. LeDuc.............................  220     99
F. Hartley..............................   121                 341
5.........................  David Whitaker.......................   132            2
William   Ege............................   130                  262    1,337
6    Atchison.....................  Thomas Murphy...................... 480                    480      480
7....................................          a............. A   J  Evans.................   273  270
RA. J. Eivans..............................   2
W. J. Burge.............................         1               276
8;.........................  J. Parsons.........................   234       60
James Stallons...............:.........   174                   408
9.................................... Joseph Logan...........................   217         209'
D. Campbell............................          8
J. Robinson.............................          2
B. W. Williams........................              I            228
10.................................... E. H. Baliff............................. 167  104
D. P. Erp.................................    63                230    1 622
11    Brown........................    J. F. Babbitt..........................    317          204
E. Bierer...............................   113                  430
12.........................  A. Curtis.................................   102    46
D. L. Anderson........................    56                     158       588
13    Nemaha..................  L. Hensel................................   204                18
G. W. Collings..........................   186
Mrs. Hawley...........................           3
William  Barnes.......................           2
P. McQuaid............................           1
J. Maston..............................          1              397
14........................ William  Morris.......................   245         117
F. A. Stickle............................   128                 373        770
15    Marshall.....................  John D. Wells..........................   378             172
J. J. Sheldon...........................   206                   584       584
16    Washington................  Andrew  S. Wilson.....................              182       70
Rufus Darley..........................        112                294       294
17    Pottawatomie.............. John  H. Clark.........................   387                  82
Charles C. Duncan..................            305               692        692
18   Jackson...................... J. L. Williams.........................  267  44
W. H. Dodge............................          223            490
79........................  Byron Stewart..........................   151         41
N. Y. Allen..............................   110                 261        751
19    Jefferson.....................  Levi Wilhelm...........................   332             46
E. D. Russell...........................   286                  618
20....................................  W. C. Butts...........................    213         157
Calvin  Smith...........................    56
R. Riddle................................        5
-     Cowan.............................         1               275
21.................................... David Rorick...........................   392  82
D. E. L. Kretsinger..................   310
A. F. Magrew.......................... 132                     834    1,727
22    Leavenworth..............  Byron Sherry...........................   444                 270
William  Freeland.....................   174                     618
23......................  Josiah Kellogg........................   294             57
J. B. Zeigler............................   237                 531
24.................................... J. A. Halderman...........    343      103
E. Russell...............................    240                583
25....................................   Daniel Shire.........................   284           17
R. V. Flora............................       267               551
26.............................  Charles H. Grover....................   134              25
J. F. Hathaway.....................,   109                      243
27....................................  W. F. Ashley...........................   130          30
R. A. Kelsey...........................   100                  230
28................................  S. B. Stewart.........................    210       50
E. M. Harkins.....................160
Seth Hollingsworth..................           49               419
29...........  John  K. Faulkner....................   227               4
Joseph Howell.........................   223                     450
30...................................J. I. Larimer.................      194         3
James Bauserman................... 191                          385    4,010
31    Wyandotte..................    Vincent J. Lane.................                 273      147
H. W. Cook.............................. 126                    399




1869.]                                   ANNALS OF KANSAS.                                                            511
VOTE FOR MEMBERS OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES-CONTINUED,
Coounties.                                Names.   r
80    Wyandotte (concluded)  John T. Makay.....................   406                                92.
James Peak.........................   314                720    1,119
32    Johnson.........  John T. Burris.........................   489             210
John M. Giffen.........................   279                       768
33....................................  John Lusher...........................    345  187
Amos A. Fay..........................          158
James McAuley........................ 7
A. Payne................................          1               511
34.....................................  Frederick Ridlon.....................   140              21
William  Maxwell.....................   119                        259    1,535
35    Douglas.....................  William  H. Sells.......................    434               118
Josiah  Miller.......................   316                        750
36.......................   George Benson.........................            67       21
E. D. Ladd..............................         46                113
37.........................           Elijah  Sells..............................   176        105
Amos Walton..........................            71               247
38....................................  A. J. Jennings.........................            111    1    11 111
39.........................  W. H. Peckham....................... 100                  3
J. H. Bonebrake.......................           97                197
40....................................  William  B. Disbrow.................           90        90       90    1,508
41    Shawnee.....................  John  Guthrie..........................   895                 895       895
42.........................  John W. Brown........................   291           204
James Fletcher........................           87                378
79.........................  Byron Stewart........................  23             23        23    1,296
43    Miami........................  Reuben  Smith..........................   188                 74
Johnson  Clark.........................   114                     302
44.........................  E. H. Topping.........................   510             314
J. W. Gossett...........................   196
II. Torrey................................   110                  816
45.........................  C. W. Green..................15........ 3     85
A. Ellis................................... 68         221    1, 339
46    Linn........................  John  Dixon.................. 103               82
O. D. Harmon........................ 21
Lander Redfield..............                    6                130
47.........................   William   B. Scott.....................            93        15
Herbert Robinson....................             78                171
48.........................  J. W. Babb..............................   175          67
Morris Howard........................    108
N. C. Gunn..............................           2               285
49.........................  James D. Snoddy.....................   171  170
J. H. Stearns...........................          1
T. J. Bakerville.........................1
J. L. Carter............................  1              174        760
50    Bourbon............J......... A. Tiffany...........................   135           91
D. D. Roberts.........................  44
D. B. Jackman........................           14                193
51..................................... C.W. Libby....................   135       129
J. B. Britton............................         6
S. N. Northway........................            2
John Brown............................            1
J. A. Casteel............................         1                145
52...................................  George. Eves........................   136            121
Scattering..............................         1551
53.......................... W. C. Webb..............................   434        209
J. S. Miller..............................   225
Scattering..............................          1                660    1,149
54    Allen..................            J. C. Redfield........................... 281             25
H. D. Parsons......................... 26                          537
55.........................  J. D. Hosley.......................... 126  101
A. Cozine..........................              25
E. C. Bray..............................         12               163        700
56    Anderson..................  John G. Lindsay......................   188                      14
George W. Cooper....................   174                        362
57........J. H. Whitford.........................   107                                            49
Jackson  Means........................           58               165        527
58    Franklin.....................  George  T. Pierce...................... 242                  242      242
59.........................  James Hanway........................   465            206
William  H. Clark.....................   259
D. Holaday.1.................   14                                 738    980
60    Osage....................  J. Wilkins.......................                      323          8
John Russell.........................    315
Ellis Lewis..........................   138                       776        776
61    Coffey.........................  Elihu E. Coffin.........................            24     181




512                                       ANNALS OF KANSAS.                                                             [1869.
VOTE FOR MEMBERS OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES-CONCLUDED.
Counties.                                  Names.
61    Coffey (concluded).......  James L. Ward.........................                        64
J. M. Cole................................         12                321
62........................  Hardin  McMahon.....................    223                  46
Silas Fearl................................    179
Miss Upton..............................             1               405         726
63    Woodson.................... H. J. Gregory...........................    184                      71
C. B. Graves..........................              113             297         297
64    Lyon..........................  Jacob Stotler.............................    559              486
R. M. Ruggles...........................           73                632
65....................      J. M. Hunter.............................         122         28       \
Oliver Phillips..........................          94                216
66.....................  Charles Drake.........................    153               152
T. C. Hill.................................          1
William  Null...........................             1                155    1,003,67    Butler..................  H. Small.........................                 113.........   38
H. D. Lamb............. 7..       75
D. W. Boutwell..........................           31
L. B. Snow...............................           2
Small................................  2
Boutwell............................           2
J. Boswell..........................1......
Lamb...............................           1                227        227,68    Chase.....................    F. B. Hunt................................               90         6
H. Brandley............................           84
A. S. Howard...........................           73
H. L. Hunt..............................             1               248         248
69    Morris.....................  Charles G. Parker.....................    191                       27
H. W. McNay...........................    164                        355         355
70    Wabaunsee................. H. Pinkerton........................                       234       209
L. H. Pillsbury.........................           25
H. C. McKey.............................                             260        260
71    Davis.........................  John K. Wright........................                317       126
R. Howard................................    191                     508         508
72    Riley...........................  Edward  Secrest........................    372                 41
George W. Higinbotham............   331
William   Higinbotham.......1......                 1               704         704
73    Dickinson..................  Conrad  Kohler.........................    188                     22
J. F. Staatz................................      166                354         354
74    Saline........................       J. H. Snead............................ 302                  72
Thomas Anderson............                       230                532         532
75    Greenwood..................  W. F. Osborn............................    139                        4
J. R. Bullion............................    135                    274        *274
76    Marion......................  Levi Billings..........................                 74        73
William   Layer......................                1                 75         75
77    Wilson........................   No returns.
78    Neosho........................  Thomas H. Butler.....................   557                     211
A. T. Filley..............................   346
A. H. Holeman........................    216                     1,119    1,119.81    Ottawa........................    Wallace W. Lambert................    112                     34
Elijah  Smith............................          78                190         190
82    Clay............................  L. Gates...................................    197            165
George Taylor........................              32
J. B. McLaughlin....................... 4                233        233
83    Cherokee.................  No returns..84    Cloud.......................  A. L. Shelhamer.......................    108                     34
B. HI. McEckron........................            74                182         182:85    Labette.......................  No returns.
86    Crawford................... S. J. Langdon.........................   546                        396
John T. Voss.............................   150
A. A. Fletcher..........................    111
Isaac Ford................................         21                828         828:87    Ellis..........................  J. V. Macintosh.........................                        16
J. F. Wright..............................         98                212         212.88    Ellsworth....................  John  H. Edwards.....................    199                      90
Z. Jackson................................   109
William  N. Anderson................                 1               309        309
89    Wallace......................    Simon Motz..............................   137                  58
Joseph Speck............................           79                216        216
00    Republic.................... R. P. West...............................                  68        13
John Manning............  55                        123    123
Montgomery (new Co.) John E. Adams..                                                  158  48
E. Fitch...................................    110                    268        268
Total vote............................................................................. 33,310
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1869.]                        ANNALS OF KANSAS.                                       513
NOVEMBER 6.-Amos Sanford starts the Workingman's Journal, at
Columbus, Cherokee county.
NOVEMBER' 10.-Noble L. Prentis arrives in Topeka, from  Illinois, and
takes a position on the,Daily Record.-The Fort Scott Monitor appears as
a daily. —Our New  Home, a Scandinavian  paper, is started  at Frankfort,
Marshall county.
-The Kansas City Times says Quantrell was born in Maryland, "where
his mother and two sisters now reside:" that while he and his brother were
going through  Kansas to Pike's Peak, his brother was killed, and Quantrell wounded; that Quantrell "came back to remember and avenge;" that
he was shot in a skirmish, in Kentucky, and died at Louisville, in a hospital.
NOVEMBER 11.-W. R. Warner and E. A. Wasser establish the Girard
Press. July 14, 1871, the office was burned by a mob. The paper reappeared three weeks afterwards. A. P. Riddle bought Dr. Warner's interest, June 16, 1873. Criwford county has had three other short-lived
papers.
-Ex-Governor Robert J. Walker dies, in Washington, aged sixty-eight.
NOVEMBER 15. —The Kansas Farmer publishes the picture called
"Droughty Kansas," designed by Henry Worrall, of Topeka, and photographed by J. Lee'Knight.
NOVEMBER  25.-A. D. Richardson  fatally shot in  New  York  City, by
Daniel McFarland.
NOVEMBER 30.-The Auditor's Report says:
" The State of Kansas has, for the protection of her frontiers, already expended an
amount of $346,000, and besides this assumed Price Raid claims to the amount of half a
million, making a total of $846,000, which ought to be paid by the General Governmnent."
NOVEMBER 30.-Expenditures of the State for the year:
Governor's Department............ $5, 483 50  Capitol building and grounds*.. 117, 005 01
Secretary's Department............  8,440 54  Penitentiary........................... 106,644 83
Auditor's Department...............   4,010 10  Sheriffs conveying prisoners to
Treasurer's Department............  3,017 93    Penitentiary..........................  2,566 49
Attorney General.....................   4,325 00  State House Commissioners......  1,500 00
Sup't of Public Instruction.......  1,951 06  Horticultural Society...............    500 00
Adjutant General.....................  1, 552 13  Price Raid Commissioners........   1,269 22
Judiciary Department............... 29, 230 66  Rent of Capitol Building..........  2,000 00
Legislative expenses.................  26,102 91  Printing........................ 54,012 25
Blind Asylum........................... 10,092 80  Transcribing Journals..............  1,343 18
Insane Asylum........................ 28,707 37  Agricultural Society..................  3,500 00
Deaf and Dumb Asylum.......... 12, 815 23  Indian Raid Commissioners......    477 40
State University....................... 11,993 60  Seed wheat...............................  14,117 10
Normal School........................  9, 930 62  Miscellaneous accounts.............  2, 287 84
Agricultural College.................  9, 394 22
Total for 1869.....................$471,270 99
*Seventy thousand dollars in bonds were issued, and sold for $66,442.57, whioch is included in this amount.
DECEMBER. —J. W. Foster's new book on the Mississippi Valley  gives
the annual rainfall in different parts of the country, as follows:
Cincinnati, Ohio.................................46.69  San Francisco, Cal........................... 21.95
New York City..............42.23  El Paso, New Mexico.........................11.21
Fort Scott, Kansas.............................42.12  Fort Yuma.................................     3.15
Ann Arbor, Mich............................. 28.60
DECEMBER.-The State University has had, during  the year, 143 stu33




514                    ANNALS OF KANSAS.                            [1869.
dents;'the Agricultural College, 173; the Normal School, 198. Prisoners
in the Penitentiary, 186; patients in the Insane Asylum, 31; pupils in the
Blind Asylum, 20; pupils in the Deaf and Dumb Asylum, 34.
— General Phil. Sheridan makes an official report of his Indian campaign, from October 15, 1868, to March 27, 1869.
-Leavenworth county paid school teachers, during the year, $34,506.96;
value of school houses in the county, $] 31,336.
DECEMBER 7.-The locomotive arrives in Emporia.
DECEMBER 10.-John F. Dillon appointed United States Circuit Judge.
DECEMBER 14. —Colonel Hoyt resigns as Mail Agent.  A. Low, of Doniphan, appointed.
-Adjutant General Moorhouse pays the militia.
DECEMBER 14.-Third Annual Meeting of the State Horticultural Society, at Ottawa. Officers elected: President, William Tanner, of Leavenworth; Vice President, C. B. Lines, of Wabaunsee; Secretary, G. C.
Brackett, of Lawrence; Treasurer, S. T. Kelsey,'of Ottawa.
DECEMBER 15.-John W. Delaney retires from the Junction City Union,
and George W. Martin becomes sole proprietor.
- State House ready for occupancy.
DECEMBER 15.-The following is copied from the Report of Superintendent McVicar:
"The whole number of school houses reported is 1,213; a gain of 260 over last year.
A fine edifice was completed in the city of Atchison during the year, at a cost, including furniture, of about $40,000. This edifice was recently destroyed by fire. It was insured, however, for $30,000, and upon the ruins another edifice will soon stand complete.
Wathena, in Doniphan county, has erected a school building at a cost of $10,000. At
Troy, an edifice is in process of erection, at a cost of $8,000. Seneca, the county seat of
Nemaha county, completed an edifice valued at $15,000. The city of Fort Scott has taken
steps to build a house worth about $30,000. Topeka has laid the foundation for an edifice
at a cost of $34,000. At Leroy, an edifice has been erected, at a cost of nearly $10,000.
School houses have been built at Irving, Manhattan, Neosho Falls, Oswego, Washington,
Alma, Olathe, and at many other central points in the State. In addition to these, a
greater number of good school houses have been built in rural communities than in any
previous year."
On "the 500,000-acre case," the Report says the Supreme Court "has
declined to give any decision on the main point involved, on the ground of
alleged informalities in the presentation of the case."
The Report says the school lands lost to the State on the Cherokee Neutral
Lands amount to 50,000 acres.
DECEMBER 20.-R. S. Stevens receives a patent from the Governor for
lands set apart for the Neosho Valley R. R. Trains are running regularly
to Emporia.
DECEMBER.-The Missouri River, Fort Scott and Gulf road completed
to Fort Scott.
DECEMBER 25.-The State officers leave the old buildings on Kansas
Avenue, and go into the new building on Capitol Square, the east wing of
which is completed.
DECEMBER 30.-The State House Commissioners report that $417,588.29
has already been expended on the State House.




1870.]                        ANNALS OF KANSAS.                                       515
1870.
JANUARY.-B. F. Mudge writes to the Kansas Farmer of a visit to Fort
Scott:
"At the farm of John G. Stuart, on the Marmaton, southwest of Fort Scott, I saw a
remarkable natural curiosity, in the form of a boiling, burning spring. In sinking an
artesian boring, Mr. Stuart, at a depth of 230 feet, struck a stream of gas. After.he discontinued the boring, water filled the basin; but the gas continued to rise in large
quantities. This was accidentally set on fire, and has continued to burn without interruption for over two months. The gas rises with such force that the water is in a state
of violent agitation, as if from the most intense heat. The flames rise from the surface
of the water to the height of four to six feet, and three feet in diameter. It presents a
novel and beautiful appearance."
The supply of gas seems inexhaustible. Many years before, near the old
Fort, the same result followed a similar experiment.
JANUARY 1.-Tht L. L. & G. is graded nearly to Garnett.
-Frank A. Root starts the Waterville Telegraph.
-The  Osage Mission Journal says White Hair, the head  chief of the
Osages, died on Christmas eve, at his camp on the Verdigris.
JANUARY 11. -Meeting of the Legislature.
STATE OFFICERS.
Names.            Former P. 0.        County.      Where Born.   X  Avocations.
J. M. Harvey, Governor.. Fort Riley...... Riley............. Virginia........ 36  Farmer.
C. V. Eskridge, Lt. Gov... Emporia........  Lyon............. Virginia....... 38  Mercha't.
T. Moonlight, Sec. of State  Leavenworth. Leavenworth   Scotland...... 36
A. Danford, Att'y Gen..... Fort Scott......  Bourbon.........  New Hamp... 40  Attorn'y.
P. McVicar, Sp't Pub.Inst. Topeka......... Shawnee........ NewBrunsw. 40  Minister.
Geo. Graham, Treasurer.. Seneca........... Nemaha........ New York.... 50  Mercha't.
A. Thoman, Aud. of State  Lawrence...... Douglas......... Switzerland.. 40  Farmer.
S. S. Prouty, State Printer Topeka.....    Shawnee....... New York.... 38  Printer.
D. Whitaker, Adj. Gen..... Doniphan...... Doniphan......                   34
JUDGES OF THE SUPREME COURT.
Names.             ForerP.O.I  County.          WhereBorn.          Avocation.
S. A. Kingman, Chief Justice. Atchison... Atchison... Massachusetts  52  Attorn'y.
J. Safford, Associate Justice.  Topeka.. Shawnee... Vermont......... 42  Lawyer.
D. M. Valentine, Asso. Justice  Ottawa... Franklin...I Ohio.39  Lawyer.
JUDGES OF DISTRICT COURTS.
Names.                     Districts.      P. O. Address.       County.
H. W. Ide.........................................   First............... Leavenworth..... Leavenworth.
Nathan Price.................................. Second............ Troy.................. Doniphan.
John T. Morton................................  Third.............. Topeka..........    Shawnee.
Owen A. Bassett................................ Fourth............ Lawrence.......... Douglas.
J. H. Watson..................................  Fifth............... Emporia............ Lyon.
D. P. Lowe...................   Sixth.............. Mound City........ Lnn.
John R. Goodin................................ Seventh........... Humboldt.......... Allen.
Wm. H. Canfield...............................  Eighth............ Junction City..... Davis.
William R. Brown............................ Ninth.............. CottonwoodFalls Chase.
Hiram  Stevens................................ Tenth.............. Paola................. Johnson.
Wm. C. Webb..................................   Eleventh......... Fort Scott.......... Bourbon.
-Barzillai Gray, Judge Criminal Court, Leavenworth county.




516                                  ANNALS OF KANSAS.                                                     [1870.
MEMBERS AND OFFICERS OF THE SENATE.
Names.                  P. O. Address.           County.        Where Born.              Avocation.
Eskridge, C. V., President  Emporia.........  Lyon...........  Virginia........  Merchant.
Arrasmith, Abner............  Olathe............  Johnson.......  Kentucky.. 10   Farmer.
Bailey, J. C......................  Perryville......  Jefferson......   Penn......            4    Merchant.
Broadhead, J. F...............  Mound City.....  Linn............  New  York.  13   Lawyer.
Carnahan, A. A...............  Clyde.............  Cloud...........  Ohio........    7    Attorney.
Carpenter, John C............   Erie................  Neosho.....  Penn........  16    Attorney.
Cobb, Stephen  A..............  Wy...... Wyandotte...    Minnesota.  12    Attorney.
Fitzpatrick, W. H............ Topeka...........  Shawnee......  Kentucky..   8   Farmer.
Grimes, W. H.............  Atchison.........  Atchison.......  Maryland..   2   Physician.
Grover, O. J.....................  Savannah.......  Pottawato'ie.  New  York.   6   Farmer.
Jenkins, E. J.........              Troy........         Doniphan.....  Ohio........    1   Lawyer.
Larimer, William...........  Delaware T'p...  Leavenw'th.    Penn........   3    Farmer.
Learnard, O. E.................  Lawrence.......  Douglas.......  Vermont... 9    Farmer.
Mead, James R.................  Towanda........  Butler..........  Vermont...  15    Farmer.
Murdock, M. M................   Burlingame....  Osage...........  Virginia.    18   Editor.
McKee, John..................  Leavenworth.. Leavenw'th.  Missouri... 3   Civil Eng.
Niccolls, E. S.................  Garnett...........  Anderson.....  Penn........17   Farmer.
Prescott, J. H..................  Salina............  Saline.........  New Iamp   20   Attorney.
Schmidt, Martin..............  Leavenworth.. Leavenw'th.. Germany..
Smallwood,'W. H............  Wathena........  Doniphan....  Kentucky..   1   Farmer.
Snyder, S. J. H.................   Monrovia........  Atchison......  Maryland..   2   Farmer.
Spear, A. G......................  Hiawatha........ Brown.                 Ohio              5    Farmer.
Tucker. Edwin.................  Eureka............  Greenwood...  Vermont...  19    Farmer.
Voss, M. V.......................  Fort Scott........  Bourbon......  Ohio.........  14   Attorney.
Williams, H. HII...............  Osawatomie...  Miami..........  New  York.  11   Merchant.
Woodard, Levi:..........  Eudora...........  Douglas........ Indiana                9    Farmer.
Geo. C. Crowther, Sec'y.....  Irwin..............  Marshall......  Conn..............   Editor.
J. D. Gilchrist, As't Sec'y.  Oskaloosa....... Jefferson......   NewHamp...  Attorney.
D. M. Bronson, Jour'l Cl'k   Eldorado..........  Butler..........  New  York...   Attorney.
L. M. Benedict, Dock't Cl'k   Vienna............  Pottawato'ie   New  York.......  Farmer.
H. H. Carr, Engros'g Cl'k   Eudora...........  Douglas........  Ohio............  Attorney.
N. Merchant, S'gt-at-Ar's  Prairie City.....  Franklin......   New  York.  Farmer.
George W. Weed, Doork'r  Pardee.............  Atchison......  New York.  Farmer.
A. A. House, As't Doork'r  Junction  City.. Davis...........  Ohio............  Student..Edwin C. Eldridge, Page...  Lawrence.......  Douglas........  Ohio............  Student.
William  H. Fletcher, Page  Erie...............  Neosho........  Indiana..........  Student.
William  R. Griffith, Page..  Topeka....                  Shawnee......  Ohio.....                Student.
MEMBERS AND OFFICERS OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
Names.                        Dist.            P. O. Address.                     County.
Adams, John E................................................................................  Montgomery.
Ashley, W. F.................................   27      Easton..............................  Leavenworth.
Baliff, E. H.....................................     0  Lancaster..........................  Atchison.
Babbitt, J. F...................................   11    Hiawatha...........................   Brown.
Babb, J. W......................................   48........................................    Linn.
Benson, George.............................. 36
Bishop, W. P..................................    O5 swego............................   Labette.
Billings, Levi.................................   76     Marion  Center..................  Marion.
Butts, W. C.....................................    20    Grasshopper Falls..............  Jefferson.
Burris, John  T................................   32     Olathe.............                  Johnson.
Butler, Thomas H...........................   78          Erie.................................  Neosho.
Brown, John W..............................   42          Auburn.............................    Shawnee.
Clark, John H.................................   17      Louisville..........................  Pottawatomie.
Coffip, Elihu E................................ 61       Le Roy.............................. Coffey.
Curtis, A.........................................   12  Carson..............................  Brown.
Disbrow, William  B........................   40          Clinton.............................  Douglas.
Dixon, John...................................   46      La Cygne...........................  Linn.
Drake, Charles............................... 66         Americus.........................  Lyon.
Edwards, John H............................       88     Ellsworth.........................  Ellsworth.
Evans, A. J.....................................  7     Atchison...........................  Atchison.
Eves, George P..........................        52     Turkey Creek..............  Bourbon.
Faulkner, John K...........................    29        High Prairie....................   Leavenworth.
Gates, L.......................................... 82     Gatesville.......  Clay.
Green, C. W...................................   45     Fontana...........................  Miami.
Gregory, H. J.................................    63      Belmont...........................  Woodson.
Grover, Charles H.........................    26         Salt Creek Valley..............  Leavenworth.
Guthrie, John......41.......................   41       Topeka.............................  Shawnee.
Hazen, A......2.............................    2       Columbus...........................Doniphan.
Halderman, J. A............................   24         Leavenworth City..............  Leavenworth
Hanway, James..............................   59         Ohio City.......................;..  Franklin.
Hensel, L......................................1   13     Seneca..............................  Nemaha.




1870.]                                         ANNALS OF KANSAS.                                                                      517
MEMBERS AND OFFICERS OF HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES- CONCLUDED.
Names.                               Dist.                P. 0. Address.                            County.
Hosley, J. D....................................    55                 Ozark..............................Allen.
Hunt, F. B......................................              68       Cottonwood  Falls.............  Chase.
Hudson, T. J...................................               77........................................    Wilson.
Hunter, J. M..................................    65                   Forest Hill.....................  Lyon.
Jennings, A. J.................................               38       Eudora.............................  Douglas.
Kellogg, Josiah...............................                23       Leavenworth   City............  Leavenworth.
Kohler, Conrad............................    73                      Lyons.............................. Dickinson.
Lambert, Wallace  W....................    81                        Lindsay............................ Ottawa.
Langdon,  S. J.................................    86                  Iowa  City.......................... Crawford.
Lane, Vincent J............I........           31       Wyandotte  City.................  Wyandotte.
LeDuc, E. H.....................4           n......            4       T......ry........................... Doniphan.
Larimer, J. I...................................    30                 Leavenworth   City.............  Leavenworth.
Libby, C. W....................................    51                  Xenia..............................  Bourbon.
Lindsay   John   G.............................               56       Garnett.............................Anderson.
Logan, Joseph................................                 9      Monrovia.......................... Atchison.
Lusher, John.................................               33       Aubrey.............................   Johnson.
Macintosh, J. V...............................87    Hays City.......               Ellis.
Makay, John  T...............................    80                    Quindaro..........................   Wyandotte.
McMahon, H...................................    62                  Ottumwa..........................   Coffey.
Morris, William..............................    14                    Wetmore...........................   Nemaha.
Mowry, A. J...................................                  3      Wathena......................... Doniphan.
Mot, Simon...................................                 89       Sheridan...........................Wallace.
Murphy, Thomas............................                      6      Atchison...........................   Atchison.
Nesbtt, S. F....................................                       Highland.........................  Doniphan.
Osborn, W. F.................................    75                   Virgil.................     Greenwood.
Parson, J.......................................               8      Mount Pleasant.................  Atchison.
Parker, Charles G...........................                  69       Council Grove................... Morris.
Peckham, W. H..............................                   39       Big  Springs.....................   Douglas.
Pierce, George  T.............................    58                   Ottawa..............................    Franklin.
Pinkerton, J. H.........Aue...................              70            abaunsee......................    Wabaunsee.
Reddeld, J...................................    54                Humboldt........................   Allen.
Ridlon, Frederick...........................    35                     M    Camish.......................          Johnson.
Rorick, David......................    21                              Perryville.......................  Jefferson.
Sanford, Amos................................                 83       Columbus..........................   Cherokee.
Scott, William   B..............................    47                 Oakwood...........................   Lion.
Secrest, Edward.............................                  72       Randolph...........................Riley.
Sells, William  H..............................               35       Lawrence........................  Douglas.
Sells, Elijah..................................               37       Baldwin  City.....................  Douglas.
Sherry, Byron................................    22                  Leavenworth  City.............  Leavenworth.
Shire, Daniel..................................    25                  Leavenworth  City.............  Leavenworth.
Shelhamer, A. J..............................                 84.......................................    Cloud.
Small, I......................................                67........................................    Butler.
Smith, Reuben................................                 43       Osawatomie......................  Miami.
Snead,.J. H....................................    74               Salina..............................   Saline.
Snoddy, James  D..........................                    49       Mound  City........................Lion.
Stewart, Byron................................                79       Mount  Florence................  Jackson.
Stewart; S. B...................................    28                 Tonganoxie......................   Leavenworth.
Stotler, Jacob................................    64                  Emporia...........................   Lyon.
Tiffany, J. A...................................    50                 Barnesville.......................  Bourbon.
Topping, E. H.................................     44   i                  ola       n...............................    Miami.
Webb, W. C....................................     53                  Fort Scott.........................Bourbon.
Wells, John  D.................................    15                  BaIretts Mill.....................   Marshall.
West,. P.......................................    90               Salt Marsh........................             Republic.
Whitaker, David...........................                    5      Doniphan........................   Doniphan.
Whitford, J. H...............................                 57........................................    Anderson.
Wilson, A. S....................................     16                Washington....................    Washington.
Williams, J. L.................................                18      Holton...............................Jackson.
Wilhelm, Levi........................      19       Winchester..................  Jefferson.
Wilkins, J......................................    60                 Valley  Brook...............   Osage.
Wright, John  K..............................    71                    Junction  City.................    Davis.
Hi. C. Olney, Chief Clerk.................. A.........                    tchison...........................   Atchison.
A. W. Hayes, Assistant Clerk........., H mTopeka............................. Shawnee.
H. Brandley, Journal Clerk...............................................................Johnson.
F. W. Watson, Docket Clerk..........................................................                                 Coffey.
Miss Emma  D. Campbell, Enr. Clerk.........  Topeka...........................  Shawnee.
H. H. Tucker. Engrossing  Clerk................  Lawrence.........................  Douglas.
Mrs. Sarah  J. Neal, Ass't Eng. Clerk.........Atchison...........................  Atchison.
Geo. A. Schriner, Sergeant-at-Arms..........  Wyandotte.......................  Wyandotte.
M. B. Crawford, Ass't Ser.-at-Arms...........  Topeka............................   Shawnee.
A. H. Beck, Doorkeeper..........................  Ottawa..............................                                Franklin.
John Helwig, Assistant Doorkeeper....................................         Leavenworth.
Willie  Davis, Messenger..........................   Topeka.....................  Shawnee.
Ephie Smith, Messenger........................... Wyandotte....................... Wyandotte.
Edward Matthews, Messenger.................. Leavenworth.................. Leavenworth.
Thomas Parks, Messenger..........................  Wyandotte..........................  Wyandotte.




518                    ANNALS OF KANSAS.                          [1870.
JANUARY 17.-Annual meeting of the Editorial Association. Address
by R. B. Taylor, of the Wyandotte Gazette.
JANUARY 19.-Annual meeting of the Kansas and Missouri Associated
Press, at Leavenworth. The seventeen dailt papers in the Association pay
for their regular despatches $14,295 a year. D. W. Wilder re-elected
President, and Geo. F. Prescott Secretary.
JANUARY 21.-Hiram  R. Revels is elected to the United States Senate
from Mississippi. He had been a resident of Leavenworth.
JANUARY 26.-Disclosure in regard to ex-Collector Speer made in the
Topeka Record.
JANUARY 26.-Auditor Thoman makes the following statement to the
House:
STATE PENITENTIARY.
Total amount expended during the years 1863 to 1869, inclusive.................. $442, 502 72
INSANE ASYLUM.
Total amount expended during the years 1867 to 1869, inclusive..................  67,423 50
DEAF AND DUMB ASYLUM.
Total amount expended during the years 1862 to 1869, inclusive.................. 44,457 49
BLIND ASYLUM.
Total amount expended during the years 1867 to 1869..................................  31,814 91
Total  expended................................................................................ $586,198  62
JANUARY 26.-Report of House Committee that the State Treasurer
lends the State money to the Topeka Bank, and receives four per cent. on
current balances. (House Journal, pp. 319 to 341.)
JANUARY 31.-Report of State-House Investigating Committee. (Senate
Journal, pp. 173 to 177.)
JANUARY 31.-Report of Penitentiary Investigating Committee. (Senate
Journal, p. 178.)
FEBRUARY 1.-The Commonwealth defends the Treasurer. The Record
says: "Here is a clearly-established case of open, persistent, and flagrant
disobedience -virtual defiance, indeed -of the law; and a prima facie case
of collusion between the Treasurer and his bankers to use the surplus
money of the State for purposes of.private speculation."
FEBRUARY 4.-The House appoints a Committee of five to visit the
Neutral Land, and investigate the matter of sending United States troops
there. The Report made fills 164 pages.
FEBRUARY 14.-The House is visited by Thomas Warren, born in Virginia, February 14, 1770, and one hundred years old to-day. He came to
Kansas in 1854. With Mr. Warren were Thomas C. Hannum, born in
Pennsylvania, aged 84; Amos Morris, born in Pennsylvania, aged 82;
Gamaliel Garlinghouse, born in New Jersey, aged 78; John Callaham,
born in South Carolina, aged 75; Lewis Buckingham, born in New York,;aged 72; and Sabin Kellam, born in Vermont, aged 80.  (House Journal,
pp. 652-3.)
FEBRUARY 16.-Appointments confirmed: John A. Halderman and J.
G. Reaser of Leavenworth county, Charles Robinson of Douglas county,
George A. Crawford of Bourbon county, and F. W. Giles of Shawnee




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county, Regents of the State University; David Whitaker of Doniphan
county, Adjutant General.
FEBRUARY 17.-Report of House Committee on Cherokee Neutral Lands.
(House Journal, pp. 735 to 894.) J. H. Snead makes a special report. (House
Journal, pp. 916 to 920.)
FEBRUARY 22. —The Treasurer reports that the money deposited with the
Topeka Bank "has this day been withdrawn therefrom."
FEBRUARY 23.-Legislative excursion to Burlington, over the M. K. & T.
R. W. The Committee on Resolutions consisted of M. V. Voss, Josiah Kellogg, John T. Burris, E. J. Jenkins, J. A. Halderman, John McKee, John
R. Goodin, Jacob Stotler, V. J. Lane, S. S. Prouty, Henry King, T. D.
Thacher, M. M. Murdock,'J. S. Redfield, Isaac Sharp, J. W. Horner, John
K. Wright, and Jos. Clarke.
FEBRUARY 24.-V. P. Wilson starts the Chronicle, at Abilene.
FEBRUARY 26. —Secretary Moonlight makes a report on the issue of State
bonds. (Senate Journal, pp. 476-8.)
FEBRUARY 28.-Report of Committee investigating Treasurer and Auditor.
The majority report says:
"We find that there is no authority in law for depositing the funds of the State in
any local or State bank; that State funds have been so deposited by the Treasurer in the
Topeka Bank, in the city of Topeka; that the Treasurer claims that it is impossible for
him to perform his duties as'such officer with safety to the State, and maintain the credit
of the State, without making such deposits, in order to keep the funds in a secure place,
and meet the interest on the bonds of the State as it falls due in New York. [See concluding portions of Graham's testimony submitted.] Whether the necessity claimed to
exist by Mr. Graham justifies the failure to comply with the law on the statute books
by Mr. Graham, we do not attempt to pronounce; we simply state it is in the course of
established precedent.
" We find that, by the testimony, there was no agreement between the Treasurer and
the Topeka. Bank, or any person for the bank, for the Treasurer, or either of them,
whereby Mr. Graham was to receive interest on deposits of funds of the State; that
there does appear upon the books of said bank a credit to Mr. Graham, to the amount
of $1,056.70, arising from interests on deposits of State funds, which, if credited at all,;should have been placed to the credit of the State; but that such credit was made to the
individual account of Mr. Graham, without the knowledge or consent of said Graham,
and that he immediately caused such credit to be erased from his personal account on
the books of said bank, as soon as he learned of its existence." [See testimony of Geo.
G. Corning, President, J. R. Swallow, Cashier, and Geo. Graham.]
The minority report says:
"The undersigned is of opinion that any toleration of a disregard of the provisions
of law governing public officers is demoralizing in its tendency, and destructive of that
security which is absolutely essential for the protection of the funds of the State. If
the law is obnoxious, the best way to get rid of it is. as has been well said by General
Grant, to enforce it strictly. Official bonds are not sufficient security to protect the
State, where there is not integrity and a faithful adherence to the oath of office in the
discharge of the important duties imposed by law. Without the most scrupulous
respect for laws by the officers charged with their execution, security is gone and legislation a farce."-Senate Journal, pp. 525 to 560.
MARCH. —Beck, Follett and McClure start the Index, at Cottonwood
Falls. It was published nine months, when Yale & Gifford moved it to
Wichita and started the Tribune.
-Publication of a book with this title: "The Early History of St. Louis
and Missouri, from  its first Exploration by white men, in 1673, to 1843.




520                   ANNALS OF KANSAS.                      [1870.
By Elihu H. Shepard, formerly Professor of Languages in St. Louis College.
St. Louis: Southwestern Book and Publishing Company." pp. 170.
MARCH 3.-Adjournment of the Legislature. Among its acts are the
following: Providing a room in the Capitol for the Agricultural Society;
Authorizing Lawrence to issue $100,000 in bonds, to aid in erecting a building for the University; Authorizing the State School Commissioners to buy
the Lawrence University bonds, (eighteen acts relate to bonds); Establishing a Normal School in Northern Kansas (Leavenworth); Creating the
office of State Librarian, and a Board of Directors of the State Library;
Incorporating the city of Wathena; Ratifying the Fifteenth Amendment
to the Constitution of the United States.
MARCH 4.-T. B. Murdock establishes the Walnut Valley Times, at
Eldorado. It is the oldest paper south of Emporia and west of Eureka.
MARCH 24.-Annual Conference M. E. Church, at Topeka, Bishop Clark
presiding.
-The K. P. road is finished to Kit Carson, eighty-two miles west of
Sheridan.
MARCH 16.-William C. Webb appointed Judge of the new judicial district-Crawford, Cherokee, Labette, Montgomery, and Howard counties.
APRIL 1.-Sidney Clarke reports to the House the arguments of James
F. Joy and W. R. Laughlin, on the Cherokee Neutral Land question. It
is Report No. 53, 2d Session 41st Congress, and contains 32 pages.
APRIL.-The vote of the five principal cities in the State at the city election, the first week in April, stood as follows: Leavenworth, 2,859; Topeka,
1,374; Lawrence, 1,217; Atchison, 1,069; Fort Scott, 1,026.
- George T. Isbell becomes local editor of the Leavenworth Conservative.
APRIL 20.-Celebration at Humboldt of the arrival of the M. K. & T.
R. W.
APRIL 20.-John S. Gilmore starts the Wilson County Citizen.
APRIL 24. —'hee Topeka Record says of the ex-Collector case that the
defalcation is about $160,000, and that there has been "perjury and forgery
on the part of somebody."  Supervisor Marr is removed from this district,
and McDonald and Joyce, of the St. Louis whiskey ring, sent here.
MAY 3.7-The Normal School for Northern Kansas established at Leavenworth.
MAY 5.-Three men killed by Indians on Limestone creek, Mitchell
county. No other lives lost by Indian raids during the year. United
States troops are stationed in the Republican, Solomon and Saline valleys.
MAY 10.-Indians reported in Jewell county.
MAY 10.-Seven outlaws from the Indian Territory break into the house
of J. N. Roach, at Ladore, Neosho county, dangerously wound him, and
outrage his two daughters. One of the ruffians was killed by his own
party, in a quarrel; five others were caught by the citizens and hung on
one tree.
MAY 11.-Episcopalian Convention at Junction City.
— Congress establishes the Arkansas Land District.
-Congregationalists meet at Leavenworth.




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MAY 12.-Baxter Springs celebrates the completion of the Missouri
River, Fort Scott and Gulf Railroad.
- Corner-stone of Methodist church laid at Atchison.
MAY 19. —Fort Scott entertains the Missouri editors.
MAY 29.-The Chronicle reports 150,000 head of cattle on the way from
Texas to Abilene.
-Burning of the old Topeka House.
MAY 31.-Henry Buckingham starts the Republican Valley Empire, at
Clyde. It was the first paper printed in either the Republican or Solomon
valleys. It was removed to Concordia, December 24, 1870. H. E. Smith,
the present publisher, bought the Empire in November, 1872. Cloud
county has had five other papers, all short-lived.
JUNE. —An illustrated political pamphlet of 32 pages, published at Topeka. It bears this title: "Political Affairs in Kansas. A Review of the
Official Acts of our Delegation in Congress. Shall Inefficiency and Corruption be Sustained? The Issues of the Coming Political Campaign. A
new Deal and less Steal." It contains eleven wood cuts. The tract is
especially aimed at S. C. Pomeroy and Sidney Clarke.
JUNE 3.-Major Henry J. Adams dies, at Waterville. He was the first
Free-State Mayor of Leavenworth, and one of our best public men.
JuNE 4.-The Champion says Atchison has fifteen public and secret
societies.
JUNE 8.-Eleventh Annual Baptist Convention, at Lawrence.
-The Salina Herald is enlarged.
-The New Hampshire Agricultural Society grants a diploma for Kansas
fruit.
JUNE 13.-The first court in Sedgwick county, held by Judge Wm. R.
Brown.
JUNE 14.-Abram  Burnett, a Pottawatomie Chief, of 406 pounds, dies,
near Topeka.
-Perry Fuller gives a bond, in the sum of $50,000, for his appearance
to answer certain Custom-House charges against him, in New Orleans..
JUINE 18.-The United States House of Representatives passes a bill to
pay citizens of Kansas for losses during the Border-Ruffian war, in 18551856. It makes the United Circuit Judge the Commissioner to receive and
examine claims, and appropriates $500,000.
JUNE 20. —The Sons of Temperance pass resolutions eulogizing the late
Dr. Amory Hunting.
-The La Cygne Journal issued.
There are 1,283 miles of railroad in the State; Kansas Pacific, 454; Missouri, Kansas and Texas, 182; Union Pacific, Central Branch, 100; Leavenworth, Lawrence and Galveston, 64; Missouri River, Fort Scott and. Gulf,
102; Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe, 27; Leavenworth, Atchison and Northwestern, 21; Missouri River, 28; St. Joseph and Denver, 40.
By the acts of Congress of July 1, 1862, and July 2, 1864, the Kansas
Pacific Railway received, in bonds, from the Government $6,303,000; and




522                            ANNALS OF, KANSAS.                                       [1870.
the Central Branch, $1,600,000. The bonds given by the Government to
all the Pacific roads (under acts bearing these-dates) amounted to $64,618,832.
JUNE 21.-Col. Bernard P. Chenoweth, formerly Captain of Company A,
First Kansas Regiment, dies at Canton, China, where he was United States
Consul.
JUNE 27. —The Leavenworth Coal Company begins to take out coal.
JUNE 28.-Annual Meeting of the State Teachers' Association, at Wyandotte.   Officers elected: President, J. Evans Platt, of Manhattan; Recording Secretary, Miss E. M. Dickinson, of Quindaro; Corresponding Secretary,
D. J. Evans, of Topeka; Treasurer, Miss Matilda J. Upton, of Burlington;
Executive Committee, David Donovan, of Leavenworth; State Superintendents, M. D. Gage, of Junction City, Frank H. Snow, of Lawrence, and
A. D. Chambers, of Hartford.
JUNE.-U. S. Census taken.
VALUE.
03:      a       S~E 5-,o..at
County.                 a         a 16   I.. 
Allen.......................  3,082    7, 023   30, 288  $1,392,595 $64, 060    $424,468
Anderson.............................  2, 393    5,204   29,433   1,318,618   82,400   450,763
Atchison.......................   7,729   15,472  72,788   3,405,515  207,415   1,128,633
Bourbon.................................  6,101   15,102 105, 972   4, 371,975  248,070   1, 289,676
Brown..................................    2,607    6,823   50,189   2,272, 272  118,468  457,283
Butler...................................    437    3,072   11,054  451, 955   40, 804  147,568
Chase....................................    808    1,992    9,137  853,082- 36, 400   160, 882
Cloud...................................    2,323   94,460       552,819  40,476       166,851
Cherokee..................................... 11, 047   55,682   1,041,239  131,420   812,638
Clay......................................    163    2,942   10, 805  619,585  49, 395  184,761
Coffey.....................   2,842    6,335   34, 420   1, 874,810   86,555  512,758
Cowley.............................................  1,174    2,327  317,120   19,461  133, 817
Crawford...................................... 8,005   60, 044   2,393,155 133, 646   705, 495
Davis...................................   1,163    5,600   23,915  782,110   36, 695   275,628
Dickinson.............................    378    3, 037  10, 924  629,707   29, 712    171,882
Doniphan..............................  8,083   13,971   71,275  220,982  149,189      895, 582
Douglas.................................  8,637   20,582   94, 775  3,177,403  148,326   1,432,014
Ellis.............................................  2, 041........................................................
Ellsworth....................................   1,350    2,449   111,390    9,880       51, 946
Franklin..............................  3,030   10,406   75,587    3,322,930  177,247  947, 565
Greenwood..........................  759    3, 485   20,130      979, 153  40, 502     312,922
Howard....................................... 2, 706    2,251    89, 280    7,205      50, 677
Jackson................................   1,936    6,053  41,388   2,305,240   84,995  844,801
Jefferson...............................   4,459   12,526   91,004   4,218,363  172,187   1,001, 762
Jewell...................................     205      960        37, 050    3,008      21, 620
Johnson.................................  4, 364   13,725  129,435   4,545,235  210, 167   1,195,923
Labette....................................  9,979   39,029    1,664,181   92,141   449,369
Leavenworth........................ 12, 606   32,472  106,221   5,131, 173  148,581   1,395,865
Lincoln.................................      516    1, 226       68, 050    4, 931      4,710
Lin......................................  6, 336   12,198   89, 557   3,547,218  154,509  944,887
Lyon..........................    197    8, 016   19,163   1, 271, 622  55,518       324,045
Marion.................   74       767    3, 201      182, 650   13, 479    105, 527
Marshall...2, 280    7,228   34, 988/ 1,549,220   79, 013                  518,177
McPherson.....................................  917    3, 129    169, 499  119, 778     37, 231
Miami.................................. 4,980   11,729   95,138   3,965,724  143,810   871,316
Mitchell......................................  498   33, 322    102, 355   19, 282      5,131
Montgomery................   7, 613   18,743................  32, 364  240, 261
Morris..                770    2,218    7,821        415,496   22,460      144,818
Nemaha..            2,436    7,296  40,416   1,956,.530  112, 877        539,341
Neosho.........1,223   38, 320   1,445,508   77, 897                             446,042
Ness.....................................                                 I................




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UNITED STATES CENSUS -Concluded.
at               a.               VALUE.
ns,. S3,           k  a  g n &
Cbunty.                         3                                                     an
a
Osage..........................   1,113    7 631  28,649    $1,903,211    $106, 895        $401, 276
Ottawa.................................  2, 130   11, 342       541,510        33, 791       168,554
Pawnee.......................  1........................................................
Pottawatomie.............  1,529    7, 888        31, 642     1, 883, 120     107, 908       746,095
Republic.................................  1, 290  11, 180      334,200        19, 401       131,500
Rice.......................................           8         1, 800........................
Riley......                 1, 124    5,104       26, 076     1, 614,165       83, 216.
Rooks..45..................................................    461, 340
Rush..................................
Rush......................................  75...........................................................
Saline.......................  4,206   23,197      1, 121, 462      69,130        309, 777
Sedgwick............1...................   1, 096  3,422        259, 374        2, 137       144, 051
Shawnee.............         3,513   13,035       47, 512    4, 415, 410      176, 062       983,160
Smith......................................  66      407         25, 200           875         9, 600
Wabaunsee.............  1, 023    3, 373              325       963, 008       62, 825       219,465
W allace.......................................................................................
Washington...............      383    3, 970       9,781        413, 490       26, 054       165, 751
Wilson....................      27    6, 494      12,808        766,070        52, 301       272,242
Woodson....................  1, 488    3,827      10, 026       485,170        20, 960       149,700
Wyandotte............        2, 609   10, 066     26,553      1, 411, 087      36, 371       384,439
Total......  107,204. 362307  1,920, 610  $78,891,098  $4,202,272  $24,351,585
The increase per cent. in population of Kansas from 1860 to 1870 was
235.99. Maine and South Carolina increased less than one per cent. each
in that decade. The average increase for all the States and Territories was
21.52 per cent.
JULY.-A book issued, called "Gazetteer and Directory of the State of
Kansas: Containing Concise Descriptions of the Cities, Towns and Villages
of the State, with the Names of Professional and Business Men. With
a Map. Lawrence, Kansas: Blackburn & Co., Publishers. 1870." pp. 303.
The historical sketch is written by Richard Cordley. Milton W. Reynolds
writes the paper on "Kansas as a Field for Immigration." Jas. R. McClure
Register at Junction City, writes a land article. The following list of newspapers is given:
Place.              Name of Paper.                 Issue.           Publisher or Proprietor.
Abilene................ Chronicle.................... Weekly................ V. P. Wilson.
Alma................... Herald........................  Weekly................ Sellers & Fairfield.
Altoona............... Union........................ Weekly................ Bowser & Brown.
Atchison.............. Champion and Press... Daily and Weekly. John A. Martin.
Atchison.............. Patriot....................... Daily and Weekly. Nelson Abbott.
Baxter Springs..... Sentinel...................... Weekly................ Lyons & Coulter.
Burlingame......... Chronicle.................... Weekly................ M. Marshall Murdock.
Burlington........... Patriot....................... Weekly...............A. D. Brown.
Chetopa............... Advance..................... Weekly.........H...... Horner & Fitch.
Columbus............ Workingman's Journ'l  Weekly................ Printing Company.
Council Grove...... Advertiser.................. Weekly................  Wallace H. Johnson.
Cottonwood Falls. Banner....................... Weekly................ Frank E. Smith.
Detroit............... Western News............ Weekly............. A. W. Robinson.
Eldorado.............. Walnut Valley Times.. Weekly................ Murdock & Danford.
Emporia............ News.......................... Weekly....           Stotler & Williams.
Emporia:............. Tribune..................... Weekly................ Main & Nixon.
Erie..................... Dispatch..................... Weekly................   imball & Benton.
Eureka............. Herald........................ Weekly................ S. G. Mead.
Frankfort............  Our New Home........... Weekly................ J. Andersen.
Fort Scott............ Monitor..................... Daily and Weekly. George A. Crawford.




524                               ANNALS OF IKANSAS.                                            [1870.
LIST OF NEWSPAPERS-Concluded.
Place.              Name of Paper.                  Issue.            Publisher or Proprietor.
Fort Scott............ Post...........................  Daily and Weekly. Schiller & Herrington.
Fredonia............ Courier............... Weekly..... J. R. Jennings.
Garnett.............. Plaindealer................. Weekly................ D. E. Olney.
Girard................. Press.......................... Weekly.....       Warner & Wasser.
Hiawatha............ Sentinel..................... Weekly................ David Downer.
Holton.......... Press.......... i.............. Weekly................ A. W. Moore
Humboldt........... Union........................ Weekly...............W. T. McElroy.
Independence...... Pioneer....................... Weekly...............E. R. Trask.
Irving.................. Recorder.....................  Weekly................ Crowther & Smith.
Junction City...... Union........................ Weekly................ Geo. W. Martin.
Lawrence......          Republican Journal...  Daily.................    Kalloch,Thach'r&ReyWestern Home Jour... Weekly............               nolds.
Lawrence............ Kansas Tribune...:.....  Daily and Weekly. John Speer.
Leavenworth...... Bulletin...................... Daily and Weekly.  Wm. S. Burke.
Leavenworth...... Commercial................. Daily and Weekly. Prescott & Hume.
Leavenworth...... Evening Call............... Daily.................... J. Clarke & Co.
Leavenworth...... Freie Presse...............  Daily...................J. M. Haeberlein.
Leavenworth...... Kansas Farmer...........   Monthly............... George T. Anthony.
Leavenworth...... Times & Conservative.. Daily and Weekly. Wilder & Sleeper.
Louisville............  Gazette........................ Weekly................ P. McClosky.
Lyndon............... Signal......................... Weekly................ Leslie  J. Perry  &  Co.
Manhattan.......... Standard..................... Weekly.....             L. R. Elliott.
Medina............... New Era..................... Weekly.............. Solomon Weaver.
Mound City......... Sentinel..................... Weekly................ Nat. G. Barter.
Neosho Falls........ Democrat................... Weekly.....              J. B. Boyle.
Netawaka............ Herald........................ Weekly................ Frank H. Stout.
Olathe................. Mirror........................ Weekly................ McKee & Dempsey.
Olathe................. News Letter............... Weekly................ J. A. &  H. F. Canutt.
Osage Mission...... Journal..................... Weekly...............J. H. Scott.
Oskaloosa............ Independent............... Weekly...............J. W. Roberts.
Oskaloosa............ Statesman.................. Weekly................ Ben. R. Wilson.
Oswego............... Register..................... Weekly................. E. R. Trask.
Ottawa................ Journal...................... Weekly................ Patterson & Hand.
Paola..................   Advertiser..................  Weekly...............  W. M. Mitchell.
Paola...................  Republican.................. Weekly................ Basil M. Simpson.
Pleasanton.......... Press...........................  Weekly................ Lewis & Winfree.
Salina.erald........................   Weekly...............  B. J. F. Hanna.
Seneca................. Independent Press...... Weekly...............G. W. Collings.
Seneca................. Courier.......................   Weekly................  John P. Cone.
Topeka.........       Advertiser..................  Monthly............... Mills & Smith.
Topeka.............. Commonwealth........... Daily and Weekly. Proluty, Davis & Crane.
Topeka...             State Record...............  Daily and Weekly. Baker & King.
Troy....................  Republican..................  Weekly...............C. G. Bridges.
Wamego.............. Valley.......................  Weekly...............T. T.. Lowe & Co.
Washington........ Observer..................... Weekly....               J. J. Tallman.
Waterville........... Telegraph.Weekly....                                Frank A. Root.
Wathena.............   Reporter..................... Weekly................  Drenning & Holt.
White Cloud.          Chief..........................  Weekly................ Sol. Miller.
Wyandotte.......... Gazette............Weekly............... F. A. Kessler.
The following is copied from page 106:
"The Most Worshipful Grand Lodge of Ancient, Free and Accepted Masons of Kansas will meet in Atchison, on the third Wednesday in October, 1870. M. W. John H.
Brown, Grand Master; R. W. E. T. Carr, Grand Secretary, both of Leavenworth.
"Most Excellent Grand Royal Arch Chapter of the State of Kansas meets in Atchison on the third Tuesday in October, 1870.  M. E. Owen A. Bassett, Grand High Priest,
Lawrence; R. E. E. T. Carr, Grand Secretary.
"The Grand Commandery of Knights Templar of the State of Kansas meets in
annual conclave, in Atchison, on the third Monday in October, 1870. Sir William 0.
Gould, R. E. Grand Commnander, Leavenworth; Sir E. T. Carr, Grand Recorder."
There is a Masonic Lodge at Iowa Point, five at Leavenworth, one at
Wyandotte, Pleasant Ridge, Atchison, three at Lawrence, Junction City,
two at Fort Scott, Ottumwa, Emporia, America City, Oskaloosa, Tecumseh,
Manhattan, two at Topeka, Ottawa, Olathe, Circleville, Grasshopper Falls,
Paris, Baldwin City, Osawatomie, High Prairie, Le Roy, Mapleton, Humboldt, Doniphan, Auburn, Mound City, Silver Lake, Hiawatha, Council




1870.]                          ANNALS OF KANSAS.                                           525
Grove, Paola, Iola, Seneca, DeSoto, Blooming  Grove, Holton, Monticello,
Garnett, Easton, Xenia, Monrovia, Petersburg, Perryville, Granada, Shawnee, Troy, Spring Hill, Coyville, Mount Pleasant, Timber Ridge, Salina,
Twin  Springs, Oswego, Wathena, Gardner, Burlington, Frankfort, Pardee,
Salt Lake City, Baxter Springs, Huron, Chetopa, Augusta, Wamego, Erie,
Neosho Rapids, White Cloud, Burlingame, Cottonwood Falls, New Albany,
Neosho Falls, Eudora, Lindsay, Waterville, Centralia, Clinton, Winchester, Montana, Pleasanton, and North Topeka.
There are Chapters at Atchison, Leavenworth, Fort Scott, Lawrence,
Topeka, Wyandotte, Ottawa, Grasshopper Falls, Oskaloosa, Olathe, Humboldt, Emporia, Manhattan, Oswego, Troy, Doniphan, and Chetopa.
There are Commanderies at Leavenworth, Atchison, Fort Scott, Lawrence, and Topeka.
The following is copied from pages 111, 112:
"INDEPENDENT ORDER OF ODD FELLOWS.- The Grand Lodge of this order was
instituted at Tecumseh, June 2, 1858. It is a movable body, meeting annually on the
second Tuesday in October, at the place selected at its previous session, and composed
of its officers and duly elected representatives from the subordinate Lodges. The
present basis of representation is one from each Lodge of seventy-five members or
less, and one for each additional fifty or fraction. The present number of Lodges is
forty-eight, and number of members, three thousand. The following list will show
where these Lodges are located, and the nights of meeting:
Place of Meeting.         Name of Lodge.       No.  Night.              Names of D. P. G. M.
Topeka..................  Shawnee..................   1   Tuesday............  C. O. Smith.
Leavenworth.............  Leavenworth,...........  2   Tuesday............ Sam. F. Burdett.
Wyandotte.............. Summonduwot.........  3   Monday............ Fred. Speck, M. D.
Lawrence.................. Lawrence................   4   Tuesday............ O. Sholes.
Atchison.................... Friendship...............  5   Tuesday............ Wm. L. Challiss.
White Cloud.........     White Cloudl.............   6 
Leavenworth............ Germania................  9   Thursday........  George Walter.
Paola................. Paola................  11   Friday..............  D.B. Wilson.
Burlingame..............  Burlingame............. 14   Friday.............. H. Dubois.
Emporia.....................  Union..................... 15   Tuesday........... John Bay.
Garnett..................... Garnett.................... 16   Tuesday........... J. L. Kircheval.
Manhattan................ Manhattan............... 17   Thursday......... Edgar Rogers.
Lawrence.................. Halcyon.........       18   Wednesday....... James S. Crew.
Seneca...................... Seneca..................... 19  Thursday.........
Mound City............... Magnolia.................. 20   Saturday...........  E. P. Bunn.
lola........................... Iola.................   21  Tuesday............ W.S. Newberry.
Fort Scott.................. Fort Scott................. 22   Monday............ W. A. Shannon.
Gardner.................... Gardner.................. 23   Tuesday........... V. R. Ellis.
Ottawa............... Ottawa....................24   Saturday........... H. F. Sheldon.
Junction City............  Frontier.................. 25   Monday........... Geo. W. Martin.
Pardee.......................    Pardee............... 26   Monday.......... John Davidson.
Leavenworth............ Metropolitan.. 2... 27   Friday.............. James S. Crow.
Salina....................... Slina....................   28   Thursday........  B. J. F. Hanna.
Burlington................ Burlington............... 29   Tuesday............  W. H. Hickeox.
Humboldt.................   Humboldt...............  30   Wednesday....... J.C. Chambers.
Baldwin City............. Baldwin City...........  31   Monday........... L. J. Dallas.
Oskaloosa................. Eagle.......................  32   Tuesday............ L. J. Trower.
Atchison.................... Schiller.......... 33   Wednesday,....... Jacob.Pohler.
Holton....................... Holton..................... 34   Tuesday..........A. W. Moore.
Barnesville................ Samaritan............... 35   Wednesday........ DK. Nickerson.
Oswego...................... Oswego...................  36   Wednesday....... M. Read.
Coyville..................  Wildey.................37   Saturday..........T. J. Hudson.
Troy.......................... Troy....................... 38  Tuesday........    X. K. Stout.
Le Roy.........  Prairie.................... 39   Tuesday........... Abijah Jones.
Topeka...................... Topeka.................... 40   Wednesday....... A. Cannon.
Wathena.................... Phcenix....................41   Wednesday......P. M. Sturges.
-Eudora...................... Eudora.........     42   Saturday........   F. Bernitz.




526                      ANNALS OF KANSAS.                              [1870.
NAMES AND LOCATION OF LODGES- Concluded.
Place of Meeting.   Name of Lodge.   No.       Night.     Name of D. P. G. M1.
Council Grove............ Council Grove........... 43  Saturday........... Isaac Sharp.
Erie..........................  Erie........................  44    Saturday...........  John  Smith.
Perry........................ Hope...................... 45  Monday............ David Rorick............................Neosho Rapids......... 46
Clinton.....................   Clinton.....................  47 
Chetopa.....................  Chetopa...................  48
Neosho Falls.............. Grove..............................  J. F. Cooper.
Jacksonville............... Jacksonville.............  0 
Baxter Springs........... Baxter Springs......... 51
Eureka.....................  Eureka.....................  52
"Degree Lodges: Lawrence, Kaw Valley, No. 1; Topeka, Capital City, No. 2.
"Rebekah Degree Lodges: Topeka, Rebekah Degree Lodge, No. 1; Fort Scott, Rebekah,
Degree Lodge, No. 2; Holton, Rebekah Degree Lodge, No. 3.
"Grand Lodge: The officers of the Grand Lodge for 1869-70 are: H. J. Canniff, M. W.
Grand Master, Prairie City; John Pipher, R. W. D. Grand Master, Manhattan; D. B.
McDougall, R. W. Grand Warden, Burlingame; Samuel F. Burdett, R. W. Grand Secretary, Leavenworth; James S. Crow, R. W. Grand Treasurer, Leavenworth; C. A. Logan,
Leavenworth, -Levi Empie, Burlingame, Representatives to G. L. U. S. The session of
1870 will be held at Fort Scott, on Tuesday, October 11.
"Grand Encampment: This body was organized October 9, 1866, with five subordinate
Encampments, since which time they have increased to twelve. It is composed of its
officers and duly-elected representatives, upon a similar basis to that of the Grand
Lodge. It meets annually, at the same time and place as the Grand Lodge. The subordinate Lodges are located as follows: Leavenworth, Far West, No. 1; Leavenworth,
Schiller, No. 2 (German); Topeka, Shawnee, No. 3; Lawrence, Mount Oread, No. 4;
Burlingame, Osage, No. 5; Atchison, Hesperian, No. 6; Fort Scott, Rising Star, No. 7;
Oskaloosa, Hebron, No. 8; Wyandotte, Wyandotte, No. 9; Ottawa, Lincoln, No. 10;
Garnett, Wildey, No. 11; Junction City, Jerusalem, No. 12. The present number of
members is about 450."
JULY.-The Oskaloosa Independent says: "The first type of the Kansas
Freeman, at Topeka, was set on the open prairie, under a June sun."
JULY 1.- Salina ships beef to New York, in refrigerator'cars.
JULY 4.-Large meeting at Ladore, of settlers on the Osage Lands.
JULY 7.-Death of Judge Josiah Miller, at Lawrence. He was a native
of South Carolina, came here in August, 1854, and was an ardent FreeState man. In January, 1855, he established the "Free State" newspaper;
it was destroyed May 21st, 1856.
JULY.-The cash value of photographed letters is determined.
-Geo. T. Anthony, U. S. Collector, travels over the State, in search of
the "dead, insolvent, bankrupt, and absconded."
-Perry Fuller is living with Colonel E. P. Boudinot, in the Indian Territory, near Chetopa.
-A new College is building, at St. Mary's Mission.
JULY 7.-Congress establishes the Republican Land District.
JULY 12.-Meeting of the Presbyterian Synod, at Topeka.
-W. A. Shannon appointed Receiver of the Land Office at Augusta,
and Thos. J. Sternberg Receiver of the Republican Land District.
JULY 15. —Congress provides for the removal of the Osage Indians, and
the sale of their land.
JULY 20.-The Santa Fe R. R. completed to Emporia.
-Labor Union Convention, at Leavenworth.  Amos Sanford and F. P.




1870.]               ANNALS OF KANSAS.                       527
Baker were elected delegates to the National Labor Congress. W. V. Barr,
President; B. F. Sylvis, Secretary; H. B. Carter, Treasurer; Executive
Committee, W. R. Laughlin, John C. Ketcheson, A. R. Johnson, Hugh
Cameron, and S. Markham.
JULY 30.-Iowa editors visit Leavenworth and Topeka.
— Coal mining at Burlingame.
AUGUST.-"Kansas, as She Is," is the name of a pamphlet of 64 pages,
printed in Lawrence by the "Kansas Publishing Company." The object
of the book is to promote immigration.
AUGUST 1.-Judge David P. Lowe, of Fort Scott, addresses the "Fifteenth Amendment" Convention, at Leavenworth. Senator Revels is
present.
AUGUST 9.-The Republican Committee, P. P. Elder, Chairman, and
M. M. Murdock, Secretary, meets at Lawrence. State Convention to be
held September 8th.
-A. J. and W. T. Lea issue the Independent, at Columbus.
-Mount St. Mary's Academy, near Leavenworth, completed.
AUGUST 13. —Senator E. G. Ross exposes the Black Bob Land Fraud, in
the Topeka Record.
AvGUsT. —Killing of John Sanderson, a notorious outlaw, by a mob, in
Davis county. Three associates sent to the penitentiary, and several others
driven out of the country.
AUGUST 19.-Railroad completed from Olathe to Ottawa.
AUGUST'27.- Colonel A. S. Johnson removes from Johnson county
(which was named for his father) to Topeka. He is the first white male
born in Kansas.
-E. G. Mains starts the Arkansas City Traveller.
SEPTEMBER 5.-State Natural History Society, at Lawrence. Oficers
elected: President, John Fraser; Vice President, B. F. Mudge; Secretary,
J. D. Parker; Treasurer, F. H. Snow; Curators, B. F. Mudge and F. H.
Snow.
— In the fall, Leslie J. Perry and A. A. Putnam started the Augusta
Crescent. J. B. Davis bought the paper, and changed the name to Republican. U. A. Albin bought the office, and removed it to McPherson county.
SEPTEMBER 8.-Republican State Convention, at Topeka. Called to
order by P. P. Elder. James D. Snoddy received 101 votes for temporary
Chairman, and John A. Martin 76. J. B. Johnson, of Jefferson county,
was elected temporary Secretary. On motion of Geo. A. Crawford, it was
voted to make nominations by a viva voce vote. The temporary were made
the permanent officers.
Informal ballot for Congressman: Sidney Clarke 77, D. P. Lowe 58, M. S.
Adams 18, John Ritchie 6, Jacob Stotler 15, D. R. Anthony 12, W. P. Borland 1, S. J. Crawford 1, Thos. Moonlight 10.
First formal ballot: D. P. Lowe 84, Sidney Clarke 77, M. S. Adams 17,
J. Stotler 3, T. Moonlight 8, D. R. Anthony 9. All the opponents of Clarke
changed to Lowe, and the nomination was made unanimous.
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528                      ANNALS OF KANSAS.                          [1870.
Ballot for Governor: James M. Harvey 125, D. R. Anthony 45, Thos. A.
Osborn 24.
Ballot for Lieutenant Governor: P. P. Elder 92, E. C. Niccolls 18, David
Gordon 48, J. C. Carpenter 35. P. P. Elder's nomination made unanimous.
Ballot for Associate Justice: David J. Brewer 113, James Rogers 22, Mr.
Beale 5, W. W. Nevison 13, David Brockway 6, Judge Safford 30.
Ballot for Secretary of State: W. H. Smallwood 139, Winm. M. Twine 24,
Thos. Moonlight 13.
Alois Thoman was unanimously nominated for Auditor.
Ballot for Treasurer: Josiah E. Hayes 89, George Graham  48, John
Francis 34.
Ballot for Attorney General: A. L. Williams 70, J. B. Johnson 55, H. W.
Cook 9, J. L. Stillwell 12.
H. D. HcCarty was unanimously nominated for Superintendent of Public
Instruction.
State Central Committee: D. R. Anthony, John A. Martin, H. T. Beman,
Elijah Sells, Jacob Stotler, S. A. Manlove, John W. Scott, B. J. F. Hanna,
T. B. Murdock, H. W. Cook, J. R. Hallowell, W. D. Mathews, W. R.
McLain, David Gordon.
John A. Martin reported the following platform:
"1. The Union Republican party of Kansas, in delegate convention assembled,
reaffirms its adherence to, and its faith in, the principles of universal liberty, justice
and humanity, for which it has during ten years past zealously and successfully battled,
and upon which it has now securely and forever established the foundations of the Government.
"2. It points with pride to a career of victory unsullied by a single act of national
cowardice, wrong, or inhumanity. It has, during its administration of public affairs,
crushed the most gigantic rebellion that ever assailed the Government, broken the
shackles of a race long enslaved, and elevated them to the dignity and privileges of citizenship; enacted and put into operation a beneficent homestead law; originated and
perfected a splendid system of highways across the continent; secured the recognition
of the doctrine of expatriation; and in all things proved itself equal to the sacred trusts
committed to its hands.
"3. The Republican party, with such a record, needs to make no flaunting promises
of future fidelity to the great principles upon which its organization is based. But this
convention of delegates, representing the Republicans of Kansas, takes occasion to
*express the conviction and purpose of the party: First, To maintain and defend the
fruits of its victory in the field; namely, the unity of the republic, the abolition of slavery, the enfranchisement of the colored race, and equal rights for all. Second, To
protect and preserve the fruits of its victory in legislation; namely, the homestead law
in its whole letter and spirit, the law of expatriation, and a wholesome system of public
improvements.
" 4. In the future, as in the past, the Republican party will continue to advocate the.measures which will promote economy, national honesty, domestic concord, and fripndly
relations with foreign powers -to the end that we may have a government of laws, and
not of men.
"5. We cordially endorse the patriotic, honest, and economical administration of
President Grant, and hail with satisfaction the rapid reduction of the national debt,
which its faithful collection of public revenues and honest application of them brought.about.
"6. In the struggle now going on in Europe our sympathies are heartily with the
German people. Their triumph is a victory of liberal principles. We rejoice in the
overthrow of the Napoleon dynasty, and earnestly pray that the war may result in the.organization and permanent establishment of a republican form of government in
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1870.]                  ANNALS OF KANSAS.                             529
"7. That the Republican party stands pledged to remove all disqualifications and
restrictions imposed upon the late Rebels, in the same measure as the spirit of disloyalty
may die out, and may be consistent with the safety of the loyal people.
"8. In the distribution of public lands and Indian reserves, we demand the full protection of the rights of settlers, and the reservation of the 16th and 36th sections to
which the State is entitled for educational purposes. Wholesale grants of land to speculators and foreign corporations are unfavorable to the interests of the community, and
inconsistent with the objects for which the national domain should be distributed. We
especially condemn the policy of disposing of Indian reservations to railroad or land
monopolies, and insist that such lands be immediately opened to actual settlement, at
not more than one dollar and twenty-five cents per acre."
The following resolution, offered by John T. Voss, of Crawford county,
was unanimously adopted:
"Resolved, That the policy of granting subsidies of public lands to capitalists and
monopolies is condemned, and that we repudiate the action of certain of our Republican Representatives in Congress in the sale of the Cherokee Neutral Lands."
D. R. Anthony was made Chairman and Jacob Stotler Secretary of the
State Committee.
SEPTEMBER 14. — Emporia celebrates the opening of the Santa Fe road.
SEPTEMBER 15. - Old settlers' meeting at Lawrence. President: Charles
Robinson. Vice President: John A. Wakefield. Secretary: Joseph Savage.
Speeches by William  A. Phillips, Charles H. Lovejoy, Dan. Horne, S. C.
Pomeroy, Rev. E. Nute, James F. Legate, D. R. Anthony, John Speer, J.
B. Abbott, Captain Bickerton, S. O. Thacher, and S. N. Simpson. All
united in singing the anthem, "John Brown."
SEPTEMBER 15.-Democratic State Convention, at Topeka.  Called to
order by Hugh S. Walsh. Isaac Sharp temporary Chairman, and C. C.
Duncan Secretary.
Committee on Credentials: R. V. Flora, Wm. Evington, G. W. Miller, Dr.
Bowen, T. C. Irwin, H. D. Wilson, J. D. Rush, Daniel Montfort, J. H. Castello, W. H. Brady, J. D. O'Conner.
Committee on Platform: Thomas P. Fenlon, J. L. Berry, H. J. Strickler,
George A. Reynolds, J. R. Gates, S. A. Williams, O. Thurston, T. B. Bickersham, A. White, Charles S. Glick, M. V. B. Bennett.
Committee on Organization: W. N. Allen, T. P. Fenlon, Wm. Mitchell,
Dr. Couch.
Officers of Convention: President, P. G. Parker, of Johnson; Vice Presidents, Isaac E. Eaton of Leavenworth, W. P. Hetherington of Atchison,
S. C. Gephart of Jefferson, A. J. Allen of Franklin, H. T. Wilson of Bourbon, G. A. Bowlus of Allen, J. R. McClure of Davis; Secretaries, George
F. Prescott of Leavenworth, Nelson Abbott of Atchison, J. L. Goode of
Bourbon, Ely Moore of Douglas.
The Convention adopted the following platform:
"The Democratic party of Kansas submits to the voters of the State the following
declaration of principles, to which it invites their earnest attention and support:
" The preservation of the rights of the States as members of the Federal Union intact.
"The speedy restoration of all the States to perfect equality and self-government.
"The immediate removal of all political disabilities incurred by citizens in the late war.
"The recognition of all amendments to the Constitution as of the same binding force
as the original text; but as the autocratic method of ratifying the recent amendments
by a partisan majority excited the alarm of all good citizens, it shall hereafter be understood as the law of the land that the Constitution of the United States is not to be
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530                     ANNALS OF KANSAS.                              [1870.
touched by any political party until the people shall have had a full, fair and honest
hearing on the proposed change.
" That the substitfution of treasury notes for the national bank currency is a measure
of imperative necessity and economy.
"That as the confidence in the national bank currency only exists by reason of the
Government bonds which are deposited as their security, it is an unnecessary extravagance to pay eighteen millions of gold per annum to those institutions for doing what
might be better done by the Government itself.
"That the one hundred and forty-four millions of gold, equal to two hundred millions in currency, which has been paid to them in the last eight years, would have been
better applied in payment of the national debt than paid to the bonded interests in
these banks, which have escaped taxation, and taxation alike upon all species of property, whether gold, greenbacks, national currency, or bonds.
"Reduction, if not abolition, of the hateful and oppressive internal revenue tax.
-"A thorough reform, and strict economy, in all the branches of the Government.
"Payment of the national debt in accordance with the law authorizing its creation.
And we demand a repeal of the act of Congress providing for the payment of the FiveTwenties in coin.
"A national currency, secure against the effect of speculation, and distributed in a
just ratio between the States.
"That, as a large part of the Territorial domain has been given away to railroad
and other monopolies, and as large land estates are the evil and impoverishment of a
nation, we oppose any further squandering of public lands; and we would reserve them
for settlers, in good faith, and as a means of legitimate reward to the Government.
-' "We condemn, as dangerous to liberty, and subversive of the Constitution, the late
military interference by the Federal administration in the State election in North
Carolina. If such action be permitted to go unchallenged in one State, it is an invitation for a like outrage in another; a concession that the elective franchise-the basis
of our Government - may, at the pleasure of the President, be controlled by the power
of the bayonet.
"We welcome the birth of a new Republic in Europe, and extend sympathy to any
people aspiring to or struggling for liberty and self-government; and we trust that the
present struggle in Europe will result in the downfall of imperialism, and the establishment of a republican government.'" That the law of self-preservation - the first dictate of reason - the interests of the
laboring and industrial class, demand that Chinese laborers shall not be colonized into
this country.
" That no advantage that may seem to be in view from their cheap labor, almost of a
servile character, will justify the grave consequences to be fairly apprehended from a
systematic introduction of these people to our shores.
" That we deem the sessions of the Legislature too long and too expensive, producing
in their legal enactments but poor equivalent for the taxes necessary to pay for their
support; and in the name of a people taxed almost beyond endurance, we demand short
sessions, small appropriations, and healthy constitutional legislation; and at the hands
of all departments of the State Government, legislative, executive and judicial, the
prompt, efficient and honest discharge of their duties.
" That the general history of the Radical administration in this State is one of fraud,
corruption and imbecility; a disgrace and blot upon the fair fame of our gallant and
heroic people; the journals of our Legislative Assembly are stained with the deeds of
impeachments, of mislegislation, on account of bribery, corruption and malfeasance in
office; and the evil has become so grievous that it behooves the people in their majesty
to throw off the shackles that corrupt politicians have placed on them, and elect honest
and competent men to office.
" That we condemn, as not only unauthorized by, but in direct violation of, the Federal and State Constitution, the quartering of United States troops upon the people of
Cherokee and Crawford and other counties, in the interest of the person or persons
claiming to own the lands in that vicinity. The question was and is a legal one, to be
finally decided by the courts having jurisdiction thereon; and the quartering of Federal
troops upon the settlers is not only a'n outrage upon their rights, but a gross violation
of Federal and State supreme law, and a disgrace and shame upon the authorities of the
State, who have thus invoked this unlawful and dangerous agency.




1870.]                   ANNALS OF KANSAS.                               531
"Resolved, That we are in favor of a tariff for revenue only; and we demand that the
burdens of taxation shall be fairly and equally adjusted. Recognizing labor as the
foundation and source of our national prosperity, it is both the duty and interest of the
Government to foster and protect it, and that no adjustment to that end can be made
without striking from the statute books the present unjust and odious tariff laws, a
system of taxation based upon favoritism, and which has destroyed American commerce
and oppressed the people of the great agricultural regions; which has compelled the
many to pay tribute to the few, and which has built up monopolies that control, not
only every American market, but also the legislation of Congress; and we demand that
the prime articles of necessity, such as tea, coffee, sugar, salt, and those fabrics which
constitute the wearing apparel of the workingman and his family, shall be placed upon
the free list.
"Resolved, That the legislation of the dominant party, by which the bondholder,' who
speculated in the blood of the soldier,' receives gold, and the soldier who shed his blood
to preserve the Republic, his widow and orphans, receive greenbacks, is an unjust discrimination; and that we demand such legislation as will make no distinction between
the creditors of the Government.
"Resolved, That the brave man's blood is worth Shore than the rich man's money, and
that there should be but one currency for the rich and the poor, the bondholder and
soldier; and that, if favors should be extended, they are due to the brave man who
periled his life for our preservation, the widows and orphans of our dead heroes, and
not the speculator.
"Resolved, That this Convention invite the fellowship and co-operation of earnest
and good men, of all parties, to unite with us in the election of the nominees now put
forward by this Convention, upon the platform submitted.
"Resolved, That the Democratic party recognize the necessity of organization among
the laboring classes and their friends, as a means of their self-protection against the
encroachments of capital, and that the' Labor Union,' so called, have its largest sympathy; and we respectfully invite the attention of that organization and its members
to the efforts of the Democratic party in behalf of the laboring classes, and earnestly
desire and request their co-operation with us in the use of every means to foster and
advance the best interests of the laboring classes."
For Secretary of State: Chas. C.. Duncan, of Pottawatomie, received 130
votes; John M. Giffen, of Johnson, 10.
Hardin McMahon, of Coffey, unanimously nominated for Auditor.
For Treasurer: S. C. Gephart, of Jefferson, 119; A. C. Snell, of Davis, 22.
A. W. Rucker, of Cherokee, unanimously nominated for Attorney General, and Thomas S. Murray, of Douglas, for Superintendent of Public
Instruction; Robt. M. Ruggles, of Lyon, for Associate Justice; R. Cole Foster, of Leavenworth, for Congress; and Isaac Sharp, of Morris, for Governor.
State Committee: Thos. P. Fenlon, H. Miles Moore, Geo. W. Glick, John
Martin, S. G. Stoughton, Ellis Lewis, Samuel A. Williams, O. P. Houghawout, H. L. Hunt, P. G. Parker, M. V. B. Bennett.
SEPTEMBER 22.-Workingmen's State Convention, at Topeka. President,
C. O. Smith; Vice Presidents, Douglas of Cherokee, Moore of Nemaha;
and Pollock of Leavenworth; Secretaries, A. Sanford and B. P. Sylvis.
The platform endorses the platform of the National Labor Reform party;
demands that all acts of the Legislature shall be adopted by a popular vote
before they become laws; favors exempting $1,000, instead of $200, from
taxation; honest men for office; no treaty with Indians without an act of
Congress; each human being born with a natural right to land; favors Republics in Europe; asks for the removal of political disabilities; condemns
James M. Harvey, and his Neutral Land policy; sympathizes with the
Black Bob and all other settlers, who are struggling for their rights.
Ballot for Candidate for Congress: John C. Vaughan 13, G. T. Pierce 5,




532                    ANNALS OF KANSAS.                         [1870.
Geo. H. Hoyt 3. Col. Vaughan was nominated, but declined, and Hon.
Amos Sanford was nominated. The other nominations, as follows: Governor, W. R. Laughlin; Lieut. Governor, T. Moore, of Nemaha; Secretary of
State, G. T. Pierce; Auditor, W. C. Fowler, of Jefferson; Treasurer, T. S.
Slaughter, of Johnson; Superintendent of Public Instruction, H. D. McCarty;
Attorney General, Geo. H. Hoyt; Associate Justice, G. M. Harrison, of
Montgomery. State Committee: J. S. Vincent of Cherokee, H. Cameron of
Douglas, B. F. Sylvis of Leavenworth, Jos. Briggs of Franklin, L. W.
Sargent of Nemaha, Isaac Fowler of Jefferson, H. H. Tillman of Bourbon, T. S.
Slaughter of Johnson, E. Keller of Crawford, and C. O. Smith of Shawnee.
SEPTEMBER 21.-Jos. P. Root, of Wyandotte, appointed Minister to Chili.
SEPTEMBER 25.-The Democratic Standard started, at Lawrence.
SEPTEMBER 27.-State Fair at Ft. Scott. Annual Address by Senator Ross.
SEPTEMBER 30. —Election on the State Fair grounds, at Fort Scott, of
the following officers of the State Agricultural Society: President, I. S.
Kalloch, of Douglas; Vice President, 0. E. Learnard, of Douglas; Secreitary, H. J. Strickler, of Shawnee; Superintendent, Alfred Gray. Executive
Committee: Alfred Gray, of Wyandotte; James I. Larimer, of Leavenworth;
S. T. Kelsey, of Franklin; J. N. Insley, of Jefferson; J. W. Scott, of Allen;
N. A. Adams, of Riley; E. S. Niccolls, of Anderson; Andrew Wilson, of
Jefferson; John Inlow, of Johnson.
OCTOBER.- Emporia is building two large boarding-houses for the use of
the students of the Normal School.
OCTOBER 8. —Horace Greeley lectures in Union Hall, Topeka. He also
spoke in Lawrence.
-The candidates of the Labor Reform party withdraw. Mr. Sanford
supports R. C. Foster.
OCTOBER 12.-Grand Lodge of Odd Fellows in session at Fort Scott.
OCTOBER 18.-The Kansas Pacific gives an excursion to Denver to Kansas editors.
-The New York Tribune publishes a letter from Mr. Greeley, dated
Topeka, October 9th, in which he says:
"Settlers are pouring into eastern Kansas by car-loads, wagon-loads, horse-loads,
daily, because of the fertility of her soil, the geniality of her climate, her admirable
diversity of prairie and. timber, the abundance of her living streams, and the marvellous facility wherewith homesteads may here be created..... Having exposed
freely the errors, as I see them, of all parties, I hardly need restate that Kansas, in
spite of them all, is going ahead magnificently; and I predict that the child is born
who will see her fifth if not fourth in population and production among the States of
our Union."
OCTOBER 18. —The Grand Lodge of Good Templars meets at Lawrence.
OCTOBER 19.-The Grand Lodge of Masons meets at Atchison.
OCTOBER 20.-James W. Steele "takes some stock" in the State Record
Company.
OCTOBER 26.-Iola celebrates the arrival of the L. L. G. & R. R.
OCTOBER 27. —Berry and Campbell start the Humboldt Statesman. It
died in May, 1872.
NOVEMBER 1.- Great freshet all over the State. The streams reported.higher than at any time since 1858.
-Isaac Sharp starts the Council Grove Democrat.




1870.]                       ANNALS OF KANSAS.                                       533
NOVEMBER 2.-The Emporia News issues a Daily.
NOVEMBER 4.- Senator Pomeroy writes from Muscotah to Joseph
Savage, of his historical article in the New York Ledger, published in October, that it was written  by a reporter for that paper, "as I am  told."   "I
never saw it until it appeared, printed, in the Ledger."
NOVEMBER 8.-Annual election.
VOTE FOR GOVERNOR, LIEUT. GOVERNOR, AND SECRETARY OF STATE.
GOVERNOR.            LIEUT. GOVERNOR.   SECRETARY OF STATE.
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Allen.................    913  334........   909      335.......      913      335.....
Anderson..........    721    156.........    705     164........    720       164......
Atchison...........   1,292   911.......  1,290      910.........   1,288    914.....
Bourbon...........  1,252    784.........   1,276    768.........  1,282    767.....
Brown.............    612    191........    611      192........    608       193......
Butler..............    925  228.........    926     227.......      927      227......
Chase...............    194   50.........    189      49.........    189       49......
Clay................. 438     30.........   446       21........     416       36......
Crawford...........  346      884......    375       870.........    385      873
Cherokee.........    385   1,272........     418      29    950        427      293  951
Coffey.........     824      301.........    819     303....        782      301......
Cloud............... 311      80.........    313      80....         315       80......
Cowley............  255       92.........    254      88.........    254       94.....
Davis................    520  259.........    489    286.........    483      292......
Dickinson.......    327       180........    323      180........     324      180......
Doniphan..........  1,339     674.........  1,339    678.........  1,322      675......
Douglas......... 2,705        733..........   2,698   736.           2, 709     738......
Ellis..................    109  312.........     105  313......       104      313.......
Ellsworth........    182      48.........  183       48.....        183       14......
Franklin..........1,105       343.........  1,049     391    13    1,105        366   16
Greenwood......    320       101.........    317    105.......      319      104.....
Howard...........    505      110........    500      115.........    511      109......
Jackson............    576    329.........    579    330.........    579      330......
Jefferson..........  1,338   862.......  1,331      789.........  1,331      867.....
Johnson.........   1,472     749.........   1,476   746.........   1,484     738.....
Jewell...............  123.....................  124.....................  113..................
Labette..         1,027      650.........  1,035     641.........  1,049     645......
Leavenworth...  2,625   2,076.........  2,633   2,080.......  2,635   2,072......
Linn................   1,291  295.........   1,288   296.........  1,291      297......
Lyon..............  1,284    272.........  1,283     270.........   1,293     270......
Lincoln............    150     5.........    151      4.........    150        5......
MEarion............  89       89.........    82       94.....         82       93......
Marshall..........1,028      384.........   1,020    387.........   1,022     387......
Miami........ 1,057          562.........  1,048     564........   1,059      561.....
Mitchell.........
~~~~Mitchell... 120      20.........    107       35.........    101      39.....
Morris...........    243     261.......    262      245........     261      246......
Montgomery.....      868      688    97       889      680    89        895      678   8
McPherson......    197         1.........    197       1........     197        1......
Nemaha..........    679      410..........    691    396.........    688     405.....
Neosho.......       709   1,292    11        823   1,246.........    873   1,222......
Osage............ 1608    317           1,609      315.........   1,615    313......
Osage...............  1,608  317 35........
Ottawa...........    395       2........    391       2.........    394        2......
Pottawatomie..   632         521.........    636                     631     524
Republic..'        " 316      9.........    317      9........    316        9.
Riley..             693      146.........  690      151........     684      158.
Saniee...........43...
Shawnee.....       1,689      440.........   1,694'  438.........  1,702      445....
Saline..          819      189.........  809      189.........    809     187......
Saline8 19.......           / 809                    [[89
Sedgwick.........    377     208.........    375     205.........    372    206......
Wabaunsee.......    4         57.........    474      54........    474         54......
Wallace..........  34       97.........    32       96.....          33       99......
rWashington......    882      152........    882      152.........    883     150.....
Washington...........12
Wilson               942      390.........    936     370.........    940     392......
Woodson.........    459      190.........    460     189........    461       190......
Wyandotte.......    904      760.........    891     772.........    890     773......
Total........... 40,666  20,469   108   40,749  19,422 1,052   40,873  19,475 1052




534                               ANNVALS OF KANSAS.                                              [1870.
VOTE FOR AUDITOR, TREASURER, AND ATTORNEY GENERAL.
AUDITOR.                   TREASURER.             ATTORNEY GENERAL.
Counties..
Allen...................  913        335.........     913        335......       912        336......
Anderson............      724        157........       723       161......       718        165......
Atchison..............   1,286       914              1, 283.918......    1,285         918......
Bourbon..............   1,213        765.           1,282        765......    1,280         766......
Brown.................    61         192...           61         192......      609        192.
Butler..............      907        227........      925        228......       918        227.
Chase..................   188         50........      190         50......      187         50......
Clay............         447         35.........     447        221......       447         21......
Crawford.............     398        856.........      383       872......       391        747......
Cherokee............      427        297    942         426    1,232......        416    1, 085......
Coffey..................  800        318.........     823        300......       819        300......
Cloud..................   313         80..             313        80...... 314              79......
Cowley................    254         94..            254.       94......  24  94...... 27  94
Davis.............        490        287.....     483        294......       485        292......
Dickinson............     324        180.........      323       180......       323        180......
Doniphan............   1,340         679.           1,339        680......    1,341         678......
Douglas................    2, 721    717.........    2,525       721.......   2, 710       739......
Ellis...................  105        312  1.........      04       312......       104        313......
Ellsworth.............      182        14.........      183         14......      183          4 14......
Franklin..............    1,116      364       10     1,110        365   11     1,109          365......
Greenwood...........      321        103.........      320       103......       320        103......
Howard..............       507       110                 500       110......11    509         110......
Jackson...............     579       330                 579       330......       576        330......
Jefferson..............   1,334       867              1,235.930......   1, 297             87l......
Johnson..............   1,469        745.........    1,554       619.           1,483        736......
Jewell................      121...................    121.120.
Labette..............  1,052.        645.........    1, 055      639......   1, 049        642.....
Leavenworth......   2,639    2,067                    2,634    2,077......   2,629    2, 076......
Linn....................    1,291    296.           1,292        295......   1, 292        295......
Lyon.............   1,292           267.........    1,292       270......   1,289         269......
Lincoln...............     150          5.........     150          5......      150          5......
Marion.............        72        93.........       82         93......       82         94......
Marshall.............   1,023        387.........    1,022 /    387......    1,022         387......
Miami.............      1,057        562.........    1,058       562......    1,056        563......
Mitchell..............     104         35.........      98         34......      100         35......
Morris................     263       244                 263       244......        263       244......
Montgomery........         898       677       84        911       675   74         896        675    77
McPherson..........        197          1.........     197          1......       197          1......
Nemaha...............      698       399......         691       401......        693        404.
Neosho.................    882    1,213.........       863    1,214......        880    1,213......
Osage..................   1,614      314.........    1,611       314......    1, 614        314......
Ottawa...............      394          1......        394...      2......  319     2......
Pottawatomie.......        637       517.........      636       519......      635        520.
Republic.........           16....      316          9......       316         9......
Riley..................   690       152.........      688        153......      690        150.....
Shawnee..............   1, 732       408.........    1,698       440......    1,745         351......
Saline................     809       189.........      810        188......       810       188......
Sedgwick............       364       202.........      375......     374        204......
Wabaunsee.........         475        54.........       476         54......      467         54......
Wallace...............      33        96.........       33         96......         33        96.
Washington.........        881       152.........      871        167......       880       152......
Wilson.................    942       392                 934        340......      937        390......
Woodson.............. 462             189                 460        190.......   461         189......
Wyandotte...........        892       768.........      892       772......      89         773......
Total.................  40, 949   19, 362   1, 036   40, 651   20,449   85   40,898   20,006    77




1870.]                                 ANNALS OF KANSAS.                                                        535
VOTE FOR SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION, ASSOCIATE JUSTICE, AND MEMBER OF CONGRESS.
SUP. PUB. INS.    ASSOC. JUSTICE.    MEM. OF CON.
Counties.  
i~'B   E. Ob COs
Allen..........................................      914         335         913         335         910           385
Anderson................................   717         164         727       - 157          711          169
Atchison........................   1,287        918       1, 287        923       1, 286          914
Bourbon........................................   1:286         767'l283        768       1 290          750
Bourbo.                                           1, 286    767   1,283    768   1,290                            750
Brown.....................................          609         190         611         192         612           192
Butler........................................      925         227         924         231          924          227
Chase.......................... 190            50         182          55         189            50
Clay........................................        445          16         446............       434            27
Clay.                                               445           16         446                     434            27
Crawford...................................383                  871         382.875          374          873
Cherokee........................1, 370          293      1, 368         297         424        1,256
Coffey.................................827           299          810         311         823          301
Cloud........................................         315       80         313          80,  312            80
Cowley......................2..................      254          94         254          94         254            94
Davis.........................................    487         289         484         293         482          293
Dickinson.....................................      324         180         323         180         321           181
Doniphan.....................................   1,342          676       1,337         676       1340            680
Douglas...........................    2,704            745      2,715          736       2,671           749
Ellis...................................               104       313         109         305          105          312
Ellsworth...........................1............................, 182           48
Franklin........................   1,125       364       1,109          368       1,093          371
Greenwood.................      320         103         314         110         511           110
Howard....................................          511         110         508         110.   318            103
Jackson.................................            579         329         579         330         564           329
Jefferson......................................   1,325         863       1,322         806       1,318           878
Johnson....................................   1,517           731       1,483          739      1,440           743
Jewell..........................................     19............    1  12213                                  10
Labette........................................   1,051         636       1,046          646       1,027          650
Leavenworth................................   2,682          2,034       2,664       2, 037       2,537        2,190
Linn.......................................     1,293          290      1,291          296       1,274           291
Lyon..............1,296                        268   1,265             295   1,282               27.5
Lincoln...............................150                        5         150            5        151             5
Marion........................................       82          94          80          95           86           92
Marshall........................    1, 022      386       1,021         328       1, 020          388
Miami............................   1,058          561       1,057         562       1, 064          555
Mitchell..........................       96          35          83          20           79           61
Morris..................................               263       244         263         243          266          242
Montgomery...............................          974         681         897         678         883           770
McPherson.....................    197           1         197            1         197
Nemaha......................................        687         404         693         405         687           408
Neosho.........................................     890      1,212          887      1,214          701        1,301
Osage......................................... 1,615             313       1,608         321       1,605           319
Ottawa.................................        395            2        394            2         382            2
Pottawato ie...............................         637         518         635         519         629          523
Republic......................................      316           9         316            9        318             9
Riley.............................         689         153         698         145          689          152
Shawnee.......................................   1,700          415       1,698         441       1,646           457
Saline..........................................    810         188         808         188          809          187
Sedgwick......................................      371         205         372.   210            370          325
Wabaunsee................I..............           476          54         474          54         472            54
Wallace..................................     33          87           34         92           33          100
Washington...........................    882         155         880         151          878          151
Wilson.......................................      943         391         941         391          930          399
Woodson.................................            460         190         465         190         456           196
Wyandotte...................................        891         770         895         761         896           772
Total......................................  42,121    19,322    41, 717    19, 280    40,368            20,950




536                                  ANNALS OF KANSAS.                                               [1870.
VOTE FOR JUDGES OF THE DISTRICT COURTS, FOR THE EIGHTH AND 
ELEVENTH JUDICIAL DISTRICTS.
Counties.                                   1
I
Clay....................................................................................   445
Cloud.................................................................................   395
Davis...................................................................................   772
Dickinson............................................................................ 326
Ellsworth............................                                         278
8  Ottawa..........................................................................   231
8... Ottawa                                                                        231....................
Riley................................................................................  842
Jewell.................................................................................. 92
Mitchell...............................................................................    42
Saline.............................................................................  902
McPherson.....................................................   193
Republic......................................................    42
Crawford.................................................................              859    372
Cherokee......................                                                     1,213 427
1I...    Labette                                                                        -.. 1,358..325
Montgomery......................................................................   815    604
Howard.........................................................        347      51
Total................................................................................   4,560   4,592   1,779
VOTE FOR STATE SENATORS.
G Counties.              Names.                   -.         Coutnties.          Names.
1 Doniphan.. Sol. Miller........... 1787 1632    7 Riley......... A. Simis, jr.........  148
I. Wood............... 1705 1550        Wash'gton. A. Simis, jr......... 206
Adam  Brenner... 155                8 Shawnee.... W.H.Fitzpatrick  1487  911
2 Atchison... John M. Price..... 1254  341                Shawnee.... W. V. Barr... 576
Joseph Logan......  1201  208    9 Douglas..... J. C. Vincent....... 2492 1669
Samuel Hipple...  993                                   L. J. Worden......1568  371
W. Hetherington   913                                   Samuel A. Riggs.. 1197
George J. Martin.   16                                  W. M. Nace........ 823
3 Leavenw'h   W. S. Van Doren. 2565 1165                                   S. K. Huson........  650
H. C. Haas..........2484  374   10 Johnson... G. M. Bowers......  816  211
Josiah Kellogg... 2338  111                            A. S. Devenney...  605
B. B. Moore......... 2127                              J. B. Marshall..... 494
Wm. Larimer...... 2110                                 D. G. Campbell... 173
W. D. Mathews... 1399                                   J. E. Corliss........   127
G. W. Gardiner....   41             11 Miami..          E. H. Topping..... 965  315
A. D. Moorehead.    3                                   W. D. Hoover......  650
4 Jefferson... G. W. Hogeboom. 1113  108. Johnson Clark....    1
W. C. Garrett...... 1005            12 Wyandotte   George P. Nelsonl 8811 128
James H. Jones...   67                   f             Alfred Grav........ 753
Scattering........... Scattering...........                                      7
5 Brown.......  Joseph Cracraft...  346   87   13  Linn.......    James D. Snoddy   849  175
Nemaha...../J. Cracraft........642                                   David Linton......   674
Brown........ W. B. Slosson.....452                                   Scattering...........    8
Nemaha..... W. B. Slosson......  449                14 Bourbon  H.  D. Moore........  822  796.
Nemaha.....   A. W. Tracey......         1             Crawford.... H. D. Moore......   836
6 Jackson.... James McLellan..  459  153                  Cherokee... H. D. Moore........ 1171
Shawnee... James McLellan..   25                       Bourbon         C. G. Hawley..... 1171
Pot'watmie  James McLellan..  633                       Crawford.... C. G. Hawley......389
Jackson.... C. G. Waynant...  435                      Cherokee...        G. Hawley..         473
Shawnee.... C. G. Waynant....   10                      Bourbon         Scattering.......... 38
Pot'watmie  C. G. Waynant....  519                      Cherokee    Scattering...........        2
7 Cloud........ Phil. Rockefeller.  217  568   15 Butler........   E. S. Stover.........912 1153.
Marshall... Phil. Rockefeller. 387                     Chase........E. S. Stover......... 114
Republic...[ Phil. Rockefeller.  223                   Cowley.......   E. S. Stover......... 322
Riley......... Phil. Rockefeller. 303                  Marion...... E. S. Stover.......       75
Wash'gton. Phil. Rockefeller.  743                      Morris......  E. S. Stover..........278
Cloud........ A. G. Barrett.......   80               Sedgwick... E. S. Stover......... 382
Marshall... A. G. Barrett....... 658                  Butler........  H. L. Hunt.........   245
Republic... A. G. Barrett....... 93.........   H. L. Hunt........   107
Riley......... A. G. Barrett.......  387      |. |   Cowley...... H. L. Hunt.......         15
Wash'gt)fli.  A. G. Barrett.......   87   -            Marion......  H. L. Hunt.........   102
Cloudl. *       A.. Simis, jr.........   921     1     Morris....... H. L. Hunt.........   227
Marehd h, A. Simis, jr.........347               Sedgwick... H. L. Hunt.                234
Reptrblic... I A. Simis, jr.........    9             Butler........ Scattering...........    1




1870.]                               ANNALS OF KANSAS.                                                  537
VOTE FOR STATE SENATORS- CONCLUDED.
Counties.             Names.                              Counties.            Names.
16  Allen........  H. C.iWhitney.... 3731167   191 Greenwood  Jacob Stotler...... 319 1852
Labette.....  H. C. Whitney.... 9031                    Lyon.........Jacob Stotler......1344
Montg'ery. H. C. Wbitney....  687                       Lyon.........  T. G. Wibley....... 11
Neosho.....H. C. Whitney.... 1791                       Greenwood  O.Shannon.........             1
Woodson... H. C. Whitney....  149                       Lyon.........  Scattering........... 20
Wilson...... H. C. Whitney....  712                 20  Clay...........  J. H. Prescott.....  445 2259
Howard.....  H. C. Whitney.... 153                      Davis........ J. H. Prescott..... 429
Allen......... J.H. Crichton.....  773                  Dickinson.. J. H. Prescott..... 274
Labette......  J. H. Crichton.....  768                 Ellis........... J. H. Prescott...   406
Montg'ery. J. H. Crichton.....  853                     Ellsworth.. J. H. Prescott.....  159
Neosho...... J. H. Crichton.....  327                   Wallace...... J. H. Prescott.....  116
Woodson...   J. H. Crichton.....  328                   Ottawa......  J. H. Prescott.....254
Wilson...... J. H. Crichton.....  548                   Saline........ J. H. Prescott.....722
Howard...: I J. H. Crichton.....    4                   Wabaunsee  J. H. Prescott....486
Allen........  J. W. Richards... 64                    Mitchell..... J. H. Prescott.....    7
Montg'ery.  Scattering..........    2                  McPherson  J. H. Prescott....185
Woodson... Scattering..........          2             Clay........... T. F. Hersey....... 18
Howard.... Scattering..........         1             Davis......... T. F. Hersey.......347
17  Anderson.. T.C. Sears..........  542  612               Dickinson.. T. F. Hersey.......216
Franklin.. T. C. Sears......... 838                   Ellis.......... T. F. Hersey.......      2
Anderson.. Preston Bowen...  315                        Ellsworth... T. F. Hersey..... 62
Franklin... Preston Bowen... 453                        Ottawa......  T. F. Hersey.....135
Franklin... A.M. Blair.........  119                    Saline........ T. F. Hersey.......257
18  Coffey........ M. M. Murdock...   490  283              Mitchell....  T. F. Hersey.....185
Osage.......M. M. Murdock... 1066                       McPherson  T. F. Hersey.......           2
Coffey........ Silas Fearl.......... 504                Ottawa...... Z. Jackson...........        1
Osage....... Silas Fearl.......... 769                  McPherson  Z.Jackson...........           5
Coffey........ Benjamin Wright   46                     Wabaunsee  W. V. Barr.........            2
Osage........ -     Rynerson.....         1             Saline........ -       Hersey........    1
VOTE FOR MEMBERS OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
Counties.                           Namtes.                                               S
_                                      _                                              _ -
Doniphan....................  Thomas H. Moore.................... 391            257
George Neal.............................   134            525
2..................................   Abram  Bennett.......................   133    90
R. Morley................................    43            176
3.................................... A.J. Mowry.............................   155    8
Edward Searcy........................   147
J. G. Robertson........................   115
E. D. McClellan........................    36              453
4...................................   S. G. Whittaker........;...............   210    9
C. J. Jones...............................    201          411
5......J.. B. Kennedy..........................   176                    10
Wm. M. Ege.............................   166              342   1,907
6   Atchison.....................  Thomas Murphy.....................   422          123
J. H. Sawyer...........................   299             721
7....................................  S.C. King...............................   210  15
J. M. Lindley...........................    195           405
8.................................... Asa Barnes..............................   235  122
John Parsons...........................   113
J. Falkner................................   3             351
9...................................   S. P. Griffin.............................   236    103
G. A. Cushman........................   133               369
10.................................... Joseph C. Wilson.....................   204    115
J. G. McCannon.......................    89               293   2,139
11   Brown.......................J. F. Babbitt...........................   225         24
Charles Knabb........................   201
A. G. Spear..............................   132            558
12...................................    C. E. Parker............................. 196    190
G. E. Irwin.............................     6
O. Fountain.............................     4             206       764
13   Nemaha...................... Richard Johnson.....................   310            13
W. W. Stewart........................   297
A. W. Stewart.........................       2
M. Lanham.............................     1             610
14...............................  A. Simons................................   248     24
F. A. Stickle.............................   224           472   1,082




538                                      ANNALS OF KANSAS.                                                             [1870.
VOTE FOR MEMBERS OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES-CONTINUED.
Counties.                                  Nanmes.                              t               A.
15    Marshall.................... W.. Smith...........................   525'           39
J. D. Wells..........................  486
Perry  Hutchinson....................    398                      1,409    1,409
16    Washington................   A. S. Wilson.................    484         54
B. W. Williams........................            430
S. P. Botes...............................        88              1,002    1,002
17    Pottawatomie............            H. C. Linn....................    685      228
J. P. Shannon.........................    457  1,142    1,142
18    Jackson....................   J. L. Williams........................   369                   127
D. H. Sutherland...............   242                  611
79.................................... C. R. Burns.........................  148  23
G. W. McReynolds..................    125                            273        884
19    Jefferson....................  John  Willitts...........................    351                   22
Henry  Ogle.............................   329                       680
20........................              William   C. Butts...............192             4
E   D.    illyer............................    188
W..  Taylor............................                            441
21....................................  Joseph  L. Speer........................    433   68
David Rorick...........................   368
J. C. Northrup........................    210
J. Rowrick.........................., 012    2, 133
22    Leavenworth..............  Thomas J. Darling...................    397                          18
J. B. Kitchen...........................          379                 776
23....................................  R. D. Colley..............................   383     193
C. M. Williams........................           190                 573
24................................... JF. Legate..........................              395       119
John  Conover..........................    276
Cole McCrea...........................               5                676
25................................  T.P. Fenlon.....................   408        181
F. Welhouse..........................    227                          635
26..................                  J. J. Crook................    158        7
J. F. Hathaway.......................           151                 309
27................................... W. F. Ashby.........................                132        24
J. W. Houts.............................        108                 240
28....................................A. C. Williams...........................     261               30
George M. Jewett....................    231                           492
29....................................   Joseph Howell.........................   254           21
J. F. Barrett.............................           233             487
30...................................  Levi Churchill.........................    210                11
John  Johnson.........................    199
C. R; Jennison..........................             6                415    4, 603
31    Wyandotte..................  Rufus E. Cable..........................    360                      228
V. J. Lane............................            132
William   Richart.......................    107                       599
80.................................... K. Hudson...........................467  97
Alex. J. Campbell.....................    370
W. M. Donahoe........................    204                      1,044    1,640
32    Johnson..................           William  Williams.....................              360       33
H. L. Taylor...........................    327
J. W. Haws..............................              261             948
33.................................... B. Johnson...........................    464            273
B. F   Hollenback.....................    191                        655
34...................................        D. Clapp...........................        252         37
T. E. Pearce..........................           215                 467    2,070
35    Douglas.....................  W. G. Melville.........................    729                     98
H. S. Clarke.....................      631
Wilson Shannon, jr.................    226                         1, 586
36................       George                  on....................    159         28
R. L. Williams..............      131
George A. Reynolds..................               75                365
37....................................  Elijah  Sells..............................    291          142
William   Roe........................            149                 440
38................................       C. W. Ingle..........................             193    106
0. G. Richards..........................           87
Henry  Fager......................                57                 337
39................................... W... H Peckham........................   156        25
A. R. Greene.........................    131
Charles Ingersoll.....................    25                         312
40.................................... H. C. Fisher.........................  174        90
J. T. Mitchell..........................           84
H. C. Hayden..........................           33                 291    3, 331




1870.]                                        ANNALS OF KANSAS.                                                                       539
VOTE FOR MEMBERS OF' THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES - CONTINUED.
i. Counties.                                                        Names'                   r
41    Shawnee.......................   G. W. Veale.......................... 1,194                              916
George  L. Young..................    28                1, 472
42.......................................  Jacob  Haskell.................... 208            11
E. Carriger..........................              197
J. W. Brown.........................    172                             577
79.......................... George W. McReynolds.........                        25         15
Charles R. Burns..................                  10                    35     2, 384
43    Miami...........................   H.B. Smith..........................                        211        120
B. F. Martin.........................               91
Scattering.............................               2                 304
44....................................... F. Simpson........................               459        67
T. M. Carroll.........................             392                  851
45..........................  J. M. Carpenter...................                 28         28
C. Eby..........................               200                  428       1,279
46     Linn..............................  Scott Shattuck..........  8..........    119                         48
J. S. Payne..........................                71                  190
47....................................... D. A. Crocker.......................    190        76
J. Hodgson....................... 114
William   Taylor.....................                 2
Nelson Brown....................... 307
48....................................... A. Barber........................      502    229
G. H. B. Hopkins..................    273
Henry   Plumb.......................                  1                 776
49........................................  S. M. Brice.......................                     221       206
D. Forrister..........................              15
J. M. Die............................                 1                 237       1,510
50    Bourbon.........................   W. H. Green.........................    168                          167
J. A. Tiffany.........................                 1                 169
51.......................................  C. W. Libby..........................                   158         24
L. Alsop...............................             134                  292
52....................................... C   S. Steele...........................    202            84
E. Williams...........................    118                           320
53................................  W. C. Webb...........................    587    31
S. A. Williams.......................              556                1,143        1,923
54     Allen............................. J.C. Redfield........................    554              119
H. D. Parsons........................    435.                           989
55....................................  J. F. Knowlton.....................    125          41
L. Edmondson.......................                 84
N. F. Acres...........................              42                  251      1, 240
56    Anderson.......................  John  G. Lindsay...................    272                                13
Geo. W. Cooper.....................    259                               531
57..........................  Thomas Thompson..............163  24
J. H. Whitford.....................               139                  302          833
58     Franklin.........              J.......... J. M. Luce.............................            252         16
R. E. Jenness........................    236
Wm. Pennock......................                  3                 491
59....................................... H. P. Welsh     2...23...........    502          232
Wm. Pennock.......................    270
W. H. Ambrose....................    169                                941    1,432
60    Osage...........................   Win. Whistler.837...............    837                                 98
A. H. Jumper.......................    739
Ellis Lewis........................,    295
Scattering....................14.                 1,885        1,885
61    Coffey............................  Charles Puffer.......................    365                           88
F. A. Atherly.......................    277                              642
62.................................    C. B. Butler...........................    265    66
E... Coffin.......................                199                  464      1,106
63     Woodson.......................  G. A. Bpgart.........................    248                             58
Michael Redy.......................                190
Thomas H. Davidson............   184
Scattering.1..6................                     16                  638          638
64     Lyon..........................  R. M. Overstreet...................    529                            108
C. V. Eskridge.......................              421                   960
65..........................  F. R. Page                                                      32...............  179  32
W. F. Gould........................               147                  326
66.......................................   T. C. Hill............................                149          52
Charles Drake.......................                 97                  246       1,522
67     Butler............................    L. S. Friend..........................    687                     227
T. H. Baker...........................    410
John  L. Pratt........................              47
D. M. Bronson.......................                                 1,145       1,145
68      Chase............................'S. M. Wood..........................                     138         38
H. E. Snyder.........................    100                            238          238




540                                          ANNALS OF KANSAS.                                                                    [1870,
VOTE FOR MEMBERS OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES -CONCLUDED.
Counties.                                      Names.  
69     Morris...................  James Phinney..................    287                           73
I. Hammond....................    214                      501          501
70    Wabaunsee....................  J. H. Pinkerton.....................    483                            452
T. K. Thomson.....................                 31
H. L. Hunt...........................                 5
H. C. Tapscott.......................                 3                 522          52
71    Davis............................   S. M. Strickler.......................    432                          88
John  T. Price.......................    344                            776          766'
72     Riley.............................   J. M. Morris..........................    351                        50
W. S. Crump.......................                182
M. D. Waters........................    301                             834          834
73    Dickinson...............                   Ephraim   Warner..................    253                       10
A. S. Davidson......................               243                  496          496
74    Saline...................   J. H. Snead...........................    466                    9
R. H. Bishop.....................    458
I. F. Clark...........................              54
Scattering............................               2                 981          981
75     Greenwood..................... F. Osborn........................    219                                   50
I. R. Phenis...........................    169
Scattering.............................             23                  411          411
76     M arion..........................  A. A. Moore..........................                       131          82
Thomas W. Bowm.................                    49
Scattering.............................              1                 181          181
77     Wilson...........................   A. McCartney.......................    707                     81
John  Russell.........................    626                        1, 333       1, 333
78     Neosho.........................     S. W. Irwin..........................                   892        296
John  O'Grady.........5............ 596
G. W. Gabriel.......................    359
S. W. Foster.........................    139
J. C. Blair............................            137
H. S. Dodd........................                  53               2,176    2, 176
81     Ottawa...........................    Jacob  Campbell.....................    204                          16
C. S. Wyeth.......................                 188
Scattering.............................                                 393          393
82    Clay............................  J. B. McLaughlin..................    257                               47
George Taylor.......................    210                             467          467
83    Cherokee.................  George W. Wood........ 1.... 1,159                           690
J. R. Hallowell................                   469
J. D. O'Conner.......................               21               1,649        1,649
84    Cloud.......B............. B.H. McEckron....................    238                                      81
Joseph  Berry........................    157                            395          395
85.   Labette...........................  M. Marsh..........................    923                 157
D. C. Hutchinson..................    766
Scattering...........................                 6               1, 695    1,695
86    Crawford...................               S. J. Langdon.......................               676        289
F. M. Mason..........................               387
W. B. Bond..........................                189               1,252        1,252
87     Ellis..............................  H     H. Metcalf.......................    293                      169
H. J. McGaffigan..................    124                             417          417
88    Ellsworth.................  A. W. Bayer........................    170                        51
D. B. Long..........................               119
M. Newton.........................7..                                  296          296.
89     Wallace..................  George E. Higday.................   115                          55
Alonzo  P. Wise.....................                60                  175          175
90    Republic......................    N. T. Van  Natta....................    210                              98
G. W. Johnson.....................    112                              322          322
Montgomery.................. L. Bond........................ 863      170
Wm. H. Allison..............                      693
W. H. Clark.........................                94, 650      1,650
Howard..................  James  Reynolds.......3...52.....    306                       52
J. Y. Campbell.....................               254
E. R. Cutler.......................                 95                  655          655
Cowley..........................   E.C. Manning...................:..                       203         53
H. B. Norton..........150                                              353          353
Sedgwick....................... M. Steele..........................                         376         65
E. W. Smith........................                311                  687          687
McPherson....................  Olof Olson.........................                          117.        35
J. M. Underwood............                         82                  199    199
Lincoln..................  Ira  C. Buzick........................                          151        151        151         151
Mitchell........................ H. Cawker.......................                            134         80
John  W. Rees.......................                54
G. W. Stinson....................                   46                  234          234
Jewell..................  Felix  T. Gandy.....................                     81         31
Dennis Taylor.......50.... 131   131




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The political standing of the Legislature is as follows:
Joint
Senate. House. Ballot.
Republicans........................................                    21      87      108
-Democrats.....................................................................................  2  8  10
Independents............................................................................... 2  3  5
Republican majority............................................................  17  76  93
NOVEMBER 8.-Chief Justice Chase writes to Samuel N. Wood: "I am
glad to read such favorable accounts of the county with which you have
done me the honor to associate my name."
NOVEMBER 8.-Rev. Pardee Butler visits Topeka.
-Excitement in  Butler county; Vigilance  Committee  make  arrests;.Jack Corbin and Lewis Booth were hung; James Smith shot and killed.
On the night of December 2, Mike Drea, Wm. G. Quimby, Dr. Morris, and
his son, Aleck Morris, were hung, near Douglas. They were horse thieves.and murderers. Adjutant General Whittaker went to Eldorado, with arms,
and ordered the militia of the county to be called out, but afterwards countermanded the order.
NOVEMBER 10.- Conference of the United Brethren, at Lecompton.
NOVEMBER 22.-.-Railroad celebration at Humboldt.
NOVEMBER 24.-The Germans of Kansas collect and send to the Fatherland, $5,762.25, for the relief of sick and wounded soldiers.
NOVEMBER 30.-Expenditures of the State for the year:
Governor's Department............   $5,009 80  Normal School.......................... 10, 398 67
Secretary's Department............  10,849 70  Capitol Building...................... 23,598 52
Auditor's Department...............   4,312 50  Penitentiary,........:...............   35,999 32
Treasurer's Department............   3, 050 00  Sheriffs conveying prisoners.....  2,838 05
Attorney General.....................  1,181 00  Horticultural Society...............    291 75
~Sup't of Public Instruction.......  2,699 34  Agricultural Society..................  2,500 00
Adjutant General.....................  1,498 00  Sale of Agricult'l College lands,
Judiciary.........................   33,972 26    I. T. Goodnow........................   4,350 71
Legislative expenses...............:. 34,667 02  Transcribing Journals..............  1,300 00
Blind Asylum.........................  8,900 00  Home for Friendless Women..... 10, 000 00
Insane Asylum.........................  13,067 00  Printing.................................. 35,605 50
Deaf and Dumb Asylum........... 13, 93 38  Miscellaneous accounts.............     795 87.State University.......................  14,570 33
Regents...................::..............    447 20  Total for 1870.................$275, 095 92
DECEMBER 6.-Fourth annual session of the State Horticultural Society,
at Manhattan.  Oficers elected: President, Wm. M. Howsley, Leavenworth;
Vice President, B. F. Mudge, Manhattan; Secretary, George C. Brackett,
Lawrence; Treasurer, S. T. Kelsey, Pomona; Trustees, C. H. Cushing,
Leavenworth, James Christian, Lawrence, S. S. Hougham, Manhattan.
DECEMBER  12.-The  report of Adjutant General Whittaker gives the
following table showing the number of persons drawing pensions from  the
-United States at the office of C. B. Lines, Agent at Topeka:




542                               ANNALS OF KANSAS.                                               [1870.
Name of Regiment.                                             S
First Kansas Infantry...............................                                           38       15
Second Kansas Infantry and Cavalry..................................        18       13
Fifth Kansas Cavalry........................................                                  15       24
Sixth Kansas C         avalry.................................................................................   21  37
Seventh Kansas Cavalry................................14                                                7
Eighth Kansas Infantry.............................................................................46  32
Ninth Kansas Cavalry........................................                                  17       44
Tenth Kansas Infantry................................                                          12       16
Eleventh Kansas Cavalr...........................................................................  28  40
Twelfth Kansas Infantry...........................................................................  15  23
Thirteenth Kansas Infantry..................................................  27   22
Fourteenth Kansas Cavalry............................................................ 6............ 11
Fifteenth Kansas Cavalry................................                                20       13
Sixteenth Kansas Cavalry.................................                                       7       10
Second Kansas State Militia.......................................................................   10  9
First Kansas Battery..................................4    3...........................    4            3.
Second Kansas Battery...........................................................4                        5
First Kansas Colored.................................................................................   19
Second Kansas Colored.............................................................................. 9    3
Eighteenth United States Colored Infantry.........................................................      4
Total...................................................................................................  320  350
DECEMBER 12."The claims allowed by the second and third Boards of Commissioners (appointed
for the purpose of auditing the Price Raid claims of 1864, and the Indian expedition
under Major General Curtis, in July and August of the same year), up to September 1st,
1869, are as follows:
Services rendered.......................................................................................  $233, 345 47
Materials, supplies and transportation furnished.........................................  111, 352 53
Damages sustained.....................................................................................  159, 191 34
Miscellaneous claims...................................................................................  36, 627 64
"In  addition  to this amount allowed  by  these  Commissioners, there  have  been
audited by special committees of the Legislature, and by the Auditor and Treasurer of
State, claims for services amounting to six thousand seven hundred and one dollars and
thirteen cents ($6,701.13.) This will make the total amount of this debt five hundred and forty-seven thousand two hundred and eighteen dollars and eleven cents
($547,218.11.)
" The State has assumed five hundred thousand dollars of this debt, leaving the balance unassumed.  I would therefore respectfully suggest that your Excellency recommend the assumption of this balance, by the State, of forty-seven thousand two hundred
and eighteen dollars and eleven cents ($47,218 11.)
" The State has also expended for the protection of her frontiers three hundred and
forty-six thousand dollars ($346,000), making the grand total of indebtedness eight hundred and ninety-three thousand two hundred and eighteen dollars and eleven cents
($893,218.11), which ought to be paid by the General Government."-Report of Adjutants
General Whittaker.
DECEMBER 15. —The following is copied from the Report of Superintendent McVicar:
"By a recent ruling of the Hon. J. D. Cox, Secretary of the Interior, dated August 16,
1870, all rights of the State to sections sixteen and thirty-six on the Osage Trust Lands
are denied. The Secretary says:' The lands embraced in the second article of the Osage
Treaty of September 29th, 1865, are required to be sold in trust for the benefit of the
Indians. The United States acquired no beneficial interest in them, and in no sense
can they be considered public lands. The State, therefore, has acquired no right through
the United States to any part of said lands, and is not entitled to equivalents for such of
the sixteenth and thirty-sixth sections as may be disposed of to pre-emptors.'
"It seems strange that the Secretary should rule that the State has acquired no right
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gress, approved April 10th, 1869, expressly provides,' That the sixteenth and thirty-sixth
sections in each township of said lands shall be reserved for State school purposes.' But
the point on which the Secretary seemed to base his decision is, that the trust lands are
notpublic lands, and therefore do not come within the provisions of the act of admission,
in accordance with which the joint resolution grants the sixteenth and thirty-sixth
sections. By this technical construction and decision, the State is deprived of nearly
200,000 acres of school lands on the trust tract, or about one million dollars of permanent school fund. It remains with the Legislature to determine what measure, if any,
can be taken to test the rights of the State in the premises."
"The Diminished Osage Reserve embraces a tract of country thirty miles wide, north
and south, by over two hundred miles east and west, and extending along the south line
of the State from the west line of Labette county to the western boundary of the Osage
Reserve. After two years and more of varied fortunes, commencing with the notorious'Sturges Treaty,' and followed by amended bills and supplements to bills, this tract was
finally opened to settlement by virtue of section fifteen of the Indian Appropriation
Bill, approved July 15, 1870, which provides that the lands of the Osage Indians in
Kansas, including the trust lands north of the Diminished Reservation,' shall be opened
to settlement after survey, excepting the sixteenth and thirty-sixth sections, which
shall be reserved to the State of Kansas for school purposes.' The bill is silent in regard to questions tlhat will probably arise soon. A large portion of these school lands
on the Diminished Reserve, and the best of them, were settled upon prior to the passage
of the act, and prior to survey, while the lands were in possession of the Indians. The
bill does not open the lands to settlement until after the survey, which in the case of the
Diminished Reserve has not yet been made. What then are the rights of the State in
case of school lands already settled upon within the Diminished Reserve, and which
will be settled upon before the survey can be made?"
" Owing to a reaction in the public mind in regard to the disposal of the Indian Reserves, there has been added to the common school endowment of the State during the
past four years, by acts of Congress, approved April 10, 1869, and July 15, 1870:
In  Labette  county..................................................................................    22, 408 acres.
In  Neosho  county..................................................................................  20,  480  acres.
On  Trust Lands................................................................................... 177,777 acres.
On Diminished Osage Reserve.................................       266, 666 acres.
Equivalents located and confirmed.................................................   7, 404 acres.
Total............................................................................................... 494,755 acres."
This year ends the second term of Superintendent McVicar, one of the
ablest and most valuable men the State has had in any public office.
DECEMBER 15.-Senator Pomeroy writes from  Washington to Robert
Bonner, of the New York Ledger, restating his previous restatement.  He
now says the article' was written by an amanuensis. Mr. Bonner gave Mr.
Pomeroy $200 for the article, and publishes a receipt, every word of which
"is in the handwriting of the distinguished Senator."
DECEMBER 16.-The M. K. & T. R. W. is laying track west of Fort Scott,
and east of Parsons.
-The Lawrence Journal says that during the past two years the K. P.
R. W. has sold 700,000 acres of land, for $2,000,000.  The Swedish colony,
in Saline county, has taken 22,000 acres; the Scotch colony, in Dickinson
county, 47,000 acres; the English colony, in Clay county, 32,000 acres; and
the Welsh colony, in Riley county, 19,000 acres.
DECEMBER 17.-Attempt in Leavenworth to recover the right of way
through the city, granted to the Leavenworth, Atchison and Northwestern
Railroad Company.
-Jefferson county has seventy-nine school houses.
DECEMBER 20. —Atchison is lighted by gas.




544                   ANNALS OF KANSAS.                       [1871.
DECEMBER 24.-There are fifty-five school-houses in Franklin county.
DECEMBER 21.-Leslie J. Perry sells the Garnett Plaindealer.
-D. W. Wilder removes to Fort Scott, and becomes, January 1st, the
Editor of the Monitor.
— Gov. Harvey, in his Message, in January, says the safety of the frontier during the year was mainly caused by the exertions of General John,
Pope, commanding the Department of the Missouri. He placed all available troops on the frontier, under the command of General Custer.
DECEMBER 27.-D. Dickinson, State Librarian, reports 6,306 volumes in
the Library, 577 having been added during the year. He asks that "the
whole matter of exchange with the several States be committed to the
Librarian."
-Meeting of the State Teachers' Association, at Leavenworth.  Officers
elected: President, Philetus Fales, of Ottawa; Corresponding Secretary, F.
H. Snow, of Lawrence; Recording Secretary, Mrs. H. A. Monroe, of Atchison; Treasurer, L. Emma Haynes, of Wabaunsee; Executive Committee,
HE. D. McCarty of Leavenworth, J. A. Banfield of Topeka, Flora L. Allen
of Leavenworth, E. M. Dickinson of Wyandotte.
DECEMBER 30.-During the year, Lane University has had 130 students,
Washburn College 45, Baker University 140, Hartford Institute 80, Wetmore Institute 125, Episcopal Female Seminary 148, Emporia Normal
School 243, Leavenworth Normal School 61, State University 213, Agricultural College 286.
1871.
JANUARY.-There are eighty papers in the State.
-The station-houses along the line of the M. K. & T. road are painted
with Fort Scott paint, and the cement used for its bridges is made at Fort
Scott.
-The Herald is started, at Ottawa, by Anderson & Tone.
-A. G. Chase is one of the editors of the Kansas Farmer.
— Scott & Howard publish the Osage Mission Journal. Peffer & Wellman publish the Fredonia Journal.
-The Kansas Annual and Farmer's Record, for 1871. By William A.
Brice, Leavenworth. Pages, 76.
-Cash sales of coal in Fort Scott, $900 a day.
-Fifty new buildings in Osage Mission.
— Quarry of flagstone opened at Osage City.
-New Methodist church dedicated at Burlington. D. P. Mitchell and
C. R. Rice conduct the services.
-The Republican Valley Empire, published by Henry Buckingham,
removes from Clyde to Concordia.
-Major E. P. Bancroft's new Hall, in Emporia, is nearly finished.
JANUARY 9.-State officers sworn in, by Chief Justice Kingman.
JANUARY 10.-The A. & N. R. R. reaches White Cloud.
JANUARY 11.-Reported death of Perry Fuller, at Washington.
JANUARY 12.-Death of James McCahon, in Leavenworth, aged 37 years.
He was twice appointed to codify our laws, was a leading lawyer, issued a




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volume containing the decisions of our Territorial courts, was Provost Marshal of the State during the war, a very prominent Republican, and a man
of the highest character.  He was born in Pennsylvania, and first settled
in Doniphan county, and edited the Geary City Era.
-W. H. Johnson discontinues the Council Grove Advertiser, and goes to
Salina.
JANUARY 12.-Nathan Cree becomes the editor of the Lawrence Standard, and retains the position until September 26, 1872.
-Meeting of the Legislature.
STATE OFFICERS.
Names.                                P. O. Address.               County.
James M. Harvey, Governor........................... Fort Riley................... Riley.
P. P. Elder, Lieutenant Governor.................... Ottawa........................  Franklin.
W. H. Smallwood, Secretary of State.............. Wathena..................... Doniphan.
A. L. Williams, Attorney General.................. Topeka........................ Shawnee.
H. D. McCarty, Supt. of Public Instruction..... Leavenworth............... Leavenworth.
J. E. Hayes, State Treasurer........................... Olathe.......................... Johnson.
A. Thoman, Auditor of State......................... Topeka.................... Shawnee.
S. S. Prouty, State Printer...............................  Topeka........................ Shawnee.
David Whittaker, Adjutant General............... Doniphan..................... Doniphan.
D. Dickinson, State Librarian........................ Oskaloosa..................... Jefferson.
W. C. Webb, Supt. Insurance Department...... Fort Scott..................... Bourbon.
JUDGES OF THE SUPREME COURT.
Names.                                P. O. Address.                County.
S. A. Kingman, Chief Justice........................  Atchison..................... Atchison.
D. J. Brewer, Associate Justice....................... Leavenworth.............. Leavenworth.
D. M. Valentine, Associate Justice................ Ottawa........................ Franklin.
JUDGES OF DISTRICT COURTS.;Vames.                        Districts.        P. O. Address.           County.
H. W. Ide......................................... First.............  Leavenworth    Leavenworth.
Nathan Price.............                   Second............ Troy.                  Doniphan.
John T. Morton......:.........................   Third.......... Topeka.........      Shawnee.
Owen A. Bassett...............................  Fourth............ Lawrence........... Douglas.
J. H. Watson..................................  Fifth........  Emporia...           Lyon.
J. F. Broadhead................................ Sixth....... Mound City........ Linn.
John  R. Goodin................................ Seventh........    umboldt.......... Allen.
Wm. H. Canfield..............................  Eighth............ Junction City..... Davis.
William  R. Brown...........................  Ninth........    Cottonwood Falls  Chase.
Hiram  Stevens.............................................  Paola................. Johnson.
H. G. Webb...................................... Eleventh......... Oswego............... Labette.
A. S. Wilson..................................... Twelfth........... Washington...... Washington.
-Barzillai Gray, Judge Criminal Court, Leavenworth county.
MEMBERS OF THE SENATE.
Names.                       Dist.        P. O. Address.               County.
P. P. Elder, President.................    Ottawa..................   Franklin.
Bowers, G. M...10..........................  10  Lenexa........................  Johnson.
Cracraft, Joseph................................  5    Ca....................  Nemaha.
Fitzpatrick, W. H................................. 8  Topeka...............         Shawnee.
Haas, H. C......................................   3    Leavenworth............ Leavenworth.
Hogeboom, G. W..................................    4    Oskaloosa..Jefferson.
Kellogg, Josiah..........3................         3    Leavenworth............. Leavenwortlh
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546                                            ANNALS OF KANSAS.                                                                  [1871.
MEMBERS AND OFFICERS OF THE SENATE —CONCLUDED.
Names.                                  Dist.   Post Office Address.                            County.
Logan, Joseph..................................                      2      Effingham..................  Atchison.
Miller, Sol.............................................             1      White Cloud...............  )Doniphan.
Moore, H. D.....................................                 14        Monmouth.................  Crawford.
Murdock, M.M....................................    18                    Burlingame.................    Osage.
McLellan, James...................................                    6      Holton..........                      Jackson.
Nelson, George P................................                   12       Wyandotte.................  Wyandotte.
Prescott, J. H.......................................    20                Salina........................  Saline.
Price, John  M.......................................               2      Atchison.....................   Atchison.
Rockefeller, Philip................................                  7       Washington..........                 Washington.
Sears, T. C...............................................   Franklin.
Snoddy, James  D...................................    13                    Mound  City................   Linn.
Stover, E. S...............................1..........             15        Council Grove..........  Morris.
Stotler, Jacob...................................                  19       Emporia.....................   Lyon.
Topping, E. H.......................................    11                  Paola..........................  Miami
Van  Doren, W. S................................                     3       Leavenworth..........    Leavenworth.
Vincent, J.  C......................................                 9      Lawrence...................   Douglas.
Whitney, H. C......................................    16                    Humboldt..................   Allen.
Wood, J.......................................                       1       Doniphan....................   Doniphan.
Worden, L. J.......................................                  9       Lawrence...................   Douglas.
George C: Crowther, Secretary........................ New  Chicago...............  Neosho.
Charles C. Prescott, Ass't Secretary............... Salina.........................   Saline.
William  Bolton, Journal Clerk...          Seneca........................  Nemaha.
J. Cary  French, Docket Clerk........................  Dover..........................  Shawnee.
Mrs. Sarah  J. Neal, Engrossing  Clerk.............  Atchison.....................  Atchison.
Mrs. H. E. Holman, Enrolling  Clerk.......................................          Greenwood.
George H. Sclreiner, Sergeant-at-Arms........... Wyandotte................. Wyandotte.
J. R. Kennedy, Ass't Sergeant-at-Arms..........                             Olathe........................  Johnson.
George W. Weed, Doorkeeper........................ Leavenworth...............  Leavenworth.
D. B. Aker, Assistant Doorkeeper......................................................  Marshall.
Ephie Smith, Page........................................  Wyandotte.................  Wyandotte.
Harry Whitney, Page............             Humboldt.................. Allen.
Jennie  Griffith, Page.......................  Topeka........................   Shawnee.
MEMBERS AND OFFICERS OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
Names.                                  Dist.   Post Office Address.                            County.
Ashby, W. F.......................................                 27       Easton..................   Leavenworth.
Babbitt, J. F.........................................             11        Hiawatha....................  Brown.
Barnes, Asa............................8......                               Locust Grove...............  Atchison.
Barber, A.......................................                 48        Paris..........................  Linn.
Bayer, A. W.......................................                88        Ellsworth....................   Ellsworth.
Bennett, Abram..................................                   2       East Norway...............    Doniphan.
Baker, T. H.......................................    67                   Augusta....................  Butler.
Benson, George W.................................  36    Lawrence..................  Douglas.
Bogart, G. A.......................................    63                   Toronto.....................   Woodson.
Bond, T. L............................................        Elk  City.....................  Montgomery.
Brice, S. M.......................................                48        Mound  City.................  Linn.
Burns, C. R........................................    79                   North  Topeka.............  Shawnee.
Butts, William   C.................................                20        Grasshopper Falls......  Jefferson.
Butler, C. B..........................................             62       Leroy..........................   Coffey.
Buzick, Ira  C............................   Elk  Horn....................   Lincoln.
Cable, Rufus E......................................    31                  Wyandotte.................  Wyandotte.
Carpenter, J. M....................................    45                   New  Lancaster............    Miami.
Cawker, E. H...............................................    Cawker City................   Mitchell.
Campbell, Jacob...................................                 81       Summerville...............   Ottawa.
Churchill, Levi.........30...........................                        Fairmount................             Leavenworth.
Clapp, J. D.......................................                 34       Gardner.....................  Johnson.
Colley, D. D.......................................                  23      Leavenworth...............  Leavenworth.
Crook, J. J............................................    26               Kickapoo....................   Leavenworth.
Crocker, D. A......................................               47       Mound  City................  Linn.
Darling, Thomas J................................    22                     Leavenworth...............  Leavenworth.
Fenlon, T. P.......................................                25        Leavenworth...............    Leavenworth.
Fisher, H. C.......................................                40       M    rio........................          ouglas.
Gandy, Felix  T.......................           Jewell City..................   Jewell.
Green, W. H.........................................    50                   Osaga..........................   Bourbon.
Griffin, S. P.......................................                 9      Pardee........................   Atchison.
Haskell, Jacob...................................                  42       Dover..........................  Shawnee.
Hill, T. C.......................................                 66       Americus....................  Lyon.
Higday, George  E.................................    89                    Wichita......................  Wallace.
Howell, Joseph...................................                 29        Leavenworth...............    Leavenworth.




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MEMBERS AND OFFICERS OF THE HOUSE-CONTINUED.
Names.                                  Dist.    Post Office Address.                            County.
Hudson, J. K.......................................    80                 Glen  Park..............   Wyandotte.
Ingle, C. W.......................................    38                    Prairie City.................  Douglas.
Irwin,  S. W......................................               78        New   Chicago...............   Neosho.
Johnson, D. B.......................................    33                   Shawnee......................  Johnson.
Johnson, Richard.................................    14                     Seneca.........................   Nemaha.
Kennedy, J. B.......................................                 5      Doniphan....................  Doniphan.
King, C. S.......................................                    7       Atchison.....................  Atchison.
Knowlton, J. F....................................    55                   Geneva.............     Allen.
Langdon, S. J.......................................    86                 Iowa  City....................  Crawford.
Legate, J. F.......................................                24       Leavenworth..............   Leavenworth.
Libby, C. W.......................................                51       Xenia........................  Bourbon.
Lindsay, John  G....................................               56        Garnett......................  Anderson.
Linn, H. C........................................                17       St. Mary's................             Pottawatomie.
Luce, J. M.......................................                 58       Centropolis.................   Franklin.
Manning, E. C........................................  Winfield.....................   Cowley.
Mahr, J. M......................................    85                      Montana.....................  Labette.
Mellville, W. G..............................    35                         Lawrence...................  Douglas.
Metcalf, H. H.......................................    87Ellis.
Mowry, A. J.......................................                   3       Wathena.....................   Doniphan.
Morris, J.......................................                72        Ogden.............                   Riley.
Moore, A. A.......................................                76        Marion  Centre............    Marion.
Moore, T. H.......................................                          Iowa Point.................    Doniphan.
Murphy, Thomas................................                      6       Atchison....................  Atchison.
McCartney, A.......................................    77                   Neodesha.............                 Wilson.
McEckron, B. H....................................    84                    Clyde.........................  Cloud.
McLaughlin, J.B.................................    82                       Clay  Center................   Clay.
Olson, Ulof...................................................  Lindsburg...................    McPherson.
Osborn, W. F.......................................                75       Virgil..........................  Greenwood.
Overstreet, R. M...................................    64                  Emporia.....................  Lyon.
Page, F. R.............................................    Lyon.
Parker, C. E.......................................               12        Walnut Creek............  Brown.
Peckhain, W. H...................................                 39        Big  Springs.............              Douglas.
Phinney, James...................................                  69        Council Grove............  Morris.
Pinkerton, J.H....................................     70                   Alm...........................  Wabaunsee.
Puffer, Charles......................................                         Burlington..................    Coffey.
Redfield, J. C.......................................              54        Humboldt................    Allen.
Reynolds, James........................................                      Longton.....................   Howard.
Sells, Elijah...................................37                 Lawrence...................   Douglas.
Shattuck, Scott...................................                 46        Twin  Springs..............  Linn.
Simons,  A.......................................               14        Seneca........................  Nemaha.
Smith, W. H..................................                    15        Marysville..................   Marshall.
Smith, H. B........................................                43        Osawatomie.................    Miami.
Snead, J. H.......................................               74       Salina................               Saline.
Speer, Joseph L................................    21    Newman.................... Jefferson.
Steele, C. S.......................................                52        Uniontown.................  Bourbon.
Steele, J. M..............................................................   Sedgwick.
Strickler, S. M......................................     71                Junction  City..............   Davis.
Thompson, Thomas..............................    57                         Garnett.......................   Anderson.
Van  Natta, N. T................................                    90        Belleville...............   Republic.
Veale, G. W.......................................               41       Topeka........................   Shawnee.
Warner, Ephraim................................                    73        Detroit.............                  Dickinson.
Webb, W. C.......................................                  53        Fort Scott..............  Bourbon.
Welsh, H. P........................................               59        Ottawa........................   Franklin.
Whittaker, S. G...................................                   4      Troy...........................  Doniphan.
Whistler, William................................                  60        Quenemo.............  Osage.
Wilson, A. S.......................................                16        Washington..............  Washington.
Wilson, J. C.........................................              10        Muscotah...................  Atchison.
Williams, J. L..                                                    18        Holton........................  Jackson.
Williams, William.................................    32                    Olathe........................        Johnson.
Williams, A. C.......................................    28                  Tonganoxie.................  Leavenworth.
Willetts, John......................................    19                  Grove City..................   Jefferson.
Wood, S. M....................................    68         Cottonwood  Falls.........  Chase.
Wood, George W...................................    8                      Colutmbus....................    Cherokee.
Simpson, B. F., Speaker........................    44                        Paola.........................  Miami.
A. R. Banks, Chief Clerk.....................   Lawrence...................   Douglas.
S. F. Burdett, Assistant Clerk................ Leavenworth..............  Leavenworth.
D. W. Henderson, Journal Clerk...............................................   Saline.
William   H. Price, Docket Clerk................................................  Atchison.
Miss Carrie Sain, Enrolling Clerk...........  Topeka..................                                             Shawnee.
Miss Carol M. Crouse, Engrossing Clerk,.........   Oswego........................  Labette.
Mrs. R. Flower, Asst. Engrossing Clerk,........Topeka........................ Shawnee.
W. D. Knox, Sergeant-at-Arms..............       Junction  City..............  Davis.
A. D. Johnson, Asst. Sergeant-at-Arms...................................... Johnson.
A. H. Beck, Doorkeeper.......................     Ottawa...................             Franklin.




548                     ANNALS OF KANSAS.                           [1871.
MEMBERS AND OFFICERS OF THE HOUSE-CONCLUDED.
Names.                    Post Office Address.  County.
John Helwig, Assistant Doorkeeper.............................   Atchison.
Miss Jennie Maxwell, Page..............................  Topeka....................... Shawnee.
Miss Hattie Butler, Page................................. Topeka........................ Shawnee.
T. H. Earnest, Page.....................................  Ottawa........................  Franklin.
Frank  Hunt, Page........................................   Topeka........................  Shawnee.
Ed. Mathews, Page....................................   Leavenworth.............. Leavenworth.
W. M. Young, Page....................................  Wathena..................... Doniphan.
Mart. Reynolds........................................   Longton......................    Howard.
JANUARY 13.-Ex-Gov. Thos. Carney says he is not a candidate for the
Senate.
JANUARY 16. —Episcopal Convention at Atchison-the first of the
Diocese of Kansas.
- C. B. Lines reappointed United States Pension Agent.
JANUARY' 17.-Election of State Printer.  First ballot: S. S. Prouty 41,
Sol. Miller 31, F. P. Baker 27, George F. Prescott 13. Joseph Clarke 9, C.
G. Patterson 1. Second ballot: Prouty 46, Miller 32, Baker 28, Prescott 11,
Clarke 5. Third ballot: Prouty 67, Miller 25, Baker 24, Prescott 4,
Clarke 2. Necessary to a choice, 62.
-Meeting of the State Temperance Society. Mr. Jenkins, President;
Peter McVicar, Secretary.
— Meeting of the Editors' and Publishers' Association. Officers elected:
President, Milton W. Reynolds, of the Lawrence Journal; Vice President,
M. M. Murdock, of the Burlingame Chronicle; Treasurer, S. S. Prouty, of
the Topeka Commonwealth; Secretary, S. D. Macdonald, of the Topeka
Record; Orator, Henry King; Alternate, George A. Crawford. The Annual Address delivered by Ward Burlingame, of the Commonwealth.
Speeches made by Col. John C. Vaughan, Sidney Clarke, S. O. Thacher,
T. P. Fenlon, John Guthrie, and Gov. Harvey.
JANUARY 21.-Legislative excursion to Kansas City.
- The Commonwealth publishes a history of Topeka churches.
-The Columbus Independent claims that Cherokee county coal is the
best in the State for manufacturing purposes.
JANUARY 24.-Meeting of the Society of Michigan in Lawrence.  Address by W. C. Ransom; speeches by James D. Snoddy, M. W. Reynolds,
and James M. Spencer.
— Incorporation of the Homceopathic Medical Society of the State.
Incorporators: S. K. Huson, R. Huson, H. F. Klemp, J. N. Rubicon, John
J. Edie.
JANUARY 24.-Vote of the Senate for a United States Senator, for the
term beginning INarch 4,1871' Alexander Caldwell, of Leavenworth county,
8 votes; Sidney Clarke, of Douglas, 6; S. J. Crawford, of Lyon, 5; E. G.
Ross, of Douglas, 1; W. R. Laughlin, of Crawford, 1; T. H. Walker, of
Shawnee, 1; W. A. Phillips, of Saline, 1; Jas. D. Snoddy, of Linn, 1; W.
Shannon, of Douglas, 1.
Vote of the House: Mr. Caldwell received 30 votes, Mr. Crawford 22, Mr.
Clarke 21, Mr. Ross 7, Mr. Snoddy 11; Mr. Fenlon 2, Mr. Vaughan 1, Mr.
Laughlin 1, Mr. McVicar 1, Mr. Bennett 1, Mr. Sells 1.




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JANUARY 25.-Election of U. S. Senator. Alexander Caldwell 87, Sam ue
J. Crawford 34, Wilson Shannon 2.
JANUARY 26. —Meeting of the soldiers of the Army of the Frontier, at
Topeka. President, Nathan Price; Secretary, David Whittaker. Voted to
hold a reunion, at Emporia, December 7th. Committee of Arrangements:
P. B. Plumb, Wm. A. Phillips, Mathew Quigg, Josiah E. Hayes, Owen A.
Bassett, H. H. Williams, Geo. W. Veale.
JANUARY 26.-Reception of Senator Caldwell, in Leavenworth. Speeches
by ex-Governor Carney, Senator Ross, Thos. P. Fenlon, Jas. F. Legate, and
others.
FEBRUARY 1. —Peter McVicar elected President of Washburn College.
FEBRUARY 2. —Congress passes a bill to provide for auditing the Price
Raid claims.
FEBRUARY 3. —Caldwell Senatorial Banquet at Leavenworth, to the
Legislature.
-Atchison county has fifty-six school-houses.
-John Speer retires from the Lawrence Tribune. He says he has been
connected with the Kansas press most of the time for sixteen. years.
FEBRUARY 9. —Congress passes a bill to sell a part of the Fort Leavenworth Reserve to the Fair Association.
FEBRUARY 10.-L. J. Perry buys half of the Ottawa Journal.
FEBRUARY 14.- Crane & Byron, of Topeka, publish a book called "The
Science of Evil," by Joel Moody, of Mound City.
-The Committee to investigate the State Treasurer report:
"From the above exhibit it is shown that over $200,000 of the revenue of the State
is virtually deposited in banks in Kansas City, Missouri, or in Topeka, Kansas, in open
violation of law.
"A disregard of the law for the custody and safe-keeping of the revenue of the State
by the officer who is made the custodian of the people's money, raised by taxation for
the payment of the expenses of the State Government, is an act of bad faith that demands the enforcement of the penalties prescribed.
"If the law had no moral power to restrain the officer swforn to its support, then
security is gone, and the funds of the State have but little protection.
"This pernicious system of pretending to deal in drafts and certificates of deposit, to
evade the law which prohibits depositing in a bank or other place, is one fraught with
evil and danger. The certificates and drafts are held by the State Treasurer for an
indefinite period, thereby releasing the drawer for want of diligence -a practice that
no business man would adopt for himself —and if the banks in New York should fail,
the State would be the loser for the amount drawn." —House Journal, pp. /16 to h19.
FEBRUARY 14."'Responsive to my letter of the 17th of October, 1870 (published in last Annual Mesr
sage), I have been officially informed that the Secretary of the Interior has decided, in
accordance with the claim asserted in the letter, that the State is entitled, for school
purposes, to the sixteenth and thirty-sixth sections within the Osage Trust Lands, and
their Diminished Reservation; the length of the correspondence precludes its insertion
here; but it will be laid before you. The decision is dated February 14th, 1871, and was
received at this office March 8th, 1871." —Gov. Harvey's Message, January 9, 1872.
FEBRUARY 15.-Henry King retires from the Topeka Record.
FEBRUARY 16.-Ward Burlingame retires from the Commonwealth, to
become the Secretary of Senator Caldwell.
FEBRUARY 20.-The Chicago and Southwestern Railroad is completed
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-The Atchison Champion begins its fourteenth year.
FEBRUARY 28.-Report of the Special Committee on Insurance Money
received by the Auditor:'' From the law it will be seen that the Auditor had no authority whatever to'receive.this money from insurance companies, and much less to hold a large amount of it in
his hands for a period of from six to eighteen months. From the law it will also appear
that the payment into the Treasury, by the corporation seeking the certificate, of the
sum of fifty dollars is a condition precedent to its right to demand and the Auditor's
right to issue a certificate of authority. The facts show that all the certificates issued
by Mr. Thoman have been issued without and prior to such payment, in nearly all
cases many months."
MARCH 1.-John M. Crowell, of Atchison, appointed Special Agent of
the Post Office Department, at large.
MARCH 3.-Adjournment of the Legislature.  Among its acts are these:
Apportioning the State for Senators and Representatives; Authorizing the
School Commissioners to buy $50,000 of Lawrence bonds; Creating the
Twelfth Judicial District; Establishing an Insurance Department; Providing for the settlement of losses on the frontier; Appropriating $6,000 for
seed wheat and corn, for western counties; For the election of a Board of
Railroad Assessors; To restrain State, County and City Treasurers from
speculating in their offices. Nineteen acts were passed authorizing municipal bonds.
MARCH 6.-W. A. Morgan establishes the Chase County Leader, at Cottonwood Falls.
-Geo. C. Hume leaves the Leavenworth Commercial for the St. Louis
Journal of Commerce, and changes it from a Weekly to a Daily.
MARCH 7.-W. H. Rossington succeeds Hume as editor of the Leavenworth Commercial, and remains till the fall of'72.
— The Tribune is established at Independence, by Humphrey & Yoe.
-The King bridge shops nearly completed, at Iola.
-John McReynolds removes from Paola to Emporia.
MARCH 14."On the.14th of March, 1871, I proceeded to Leavenworth, and met James A. Hardee,
Inspector General, U. S. A., J. D. Bingham, Quartermaster, U. S. A., and T. H. Stanton,
Paymaster, U. S. A., members of the Commission appointed by the Se,cretary of War to
examine and audit the Price Raid claims, pursuant to Act of Congress, approved February 2, 1871. The Commission, having been organized and qualified according to law,
at Fort Leavenworth, was invited. to meet at Topeka, for convenience of access to the
necessary papers; and it accordingly met here on the 17th of March. It was afforded
every possible facility for the discharge of the duty, and after a number of days of assiduous labor, went to Washington to report the result to the Secretary of War, to be
by him compmunicated to Congress as a basis for an appropriation for the payment of
the claims."-Gov. Harvey's Message, Jaon. 9, 1872.
MARCH 19.-Wm. C. Webb appointed Superintendent of Insurance.
MARCH 19.-Andrew S. Wilson appointed Judge of the Twelfth District.
MARCH 20. —Joseph Logan distributes seed wheat in the northwest.
- George Merrill succeeds Col. Huntoon as Receiver in the Topeka
Land Office.
-The Junction City Land Office is to be moved to Salina.
-Conference of the M. E. Church at Paola. Number of local preach



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ers, 243; value of church property, $288,783; Sunday school children,
10,683.
MARCH 24.-The Governor appoints the following Railroad Assessors:
Ed. Russell, George Graham, J. C. Bailey, John Walruff, H. N. Bent, C. W.
Libby, F. M. Power, J. M. Allen, F. B. Hunt, H. H. Williams, R. W.
Wright, Jacob Weisbach.
-M. W. Coulter becomes sole owner of the Baxter Springs Sentinel.
MARCH 28. —ncorporation of the Eclectic Medical Association of the
State. Incorporators: George H. Field, Samuel E. Martin, Caleb D. Ward,
Ansell M. Eidson, David Surber, Daniel B. Crouse.
APRIL 4. —T. Dwight Thacher becomes the sole owner of the Lawrence
Republican Journal.
-The type on which the White Cloud Chief is printed has been in constant use sixteen years.
— A "Hand-Book of Progressive Philosophy," by Edward Schiller, of
Fort Scott, is published by Redfield, New York.
-Frank H. Drenning becomes sole owner of the Wathena Reporter.
APRIL 27.-Isaac M. Ruth, business manager of the Lawrence Tribune,
found dead in his bed. Mrs. Ruth was in Leavenworth. A dying statement by Mr. Ruth led to the arrest of Dr. Medlicott. May 5th the coroner's jury brings in a verdict that Mr. Ruth came to his death from the
effects of a narcotic poison, administered by Dr. J. J. Medlicott.
MAY.-John A. Banfield edits the Educaitional Journal.
MAY 11.-Episcopal Convention at Fort Scott.
-The Congregational Association holds its fifteenth Annual Session at
Emporia.
-The Missouri, Kansas and Texas Railway reaches Cabin Creek, Indian
Territory.
MAY 15.-Appointment of D. D. Colley, Leavenworth, David Heller,
Clyde, and Thomas W. Bown, Marion Centre, Commissioners to audit losses
from Indian raids between the years 1861 and 1871.
MAY 16.-D. B. Emmert confirmed as Receiver of the Humboldt Land
Office.
MAY 23.-The civil and criminal suits against John Speer are withdrawn:
"DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, WASHINGTON, MAY 15TH, 1871.
"Albert H. Horton, Esq., United States Attorney, Atchison, Kansas:
"SIR: 1 am directed by the Attorney General to inform you, in relation to the
criminal cases of the United States vs. Speer and others, that you are authorized to enter
a nolleprosequi in them. This direction is given you, as there is some doubt whether
they are cases which came within the internal revenue act, and thus are under the control of the Commissioner of Internal Revenue, or whether directions in respect to them
should come from this Department. Very respectfully, your obedient servant,
"CLEMENT HUGH HILL, Assistant Attorney General."
JUNE 3.-The Emporia Ledger established. H. W. McCune, the present
(1875) publisher, has been connected with the paper since March 20, 1873.
JUNE.-The Educational Journal publishes a catalogue of plants, native
and naturalized, found in Kansas, by J. H. Carruth, with additions by F.
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JUNE 6.-The Missouri Board of Agriculture visits Kansas.
JUNE 6.-J. B. Davis leaves the Commonwealth. He is succeeded by
S. D. Macdonald.
-Ed. H. Snow buys the Ottawa Journal.
-The Indian Depredation Commissioners meet at Topeka.
JUNE 10.-The  Spirit is issued, at Paola, by Leslie J. Perry and  C. M.
Bright.
JUNE 15.-Baptist Convention in session, at Leavenworth.
— Wichita and Abilene are rival cattle markets.
JUNE 16.-Terrific tornado at Eldorado.
JUNE 20.-Texas cotton begins to arrive at Parsons.
JUNE 30. —Seventh Annual Report of the City of Leavenworth Board of
Education. pp. 115. J. L. Wever is President of the Board, and P. J. Williams Superintendent of the Schools. In the "Questions for Promotion,"
Greek words, printed  with  Greek  letters, are freely  used —for  the  first
time in a Kansas book.
JULY.-The total assessed valuation of property in the State, made in
June, 1870, for the U. S. Census, was $89,905,470. The true valuation of
property, made for the same purpose by County Clerks, was $183,998,744;
or more than twice as much.
JULY.-A  book appears with this title: "Resources of Kansas.  Fifteen
Years' Experience. By C. C. Hutchinson. With a new Map and forty
Illustrations.'The rudiments of Empire here
Are plastic yet, and warm;
The chaos of a mighty world
Is rounding into form.'
Topeka, Kansas: Commonwealth State Printing House." pp. 287.
The following is copied from the book:
" Table showing the average rainfall of Kansas, in comparison with that of other States, for
the fiv6 years from January 1, 1865, to January 1, 1870. By Professor F. H. Snow.
States.                 Spring.'Summer Autumn  Winter.  tl Ocach 1 Year.
Kansas........................            10,82    18,06      9.79     5.42    34.15   44.09
Maine........................            13.74    10.55    13.33      9.99    28.23   47.61
New Hampshire.........................  10.40    10.49    12. 66      7.85    25.40   41,40
Vermont........................................   10,31    10.44    11.82  7, 32    25.01   39.89
Massachusetts...........................  13.46    11.17    11.72    10.20    28.71   46.55
Connecticut.....................................  13.01    13,34    13.11   10.54    30.88   50.00
New York............................     11.16    11.19    12.41      9.92    26.85   44.68
New Jersey..................................    13.18    13.88    12.53    11,39    31.81   50.98
Pennsylvania............................  12.04    12.46    11.17    10.01    29.05  45.68
Maryland.....,.................................  13.67    13.95    12,39    11.22    32.05  51.23
Kentucky....................................  15.18    13.77  9.88    12.50    33.92   51.33
Ohio..........................................  12.34    11.73  9.80  8.09    29.24  41.96.
Michigan........................................    8.32  9.90    11.00  6.47    23.19  35.69
Indiana............................................  14.35    12.84    10.32  9.27    32.94   46.78
Illinois.................................   11.53    12.07   8.14     6.02    27.92   37.76
Wisconsin........................................   8.92    13.23  8.16  5.87    25.53  36,18
Minnesota.......................................    6.09    13.39  8.42  3.78    24.43  31.68
Iowa........................................   10.57    16.72  8.86   6.38    32.14  42.53
Missouri........................................   12.67    13.34  9.29  6.42    30.74  41.72
Nebraska.........................................   8.76    12.56  6,25  5.09    24.93  32,62
Av'age rainfall in 20 States for 5 y'rs.  11.52   12.75    10.55       8;19    28.86  43.01
- "I quote from  a letter dated Topeka, January 27, 1871, received from W. H. Fisk,
Superintendent of one of the coal companies working in Osage county, as follows:
"'We have two shafts at Osage City, some fifty feet in depth, and a mine at Carbondale; entered by a slope or drift, the main entry being some eight hundred feet long.




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Our present force and facilities will enable us to take out twenty car-loads per day, six
thousand bushels. We have contracts with the Kansas Pacific, and Atchison, Topeka
and Santa Fe Railway Companies, to supply them with coal. Our Osage coal is pronounced by good judges to be equal to any in the State. The dimensions of the Osage
shafts are 5x13 feet, 50 feet in depth.'
"Mining is prosecuted extensively by organized companies in Bourbon county, near
Fort Scott, and in Crawford, Cherokee, Neosho, and Labette counties. Extensive mines
are opened near Chetopa, in the latter county. One company ship from twenty-five to
forty car-loads per day from Fort Scott, employing about two hundred and fifty men.
The veins that are worked in this region range from two to four feet in thickness, and
are but a few feet below the surface."
The book takes a rose-colored view of everything relating to Kansas, is
well written, and is the best immigration document the State has published.
Ten thousand copies were issued, the Legislature making an appropriation
for the printing.
JULY.-A book issued with this title: "The Law of Estoppel. By Henry
M. Herman, Counsellor at Law, Leavenworth, Kansas. Albany, W. C.
Little & Co."
JULY 6.-The Leavenworth County Board give the K. P. stock to the
"Kansas Central," or narrow-gauge road.
-The threats of assassination made by the "vigilants," in Butler county,
against T. B. Murdock, of the Eldorado Times, lead to the insanity and
death of his wife and child.
JULY 24. —Geo. A. Crawford says John Brown's "Parallel" was written
in the house of Dr. A. B. Massey, at the Trading Post, Linn county, and
read to Mr. Crawford by Kagi, the day it was written. Anderson and Stevens, then known as Hazlitt and Whipple, were also present.
— Completion of the Topeka Female Seminary building, built under the
direction and through the exertions of Bishop Vail.
JULY 27.- Crane & Byron, of Topeka, publish " My Captivity Among the
Sioux," a book written by Mrs. Kelley.
JULY 31. —Gov. Harvey offers a reward of $500 for the apprehension
and conviction of the incendiaries who burned the Girard Press, on the
11th inst.
AUGUST. —Appearance of a "Guide to the Country along the line of the
Missouri, Kansas and Texas Railway," by R. F. Smith. It is a book of 217
pages, filled with loud praise of the towns, men, and newspapers published
between Fort Scott and Chetopa, and Junction City and Parsons. The early
history of the towns is usually given.
AUGUsT.-George W. Hoss, of Indiana, elected Principal of the Emporia
Normal School.
AUGUST.-The Agricultural editors of New York visit Kansas.
AUGUST 14.-The Fort Scott Monitor Company publish for Rev. T. B,
Taylor a book called, "Old Theology Turned Upside Down, or Right Side
Up."
— Nearly every county in the State has one or more new railway projects,
AUGUST 21.-A writer in the Commonwealth says: "The air of Newton
is tainted with the hot steam of human blood."  Six persons are killed in
that town.
AUGUST 24.-John A. Martin, of the Atchison Champion, and George




554                  ANNALS OF KANSAS.                      [1871.
A. Crawford, of the Fort Scott Monitor, are appointed Centennial Commissioners, by Gov. Harvey.
— National Camp Meeting, near Topeka.
-The Educational Journal is removed from Emporia to Topeka.
-Geo. H. Hoyt returns to Athol, Mass.
SEPTEMBER 1.-The L. L. & G. reaches Coffeyville, on the southern
boundary of the State.
-The Ottawa University case is tried before Judge Bassett.
-The Vedette says buffaloes come within ten miles of Wichita.
-The Emporia News says C. H. Withington built the first house in
Lyon county, in 1854.
-Mr. Hanna, of the Salina Herald, is pronounced the champion chessplayer of the State.
SEPTEMBER 3. —Cyrus O. French, of Fort Scott, is appointed Register in
Bankruptcy.
-Dr. C. C. McDowell succeeds Amos Sanford on the Columbus Journal.
SEPTEMBER.-Fort Scott dedicates a school-building equalled, says the
Educational Journal, by only three in the State - the "Morris," of Leavenworth, the "Lincoln," of Topeka, and the " Central Building," of
Atchison.
SEPTEMBER 3.-A Kansas literary monthly is talked of by the Fort
Scott Monitor, the project originating with Edward Schiller.
SEPTEMBER 4.-The American Pomological Society, at Richmond, Va.,
awards Kansas "the highest premium for the largest and best display of
fruit; unequalled in size, beauty and excellence during the session of the
American Pomological Society."
SEPTEMBER 5.-Methodist State Convention at Lawrence.
SEPTEMBER 10.-N. L. Prentis writes a history of the State Agricultural
Society, for the Topeka Record.
Paola has 747 school children.
-State Fair at Topeka.
SEPTEMBER 15.-Election, on the State Fair grounds at Topeka, of the
following officers of the State Agricultural Society: President, I. S. Kalloch, of Douglas; Vice President, O. E. Learnard,' of Douglas; Secretary,
Alfred Gray, of Wyandotte; Treasurer, Thomas Murphy, of Atchison;
Superintendent, J. L. McDowell. Executive Committee: J. I. Larimer of
Leavenworth, S. T. Kelsey of Franklin, J. N. Insley of Jefferson, J. W.
Scott, of Allen, N. A. Adams of Riley, E. S. Niccolls of Anderson, John
Inlow of Johnson, Andrew Wilson of Shawnee, J. K. Hudson of Wyandotte, G. A. Crawford of Bourbon.
SEPTEMBER 15.-Old Settlers' meeting at Blanton's Crossing. President,
Charles Robinson; Vice Presidents, Geo. W. Smith, J. A. Wakefield, A.
Alquire, Capt. Bickerton, Capt. A. Cutler, and John Speer; Secretaries,
Capt. W. I. R. Blackman, and W. L. G. Soule. Letters received from Geo.
W. Brown, Rockford, Ill., and James Redpath, Boston.
-Geo. Tauber starts the Zeitung, at Topeka.
SEPTEMBER 26.-Excbrsion from Chicago to Leavenworth, over the




1871.]                ANNALS OF KANSAS.                         555
Southwestern Railroad. President Grant and General Beauregard in the
party.
OCTOBER.-The St. Louis Fair gives Kansas a diploma "for the best
exhibition of apples."
OCTOBER.-The New England Fair, at Lowell, Mass., awards a silver
medal to Kansas for its display of fruit.
OCTOBER.-The Pennsylvania Horticultural Society awards Kansas a
silver medal for its fruit.
OCTOBER 5.-Excursion from Atchison, over the A. & N. R. R. to the
first crossing of the Nemaha, in Nebraska. This seems to have been the
only excursion in which Sol. Miller ever took a part.
-Dr. John H. Stringfellow returns and becomes a' citizen of Atchison.
OCTOBER 6.-Rev. Winfield Scott writes from Albany that the Kansas
fruit obtained the highest award at the New York State Fair.
-Manufacture of ochre brick at Osage City.
OCTOBER 8.-Trial of Dr. Medlicott, at Garnett.
OCTOBER 10.- Grand Lodge I. O. O. F. meets at Lawrence.
OCTOBER 19.-Meeting of the Masonic Grand Lodge at Topeka.
— John Maloy takes charge of the Council Grove Democrat.
-The number of houses in Leavenworth is 3,084.
-The Synod of Kansas meets at Humboldt; sermon by Rev. Dr. J. G.
Reaser.
-Catholic Church dedicated at Wathena.
- Several cities and societies contribute liberally to the sufferers by the
great fire in Chicago.
OCTOBER 24.-Sixth Annual Convention of the Editors' and Publishers'
Association, at Lawrence. Address by Henry King, of Topeka. Officers:
President, M. W. Reynolds; Vice Presidents, Geo. F. Prescott, D. W. Wilder,
G. C. Crowther, Albert Griffin; Secretary, S. D. Macdonald; Treasurer, S. S.
Prouty; Orator, Geo. A. Crawford; Alternate, D. W. Wilder. The Convention encouraged the project of establishing the Kansas Magazine. There
was an excursion to Humboldt, Fort Gibson, Fort Scott, Sedalia, (Mo.), and
Chicago.
OCTOBER 28.-Mrs. Ruth arrested, at Lawrence, as an accomplice in the
murder of her husband. Dr. Medlicott was found guilty of murder in the
first degree, on the 26th.
OCTOBER 25.-The Natural History Society meets at Leavenworth.
-E. C. Manning, on his farm near Winfield, Cowley county, has raised
a crop of corn on a field from which wheat was harvested in June. Last
year he also raised a second crop.
-Railroad in progress from Cherryvale to Independence.
NOVEMBER.-The New York Independent says:
"Kansas is the best advertised and most favorably known of the Far-Western States.
Her prestige is due to three causes: 1st. Her political troubles and warfare for Freedom,
which elicited universal sympathy; 2d. The fertility of her soil, the superior of which
does not exist in the West; and 3d. To the activity of her citizens."
NOVEMBER.-The Emporia News and Tribune are consolidated.
NOVEMBER 5.-Convention of Spiritualists, at Lawrence.




556                                      ANNALS OF KANSAS.                                                            [1871.
NOVEMBER 7.-Annual election.
VOTE FOR STATE SENATOR.
Counties.                                   Names.                                            b   
3    Leavenworth.................  C. R. Jennison'.................... 2, 736                     542
J. J. Crook............... 2,194    ___ 4, 930    4, 930
VOTE FOR MEMBERS OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.: Counties.                                 Names.                          a ~
1    Doniphan.......................  Thomas M. Pierce.................    490                       193
Prvor Plank........................    297                       787
2..........................  James A. Oder.......................    303
Robert C. Mailler..................   305                  2      608
3..........................  Ed. Searcy...........................    252             24
A. J. Mowry.........................          228                 480    1,875
4    Atchison.......................G. G.W. Glick.............   294
C. I. Scofield..........................   513           219       807
5.......................................  J. C. Wilson..........................    385           137
H. C. Baker.........................    248                      633
6.......................................   C. T. Griffin...........................     423        89
Benj. Wallack......................    334                        757    2,197
7    Brown.......................... C. F. Bowron........................   747                     432
H. A. Parsons.......................' 315                      1, 062    1, 062
8    Nemaha........................  Ira F. Collins......................    380                   103
J. P. Taylor..........................    277
J. E. Taylor...........................           1
A. C. DeForrest................                7                665
9.......................................   A. C. DeForrest.................    443   266
A. M. Flint....................               177
J. W. McLaughlin.................                 1                621    1, 286
10    Marshall.........................  Alvinza Jeffers.....................   795                  204
Charles B. Mathews...............    591                       1,386    1,386
11    Washington................  C. J. Aldrich....................   798       798       798        798
12    Riley..............................  John  E. Pinkerton................    906                 434
R. E. Fullington....................    472
Scattering............................            6, 384    1,384
13    Pottawatomie................. J.C. Lightcap.......................       535       253
J. H. Chadsey........................   382
Scattering............................           6                923
14.......................................  Welcome Wells..............    223         15
E. Aldrich.......................    208
Scattering............................                            437    1, 360
15    Jackson..........................    Jacob Laugh iller................                516       176
E. L. Shields.........................   340                      856        856
16    Jefferson.......................   Terry  Critchfield..................    496                  306
Geo. W. Gray........................    190                       686
17.......................................  Hugh  S. Walsh.....................    241
H. K. Kennedy.....................   393                152       634
18....................................... Jno. W. Rogers......................   351  139
T. J. Housh...........................         212                 563    1,883
19    Leavenworth............. L..  L.  M. Goddard.......................    408                       74
Dr. H. Stein..........................            334             742
20.............................. W. Taylor........................   185
N. Marchand........................   413               228       598
21........................................ S. N. Latta.................  596       566
J. F. Legate...........................    30                     626
22......................................  Thomas P. Fenlon...............   439                    54
M. J. Parrott.................;....   385                        824
23.......................................  James Cooley........................   365. 52
Jacob Winter........................              313             678
24..........................  J. Bauserman.......................    354
B. C. Barker........                          524       170       878
25...................J...............  J. E. Barrett........................    300
C. J. Halstead........................    385             85       685    5,031
26    Wyandotte....................  Hiram   Mallott...................   777                          15
Frank Betton......................    762                      1,539
27.....................................  S.A. Cobb...........................   528             335




1871.]                                        ANNALS OF KANSAS.                                                                       557
VOTE FOR MEMBERS OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES-CONTINUED.
Counties.                                       Names.                               6 b X
~'..:,.
27   Wyandotte (concluded).. G. R. Todd...........193-                                                                       721  2,260
28    Johnson.........................  D. B. Johnson.........................    334
James H. Connelly.................428                           94    762
29....... T. G. Stevenson.......................              50       296
J. W. Buel..............................   -254
Henry  Hooker.....................                    80
E. Williams.............................                1
E. W. Smith...........................                                 1,018
30...........................  E. Clarke...................     243
A. Taylor.......................                     379        136
C. W. Batch........;.........           20
Scattering..................                            2                 644 2,424
31  Miami.................  D. H. Johnson                                   691   147
J. E. Thayer...........................    544                         1,235
32.......................................  Ht. B. Smith.............................    546
F. M. Fain..............................    571                  25   1,117    2,352
F. M. Fain.571    25 1,117  2,352
33    Linn.............................         J. M. Sayer..............583......    583                       409
J. V. Donaldson......................                174
W. C. Gibbons..........................               39
Z. McFadden...........................                  1                  797
34..............................   W       B.Scott...........................  227                    26
Robert Ewing..........................    201                             428
35.......................................  A.W. Burto n...........................                  402        259
Henrv  Ham...........................    143                            545   1,770
36     Bourbon....................   W. H. Green...........................    415                              219
M. E. Hudson.........................                196
Scattering.........................                 13                  624
37.......................................  J. R. Greening.......................    364              348
L. S. Humphreys...................                    16
Scattering..............................                9                 389
38...........................  TF. Robley...........................    520
L. G. Palmer...........................    539                   19
Scattering..............................                1              1, 060   2,073
39     Crawford........................  S. D. Ashmore........................    360        122
H. M. Kirkpatrick..................    238
Scattering.............................                 2                 600
40.....................................         S. J.  Lagdon..........................    379                   286
R. B. James.............................              93
Scattering,.............................                 1                 473   1,073
41     Cherokee.....................   W. H. Clark...........................    293
G. W. Wood..........................                 496        203
Scattering..............................               7                 796
42....................................... S.T. Kennedy.............472              35
W. H. Graves..........................    437
W. H. Clark............................              28
G. W. Wood....................         40
Scattering..............................                2                 979   1,775
43      Labette.........................   J. J. Wood......................                            336         37
J. W. Richardson....................    299
J. M. Mahr..............................             133                  768
44.......................................  D. C. Constant........................        473           9
Gilbert Cooper.......................    464
P. B. Clark..............................,048   1,816
45     Neosho.......................... S. Copeland.................                    549         48
R. N. Baylies...........................                 501           1,050
46.......................................   E. H. Keables....................                        568        237'                                        John  C. Carpenter...................                331                  899   1,949
47      Allen...........................          G. H. Requa............................    261
T. B. Mills...............................           351         90       612
48..........................   S. J. Stewart........................                  336
G. P. Smith..............................458                     22       794   1,406
49      Anderson.......................  J. H. Whitford........................                        545        138
Geo  W. Coope......................    407                             952        952
50     Franklin....................... W. H. Clark.............................                        537       203
C. R. Cook............................               334
S. Devore.................................              4                 875
51........................i..............  W n. H. Schofield...................    481              294
H. Donohue.............................    187
J. M. Foster.............................               5                 673   1,448
52     Douglas..........................   C. Robinson...........................    974                        974        974.53...........................  Dudley  Haskell.......................                      450    173......................................  C. H. Langston.......................    277.......................................  G. W. Benson..........................   169




558                                    ANNALS OF KANSAS.                                                        [1871.
VOTE FOR MEMBERS OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES —CONTINUED.
Counties.                               Names.
_ _                _a...          _:.                                       _._      _
53    Douglas (concluded).....  Geo. A. Reynolds.....................   137                            1,033
54....................................  James H. Kelly.......................    392          181
C. Ingersoll.............................   211                  603
55........................  Elijah  Sells...........................   575        575       575    3, 185
56    Shawnee......................  S. C. Gregg..............................   440          211
C. W. Higinbotham..................   229                        669
57.................................... K. Holliday................    809         417
John  Martin...........................   392                 1,201
58..           H. E. Bush...............................452  255.,... Perry  Tice...............................                        76
John  L. Price..........................   197                   725    2,595
59    Osage.........................  J. R. Cowan...........................    687              686
William  Barnett.......................           1               688
60.................................... A. Blake                                  408......................   472  408
N. C. Sweezey.................   64               536    1,224
61    Coffey.........................  David Grimes.........................          514
Chas. B  Butler........................    708          194  1,222    1,222
62    Woodson.................... B. F. Everett..........................   358                 33
G. W. Ashby...........................    325
J. R. Gilbert.............................      32               715        715
63    Wilson.....................  S. S.S. Benedict..........................    709           214
Capt. M. G. Averill..................495                      1,204    1, 204
64    Montgomery.............. W. J. Harrod.................                          301
E. B. Dunwell......................           539       238      840
65................................    L. U. Humphreys.....................    475
B. F. Devore............................    523          48      998    1,838
66    Howard....................... H. Nichols..........................    678        108
N. B. Cartwell;......................... 565
E. Fuller.................................      15
W. Pomero...........................            6            1 259    1,259
67    Greenwood..................  Ira P. Nye.....                                     448       138
G. A. Gordon...........................   310                    758       758
68    Lyon.......................   C. V. Eskridge.........................    591            189
L. T. Heritage...........................   402                  993
69........................  Chas. Drake........................        301        16
F. R. Page...............................   285
Scattering................................       89              675, 668
70    Wabaunsee.................  James M. Johnson....................   397                     32
C. C. Little.............................    365
Scattering.........................              2               764        764
71    Davis..........................  S. M. Strickler..........................485  80
R. D. Laurenson.........                      405
Scattering.........................             2               892        892
72    Morris........................ W. Clark...........................       361         7
J. Stanley.........................         354                715        715
73    Chase........................ S. N. Wood..............................    222
J. W. McWilliams.....................   297              75      519        519
74    Butler........................  Isaac Mooney...........................   727             123
W. P. Campbell........................        604             1,331    1, 331
75    Cowley......................  T. McIntyre.............................   430              144
E. C  Manning.'.........................   286
S. M. Fall...........................         244                960        960 
76    Sedgwick..................... D. L. Payne.............................   572               18
H. C. Sluss................................    554            1,126    1,126
77    Marion.......................  Frank Doster...........................   293              114
R. C. Bates............................       179                472        472
78  McPherson.................. O. Olson................................... 2                    152
L. C. Almond.........................           52               256        256
79    Dickinson.................  Christian Hoffman..................   642                   315
O. F. Searl................................    327               969        969
80    Clay.........................  C. MC.. Kellogg.........................    524  80
Richard Wake..........................   444
C. W. Lindner..........................          5               973       973
81    Republic.................... A. D. Wilson............................   275               112
R. P. West................................   163
P. McHucheon........................   154
D. C. Gamble...........................         77
Scattering................................       2               671        671
82    Cloud.........................  B. H. McEckron.......................   575              550
Scattering............................          25               600       600
83    Ottawa........................  E. Hollingsworth.....................   336               177
R. D. Mobley..........................   159
Scattering..........................             1               496        496




1871.]                                            ANNALS OF KANSAS.                                                                            559
VOTE FOR MEMBERS OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES —CONCLUDED.
Cobunty.                                          Names.::           
84      Saline.........................  J. Boynton..............................                         717        233
M. D. Sampson........................    484                                1,201        1,201
85      Ellsworth................... V. B. Osborne...........................    200                                    92
H. L. Pestana...........................    108                                   308          308
86      Lincoln......................   Frank   A. Schermerhorn...........    155                                       44
T. F. Garver.............................                  111                    266          266
88      Jewell.........................   D. W. Pate..............................,                         140          39
James A. Scarborough..............  101                                          241          241
89      Ellis...........................   John   H. Edwards.....................    191                                 30
Simon  Moatz............................    161                                   352          352
90      Wal-lace.......................          Fred  C. Gay...........................                   74          43
John  A. McGinty.....................                       31                   105           105
92      Rice.................. F.J. Griffith..........................               85                      85           85
93      Osborne..................   W. L. Bear.............................                                            49
D. E. Tilden.............................                  38
Q. A. Gates............................                     52
F. Thompson...........................                     22                   213          213
Total vote................69.........9............................................. 69,599
VOTE FOR JUDGES OF THE DISTRICT COURTS IN THE SIXTH, SEVENTH
AND EIGHTH JUDICIAL DISTRICTS.
-                        Ceounties.                                        Names of Candidates,. 
Linn..................     M. V. Voss...................................      762
Bourbon..............M... V. Voss........................................   1,230                                                 1,992
6   Linn................................. F. Broadhead..................................    986
Bourbon............................ F. Broadhead..................................    783                       1,769
Allen.................................   John  R. Goodin.................................. 1, 124
Neosho..............................   John  R. Goodin...................................1,014 
W ilson................................   John  R. Goodin..................................                                845
Woodson............................   John  R. Goodin,.................................                                   196       3, 179
Allen................................            H. W. Talcott.....................................    250
Neosho.............................. W. Talcott.....................................                   703
Wilson..............................             H. W. Talcott.....................................                        2
Woodson........................   H. W. Talcott.....................................                      246      1,201
Riley..................................   W illiam     H. Canfield............................                           308
Davis.................................   William    H. Canfield............................                               858
Dickinson..........................   W illiam     H. Canfield............................                               352
Saline................................   William   H. Canfield............................                               591
Ellsworth...........................   William     H. Canfield............................                              281
Ellis..................................    William     H. Canfield............................                             324
Ottawa...............................  William     H. Canfield............................                                267
Lincoln..............................   W illiam     H. Canfield............................                             242
McPherson........................   William    H. Canfield............................                                    30
Rice....................................   William               H. Canfield............................                  80      3, 333
8...      Riley.................................            H. G. Barner..................................    1,076
Davis.................................. G. Barner..................................                         38
Dickinson.........................               H. G. Barner..................................                         531
Saline.........................   H. G. Barner..................................                                       614
Ellsworth...........................   H. G. Barner...................................26
Ellis.H. G. Barne..4
Ellis...................................   H. G. Barner.......................................                              4
Ottawa............................                H. G. Barner.......................................    225
Lincoln.............................            H. G. Barner..................................                           22
McPherson.......................                 H. G. Barner..................................                        173
Wallace.............................             H. H.. Barner.........                                                   25      2,734
Dickinson.........................               J. R. McClure......................................                      93           93
VOTE FOR RAILROAD ASSESSORS.
County.                                                     Names of Candidates.                                   a:
1    f   Leavenworth.....................   Jacob  Vogel......................................... 2,193                                   2,193
Leavenworth.....................   James  Medill.......................................   3,011                                    3, 011




560                                              ANNALS OF KANSAS.                                                                          [1871.
VOTE FOR RAILROAD ASSESSORS —CONTINUED.
Counties.                                                    Names.                                            
Nemaha.........................                W. J. Robbins......................................          141          141
Atchison.....................  George Graham................................ 429
Brown..............................   George  Graham................................ 343
Nemaha...........................  George  Graham...................................    732
Doniphan.........                              George  Graham...................................    225                        1,729
Atchison........................... J.P. Johnson................................ 706
Brown..............................  J. P. Johnson...................................                                554
Nemaha......:.   J. P. Johnson.....................................                    38
Doniphan...........                            J. P. Johnson..................................                   1  053        2,351
Atchison........   J. H           Sawyer..................................             1,/ 169
Nemaha............................  J. H. Sawyer.............................                                           380
Doniphan..........................  J. H. Sawyer...........................                 574       2, 123
Jeffersoni.Andre.B.evn..............   Andrew Blevins.................................    19                                           19
Jefferson...........................  Fred  Bort............................................                 42           42
Jackson............................ Charles Hayden.3........   78             378
Jefferson......V...................  V. Brown...................................... 1, 015
Shawnee................................Brown.............                                                               226       1,241
3          Jackson........................  S. S. Cooper........................................    399
Jefferson.......................... S. S. Cooper......................................                                 28
Shawnee                                          S. S. Cooper.........                           1,934
Wabaunsee...........                          S. S. Cooper......................                                     126
Pottawatomie.......                             S.... S. Cooper.......................................                 880       3, 367
Wabaunsee.......................  Samuel  R. W eed.................................    215                                         215
Douglas..........................   F: Gleason.......................................... 2,949
Franklin..                                      F. Gleason..................716
Anderson.........................   F. Gleason..........................................                             608       4,273
Douglas...............W........... H. Carson.....................................    395
Franklin...........................  W. H. Carson.....................................    354
Anderson.........................  W. H. Carson.....................................                                  59          808
Coffey.............................            H. N. Bent...................................                           901
Lyon...............................            H. N. Bent...................................                           793
OsageH.- N. Bent......................................... 24    1,935
5  Cofey                                               M        right.....t.23..............            232
Lyon...............................    R.  M. Wright......................................    859
Morris..............   R. M. W rght.......................W..          483 
Osage..............................  R. M. W right.................................                       307       1,881
Linn............................                Ed. R. Smith.1,072................................
6       Bourbon..........................    Ed. R. Smith..............1......................, 140                                  2,212
Linn.............................. W. Wattles................................                        697
Bourbon...........   T. W. W attles......................................    955                        1,652
Neosho.............................  J. Moffit..................................                  370
Wilson.............................              J. Mo        t............................................,             219          589
Allen..........................                 J.  A. Stevens..............................                           106
Neosho............................    J. A. Stevens...............................                                  1,022
Wilson..............................  J. A. Stevens......................................44
Woodson............... J..........   J. A. Stevens...............................                                        213       1,885
7          Allen...........................                Eli Gilbert..................................                           631
Neosho............................    Eli Gilbert..........................................                            21
Wilson..............................            Eli Gilbert................................               72          724
Allen........................   L. L. Fletcher.............................                             43.......    432
Neosho............................. L. Fletcher.....................................                   549
Wilson.............................            I. L. Fletcher......................................    344
Woodson...........................    I  L.  Fletcher..................................1.....71                                  1,496
Rice.................................   Charles Kingman                                                                  19           19
Ottawa...........................               D. C. Jones.........................................    117                          117
Ellis....... N. Allen.........................................                                                         21            21
Davis.............................              A. Cameron...............................
Dickinson...............      A. Cameron...........93
Saline.............................. Cameron..........................            30
Ells orth..........................   A. Cameron....................306                           430
Riley.................................  John  Danielson............                            954
Dickinson.......................    John  Danielson..........................                                       637
8.         Saline............................... John Danielson............                  1,141
Ellis...................................  John  Danielson.......                                                           5
Ottawa..............................  John  Danielson.............03....................
Lincoln.John Danielson...........................o n                                                                    118
McPherson.............                        JD......... ohn  Danielson...................................    174
Wallace............................    John  Danielson.............................                                       5     3,337
Riley..............................                  J.. Allen...............................                      368
Davis............................              J. M. Allen...................................    893
Dickinson.......................    J. M. Allen....................................    246
Ellis...............................           J    M. Alle ln...................................                    306        1,813
Eli on ailo.......




1871.]                             ANNALS OF KANSAS.                                                 561.
VOTE FOR RAILROAD ASSESSORS-CONCLUDED.
Counties.                          Names of Candidates.                    a S
rChase.............................  C. R. Roberts.....................................  5
Marion.............................. R. R. Roberts....................................    181  186
Chase..............................S. M. Wood................................      368......
Marion............................   M. Wood................................ 272
Sedgwick.......................... S. M. Wood...................................     97      737
Chase..................... R. M. Spivey............................       149
Sedgwick.........................R. M. Spivey................................       527      676
Butler.....................  Stephen J. Wood................................. 1,326   1,326
Wyandotte................. Emmot Ryus....................................    721    721
Wyandotte......................J. R. Perkins.................................       395      395
Wyandotte.................  James McGrew.................................   186     186
Johnson.....................      W. W. Williams....................209                      209
Johnson.................. B. Nicholson...............................      216      216
10      Johnson..Thomas Roberts.................................    96
Miami....................  Thomas Roberts.....................                1,131   1,227
Johnson..........................H. H. Williams.............................     1, 424
Miami.............................. H. Williams............................... 1,172
Wyandotte......................H. H. Williams.................................    40   2,636
Labette..E. C. Wells.............................                           742
Cherokee........................... E. C. Wells............................       1, 133
Crawford.......................... E. C. Wells................................  692
Montgomery..................... E. C. Wells..........................................  977   3,544
Montgomery.......... Wells.                             977 3, 544
Labette............................     W. Wright.....................................   976
11  Cherokee..........................  R. W. Wright....................................   640
Crawford.........................  R. W. Wright.....................................   212
Montgomery............... R. W. Wright...............................       899
Howard..... R.W. Wright...................................   609
Cowley............................ W. Wright.....................................   333   3, 669
Republic..........................H. C. Sprengle................................    596
Washington..........................................    455
Marshall.................. H. C. Sprengle............................  755
Clay.................................. C. Sprengle.................................... 
Cloud..........            Sprengle................................   236   2 044
Jewell...............D............... D. E. Ballard.............................    160
12  Republic........................ D. E. Ballard.................................        36
Washington..................... D. E. Ballard.................................      285
Marshall........................... D. E. Ballard.................................  631
Clay.................................  D. E. Ballard......................................1. 003
Cloud............................  D. E. Ballard.................................  339
Osborne..................        D. E. Ballard.................................     98   2, 552
NOVEMBER 8.-The corporators of the Kansas Magazine Company are S.
S. Prouty, H. King, D. W. Wilder, C. W. Babcock, Thos. A. Osborn, John
A. Martin, D. M. Valentine, M. W. Reynolds, and W. H. Smallwood.
NOVEMBER 13.'-D. R. Anthony consolidates the Bulletin with the
Leavenworth Times.
NOVEMBER 15.-The Independence Tribune says: "The raising of a
second crop is a task easily accomplished in this locality. We have corn
and potatoes in this office of good quality, which were planted in June and
July.2"
NOVEMBER 20.-Completion of the Insane Asylum building, at Osawatomie.
NOVEMBER 21.- Old Settlers' excursion from Lawrence, East.
NOVEMBER 25.-Lawrence has in operation the first street railway in
the State.
-W. W. Updegraff, Superintendent of the Blind Asylum, at Wyandotte,
resigns, and J. D. Parker succeeds him.
-The coal trade of Fort Scott now reaches half a million dollars, annually.
-The whole press of the State says good words for the proposed Magazine.
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562                         ANNALS OF KANSAS.                                    [1871,
NOVEMBER 30. —Expenditures of the State for the year:
Governor's Department............ $5,222 67  State University......................... 16,915 001
Secretary's Department............  12,259 15  Deaf and Dumb Asylum............ 14,800 00i
Auditor's Department...............  4,216 00 Blind Asylum..........................  7,633 43;
Treasurer's Department............  4,550 00  Normal School, Emporia...........  8,424 85;
Attorney General.....................  1,525 00  Normal School, Leavenworth....  6,377 80.
Supt. of Public Instruction.......  3,050 50  Capitol building and grounds.....8,198 490
Adjutant General.....................  1,601 30 Neutral Land Defense Com'tee..   2,000 00,
Judiciary.........3...........  1,588 55  Agricultural College.................  2,700 00'
Librarian.................................  1,450 00 Military purposes......................  1,581 91
Transcribing Journals..............  1,789 22 Regents................................  294 60
Printing *.................................  41,692 01  C. C. Hutchinson, Book on Kan..  2, 500 00O
Immigration fund....................  5,000 00  Protestant and Catholic AsySheriffs, conveying prisoners to              lums, Leavenworth...............  5, 000 00'
Penitentiary.........................  3,513 40  Seed wheat..............................   6,000 00'
Penitentiary............................  35,072 00  Miscellaneous expenses............    857 44Legislative expenses.................. 38,562 54
Insane Asylum........................  53, 931 00  Total for 1871..... $..............329,293 42:
$*5,971.48 more than appropriated;
DECEMBER 1.-M. W. Reynolds is appointed Receiver of the Humboldt
Land Office.
-The telegraph is completed to Seneca.
DECEMBER 1.-Ross's Paper, by E. G. Ross, is issued at Coffeyville.
-Over thirty new school-houses have been built in Washington and Republic counties during the year.
-Election-of Directors of the Lawrence and Topeka Railroad. President,
C. K. Holliday; Vice President, John Guthrie; Secretary, Jacob Safford.
DECEMBER 6.-Daily  State Record discontinued.  F. P. Baker, in his
"Farewell," says he became connected with the Record in February, 1863,
when To.peka had about 1,000 inhabitants. The Daily was started in June,
1868.
-West E. Wilkinson, of the Courier, wins the Seneca jack-knife; "carries it off triumphantly."
DECEMBER 6. —Col. James Montgomery dies, in Linn county.
-P. B. Maxson becomes Register of the Humboldt Land Office.
DECEMBER  11.-Noble  L. Prentis becomes one of the editors of the
Lawrence Journal.
-The streets of Fort Scott are macadamized.
DECEMBER 13.-Librarian Dickinson reports 7,341 volumes in the State
Library.
DECEMBER 15.-James W. Steele goes over the State in behalf of the
Magazine.
-A   new town, called Hutchinson, is laid out on the Santa Fe road, 261
miles from  Atchison.
DECEMBER  17.-Capt. Samuel J. Gilmore dies, at Osage Mission.  He
was the first white settler of that place, and the second pioneer in Neosho
county.
DECEMBER 26.-The State Horticultural Society holds its Annual Meeting at Lawrence.
I)DECEMBER 29.-Eighth Annual Meeting of the State Teachers' Association, at Topeka.  Address by Philetus Fales.  Oficers elected: President,




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John Fraser, Lawrence; Corresponding Secretary, Joseph Denison, Manhattan; Recording Secretary, C. B. Isham, Council Grove; Executive Committee, John A. Banfield, Topeka; P. J. Williams, Leavenworth; J. N. Lee,
Topeka; J. A. Barrows, Osage county; James B. Smith, Humboldt.
DECEa[BER 31.-The Report of Superintendent McCarty, inaddition to
the usual statistics, gives a history of the Kansas Academy of Science,
which was organized September 1, 1868.
1872.
JANUARY 1.-There are one hundred and twenty-one newspapers in the
State.
-The Kansas Magazine is issued, from the Commonwealth office, Topeka; Henry King, Editor.  The most noticeable articles, then and afterwards, were written by John J. Ingalls and James W. Steele.  In this
number Ingalls writes of A. D. Richardson, and the following is copied
from his sketch:
"Kansas exercised the same fascination over him that she does over all who have
ever yielded to her spell. There are some women whom to have once loved renders it
impossible ever to love again. As the'gray and melancholy main' to the sailor, the
desert to the Bedouin, the Alp to the mountaineer, so is Kansas to all her children.
"No one ever felt any enthusiasm about Wisconsin, or Indiana, or Michigan. The
idea is preposterous. It is impossible. They are great, prosperous communities, but
their inhabitants can remove and never desire to return. They hunger for the horizon.
They make new homes without the maladie dupays. But no genuine Kansan can emigrate. He may wander. He may roam. He may travel. He may go elsewhere, but.
no other State can ever claimr him as a citizen. Once naturalized the allegiance can
never be forsworn,"
The four volumes of the Magazine contain articles relating to Kansas
written by Milton W. Reynolds, Charles B. Wilkinson, R. J. Hinton, A.
W. Lyman, Charles Robinson, Fred. J. Stanton, John E. Rastall, Frederic
Lockley, Frank B. Sanborn, James M. Harvey, Joseph G. Waters, William
B. Parsotns, Francis S. McCabe, William A. Phillips, James H. Defouri,
John W. Roberts, F. W. Giles, H. B. Norton, D. B. Emmert, W. H. Smallwood, Charles Reynolds, James Hanway, Sam. M. Newhall, Mrs. Rosetta
B. Hastings (a daughter of Rev. Pardee Butler), and others.
JANUARY 4.-Grand Army of the Republic Convention at Lawrence.
W; S. Jenkins elected Department Commander, vice S. A. Cobb, resigned.
-The "Prying Proboscis" is the name given to an investigation by the
Legislatuore.
JANUARY 5. —Wm. B. Craig; Geo. W. Barr, John L. Motter and Obe.
Craig, of WaVtllena, are given the credit for building the Doniphan and
Watliena Railroad.
-The Wyandotte Herald is issued.
— S. H. Dodge joins A. D. Brown, in the Burlington Patriot.
JANUARY 6.-The Leavenworth Times says the debt of St. Joseph, Mo.,
is $1,416,700; of Kansas City, Mo., $1,000,000, and of Leavenworth,
$700,000.
JANUARY 9.-Meeting of the. Legislature.




564                                      ANNALS OF TANSAS.                                                       [1872.
STATE OFFICERS.
Names.                                       P. O. Address.              County.
James M. Harvey, Governor.......................................  Fort Riley......Riley.
P. P. Elder, Lieutenant Governor...........................O......  Ottawa.........  Franklin.
W. H. Smallwood, Secretary of State............................ Wathena........  Doniphan.
A. L. Williams, Attorney General................................Topeka.........Shawnee.
H. D. McCarty, Superintendent of Public Instruction..   Leavenworth... Leavenw'th.
J. E. Hayes, State Treasurer.......................................  Olathe......... Johnson.
A. Thoman, Auditor of State.......................................  Topeka.........   Shawnee.
S. S. Prouty, State Printer...........................................  Topeka............  Shawnee.
David Whittaker, Adjutant General............................  Doniphan........  Doniphan.
D. Dickinson, State Librarian......................................  Oskaloosa........  Jefferson.
W. C. Webb, Superintendent Insurance Department.... Fort Scott........ Bourbon.
JUDGES OF THE SUPREME COURT.
Names.                                      P. O. Address.               County.
S. A. Kingman, Chief Juste........................................          Atchison.........  Atchison.
D. J. JBrewer, Associate Justice...........................enworth...........  Leavenworth.
D. M. Valentine, Associate Justice...........................                Ottawa..............  Franklin.
-Barzillai Gray, Judge Criminal Court, Leavenworth county.
JUDGES OF THE DISTRICT COURTS.
Names.                             District.           P. O. Address.                 County.
H. W. Ide...............First............ First Leavenworth City..  Leavenworth.
P. L. Hubbard.................................  Second.........  Atchison............... Atchison.
John T. Morton.............................. Third.......... Topeka............... Shawnee.
Owen A. Bassett..............................  Fourth.........  Lawrence..............  Douglas.
J. H. Watson......................  Fifth............  Emporia...............  Lyon.
M. V. Voss......................................  Sixth............  Mound City...........  Linn.
John  R. Goodin................  Seventh........  Humboldt............  Allen.
William  H. Canfield................   Eighth.........  Junction City........  Davis.
William  R. Brown..................  Ninth.....         Cottonwood Falls...  Chase.
Hiram  Stevens....................  Tenth.........  Paola....................  Miami.
H. G. Webb...............  Eleventh......  Oswego.................  Labette.
A. S. Wilson................................    Twelfth........  Washington..........  Washington.
W. P. Campbell..........................           Thirteenth...  Eldorado...............  Butler.
J. H. Prescott........................  Fourteenth...  Salina................... Saline.
MEMBERS OF THE SENATE.
Names.                            Dist.          P. O. Address.                    9punty.
P. P. Elder, President...Ottawa........................  Franklin.
Bowers, G. M.......................................          10   Lenexa.......................    Johnson.
Cracraft, Joseph..................................         5      Hiawatha....................  Brown.
Fitzpatrick, W. H.........................................8    Topeka.......................  Shawnee.
Haas, H. C..     3      Leavenworth.............Leavenworth.
Hogeboom, G. W...................................         4      Oskaloosa....................  Jefferson.
Jennison, C. R....................................          3     Leavenworth............  Leavenworth.
Kellogg, Josiah..     3.............. Leavenworth......        Leavenworth.
Logan, Joseph..       2      Effi gha..................  Atchison.
Miller, Sol....................................             1      White Cloud...............    oniphan.
Moore, H. D.........................................14      Monmouth.................  Crawford.
Murdock, M. M....................................   18           Burlingame...........            Osage.
McLellan, Jal        es..................................         Holton.......................  Jackson.
Nelson, George P..................................   12            Wyandotte..                      Wyandotte.
Prescott, J. H....................................... 20           Sana.......................   Saline.
Price, John  M...............................     2      Atchison.....................Atchison.
Rockefeller, Philip................................    7           Washington..............  Washington.
Sears,JaT. C...................................           17      Ottawa........................  Franklin
Snoddy, James D...............................    13              Mound City.................  Linn.
Stover, E. S......................................    1        Council Grove...........          Morris.
Stotler, Jacob...................................   19   Emporia.....................  Lyon.




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MEMBERS AND OFFICERS OF THE SENATE-CONCLUDED.
Names.                              Dist.   Post Office Address.                        County.
Topping, E. H......................................   1             Paola......  Miami.
Vincent, J. C.......................................           9      Lawrence......                     Douglas.
Whitney, H. C......................................    16             Humboldt..................  Allen.
Wood, J.......................................                1      Doniphan....................  Doniphan.
Worden, L. J.......................................            9      Lawrence........                   Douglas.
George C. Crowther, Secretary................  New  Chicago......                  Neosho.
Charles C. Prescott, Ass't Secretary..Salna.........................  Saline.
William   Bolton, Journal Clerk....................  Seneca........................  Nemaha.
Wm. H. Price, Docket Clerk..................  Topeka..................            Shawnee.
Mrs. Sarah  J. Neal, Engrossing  Clerk.......                      Atchison.........                   Atchison.
Mrs. H. E. Holman, Enrolling  Clerk.........  Eureka.......................                              reenwood.
George H. Schreiner, Sergeant-at-Arms..........  Wyandotte.................  Wyandotte.
J. R. Kennedy, Ass't Sergeant-at-Arms.                                 Olathe........................  Johnson.
George W. Weed, Doorkeeper...............  Leavenworth...............   Leavenworth.
D. B. Aker, Assistant Doorkeeper......................... Marshall.
Ephie Smith, Page...............................  Wyandotte......                  Wyandotte.
Harry Whitney, Page...................................   Humboldt..................  Allen.
Jennie Griffith, Page................................                Topeka..............   Shawnee.
MEMBERS OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
Names.                      i                   Post Office Address.                       County.
Cobb, S. A., Speaker........................  27    Wyandotte...........................  Wyandotte.
Aldrich, C. J...................................   11    Brantford...........  Washington.
Ashmore, S. D.................................  39    Girard........................   Crawford.
Barker, B. C....................................  24    Springdale...........................  Leavenworth.
Bear, W. L.....................................   93    Osborne City........................  Osborne.
Benedict, S. S.................................   63    Guilford..............................  Wilson.
Blake, Alexander...........................  60    Melvern...............................  Osage.
Bowron, C. F.................................    6    White Cloud........................  Doniphan.
Boynton,................ 84 Salina........... Saline.
Burton, A. W.................................  35    Mound  City....................                      Linn.
Bush, H. E.....................................  58    Auburn...............................  Shawnee.
Butler, C. B....................................  61    Leroy...................................   Coffey.
Clark, G. W....................................   72    Parkerville..........................  Morris.
C(lark, Wm. H................................  50    Ottawa.................................  Franklin.
Connely, J. H................                        28    New  Santa Fe...................  Johnson.
Constant, D. C......................  44    Chetopa................................  Labette.
Collins, Ira F.................................    8    Sabetha................................  Nemaha.
Cooley, James.............  23    Kickapoo.............................  Leavenworth.
Copeland, O. S.................................  46    Osage Mission.......................   Neosho.
Cowen, John  R..............................  59    Carbondale...........................  Osage.
Critchfield, Terry...........................  16    Oskaloosa............................  Jefferson.
DeEorest, H. C...............................    9    Wetmore.............................  Nemaha.
DeVore, B. F..................................  65    Independence......................  Montgomery.
Doster, Frank.................................  77    Marion  Centre.....................  Marion.
Drake, C......................................    69    Americus............................  Lyon.
Dunwell, E. B.................................  64    Parker..................................  Montgomery.
Edwards, John  H...........................  89    Ellis....................................  Ellis.
Everett, B. F..................................   62    Neosho Falls........................  Woodson.
Eskridge, C. V................................  68    Emporia..............................  Lyon.
Fain, F. M......................................  32    Fontana..............................  Miami.
Fenlon, Thos. P..............................  22    Leavenworth.......................  Leavenworth.
Gay, F. C.................................  90    Wallace................................  Wallace.
Goddard, L. M................................  19    Leavenworth.......................  Leavenworth.
Green, W. H...................................  36    Osaga..................................  Bourbon.
Greening, J. R................................  37    Fort Scott.............................  Bourbon.
Gregg, S. C.....................................  56    North  Topeka......................  Shawnee.
Griffin, C. T....................................      6    Atchison............  Atchison.
Griffith, F. J...................................   91    Atlanta........................  Rice.
Halstead, C.J................................   25    Reno....................................  Leavenworth.
Haskell, D. C................................   53    Lawrence...........  Douglas.
Hoffman, C....................................  79    Detroit................................  Dickinson.
Holliday, C. K.................................  57    Topeka................................  Shawnee.
Hollingsworth, E.............................83    Lindsey..............................  Ottawa.
Hackney, W. P...............................  92    Belle Plain...........................  Sumner.
Hutchinson, C. C............................    94    Hutchinson.........................  Reno.
Jeffers, Alvinza..............................   10    Irving..................................  Marshall.
Johnson, D. H.......................     31    Paola...................................  Miami.




566                                          ANNALS OF KANSAS.                                                             [1872.
MEMBERS AND OFFICERS OF HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES —CCONCLUDED.
Names.                                            Post Office Address.                     County.
Johnson, J. M......................................           70       Wilmington.................  Wabaunsee.
Keables, E. H.......................................    45              Thayer.......................          eosho.
Kellogg, C. M......................................           80       Clay Centre.................  Clay.
Kelley, J. H.......................................           54       Willow  Springs............  Douglas.
Kennedy, H. K...........17........................    17               North  Topeka.............  Shawnee.
Kennedy, S. T.......................42.................                Columbus....................         Cherokee.
Latta, S. N........................................   21       Leavenworth...............  Leavenworth.
Langdon, S: J......................................            40       Iowa City....................   Crawford.
Loughmiller, Jacob..............................    15                 Buck's Grove...............   Jackson.
Lightcap, J. M......................................    13             Wamego.....................  Pottawatomie.
Malott, H.......................................       26       Wyandotte:.................  Wyandotte.
Marchand, N........................................    20               Leavenworth...............  Leavenworth.
Mailler, Robert..................................                2      Troy............................  Doniphan.
McEckron, B. H....................................    82                Clyde.............  Cloud.
McIntyre,T..........................................    75              Arkansas City............  Cowley.
Mills, T. B............................................     47          Iola.............................  Allen.
McWilliams, J. W.................................    73                Cottonwood Falls........  Chase.
Mooney, Isaac.................................    74                   Towanda.....................  Montgomery.
Nichols, R. H......................................             66     Longton......................  Howard.
Nye, Ira  P.......................................             67       Eureka.......................  Greenwood.
Olson, 0.......................................         78       Lindsburg....................        McPherson.
Osborne, V. B..............................    85      Ellsworth.............              Ellsworth.
Palmer, L. G.........................................            38     Fort Scott..................  Bourbon.
Pate, D. W....................................                 88       Jewell City..................    Jewell.
Payne, D. L.....................................                76       Wichita.......................  Sedgwick.
Pierce, T. M.......................................             1      Iowa Point..................   Doniphan.
Pinkerton, J. H....................................    12               Manhattan.............  Riley.
Rees, John....................................                87       Beloit..........................  Mitchell.
Robinson, C..............................   52       Lawrence....................  Douglas.
Rodgers, J. W.......................................    18             Winchester.................  Jefferson.
Sayer, J. M..................33..................               33      Blooming  Grove..........  Linn.
Schofield, Wm. H..................................    51                Williamsburg..........               Franklin.
Scofield, C. I.......................................            4      Atchison....................  Atchison.
Schermerhorn, F. A..............................    86                  Rocky  Hill......    Lincoln.
Scott, W. B.......................................             34       Mound  City.................Lin.
Searcy, Ed......................................                 3      Elwood........................  Doniphan.
Sells, E...............................................    55           Lawrence...................Do                as.
Smith, G. P...........................................   48             Humboldt..................  Alle.
Stevenson, T. G....................................     29              Monticello..................  Johnson.
Strickler, S. M......................................         71       Junction  City..............  Davis.
Taylor, A.............................................    30,    Gardner.....................  Johnson.
Wells, W....................................                 14       Manhattan.................  Riley.
Whitford, J. H......................................     49             Garnett......................  Anderson.
Wilson, A. D.......................................                    8Belleville...................   Republic.
Wilson, J. C......................................                      Muscotah....................  Atchison.
Wood, G. W.......................................             41       Columbus.................           Cherokee.
Wood, J. J...........................................         43       Montana.....................    Labette.
A. R. Banks, Chief Clerk.....................   Lawrence...................  Douglas.
S. F. Burdett, Assistant Clerk.................  Leavenworth.............  Leavenworth.
H. Brandley, Journal Clerk...........................   Matfield  Green............  Chase.
E. E. Bacon, Docket Clerk..................... Leroy..........................   Coffey.
Mrs. Rebecca Hays, Ass't Docket Clerk.........   Topeka.......................  Shawnee.
Miss Carrie Sain, Enrolling  Clerk...............                         Topeka........................  Shawnee.
Miss Lizzie Ela, Ass't Enrolling Clerk...........  Emporia.....................  Lyon.
Mrs. R. Flower, Engrossing  Clerk..........   Topeka.......................  Shawnee.
Miss K. Reck, Ass't Engrossing  Clerk...  Atchison.....................  Atchison.
James M. Matheny, Sergeant-at-Arms...........  St. Mary's...................  Pottawatomie.
Thos. Sanders, Ass't Sergeant-at-Arms.....................  Osage.
A. H. Beck, Doorkeeper.............................                     Ottawa....................  Franklin.
Dora  Scott, Page.....................................................................................................
HEattie  Butler, Page.............................................................................................
Robert Miller, Page...............................................................................
Frank  Blake, Page.................................................................... I.................
William   Wakefield, Page.............................................................
Thomas Parks, Page.;.............................................................
Frank  Morgan, Page.........................................................................................
JANUARY 9."The corrupt use of money in elections of all kinds, and the consequent peculation
and demoralization, together with the fact that legislation and administration have
sometimes been influenced by corrupt appliances, demand and are beginning to receive
the attention of upright officials and patriotic citizens throughout the nation."




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"The frequent appearance of money as an element of corrupt political power, is
appalling to patriotic and thoughtful men everywhere. Its tendency is to create and
perpetuate an oligarchy of the very wealthy and unscrupulous, with their base and
mercenary adherents."
" I recommend the passage of a law providing that any corporation, against which it
shall be proven that money has been contributed for the election or defeat of any canZdidate for any public office, shall forfeit its charter; and that all managing officers. of
such corporations, if residents of this State, shall be disfranchised, and if non-residents,
they shall be rendered incapable of doing any official act within the jurisdiction of this.State."-Gov. Harvey's Message.
JANUARY 17.-The Lawrence Standard gives the names of nineteen
members of the last Legislature who are charged with having been bribed
-to vote for Senator Caldwell; about half of them are Democrats.
- During, the past year the M. K. & T. build a railroad from Holden,
Mo., to Paola; the A., T. & S. F. completed the road-bed from Atchison to
Topeka; the St. Louis, Lawrence & Denver road was built from  Pleasant
Hill, Mo., to Lawrence, fifty-eight miles; and the St. Joseph & Denver was
extended from Marysville to Fairbury, Neb.
JANUARY 18. -Resolutions introduced in the Legislature to investigate
the Caldwell election.
JANUARY 22.-The Russian Grand Duke Alexis received by the Legislature.
-The Presbyterians of the State contributed last year to the Memorial
Fund of that Church, $72,212.40.
JANUARY 24.-A committee of five members of the House and three of
the Senate appointed to investigate charges of bribery and corruption connected with the Senatorial elections of 1867 and 1871.
JANUARY 31.-W. H. Green, Chairman of House. Special Com'mittee,
reports:
"Your committee find that there have been audited claims for which the scrip commonly known as the Price Raid Scrip has been issued or ordered to be issued, of the
class of claims arising fromMaterial, supplies, transportation......$..................................................,  111,352 53'Service of Militia.256,761 20;Service of Mt~ilitia....................................................................................  256,761 20
Miscellaneous.............................................................................................  36,627  64
Total.............................................   $404,741 37
"Your committee also find that of the class of claims arising from damages done by
Rebel and Federal troops to property, and for which the scrip of the State has been
-issued to the amount of $159,191.34, no action was taken by the Commissioners sent
from Washington last spring.
"And your committee find that all the scrip issued for any of the above classes is
of the date of June 1, 1867, and bears interest at the rate of seven per cent. per annum."
-House Journal, pp. 373-4.
JANUARY 31.-Marcus J. Parrott accepts an invitation to address the.House on Commercial Politics.
-During the year, Crane & Byron, Topeka, publish two pamphlets -the
Kansas Road Laws, and the Kansas Bond Laws, by Hugh M. Spalding.
The Commonwealth prints Ravenia, a novel, by Annie Nellis.
FEBRUARY 1."STATE OF KANSAS, ATTORNEY GENERAL'S OFFICE,}
TOPEKA, KANSAS, February 1, 1872.   j
"To THE SENATE: Your Secretary has furnished me the following resolution, adopted
by you on the 30th day of January, 1872:
"'Resolved, That the Attorney General be, and is hereby instructed, to enquire into




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the Missouri River, Fort Scott and Gulf Railroad, the Kansas Pacific Railroad, the
Leavenworth, Lawrence and Galveston Railroad, and the Missouri River Railroad,
whether said roads are located and operated according to their grants and as provided
by their charters, and report the same to the Senate within one week.
"'Adopted January 30, 1872.                     GEO. C. CROWTHER, Secretary.'
"And in response thereto I submit the following digest of the legal status of the
roads mentioned in the resolution:
" 1. The Missouri River, Fort Scott and Gulf Road. This road was originally called the'Kansas and Neosho Valley Railroad Company,' and by that name filed its charter of
incorporation in the office of the Secretary of State, on the 8th day of March, A. D. 1865.
Its northern terminus, as fixed by its charter, was' the eastern terminus of the Union
Pacific Railroad, E. D.' (now the Kansas Pacific),' on the State line dividing Kansas and
Missouri.' The southern terminus was'the southern boundary of the State of Kansas,
in the valley of the Neosho river.'
"On the 25th of July, A. D. 1866, Congress granted to this Company (by its name of
Kansas and Neosho Valley Railroad Company) certain public land to aid in the construction of a railroad' from the eastern terminus of the Union Pacific Railroad, Eastern
Division, at the line between Kansas and Missouri, at or near the mouth of the Kansas
river, on the south side thereof, southwardly through the eastern tier of counties in
Kansas,' to Preston, Texas. (U. S. Statutes at Large, vol. 14, p. 236.)
"On the 5th of October, 1868, the probate court of Johnson county, under section 15,
chapter 57, Laws of 1866, page 129, granted a decree changing the name of the' Kansas
and Neosho Valley Railroad Company' to the'Missouri River, Fort Scott and Gulf Railroad.' This decree was filed with the Secretary of State October 10, 1868.
"2. On the 12th of October, 1865, another company, named the'Missouri River, Fort
Scott and Gulf Railroad,' filed a charter of incorporation with the Secretary of State.
Its northern terminus is'the eastern terminus of the Union Pacific Railroad, E. D.'
(now the Kansas Pacific),'in Kansas.' Its southern terminus is'a point on the southern
boundary of Kansas at or near Baxter Springs, south of Fort Scott, and in the direction
of Fort Gibson.'
"3. Kansas Pacific Railway Conmpany. This company was originally called the Leavenworth, Pawnee and Western Railroad, and was incorporated by act of the Territorial
Legislature, in 1855. (Laws of 1855, page 914.) Its eastern terminus was' the town of
Leavenworth,' and its western was'Pawnee or Fort. Riley, with the right to extend to
the western boundary of the Territory' of Kansas. The land grant of this road (Statutes at Large, vol. 12, p. 494) provides for the building of a road from the Missouri river,
at the mouth of the Kansas river, on the south side thereof. The name of this road was
changed by its directors to that of the'Union Pacific Railway, Eastern Division.' The,name was subsequently changed to the'Kansas Pacific Railway.'         i
"4. The charter of the Missouri River Railroad Company was filed with the Secretary of State on the twentieth day of Februayy, A. D. 1865. The charter provides the
termini as follows:'Commencing on the line between the State of Missouri and, the
State of Kansas, at the terminus of the Missouri Pacific Railroad, thence along or near
the Missouri river to the city of Leavenworth, thence to Fort Leavenworth.'
"5. The Leavenworth, Lawrence and Fort Gibson Railroad Company was incorporated
by act of the Territorial Legislature, February 12, 1858. (Private Laws of 1858, page 128.)
Its charter provides for building a railroad from'Leavenworth City to Fort Gibson, or
the highest point of steamboat navigation of Grand River.'
"On the third of March, 1863 (Statutes at Large, vol. 12, page 772), Congress made a
grant of land to this company to aid the building of a railroad'from the City of Leavenworth by the way of the town of Lawrence to the southern line of the State, in the
direction of Galveston Bay, in Texas, with a branch from Lawrence by the valley of
the Wakarusa river, to the point on the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad, where
said road intersects the Neosho river.' On the twenty-third of February, 1866, the State
granted to the road the proceeds of one-fourth of the five hundred thousand acres, which
section three of article six of our Constitution describes as a part of the'perpetual
school fund of the State.' On the 24th of February, 1866, the name of this road was
changed by the Legislature (Laws of 1866, page 191), to the'Leavenworth, Lawrence
and Galveston Railroad Company.'
"I forgot, in the proper place, to mention the-fact that the Kansas and Neosho Valley Railroad also got one-fourth of the proceeds of the five hundred thousand acres
aforesaid to aid in building a road,'commencing at or near the mouth of the Kansas




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river, in the State of Kansas, opposite the city of Wyandotte, and running through the
counties of Johnson, Miami, Linn and Bourbon, in the direction of the southern boundary of the State.'
"This is the legal status of these roads. Not being empowered by law or by your
resolution to hear and determine questions of fact by the ordinary modes of taking
testimony, I am unable to state whether, as a matter of fact, these roads are'located
and operated according to their grants, and as provided by their charters.'
"Respectfully submitted.    A. L. WILLIAMS, Attorney General."
-Senate Journal, pp. 253 to 256.
FEBRUARY 1.-Rev. J. Boynton invited to address the Legislature on
"A pure Christianity the only basis of a free and stable Government."
-W. L. Chalfant buys the Osage Chronicle.
FEBRUARY 21.-Republican State Convention at Lawrence. Called to
order by D. R. Anthony. Temporary Officers: J. D. Snoddy, Chairman; J.
C. Horton, Secretary.  Committee on Credentials: D. B. Emmert, J. B.
Davis, M. Cracraft, M. Stephenson, A. L. Williams, H. L. Taylor, C. G.
Hawley.  Committee on Organizzation: B. F. Simpson, W. J. Bawden, E. S.
Stover, J. C. Carpenter, E. S. Niccolls, W. M. Matheny, John Speer.  Committee on Resolutions: Albert H. Horton, L. H. Vanschieck, H. H. Williams, Joseph Steel, James McClellan. Officers of Convention: President,
James D. Snoddy; Vice Presidents, J. J. Wood, M. Cracraft, E. J. Jenkins;
Secretaries, J. C. Horton, J. S. Wilson. Judge A. H. Horton reported the
following resolutions, which were adopted:
" Whereas, The Republicans of Kansas, assembled in Convention for the purpose of
electing delegates to unite with delegates of other States, on June 5th ensuing, for the
purpose of nominating the next President and Vice President of the United States,
desire to give renewed and most emphatic expression to their confidence in the principles, their pride in the record, and their faith in the future of that national political
organization' which carried the country through the difficulties and preserved it amid
the disasters of one of the stormiest-conflicts of all history; and which has addressed
itself to the solution of those delicate and difficult problems which are the general
legacy of all wars, and more especially of such a civil strife as ours, in such a manner
as -with such local exceptions as would be inseparable from any policy of pacification
-to secure to the country at large a degree of internal peace, organic unity, financial
standing and credit, and general business prosperity, which are the wonder and admiration of all the nations of the earth; and believing, as this Convention does, that this
satisfactory condition of affairs is largely attributable to the patient courage and wisdom of the man who was first the trusted Commander-in-Chief of the armies, and then
the honored President of the councils of the Republic: it is therefore
"Resolved, That the delegates this day chosen to attend the Philadelphia National
Convention be and they are hereby instructed to cast their votes for the patriot President and citizen and soldier, Ulysses S. Grant, who in the dark and disastrous days of
the Republic displayed those qualities of courage, wisdom, loyalty and unyielding persistency which inspired the friends of Freedom with new energy and hope, filled and fired
the gallant soldiers of the Union with the spirit to fight, and, if need be, to die in its defence, and which crowned our long conflict with the inestimable boon of complete victory and permanent peace; and who in the less dangerous but more difficult duties to
which a grateful people called him, has proved himself an able, steady and successful
pilot of the ship of state; amid conflicting opinions and trying exigencies, the earnest
advocate of all judicious attempts at political reform; the foremost friend of all oppressed
and distressed peoples, of whatever condition or color, who are struggling for the
inalienable rights of perfect equality before the law; the undaunted defender of our
national claims and equities in the great parliament of the nations; whose administration, in short, has brought us a degree of prosperity at home and respect and dignity
abroad, which it would be suicidal to interrupt or interfere with until time has been
given to complete and cement the work so well begun and so auspiciously prosecuted
to the present time."




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The following delegates were chosen to the Philadelphia Convention:
Henry Buckingham of Concordia, Benjamin F. Simpson of Paola, John A.
Martin of Atchison, Wm. Baldwin of Wichita, H. C. Cross of Emporia,
Charles A. Morris of Fort Scott, George Noble of Lawrence, John C. Carpenter of New Chicago, and Josiah Kellogg and John. M. Haeberlein of
Leavenworth. The following alternates were chosen: S. F. Ayres, E. S.
Niccolls, J. V. Fairbanks, Frederic Close, A. A. Thomas, Percy Daniels,
R. E. Stephenson, Thomas Newton, S. J. Smith, and M. S. Thomas.
The following resolution, introduced by A. A. Carnahan, of Cloud county,
was adopted:
"Resolved, That we hereby denounce any man in public life who will dare to employ
corrupt means in politics, and we, the Republicans of Kansas, will set our faces-steadfastly against all such, and will endeavor to make the future of Kansas pure and good."
There were 174 delegates in the Convention, and the National delegates
were elected by ballot.
FEBRUARY 22.-President Denison, of Manhattan, and Rev. Dr. Chas.
Reynolds, of Fort Riley, go to Washington to attend the Convention of
officers of Agricultural Colleges.
-The Missouri, Kansas and Texas road is running to Muskogee.
-Soldiers' Reunion at Topeka.
FEBRUARY 23.-A caucus of Opposition or Liberal Republicans is held
at Topeka.
FEBRUARY 24.-Unanimous report from the joint committee to investigate Senatorial elections. The report is as follows:
"Mr. President of the Senate, and Speaker of the House of Representatives: The committee
appointed under the foregoing resolution met on the twenty-sixth day of January, 1872,
and organized and issued subpoenas for witnesses, and adjourned until Tuesday, the
thirtieth day of January, and on that day met and proceeded to take the testimony of
witnesses, and continued from day to day, and ceased the taking of testimony on the
twenty-third day of February, 1872. We summoned to appear before us persons within
the State, of whom it was alleged that they knew something of the subject-matter of
the enquiry, and the testimony of those who appeared was taken. Under the authority
~of a concurrent resolution, the committee employed James Chew as their clerk, who
reduced to writing all the testimony taken, which testimony is herewith submitted,
and made a part of our report.
"Frbm the testimony taken, your committee find: That at the Senatorial election
of 1867 a large sum of money was used, and attempted to be used, in bribing, and in
attempting to bribe and influence the members of the Legislature, to secure the election
of S. C. Popmeroy, E. G. Ross and Thomas Carney, by S. C. Pomeroy, Thomas Carney,
Perry Fuller, and others in their employ. (See the report of a committee appointed in
1867, in House Journal of 1867, from page 957 to page 971, inclusive. Also, see testimony
herewith submitted, of G. A. Reynolds, I. S. Kalloch, R. D. Mobley, S. D. Macdonald, T. A.
Osborn, Joshua Wheeler, William Spriggs, D. R. Anthony, Edward Russell, and others.)
"It also appears in reference to that election that S. C. Pomeroy and Sidney Clarke,
in March, 1866, jointly paid one thousand dollars, and promised to pay the further sum,of two thousand dollars, for which they executed their joint notes to M. W. Reynolds,
who has been recently appointed Rebeiver of the Land Office at Neodesha, in consideration that he would use the columns of his paper, the Journal, at Lawrence, to secure
the election of S. C. Pomeroy to the United States Senate in 1867, and Sidney Clarke to
Congress, in the fall of 1866. It also appears that S. C. Pomeroy paid, in addition, the
further sum of two hundred and fifty dollars to the said iM. W. Reynolds. It further
appears that M. W. Reynolds sued upon these notes in the Douglas county district
court, and the defendants, Pomeroy and Clarke, pleaded therein an illegal consideration for the notes, and that the findings of the court upon trial upon the merits were
for the defendants, and the judgment against the plaintiff Reynolds. That Reynolds
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ceed further in the cause, and that shortly thereafter he was appointed to the public
office he now holds. From the depositions of Pomeroy and Clarke, taken and used in
that case, it would seem that the payment of the one thousand dollars, and the promise
of two thousand dollars, to.M. W. Reynolds, were to advance Republicanism in Kansas,
and to secure a Republican victory at the election in the fall of 1866.
"When such testimony as this is viewed in the light of the then well-known fact,
and the subsequently demonstrated truth, that the State was then Republican by a majority of eleven thousand, without the aid of the Lawrence Journal, its falsity is
apparent. That the one thousand dollars was paid, and the two thousand dollars
promised to be paid was so paid and promised to be paid to subsidize the Journal
in the interests of S. C. Pomeroy and Sidney Clarke personally, is a fair conclusion
from the testimony. (See the testimony of Geo. A. Reynolds, W. W. Nevison, and the
depositions of S. C. Pomeroy, Sidney Clarke, Geo. A. Reynolds, and the findings of the
court.) As a thorough investigation of the Senatorial election of 1867, by reason of the
lapse of time since that date, absolutely required for its preparation and completion much
more time than the ordinary length of a Legislative session, the committee were forced
to be content in that regard with what they could glean from the witnesses brought
before them for the proof of other facts. Yet, from all the testimony before the committee on that question, we have no hesitation in recording our well-established conclusions, that money was used in a large amount and in a corrupt and criminal way by
candidates for United States Senator, and by their friends with their knowledge.
" In relation to the election of 1871, the committee find that the testimony shows that
Sidney Clarke was a candidate for election to the office of United States Senator in 1871,
and that his friends engaged for him, which act he afterwards ratified, some eighty rooms
at the Tefft House; that, in addition thereto, he rented and fitted up on the opposite side
of the street from the Tefft House, and on the corner of Kansas avenue and Sixth
avenue, a suit of five rooms, which was during that canvass designated as'the soup
house,' and'the bread riot,' where refreshments were kept. That he deposited with
the Kansas Valley National Bank, when he came here, twenty-five hundred dollars,
which was drawn out by Mr. Adams upon authority from Clarke.
" That Sidney Clarke overdrew his account about sixteen hundred dollars. (See testimony of Clarke, Adams and Abell et al.) That he offered to members of the Legislature appointments to office and payment of expenses of the election of members of the
Legislature, for their votes for himself for United States Senator. (See testimony of
King, Phinney, Bond and Wheeler.) That he told R. S. Stevens to make whatever
arrangements he pleased with Caldwell in regard to his (Clarke's) expenses. (See testimony of Clarke.) That Stevens paid out for Sidney Clarke, during that canvass, about
twenty-six hundred dollars. (See testimony of George A. Reynolds.)
"That his friend, D. M. Adams, with the knowledge of Clarke, undertook to purchase
Senator Wood's vote with the promise of an office, which promise was secured by a certificate of deposit of the Kansas Valley National Bank for the sum of three thousand
dollars, actually issued. (See the testimony of King, Abell and Adams.) That Mr.
Wheaton, of Fort Scott, a friend of Mr. Clarke's, who was here endeavoring to secure
Clarke's election, offered to buy the vote of W. C. Webb for Mr. Clarke, for the sum of
two thousand dollars, at Fort Scott, in December, 1870. (See testimony of Webb.) These
things all conspire to place the fact beyond question that Mr. Clarke intended to use,
used, and was endeavoring to use, and with his knowledge permitted his friends to use
and endeavor to use, money and other valuable considerations, in an illegal, corrupt
and criminal way, to secure votes for himself for the United States Senate. (See testimony of Clarke, Adams, Phinney, King, P. T. Abell, W. C. Webb, and W. Shannon.) It
also appears that R. S. Stevens, who is a resident of Attica, New York, and General
Manager of the Missouri, Kansas and Texas Railroad, and whose business headquarters
were then, as now, in Sedalia, Missouri, was here in the interest of Mr. Clarke, and
expended an amount of money for his use in the canvass. Also that P. T. Abell was
here and spent a sum of money in the interest of Mr. Clarke, and was at that time in
the employment of James F. Joy in his railroad business in this State.'(See testimony
of George A. Reynolds and P. T! Abell.) Also, that John McDonald, a resident of St.
Louis, Missouri, who had a peculiar interest in Mr. Clarke's election, was here in
Clarke's interest. It also appears that Adams paid out of Clarke's money the entire
expense of'the soup house.' That a part of the moeny paid by Stevens went to pay
the expenses of' the soup house.' And that Col. P. T. Abell paid two or three hundred




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dollars as a part of the expenses of' the soup house.' May it not be that the disgraceful'soup house' is made the ledger scape-goat of greater sins of these men? (See testimony of Adams, Abell and Reynolds.) It can hardly be supposed, even by the most.
verdant, that Mr. Adams would issue the paper of the Kansas Valley National Bank for
three thousand dollars, and Mr. Wheaton offer to pay two thousand dollars for a vote
for Mr. Clarke, without the authority of Mr. Clarke.
"In the case of the certificate for the three thousand dollars, the testimony of Mr,
King shows that the transaction, which was a direct attempt to obtain a vote for Mr.
Clarke by bribery (the bribery being a mail agency, or its cash equivalent-three
thousand dollars), was with the knowledge and consent of Mr. Clarke, if not by his
positive direction. The fact that Mr. Wheaton came here and labored for Mr. Clarke,
and was at the time he made the offer to Mr. Webb, and had been before, the strong
friend of Mr. Clarke, leaves but little doubt, even with the most sceptical, that it was
an effort directed and assented to by Clarke, to bribe Webb with two thousand dollars.
The offers made to Phinney by Clarke himself and S. C. King, as shown by Wheeler's
testimony, are of the same character, except that in the latter it does not appear that
any money was to be used in connexion with the appointment. (See testimony of
Clarke, Wheeler, King, Phinney, and Abell.)
"In relation to the matters affecting Alexander Caldwell, the testimony shows that
Len. T. Smith was his particular friend, and was a Democrat, and here working earnestly in the interest of Mr. Caldwell, and recognized by him as his confidential adviser
and agent. That J. L. McDowell was here working for and. on confidential terms with
Alexander Caldwell, in consideration of the promise of Caldwell to remove Mrs. Johnson, -a widow, whose husband was killed early in the war, at Morristown, Missouri,
from the post office at Leavenworth. (See testimony of McDowell, Thomas, et al.)
"That a large lobby of Leavenworth men were here in the interest of Caldwell.
That Thomas Carney was here upon confidential relations with Caldwell. That some
kind of a written agreement existed between Caldwell and Carney in relation to the
Senatorial election. (See testimony of McDowell, et al.)
" That Carney stated, but about two weeks ago, that he was coming before the committee to testify, and sent such message to the committee; that he was notified by
telegraph, as well as by summons, to appear; that he was going to tell all he knew, and
that he knew that Caldwell and those in his interest had purchased the votes of members of the Legislature to vote for Caldwell (see the testimony of Osborn); that a check
for seven thousand dollars, drawn by Len. T. Smith in favor of Thomas Carney, went into
the hands of T. J. Anderson, which was by Mr. Anderson presented and cashed at the
Kansas Valley National Bank, January 23, 1871. (See testimony of D. M. Adams.
"That another check for the sum of five thousand dollars, drawn by J. W. Morris, was
cashed under very suspicious circumstances by the Topeka Bank, on the night of the
23d day of January, 1871. (See the testimony of Morris, Mulvane, and Jacob Smith.)
"That another check for one thousand two hundred dollars was drawn by Robert Crozier,
and cashed at the Topeka Bank on the 24th or 25th day of January, 1871, and the cash
delivered to Len. T. Smith. (See testimony of Mulvane and Crozier.)
"That Len. T. Smith borrowed an amount of money from Thomas A. Osborn to pay
his hotel bill. (See testimony of Osborn.)
"That a draft upon the Treasurer of the Kansas Pacific Railway Company for ten
thousand dollars was presented by T. J. Anderson, and cashed at the Kansas Valley
National Bank, on the 23d day of January, 1871.
" It will be borne in mind that the first vote for United States Senator, in 1871, was
upon the 24th day of January, 1871, and the joint convention and final vote on the next
day, being on the 25th day of January.
"There is now a note for three thousand five hundred dollars in the Kansas Valley
National Bank, made by Anderson and endorsed by Caldwell, for transactions in this
canvass, which note is for the benefit of T. J. Anderson.
"That Mr. Caldwell claims that the Kansas Pacific Railway Company, by its agents,
at or about the'time of the Senatorial election of 1871, promised to give to him thirty
thousand dollars as its share of the election expenses of that election, or as its bonus for
his influence as United States Senator. That CaldwelI demanded of and importuned
Mr. Perry, the President of the Kansas Pacific Railway Company, to pay to Mr. Caldwell the said sum of $30,000, at Leavenworth, after his election, and that by an arrangement with Mr. Perry, Mr. Caldwell and his faithful friend, Len. T. Smith, came to




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Topeka from Leavenworth to see about and settle up this thirty-thousand-dollar
transaction, and that the agents of the company here did not admit the promise,
as alleged by Caldwell, but did not stand as square on the subject as the President of the Company wished. (See testimony of J. P. Usher.) That Len. T. Smith
wanted to arrange with Jacob Smith, President of the Topeka Bank, to cash checks
given in the canvass. (See testimony of Jacob Smith.) That Len. T. Smith wished to
be informed of any members of the Legislature who could be bought. (See testimony
of Greeno.) That Len. T. Smith said they were dead broke on the morning of the 23d
or 24th, but as soon as Major Anderson came, they would have plenty of greenbacks
again, and that he would be back in a few moments. That Anderson did come back
and apparently had something, and went into Caldwell's private room with Caldwell.
(See testimony of Raymond.) That W. H. Carson got one thousand dollars of this corruption fund. (See testimony of Shannon and Spriggs.) That money was paid and
offered to be paid to various members of the Legislature by Caldwell's agents and
friends. (See testimony of Spriggs, Hammond, Greeno, Melville, Neal, Osborn, Thomas
Floyd, Chase, G. W. Wood, Manning, Burke, H. D. Baker, and others.) That George
Smith paid out to members of the Legislature, for Mr. Caldwell, and with an understanding that it should be refunded to him by Caldwell, over twenty thousand dollars.
(See testimony of Spriggs.) That Caldwell promised appointments to office and other
favorable official acts for votes. (See testimony of Bond, and others.) That Caldwell
said after his election, at different times, that his election cost him more than any one
was aware of, and clearly indicated by his conversation, and in fact said, that he paid
for his seat in the United States Senate from this State, twice as much as the salary of
the office for the full term of six years would amount to, or about sixty thousand dollars, and that he paid Carney's election expenses, amounting to more than ten per cent.
of the whole sum, or over six thousand dollars. (See Burke's testimony, also Adams
and Davis.) That Caldwell offered'twice or oftener to pay all of Sidney Clarke's election
expenses, and that he did agree with R. S. Stevens to pay them upon consideration of
Clarke's withdrawal and Clarke's friends' support of Caldwell in the Joint Convention.
From all the testimony your committee find that Alexander Caldwell used bribery, and
other corrupt and criminal means, by himself and his friends, with his full knowledge and
consent, to secure his election in 1871, to the U. S. Senate, from the State of Kansas.
"Your committee have also to report that the most important witnesses, Thomas
Carney, Len. T. Smith, W. H. Carson, and T. J. Anderson, are now fugitives from the
State, for the purpose of depriving this committee of their testimony, and that their
absence is in contempt of proper processes issued and served upon them, and, as your
committee is convinced, from all the circumstances surrounding their sudden and clandestine hegira, for a cash consideration paid to at least two of them, (see Burke's and
Osborn's testimony.) W. A. Martin and Joel Thomas, important witnesses as we believe, have failed to appear, and we have been unable to learn of their whereabouts
since they were served —Thomas being served by copy, Martin twice with personal
service, once with a subpoena and once with the rule of the Senate. Thomas Moonlight
and John Fletcher have failed to appear in obedience to process. Every reasonable
effort has been used to get these witnesses. Diligent enquiry does not discover that
R. S. Stevens has been in the State during the pendency of this enquiry. Ever since
this enquiry began, there has been an organized effort of persons in the interest of Mr.
Caldwell, and perhaps others, to keep out of the reach of the committee witnesses
whose attendance was greatly desired. Every obstruction that could be has been
thrown in our way by these persons.
"The secrecy with which the crimes which the testimony we submit discover, the
interest of all concerned to conceal them and the disgrace which attaches to all the
parties implicated, even remotely, make the labor of proving them very difficult. Men
who have been guilty of giving or taking a bribe, or in anywise connected therewith,
as a general rule do not hesitate to hide their own and confederates' infamy behind
the less odious crime of perjury.
"The time left us after our assignment to this duty before the close of the session
was entirely too short to permit us to go entirely through the work we have had in
hand, especially when it is remembered that we had our ordinary legislative duties to
perform as well as this extraordinary duty. The magnitude of our labors, and of the
subject referred to us, can be fully appreciated by those only who have met the enquiry




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face to face. When the testimony which we herewith submit is read in the light of the
facts that Len. T. Smith left the State about the time this investigation was ordered,
and remains away; that Carney, Anderson and Carson are fugitives who have sought
refuge beyond the territorial limits of the State; that Fletcher, Thomas and Martin are
skulking, secreted or absent from the State, there can be but one conclusion, and that
is, that some person or persons are guilty of the offences into which we are enquiring,
and that they know it. (See testimony of Osborn, Burke, Adams, Spriggs, and others.)
"From the testimony, all will see that the full and complete exposition of these high
crimes is the. incessant labor of months instead of the few days we have had. As our
report must of necessity be made before this session closes, and as adjournment is near
at hand, we are compelled to close our labors with the testimony of the sixty-four witnesses which we have examined and the documents attached to their testimony, all of
which we respectfully submit.         J. D. SNODDY, Chairman on part of Senate.
E. S. STOVER.
H. C. WHITNEY.
W.M. H. CLARK, Chairman on part of House.
G. W. CLARK.
J. J. WOOD.
J. BOYNTON.
D. H. JOHNSON."
-Senate Journal, pp. 561 to 569.
FEBRUARY 26."STATE OF KANSAS, EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT, TOPEKA, February 26, 1872.' TO THE LEGISLATURE: I have just received from Hon. D. P. Lowe, M. C., the enclosed letter and accompanying documents relating to the Price Raid Claims. I place
them before you with the recommendation that you take such action as you deem proper
to secure an equitable adjustment and prompt payment of the claims.
"JAMES M. HARVEY, Governor."
"HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, WASHINGTON, D. C., Feb. 22, 1872.
"HON. JAMES M. HARVEY-Dear Sir: I have heretofore sent you a copy of the
report and bill approved by the Committee on Claims, to appropriate $337,054 on the
Price Raid Claims. The Committee unanimously voted to report the bill favorably,
and have been ready for three weeks to report it, but the Committee has not been called.
I expect the bill to pass, but nothing is certain until it is done. It has occurred to me
that possibly some State legislation might be necessary to enable the Treasurer to pay
the money to the parties whose claims are approved by the Commission, inasmuch as
all the amount which the State has partially assumed is not allowed by the Commission.
What the case may be as to the disbursement of the money by the State under existing
laws I cannot tell, as I have not all the legislation of the State before me, but thought
I had better call your attention to it. Possibly it might be desirable to pass an act authorizing the Treasurer to pay to each of the parties in whose favor the Commission
report the amount found due them. I do not know that it is necessary, but simply
invite attention to it. Yours, truly,                        D. P. LOWE."
-House Journal, pp. 1066-7.
The Legislature took no action. Had such a law been passed, all illegal
disbursement of the money would have been prevented.
FEBRUARY 28.-M. J. Parrott, S. A. Riggs, N. A. Adams, S. N. Wood,
A. Thoman, H. C. Haas and E. G. Ross issue an address to the people of
Kansas.  It takes ground against the renomination of President Grant. It
opposes "absolutism," "imperialism" and "personalism," and favors civil
service reform and revenue reform. The signers call themselves Republicans, and give no name to the new party,
FEBRUARY 29.-J. J. Wood, of Labette county, appointed Regent of
the University; John D. Parker, Superintendent of the Blind Asylum;
H. J. Strickler, Regent of the Agricultural College; T. C. Bowles, Trustee
of the Insane Asylum.
MARCH 1. —W. C. Tenney appointed Regent of the State University;
T. J. Sternberg, Regent of the Agricultural College.




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-Nathan Price, Judge of the Second Judicial District, resigns. P. L.
Hubbard was appointed his successor.
-B. F. Simpson  is elected  Chairman, and  George Noble Secretary, of
the Philadelphia delegation.
-During the winter Rev. E. P. Hammond held revival meetings in
several towns in the State, with very important results.
MAncH.-The length of the Leavenworth bridge over the Missouri is
994 feet; of approaches, 5,500; height above high water, 51 feet 6 inches.
MARcII 2. —Adjournment of the Legislature.  Among its laws were
thirty-eiglht to authorize or legalize issues of municipal.bonds; An act
creating the State Board of Agriculture; Appropriating $3,000 for the
relief of western settlers; Appropriating $2,500 for the Freedmen's University  of Quindaro; For the issue and  registration  of bonds; Defining
the boundary of Kingman  and  Harvey counties; Creating  the Thirteenth
and Fourteenth Judicial Districts; Providing for the settlement of losses
from Indian depredations from 1860 to 1871; Creating a Commission to
audit and  allow  Price  Raid  and  CurtisExpedition  muster-rolls;  Reguiating the infliction bf the death penalty; Increasing the salaries of State
officers and Supreme and  District Court Judges; Providing for the sale of
Normal School land.
MARciH  6. —-M. E. Conference meets, at Emporia.
— Dlr. W. E. Webb, of Topeka, has a book in press entitled "Buffalo Land."
MARCH 7.-The following Commissioners appointed under the act of
Februlary 28, 1872, to provide for settlement of losses from  Indian  depredations between 1860 and 1871: David Kelso, Oswego, Labette county;
F. P. Baker, Topeka, Shawnee county; Henry Brandley, Bazaar,' Chase
county. The following award was made by this Commission:
15                                                  Amount        Amount
Tribes who Committed Depredations.                   Claimed.    Allowed.
1  C'eokee...............................................   38, 528 40    $3,165 00
2   Osage                                                             22, 894 96    18,290 96
3   Chceonne.................................................a.. 35,407 00    34,785 00
4   C heenne and Arapaho.....................................................  24, 363 70    18, 963 70
5   Wuichlita                                                                 00        775 00
Arapaiho..17,715 00 9,165 00
7   Kiowa                                                              4,897 00      4,880 00
8   Sc and Fox...................................................................... 675 00  675 00
9   Sion...............................................................................   2813 00  2,813 00
10  Caddo................................................................................ 66  00  665 00
11 Ceenne and Sioux.4,152 00  4,152 00
12 Kioa and Comanche.4,359 00  200 00
13   Cheyene and Pawnee....................................................5,573 00   5,573 00
14   Cheenne, Arapaho and Kiowa..........................................  560 00       560 00
15   Pawlee..............................................................................475 00  475 00
16   Cheyenneand Kiowa........................................................   4,93000  1,430 00
17   Cree.............................................................................  4 425    00.................
18   Kioa and Arapaho.........................................................   6, 730 00  6, 730 00
19   Cheokee  and   Osage...................................................  2,469   00.................
20   Sioux, Cheyenne and Pawnee............................................   3,000 00................
21   Cheyenne   and Comanche..................................................   6, 510 00  6,510 00
Total........................................................................... $191,917 06 $119,807 66
In 1874, the Legislature ordered the Auditor to send the' papers of this
Commission, and  other records of like character, to the Secretary of the
Interior. They were sent.




.576                    ANNALS OF KANSAS.                          [1872.
MARcH 20. — State Convention of colored men at Lawrence.
-The Concordia Empire says 932,175 acres of land were entered under
-the homestead law at that place, during the year 1871.
APRIL.-The Beloit Gazette is started, by Chaffee & Johnson; the Holton
Express by Frank A. Root.
APRIL.-The Educational Journal publishes a catalogue of the birds of
Kansas, by Frank H. Snow, assisted by Edwin A. Popenoe, of Topeka, and
~Geo. F. Gaumer and Nelson J. Stephens, of Lawrence.
The Journal says: "The all-absorbing topic everywhere in Kansas to-day
is the Revival....  May every teacher in Kansas study and practise
NMr. Hammond's methods!"
APRIL 1.-Leslie J. Perry appointed Postmaster at Paola.
APRIL 9.-State Medical Society meets, at Lawrence.
APRIL 10.-Liberal Republican convention at Topeka. Called to order
by Marcus J. Parrott.  Officers of the Convention: President, Samuel J.,Crawford; Vice Presidents, Byron Sherry, H. B. Horn, A. Thoman, C. Willemsen, H. E. Shepherd, W. H. Morris, T.. S. Floyd, E. L. Buesche, F. R.
Russell, J. E. Martin, and J. F. Clark; Secretaries, M. Benas, W. S. Smith,
Joseph G. Waters. Committee on Resolutions: S. A. Riggs, C. A. Birnie,
J. R. Hallowell, H. H. Labhere,-J. T. Clark, E. G. Ross, T. Sandford, P. J.,Carmichael, J. Baker, George Tauber, J. Y. Hewitt. Committee to select
Delegates to Cincinnati: M. J. Parrott, A. Thoman, M. A. Wood, J. T.
Warwich, A. R. Bancroft, G. T. Pierce, E. H. Sanford. Speeches were
made by A. Thoman, Byron Sherry, J. R. Hallowell, and Samuel N. Wood.'The committee on resolutions reported the following, which was adopted:
"Resolved, That the Liberal Republicans of Kansas, mindful of the early record of
our State, so closely involved with the history of the Republican party and the strug-,gle of national existence, still steadfast and true to the vital principles which called
that party into existence, would ever maintain as a part of our birthright'the rightful
sovereignty of the Union, emancipation, equality of civil rights, and enfranchisement.'
With a loyalty to principles that is higher and stronger than a loyalty to party or
_party leaders, jealous and watchful of the fair fame of our young State, earnest and
resolute now as in the struggle to save the soil from the encroachment of the Slave.power, we call upon the people of Kansas to unite in an effort to put a stop to the:attempted absorption of the civil functions of the Government by the military, and the
encroachment of Executive power; to inaugurate a thorough and genuine reform of
Sthe civil service that shall put a stop to the shameful abuse of official patronage for the
control of conventions, whether in the interest of an individual, a faction, or a party;
to effect a modification of our revenue system, so that no class or special interest of the
-country shall be encouraged at the expense of the rest; to secure a wise and just sys-tem of taxation which shall place no needless burden on the people; to save the public
Jlands of the nation to actual settlers under the principles of the homestead laws; to,establish general amnesty as a correlative of impartial suffrage; and to extend our
national sympathies to all people who are struggling to emulate our example of popular enfranchisement."
Over one hundred names were suggested as delegates to Cincinnati-.among them the following: M. J. Parrott, S. J. Crawford, A. Thoman,'T. H. Walker, C. C. McDowell, S. J. Langdon, E. G. Ross, A. R. Bancroft,
S. A. Riggs, F. W. Giles, S. N. Wood, C. B. Butler, Byron Sherry, G. T.
Pierce, J. F. Cottrell, C. F. Hutchings, W. L. Parkinson, J. F. McDowell,
V. B. Hutchison, and J. G. Waters. Hon. B. Gratz Brown, of Missouri,:made an elaborate address. The following Central Committee was ap



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pointed: C. A. Birnie, J. Butler, A. Thoman, J. Walruff, A. R. Bancroft,
L. G. Palmer, Alfred Taylor, Judge Humphrey, S. N. Wood, J. E. Deitze,
F. R. Russell,.G. H. Hollenbach, J. E. Martin, and R. H. Bishop. A.
Thoman was made Chairman and S. N. Wood Secretary of the Committee.
APRIL 13.-M. M. Murdock founds the Wichita Eagle.
APRIL 18.-Leavenworth celebrates the completion of the bridge across
the Missouri; thirty thousand people present.
APRIL 23.-A terrific tornado at Coffeyville destroys the office of Ross's
Paper.
APRIL. —A book issued called "Buffalo Land," -by W. E. Webb. It
describes the country between Topeka and the Rocky Mountains. It is
profusely illustrated by Henry Worrall, of Topeka.'Published by E.
Hannaford & Co., Cincinnati and Chicago.
MAY.-Investigation of Caldwell and Pomeroy, at Washington, called
out by the Legislative investigation.
MAY 1.-Thos. Hughes, of Fort Scott, joins Judge F. G. Adams in the
publication of the Waterville Telegraph.
MAY 3.-Horace Greeley is nominated for President, and B. Gratz Brown
for Vice President, at Cincinnati.
MAY. — Ottawa prepares to erect a new central school building.
-Garnett is to have a College, under the charge of the United Presbyterian Church.
MAY 8.-Act of Congress for the removal of the Kaw Indians.
MAY 9.-Acts of Congress for the relief of settlers on the Osage lands,
and on the Cherokee strip.
MAY 15.-Railroad completed to Wichita.
MAY 16.-First train through between Atchison and Topeka.
MAY 23.-Excursion from Atchison to Topeka.
MAY 28.-Laying of the first rail on the Lawrence and Topeka Railroad,
at Topeka.
-New Land Office at Cawker City.
-Major Fielding Johnson fatally injured in jumping from a railroad
train, at Topeka.
MAY 28.-Editorial Convention, at Emporia. Officers elected: President,
T. Dwight Thacher; Vice Presidents, Albert Griffin, D. W. Wilder, W. D.
Walker; Secretary, J. S. Wilson; Treasurer, W. F. Chalfant; Orator, I. S.
Kalloch; Alternate, Geo. Wr. Martin; Poet, James W. Steele. The Annual
Address was delivered by D. W. Wilder, of the Fort Scott Monitor. An
excursion to Wichita followed. Resolutions were reported by R. B. Taylor.
MAY 31. —State Convention of Universalists, at Lawrence.
JUNE. —The Fort Scott Monitor says of the University building: "There
is not a structure on the American continent, erected for educational purposes, equal to this in size, or surpassing it in its adaptedness for the
purposes of the higher education..... The building will be heated
with steam and lighted with gas, and every room will be supplied with
water. An electrical clock will give the hour in every room at the same
instant, and electricity will also be made a useful and instructive servant in
various other ways."
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578                     ANNALS OF KANSAS.                           [1872.
JUNE 2.-The Kansas Central open from Leavenworth to Grasshopper
Falls.
— George W. Deitzler, of Lawrence, goes to California to live.
- The White Cloud Chief removes to Troy.
-An editorial article in the Atchison Champion gives the county bonded
debt as $525,200, and the city $357,250, crediting the figures to County
Clerk Gale and City Clerk Wagenhals.
JUNE 3.-Mr. Logan, in the Senate, reports that the Committee on Privileges and Elections have ascertained no facts sufficient to sustain the
charges of bribery and corruption against Senator Pomeroy. Senator Caldwell's case was not considered for want of time.
JUNE 5.-Act of Congress to carry into effect the treaty with the Seneca
and other tribes of Indians.
JUNE 6.-The Philadelphia Convention nominates U. S. Grant for President and Henry Wilson for Vice President.
-Grading begins on the Junction City and Fort Kearney Railroad.
JUNE 8. —Congress (Chap. 366 of U. S. Stats.) appropriates $337,054 to
reimburse the State of Kansas for disbursements in aid of suppressing the
Rebellion. The money was disbursed by the State Treasurer, in paying
Price Raid scrip, in the summer and fall of 1872.
-This Congress (Chaps. 11 and 239 of U. S. Stats.) increases the number of Congressmen to 292, and gives Kansas three members.
JUNE 10. —Santa Fe road completed to Hutchinson.
JUNE ll.-Democratic Convention at Topeka.  Ex-Gov. Wilson Shannon, President. He counselled the party to unite with all friends of reform
and opponents of centralization and plunder.  Thos. P. Fenlon was made
Chairman of the Committee on Resolutions.  Marcus J. Parrott made a
speech, cordially inviting the union of Democrats with the supporters of
Horace Greeley. The following platform was adopted:
"The Democrats of Kansas, in Convention assembled, do declare -
"First, That the paramount duty of every citizen, as such, is devotion and obedience
to the Constitution and laws of the Republic, made, as they are, with the design and
purpose to perpetuate individual liberty to its utmost limit consistent with good government and public order.
"Second, That political organizations are useful and beneficial only when their purpose and action demonstrate that love ofGcountry controls their councils and dictates
their policy; but when lawless ambition, imbecility, corruption and man-worship
dominate a political party, it is the duty of all citizens, without regard to previous
political affiliations, forgetful of past differences, to join hands and hearts in the effort
to crush such party, and to drive its leaders from power..
" Third. Believing as we do that the Chief Executive of the nation and the nominee
of the Republican party for re-election is utterly unfitted for the high position he
holds; that his administration of the Government stands alone in the history of the
nation for shameless ignorance, nepotism and gift-taking; for reckless disregard of law
and forgetfulness of the honor of the Republic; for utter want of that dignity and
statesmanship which should characterize the executive government of the first Republic of the earth, and that his continuance in power would degrade the nation and be
dangerous to the liberties of the people; so believing, we are willing to join with all
good citizens in the pending campaign in the effort to drive him from place.
"Fourth. As this, in our judgment, can be most surely accomplished by accepting and
supporting the platform and candidates of the Cincinnati Convention, the delegates
this day accredited to the National Convention at Baltimore are hereby instructed that




1872.]                ANNALS OF KANSAS.                         579
it is the desire of the Democracy of Kansas that the National Council of the party shall
not place a ticket in the field, but that it shall, in the interest of the country, and to the
end that a shameless administration shall be driven from power, give its sanction to
and its powerful voice in favor of the nominees and platform of the Cincinnati Convention. And our delegates are directed to vote and act in accordance with these resolutions."
The following delegates were elected: Wilson Shannon, Thos. P. Fenlon,
E. M. Hulett, R. B. Morris, Geo. B. Wood, W. R. Wagstaff, John Martin,
Isaac Sharp, B. F. Devore, and T. W. Waterson.
JUNE 12.-Arkansas river bridge, at Wichita, opened for travel.
JUNE 13.-Geo. P. Smith starts the Humboldt Southwest.  His son,
Byron C. Smith, was one of the editors. In the fall the paper stopped.
The office was removed to Neodesha, Wilson county.
JUNE 20.-Republican ratification meeting at Topeka addressed by
Senator Matt. H. Carpenter, of Wisconsin.
JUNE 23.- Congress creates a new Land District in the Northwest.
JUNE 25.-Republican State Conventions called to meet at Lawrence
and Topeka, Sept. 4-two delegates and two alternates from each district
to each Convention.
JUNE 26. —The State Committees of the Democratic and Liberal Republican parties meet at Lawrence, and call the State Convention, at Topeka,
Sept. 11.
JUNE 29. —Completion of the Chicago and Southwestern to Atchison.
JUNE 29.-C. M. Taylor, City Marshal of Baxter Springs, shot and
killed by Mayor J. R. Boyd.
JUNE. —Eugene F. Ware becomes the editor of the Fort Scott Monitor,
and that paper advocates Greeley and Brown.
JULY 1.-Excursion from Wichita to Atchison.
JULY 4.-Work begun on the Manhattan and Northwestern Railroad.'-J. A. IHalderman presides at the American banquet given in London.
JULY 10.-The Democratic Convention at Baltimore adopts the Cincinnati platform and nominates Greeley-and Brown.
-The Hutchinson News issued, by Perry Bros. & Co.
-Bridge over the Kaw completed at Wamego.
-A  straight Democratic Convention is called to meet at Louisville,
September 3d.
-W. S. Jenkins is appointed Register, and J. C. Redfield Receiver; of
the Wichita Land Office.
JULY 15.-A correspondent of the Kansas Farmer tells what he knows
of the organization called "The Patrons of Husbandry," or the "Grange."
-John H. Tice, of St. Louis, publishes a book on Kansas and Colorado.
It is called, " Over the Plains and on the Mountains."
-The Leavenworth Medical Herald reaches its third volume; Tiffin
Sinks, editor and proprietor.
JULY 15.-Judge Philip C. Schuyler, one of the most prominent of the
early citizens of Kansas, dies at Burlingame.
-Dr. Medlicott is in the Anderson county jail.
JULY 30. — Charles M. Foster, of Topeka, Charles F. Koester, of Marysville, and P. R. Brooks, of Lawrence, are appointed to revise the tax laws.




580                     ANNALS OF KANSAS.                           [1872.
— The Topeka Republicans erect a Wigwam and hold frequent meetings.
AUGUST 2.-John A. Logan speaks at Atchison.
AUGUST 13.-Gov. HIarvey receives the Price Raid money in Washington.
AUGUST 14.-Milton R. Moore and James L. King issue the Topeka
Tanner & Cobbler.
AUGUST 20.-Rev. N. Green publishes a card, saying he is a candidate
for Congress.
-George W. Larzelere edits the Troy Republican.
AUGUST 22.-H. C. Ashbaugh establishes the Newton Kansan.
AUGUST 27. —Straight-out Democratic State Convention at Topeka.
W. H. Peckham, Chairman; J. M. Margrave, Secretary. The following
delegates were elected to the National Convention at Louisville: W. H.
Peckham, J. H. Oliver, S. W. Brooks, J. M. Margrave, R. E. Lawrence.
Alternates: Morris Holmes, George E. Williams, J. V. Holt, H. H. Stafford, J. T. Curran. The following platform was adopted:'!Resolved, That we believe in equal freedom and equal rights for all citizens, and that
injustice consists in the restriction of such equality.
" 2. We believe in the equal dignity of the several States of the Union; in the inherent right of local self-government, to be limited only by the constitutional powers delegated to the Federal Government for specific purposes; in the largest liberty for each
citizen consistent with the equal liberty of all.
"3. We believe in the doctrine that governments were instituted among men to
secure freedom to the right by restricting only the wrong, and that people, therefore,
are best governed who govern themselves.
"4. In the proposition that the offices of the Government belong to the-people, and
not to the office-holders, and that the use of official patronage to reward political friends
or punish political enemies is a crime against the people, which ought to be restrained
and punished.
" 5. In the right of the Government to assess and collect taxes, whether excise or tariff,
for no purpose whatever but the support of the Government; that what is called'protection' is but a name to designate robbery; and that equal rights of trade and exchange
should be free from Government restriction.
" 6. We recognize the validity and binding force of the 13th, 14th and 15th Amendments
to the National Constitution; but we denounce as revolutionary, and as subversive of
the Constitution and the traditions of free government, the means that were used to
bring about those amendments.
" 7. We are opposed to the policy practised by the Government for the last ten years,
in giving away the public domain to rich conspirators, and declare that the public lands
belong to the homeless.
" 8. That the Convention at Baltimore having shamefully nominated uncompromising
and, unrepentant Radicals for the high offices of President and Vice President, the
Democracy of the country, true to their convictions of right and the traditions of the
party, would be false to themselves and false to the country in following the treachery
of the politicians who participated in this shameful bargain and sale, in which the attempt
is made to sell the principles of three million voters.
"9. We approve and endorse the call for a National Democratic Convention to be
held on the 3d of September, in Louisville, Ky.
" 10. That our delegates are instructed to cast the vote of Kansas for that pure and
incorruptible statesman, Charles O'Conor, for President of the United States."
The following State Committee was appointed: W. H. Peckham, J. M.
Margrave, J. K. Wells, H. H. Stafford, H. C. Retiker.
AUGUST 28.-The A. & N. R. R. completed to Lincoln, Neb.
AUGUST 30.-The Second Judicial District Convention, at Hiawatha,
unanimously nominates P. L. Hubbard for Judge.




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SEPTEMBER.- Osage Mission is building a $15,000 school house.
SEPTEMBER 4. —Charles O'Conor nominated for President and John Q.
Adams for Vice President, at Louisville.
SEPTEMBER.-Election, on the State Fair Grounds at Topeka, of the
following officers of the State Agricultural Society: President, H. J. Strickler, of Shawnee; Vice-President, G. W. Veale, of Shawnee; Secretary,
Alfred Gray, of Wyandotte; Treasurer, Thomas Murphy, of Atchison; Superintendent, H. T. Beman. Executive Committee: J. K. Hudson, of Wyandotte; S. T. Kelsey, of Franklin; J. I. Larimer, of Leavenworth; J. N.
Insley, of Jefferson; E. S. Niccolls, of Anderson; G. L. Young, of Shawnee; James Rogers, of Osage; Martin Anderson, of Jackson; Wm. Martindale, of Greenwood; Malcolm Conn, of Morris.
SEPTEMBER 4.-Republican State Convention, at Topeka.  Called to
order by H. T. Beman. John A. Martin, Secretary pro tern. For temporary Chairman, Josiah Kellogg received 108 and John Guthrie 77 votes.
Committee on Credentials: J. D. Brumbaugh, Geo. Graham, W. W. Creighton, Bas. M. Simpson, H. D. Baker, J. A. Wells, E. E. Custer, William
Burgoyne, G. C. Clemens, T. B. Fletcher, Frank Doster, L. N. Robinson,
C. G. Hawley, David Gordon.
Committee on Resolutions: D. B. Emmert, P. P. Elder, W. Jay, N. Marchand, W. W. Guthrie, E. Smith, A. J. Shellhammer, Albert Griffin, H.
Brandley, C. G. Hawley, J. A. Helphingstine, M. Baldwin, R. D. Mobley.
Committee on Permanent Organization: T. C. Jones, O. Y. Hart, J. 0.
Pickering, J. W. Stover, H. C. Hawkins, G. C. Clemens, J. C. Wilson, Mr.
Hunt, H. Brandley.
Committee on Order of Business: B. W. Perkins, Ed. Russell, Mr. Burris,
L. L. Ryan, D. Campbell, Mr. St. Clair, D. C. Wilson, Thomas Murphy,
H. G. Evans.
The following officers were elected: President, Josiah Kellogg, Vice
Presidents, W. Jay, P. W. Pickering, J. D. Brumbaugh; Secretaries, G. C.
Crowther, H. Brandley.
First ballot for Governor: John M. Price, 65; Thomas A. Osborn, 60;
John-C. Carpenter, 32; Charles V. Eskridge, 21; R. B. Taylor, 9; G. W.
Smith, 8.
Second ballot: Price, 69; Osborn, 63; Carpenter, 35; Eskridge, 24; Taylor, 3; Smith, 1.
Third ballot: Price, 69; Osborn, 63; Carpenter, 36; Eskridge, 21; Taylor, 3.
Fourth ballot: Price, 72; Osborn, 66; Carpenter, 36; Eskridge, 22.
Fifth ballot: Price, 71, Osborn, 63; Carpenter, 38; Eskridge, 20.
Sixth ballot: Price, 73; Osborn, 63; Carpenter, 32; Eskridge, 14.
Seventh ballot: Price, 75; Osborn, 74; Carpenter, 31; Eskridge, 15.
Eighth ballot: Price, 75; Osborn, 90; Carpenter, 29.
Ninth ballot: Price, 96; Osborn, 90; Carpenter, 29.
Tenth ballot: Osborn, 103; Price, 71; Carpenter, 20.
For Lieutenant Governor, Elias S. Stover, of Council Grove, was nominated, over E. S. Niccolls, of Garnett. William H. Smallwood was
renominated for Secretary of State, by acclamation.




582                     ANNALS OF KANSAS.                           [1872.
The candidates for State Treasurer were Josiah E. Hayes, R. H. Graham,
James C. Horton, Samuel G. Hoyt, and Alexander R. Banks. Col. Hayes
was renominated on the fourth ballot.
Daniel W. Wilder, of Fort Scott, was nominated for Auditor by acclamation.
Samuel A. Kingman, of Atchison, was renominated for Chief Justice by
accla mation.
The candidates for Attorney General were Archibald L. Williams, J. B.
Johnson, C. I. Scofield, and W. M. Matheny. On the third ballot, A. L.
Williams was renominated.
Hugh D. McCarty, R. W. Putnam, John W. Horner, and Philetus Fales,
were candidates for Superintendent of Public Instruction. Col. McCarty
was renominated.
The following State Committee was selected: W. W. Creighton, John A.
Martin, John Guthrie, Wm. Spriggs, A. M. F. Randolph, James D. Snoddy,
D. B. Emmert, G. E. Beates, R. W. P. Muse, Bas. M. Simpson, B. W. Perkins, A. W, Campbell, Linus J. Webb, H. B. Baker.  Chairman, John
Guthrie; Secretary, John A. Martin.
The following platform was adopted:
"Resolved, That the Republicans of Kansas, in delegate convention assembled, hereby
heartily approve and endorse the platform of the National Republican party adopted at
Philadelphia on the 5th day of June, 1872, and we pledge our unswerving support to
the nominees of that Convention, U. S. Grant and Henry Wilson.
"Resolved, That we hold that the laws protecting the rights of the citizens ought to
be rigidly enforced, and that in all cases where the local governments are powerless or
inefficient, it is the imperative duty of the National Government to see that the laws
are enforced, and here we squarely take issue with the fourth resolution of the Cincinnati platform.
"Resolved, That the Republican party of Kansas, now, as in the past, is in favor of
the free and uncorrupted exercise of the right of the elective franchise, both at the polls
and in legislative election; and it condemns in unmeasured terms the use of any corrupt policies to procure election to any elective office, and here pledges uncompromising
hostility to all men who have or may use any corrupting influences to secure any position of profit or honor.
"Resolved, That as there is a question at issue between the settlers upon the lands
recently acquired from the Indians in this State and railroad corporations, which leaves
no apparent recourse except through the courts, a resort to which must necessarily involve much litigation and expense that the occupants, on account of their poverty, are
illy prepared to meet, we ask that the Government itself test the question to its fullest
extent; and as a tangible solution of the question, should it be decided finally that the
title to the lands in issue rests in the corporations, by virtue of grants and treaties, then
our Senators and Representatives in Congress are earnestly requested to use their utmost
endeavors to secure the adoption of measures that will result in satisfying all reasonable
demands of the corporations, quiet the title, and vest the same in the occupying claimants, under the homestead and pre-emption laws."
SEPTEMBER 4.-Republican State Congressional Convention at Lawrence.
Called to order by D. R. Anthony.  John J. Ingalls received 118 and Geo.
W. Veale 66 votes for temporary Chairman.  Committee on Credentials:
L. Loughmiller, B. S. Campbell, Judge Hoagland, H. P. Welsh, H. Kelly,
W. R. Biddle, F. M. Powers, Mr. McDonald, J. A. Pike, I. S. Slaughter,
F. A. Bettis, J. A. Jones, J. M. Steele, and J. G. Mohler. Committee on
Permanent Organization: T. B. Murdock, J. H. Knight, B. H. McEckron,
G. W. Burchard, C. Leland, jr., G. M. Waugh, and D. L. Kretsinger.




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Committee on Resolutions: H. W. Cook, A. McAllister, Mr. Dunsmore, Geo.
W. Veale, Mr. Stevenson, Geo. R. Peck, Ira J. Lacock, A. H. Horton, and
A. M. Morgan. The following officers were elected: President, John J.
Ingalls; Vice Presidents, Elijah Sells, Samuel Lappin, H. C. Cross, Thos.
B. Eldridge, John H. Edwards, J. D: Dixon; Secretaries, H. P. Welsh,
Isaac Isbell, and John S. Gilmore. The platform adopted is ih substance
the same as that adopted by the Topeka Convention. Ballot for candidates
for Congress: D. P. Lowe, 132; Wm. A. Phillips, 122; Sidney Clarke, 59;
S. A. Cobb, 54; S. M. Strickler, 36; Nathan Price, 43; H. W. Gillett, 25;
E. J. Jenkins, 24; P. B. Maxson, 24; D. C. Haskell, 23; N. Green, 18;
D. R. Anthony, 9; G. W. Veale, 7; J. J. Ingalls, 6; S. D. Houston, 6; T. D.
Thacher, 4; B. F. Simpson, 4; J. D. Snoddy, 2. Lowe and Phillips were
declared nominated by acclamation. Ballot for a third candidate: Stephen
A. Cobb, 75; Nathan Price, 42; Sidney Clarke, 47. Mr. Clarke's name
was withdrawn, and Col. Cobb received the nomination on the next ballot.
Presidential Electors: Charles H. Langston, of Lawrence; John Guthrie, of
Topeka; W. W. Smith, of Waterville; J. S. Merritt, of Pottawatomie
county; and Louis Weil, of Leavenworth.
SEPTEMBER 11.-Liberal Republican Convention at Topeka. Charles
Robinson, President; Pardee Butler, J. H. Watson, J. H. Peckham, Sam'l
A. Manlove, Alfred Taylor and George XV. Gardiner, Vice' Presidents;
Secretaries, C. A. Berrill, Johnson Barker, J. R. Hallowell. The following committee was appointed to confer with the Democratic Convention:
L. A. Potter, Joshua Wheeler, B. F. Kelley, P. H. Peters, J. W. Beck, J.
Critchfield, Byron Sherry, A. Robinson, A. S. Deming, H. S. Campbell,
Joel Moody, L. G. Palmer, S. J. Langdon, J. F. McDowell, J. M. Mahr,
Thos. H. Butler, Geo. P. Smith, M. E. Chaney, Robt. Morrow, F. W. Giles,
John Meigs, Silas Burrell, C. J. Peckham, S. J. Crawford, H. Craik, N. A.
Adams, E. A. Eaton, J. H. Sneed, M. J. Ennessy.
Committee on Credentials: Parrott, Philbrick, Ingersoll, Graham, and
Pellett.
Speeches were made by S. N. Wood, Pardee Butler, General William
Larimer, and Capt. WVm. D. Mathews.
Committee on Platform: Geo. W. Gardiner, R. S. Graham, A. Thoman,
Sam'l A. Riggs, W. E. Copeland, David Linton, Geo. P. Smith, A. C.
Pierce, S. N. Wood, Alfred Taylor, E. G. Ross, T. McIntyre, J. H. Snead.
Robt. Morrow reported from the conference committee that the
Liberals were to have the nomination of Governor, two Members of
Congress, three Presidential Electors, the Attorney General, Auditor, and
Superintendent of Public Instruction; the Democrats one Member of
Congress, the Secretary of State, Judge of the Supreme Court, and Lieutenant Governor. Report agreed to.
The Committee on Resolutions reported that the joint committee had
agreed upon the following platform:
"Resolved, That the Liberal Republican and Democratic parties of the State of Kansas, in delegate convention assembled, accept and endorse the platform of principles
adopted by the Convention of Cincinnati, of May 3d, and that of Baltimore, of July 9,
1872, and especially do we approve and reaffirm the fourth section of said platform.
"Resolved, That we hereby ratify the nomination of Horace Greeley for President




584                     ANNALS OF KANSAS.                           [1872.
and B. Gratz Brown for Vice President of the United States, and we pledge to them our
unfaltering support.
"Resolved, That we are opposed to all further grants of land to railroad or other corporations. The public domain should be held sacred to actual settlers; and we hereby
pledge the Liberal Republican and Democratic parties of Kansas to such legislation,
State and National, as. may be or become necessary to secure to all settlers on public
lands, within the State of Kansas, their full, just and equitable rights.
"Resolved, That now, as in the past, we as Republicans are in favor of the free and
uncorrupted exercise of the elective franchise at the polls and in Legislative elections,
and we condemn in unmeasured terms the corrupt practices, and the use of money
before resorted to, to procure seats in the Senate of the United States, and pledge continued hostility to all men who have attempted to procure, or in the future cnay attempt
to obtain, positions by these most disgraceful and corrupting influences. And in the
coming election for Senator we are determined to support no man to whom the least;
taint or suspicion of the use of money or other improper means attaches, and to that
end we urge the voters of the State to oppose every candidate for the Legislature whose
character for integrity is not entirely above suspicion.
"Resolved, That labor is the true wealth of the State, and that we demand such legislation as will protect and build up the agricultural and industrial interests of ourwhole
State.
"Resolved, That we pledge the Liberal Republican and Democratic parties of the State
of Kansas to untiring opposition to extravagance and corruption in the administration
of national, State, county and municipal affairs; to the practice of strict economy, and
to the reduction of the burdens of taxation upon property and labor.
"Resolved, That we are in favor of an equal, uniform rate of valuation of all the property in the State.
"Resolved, That the interest of civilization demands that the Indian Territory lying
between the States of Kansas and Texas be opened to settlement, under the principles
of the pre-emption and homestead laws of the United States, at the earliest practicable
period.
"Resolved, That the Indian policy of the Administration has been a fraud and a failure, and that we demand for the settlers upon the frontier full protection against the
outrages of Indian tribes."
The committee of conference reported the following list of candidates:
For Governor, Thaddeus H. Walker, of Topeka; Congressmen, Robert B.
Mitchell of Paola, M. J. Parrott of Leavenworth, and N. A. Adams of
Manhattan; Lieutenant Governor, John Walruff, of Ottawa; Treasurer,
M. S. Beach, of Lawrence; Auditor, C. H. Pratt, of Humboldt; Secretary
of State, J. F. Waskey, of Labette county; Attorney General, B. P.-Waggener, of Atchison; Superintendent of Public Instruction, L. J. Sawyer, of
Osage county; Chief Justice, H. C. McComas of Fort Scott; Presidential
Electors, William Larimer, N. A. English, G. H. Hollenberg, Samuel A.
Riggs, A. W. Rucker.
The following candidates were then selected by ballot: Governor, T. H.
Walker; Congressmen, W. R. Laughlin, of Cherokee, and S. A. Riggs, of
Douglas; Presidential Electors, Pardee Butler, Wm. Larimer, and Alois
Thoman; Auditor, V. B. Osborne; Treasurer, C. H. Pratt; Superintendent
of Public Instruction, L. J. Sawyer. The other nominations, made by the
Democrats, were ratified.  The following State Committee was appointed.
Charles A. Birney, J. L. Philbrick, T. J. Anderson, Mr. Mills, H. H. Jordan, J. D. McCleverty, G. P. Smith, W. A. Kiser, Hewett Craig, A. S.
Devenney, R. N. Donnelly, P. H. Peters, J. D. Martin, J. H. Snead, Wm.
D. Mathews. The members of the Democratic Convention then marched
into Union Hall. Speeches were made by T. H. Walker, M. V. B. Bennett,
S. N. Wood, John Martin, and H. Miles Moore.




1872.]               AN1ALS OF KANSAS.                        585
SEPTEMBER 11.-State Democratic Convention, at Topeka. Called to
order by T. P. Fenlon. Temporary Officers: President, John Martin; Secretaries, H. Hiles Moore, Nathan Cree, Nelson Abbott.
Committee on Credentials: Wilson Shannon, jr., H. Miles Moore, Samuel
A. Williams, H. E. Norton, and Asa Hairgrove.
Committee on Permanent Organization: M. V. B. Bennett, Hayden, Clover,
Leonard, Lane.
Officers qof the Convention: President, Wilson Shannon, of Douglas; Vice
Presidents, Charles Sprague of Jackson, John Hanlon of Leavenworth
J. C. Frazier of Montgomery, C. Durfee of Doniphan, Hiero T. Wilson of
Bourbon, A. P. McMillin of Pottawatomie, J. H. Conolly of Johnson, Isaac
Sharp of Morris, T. W. Waterson of Marshall,. P. T. Pendleton of Ellsworth, T. J. Dolan of Atchison, E. H. Keables of Neosho; Secretaries, H.
Miles Moore of Leavenworth, Nathan Cree of Douglas, George F. Prescott
of Leavenworth, Nelson Abbott of Atchison, Solon Goode of Bourbon, W.
H. Ellis of Miami, G. H. Peacock of Montgomery.
Committee on Resolutions: Charles W. Blair, T. P. Fenlon, John Martin,
M. V. B. Bennett, P. T. Pendleton.
Committee of Conference with Liberal Republicans on State ticket, and other
matters: B. S. Cash, T. J. Dolan, J. P. Taylor, A. Sims, A. M. Crockett, W.
N. Allen, T. P. Fenlon, T. J. Lane, D. G. Campbell, T. H. Ellis, P. Chitwood, S. A. Williams, J. R. Gathright, J. D. O'Conner, J. J. Brown, G. W.
McMillin, M. Neal, J. Deskins, N. Cree, J. Martin, J. Merryberry, A. M.'Van Slyke, G. W. Hduston, H. E. Norton, A. A. Jackson, I. Sharp, G. W.
Murphy, T. T. Curtis, J. Foster.
The joint platform was adopted.
State Central Committee: H. M. Moore, R. B. Morris, John Martin, Ely
Moore, E. W. Burton, J. S. Bentley, M. S. Gast, Robert Reynolds, J. M.
Gordon, J. H. Conolly, M. V. B. Bennett, T. F. Pursey, R. B. Safford, P.
T. Pendleton.
SEPTEMBER 16.-The letter of S. C. Pomeroy to W. W. Ross is published
in the Lawrence Standard.
-The "Greeley Executive State Committee" is as follows: Isaac E.
Eaton, Samuel A. Riggs, Wilson Shannon, jr., Byron Sherry, M. S. Beach,
John C. Shea, and T. J. Anderson; headquarters at Lawrence.
-Dr. C. A. Logan, of Leavenworth, elected Grand Sire of the Grand
Lodge I. O. O. F., of the United States, at Baltimore.
SEPTEMBER 19.-Old Settlers' meeting in Douglas county.
SEPTEMBER 27.-Death of Hovey E. Lowman, at Waverley, New York.
He was the editor and one of the publishers of the Lawrence State Journal
when it was destroyed, and his partner, Josiah C. Trask, killed, by Quantrell. Soon after this loss he removed to New York; thence to Saginaw,
Michigan; returning &t Kansas, and editing the Lawrence Tribune and
Leavenworth Times, in 1870. As a logical writer, he has had no superior
on the Kansas press. Mr. Lowman was a man of the purest character, and
chivalrous in his warm-hearted devotion to friends and principles. He
wrote and published in a pamphlet a history of the Quantrell Massacre.
The assassination of his friends, and the sleepless nights and constant alarms




586                              ANNALS OF KANSAS.                                            [1872.
that followed that murderous morning, struck him a blow from which he
never recovered.
OCTOBER 3.-O'Conor Electors appointed.
OCTOBER 5.-Kansas Yearly Meeting of Friends, at Lawrence. Proceedings published in a pamphlet of 55 pages, by the Lawrence Journal.
OCTOBER 6.-Street railroad completed in Leavenworth.
OCTOBER 12.-Thos. Hughes buys the Marysville Locomotive, and changes
the name to Marshall County News.'OCTOBER 17.-Death of Winm. H. Seward, at Auburn.
OCTOBER 17.-Floyd & Sowers issue the Wichita Daily Beacon, the first
daily in the Arkansas valley, in this State. The daily edition ceased December 10th. Milton Gable bought the Beacon in the summer of 1874.
A Daily was also issued in the summer of 1873.
OCTOBER 20.-Temperance Electors appointed: Geo. S. Evarts, of Topeka; H. N. Elliot, of Manhattan; M. J. Firey, of Emporia; L. D.
Myers, of Humboldt, and F. Coates, of Solomon City.
-The M. K. & T. is completed to Caddo.
— Terrible prairie fire in Butler county.
OCTOBER 25. —Benj. F. Stringfellow presides at a Republican meeting in
Atchison.
OCTOBER 30.-Death of the wife of Horace Greeley.
NOVEMBER. —Parsons and Eldorado have built large school-houses.
NOVEMBER. —W. H. Rossington becomes one of the editors of the Commonwealth.
NOVEMBER 5.-Annual election.
VOTE FOR RAILROAD ASSESSORS.
~.g'    Counties.                  Names of Candidates.              Votes.   Total.    Maj.
Davis........................ J. L. Noble.................................    603
Dickinson................J. L. Noble..........................    246
Morris....................   J L. Noble............................    398
Riley........................ J. L. Noble................................  421    1, 668
8..Riley J.                J. Noble                                   421  1,668
Davis......................... John P. Swenson.......................    351
8 Davis.                  John P. Swenson........ 351
Dickinson................. John P. Swenson........................   804
Morris...................... John P. Swenson........................   505
Riley......................... John P. Swenson........................    971    2,631   963
Butler....................... W. B. Hutchison...................   1, 027
Cowley.................... W. B. Hutchison........................    538
Howard....................W. B. Hutchison........................     2
Sumner...................... W. B. Hutchison........................   79    1, 646
Butler......................J. M. Steele.............................    870
3...   Cowley....................J. M. Steele................................  1,242
Greenwood......           J. M. Steele................................  1
Howard....................J. M. Steele................................    335
Sedgwick.................J. M. Steele................................ 1,094
Sumner....................J. M. Steele..............................   1, 043    4,585    2,664
Sedgwick.................. W. H. Vigus................................    275  275
Barton......................D. N. Heizer..........................   173
Ellis.................. D. N. Heizer..............................    214
Ellsworth...................  D. N. Heizer..............................    155
McPherson..............D. N. Heizer.............................    450
Saline.......................D. N. Heizer.........                1, 366
14...  Wallace.....................D. N. Heizer.56    2, 414    1,922
Barton....................... A. Green...................................  47
Ellis........................... A. Green...............................  4
Ellsworth................  A. Green.................................   308
Lincoln..................... A. Green...................................  83
McPherson............... A. Green...................................  37
Saline........................  A. Green...................................  13  492




1872.]                              ANNALS OF KANSAS.                                                   587
VOTE FOR THREE MEMBERS OF CONGRESS AT LARGE.
Counties.                        c                                l          b
i!Y
Allen....................................   1,175    1,165        1,147         555       542       536
Anderson........................................    927        912        911        326       334       324
Atchison............................................   1, 945    1,937  1,914     1,403    1,379   1, 370
Barton...................................      162        162        161         53         50       50
Bourbon.............................................   2,058  1,942    1,986      1,385      1,389   1,399
Brown...............................................   1,135    1,132  1, 134        371       372       375
Butler........................................   1, 454    1, 459      1, 218        757       516       512
Chase................................................  489     487        443        245        195      194
Cherokee........................................    930        824        866     1,219      1,247   1, 275
Clay.....................................      747        750        746        182        181      178
Cloud................................................  922.921        922        272       269       272
Coffey....................................   1,050      1,043    1,034          478        477      474
Cowley..............................................   1,250  1,256    1,204         580        534      ~531
Crawford........................................    647        558        577     1,081      1,113   1,073
Davis.......................................        550        552        548        443       444       443
Dickinson..........................................  856       855        855        231       232       231
Doniphan......................................   1,777      1,781      1, 781     1,017      1,017   1,017
Douglas.................................          3,077      3;102    2,850        1,543      1,302   1,215
Ellis.......................................   162        166'       173        119        117      11i
Ellsworth................................      241        240       231        249        238       236
Franklin...............................        1,671      1,692     1,643         695        684      656
Greenwood..................................  855      850        850        359        353      352
Harvey........................................      573        572        570        202        198      203
Howard.................................           1, 751     1,739      1,735         909       919       921
Jackson......................................       901        900        901         91         91       91
Jefferson..............................       1,731    1,727    1,721             926        922      931
Jewell................................................  686  686  686     115        118      115
Johnson............................................  1,875   1,855    1,808    1,189    1, 224   1,172
Labette.............................................  1, 790    1, 770  1, 770       998        986      996
Leavenworth....................................   3,051     2, 939    2,868       2,576      2,577   2,515
Lincoln........................................     327        322        327        102        109      108
Linn......................1,636                             1,676    1,651           723        804      717
Lyon........................................    1,635    1, 605    1, 586           452       417       402
Marion........................................     683        683        683        156        155      156
Marshall...........................................  1, 378    1, 378    1, 378      626        626      626
McPherson........................................   455        455        457         35         36       34
Miami........................................     1,433    1,528    1,530            869    1,003        862
Mitchell........................................    712        709        712        191        191      194
Montgomery............  1, 812    1, 800     1, 809     1, 396     1,427   1,415
Morris........................................    544        524        536        405        389      378
Nemah.............................................   1,111    1,107    1,108         459        462      458
Neosho...................................   1,367      1,407     1,415      1,354    1,381   1,339
Norton.........................................      34         34         34.................................
Osage................................................   1,842  1,833    1,806        509        538      537
Osborne........................................     430        431        430         30         30        30
Ottawa...................................     611        603        611        139        133      132
Phillips...............................             153        133        153 15      32         32        32
Pottawatomie....................................   1,307    1, 305    1, 303         726        722      719
Reno........................................        266        266        266         89         89        89
Republic........................................  1,111    1,111       1,111................................
Rice....................................   193    192        192         38         38        38
Riley........................................     1,063      1, 067    1,016         356        335      329
Russell                                              144        148        146         15         15        15
Russell............................................  144     148        146                    15 11
Saline.......................................   1, 089    1,053    1,093           387        367      355
Sedgwick.......................................    992        992        988        490        487      437
Shawnee...................   2,449                           2, 521    2, 501      1, 033    1,018   1, 000
Smith........................................       309        365        365        112         72        72
Sumner.............................................  731       727        725        407        401      402
Wabaunsee.......................................    637        639        622        188        190      185
Wallace.........................................     34         29         34         40         40        40
Washington............................9......       995        995        995        462        462      462
Wilson...............................................   1,383  1,374   1,379         548        551      552
Woodson..................................    793        790        784        272        266      264
Wyandotte...............................    1, 303     1, 300    1,344    1, 180    1,176   1,117
Total...................                      67,400   67,114    66,345   34,450   33,983  33,264,                                                                                     33,2~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~




588                                                ANNALS OF KANSAS.                                                                       [1872.
VOTE FOR ELECTORS OF PRESIDENT AND
REPUBLICAN.
Cbunties.                                                           Z             5  
Bt. -           - 
Allen........................................1,154                                             1,157          1,157           1,157          1,157
Anderson.919 926 926 925 926
Anderson'.............................................               919            926            926            925            926
Atchison.                                                                         1,951  1,954  1,953  1,953  1,952
Barton........................                                    160            160            160            160
Bourbon................. 2, 002    2,005    2, 006    2,006    2, 006
Brown..........................................................  1,131    1,132    1,132    1,132    1,132
Butler..........................................................    1,452                       1,452           1,452          1,452          1, 452
Chase....................................                           480            482            481            482            480
Cherokee......................................................                       887            892            892            891            955
Clay........................................                                        747            744            744            744            744
Cloud...........................................           919            920            920            920            920
Coffey...........................................................                1,023    1,035    1,035   - 1,035                            1,035
Cowley.......................................................    1,241.                         1, 241         1,241          1,241           1,241
Crawford...................................................                          584            585            585            585            584
Davis........................................                      546            547            547            547            546
Dickinson...............................                     846            846            846            846            846
Doniphan.........................................:...........    1,777                       1,787          1,787          1,787           1,787
Douglas.....................................3.................    3,009                       3, 058         3,059          3,058          3,058
Ellis.................................................          163            163            163            163            163
Ellsworth.....................................................                      233            234            234            234            234
Franklin......................................................                   1,648          1,658          1,658          1, 658         1,658
Greenwood...............................                       857            857            856            857            857
Harvey...........................              563            563            563            563            563
Howard.......................................................    1,724                         1,738          1,737          1,737          1,733
Jackson...................................          895            895            895            895            895
Jefferson........................................1,711                                         1,725           1,724          1,723          1,724
Jewell..                                                                              687            684            686            684            686 
Johnson..........................................                  1,821          1,837           1,839          1,839          1,839
Labette........................................................                  1,688         1,778          1,7719         1,779           1,779
Leavenworth..............................................    2,990         2, 929         2, 917         2,927          2,930
Lincoln........................................                                     320            321            321            321...........
Linn............................................................    1, 704                     1,704           1,704          1,7J4          1,704
Lyon.......................................................    1, 633                         1,623          1,623          1,623          1,625
Marion..................................................            676            677            676            676            678
Marshall........................................                                 1,378          1,378          1,377          1,379          1,370
McPherson...............................              439            443            443            443            443
Miami..........................................................  1,537      1, 544          1,545         1,544           1,544
Mitchell...................................................                         717            718            718            718            718
Montgomery................................................    1, 795                           1,797          1,795          1,797          1,797
Morris....................................................             529            529            529            529            529
Nemaha.......................................................    1,100                         1,107          1,106           1,106         1,106
Neosho..................................1,405    1,402   1,408    1,409    1,409
Norton............................................34             34             34             34             34
Osage............................................................    1,804                      1,813          1,812          1,812          1, 812
Osborne.......................................................                    423            423            423            423            423
Osborne.423                                                                                          423            423            423            423
Ottawa......................................................                       596            605            605            605            605
Phillips.........................................................                    147            147            147            147            147
Pottawatomie................................      1, 303         1,307          1,308          1, 305         1, 307
Reno...................................                         266            266............ |    266                 266
Republic......................................................, 028        1,028.    1, 028              1,028          1,028
Rice..................................................                  196            196            196            196            196
Riley.1,055  1, 055  1, 055  1,055  1,055
Russell.                                                                              146  146  146  146  146
Saline..................................                                          1,068          1,081          1,082          1,082          1,081
Sedgwick.....................                            988            992            986            986            987
Shawnee..........................................                               2, 514         2, 521         2, 517         2,519          2, 522
Smith.................         366            366            366            366            366
Sumner....................................                         727            728            728            728            728
Wabaunsee.................................................                          629            631            632            627            629
Wallace.......................................................                        54             54             54             54             54
Washington...........................................              982            984            985            985            984
Wilson.........................................1,358                                           1,358          1,362          1, 362         1,362
Woodson....................................................                          780            782            782            782            782
Wyandotte............................    1, 300                                                  1,304          1, 303         1, 304         1,304
Total                                                                      66 805   67,048   66, 770   66, 942   66,783




1872.]  ANNALS OF KANSAS.                                                                                                                                 589
VICE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES.
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516             516             515             515             517................................................
316             314             314             314             314................................................
1,358           1,358           1,358           1,357           1,358...........................................................
64......................              64              64           64...........................
1,339           1,339                           1,339           1,337.........                 15          1           15           15          15......
381             381             381             381             381...........................................................
468  468  450  469  469..................
187             187 ] 1           58            190             187    132
1,187    1,186                     813    1,172    1,138                        413......
188             187             187             188             187...............
260             260............             260             260          260.............
470    471    470    470    471.................................
517  516  517  517  517.                                                                      4  4. 4.
1,028           1,027           1,0281    1,028                 1,029.........         7            7                        7......,......
441             440             440             440             440.........                             2            2           2           2......
222'            222             222             222             222.........                2           2            2           2           2......
1,094           1,096           1,094           1,094           1,094..........................................................
1,327           1,321           1,319           1,319           1, 319.........................................
114              114             114             114              114.........               5           5            5           5            5.....
239             239             215             239             239            23.......................;...........................
154             153             154             154             154..........................................................
346             346             346             346             346........................................................
187             187             187             187             187...............................................
1, 007          1,007............           1,006           1,006    1,007.....................................
441             441             441             441             441...........................................
911             910             829             828             907            63              1           1            1           1           1......
115             115............             115             115          115.......................
1,1 93    1,193    1,193    1,193    1,193.........                                                          1                        1           1.......
1,014           1,014              987          1,014               992           49.....................
2,516    2,523    2,520    2, 527    2,49                                          13..
114             114..........             114             114          114...
632             632             632             632             632.........   43    43    43.:43.
418              416            379             415...............
418             416             379             415             414..........I........ ).........I.........I..................f......
148             148             148             145             148................................................
622             622             580             622             614            42...................................
48              40              48              48              48.....................................
868             865             865             865             865..................
183             183........................                183          183...............................................
1,397           1,399           1,397           1,397           1,397......................................
335             335             335             385             335.........,..............................................
444             444             445             444             444.........               23          23           23          23          23......
1,325           1,325           1,265           1,325           1,214             71              6            6           6           6            6......
529             532               44            535             534    488                     8           8            8           8           8......
38              38              31              36              38             8             1           1            1           1           1......
127             127............             127             127          127....................................
32              32......               32              32           32........................................
692             694 1           692             690             683............................................................
90              90              90              90              90..................................
36              36............              36              36           36              3           3            3           3           3......
338             338             334             38              338..................................
16              16              16              16              16.......................................................
356             356             269             355             357            87.....................................
484.........                482             483             484..............................................   440
979             978             981             976             975........            5           5           5            5           5......
75      6.......                  74              70           75......3.......3.........5......7 
402             402.402                                         402   402                      3           3            3           3           3......
186             187                 2           188             186          186....................................
44              4...44  4 44..44  44...................~~~~.............................
446             446             110             446             446          335...............................................
524             523             479             515             571            44            27          27.22                26          22......
238             250             174             250             248            57....................,156          1, 155          1, 154          1,153           1,155......................."......
32,970   32,421   28,535   32, 679   32,781  4,426......156    156    140  140   440
32,970_ 32,421 2,3                       279   3271 I,2                                   5         5            4           1             4      440




590                         ANNALS OF KANSAS.                                     [1872.
VOTE FOR GOVERNOR, LIEUT. GOVERNOR, AND SECRETARY OF STATE.
GOVERNOR.         LIEUT. GOV.    SEC. OF STATE.    AUDITOR.
Colunties.        5' 
~,                                   0
Alleln....................   1,154  516    1,166  545    1,168       53'3   1,162    538
Anderson.........     910      335      923      325       929      327      927    325
Atchison..............  1, 857   1,436    1,942    1, 379    1,943   1,373    1, 944  1,373
Barton.................     162  53      163       63       164       62      164      63
Bourbon............  1,979   1,398    2,008   1, 385    2,008   1,387    2,037   1,351
Brown.............  1,122    391    1,133      382    1,135       382    1,134    374
Butler..............  1,444    529    1,458      515    1,461      515    1, 457    514
Chase............    463      221      489      173       490      195      490    195
Cherokee..........    903   1,220       891   1,250        890   1,233       906  1,232
Clay....................    732  200    739      197       751      180      755    177
Cloud............    920      273      924      266       924     266       924    266
Coffey.............  1,043     482    1,046      479    1,047      479    1,046    481
Cowley............  1,233     543    1, 224     537    1, 245     539    1, 245    537
Crawford..............  594   1,087     593   1, 087       593   1,089       593  1,092
Davis.............    539     453      553      439       549     443       548    443
Dickinson.........    852      234      859      228       855      231      857    223
Doniphan.............   1,737   1,116    1,777   1,121  i, 818   1,081    1,794  1,112
Douglas.............  3,024   1,361    3,065   1,318    3,073   1,312    3,060  1,318
Ellis.....................    166  119  165      121       165      120      165    120
Ellsworth..........    242     236      239      239       239     239       230    247
Franklin............  1,648    703    1,641      713    1,686      666 I1,680    670
Greenwood.........    856      366      858      366       856     369       856    368
Harvey...........   574      106      574      185      566      196       566    187
Howard...............  1,744   926    1,741      925    1,746      921    1,747    921
Jackson...........    805      495      902      490       902     488       903    488
Jefferson............  1,674   974    1,726      929    1,729      925    1,731    925
Jewell.............    688      117      688      117       687     117       688    117
Johnson..............  1,832   3, 216    1,851   1,196    1,859   1,186    1,854  1,191
Labette............  1,788   1, 013    1,878   1,021    1,752   1,050    1,873  1,018
Leavenworth......  3,143   2, 357    2,952   2,553    2,966   2,518    3, 018  2,481
Lincoln...............    328  124      303      119       327     118       298    146
Linn...............  1,640    750    1,683      722    1,687      721    1,685    721
Lyon............  1,630        447    1,642      433    1,640      441    1,553    427'
Marion............    661      157      682      157      683      156       682    156
Marshall.............., 360  658    1, 386    626    1, 388     626    1,383    637
McPherson.........    452       37      452       36      451       36       452      36
Miami..................  1,489  910    1,548     878    1,552      875    1,553    875
Mitchell...........    710     197      714      193       713     194       713    189
Montgomery...  1, 801   1,431    1,809   1,438    1,806   1,439    1,808  1,438
Morris............    540     382      547      368      545      380       545    380
Nemaha..............  1, 080   486    1,109      460    1,106      462    1,068    459
Neosho...............  1.433   1,340    1,433   1,337    1,434   1, 336    1,435  1,337
Norton.................  34.......................34..............
Osage..       1,816      562    1,840      544    1,843      544    1,842    540
Osborne...............    428   37      430       36      430       34       430      36
Ottawa...........    605    133      613      131      613      131       614    131
Phillips...........    153     32      153       32      153       32       153     32
Pottawatomie 1......    271     743    1,305      724    1,338      689    1,287    742
Reno............    265      90      268       89      266       90       266      90
Republic.............  1,000    25    1,069       25    1,069        4    1,069        4
Rice.....................    190  38    193       35      190       38       190      38
Riley...................  1,040  351    1,059    339    1,062      335    1,059    340
Russell...........    148,     15      148       15       149      15       149      15
Saline................   1, 078  379    1,095    363    1,093      363    1,096    362
Sedgwick............  1,070    391      991      483      993      481       991    492
Shawnee............   2,645   1,144    2,503   1, 029    2,539     989    2,514  1,007
Smith............    367       74      367       74      366       74       367     74
Sumner...........    717       4()0     728      410      726      412       728    410
Wabaunsee........    600       218      635      190      637      187       637    186
Wallace..      56       44       56       44       56       44        56     44
Washington..........   987     472      995      465      987............   988    290
Wilson.................  1,374  549    1,378     559    1,378      548    1,378     561
Woodson..............    781   273      786      271      786      270       792    265
Wyandotte.........  1,277   1,193   -1,302   1,175    1, 304   1,173    1,308  1,171
Total.............. 66,715  34,608   67,324  34,345   67,535  33,665   67,387 33,978
Majorities......  32,011............   2,979............  33, 870............  33, 165.




1872.]                       ANNALS OF KANSAS.                                      591
VOTE FOR TREASURER OF STATE, ATTORNEY GENERAL, SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION, AND CHIEF JUSTICE.
TREASURER.       ATT'Y GEN'L.       SUP. PUB. INS.  CHIEF JUST'E.
Counties.                                   s t                  a
Allen..............  1,065    641    1,166       537    1,174       527   1,124    583
Anderson.............. 920     327       928      323       927      323     922    328
Atchison..............  1,945   1,380    1,873    1,415    1,945   1,367   1,957  1,344
Barton..................    163  63      165       62       164       60     163      61
Bourbon.............  1,985   1,404    2,007   1,383    2,014    1,382   1,963  1,425
Brown..............  1, 133    382    1,141       381    1,140       383   1 140     377
Butler...........   1,272      698    1,456       516   i1,456       516   1, 456    516
Chase..............    455    228       489      194      486       198     490    195
Cherokee.............    890, 249    892   1, 094       832   1, 279     878  1, 260
Clay.....................    753  175    750      181       754      176     751    181
Cloud..................    923  267      924      266       926     264      923    267
Coffey.............. 1,041      482    1,043       481    1, 042     435   1,043    481
Cowley..................1,211   568    1,244       537    1,245      537   1,244    536
Crawford.............. 591   1,094       591    1,090      591   1,083       571  1,114
Davis..............    547      443       552      439      551      441      550    440
Dickinson.............    854  233       855      232       852     231      857    228
Doniphan..........   1,771    1,119    1,783   1,113    1,776    1,113   1,786  1,113
Douglas...............  3, 010   1,359    3,066   1,328    3, 081   1,308   3, 066  1,311
Ellis......................    165  120  166      120       165      120     165    120
Ellsworth.............    240  236       252      226      240      233      238    239
Franklin..............  1,678  671    1,678       668    1,678      667   1,682    668
Greenwood...........    548    376       856      368       856     368      856    369
Harvey..............    562    192       565      197       565 ]   197      566    197
Howard..............  1,714    952    1,747       923    1, 745     919   1,746    920
Jackson................    903  489      903      489      903      485      904    490
Jefferson...........  1,731    925    1,732       920    1,734       920   1,732    925
Jewell.............    689     117       691      116       689      116     691    117
Johnson................, 894   1,121    1,856   1,189    1,857   1,187   1,855  1,189
Labette.................   1,763   1,031    1,778    1,024    1,784    1,009   1, 779  1,029
Leavenworth........  2,914   2,570    2,960   2,538    3,049   2,437   2,960  2,519
Lincoln.............   326      109      314      110       318     113      326    110
Linn.............  1,689     720    1,687       722    1, 687     722   1,685    726
Lyon....................1,652  430    1,652       427    1,629      421   1,631    446
Marion.................    683  156      603      156      682       156     683    156
Marshall...............  1,383  637    1, 379     643    1,386      629   1, 383    637
McPherson...........    451     36       453       36      452       36      453      36
Miami.................  1,549  873    1,551       876    1, 552     874   1,547    880
Mitchell.............  711     193       713      194      713      195      712    194
Montgomery....... 1,784   1,437    1,809    1,438    1,803   1, 430   1, 810  1,437
Morris...................    345  370    545      380      547      379      545    380
Nemaha..............  1,109    459    1,107       460    1, 107     460   1,112    456
Neosho.................   1, 382 1, 390    1,431    1,173    1,438   1,326   1,425  1,182
Norton.................  34............  34........       34............  34.........
Osage...............  1,827    560    1,843       542    1,851      457   1,842    543
Osborne...............    431   35       429       35      430       36      430      36
Ottawa..................    612  131      611      132      614      131      612    132
Phillips................    153  32      153       32      153       32      153      32
Pottawatomie.......  1, 300    725    1,303       720    1, 307     715   1, 305    721
Reno................  265       91       266       90      266       89      266      90
Republic.............  1, 069    3    1, 069        4    1, 070       4   1, 069       4
Rice....................     1  38       191       38       190      38      190      38
Riley.............  1,060      339    1,062       334    1,061      336   1,060    349
Russell.............    149     15       149       10       149       15     149      15
Saline..................1,094  364    1,123       329    1,095      364   1,097      364
Sedgwick.............    986   489       934      485      993      484      988    473
Shawnee.......       2, 521   1, 006    2,536      987    2,540      992   2,540    986
Smith................. 359       74       367       74      367       74      367      74
Sumner................  722     417       728      410      729      406      725    411
Wabaunsee............    636   189       633      190      640      184      636    189
Wallace...............  56      44        56       44       56       44       56      44
Washington.........    989     267       997      466       998     458      996    466
Wilson.................  1,378  548    1,390      538    1,391      548   1,378    551
Woodson.............    757    301       786      271      787      250      790    266
Wyandotte............  1,298   1,176    1,305   1,174    1,311   1,164   1,304  1, 174
Total.............. 66,277  34,866   67,458  33,860   67,567  33,843  67,357 34,131
Majority        31,232.. 33,480............  33, 720.....       33,064.........




592                                            ANNALS OF KANSAS.                                                                  [1872.
VOTE FOR MEMBERS OF THE SENATE.
Counties.                          Names of Candidates.                                    
Doniphan....................    Nathan  Price.............................. 1,137                           1,137
1...    Doniphan....................             F. H. Drenning..........................    851                        851
Doniphan...................J. A. Leonard..........................  864                                         864
Atchison......................    Win. H. Grimes.........................    1, 866                          1,866           403
Atchison.......................   Joseph  C. Wilson.......................  1, 928                          1,928           465
Atchison..          Wm. C. Smith............................. 1,463                     1,463
Atchison......................   Joseph  Logan............................. 1,355                           1,355
Brown.........................   E. N. Morrill..............................   1,100
Brown.......      J. S. Tyler..................................,           300
3...    Brown..........................  John   Kirk.................................        31            31
Nemaha..........    E. N. Morrill                                                             1, 096   2,196  1,410
Nemhha.................    J. S. Tyler..................................          452           752
Marshall.....................    Frank  Schmidt.......................... 1,113
4        Marshall......................  G. H. Hollenberg.......................                          871... Washington..................  Frank  Schmidt..........................    756                              1,869           309
Washington..................  G. H. Hollenberg.......................    689                               1,560
Jackson........................   L. R. Palmer.......................... 903
Jackson........................    Henry  Hegner..........................                       486
Pottawatomie...............  L. R. Palmer...........................   1,087                                1,990           620
Pottawatomie...............   Henry  Hegner.......................                               884        1, 370
Jefferson......................   J. W. Rogers..............................  1,372                           1, 372          120
6...    JeffersonG...........                      G.  B. Carson...........1,129                                      1,129
Jefferson...................... J. A. Amos..............................                         123            123
Leavenworth.............  Thomas Moonlight.....................  2, 913                                     2, 913          356
Leavenworth.............  Jacob  Winter......................                                             2, 617           60
Leavenworth.............    J. T. McWhirt...........................  2,594                                 2, 594           37
7...  Leavenworth............... A. Birnie.2,557..                                                                  2, 557
Leavenworth...............  James F. Legate........................... 2, 070                             2, 070
Leavenworth.............               W. G. Coffin................................             623           623
8        Wyandotte.................r. Byon Judd............................,   1,343    1, 343                                        198
Wyandotte..................  D. B. Hadle y..........................70   1,145  1,145
Johnson......................  John  P. St. John.........................[1,772                             1,772           527
Johnson.........L. F. Greene..............1245                                                             1,245
Miami.........................    E. H. Topping............................ 1,533                           1,533           632...    Miami..........................          J. W. Gossett............................             9*            901
Linn.............................  Andrew  Ely............................... 1,546                        1,546           732
L      in        n............................. Joel Moody................................      814           814'  Bourbon....................... E. Guerin.............................    1,570               1, 570          311
Bourbon...................... F. R. Boyle................................. 1,258                           1, 258
Bourbon.......................  William   Simpson.......................    274
13...    Bourbon.......................  Stephen  Alberty.........................    264
Crawford.....................  William   Simpson........................ 1,061                              1, 335          444
Crawford.....................  Stephen  Alberty.......................                           627  891
14...    Cherokee.....................  W. M.  Matheny.........................  1,122                                 1,122           182
Cherokee....................           C. C. McDowell..........................    940!                      940
15        Labette.........................  James A. Crichton..................... 1,587                              1,587          429
Labette......................... Win. Dick................................. 1,157    1,157
16...    Neosho........................  Walter  L.  Simons.......................  1,513                             1, 513         286
Neosho.......................          R. N. Bayless............................. 1,223                    1,223
Anderson..................... A. Johnson...........................    888
17        Anderson.....................  Geo. P. Smith.............................    324
17...    Allen.......................... W. A. Johnson........................... 1,109                           1,997        1, 100
Allen.....................             Geo. P. Smith............................                 573!        897
18...    Franklin.................  A    M. Blair...............................   1,686                               1, 686       1,032
Franklin......................  John  A. Davenport.....................    654                                 654
Douglas........................  Samuel Walker........................... 2,979                              2, 979      1, 176
19        Douglas.....M. A. O'Neil.............................. 2,532                                                 2,532          729
1..    Dosuglas.........0..           O.  E. Learnard..........................             1,803         1, 803
Douglas....................... W. C. Tenney.............................  1,310                              1, 310
20         Shawnee.....................N. C. McFarland........................ 2, 371    2,371   1,243
Shawnee.................A.          Thoman................................. 1,128                  1,128
Osage..........................         C. S. Martin.....................                    1, 309
Osage.......................... H. D. Shepard...........................    984
21...    Osage.........                Wm. W histler...........................                   6             6
Wabaunsee.................. S. Martin................................    420                1,729           338
Wabaunsee.                               H. D. Shepard...........................    401                    1, 385
Coffey..........................    C. B. Butler................................                 837
22...    Coffey...A.......................  A.D..Brown..............................    664
1 Woodson.....                            C. B. Butler...............................    615, 452         350
Woodson............                      A.     D. Brown..............................    438               1, 102
23         Wilson......................           A. M. York................................. 1,371."'1 Montgomery.................  A. M. York..............................                            1,811         3,182        1, 268




1872.]                                           ANNALS OF KANSAS.                                                                    593
VOTE FOR MEMBERS OF THE SENATE —Concluded.
Counties.                              Names of Candidates.                            Z 
Wilson........................  Frank  Willis..............................    496
23.    Montgomery.................  Frank  Willis.............................   1,418                                 1,914
Lyon...........................  Win. Martindale.......................  1, 464
Greenwood..................  Wm. Martindale............                                          824        2,288       1,356
Lyon...........................  Thomas Armor..........................    538
Greenwood................  Thomas Armor..........................    394                                     932
Butler..........................  M. M. Murdock............    863
Cowley............M...........   M. M. Murdock. o......................1, 225
Harvey.......................            M. M. Murok..........................    364
Howard....................... M. M. Murdock.......................... 1,195
Reno........................... M. M. Murdock..........................    258
Sedgwick................... M. M. Murdock.......................... 1,173
Sum  ner..............                  M. M. Murdock..........................    796                     5,874       1,750
Butler.....DavidL.  Payne.........................1, 103
Cowley........................  David  L. Payne..........................    556
Harvey......................... David L. Payne...........  306
Howard........................  David  L. Payne...................1,432
Reno............................   David  L.  Payne..........................                     92
Sedgwick.....................   David  L.  Payne..........................                      303
Sumner........................  David  L. Payne..........................    332                            4,124
Chase..................                 Henry  Brandley.........................    461
Marion.......................  Henry Brandley..................  716
Morris........................  Henry  Brandley.........................                           520      1,697           965.. Chase..........................       E. A. Bruse...........................    210
Marion...............                  E. A. Bruse................................    121
Morris.........................  E. A    Bruse...........................          401       732
Riley...............                   V. P. Wilson..............................    642
Davis..........................   V. P. Wilson..............................    523... Dickinson..................... V. P. Wilson...........................    716                         1, 881          344
Riley...........................  R. B. Spillman............................                    722
Davis...........................    R. B. Spillman....................     460
Dickinson....................           R. B. Spillman...........................    352                     1534
Lincoln.......................E. Barker.................................               371
Phillips........................  E. Barker.............................                          173
Smith............................ Barker.............................                   441
Republic..................... Barker.............................                1, 079
Ottawa........................   E. Barker..........................                             620
28...    Osborne.....................  E. Barker..................................                        458
Norton..........................    E. Barker................................          34
Mitchell.....................    E. Barker.................................                       903
Jewell a..........................  E. Barker.................................                   798
Clay.O sborne.............    E. Barker.................................               738
Cloud..........................   E. Barker...................        923        6,538       6,538
aline.......................            John  H. Edwards.......................                  871
McPherson................. John  H. Edwards........................                             327
Ellsworth..................... John  H. Edwards........................                         148
Ellis..............John  H. Edwards.........d...............    209
Wallace.......................  John  H. Edwards.....................                               26
Rice..................                  John  H. Edwards.................                        203
Barton.....................             John  H. Edwards.................                        147
Russell.........................  John  H. Edwards.......................                        140        2,071           906
Saline..                                 J. H. Snead.........................                    460
McPherson..................  J. H. Snead..................170
Ellsworth.....................J. H. Snead...............................                         318
Ellis..........................          J. H. Snead.....................69
Wallace.....................    J. H. Snead...............................                         20
Rice.............................   J. H. Snead...............................                   25
Barton..........................  J. H. Snead.............................                        71
Russell..........................   J. H. Snead............15                                               1, 148
VOTE FOR MEMBERS OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
County.                                  Names of Candidates.                            
1    Doniphan.......................  M. B. Bowers..................................                               524                168
J. H. Long..................                    356
J. F. Mauk.......................................  305
2.......................................B. O'Driscoll....................................                       407                 14
A. Low............................................    393
A. Jeffs............................................       46
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594                                          ANNALS OF KANSAS.                                                                    [1872.
VOTE FOR MEMBERS OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES - CONTINUED.
Counties.,Names of Candidates.                                                 a
3     Doniphan  (concluded)....  E. Searcy................................             355          43
A. Larzelere...............................                      175
Lyman  Nash....................................                   137
4     Atchison........................  A. W. Spalding................................                           672        253
Henry  Brandner..............................                     419
5......................................       G. W. Gillespie................................                  691        346
William   H. Kemper.........................                      345
6.......................................  M. E. Larkin....................................                      553          24
G. W. Thompson..............................                      529
7    Brown......                               C. F. Bowrou..............................      1, 122        764
B. F. Killey..................................                     351
8    Nemaha........................   Cyrus  I. Scofield...............................                          406          44
J. H. Peckham.................................                   347
9...................................... C. DeForrest...................              495        198
T. B. Gray.....................................                   294
10    Marshall.........................   I.C. Legere......................................                        023        118
John  D. Wells.................................                1, 905
11    Washington...................A. J. Banta......................................                                890        323
J. E. Barrett....................................                 567
12    Riley......................  W. J. Hunter..................................                   795       220
Samuel Long...................................                    575
13  Pottawatomie................. R. A. Guffy.664........................    664   144
B. Hagan........................................                 484
W. H. Powell....................................                    36
14'...........................  Welcome Wells...............................                         538        288
J. M. Johnson...................                                 250
15    Jackson.......................    P. M. Hodges.................................                  904       423
A. McKeever................................                       481
16    Jefferson......................            J. F. Willetts..............................         481        146
J. I. Moore...................................                    335
17..............................   V. Brown...................................                           441         43
J. F. Hinton....................................                 398
18....................................... D. H. Frazier..................................    473         23
E. K. Townsend................................                    383
S. Stiers..............................                 67
19     Leavenworth.................  W. S. Plumluer.........................                                      363         20
D. R. Anthony.34...................    343
20....................................... T. Morgan....................................        315         14
Joseph  Clarke...............................                     281
William   Fairchild...........................                      20
21..........................    Josiah Kellogg.................................                     449         17
J. I. Larimer.................................                     432
22.......................................  W. H. Bond.....................         373         36
J. C. Murphy................................        337
23.......................................  J. Turner...........................435                                          143
C. S. Foster....................................                  292
24..............H......................... C. Fields..........................           517         93
M. J. Parrott...................................                  419.
25......................................   T. Dillard e...................              426           5
C. Moore..............................             419
26     Wyandotte....................   W. S. Tough...................................                              837         21
John  Coon...................................                     816
27.....................................W. J. Buchan..............................        387         17
James S. Bell...................................                  370
28   Johnson......................... Thomas James.................................    535                                       18
G. M. Bowers...................................                   517
29.......................................  J. M. Miller.64.....................                  641.        82
G. H. Lawrence...............................                     559
30..I........................  D. Belden.......................................                363                 77
A. Taylor....................................                     286
J. T. Woodward...................         109
81    Miami.......................... J. W. Beaty.................................                                 650       168
Robert Collett.................................                   482
32........................   Reuben  Smith..................................                       779       303
H. H. Patten....................................                  476
33    Linn.............................          S. R. Hungerford..............................                     475                 85
Seneca  Johnson................................                   121
Harvey  Smith................................                     390
84....................................... J. F. Ward..........................:.........       463       207
J. D. McRae....................................                  196
35.......................................   L. H. Lane.........................             449       129
J. W. Miller....................................                  320
36     Bourbon........................  W. J. Cochrane..............................                              588        274




1872.]                                        ANNALS OF KANSAS.                                                                       595
VOTE FOR MEMBERS OF TIIE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES-CONTINUED.
-g                  Counties.                               Names of Candidates.                                                 0
36    Bourbon  (concluded)......   Isaac Burton...................................                                  314
37.......................................  Jacob  Brenner................................  540       131
W. J. Stroud.. 409
38.......................................  B. P. McDonald..............................                           774         48
Jacob  D. Rush..................................                  725
39    Crawford........................  A. J. Vickers.................................                              486        205
Joseph  Fetters.................................                  281
40............................... S. J. Langdon...................................      389                131
G. W. Brown....................................                   258
N. W. Taylor...............................                      194
41    Cherokee.................  William  Givins.................................                    509
A. F. Childs......................................                541                 32
G. W. Wood......................................                  110
42..............................         C. W. Harvey..................................                    450           3
T. A. Rucker....................................                  447
43     Labette.....................  W. W. Harper.................................                               956        521
George A. Reynolds.........................                       433
44                                                 W. H.. Mapes..................................                    807        324
Christian  Leib....................                              483
45    Neosho..................  Elijah  Cravens..............................                       648
C. F. Hutchings...............................                    827        116
J. N. Beach..................                60
46...... Frank Bacon...................................                       580
A. L. Taylor.....................................                 579
47     Allen....................   Edward  H. Funston..........................                        500        108
Nelson  F. Acres................................                   392
48.......................................  William   Wakefield...........................             440         87
J. W. Pine.......................................                 353
49     Anderson.......................  John  T. Lanter............................         785        356
William   Gear..............................                      429
50     Franklin.......................  E. J. Nugent...........                   604         57
M. E. Chene                        y....................         547
51.......................................  William   Bateman.............................                 643        192
J. H. Harrison.................................                   421
J. T. Burt........................................                 30
52    Douglas..........................   James S. Crew.................................                           789       426
Samuel Kimball................................                     363
53...................................    I. S. Kalloch....................................       987        586
Turner Sampson..............................                      317
William   Sells...................................                 84
54.....................................  A. K. Lowe......................................     354                 48
William   H. Christian........................                     306
J. L. Jones.......................................                255
55.5...................................    N. Henshaw.....................                  444        120
E. E. Geddes.....................................                 324
56    Shawnee.......................            Daniel M. Adams..............................                      537        158
A. J. Arnold.................................*..  379
57....................  George  W. Veale............................[                         840        177
John  Martin....................................                   663
58.......................................  Wesley  Gregg...................................                       630       306
J. M. Harvey....................................                  324
59     Osage...........................           S. R. Shoemaker...............................                     829       500
William   P. Deming................         328
H. DuBois 1................................. 
60.......................................  A. B. Cooper...................            425                  59
Thomas  Donnell..............................                     353
E. W. Burton....................................                  366
61    Coffey............................ J.A. Kennedy...............................                  593
J. M. Sheafor...................................                  249
S. K. Cross...................................                    660                 67
62    Woodson...............     William    Peck...................................                588        142
J. W. Turner....................................                   446
63    Wilson..........................  J. Z. Sexton........................           1, 314        722
J. N. Halstead...................            588
64    Montgomery..................    T. B. Eldridge................................                               832          17
E. B. Dunwell..................            815
65...................................... M.S. Bell.........................................            888        202
B. F. Devore...................................                   686
66    Howard..................  Charles Barbour............................                        885
E. S. Cummings................................  1,128            243
John  Rambo..................................                     612
67     Greenwood.....................  S.P. Huntington..............................                              806        371
John  Gage.......................................                 435




596. ANNALS OF KANSAS.                                                                            [1872.
VOTE FOR MEMBERS OF THE HOUSE- OF REPRESENTATIVES —CONCLUDED.
* Counties.                                     Names of Candidates. X
68      Lyon..........................   L. N. Robinson.......................                                        617         180
S. P. Young...............................                          329
S. G. Brown................................         108
69....................................... J. M. Hunter..................................                    567         177
R. W. Randall..............................                          390
70      Wabaunsee...............   Abraham   Sellers.............................                           522         263
E. H. Sanford..............................                       131
J. M. Bisley..................................                     125
71      Davis...........................             W. S. Blakely.................................                       641         289
James Humphrey...........................                            351
72      Morris......................... J. A. Wallace.................................                                   451
C. H. Titus..................................                       471           20
73      Chase.............................    Wm. Jeffrey...................................                             325            9
W. S. Smith....................................                      316
74      Butler...................  Thomas  H, Baker...........................    1, 688    1,540
75      Cowley..................  James McDermott...........................    1, 214                                 639
A. N. Demming...........................                             575
76      Sedgwick....................... B. Allen....................................                                     890         296
N. A. English.................................                       594
77      Marion.......................  J. K. McLean.................................                                     755        744
78      McPherson...................                J. E. Simpson.................................                      348  204
L. P. Peershawl.........................            144
79      Dickinson...........  S. J. Kahler.................................                        864        651
Jos. G. McCoy.............................    213
80      Clay....................   S. L. Stratton................................                          538        451
M. H.  Ristine................................                       387
81      Republic....................  Alman   Shaw..................................                           724         312
R. P. West......................................                     412
82      Cloud...........H.............   H. C. Snyder........................          665         144
Wm. English...................................                       521
83      Ottawa..........................   W.  B. Davis....................................                                562        389
Frank   Philbrick.............................                         70
J. KI     Osborne..................................                  103
84      Saline...................  Eric  Forsee....................................                      752          82
H. D. Baker...................................                       670
85      Ellsworth.....................              H. F. Hoseman................................                         181                  17
A. Homeson................................                          164
Paul T. Carlett................................                      110
Wm. King..................................                            19
86      Lincoln................  George-Green.................................                           221             5
John  Harshbarger...........................                         182
W. T. Eubank.................................                          34
87      Mitchell.................   John  Curtain.................................                        561         243
Winm. C. Ingram...............................                      318
88      Jewell.....                    Geo. S. Bischop................................                      660         *492
W. H. Cammeron...........................                           168
89      Ellis...............................        Simon  Motz..................                                        174           86
Michael Sweeney...........................                            88
90      W allace......................    Alex.  Ross....................................                                  80          60
A. T. Bisel......................................                      20
91      Rice..............................   Wm.  Lourey...................................94                    8
F. J. Griffith........                                                 59
H. P. Ninde....................................                         86
92      Sumner................   Geo. M. Miller..........................                                 552
C. A. Rohrabacher..........................                          555                     3
Peter Fish.....................................                        5
93      Osborne........................ L. Bear......................................                                    152
C. Reasoner....................................                      263           60
John  Rathbun.................................
94      Reno............................            C. C. Hutchinson...........................                         223           92
J. H. Lawson.................................                       131
95      Smith.............................  J. T. Morrison.............................  255       85
W. H. Porter..................................                       170
96      Harvey.....................  H. E. Ensign..................................                      406          42
J. J. Barker.............................                171
Wm. N. Congdon..........................                           191
97      Barton........................... L. Brinkman..............................                       168         108
D. R. Smith..................................                         60
98      Russell....................   David  Adams.............................                          152         137
D. B. W aterman.............................                          15
99      Phillips..........................   Noah   W eaver................................                     99          10
~.                           -              Felix  T. Gandy.............................                            89
100       Norton..........................  N. H. Billings............................. 21               10
S. D. Reed................                                11




1872.]                                        ANNALS OF KANSAS.                                                                       597
VOTE FOR JUDGES OFITHE DISTRICT COURTS.
a  Cbunties.                        Names of Candidates.                              z. a.
1  Leavenworth........ W.  Ide....                                  2, 922    2,922               455
Leavenworth                                   J. W. English.........   2, 467    2,467
Atchison...................                  P. L. Hubbard..................... 2, 063
Brown............ P. L. Hubbard                                             1, 074
Doniphan..........................  P. L. Hubbard.................., 728
Nemaha.............................  P. L. Hubbard..................                          1,116         5, 981       2, 700
Atchison............................  Chas. W. Johnson...............                               1,249 
Brown.............................    Chas. W. Johnson...........                               409
Doniphan..........................   Chas. W. Johnson........                                 1,163
Nemaha..................                     Chas. W. Johnson...........                         459        3,280
Jackson............................   John  T. Morton..................    1,385
Jefferson...........................  John  T. Morton..................    1,442
3...  Pottawatomie...........                         John T. Morton..................    1,263
Shawnee...........   John  T. Morton..................    3, 503
Wabaunsee........................  John  T. Morton..................                              767        8, 360       8,359
Anderson......................... Owen A. Bassett.................                               879
Douglas.............................  Owen  A. Bassett.................    3, 008
Franklin..........................   Owen  A. Bassett.................    1,268                            5,155  2,431.... Anderson........... B. Mason........................                360
Douglas............................          C. B. Mason....                                   1, 306
Franklin..........................   C.-B. Mason.....................                        1, 058        2,724
Coffey..............................   E, B. Peyton.......................                      957
Lyon................................    B. Peyton........................                   1, 565
Osage................................   E.B. Peyton........................                    1, 238        3, 760       1, 649...    Coffey...............................  Ellis Lewis.....................                           572
Lyon................................   Ellis Lewis..........................                     436
Osage................................   Ellis Lewis.....................                      1,103         2,111
6 Bourbon...........................James D. Snoddy...............  1, 789
6      Linn.................................    James  D. Snoddy............    1,455                           3,244        3,241
Davis...................                     W. H. Canfield.................                      657
8        Dickinson........................    W                H............................     1,079...  Morris.....W. H. Canfield....................    930
Ottawa.............................          W. W.. Canfield....................                 644
Riley........... W.....       W. H. Canfield.................                   1, 398        4,708        4,704
Chase................................   W. R. Brown......................                      489
Harvey.............................   W. R. Brown......................                          383
Marion...........  R. Brown......................                   232
Reno.....W.............          W.......        R. Brown.......................          194
Rice...                                     W. R. Brown......................                    201        1,499           251
Chase............................   Frank  Doster..........187
Harvey........................... Fra k  Doster......................                          347
Marion......................                Frank  Doster..............         579
Reno............................y...    Frank  Doster......................                       92
Rice.............................            Frank  Doster..                      35       1,240
Clay................................   A. S.FWilson.......................  1    738
Clay.A. S. Wilson..  738
Cloud...............................   A. S. Wilson..............          924
Jewell...............................  A. S. Wilson...                796
Marshall...................  A. S. Wilson................    2,015
Mitchell............................  A. S. Wilson.......................                        900
12...    Norton.................... S. Wilson........................                  34
Osborne..........................           A. S. Wilson........................                458
Phillips...................         A....  A. S. Wilson....................      173
Republic..........................           A. S. Wilson.......................               1,088
Smith..............................          A. S. Wilson..441
Washington....................              A. S. Wilson........               1,450         9,017        9,014
Butler............................. W. P. Campbell............        819
Cowley.............................   W. P. Campbell................                         1,173
Greenwood......................             W. P. Campbell...................                    874
Howard........................... W. P. Campbell...................    1, 360
Sedgwick..................... P. Campbell............         802
Sumner.......................          P. Campbell..................                499        5,527           824
Butler...............................  J. M. Atwood.......................    1,135
Cowley....... J. M. Atwood.......    633
Greenwood...................   J. M. Atwood.......................                             352
Howard........................... J. M. Atwood......................    1,289
Sedgwick.........................J.  M. Atwood.......................                            674
Sumner...........................J. M. Atwood.                                                    620   4, 703
Barton....................  J. H. Prescott....................             222
Ellis.......                                 J. H. Prescott...                                     220
Ellsworth..........................   J. H. Prescott.....................                          371
14...    Lincoln...........................            J. H. Prescott.....................                  373
McPherson.....................  J. H. Prescott.....................                               481'Russell.............................  J. H. Prescott.....................                       158




598                         ANNALS OF KANSAS.                                [1872.
VOTE FOR JUDG-ES OF THE DISTRICT COURTS —CONCLUDED.
Counties.              Names of Candidates.        C.    ~.. ~r~.
Saline.............................. J. H. Prescott.....................  1,415
14... Wallace........J. H. Prescott...............                 56   3,296  3,185
Ellis................................... John G. Spivey...................  3
Ellsworth.......................... John G. Spivey....................    90  93
The political standing of the Legislature is as follows:
Joint
Senate. House. Ballot.
Republicans..................................................................................   27  75  102
Democrats................................................................................  4  11  15
Independents...............................................................................  2  14  16
Republican majority............................................................ 21  50  71
NOVEMBER 5."Our vote at the late election was larger than the vote of either of the States of
Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Connecticut,oRhode Island, Arkansas, Delaware
Florida, Nebraska, Nevada, Oregon, South Carolina, West Virginia, California or Minnesota-larger than the vote of any New England State except Massachusetts, and
larger than the combined vote of Nebraska, Delaware, Nevada, Rhode Island and Oregon."- Gov. Osbolrn's Message, January, 1873.
The message contained the following statement in regard to railroads:
"In 1862, not a mile of railroad was in operation in the State. Now we have 2,039
miles in actual operation, while several new roads are in process of construction. Kansas has more miles of railroad than either of the twenty-six States named below: Maine,
New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, New Jersey,
Delaware, Maryland, West Virginia, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Virginia, North Carolina,
South Carolina, Florida, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, Texas, Kentucky, Tennessee,
Arkansas, California, Oregon, and Nevada. Of all the Southern States which opposed
the admission of Kansas into the Union, only one, Georgia, has more miles of railroad.
She exceeds us but sixty-nine miles, and will not lead us many weeks longer."
NOVEMBER. -Eugene F. Ware retires from the Monitor. —The Fort Scott
Daily Republican suspends.- George J. Clark wheels a sack of Goodlander
flour to J. S. Redfield's house, Fort Scott, on an election bet. Charles W.
Blair makes the speech.
NOVEMBER  20.-The M. K. and T. reaches the Red river and Texas.
NOVEMBER 26.- Dedication of the Atchison Odd Fellows' Hall.
NOVEMBER 29.-Death of Horace Greeley. Of all the friends of Free
Kansas he was the most powerful.
NOVEMBER 30."Here I must call attention to the fact that Wallace county has again made no returns of taxable property. It does not possess a proper county organization, and the
only sign of life that is given annually are the election returns, showing the election of
some person as Representative, drawing pay for mileage and per diem as member of
the Legislature for representing nobody. If'no taxation without representation,' is
not a myth, then this Wallace county farce ought to be stopped after four years' trial."
Report of Auditor Thoman.
The farce is continued, and has become a fraud.




1872.]                        ANNALS OF KANSAS.                                       599
NOVEMBER  30.-Expenditures of the State for the year:
Governor's Department............ $5, 000 00  Agricultural College................. 15, 032 28
Secretary's Department............ 17, 073 96. Railroad Assessors.........       2, 667 35
Auditor's Department...............  8,033 92  Sheriffs conveying prisoners to
Treasurer's Department............  8,495 00    Penitentiary.........................  5,032 11
Attorney General.....................  1,580 60  Regents State Institutions........  1,996 60
Sup't of Public Instruction.......  2,876 28  Horticultural Society...............  1,000 00
Adjutant General.....................  1,400 00  Agricultural Society..................  3, 825 85
Judiciary Department............... 39, 092 16  Freedmen's University............  1,372 00
Legislative expenses................. 42,518 53  Transcribing Journals..............  1,963 40
Printing................................. 57, 362 53  Arresting fugitives from justice  425 65
Normal School, Emporia........... 61,522 66  Military purposes......................  1,180 40
Normal School, Leavenworth....  7, 567 53  Commission on Indian Claims...    500 00
State University....................... 68,290 00  Library................................    4,157 55
Penitentiary........................ 104,040 09  Seed wheat...............................  2,476 25
State House and Grounds.........  30,486 67  Miscellaneous..........................  251 50
Insane Asylum........................ 22,713 00
Blind Asylum........................... 10,088 96  Total for 1872.....................$544,192 83
Deaf and Dumb Asylum............ 14, 200 00
DECEMBER 2.-The new University building, at Lawrence, opened for
instruction.
-A recent decision of the Supreme Court declares good the title of Jas.
F. Joy to the Neutral Lands.
DECEMBER 4.-Meeting of Presidential Electors, at Topeka.  The vote
is taken to Washington by John Guthrie.
DECEMBER 6.-Destructive fire at St. Mary's.
DECEMBER 10.-The epizootic horse disease in the State.
DECEMBER 11.-The Report of Adjutant General Whittaker contains a
statement showing the general account of debits and credits for arms, etc.,
issued to Kansas by the General Government under the law  for arming the
Militia. It foots up as follows:
Value of arms issued to Kansas..................................................................  $107, 049 75
Amount of apportionment..........................................................................  57,564 79
Balance due United States.....................................................   $49, 488 96
DECEMBER 12.-Librarian Dickinson reports 8,473 books in the State
Library. Only four books have been lost since he took charge of the
Library.
DECEMBER  18.-The  Report of Secretary Smallwood gives the date of
the organization of new counties as follows: Reno, January 1, 1872;
Smith, Feb. 1; Harvey, April 10; Barton, May 16;. Russell, July 18; Phillips, July  26; Norton, August 22; Pawnee, Nov. 4; Rooks, Nov. 26.-In
1871, Sumner, Osborne and Rice were organized.
DECEMBER  24.-Destructive fire at Fontana, Miami county.
DECEMBER  25.-Burlington  is building a $25,000 school-house.-Independence has erected a large school building, designed for eight departments.-Wilson county has forty-two school-houses, those at Altoona and
Neodesha being very large, the one at Neodesha costing $15,000.-Chetopa
is building a $25,000 school-house.-Paola has erected one of the largest
and finest public school buildings in the State, at a cost of $50,000.
DECEMBER   25. —State  Teachers' Association, at Humboldt.   Officers
elected: President, John W. Horner, of Chetopa; Recording Secretary, S.




600                    ANNALS OF KANSAS.                           [1872.
B. Lemon, of Independence; Corresponding Secretary, S. M. Gaston, of
Lawrence; Treasurer, Mrs. H. A. Monroe, of Atchison. Executive Committee: Wm. Wheeler of Ottawa, Geo. W. Hoss of Emporia, R. H. Jackson of Atchison, Miss Collins of Iola, and Frank H. Snow of Lawrence.
The next Convention to be held at Ottawa.
DECEMBER 26.- Great fire at Concordia.
DECEMBER 30."On the seventeenth of August, I received the sum of $336,817.37, which had been
appropriated by act of Congress to the State of Kansas, in payment for a certain class
of military claims; while for the interest on the debt thus paid, and for other classes of
claims contracted at the same time, and for which Union Military scrip had been issued,
no provision was made. There being no law governing my action in case of partial
payment, and believing that it would be wronging the claimants,' either to wait action
by the Legislature or to pay those first presented in full, I decided to pay without interest that class of scrip only which had been allowed by Congress, and to issue certificates showing the amount of interest then due on the same.
"The scrip issued for the Curtis Expedition against the Indians, and for the services
of certain irregular companies in the Price Raid, although not allowed by Congress, has
been paid, as it was found impossible to distinguish by the warrants for what kind of
service they had been issued. There will, therefore, be a deficiency in the funds for the
payment of scrip issued for services, transportation, supplies and miscellaneous, including the Curtis Expedition, to the amount of $94,348.48, exclusive of interest; in addition
to which there still remains outstanding interest certificates issued on scrip paid, to the
amount of $124,000, and scrip given for damages, $159,191.34 —to all of which I would
respectfully call your attention, and recommend that some early and final disposal be
made of the same."-Report of Treasurer Hayes.
DECEMBER  31.-Superintendent McCarty reports the school fund as
$769,395.99. He gives a list of the bonds bought during the year.
-The new Normal School. building nearly completed.  The State gave
$50,000, and the city of Emporia $10,000.
-The State House Commissioners report that $30,506 has been expended
on the east portico of the east wing, and ask for $12,500 more.
DECEMBER 31.-Annual Report of the State Board of Agriculture, pp.
432, including the History and Transactions of the Academy of Science.
The Report contains tables of State products; a list of the newspapers of
the State; proceedings of the Farmers' Convention in April, 1873; lists of
clubs and societies in all parts of the State; a detailed account of the Eighth
State Fair; articles by Charles V. Riley, George T. Anthony, J. K. Hudson,
R. S. Elliott, and J. G. Haskell, with many illustrations.
In the part devoted to the Academy of Science, are J. H. Carruth's catalogue of plants seen in Kansas, and essays by Wm. H. Saunders, B. F.
Mudge, F. H. Snow, and Lizzie J. Williams.
The Transactions of the Horticultural Society are published in the same
volume, making 199 more pages. The officers of the Society are: President, Wm. M. Howsley, Leavenworth; Vice President, J. C. Vincent, Lecompton; Secretary, G. C. Brackett, Lawrence; Treasurer, S. T. Kelsey,
Pomona; Trustees,'E. Gale of Manhattan, E. Snyder of Highland, William
Maxwell of Lanesfield.
Essays are published by E. Gale, John H. Tice, J. Stayman, B. L.
Kingsbury, Chas. V. Riley, S. T. Kelsey, John A. Warder, William M
Howsley, James Christian, and F. H. Snow.




1873.]                ANNALS OF KANSAS.                          601
DECEMBER.-A book issued, entitled "The Sons of the Border. Sketches
of the Life and People of the Far Frontier. By James W. Steele ('Deane:
Monahan'). Topeka, Kansas: Commonwealth Printing Company. 1873."
pp. 260. An introduction is written by Henry King. The book is made
up of eighteen stories written by Steele and published in the Kansas Magazine. The sketches as they appeared in that Monthly were copied by the
best newspapers in every part of the country, from Boston' to New Orleans.
They described the new life of the extreme West with grace, vigor and
brilliancy, and stamped the young author as a man of genius. The book
was admirably reviewed in the Magazine by John J. Ingalls.
DECEMBER.-Henry King retires and James W. Steele becomes the editor of the Kansas Magazine.
1873.
JANUARY 1.-A. T. & S. F. Railroad completed to the Colorado line.
JANUARY 3.-Robinson House burned, at Emporia.
JANUARY.-School Records for Kansas, by Peter McVicar, published by
Geo. W. Crane.
-Township Officers' Guide, by Hugh M. Spalding, published by Geo. W.
Crane, at Topeka.
JANUARY 10.-Examination of witnesses begins, in Washington, in the
case' of U. S. Senator Caldwell. The Senate had adopted the following
resolution, May 11, 1872:
"Resolved, That the Committee on Privileges and Elections be authorized to investigate
the election of Senator S. C. Pomeroy, by the Legislature of Kansas, in 1867, and the
election of Senator Alexander Caldwell, in 1871; that the committee have power to send
for persons and papers; that the chairman, or acting chairman, of said committee, or
any sub-committee thereof, have power to administer oaths; and that the committee be
authorized to sit in Washington, or elsewhere, during the session of Congress, and in
vacation."
The witnesses now examined are: Sidney Clarke, J. M. Luce, Jonathan
Hammond, William Spriggs, Wm. H. Carson, Thos. J. Anderson, Leonard
T. Smith, Ira C. Buzick, Joel Thomas, James L. McDowell, Jacob Smith,
Daniel R. Anthony, Wm. H. Peckham, John Fletcher, Fred. K. Hunt, J. M.
Steele, Thos. L. Bond, Geo. W. Wood, Jas. Phinney, Thos. Carney, William
S. Burke, Jas. H. Snead, C. H. Stilwell, Edwin C. Manning, Henry Foote,
Claudius B. Brace, J. G. Reaser, Geo. S. Smith, John L. Pendery, Thos. P.
Fenlon, Jeremiah Clark, S. J. Langdon, G. G. Gage, Frank H. Drenning,
Chester Thomas, Sol. Miller, O. J. Hopkins, G. M. Simcock, M. H. Insley,
L. J. Worden, Jas. F. Legate, Chas. Columbia, David A. Comstock, Robert
Crozier, Theo. C. Sears, Isaac D. Clapp, Wm. Williams, D. W. Thomas,
Geo. B. Sherwood, A. C. Van Duyn. The examination of witnesses ended
February 5th. Senator Caldwell's attorneys were Caleb Cushing and Robert
Crozier.
Senator Morton's report, as Chairman of the Committee, was submitted
February 17. It concludes as follows:
"It has been a subject of discussion in the Committee whether the offences of which
they believe Mr. Caldwell to have been guilty should be punished by expulsion or go to




602                              ANNALS OF KANSAS.                                            [1873.
the validity of his election, and a majority are of the opinion that they go to the
validity of his election, and had the effect to make it void. Wherefore the Committee
recommend to the Senate the adoption of the following resolution:
"Resolved, That Alexander Caldwell was not duly and legally elected to a seat in the
Senate of the United States by the Legislature of the State of Kansas.
"In conclusion, the Committee remark that, while Mr. Caldwell did things to procure
his election which cannot be tolerated by the Senate, they believe he was as much
sinned against as sinning. He was a novice in politics, and evidently in the hands of
men who encouraged him in the belief that Senatorial elections in Kansas were carried
by the use of money."
The Report is contained in a book of 470 pages.  It is Report No. 451,
Senate, Forty-second Congress, Third Session.
JANUARY 14.-Thirteenth Annual Session of the Legislature.
STATE OFFICERS.
Namnes.                               P. O. Address.         County.
Thomas A. Osborn, Governor......................................    Leavenworth..  Leavenworth.
E. S. Stover, Lieutenant Governor............................... Council Grove.. Morris.
W. H. Smallwood, Secretary of State........................... Wathena........ Doniphan.
A. L. Williams, Attorney General................................ Topeka............ Shawnee.
H. D. McCarty, Superintendent of Public Instruction..  Leavenworth...  Leavenw'th.
J. E. Hayes, State Treasurer........................................ Olathe............ Johnson.
Daniel W. Wilder Auditor of State.............................  Fort Scott...... Bourbon.
S. S. Prouty, State Printer.................................... Topeka........... Shawnee.
C. A. Morris, Adjutant General................................. Fort Scott...... Bourbon.
D. Dickinson, State Librarian...................................... Oskaloosa........ Jefferson.
Ed. Russell, Superintendent Insurance Department..... Leavenworth.. Leavenworth.
JUDGES OF THE SUPREME COURT.
Names.                               P. O. Address.          County.
S. A. Kingman, Chief Justice....................................... Topeka.         Shawnee.
D. J. Brewer, Associate Justice..................................... Leavenworth...  Leavenworth.
D. M. Valentine, Associate Justice...............................   Ottawa............ Franklin.
-Byron Sherry, Judge Criminal Court, Leavenworth county.
JUDGES OF THE DISTRICT COURTS.
Names.                       District.        P. O. Address.            County.
H. W. Ide.....................................   First........... LeavenworthCity.. Leavenworth.
P. L. Hubbard................................  Second........ Atchison............... Atchison.
John T. Morton.............................. Third.......... Topeka................. Shawnee.
Owen A. Bassett.............................. Fourth......... Lawrence..............  Douglas.
E. B. Peyton................................... Fifth........... Emporia............. Lyon.
M. V. Voss................... Sixth............ Fort Scott.............. Bourbon.
John R. Goodin.............................. Seventh........ Humboldt............ Allen.
William  H. Canfield........................ Eighth......... Junction City........ Davis.
William  R. Brown.......................... Ninth........... Cottonwood Falls... Chase.
Hiram  Stevens............................... Tenth.........  Paola................... Miami.
B. W. Perkins................................. Eleventh...... Oswego................ Labette.
A. S. Wilson.................................  Twelfth........ Washington.......... Washington.
W. P. Campbell..............................  Thirteenth... Eldorado.............  Butler.
J. H. Prescott......................;.....   Fourteenth... Salina................... Saline.
A. J. Banta....................................  Fifteenth..... Beloit.................... Mitchell.




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MEMBERS AND OFFICERS OF THE SENATE.
anames.                             Dist.   Post Office Address.                        County.
E. S. Stover, President............................. Council Grove............. Morris.
Blair, A. M.......................................         18       Ottawa.......................  Franklin.
Brandley, H........................................'26            Matfield Green............  Chase.
Butler, C. B........................................        22       Leroy..........                     Coffey.
Barker, E.......................................   28       Jewell City.......... Jewell.
Crichton, J. H......................................   15  Chetopa.....................  Labette.
Edwards, J. H.....................................           29       Ellis...........................  Ellis.
Ely, Andrew................................                 11       La Cygne....................  Linn.
Grimes, W. H....................................               2      Atchison............  Atchison.
Guerin, W. E........................................    12            Fort Scott....................  Bourbon.
Johnson, W.  A..............................                  17       Garnett......................  Anderson.
Judd, Byron......................................              8      Wyandotte.................  Wyandotte.
Martin, C. S........................................         21       Osage City.................   Osage.
Martindale, William.............................   24                Madison.....................  Greenwood.
Matheny, William  M.............................    14               Baxter Springs............  Cherokee.
McFarland, N. C..................................    20                Topeka............                 Shawnee.
McWhirt, J. T...................................               7      Leavenworth..............  Leavenworth.
Moonlight, Thomas.......................     7      Leavenworth..............  Leavenworth.
Morrill, E. N......................................            3      Hiawatha....................  Brown.
Murdock, M. M.....................................    25             Wichita..............               Sedgick.
O'Neil, M. A..      19       Black Jack.................  Douglas.
Palmer, L. R......................................             5      St. Mary's...................  Pottawatomie.
Price, Nathan.......................................                  Troy...........................  Doniphan.
Rogers, J. W.....................................             6      Winchester.................  Jefferson.
Schmidt, Frank..................................              4      Marysville..................  Marshall.
Simons, W. L........................................   16             Osage Mission..........             Neosho.
Simpson, William...............................                13      Pawnee  Station...........  Bourbon.
St. John, J. P....................................             9      Olathe..............  Johnson.
Topping, E. H......................................    10             Paola..........................  Miami.
Walker, Samuel..................................             19       Lawrence..............  Douglas.
Wilson, J. C......................................             2      Muscotah.................  Atchison.
Wilson, V. P.........................................        27Dickinson.
Winter, Jacob...................................    7      Leavenworth...............   Leavenworth.
York, A. M........................................         23       Independence..............  Montgomery.
George C. Crowther, Secretary.............  Osage Mission..............  Neosho.
T. H. Cavanaugh, Assistant Secretaryv..........  Salina........................  Saline.
George W. Findlay, Sergeant-at-Arms............  Fort Scott...................   Bourbon.
J. R. Kennedy, Asst. Sergeant-at-Arms,.........  Olathe........................  Johnson.
George W. Weed, Doorkeeper................  Leavenworth...............  Leavenworth.
S. M. Lanham, Journal Clerk................ Seneca........................  Nemaha.
W. H. Cowan, Docket Clerk................    Topeka......................  Shawnee.
Miss Nellie Blake, Enrolling Clerk........ Olathe........................  Johnson.Mrs. Sarah J. Neal, Engrossing Clerk.......  Atchison.....................  Atchison.
Jennie  Griffith, Page...................................    Topeka........................  Shawnee.
Allie Morris, Page.........................................  Wichita......................   Sedgwick.
Janet Edwards, Page...................................               Paola...........................  Miami.
MEMBERS AND OFFICERS OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
Names.                              Dist.   Post Office Address.                        County.
Josiah  Kellogg, Speaker........................    21                Leavenworth'.............  Leavenworth.
Adams, David....................................98                     Bunker Hill...............  Russell.
Adams, D. M......................................         56-    North  Topeka.............  Shawnee.
Allen, E. B................................      76       Wichita.......................  Sedgwick.
Bacon, F...........................................   46              Chanute.....................  Neosho.
Baker, Thomas H........................                      74....... 7  Augusta.....................  Butler.
Banta, A. J.......................................           11       Washington...........  Washington.
Bateman, William................................             51       Peoria  City................  Franklin.
Beaty, J. W..........................................   31           Paola..........................  Miami.
Belden, D.............................................   30           DeSoto..........  Johnson.
Bell, M. S.........................................   65             Independence..............  Montgomery.
Billings, N. H......................................   100            Norton  Centre............  Norton.
Bishop, George S...................................          88       White Rock.................  Republic.
Blakely, W. S.....................................            71       Junction  City.............   Davis.
Bond, W. H................................                 22       Leavenworth..........  Leavenworth.
Bowers, M. B......................................                     White Cloud...............  Doniphan.
Bowron, C. F......................................... 7  White Cloud...............  Doniphan.
Brenner, Jacob.................................37                 Hepler.........................  Bourbon.
Brinkman, G. L....................      97       Great Bend..................  Barton.




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MEMBERS AND OFFICERS OF HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES - CONTINUED.
Names.                                            Post Office Address.                     County.
Brown, V......................................                  17      Medina.......................  Jefferson.
Buchan, W. J................................                   27      Wyandotte..................  Wyandotte.
Childs, A. F.......................................           41       Columbus....................  Cherokee.
Cochrane, W. J.....................................   36                 Uniontown..................  Bourbon.
Cooper, A.B.......................................... 60                Osage  City...................Osage.
Crew, James S......................................             52       Lawrence...................  Douglas.
Cross, S. K............................................      61       Burlington.................  Coffey.
Cummings, E.S....................................    66                 Elk  Falls...................        Howard.
Curtain, John.................................... 87                    Beloit..........................  Mitchell.
Davis, W. B........................................             83       Delphos.......................Ottawa,
DeForrest, H. C...................................                9      Wetmore.....................Nemaba
Dillard, Thomas.................................                25      Hoge..........................  Leavenworth.
Eldridge, T. B.......................................   64               Coffeyville...................  Montgomery.
Ensign, H. A.........................................    96              Newton......................Harvey.
Fields, H. C.......................................             24    f Leavenworth.................Leavenworth.
Forsee, E....................                                 84       Falun..........................  Saline.
Frllazier, D. H.....................................            18       Mt. Florence...............Jefferson.
Funston, E. H......................................    47                Carlyle........................   Allen.
Gillespie, G. W......................................           5      Atchison....................  Atchison.
Gregg, W..........................................    57             Topeka.......................  Shawnee.
Green, George.................................     86                    Lincoln  Centre...........  Lincoln.
Guffy,. A.......................................             13       Vienna........................Pottawatomie.
Harper, WC. W......................................           43       Mound  Valley........... Labette.
Harvey, C. W......................................42                    Baxter Springs............  Cherokee.
Henshaw, N...........................5............     55              Hesper........................  Douglas
Hiodges, P. M.......................................     15            Holton........................   Jackson.
Hoesman, H. F......................................85                    Elsworth..............  Ellsworth.
Hungerford, S. R...................................             33       LaCygne.....................    Linn.
Hutchings, C. F.............45    Osage Mission..............Neosho.
Hutchinson, C. C...................................             94       Hutchinson.................  Reno.
Huntington, S. P.................................               67       Eureka.......................  CGreenwood.
Hunter, J.........................................    69       Emporia.....................  Lyon
Hunter, W. J.....................................               12       Manhattan................  Riley.
James, Thomas............................ 28           Westport, Missouri......Johnson.
Jeffrey, William.............................      73       Elmdale.....................    Chase:
Kabler, S. J.....................................               79       Abilene.......................  Dickinson.
Kalloch, I. S......................        53       Lawrence.................Douglas.
Lane, L......................................                35       Prescott.....................  Linn
Langdon, S. J.......................................            40       Cherokee......................Craw.ford.
Larkin,  M........................................              6      Larkin......................   Atchison.
Lanter, J. T....................................... 49                   Garnett......................  Anderson.
Legere, I. C.......................................            10       Frankfort....................  Marshall.
Lowrey, William.................................    91                  Brookdale..................   Rice.
Lowe, A. K......................................               54       Lecompton.................  Douglas.
Mapes, W. H......................................                 44     Oswego.......................  Labette.
McDermott, James................    75       Dexter........................Cowley.
McDonald, B. P...................................               38       Fort Scott............              Bourbon.
McLean, J. K......................................              77       Florence.....................Marion.
Miller, J. M...................29.    Ocheltree.....................  Johnson.
Miller, G. M.......................................            92       Wellington.................  Sumner.
Morgan, Thomas..........................                     20       Leavenworth...............    Leavenworth.
Morrisop, J. T...... ~          ~                 ~               ~                Johson
Morrison, WJ. T.................................             95       Smith  Centre...............  Smith.
Motz,  Simon.............................      89       Hays City h........                 Ellis.
Nugent, E. J......................................              50       Ottawa.........................  Franklin.
O'Driscoll, B.......................................             2      Doniphan  City............  Doniphan.
Peck, William........................                           62       Toronto......................Woodson.
Plummer, W. S.....................................    19                 Leavenworth..............  Leavenworth.
Reasoner, C.....................................       93     Osborne City...............  Osborne.
Robinson, L.....................................             68       Emporia..................... p iLyon.
Ross, Alex...........................................           90       Wallace......................  Wallace.
Scofield, C. I.......................................             8      Seneca.....................          Nemaha.
Searcy, E......................................                   3      Elwood........................   Doniphan.
Sellers  A......................................            70       Alma..........................   Wabaunsee.
Sexton, J  Z.......................................    63       Fredonia....................Wilson.
Shaw, A..........................................               81       Belleville....................  Republic.
Shoemaker, S. R....................................             59       Lyndon.......................    Osage.
Simpson, T. E...................................... 78                  LScdsburg..M..........  McPherson.
Smith, Reuben......................................   32                 Osawatomie...........                Miami.
Snyder, H. C......................................              82       Glasco.........................   Cloud.
Spalding, A. W............................                     4........ Atchison.....................  Atchison.
Stratton, S. L.....................................80       Republican  City...........Clay.
Titus, Charles H..................................72                     Parkerville..........  Morris.
Tough, William.................................             26       Leavenworth...............           Leavenworth.
Turner, J.....................................                 23       Easton......................         Leavenworth.




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MEMBERS AND OFFICERS OF HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES-CONCLUDED.
Names.                     Dist.    Post O0fce Address.          County.
Veale, G. W.......................................   57    Topeka........................  Shawnee.
Vickers, A. J.......................................  39    Girard........................ Crawford.
Ward, J. F..........................................  34    Goodrich..................... Linn.
Wakefield, Wm....................................  48    Humboldt.................. Allen.
Weaver, N.......................................  99    Kirwin....................... Phillips.
Wells, Welcome.................................   14    Manhattan.................. Riley.
Willetts, J. F.......................................   16    Oskaloosa.................... Jefferson.
A. R. Banks, Chief Clerk..................... Lawrence.................... Douglas.
G. C. West, Assistant Clerk........................... Parsons.....................  Labette.
W. Wirt Walton, Journal Clerk..................... Winfield.....................  Cowley.
James M. Matheny, Sergeant-at-Arms............ Newbury.................... Wabaunsee.
John H. Helwig, First Ass't S.-at-Arnms.......... Monrovia.................... Atchison.
D. W. Acker, Second Ass't Ser.-at-Arms.......... Vermilion................... Nemaha.
Wm. P. Ames, Docket Clerk................... Olathe....................... Johnson.
Emma R. Bristol, Engrossing Clerk................ Ladore........................  Neosho.
Lizzie Ela, Enrolling Clerk..........................  Emporia...................... Lyon.
Russell B. Armstrong, Postmaster................. Wyandotte.................. Wyandotte.
George E. Brown, Doorkeeper......................... Olathe......................... Johnson.
A. H. McWahorter, First Ass't Doork'per......... Lawrence!...................  Douglas.
M. F. Collins, Second Ass't Doorkeeper............ Olathe......................... Johnson.
Emma Bragg, Page...................................................................
Jennie Maxwell, Page......................................................................
Mary Fletcher, Page......................................................................
Charley Wakefield, Page...................................................................
Jennie Hosmer, Page,.....................................................................
Hattie Butler, Page....................................._...................................
Milton Cummings, Page...................................................................
Frank Childs, Page.........................................................................
JANUARY.-Election of the following officers of the State Board of
Agriculture, at Topeka, by the Presidents of County Societies: President,
E. S. Niccoils, of Anderson; Vice President, T. Murphy, of Atchison; Secretary, Alfred Gray, of Shawnee; Treasurer,'G. W. Veale, of Shawnee;
Superintendent, George Noble.  Executive Committee: J. K. Hudson of Wyandotte county, G. L. Young of Shawnee, James Rogers of Osage, Martin
Anderson of Jackson, Wm. Martindale of Greenwood, Malcolm Conn of
Morris, G. T. Anthony of Leavenworth, R. P. Edgington of Butler, George
Noble of Douglas. Geologist: B. F. Mudge, Manhattan, Professor of Natural Science, State Agricultural College. Entomologist: C. V. Riley, St.
Louis, Mo., State  Entomologist of  Missouri.   Meteorologist:  Frank  H.
Snow, Lawrence, Professor of Natural History and Meteorology, University
of Kansas.  Botanist: James H. Carruth, Lawrence.  Signal Service Committee: Frank H. Snow of Douglas county, B. F. Mudge of Riley, James
H. Carruth of Douglas.
JANUARY  21.-Election  of State- Printer.  First ballot: S. S. Prouty 65,
Geo. W. Martin  62.  Second ballot: S. S. Prouty 63, Geo. W. Martin  64.
Third ballot: S. S. Prouty 58, Geo. W. Martin 68.
JANUARY 25.-The Anti-Pomeroy caucus is addressed by D. P. Lowe,
W. A. Phillips, S. A. Cobb, J. M. Harvey, C. A. Logan, John  M. Price,
and others.
JANUARY  28.-  Vote for Senator, in  the Senate: D. M. Valentine 1, J. M.:Harvey 6, S. C. Pomeroy 10, W. A. Phillips 2, D. P. Lowe 5, C. A. Logan 2,
John  M. Price 3, Thos. A. Osborn 2, John  T. Morton 1, Chas. Robinson 1.
In  the House: S. C. Pomeroy 40, J. M. Harvey 19, D. P. Lowe 13, C. A.
Logan 11, John M. Price 3, D. M. Valentine 2, John T. Morton 4, Chas.
Robinson 3, John J. Ingalls 1, T. H. Walker 1.




606                      ANNALS OF KANSAS.                             [1873.
JANUARY 29.- Vote for Senator: John J. Ingalls 115, D. P. Lowe 6, Sidney
Clarke 2, A. M. York 2, Chas. Robinson 1, S. A. Kingman 1.
Before the vote was taken, Alexander M. York, Senator from Montgomery
county, made a speech, in which he said:
"I visited Mr. Pomeroy's room, in the dark and secret recesses of the Tefft House, on
Monday night [January 27th], and at that interview my vote was bargained for, for a
consideration of $8,000; two thousand dollars of which were paid to me on that evening,
five thousand dollars the next afternoon, and a promise of the additional one thousand
when my vote had been cast in his favor. I now, in the presence of this honorable body,
hand over the amount of $7;000 just as I received it, and ask that it be counted by the
Secretary." [Col. York advanced and placed upon the Chief Clerk's desk two parcels of
money, one open, and amounting to $2,000, and a brown paper parcel, tied with twine,
which, upon examination,.was found to contain $5,000 in greenbacks, of large denominations.] "I ask, Mr. President, that that money be used to defray the expenses of
prosecuting the investigation of S. C. Pomeroy for bribery and corruption."
(The money was used to pay Pomeroy's lawyers, for acquitting him, two
years afterwards.*)
The Commonwealth, which had favored Pomeroy's election, said:
" During the delivery of this astounding address, of which the foregoing is but a weak
and incomplete abstract, the audience was deathly still. Every word fell with a thrill
on the senses of the packed and spell-bound throng, like the dull and startling thud of
clods on a coffin. In that coffin reposed the remains of the corruption that, since the
organization of the State, has perched upon its back like the Old Man of the Sea."
A congratulatory meeting held that evening was participated in by E. S.
Stover, A. M. York, W. A. Johnson, J. P. St. John, A. W. Spaulding, W. S.
Plummer, B. F. Simpson, Paul R. Brooks, T. D. Thacher, D. P. Lowe, S. A.
Cobb, W. A. Phillips, John J. Ingalls, Jas. D. Snoddy, James M. Harvey,
J. -H. Edwards, H. W. Cook, Byron Sherry, and others.  A resolution was
passed unanimously, and with rousing cheers, thanking Col. York -for his
courageous and patriotic course.  A  suit, was instituted against Senator
Pomeroy for bribery.
JANUARY 29.-A Topeka despatch in the Atchison Champion, signed
J. A. M., says:
"Mr. Pomeroy's friends were overwhelmed with astonishment and shocked beyond
measure....  His counsel, however; have refused to allow him to make any
statements concerning the matter until the excitement at present existing subsides."
An editorial article in the Champion, on Ingalls, soon after this event, said:
"That terrible and overwhelming development gave him the almost unanimous vote
of both branches of the Legislature."
Another editorial article in the Champion says:
"At last, as sudden and terrible as an earthquake which overwhelms a busy city in
ruin and disaster, came the awful revelation and final end, crushing with defeat and
disgrace the man who had so long represented the State with usefulness and capacity in
the Senate, and who might have been, but for this shocking exposure, in one hour more,
re-elected for a term of six years....  For his offence we have no excuse and
no sympathy. He understood full well the consequences; he risked them, and he is
suffering them."
JANUARY 31.-Senator Pomeroy's trial for bribery postponed till June.
* TOPEKA, KANSAS, March 12, 1875.-Received of A. M. York the sum of seven thousand dollars, less the amount of costs in the case of The State of Kansas against S. C.
Pomeroy, now pending in the District Court in and for Osage county, Kansas, in full of
amount paid by me to said A. M. York during the session of the Kansas State Legislature, in the year 1873.                                      S. C. POMEROY.
By ALBERT H. HORTON, his attorney.




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FEBRUARY 4.-The House, by a vote of 64 to 8, asks Pomeroy to resign.
FEBRUARY 4. —The State Senate passes a resolution requesting the
United States Senate to appoint a committee to investigate the charges
against S. C. Pomeroy.
— Passage of a resolution to investigate the charges of bribery against
S. C. Pomeroy.
FEBRUARY 5. —The Senate, by a vote of 21 to 9, passes a resolution requesting Pomeroy to resign.
-The House, by a vote of 51 to 39, asks Caldwell to resign.
-The joint committee to investigate the Pomeroy bribery case meets.
- Death of Seth M. Hays, at Council Grove. He established a trading
post there in 1847.
FEBRUARY 6.-The following is copied from an opinion of A. L. Williams, Attorney General, in regard to the legal obligations of the L. L. &
G. R. R. Co. to the State:
"The L. L. & G. also has a grant of the proceeds of 125,000 acres of land from the
State, under date of February 23,1866. (See Laws of 1866, page 142, or General Statutes,
page 888.) This land is part of 500,000 acres which the Legislature of 1865 wrested (I
might use a harsher and more accurate word) from the school fund of the State, to
which it had been solemnly devoted by the people in our Constitution, and divided it
between four railroads in the State. To suppose that a law framed in the direct interest of these roads contained any serious restricting or forfeiting clause would be absurd,
And a glance at its provisions will at once acquit its framers of any such intention."
FEBRUARY 8. —Death of ex-Governor John W. Geary, at Harrisburg.
FEBRUARY 9. —Mr. Pomeroy, in the Senate, denies the charges made
against him, and asks for investigation.
FEBRUARY 11.-Gen. Pope informs Gov. Osborn that the President has
complied with the Governor's request, and that the U. S. troops will be
withdrawn from the Cherokee Neutral Lands.
FEBRUARY 15.-Report of committee that Auditor Thoman registered
bonds of the cities of Budlong, Cloud and Gregory, Cherokee county, but
that there were no such cities in existence.
FEBRUARY 15.-Henry G. Webb, Judge of the Eleventh District, r-a
signs, and the committee investigating his alleged corruption in office is
discharged.
-Farmers' Co-operative Convention in Topeka. Messrs. Aikin, Cramer, Otis, Downs and Ritchie take part.
FEBRUARY 17.-Investigation of Pomeroy by the United States Senate.
The witnesses examined were Alexander M. York, William A. Johnson,
James C. Horton, Frank Bacon, William H. Bond, B. O'Driscoll, William
Simpson, W. M. Matheny, Edward Searcy, Wm. E. Guerin, David L.
Payne,. C. J. Hanks, D. W. Houston, Asa Low, J. P. Brown, J. S. Hoke,
John A. Martin, George T. Anthony, Daniel H. Horne, R. W. Wright, J.
L. Sharp, Thomas Murphy, J. Z. Sexton, W. R. Laughlin, Sidney Clarke,
John J. Murphy, C. A. Rohrabacher, I. S. Kalloch, Asa Hairgrove, John
M. Holmes, P. B. Maxson, John Q. Page, J. D. Liggett, Robert McBratney,
F. M. Shaw, John McDonald, John A. Joyce, Chester Thomas, A. H. Horton, Samuel C. Pomeroy, Stephen A. Cobb.




608                     ANNALS OF KANSAS.                           [1873.
The argument for A. M. York was made by B. F. Simpson; for S. C.
Pomeroy, by Caleb Cushing and Albert H. Horton.
FEBRUARY 19.-T. D. Thacher elected President, and George F. Prescott Secretary, of the Associated Press, at Leavenworth.
-Candidates for Caldwell's seat are numerous.
FEBRUARY 22.- Farmers' Convention at Topeka.
FEBRUARY 25.-The following is Senator Pomeroy's account of the
York transaction, given under oath to the committee, February 25. See
pp. 233-5 of the Report:
"GENTLEMEN OF THE COMMITTEE: I submit herewith a true statement of the facts
as they relate to my action in the cases of bribery and corruption now pending before
this Committee.
" It is a gratification to me that all the material facts are well established by competent testimony, so that very little is at issue upon my own individual statement.
"And first, I deny that I gave at any time authority or permission to any man to use
any money or other valuable thing to control or influence improperly the votes of any
members of the Legislature in the State of Kansas, and specifically deny that I ever
gave such authority to the gentlemen named or designated by the witnesses upon this
trial, to wit: Mr. A. H. Horton, C. A. Rohrabacher, J. S. York, J. T. Brown, J. J. Murphy, A. Low, or to either one of them. And, secondly, that while I never delegated
such authority to others, I positively never exercised it in any instance myself.
"Senator Simpson, from the Neutral Lands, often spoke to me of the condition of
the settlers there, and as often I spoke of my desire to relieve them, not only by the
passage of the bill pending before the Senate, but by every means in my power. When
he spoke of a letter he had received from Mr. Laughlin, stating that his means of support in Washington had become reduced to' $2.50,' and they had no means of continuing him here save by voluntary contribution, I told him I was a friend of those poor
settlers, and would, in any event, contribute to his support. And soon after reaching
Washington I met Mr. Laughlin, and although his friends did not support me, and did
not promise me any support, still I did what I said I would, and gave him, as he testified,
$50; and hence it is certain that my contribution had no relation to any man's vote
who represented:those people, for I never even had the promise of a vote, or expected a
vote from that locality.
"And if one well-established fact of bribery, outside of the charge of Mr. York, has
been proved by witnesses testifying either here or at Topeka (where I have not pretended to have a man to defend or represent me), I do not know it, and do not
believe it.
"And now as to the charge of this Mr. York, and his associate conspirators, I will
say the true facts have been already stated by witnesses, and the transaction already
seen to be a purely business one, having no relation whatever to his vote, which; on several occasions, I had learned of his pledging to me. About the last of the week before
the Tuesday set for the first ballot, Mr. T. B. Eldridge, M. W. Reynolds, Mr. De Long,
and others, all from his own county, assured me with more or less positiveness of York's
support.
"But some days before I learned that, I had, after much deliberation, agreed to aid
Mr. J. Q. Page and associates to start a National Bank at Independence, where Page had
a private bank, and having satisfied myself of his ability, capacity, and fitness for the
management of such an institution, I agreed to furnish him with money sufficient,
when put with his $25,000, would make a sum sufficient to purchase thirty United States
bonds, of the denomination of $1,000 each.
" Mr. Page urged and was anxious to procure the money before he left Topeka, and I
told him it was inconvenient for me to furnish over $2,000 then, but would get it soon,
and he might depend upon it, and make his arrangements accordingly.
"At this time I met at the Tefft House Mr. W. P. Borland, of Second National Bank
of Leavenworth, who enquired of me if I should not need some currency before leaving'Topeka, as he thought from appearances my hotel bills would be large. At first I told
him no. The next day I met him, and said I should like to get $5,000, for forty or sixty




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days, as I had agreed to help a friend organize a National Bank, and he would refund it
as soon as he got his currency from the Government.
"He then brought me a package, said to contain $5,000, which I never opened or
counted, or even gave a note or receipt for at the time, and I put the same in my
valise.
"Upon Monday night, the 27th, Mr. York came to my room, having seen me or sent
me word several times that he would do so, and at once began to report what had been
going on at the anti-Pomeroy caucus, and I heard him through. Before leaving he
spoke of the favor I had granted his friend Page, and said Page had requested him to
get the money and forward it to him at Independence, and that he, York, should leave
soon after the election for home.
"I told him I was not prepared at that time to furnish it, although I had promised it
to Page before I left the city. Mr. York spoke; said that perhaps I had no confidence
in him. I assured him of my confidence, and told. him I could furnish $2,000 at that
time, and thought I should be able to furnish $5,000 more the next day. The amount
necessary I had calculated would be from $5,000 to $8,000 to pay for the bonds and their
premium, in addition to the $25,000 Mr. Page and his associates could furnish.
"I then paid him the first instalment of $2,000, and the next day I paid the package
of $5,000 just as I had received the same from Mr. Borland, and neither-gave Mr. Borland nor took a receipt. But during that day I had sent Mr. Knight at one time, and
Mr. Lemuel Pomeroy at another time, to find Mr. Page, if he had not left the city, to
inform him of the whole transaction. But these gentlemen both returned, saying that
they were unable to find Mr. Page, and I rested in the belief that the transaction was
all right until I heard of the misrepresentation of the facts by Mr, York upon the floor
of the Joint Convention. I then denounced it as a conspiracy, a plot, and told my
counsel here, Judge Horton, the whole story, and within a few days left Kansas for
Washington.
"This, in brief, is the history of that charge of bribery for which I asked of the Senate
a committee to investigate, and this one act (the transaction with Page and York), I now
solemnly declare had no reference whatever to the vote of York, and was made and
executed entirely independent of it.
" I make this statement upon my honor as a Senator, and upon my oath, and I further
specifically deny,' as I stated in the Senate when I demanded this investigation,' that
I ever entered into any contract or agreement, directly or indirectly, with any man, a
member of the Kansas Legislature or not, for a vote in my favor, or that I ever, directly
or indirectly, paid or promised to pay any individual one dollar, or any other sum, for
his vote for me in the late Senatorial election in Kansas.'  S. C. POMEROY."
FEBRUARY 28.-Banquet and ball, at Topeka, to the Nebraska Legislature.
MARcH.-Appointment of Regents and Trustees:
University: Chas. Robinson, Lawrence; Wm. Fairchild, Leavenworth;
John A. Anderson, Junction City; Archibald Beatty, Independence; F. T.
Ingalls, Atchison; Samuel A. Kingman, Topeka.. V. P. Wilson and N. C.
McFarland were soon after appointed in the places of Anderson and Kingman, who resigned.
Vormal School: J. W. Horner, Chetopa; Chas. B. Butler, Burlington;
H. C. Cross, Emporia; Geo. W. Wood, Doniphan county; M. M. Murdock,
Wichita; Edwin Tucker, Eureka.
Insane Asylum: A. F. Childs, Columbus; Levi Woodard, Hesper; T. C.
Bowles, Ottawa; D. W. Stormont, Topeka; Reuben Smith, Osawatomie;
John T. Lanter, Garnett.
Deaf and Dumb Asylum: Archibald Shaw, Olathe; W. H. M. Fishback,
Olathe; John Francis, Iola; E. S. Stover, Council Grove; W. B. Craig,
Wathena; J. W. Rogers, Winchester.
Blind Asylum: Joseph Speck, Wyandotte; J. D. Brumbaugh, Marysville;
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David Gordon, Fort Scott; Stephen M. Wood, Chase county;  W. B. Slosson,
Sabetha; Welcome Wells, Pottawatomie county.
Leavenworth Normal School: Thos. Moonlight, John H. Brown, Joseph L.
Wever, Levi Houston, W. O. Gould, H. L. Newman.
MARCH 3.-The majority report in the Pomeroy case is presented by
Senators Frelinghuysen, Buckingham, and Alcorn.  They say:
"The committee, bearing in mind, while examining the evidence, that the whole
transaction, whatever view be taken of it, is the result of a concerted plot to defeat Mr.
Pomeroy, and remembering that the burden of proof is on the party making the accusation, have come to the conclusion that Mr. York has not sustained his charge by
sufficient proof, contradicted as it is by the evidence of Mr. Page and Mr. Pomeroy."
Mark Twain's version of the report, in the Gilded Age, is as follows:
"It being plain that Senator Dilworthy's statement was rigidly true, and this fact.
being strengthened by his adding to it the support of'his honor as a Senator,' the
committee rendered a verdict of' Not proven that abribe had been offered and accepted.'
This in a manner exonerated Noble, and let him escape."
Senator Vickers reports:
"I cannot decide that the guilt of Mr. Pomeroy is established, beyond a reasonable'doubt."
Senator Thurman reports:
"I also believe that the testimony convicts Mr. Pomeroy of having attempted to.
bribe Senator York, of that Legislature, to vote for him; that Pomeroy delivered to.
York $7,000 is not denied."
The book containing this investigation is a Senate document, Report No.
523, Forty-second Congress, Third Session. pp. 270.
Senator Pomeroy retained his seat until the end of the session, March 4.
-Mark Twain's book, published this year, contains 574 pages. It is a
work of fiction.  "Anything but history," says Robert Walpole, "for history must be false."
MARCH 3.- In the House of Representatives, Butler, Peters, and Potter
were appointed to present to the Senate articles of impeachment against
Judge Delahay. They appeared at the bar of the Senate, in obedience to
the order. Judge Delahay resigned, and Cassius G. Foster, of Atchison,.
was appointed.
MARCH 4.-Inauguration of President Grant.
-The State. Senate passes a resolution, authorizing the defendants to
employ counsel in the suit of John Q. Page vs. E. S. Stover and J. E.
Hayes, to recover the $7,000 paid by Pomeroy to York, by a vote of 14 to 8.
In the House, the resolution was laid on the table.
MARCH 5.-B. W. Perkins, of Oswego, appointed Judge of the Eleventh
District.
- Charles A. Morris appointed Adjutant General, and Hiram T. Beman
Assistant Adjutant General.
MARCH 6.-Report of the Committee on the Pomeroy bribery charges:
" The Committee appointed to investigate charges of bribery and corruption against
Hon. S. C. Pomeroy, United States Senator, during the Senatorial election in the State
of Kansas, in January, A. D. 1873, to whom was referred the foregoing resolution, beg
leave to submit the following report:
" Whereas, In pursuance to said resolution, the said Committee have carefully examined a large number of witnesses, and from said evidence have adduced the following
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" 1. That S. C. Pomeroy, while a United States Senator, and during his candidacy for
re-election to said position,did attempt to use money, both himself and by those professing to be his authorized agents, to corrupt members of the present Legislature in
influencing and attempting to in,4uence them to vote for said S. C. Pomeroy for United
States Senator.
" 2. That the said S. C. Pomeroy did, on the 28th and 29th days of January, 1873, pay
to one A. M. York, a member of the Senate of the State of Kansas, the sum of $7,000, to
influence his vote for the said S. C. Pomeroy for United States Senator.
"3. That Richard Stephens, professing to be a friend to the said S. C. Pomeroy, did
attempt to bribe with money one Wm. Bateman, a member of the House of Representatives of the State of Kansas, to vote for S. C. Pomeroy for United States Senator.
"Therefore, we, the Committee, do find that the said S. C. Pomeroy is guilty of the
crime of bribery, and attempting to corrupt, by offers of money, members of the Legis —
lature of the State of Kansas.''Therefore your Committee request to be discharged from further consideration of
this subject.                                         W. E. GUERIN,
E. N. MORRILL,
Committee on part of the Senate.
S. K. CROSS,
E. J. NUGENT,
Committee on part of the lZouse.7'
MARCH 6.-Setator Morton introduces a resolution, that AlexanderCaldwell was not legally elected to a seat in the United States Senate by
the Legislature of Kansas.
MARCH 7.-Adjournment of the Legislature.  Among the acts passed
were twenty-five authorizing municipal bonds;' The "debenture law," (an
act "to provide for the incorporation. of Savings and Trust Companies");;
Defining the boundaries of Decatur, Rawlins, Cheyenne, Sheridan, Thomas"
Sherman, Clark, Ford, Hodgeman, Ness, Lane, Buffalo, Foote, Meade,
Scott, Sequoyah, Arapaho, Seward, Wichita, Kearney, Grant, Stevens,.
Greeley, Hamilton, Stanton, Kansas, Pawnee, Rush and Stafford counties;
Creating the Fifteenth Judicial District; Amending the occupying-claimant
act; Creating a Price Raid Commission; Extending time of payment for
school lands to ten years; Creating a State Board of Education; Providing
an amendment to the Constitution to increase the number of members'of
the Legislature; For the appointment of Regents and Trustees for the control of the public institutions; For the collection of statistics; Exempting
mortgages from taxation.
MARCH 8.-WinWm. H. Fitzpatrick confirmed as Register of the Topeka
Land Office.
-Texas Central Railroad completed to Red river.
MARCH 10.-Carmi W. Babcock reappointed and confirmed Surveyor
General of Kansas.
MARCH 10. —Senator Morton addresses the Senate at length against
Caldwell, his speech occupying over seven pages of the Congressional
Record.  (The Senate is in Special Session.)  The debate continues from
day to day, and is participated in by a large number of Senators.
MARCH 13.-A. J. Banta appointed Judge of the Fifteenth Judicial
District.. MARCH 14.- Cornelius A. Logan, of Leavenworth, appointed Minister
to Chili, vice Jos. P. Root.
-Lorenzo J. WTorden confirmed as Postmaster, at Lawrence.
MARCH 19.- Cyrus I. Scofield appointed U. S. District Attorney.
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of September, J. N. Murdock became one of the publishers, and continued 
in the paper about six months.
MARCH 20.-Henry King confirmed as Postmaster, at Topeka.
MARCH 22. —Wm. S. Tough confirmed as U. S. Marshal.
MARCH 24.-E. S. Niccolls, of Garnett, appointed Receiver, and W. W.
Martin, of Fort Scott, Register, of the Independence Land Office.
MARCH 24. —
"The VICE PRESIDENT. The Chair will lay before the Senate the notification of the
resignation of Mr. Caldwell as a Senator of the United States. The Secretary will read it.
"The Chief Clerk read as follows:
"WASHINGTON, D. C., March 24, 1873.
"'SIR: I do hereby very respectfully notify you, and through you the Senate of the
United States, that I have resigned, and do resign, my seat in that body as a Senator
from the State of Kansas; and that I have forwarded by mail, postage prepaid, addressed
to the chief executive officer of that State, at Topeka, Kansas, a resignation in the following form, to wit:
"'UNITED STATES SENATE CHAMBER, March 24, 1873.
"'SIR: I hereby respectfully tender you my resignation as a Senator of the United
States from the State of Kansas, to take effect immediately.
"'Very respectfully, your obedient servant,      ALEXANDER CALDWELL.
"'His Excellency, the Governor of Kansas, Topeka, Kansas.'
-Congressional Record, p. 164.
MARCH 26.-Eighteenth Annual Session of the Kansas Conference of the
M. E. Church, at Ottawa, Bishop Bowman presiding. Presiding Elders appointed: Leavenworth, W. R. Davis; Lawrence, J. Boynton; Emporia, P. T.
Rhodes; Manhattan, G. S. Dearborn; Fort Scott, D. P. Mitchell; Humboldt,
A. K. Johnson; Salina, J. Laurence; Wichita, J. McQuiston. Number of
members, 15,083; of churches, 79; value of churches, $277,500; Sunday
School scholars, 14,184; volumes in libraries, 13,207.
MARCH 26. —Farmers' State Convention, at Topeka. Called to order by
Alfred Gray. J. K. Hudson, temporary Chairman; Dr. A. G. Chase, Secretary. Committee on Credentials: Willis, Stiles, Galloway, Kilpatrick, and
Miller. Speeches by Mr. Bronson of Douglas, C. W. Lawrence of Leavenworth, and R. A. Van Winkle of Atchison.  Committee on Permanent Organization: V. P. Wilson, G. W. H. Moore, R. A. Van Winkle, J. N. Insley,
H. Bronson, S. P. Hall, G. M. Moore, Mr. Shidler, C. W. Clapp, R. Morgan,
A. H. Grass, G. M. Parks, C. S. Brodbent, F. Kingman, Chas. Williamson.
Officers: President, John Davis, of Davis county; Vice Presidents, Jonathan Weaver of Saline, Alfred Taylor of Johnson; Secretaries, J. K. Hudson of Wyandotte, and J. T. Stevens of Douglas.
The Convention reassembled on the 27th, and adopted the following preamble and resolutions:
"Whereas, Agriculture in its various departments is the basis of all material prosperity; and whereas, the burdens and impositions under which it lies having become
intolerable, therefore the farmers of Kansas, in convention assembled, do put forth this
declaration of our desires and purposes, and state:
"1. Farmers desire to unite in the form of clubs, unions, or stock associations, for
the purpose of showing that they can come together and co-operate like other folks for
a common good, and for the moral effect it will have upon themselves and the rest of
mankind.
" 2. They desire association for the purpose of controlling the prices of their products
through their own boards of trade or their own appointed agents, so that nothing need
be thrown upon the market for less than the cost of production and a reasonable profit.
"3. They desire to unite for the purpose of getting their supplies at cost, with a rea-.sonable per cent: added to pay for collecting and distributing, and the use of capital.




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"4. They desire to co-operate for the purpose of securing a reduction in freights, and
breaking the blockade between the different parts of the country, by argument, by legislative enactment, and by means of the courts.
"5. They desire tax reform, the abolition of sinecure offices, the reduction of salaries,
rigid economy in public expenditures, and the repeal of our present iniquitous tax
penalties.
"6. They desire home manufactures, so that the money paid for implements may be
kept in the State, and our population increased by industrious operatives, engaged in
creating wealth rather than in speculation.
"7. They desire that the balance of our public domain should be kept forever sacred
to actual settlement, and in no contingency be allowed to fall into the hands of railroad
monopolies and land sharks: therefore, be it
"Resolved, That organization is the great want of the producing classes at the present
time, and we recommend every farmer in the State to become a member of some Farmers'
Club, Grange of the Patrons of Husbandry, or other local organization.
"Resolved, That the taxes assessed and charged upon the people, both by National,
State and local Governments, are oppressive and unjust, and vast sums of money are
collected, far beyond the needs of an economical administration of government.
"Resolved, That we respectfully request our Senators and Members of Congress to
vote for and secure an amendment to the tariff laws of the United States, so that salt
and lumber shall be placed on the free list, and that there shall be made a material reduction on the duty on iron, and that such articles as do not pay the cost of collection
be also placed on the free list.
"Resolved, That we earnestly request the Legislature of our State at its next session
to enact a law regulating freights and fares on our railroads, upon a basis of justice, and
that we further request our Members of Congress to urge the favorable action'of that
body, where the full power exists beyond all doubt, to the same end; and, if need be, to
construct national highways at the expense of the Government.
"Resolved, That the act passed by the Legislature exempting bonds, notes, mortgages
and judgments from taxation is unjust, oppressive, and a palpable violation of our
State Constitution, and we call upon all assessors and the county boards to see that said
securities are taxed at their fair value.
"Resolved, That the practice of voting municipal bonds is pernicious in its effect, and
will inevitably bring bankruptcy and ruin on the people, and we therefore are opposed
to all laws allowing the issuance of such bonds.
"Resolved, That giving banks a monopoly of the' Nation's currency, thereby compelling the people to pay them such interest therefor as they may choose to impose,
seven-tenths of which interest we believe is collected from the farmers, is but little less
than legalized robbery of the agricultural classes.
"Resolved, That for the speedy and thorough accomplishment of all this, we pledge
each other to ignore all political preferences and prejudices that have swayed us hitherto to our hurt,' and support only such men for office as are known to be true to our
interests, and in whose integrity and honesty we have the most implicit confidence."
A Constitution of the Farmers' Co-operative Association was formed, and
the following officers elected: President, John Davis; Vice President, J.
K. Hudson, of Wyandotte; Secretary, Alfred Gray, of Shawnee; Treasurer, H. Bronson, of Douglas. Directors: T. B. Smith of Douglas, John
Mings of Osage, O. W. Bill of Riley, A. H. Grass of Montgomery, J. S.
Van Winkle of Leavenworth.
APRIL 1.-W. H. Rossington, managing editor of the Commonwealth.
- Gen. James G. Blunt, and others, are charged with conspiracy to defraud the Government and a body of Cherokee'Indians in North Carolina.
APRIL 8.-Annual Meeting of the Congregationalists of Southern Kansas, at Cottonwood Falls.
-The Burlington Patriot announces the death of Gen. John B. Scott,
the founder of Leroy. "He came to Kansas in 1845, and resided at the old




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Agency until 1854, when he and Col. Whistler came to this county and took
claims."
APRIL 9.-Gov. Osborn offers a reward of $500 for the apprehension of
the murderer of Dr. York, brother of Col. A. M. York. Dr. York disappeared some weeks ago, and is supposed to have been murdered between
Osage Mission and Independence.
— In the spring the Coffeyville Courier was started, by Chatham &
White. James J. Chatham soon became the sole publisher. In the fall
of 1875, the Courier was removed to Independence and issued as a Daily.
APRIL 16.-Destructive fire at Paola.
APRIL 23.-A fire, at Fort Scott destroys over thirty buildings, principally on Market street.
-State Senators' excursion to Galveston leaves Emporia.
APRIL 24.-Banquet to Senator Ingalls, at Leavenworth.
APRIL 27.-Birth of the Atchison Daily Globe. It died December 14th,
18:73.
APRIL 28.- Col. D. W. Houston and C. N. Shaw buy the Leavenworth
Commercial.
-Fire at Iola.
Dr. Madison Mills, U. S. A., dies at Leavenworth.
APRIL 30.-Fire at Burlingame.
Conference of the Liberal Christians of the Missouri Valley, at Kansas
City.
MAY 4.-The remains of Dr. Wm. H. York, and other murdered men,
found on the farm of the Bender family, in the northwest corner of Labette
county, about ten miles from Thayer, and five. miles from Cherryvale, on
the road from Independence (where Dr. York resided) to Osage Mission.
Among the victims were Benj. M. Brown, of Howard county, John Greary,
W. F. McCrotty, H. F. McKegzie, G. W. Langchor, and a little girl.
Three bodies were found beneath the house, and four graves in different
*parts of the field. All were'killed by blows on the back of the head, and
had their throats cut. Two hammers were found in the house. The Bender
family consisted of Wm. Bender, sixty years old; his wife, fifty-five; their
daughter, Kate, twenty-three, and son, John, twenty-five. They came to
Kansas in December, 1870, and moved to this slaughter-pen in February,
1871. They were Germans, and kept a small stock of groceries and liquors.
Kate was a "medium," and advertised her skill as a spiritual doctor.
The family fled about three weeks ago, leaving their stock behind. At
Thayei they bought tickets for Humboldt. The Independence Republican
says:
"The generally-accepted theory of the manner of the killing is that travellers were
seated in such a manner that their heads would lean against and indent the cloth partition, which crossed the room. Some one stationed behind the curtain would then
strike them with a hammer, and some one in the front room was ready to finish the job.
After that they were taken to the trap-door, where they were thrown in, their throats
{cut, and they were left until night, when they were carried out, and buried in the field."
MAY 7.-Death of Chief Justice Chase, in New York.
IMAY 14.-The Wamego Blade issued by Cuningham & Goodwin.
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MAY 16.-Death of John M. Haeberlein, of the Daily Freie Presse,
Leavenworth -the only German Daily in the State.
-Louis Melius joins Edwin H. Snow, in publishing the Ottawa Journal.
-George Grant imports stock for his sixty-thousand-acre farm, at Victoria, Ellis county.
-W. H. Johnson consolidates the Abilene Chronicle and Journal.
MAY 20.-Editorial Convention, at Atchison. Address by I. S. Kalloch,
poem by James W. Steele. T. Dwight Thacher was re-elected President;
J. W. Steele, orator; W. S. Burke, of Leavenworth, alternate, and Noble
L. Prentis, poet. Fort Scott was selected as the next place of meeting.
There was a ball and banquet at Atchison, and an excursion to Lincoln,
Neb., on the 21st. This is the seventh annual meeting.
MAY 25.-Thomas M. O'Brien, defaulting claim agent, arrested in Colorado.
MAY 30.-Soldiers' reunion at Lawrence; 8,000 people present.
MAY 31.-Bridge across the Missouri at St. Joseph completed.
-Midland Railroad Company organized at Topeka.
JUNE 2.-W. S. Burke starts the Leavenworth Argus.
JUNE 8. —Judge Dillon's Iola bond decision published.
JUNE 14.-Illinois editorial excursion to Topeka.
JUNE 16.-The case of The State against S. C. Pomeroy, for the bribery
of A. M. York, came up before Hon. John T. Morton, Topeka. On motion,of Pomeroy's counsel, the case was continued to the next term.
JUNE 18. -Funeral of Judge John A. Wakefield, at Lawrence. He came
to Kansas in 1854, and was a' leading member of the Free-State party.
JUNE.-A pamphlet of 40 pages, called "Farmers' Unions and Tax
Reform," by Henry Bronson, President of the Douglas County Farmers'
Union, is published at Lawrence, and goes through four editions. Mr.
Bronson also published the Vox Populi, a weekly newspaper, at Lawrence.
JUNE.-An article on Osawatomie, by James Hanway, is published in
the Kansas Magazine, vol. 3, p. 551. Mr. Hanway says the site of the
Town was selected by the Massachusetts Aid Society. A grist and saw mill
was built there by the Society in the Spring of 1856. A printing press,
brought by Dayton & Gardner from New York, was concealed during the
troubles of that year. Charles Griffith bought the material in 1857, and
issued the Herald. John McReynolds was the next purchaser; the office
was afterwards removed to Paola.
The 7th of June, 1856, is given as the date of the sacking of Osawatomie,
by John W. Whitfield and 170 Missourians. The battle of Osawatomie
took place August 30th, 1856. John Brown commanded the Free-State
men, and kept the enemy at bay several hours. "The raiders then entered
the town, took what property they could conveniently carry away, and
applied the torch to the buildings, and by evening it was but a heap of
ashes." The fight "was the most severe of any which took place during
the troubles in Kansas."'In the autumn of 1856, during the troubles which existed throughout Kansas, one
mnorning before-the sun was up an' individual by the name of Pat Devlin was seen




616                     A1V'ALS OF KANSAS.                          [1873.
entering the village of Osawatomie. He was riding a horse, or mule, and loaded down
with no inconsiderable amount of articles of various character, which entirely covered
his beast. A neighbor met'him and accosted him in a familiar manner:'Pat, you look
as if you had been out on an excursion.''Yes,' said Pat,'I have been out Jayhawking,'
Not fully understanding the meaning of the term'Jayhawking,' he enquired of Pat
what he mleant. Pat, who was a bold Free-State Irishman, replied that he had been
foraging off the enemy, meaning the Pro-Slavery party. He then, like a true lexicographer, explained the meaning of the word'Jayhawker.' He said that in Ireland there
was a bird called the jayhawk, which worried its prey before devouring it."
McReynolds first published, in 1858 or'59, this explanation of the word.
"Jayhawker" did not become universally known until Charles R. Jennison
assumed it for himself and his soldiers, the SeventhKansas, in 1861. It is
now synonymous with Kansan.
JULY.-A book issued with this title: " The Homestead Guide, describing the great Homestead Region in Kansas and Nebraska, and containing
the Homestead, Pre-emption, and Timber-Bounty Laws, and a Map of the
Country Described. Waterville, Kansas: F. G. Adams, Compiler and Publisher. 1873." pp. 312. The best summary of Judge Adams's admirable
book is given in its Preface, which is copied below:
"The object of this publication is to give reliable information to homestead-seekers.
The information relates to the broadest area of desirable homestead lands within the
United States; it relates to the struggle by which those lands were wrested from therecent occupancy of ferocious savages; and now that the amplest safety is assured the
settler, these pages show the mode by which, at the mere cost of entry fees, title from
the Government can be acquired to these lands. An account of the progress of settlements within this region is also given, showing how a hitherto unpeopled wild, of most
fertile soil, of most healthful climate and pleasing landscape, of gurgling brooks and
rapid-flowing mill-streams, of grassy plains and prairie billows, of rocky cliffs, of
timber-skirted water-courses, of broad alluvions, of exhaustless deposits of coal, and
salt, and gypsum-is now, with marvellous rapidity, being covered with cultivated
fields, with numberless domestic herds, and with thriving towns, springing up under the
magic influence of the wand of enterprise-carrying trade and manufactures where,
before, the murmur of traffic and the hum of machinery were never heard.
" In collecting the facts here presented, we have drawn largely from our own obser —
vations, but are much indebted to other publications relating to Kansas and Nebraska,
to the authors of which we have, in the proper connexions, aimed to give just credit."
JULY 6.- Shooting affray in the Otis House, Atchison, between Jacob
S. Hoke and W. W. Marbourg.
JULY  12.-Meeting of Osage Land Settlers at Thayer; 5,000 peoplepresent.
— County Treasury defalcation in Jefferson county.
JULY 17.-The Wellington Press established.  John H. Folks is the.
publisher.  Eight papers have died in Sumner county.
JULY222.-Hon. Oliver P. Morton, U. S. Senator, visits Topeka.
-The trotting stallion, Smuggler, goes in 2:19a, at Olathe.
JULY 28.-J. Q. Page, in the District Court, at Topeka, makes a motion
to dismiss the case begun by himself against the State of Kansas and others,
for the recovery of the $7,000 package of bribe money, he agreeing to pay
all costs of action. Motion granted.
JULY 28.-Rev. John A. Anderson, of Junction City, elected President
of the Agricultural College.
JULY 30.- Organization of the State Grange, at Lawrence. The follow



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ing "History of the Kansas State Grange" is copied from  The Patrons'
Hand-Book, published by J. K. Hudson, at Topeka, in 1874. It is a book
of 40 double-column pages:
"The material at hand with which to write anything like a history of'the Kansas
State Grange is very meagre. Hiawatha Grange, Brown county, was the first organized
in the State, which occurred in April, 1872. Little was done beyond the organization of
Osage Grange, in Crawford county, which was organized very early in the spring, and
~was the first Grange in the south part of the State.
"Up to December, 1872, there were only nine Granges in the State. The Order, during
the winter, grew but little, many of the Granges being discouraged, not only for the
want of the secret work, but also because of the little interest manifested throughout
the State in the organization.
"The call to meet at Lawrence, July 30, 1873, to form a State Grange, gave a new
impetus to the organization. It grew very rapidly during the spring and summer, and
when the State Grange met, they numbered about four hundred. Brothers Dumbauld,
Spurgeon and Cramer deserve much praise for their persistent efforts to organize the
movement. The large amount of gratuitous pioneer work -by these men entitles them
to the consideration of every good Patron. They -adhered while other men doubted;
and now, when the Grange has become a great power in the State, their early struggles
and labors in its behalf should not be forgotten.
"In December, 1872, William Duane Wilson, from Iowa, visited Kansas, and, in connexion with a few Granges in the south part of the State, effected a temporary organization of the State Grange, as follows: Master, F. H. Dumbauld; Overseer, -   Bell;
Lecturer, J. A. Cramer; Secretary, G. W. Spurgeon; Treasurer, H. H. Angell.
"At the meeting of the State Grange, at Lawrence, July 30, 1873, for the first time,
there were 409 organized Granges in the State. Dudley W. Adams, Master of the National Grange, was present, and assisted in forming the State Grange; also, T. A. Thompson, Lecturer of the. National Grange, greatly aided in shaping the State Grange, and in
giving the secret work of the Order to the delegates. The election of officers resulted as
follows:
"Master, T. G. Boling, Leavenworth county; Overseer, M. E. Hudson, Bourbon
county; Lecturer, John Boyd, Montgomery county; Steward, E. D. Smith, Jewell
county; Assistant Steward, J. B. Richey, Franklin county; Chaplain, W. S. Hanna,
Franklin county; Treasurer, H. H. Angell, Cherokee county; Secretary, G. W. Spurgeon, Neosho county; Gate Keeper, C. W. Lawrence; Ceres, Mrs. Mattie Morris; Flora,
Mrs. M. H. Charles; Pomona, Mrs. Amanda C. Rippey; Lady Assistant Steward, Mrs.
Jennie D. Ritchie; Executive Committee, F. H. Dumbauld, W. P. Popenoe, and J. B.
Shaeffer.
" The constitution provided for the meeting of the State Grange the third Wednesday in February. The Executive Committee decided to hold the session at Topeka.
"At this meeting sixty counties were represented. The Secretary reported 975
Granges as organized, representing an actual membership of over 27,000. The constitution and by-laws were revised, and the declaration of purposes adopted by the National
Grange at St. Louis adopted as the principles of the Kansas State Grange.
"The election for Master to fill the vacancy occasioned by the resignation of Master
Boling resulted in the selection of M. E. Hudson, when the vacancy in the office of
Overseer, caused by his promotion, was filled by the election of Wm. Sims. The term
of W. P. Popenoe as a member of the Executive Committee having expired, he was
re-elected. W. H. Fletcher, of Clay county, was elected Gate Keeper -Mr. Lawrence,
elected at a previous meeting of the State Grange, having failed to accept and qualify.
After installation of officers, conferring the fifth degree, hearing reports of committees,
adopting resolutions, and transacting the necessary business for the ensuing year, the
Grange adjourned sine die.
"Since the adjournment of the State Grange, the organization of Granges throughout the State has been more rapid than ever before-the number of Granges up to
April 1st exceeding 1,200, with a total membership of over 30,000."
JULY  31.-Death  of Hiram  J. Strickler, near Tecumseh, Shawnee
county. He was a native of Virginia, and came here in the winter of




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1855.' He was in the Council, in'55, and was Territorial'Auditor from'58 to'61.  He was also Territorial Adjutant General, and President of
the State Agricultural Society. He was universally respected as a man of
integrity and honor.
-The Atchison Champion publishes the following lines. They were
copied all over the Union, and the general belief was and is that Senator
Ingalls wrote them. They were entitled:
"A SERENADE; THE POLITICIAN TO HIS LOVE.
"'By the time we have reached home and got our cows milked, it will be dark.'Speech at Monrovia.
"'The,noon is shining on the grange,  "Once I was in the railroad ring,
The winds are hushed, the leaves are still,   But now my hands are hard with toil;
The patient stars look softly down     I've scattered hay-seed in my hair
Upon my cot at Shannon Hill.           And blacked my boots with harness oil.
Then come, my horny-handed love,       My city cows have all gone dry,
And wander through the dell with me,    I am no longer in my prime;
And gaze upon the Durham bull          My dajy is drawing to its close
And listen to his pedigree.            And it will soon be milking time.'"My stores upon Commercial street     "I think I know a new milch cow
Are empty; there's in trade a lull;    That's just exactly what I need;
I've bartered off my house in town,    She's thin from running out to grass
And real estate is very dull;          But only wants a change of feed.
I'm putting up a residence             I'll mix a mash of free-trade bran,
On Second street, above the mill,      Swindles, high taxes, and back pay,
But till it's finished I shall live    And coax her to the ballot-box
Upon my farm at Shannon Hill.          And feed her till election day.
"Dear Snyder, grasp her by the horns!
Sweet Wheeler, hold her by the tail!
Oh, let me safely sit between
And calmly fill my milking pail.
And when November's breezes show'Tis time my Berkshire hogs to kill,
I'll move back into town again
And sigh no more for Shannon Hill."
AUGUST 1.-Topeka Daily Blade started, by J. Clark Swayze.
-Noble L. Prentis edits the Junction City Union till March 1, 1875.
AUGUST 4.-The Catholic Publication Society, New York, issues a book
on "Irish Emigration to the United States: What it has been and what it
is. By the Rev. Stephen Byrne, O. S. D." It is an excellent and valuable
book.  The following relating to Kansas is copied from pages 124 to 128:
"The soil is very productive throughout, mostly presenting a rolling surface, thus
affording superior drainage. Every kind of grain and fruit can be grown; it is especially adapted to the growing of the grape. The rich, black soil is generally from two
to six feet and more thick.,
"There are millions of acres of the best land for sale by the various railroads alone
that run through Kansas; besides these, there are the'homestead lands.'
"The climate is very salubrious throughout; new sections of the country are visited
by intermittent fever in spring and fall, which disappears with the progress of the.cultivation of the soil. Vast numbers of people, who have been in feeble health in
the more eastern States, contend that they have been greatly benefitted by the climate. The summer heat is rendered less oppressive and excessive by a continual
breeze, and the nights are very refreshing......
"The land is of equally good quality almost everywhere. In the south and southwest the soil is sometimes a little deeper than in the north or northwest; the north




1873.]                    ANNALS OF KANSAS.                                619
sometimes has more woodland; so that, on the whole, I find little or no difference. I
give below the offices of the various railroad land departments, with price of land and
general terms:
"In the southeast, there is the Missouri River, Fort Scott and Gulf Railroad, owning
and selling about three hundred and fifty thousand acres in Bourbon, Crawford and
Cherokee counties, the price ranging from four to twelve dollars per acre; sold on
credit, running through ten years, at seven per cent. annual interest; twenty per cent.
discount for cash. The land is excellent; plenty of coal in the neighborhood. Several
Catholic congregations are already in existence in that neighborhood. For land, address Gen. John A. Clark, Land Commissioner, Fort Scott, Kansas. To find out what
facilities for satisfying your spiritual wants before purchasing, address Rev. M. J.
Doherty, at Fort Scott, or Rev. E. Bononcini, at Baxter Springs, or Rev. John Schoenmakers, S. J., at Osage Mission, Kansas.
"In the southeast is also the Leavenworth, Lawrence and Galveston Railroad land.
In some portions of this land, the rocky stratum, underlying the soil, crops out, and
forms the surface. Excepting such portions, the land is of very good quality, ranging
at about the same price. Address John W. Scott, Land Commissioner, at Chanute.
To find out, before smaking any purchases, where there is a church or Catholic settlement, address Very Rev. A. Heiman, at Scipio P. O. For land south of this, you may
address Rev. R. Deusterman, at Humboldt.
"The southwest is traversed by the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe R. R., owning
and selling over three millions of acres along its line; price of land ranging from two
to eight dollars per acre; time for payment, eleven years, with 7 per cent. interest,
besides other very favorable conditions. The land of this company is very superior,
though there is scarcity of timber. For information about land, etc., address A. S.
Johnson, Land Commissioner, at Topeka; but before, and for actual location, address
Rev. F. Swembergh, at Wichita; Rev. Jos. Perrier, or Rev. J. H. Defouri, both at Topeka, Kansas.
"The west is traversed by the Kansas Pacific R. R. Along its line from east to west
there are more Catholic settlements than on any other road at present. It owns and
has for sale about six millions of acres, prices ranging from two to six dollars per
acre, sold on five years' credit, with interest at six per cent., in this manner, one-fifth
cash at time of purchase; for the next two years only the interest on the balance, etc.
For information about land, address John P. Devereux, Land Commissioner, at Lawtence, Kansas. Where to find church and Catholic settlements, address Rev. John
Fogarty, at Solomon City, Kansas, and Rev. P. Scholl, at Junction City, Kansas.
"The northwest: Two railroads run through the northern portion of the State from
east to west, along which there are several Catholic settlements. The St. Joseph and
Denver R. R. has about 100,000 acres in Marshall, Washington, Republic, Jewell, Cloud,
Ottawa, and Riley counties, for sale at from three to six dollars, one-fifth of which is
payable in cash at time of purchase, the balance in five equal annual payments, with
ten per cent. interest. For information about land, address D. M. Steele, President
Kansas Land Company, at St. Joseph, Missouri. To find out the location of Catholic
settlements, address Rev. A. Weikmann, at Hanover, or Rev. Thos. O'Reiley, at Frankfort, or Rev. L. Mollier, at Concordia, Kansas.
"For information about land owned by the Central Branch U. P. R. R., address Major
W. F. Downs and the Very Rev. Father Giles Christoph, O.S.B., at Atchison, or Rev. Th.
Bartl, at Severance P. O., or Rev. Timothy Luber, at Seneca, Kansas.
"The Vicariate Apostolic of Kansas, established in 1851,'has two vicars apostolic,
residing at Leavenworth; forty-eight priests, and several clerical students; fifty-five
churches built, and sixteen building. There are several religious institutions, both
male and female. Catholic population, 30,000."
AUGUST 5.-Five  Mennonite leaders visit Harvey, Sedgwick, Reno,
Marion and McPherson counties, to select lands for a colony from Russia.
- Thos. J. Anderson chosen Superintendent of the Topeka Rolling Mills.
AUGUST 6. — Coal-oil excitement at Paola.
- Delegate convention of the various Catholic Societies of the State at
Leavenworth.  President, John Moffat, Osage Mission; Vice Presidents, P.




620                  ANNALS OF KANSAS.                       [1873.
Connolly, Wyandotte, M. A. Wolfrom, Leavenworth; Secretary, Rev. T.
A. Butler, Leavenworth;  Treasurer, W. F. Dolan, Atchison. Among the
resolutions passed was the following:
"Resolved, That it is the sense of the Catholic Union of Kansas that the present
system of education is in opposition to the letter and spirit of the Constitution of the
United States, and we claim it is unjust to impose a school upon Catholics in direct
opposition to their wishes."
AUGUST 9.-R. B. Taylor, of the Wyandotte Gazette, arrested, on the
charge of defaming the character of S. A. Cobb. He is afterwards tried
for libel, and acquitted.
AUGUST 13.-Judge Samuel A. Williams dies, at Fort Scott. He was a
member of the Legislature of 1855, and was appointed Probate Judge of
Bourbon county by that body.
- Serious trouble at Osage Mission, caused by county-seat difficulties.
AUGUST 17.-S. S. Prouty retires from the Commonwealth, and Henry
King becomes the publisher.
-Alvord & Farey start the Junction City Tribune.
AUGUST 19.-The free-delivery system ordered for the Leavenworth
post-office.
AUGUST 20.-Kellar hung by citizens in Linn county. He had killed
his wife, Mrs. Boyd and her two children, and then burned Boyd's house
over their bodies. The tragedy occurred near Twin Springs.
SEPTEMBER 1.-The Agricultural College starts on a new career, with
the following officers: Board of Regents: James Rogers,. Burlingame; Chas.
Reynolds, Fort Riley; N. A. Adams, Manhattan; J. K. Hudson, Wyandotte;
Josiah Copley, Perryville; N. Green, Holton. J. A. Anderson, President,
Manhattan; William Burgoyne, Secretary, Manhattan; E. B. Purcell,
Treasurer, Manhattan; E. Gale, Loan Commissioner, Manhattan; L. R.
Elliott, Land Agent, Manhattan.
-In the fall, W. H. Watkins started the Independence Kansan.
SEPTEMBER 3.-Burning of the Massasoit House, at Atchison.
SEPTEMBER 5.-The officers of the St. Joseph & Denver Railroad resign,
and a committee is- appointed to make an investigation into the affairs of the
company.
-W. S. Tough sells Smuggler, in Boston.
SEPTEMBER 8.-Rich discoveries of lead near Baxter Springs.
SEPTEMBER 8, 9.-Meeting of the Kansas Academy of Science, at Lawrence. The following officers were elected for the current year: President,
Frank H. Snow; Vice Presidents, John A. Banfield and John D. Parker;
Secretary, John Wherrell; Treasurer, Robert J. Brown; Curators, Frank
H. Snow, B. F. Mudge, and Edwin A. Popenoe. The following Commissioners were confirmed for the current year: Geology, B. F. Mudge; Ornithology, F. H. Snow; Entomology, F. H. Snow and Edwin A. Popenoe;
Language, D. H. Robinson and J. H. Lee; Engineering, F. W. Bardwell;
Technology, F. E. Stimpson; Astronomy, John Fraser; Meteorology, John
D. Parker; Botany, J. H. Carruth, John Wherrell, and Frank H. Snow;
Mineralogy, W. D. Kedzie; Chemistry, William H. Saunders.
SEPTEMBER 9.-Prof. B. F. Mudge lectures on the Mound Builders,




1873,]                         ANNALS OF KANSAS.                                          621
before the Academy of Science, at Lawrence. He gives an account of an
extensive ancient village within a short distance of the Solomon river,
where a pottery covers half an acre of ground.
-The Secretaryof the Interior orders a reappraisement of the Kaw lands.
SEPTEMBER 11.-The K. P. R. W. extended from Kit Carson to Fort
Lyon, forty-two miles.
SEPTEMBER 15.-Carl Moller, cashier of the German Savings Bank,
Leavenworth, a defaulter.
SEPTEMBER 22.-State Fair at Topeka. Governor Osborn makes the
opening address.
-Financial panic; banks generally suspend, Kansas City taking the lead.
OCTOBER. —The last number of the Kansas Magazine is issued; it is the
fourth number of Vol. IV.
OCTOBER 1.-Great meeting of Settlers at Osage Mission.
OCTOBER  11.-Martin F. Conway, in Washington, fires three shots at S.
C. Pomeroy, one of which slightly wounds the ex-Senator. Conway is arrested, and says of Pomeroy: "He  ruined  myself and  family."   Pomeroy
says he has never had any controversy or ground for difficulty with Conway.
OCTOBER 15. —Rev. Charles R. Pomeroy elected President of the Emporia Normal School.
— Irrigation Convention at Denver; the Western States and Territories
represented.
OCTOBER 20. -Burning of. the Commonwealth building.
— Samuel Fry, one of the old Free-State Guard of Lawrence, dies at
Columbia, Texas, where he was a railroad contractor.
OCTOBER 28.-Eighth Annual Meeting of the State Sabbath School Association, at Emporia.
OCTOBER.-A  Catalogue is published  of the Topeka  Library.  It contains about 1,000 volumes.
NOVEMBER.-D. B. Emmert starts a Monthly, at Humboldt, called the
Rural Kansan.  It was published one year.
NOVEMBER 4.-Annual election.
VOTE ON PROPOSED AMENDMENT TO ART. 2, SEC. 2 OF THE CONSTITUTION.
Counties.            For.  Against.             Counties.             For.  Against.
Allen...................    166  722   Dickinson....................  1,024       18
Anderson........................   3    1, 009   Doniphan......................  37.0    1, 394
Atchison................:    462        597   Douglas.......................... 325    1, 704
Barbour....................      52............  2 Ellis.............................    264  10
Barton.............................  24  282   Ellsworth.......................    501      2
Billings...........................  52    37   Ford.............................. 59     158
Bourbon..........................    608    1,859   Franklin.......................   1,114
Brown............................    151  763   Greenwood...................   245.  130
Butler.............................  1,467  135   Harper.................................
Chase..............................    495  107   Harvey.....................  529. 7
Cherokeee.........................  401    636:Howard......7.............    729        318
Clay................................  754  189   Jackson...................     958        183
Cloud-.............................  875  40   Jefferson....................... 132     1, 595
Coffey....................      42      746   Jewell...................       874         64
Comanche........................................;.;. Johnson.........................    825  1, 838
Cowley...........................  087      5   Labette..........418
Crawford......................    8       827   Leavenworth....115                        360
Davis..............................  963    38   Lincoln..5...........    504......




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VOTE ON AMENDMENT TO CONSTITUTION -CONCLUDED.
Counties.                      For.  Against.                           Cbounties.                    For.  Against.
Linn................................              85       1,506        Rice..............................              81              94
Lyon..............................             603           257        Riley............................            776             427
Marion...........................              415              8       Rooks..........................              114............
Marshall.....................                1, 218             74       Russell........................              256............
McPherson..............        571              8       Saline...........................         1,242              109
Miami............................                 66       1, 914       Sedgwick.....................              1, 352               15
Mitchell...........................             887             17       Shawnee..............         437          1, 889
Montgomery.............         362           489        Smith..........................             369               22
Morris.............................             470             65       Sumner........................               928                9
Nemaha...........................                34          831       Wabaunsee..................                     56            561
Neoso.............................              360           501        Wallace  (no return)..............................
Ness................................            263..                Washington..................                 764              93
Osage..............................             180        1,201        Wilson...................        702             341
Osborne..........................               434              1      Woodson......................                149             359
Ottawa.............................             665             19      Wyandotte................................                        5
Pawnee...........................                 72             5
Phillips...........................             391              3            Total.......................   32,240              29,189
Pottawatomie................... 91,011
Reno................................            350             14             Majority..................    3,051
Republic........................               988             36
VOTE FOR RAILROAD ASSESSORS.
Counties.                          Names of Candidates.  
Leavenworth...............   Harry  L. Bickford.....................  2, 494                              2, 494          291
1...    Leavenworth...............   Crawford  Moore..........................   1,260                            1,260
Leavenworth...............  Charles Grover...........................                            943         943
Atchison.......................   Frank  M. Tracy..........................                       113
Brown..........................   Frank  M. Tracy..........................                      113
Doniphan.....................   Frank  M. Tracy..........................I 2,179
Nemaha.......................   Frank  M. Tracy........................                          673      3,078        1, 792
Brown..........................  N. Hanson..................558
Nemaha                                   N. Hanson.......................                            37    595
2...    Atchison.......................  S. J. H. Snyder...........................                          148
Doniphan.....................   S. J. H. Snyder...........................                            74        222
Atchison.................                D. E. Mervin......................                       101          101
Atchison.......................   Mr. Wilcox..............................                            91          91
Atchison......................   E. M uldoon..............................                            96          96
Atchison......................Scattering.............................                             158
Nemaha....................  Scattering...................................                            23        181
Jefferson.....................           D. F. Eggers..............                             1,213
Pottawatomie...............   L. F. Eggers...............................                           311
Shawnee...............   L. F. Eggers                                            2, 993    4, 517         2,888
Jackson.......................   John   Carver..............................                        669
3...   Jefferson.......................  John  Carver...............................                           34         703
Jackson......................           S. S. Cooper................................                 53
Jefferson.......................  S.  Cooper.............................                        751         804
Shawnee......................   A. J. Huntoon............................                           65          65
Jackson......................    A. M. Crockett...........................                        47           47
Anderson.....................   Turner  Sampson.......................                              2
Douglas..................               Turner  Sampson........................  2,209
4...    Franklin.............                     Turner  Sa pson..................         685    2,896          2, 735
Douglas........................  F. Gleason................83............                           83
Franklin...............  F. Gleason...............................                  78         161
offey.........................          J. L. Williams.............................                 72
Lyon.....         J. L. Williams...............                          I.......  619
Osage............................ L. W.........           83   1 774              261
Cofey...........................   H..              Bent................................   1,134
5...    Lyon............................   H. N. Bent.................................                         22
Osage......................   N. Bent.................................              59      1,215
Osage........................... J. A. Drake................................                       175         175
Coffey...........................        Scattering......................                          46
Osage...........................   Scattering.................................                    77         123
Bourbon.......................   A. Shin n........................    1,657
-6        Linn.......  in. Shinn...............................                                           1,064       2.721        1,001
Bourbon.Ed. R. Smith..............................   899
Linn..........................          Ed. R. Smith.............................                 821    1,720




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VOTE FOR RAILROAD ASSESSORS-CONTINUED.
Counties.                             Names qf Candidates.                                 
Allen...................                  Henry  W. Talcott....................                   744
Woodson........................  Henry  W. Talcott...................                            852        1,596          659
Allen...............  John  Moffit.............                               350
Neosho......                             John Moffit.... 549                                                   899
Neosho..........................  John  A. Gaston........................                       687
7...    Wilson..............                       John  A. Gaston...................                       54          741
Neosho......................... J. JA. Stevens...........................                        160
Wilson......                              J. A. Stevens...........................                777           937
Allen..............................  Scattering...............48
Wilson........................... Scattering........26
L Woodson........................  Scattering...........................                           15            89
Davis.............................  John  M. Allen........................                        11
Dickinson.....................  John  M. Allen........................                          243
Riley..............................  John  M. Allen........................                      778        1,032            77
Davis............................. Z. Taylor........                                 617
Dickinson....................            P. Z. Taylor..........................       72
Morris..........P. Z. Taylor.............................                                           75
8...    Ottawa..........................           P. Z. Taylor.............................               191           955
Davis.............................  John  P. Swenson                                              109           109
Dais..............................   A. J. Rodgers...........................                       24
Morris.................                   A. J. Rodgers......145                                               169
Davis..............................   Scattering..............................                    12
Morris.........................   Scattering............................
Ottawa...........................  Scattering..............................                       12
Riley.........                            Scattering..............................                82          108
Barton............................   Joel T. Davis..                                              310
Harvey..........................  Joel T. Davis...........................                        149
Reno....................  Joel T. Davis...........................                    312
Rice...............................  Joel T. Davis...........................                     208           979         511
Ford...............................  J. Caller..................................                  143           143
9...    Pawnee................    T. J. Clark..............................                               78            78
Harvey..........................  William   Prouty.......................                         22             22
Chase............................         L. P. Allspaugh......................                    1
Harvey...................;. P. Allspaugh......................                  21
Marion.......................  L. P. Allspaugh....................                              443           465
Chase............................  George W. Yeager..................                           468           468
Johnson.........................  Newton  Ainswo                    rth.................        998
Miami............................  Newton  Ainsworth.................   1,276
Wyandotte....................  Newton  Ainsworth................. 446                                    2, 720      1,020
Johnson.........................  Daniel Killen........................                           40
Miami...........................   Daniel Killen.............                                    456
10...     Wyandotte....................  Daniel Killen.........................   1, 204                             1,700
Johnson........................ G. H. Beach..................894
Miami...........................  G. H. Beach.............................                        410
Wyandotte....................  G. H. Beach..............54                                                  1, 358
Johnson........................ J. E. Corliss............................                         695
Wyandotte................... J. E. Corliss.............................                          25           720
Crawford......................           J. D. Emerson........................                  220
Labette..................  J. D. Emerson..................        32
Montgomery.................. J. D. Emerson..............                                      1, 089        1, 341         137
Cherokee........................  Samuel Fellows......................                               4
Labette.........................   Samuel Fellows.......................   1,149                             1, 153
Cherokee.......................  J. W. Doudna.........................                            46
Labette..........................J. W. Doudna........................                           443           489
Montgomery......... J..... J. H. Ashbaugh......................  1,204    1,204
Cherokee.......................  M. A. Wood..........................                             70
11...    Crawford..........  M. A. Wood.........................                      592
Labette......................M.... A. Wood.........................                             28           690
Cherokee.....................  E. C. Wells..............................                         705
Labette..........................E. C. Wells......................2........                                    707
Cherokee.......................          A. T. Lea.................................               574
Crawford.....................  A. T. Lea.........................157
Labette........................... T. Lea...........................                             25           756
Crawford.......................J. T. Lea................................                           31            31
Crawford....................... R. W. Doudna..........................                             35            35
Crawford.......................  Scattering...........................                           16            16
Clay.............................P. Hutchinson................ 415
Cloud.......................  P. Hutchinson.................                                    856
Marshall........................   P. Hutchinson........................    1,531
12...    Republic........................  P. Hutchinson...................                                 854
W ashington..................  P. Hutchinson...............                                    1, 125       4, 781    3, 605
Clay........... J. B. Quimby.315..
Cloud........................ B. Quimby.84




624                                        ANNALS OF KANSAS.                                                               [1873.
VOTE FOR RAILROAD ASSESSORS- CONCLUDED.
Counties.                            Names of Candidates.                        ~  
(Marshall.......................... J.B. Quimby...                                  521
12..    Repiblic..........................    J. B. Quimby...............164
Washington.................  J. B. Quimby......................                             92       1,176...    Sedgwick.........................  John  M. Steele........................                      42           42          33
Cowley...........................    E. B. Allen......................... 9                             9
Ellis...........................W.... F. Leslie............................         241
Ellsworth........................        W. F. Leslie.............................    517
McPherson.......................  W. F. Leslie.............................                  320
Russell............................  W.F. Leslie.............................               293
Saline.......................           W. F. Leslie.............................           687       2, 058    1, 846
Lincoln.......................... J. F. Leslie..............................               100          100
Lincoln...........................  C. R. Buell..............................             239
Saline...               C. R. Buell.............................    489                 728
McPherson......................  W. W. Jones...........................                     323          323
Ellis                                    Scattering...............................  56
Ellsworth............Scattering...........2....................
lRussell............................  Scattering...............................                 3           61
VOTE FOR JUDGES OF THE DISTRICT COURTS.
Counties.                            Names of Candidates.    r                         
Miami......................    Hiram  Stevens........................ 2, 025
Johnson...........................    Hiram   Stevens........................  2, 300
Wyandotte.....................  Hiram   Stevens........................... 862                       5,187    3,470
Miami..............................  H. W. Cook...........................                   83
Johnson.......................... H.W. Cook.............................    342'Wyandotte...........                  H. W. Cook....................... 1,184        1,609
Miami..............................  R. W. Murray..........................                   3            3
Johnson...........................  S.E.  McCracken.....................    103                         105
Cherokee........................  B.W. Perkins..........................    778
Crawford.........................  B. W. Perkins..........................    453
Labette..........................    B. W. Perkins......................... 766
Montgomery.....................  B. W. Perkins..........................  1,198                        3,195          689Cherokee..................J.... M. Scudder..........................    327
Crawford............J..... M. Scudder..........................    378
Labette......................... J. M. Scudder....................    794
1...    Montgomery.................... J. M. Scudder.......................... 1,007                           2,506
Cherokee........................ H. W. Barnes..........................    332
Crawford.........................H. W. Barnes..........................    260
Labette...........................             W. Barnes.................                   386
Montgomery..................            H. W. Barnes....................                    40       1,018
Cherokee...................             J. G. Parkhurst.......                                17
Crawford........................       G   Parkhurst.....................                  47
Labette...........................J. G. Parkhurst......................    291
Montgomery....................  J. G. Parkhurst.......................                      20          375
Billings...........................   Joel Holt.......................     108
Jewel.............................. Joel Holt...............................                885
Mitchell.                               Joel Holt...........................     917
15...    Osborne...........................Joel Holt...............................                 433
Phillips...........................  Joel Holt................................    443
Rooks..............................  Joel Holt...............................               114
Smith..............................  Joel Holt................................    617                3,513    3,508
VOTE FOR STATE SENATOR, TO FILL VACANCY IN THE NINETEENTH
SENATORIAL DISTRICT.
Names of Candidates.                                      Counties.                           4                 A
H. Bronson.....................  Douglas..............       2,105        2,'105       639
D. C. Haskell................  Douglas................................            1,466        1,466




1873.]                                     ANNALS OF KANSAS.                                                          625
VOTE FOR'MEMBERS"'OF IHOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
Counties.                               Names of Candidates.                             5
1    Doniphan........................Nathan'Springer............................                         483          26
B. A. Seaver.........................................        300
D. W  Ripy157
~2 ~~-..X. K.  Rippey...........................................              ~ 157
Z                                             X~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~.K~~~~~~~~~~~~~.~~~(~~  I X~ Stout~c.........................................]  543  288
B. O'Driscoll...[255
B.- O'D iscl........................255
3......................................    F. H. D)renning...................................           208          21
Jacob Ramsel.......................................           187
B. F. Bowman..............................;..    - ~ 179
4    Atchison......A.................        A. A i. H.   orton.....................................      825        501
L. S. Howe...........................       324
5..............................           Robert White...............................  469
Samuel Stoner............................;  487                          18
6......................;...........  D. G.-Wilson........................................  476     21
G.W. Thompson......................-;.;.....                  455
7    Brown............................   Joseph  D. Hardy.................................                 922        455
John D. Secr467
John D.Spencer...................JE.ayo....-........... 467
8  Nemaha........,,                          J. E.'Taylor........................                        476    239
George  Graham...................................            237
9.......................................  C. S. Cummings..................................                403        159
10.MarshallPete'r Hamilton...................................                     244
10  MarsAllen Reed.1,128    248
10  1'Marshall.;..........................   Alleni Reed...............................        1,128         248
M. D. Tenney......................................            880
11    Washington............                  A. G. Baber.........................    673         119
Wm, H. Knight...................................              554
12    Riley.................................   H. P, Dow...................................   777        107
12    Riley.H.....P..Dow....                                                                                  777        107
Geo. T. Polson...............................         667
13    Pottawatomie........                      O...... J. Grover..'.......................          470.   19
E., McKee...........................................          451.
14.Js H.Seh..                                                                                     428         36
~4......................................  Jas. H. Shehi.......................................        428         36
Jas. P. Shannon................................             384
15    Jackson.........................  John Biikett.                                                    600         33
A-.- L. Stevens..............:........................       567
16    Jefferson......M.........  M.C. Mowry......................................  401      6
J. B. Johnson......  395
17......................V............ V.-Brown....... [................                                 468        125
David Rorick................................   343
18..................................... E. K. Townsend..................        407           7
E. M. Hutchins..............................                  269
J. A.Codey....................................131
19  Leavenworth                                D. R. Anthony................. 441    253
Jas. McMichael....................................           188
20  1~~~~~~~~~~.........................  Jos. W. Taylorn...................................            228           2
GeJas.   McMichael..........................                226188
20..                              Jos.  W. MiTaylor....................................       228           2
Geo.  A. Moore...................................[226
21................~~~i~~~;~;~;,~~  S. N' Latta,,...............,,,.........                23
Gas. F. Millergate......................................  386
22......................... i..............;  T. P. Fenlon.......................................,       721        721
23.~~......................................~   Wa~tson Tucker..................;.........-.........       338,~        16
J  M. Orr...........Lega.............................        3
25....................,,....................,,,   C. W. Lawrence..................................       265 
W. H. Taylor.................................                264
C. C  Duncan;................                               190
22.~T. P. FenlonM i.....................................      721         721
23........................  Sanford Ha......Watson  Tucker.................................  3 1    6
J. S. Hudson.................................. 257449
JamesJ. Crook.........................................       39265
24...............Jm sM....di....            Re B. Taylor.................................                  47725      18173
JnoA.  D. CruiEvans............................  303244
28  ohnson....                    JThos.   Hancock....................................          403          94
25..C......................W Carter..............................  309
W.  H. T aylornton....................................      264. 198
29  1.........................................   W. WTT. Maltby....................                          475        122
C. AikC. D ncan......................................         353
F. M. Smi thffen..................................        221
3026    Wyandotte........................anford  Ha....  Ge. Rogers..............................            425         152
J. K. H      udson.......................... 4.........4....  4
James. Gensel.........................................       392
27..R.....................RB. Taylor......................425~ 181
28                                  ~~~Jno. D. Cruise....244
28Johnson...Thos. Hancock...................403  94
31    MiamiH....... i;.           J. S. Cusarter.........................................    658
J..................                                           19
29..W.................... W.W Maitby..................475 122
R. Aikoman......................353
W. M.~Sheaji.241....David Anderson.............                                                       413
40




626                                               ANNA4S.OF KANSAS.                                                                      [1873:
VOTE FOR MEMBERS- OF HOUSE'OF REPRESENTATIVES -CONTINUED.
i              R Counties.                                              Names of Candidates.
32      Miami....................   L. Hendrickson.............................           303
M. Tinkham.....................................                        760          457'
33      Linn.............................     J. R. Van  Zandt.................................                         475            87
Wm. Mackey.....................................                           388
34..........................................    Herbert Robinson...............................                                318          200
J. C. Marshall..................................                          117
L. Newell............................................
35..................                 Charles  Campbell................................                         364           164
James W alker....................................                       200
36      Bourbon...................   S. Bird....................................                 451           170
Wiley  Bollinger................................                          281
37........................................    David  Johnson.................................                        532          347
W. R. Griffin................................                 185
38..T.........................~......  T. F. Robley................................686         272
J. D. Manlove...............................            414
39      Crawford.......................... W.E. McGuire...................................                    402           134
A..J. Vickers.................................             267
40............................................. A. B. Mitchell...............................     279            95
A. M. Brown......................................                       184
S. J. Langdon................................                            174
41  Cherokee.....................    L. Conklin.................4..............                                                    474    33
M. Douglas.........................................
42.......................................... T. Stowell..............................20                                         224
T. W ells..................................196
43      Labette..........................   J. I. Williams............................523                                          176
G. C. W est...............................347
J. S. Waters..................................           209
G. W. Chess...............................                  184
44..............................   W. H: Mapes.........564.............            564            76
Isaac  Butterworth......................                                486
45      Neosho.......................   James  M. Allen...............................                                          508            58
C. F. Hutchings...................................                       450
T. H. Butler.....................................                        196
46.......................................... P. Leech...................................                 595          312
M. McLachlin...............................               197
W. A. Nichols.................................          86
47      Allen'..........................     E. H. Funston....................................                        436           147
J. A. Christie.......................................                     287
48.................................  Eli Gilbert..........................................                           301            35,
J. W. Ellis...............246..................                           246
49      Anderson..........................   J. E. W hite.........................................                                550          111
B. M. Lingo.......................................        439
50      Franklin........................... Mason..............................         502              1
H. M. Robb........................................                        320
W m. H. Clark................................                            181
51............................................ J. H. Harrison....................................                                655           36
J. Hanway......................................              292
52      Douglas............................  J. C. Horton................................            510            42
Alexander  Love..................................                        468
53..........................................  John  C. W atts...................................                 715          424
Alex. R. Banks................................                            290
54...........                                        L.H. Edson........................   L    H..........................      733         644
A. K. Lowe....................................                  89
55..........................................   William   Roe.....................................                             702          702
56      Shawnee...................   Ira  C. Johnson................................             530            57
Daniel M. Adams.................................                           473
57.......................  John  M artin.......................................     1,028                          617
J. B. McAfee......................................                        411
58................................  Jacob  W elchhans................................                        376          169
Lewis Hanback...................................                         207
John   G. Otis.....................................                      196
59      Osage................................ B. Burdick....................................                      579            52
W. W. Morris................................                             525
60........................................           N. A. Perrill.......................................                      577          *72
W. H. Wilson......................................                        505
61   C offey............................   F. W. Potter.....................................  542  48
Jacob  Baer....................................                494
O. W alkling..................................           384
H. Teachout........-......................-                   46
62      W oodson...........................   Frank  Butler..................................            517           163
L. M. Olden...............................               299
William Peck...............                   53'
63   Wilson......................... J. A. Beam...................................                 774          112




1873.]                                          ANNALS OF KA'NSAS.                                                                     62
VOTE FOR MEMBERS OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES - CONTIN.UED.
Counties.                                     Names of Candidates.                                  i.
63    Wilson  (concluded)..........   Thomas Blakeslee..............................                                    662
64    Montgomery..............  John  Boyd...................                                                           570             2
C. S. Brown......................................                  567
65..........................................  A   A. Stewart..............................6......          631.          68
J. S. Russum.......................................                563
66     Howard...........................   James  N. Young................................                                88          21
W. H. Guy..........................................                   767
O. D. Lemert.................................                       763
67     Greenwood.....................              J. W. Johnson45................................                       44            86
J. B. Clogston......................368
68     Lyon................................ M. J. Firey........................................              542.         148
Mark  Patty.........................................                 394
69........................................    H.          F. McMillan...................................              611          495
P. P. Herrick................................                         116
70    Wabaunsee........................  Abram   Sellers............................'486         258
Arthur Reed...............................                           228
71     Davis................................ C. Stickney.......97.......................                    497          154
G. E. Beates...3...............................                       343
John  K. Wright...................................                    223
72     Morris..............................  Thomas  S. Huffaker............................                              534          114
C. L. Thomas......................................                   369
W. A. McCollom................................                         48
73     Chase...............................  T. S. Jones..........................................                       330           34
J. G. Winne.................................    290
74    Butler............................    H. D. Hill...............................                                   963          270
David  Young......................................                  693
75     Cowley.............................   William   Martin...................................                        738           70
James McDermott.............................                          666
76    Sedgwick............... E........... P. Thompson...................................                  904          409
Z. McClung..........................................                 495
77  Marion........................ B.- Pinkney........................................    745                                         738
78    McPherson....................    T. E. Simpson......................................                                331
J. M. Underwood................................    382                             51
79    Dickinson.......................   J. M. Hodge........................................                             613          174
E. Barber.............................................              439
80     Clay..................................   S.D. Beegle......................................                        622          10
C. W. Lindner.............................                            19
81     Republic............................  W. H. Pilkenton.................................                             522       -   81
R. P. West..................................                         441
A. D. Wilson.......................................                   90
82     Cloud...............................   B. H. McEckron........973                                                               973
83     Ottawa.s...........................   R. F. Thompson.................................                              483          298
J. J. Jenness..........................                              183
84    Saline....               Jonathan  Weaver...............................                      619           18
M. D. Sampson.................................                       601
J. H. Snead..........................................                145
85    Ellsworth.....................   H.L. Pestana.................................        306           90
Perry  Hodgden.....................            216
86    Lincoln.............................    Volney  Ball.........................................                      287           80
J. Harshbarger...................................                    1861
David  G. Bacon...................................                   21
87    Mitchell........................  D. C. Everson................................                                     569          186
Y. Douglass................................              383
88    Jewell.............................  C. E. Parker..................................                                685          317
George S. Bishop.................................                    368
89    Ellis................................ H. J. McGaffigan..............................                               152             1
T. K. Hamilton...................................                    151
90    Wallace............................  No returns.
91    Rice.................................         M. J. Morse........................................                  1             2
William   Lowrey.................................                    103
T. H. Watt..........................................   98
92    Sumner..W. P. Hackney.................................                                                               90        539
W. H. Carter................................                        249
93    Osborne........................  Calvin  Reasoner.................................                     266           99
R. T. Osborne.................................                       167.94    Reno...............................   C. C. Hutchinson................................                          341          120
J. W. Kanaga.....................................                    221
95    Smith.............................           J. T. Morrison............................            258'          25.
L. N. Plummer...................................                     105
L.  C. Uhl.................                                          213
96    Harvey............................. A.C. Richardson.................................                511         481
Charles Schaeffer...........................                          20
97    Barto n...............      J. F. Cu ming...........................        201.......   38




628  ANNALS OF KANSAS.                                                                 [1873.
VOTE FOR MEMBERS' OF HOUSE OF REPRESjNTATIVES-COCNCLUDED.
Counties..          |          Names of Candidates.    -             C
97   Barton (concluded)............... Aid.Mcinney............   163
98   Russell................................ John Fritts........   165                     3
B. W. Goodhue................................  162
~99   Phillips.............................. John Bissell.....................................   254    68
J. T. Wood..................................  186
100  Billings............................... C. C. Vance................................  81    52
Thos. Biermont.....                            29
101   Pawnee............................... Henry Booth...................................  48    16
W. R. Adams...........                        32
102   Rooks................................. Henry Taylor.................................  110   105
103   Ford................................... James Hanrahan......................  163   107
M  V. Cutler......................................  55
John Taylor.......... 1104   Barbour....................... W. E. Hutchinson..............................   278   278
105   Harper................................ Wm. H. Hornor........                  256   235
G. E. Phillips......................................    21
106   Ness....................... G. Rodgers.............................    263   263
107   Comanche.......................  A. J.. Mowry.......................................   272   272
Total...................................................... 89443......
NOVEMBER 18.-Stitzel and Blair, horse thieves, shot and killed at
Grasshopper Falls.
NOVEMBER 19. —In a lecture delivered in Washington, Frederick Douglass says John  Brown's Constitution  for the government of the proposed
insurrectionary Republic was written in his house, in Rochester, New
York, and that he still possesses the original draft.
-The Death of the Kansas Magazine is announced.
NOVEMBER 22.- Gov. Osborn appoints Robert Crozier U. S. Senator.
NOVEMBER 25.-Major J. K. Hudson buys the Kansas Farmer. The
Farmer had been published  in  quarto  form  from  September 1, 1867, by
George T. Anthony.  The volumes contain the agricultural and industrial
history of the State. They are well printed, and contain articles written
by prominent citizens in  every county.  Major Hudson changed the form
to folio.
NOVEMBER 30.-Fourth Annual Report of D. Dickinson, State Librarian. Volumes in the Library, 9,241.
NOVEMBER 30. —The following table of Land Grants to Kansas railroads is copied from  Poor's Railroad Manual:
Acres    Quantities
Date of Laws.                       Name of Road.                        Ceted.        ane
Certified.  Granted.
March 3, 1863... Leavenworth, Lawrence and. Galveston..............  168,189          800,000
July 1, 1864...... Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe......................................... 3, 000,000
July 1, 1864......  Union Pacific, Southern Branch.......................   500, 000
July 23, 1866..... St. Joseph and Denver City..............................................  1,700, 000
July 25, 1866..... Kansas and Neosho Valley, now known as Missouri River, Fort Scott and Gulf Railroad..................... 2, 350, 000
July 26, 1866..... Southern Branch of the Union Pacific Railroad,
now Missouri, Kansas and Texas Railroad.....  508, 342   1,520, 000
July 1, 1862....... Central Branch, Union Pacific                         227, 941     245,166
July 2, 1864....... Central Branch, Union Pacific f
July 1,1862.       K. ansas Pacific.                                 600
July 2; 1864........Kansas Pacific                                                        0,0
N.OVE MBER 30. —. The following table shows the length-of each railroad in the State, and the value




1873.]                        ANNALS OF KANSAS..                                        629.per mile, as fixed by the Railroad Assessors. The total assessed value, given in the table
is too large, some of the roads running through inorganized' couities where no tax'is
levied or collected:                         -.:"                                            -
No. miles Ass'd val. Total Ass'd
Namae of Road.                        loperated. per mile.  valuation.
Kansas Pacific..........................................   476'.550    $7, 900    $3, 764, 745'
Leavenworth, Lawrence & Galveston.;.................. 187.100          5,300  i'  991,630
Missouri River, Fort Scott & Gulf 1..........................  158.886    7, 222    1: 14, 474
Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe..                                496.160     5, 000    2,480, 800
Missouri, Kansas & Texas..................................  252.980    4, 700    1, 189, 006
Kansas Central................                            55.270     3, 000;     165, 810
Junction City & Fort Kearney.................. 33.000'3,000      99, 000
Central Branch...............................                100.000     4-000       400,000
Leavenworth, Atchison & Northwestern..............:....;:- 21.155   7, 250       153, 373
Saint Joseph & Denver..................................    137.690     4,700        647,143
Missouri River...........................................    22.244     8, 000       177, 952
St. Louis, Lawrence, & Denver, Carbondale Branch....... 30.600           3, 500.   107,100
St. Louis, Lawrence &: Denver......5............ 39.250     4, 000       157, 000
Doniphan & Wathena.............                              13.500     3,000.        40, 500
Atchison & Nebraska.................................. 38.213   4, 779       182,619
Total...............................0.................................... 2,062.598.............. $11,704,154
"The Kansas Pacific escapes payment on 30.85 miles in Trego county, $243,715; 31
miles in Gove county, $244,900; and 76.80 in Wallace county, $606,720; total, $1,095,333,
on 138.65 miles. I suppose the tax is now paid on the parts of roads running through
military reserves, Attorney General Williams having decided lastyear that it ought to
be paid.
"The Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe road escapes payment on 17.64 miles in Pawnee
county, $88,200; on 24.28 miles in:a tract of land now outside of any county, $121,400;
on 38.32 in Ford county, $191,600; on 25.96 in Foote county, $129,800; on'25.31 in Sequoyah county, $126,550' on 26.34 in Kearney cournty, $13i,700; and on 28.65 miles in Hamilton county, $143,250; or $932,500 on 186.50 miles.
"The railroads of Kansas are therefore assessed at $9,676,319.
"' Poor's Railroad Manual, a high authority, says the railroads in Kansas have cost
$53,258 per mile. On this estimate, the value of the 2,062 miles of railroad in Kansas is
$109,817,996, or more than one hundred million dollars more than: the amount for which
they are assessed. Mr. Poor is friendly to the railroads." —Auditor Wilder's Report.
NOVEMBER 30.-Expenditures of the: State for the year:
Governor's Department............ $8, 075 00 I Printing................................. 54,089 18
Secretary's Department.............. 18,130 59  Agricultural College.................. 23,225 96
Auditor's Department.................    5,369 50  Freedman's University.............    1,100 00
Treasurer's Department............  6,551 00  State Librarian........................   1,881 60
Attorney General.....................  1,850 00  Transcribing Journals-..............  2,054 45
Adjutant General....................    550 00  Horticultural Society...        i,  000 00
Sup't of Public Instruction.......  4,211 95  Agricultural Society..................  5,290 00
Judiciary......................... 47,297 43  Regents....................         2..........:2,558 90
Normal School, Emporia..........  16, 976 03  State House and grounds.........   9,945 80
Normal School, Leavenworth...   5, 988 65  Revising Tax Laws...............,..    450 00
Blind Asylum....................... 11,586 01  J.C. Douglass, Territorial Sup't...    850 00
Deaf and Dumb Asylum........... 35,078 17  Conveying prisoners to PenitenInsane Asylum.........................  25,575 00    tiary................           643: 70
State University....................... 24,531 53  J. M. Matheny............  5,000 00
Legislative expenses................. 50,172 24  Miscellaneous accounts1.;....      0o...:  i,908 75
Entertaining Neb. Legislature...  1, 771 50
Penitentiary......................... 71, 200 00  Total for 1873.............   $444, 902 94.,.....:
DECEMBER. —Report of Joseph  C. Wilson, C. S. Brodbent and;Charles
Puffer, Board  of Commissioners on Public.Institutions, under the act of
March  6, 1873.  W. P. Barnett, of Brown  county, and  P. a.:Eider, of
Franklin county, appointed Commissioners under the act:, resigned.




63'0                                  zANNALS OF KANSAS.                                                        [1873.
The chapter on the University cites the statutes relating to the institution;
gives a list of its lands, and says none have been sold.
"The amounts given by the city of Lawrence to the University are as follows:
Site' of old building, valued at...............................................     $10, 000
Value of old  building...2;.................................................................................  20, 000
Site of new  building, valued at..........................................................................       40, 000
Amount given' by Amos Lawrence to the city of Lawrence for educational purposes, and with his consent turned over to the University, and now bearing
interest in Kansas State bonds...................................................................         10, 300
Amount voted by the city of Lawrence for new  building.............................   100, 000
Total given by city of Lawrence............................................................             82,  300
The amount of cash received'for the fifty thousand dollars State scrip appropriated in 1872, was.                                                                                 $48, 097 20: priated in 1872, was.........................f..........2.2................................... $48, 097 20
From  the one hundred thousand dollars of city bonds..............................   90,500 00
Total cost of new  building thus far, in cash............................ $138,597 20
In addition to this, there is an unpaid building account standing against the
- University of seven thousand four hundred and forty-four dollars and
eighty-one cents, making the entire cost paid  and unpaid.......................$146,042  01
"Appropriations made by the State:
Undrawn.          Appropriated.
1866.$4,114..........................                        02       $7,000 00
1867...................................................3,714 58                                             13,094 84
1868......................................................................................... 533 34         7,500 00'1869..............................................................       11,670 00
1870      -.........                                                                                      14,570 33
1871...................................................  7-50  17,665 00
1872 (exclusive of the $50, 000 building fund).............................  18, 290 00
1873~..........................1..................................   128 47       24,660 00
-  $9,240  41   - $114,450  17
Total drawn from  State, aside from  the $50,000 for building.....................$105, 209 76
- "There was also an act'passed in the year 1864, page 194, to refund  to the citizens of
Lawrence five thousand one hundred and sixty-seven dollars. This, it will be observed,
was the year after the Quantrell raid.
"The University has always been fortunate in having an able Board of Managers -
men noted for their superior qualifications in education, of intellectual attainments
and financial and administrative experience; and the records show none of the humiliating bickerings and strife that have disgraced the meetings of the boards of some of our
other State institutions."
The State Normal School at Emporia has received 38,400 acres of land
from the State; only 486 acres have been sold.
"The following, taken from the books of the State Auditor, will show the amount of
money drawn from the State for all purposes, except members of the Board:
1864-Salaries of teachers................................                                                    $1,000 00
1865-Salaries of teachers.............................................................................         2, 000 00
1866 -For building..........1........................0..........................................    10, 000 00
Salaries of teachers...........................................................................    3, 000 00
1867 —  For building..........................5.........................................   5, 650 00
For enclosure of grounds............................................................   1, 000 00
For well and  cistern...........................................................................        850 00
For salaries of teachers...............................................................            4, 000 00
For furniture, books, etc.....................................                                       1, 500 00
For Model School...............................................................................     1,000 00
1868 — For salaries of teachers............................................................................................  1,50 00
For Associate Principal...............00........0..........................    600'00
For salaries of female teachers....................................   1,000 00
(Not drawn, $50.)
For Model School.................................900 00
(Not drawn, $275.)
For extra work..............................................                                             50 00
Forclassifying  lands..........................................................................        427 00
For deficit current expenses.................................                   290 00
For insurance...................................................................................         75 00
For diplomas.............................................................         110 00
For catalogues..............                                                                          150 -00
For chandeliers and  lamps...............................................                                60 00
For American Cyclope edia...................................................           100 0O
For dictionary and  maps........................................................124 00
(Not drawn, $26.)




1873.]                          AN2vTALS OF KANSAS.
1869-For current expenses...........................................................  10,106 00
(Not drawn, $175.38.)
1870- For-current -expenses.............................................................. 10, 542 46
(Not drawn, $143.79.) -.
-1871-For miscellaneous............................................................................. 8 475 00
(Not drawn' $50.15.)..
1872-For building....................................................................;..........  50, 000 00
For current expenses.........................................................................'11, 940 00
(Not drawn, $417.)
1873-For current expenses and extra cost of building....................... 17,829 50
(Not drawn, $854.47.)
Total not drawn.....................................................................$1, 991 79'Total amount expended- by State............................................................$142, 297 17
"The above does not include pay of members of Board of Regents, as provided by
law, but it does include other different items allowed by former Boards to its members
for expenses, etc."
A  list of its lands is.given.
The following is copied from  the brief account of the Leavenworth
Normal School:
Appropriations made:                               Undrawn balances:
1871...................$..................5......,971 70  1871............................................. $593 90
1872...........................................  7,581 03  1872.......................................   13 50
i1873...................................  6,000 00  1873.............................................  11 82
The Agricultural College  is treated  at length.   The land  given  by the
7United  States is supposed to be about 81,600  acres.  The State did not re*ceive the  90,000  acres, for the  reason  that some of the  land  selected was
within  railroad  limits, and  one  acre  within  those  limits counted  for two
loutside  of that limit.   Mr. Goodnow  sold  44,829  acres;  Mr. Elliott has
isold  64Q.  Amount received  from   sales, $197,157.06.
" NUMBER OF ACRES UNSOLD. IN EACH COUNTY.
Washington county.......1.............'i2,640.00   Riley county.....................   2,691.50
Dickinson county........................ 16,000:00  Clay county.............................    480.00
NMarshall county.........................  4,320.00'I  Total.......................................................................................-36,131.50
"The amounts drawn from the State from  year to year, according to the books of the
State Auditor, are seen below:
1864............................ $2,892 25  1870.................................
85.....     ~...................................~.    3,316   50  1871..............................................
41866.......-        1872.                                15,000 00
1867..i................................18,011 10   1873.......................................  23,000 00
188.......................................   6,420 00
1869........................................... 8, 919 00  Total...................................$77,468  5
"This amount, of course, is exclusive of the amounts paid the La'nd'Agents, ILoan:Commissioner, and Regents."
The following is copied from the chapter on the Insane Asylum:
"iThe amounts drawn from the State, according to the State Auditor's books, are-as
-follows::1'864...Locating Asylum...............   $5 00  1870...Current expenses............  18,073 00'i866:.Current' ex. andbuilding,  3, 500'00              Undrawn balance.....$6 20
-;i867...Currentexp. and building,  7,775'00  1871...Curren t expenses..........    18,931 00
-1i68..Curirent exp.'and building, 12, 600 00'Building' fund.................... 40,000 00'- Building'fund....................  20,000 00  1872...Current expenses......  21,000 00
1869...Curent   expenses.............. 12,'244'00  1873..Current expenses.............. 25, 57  0'0
-    i Undrawn balance......$2 50....
Total'for all'purposes............................... $186,168 87
"'Of the foregoing-amount about $80,000 have been expended for buildings, repairs,
barn, privies, iell,trees,'walks, and fencing:"'.
In  1868, $20,000  were appropriated  in  State bonds.  -Cost -of the:main
bui-lding, $74,677.




632                                   ANNALS: OF KANSAS.                                                     [1873.,
The following is c6pied from the chapter on the Blind Asylum:
The total amount drawn from the State for all purposes, except pay.of Directors
and Trustees, is shown by the State Auditor's books as follows:
1867.                            $;810,000 00 1872.;                                                     10,100 00
1868.....                       11,722 11   1873.....................................   11,586 01
1869..................................    10, 150 00......
1870................................         8,900 00
1871                                           7703  36           Total................-.............    $70,161 48
181.............................................  7.70,161
There was a balance undrawn in1869........................                                                                    $57 20
1871................................................................................................... 105 39
1872...............................................................................        11 04
1873......                                                                                         3 99...................................................................................................   
$177 62
Total cash.................................................................  $69, 983 86
The Deaf and Dumb Asylum appropriations are summed up in the following table:.
The amount drawn from the State, not including Trustees' salaries, nor' buildingfund, except for out-houses, cisterns, and  general repairs, is shown.by  the Auditor's.
books, as'follows:
Date.' Undrawn.         Appropriated.
1862.............................           $500 00
1863.................................................................  484 15           1,500 00
1864''....:'..  170 00'...  1, 800 00:
1865.......... -.2,8.................;                            622,28.89          4,500 00
1866................................................ 250 01                                15,600 00
1868                                            -                                         200 00          10,500 00
1869                                             41           15 0 i2,29402 23
87 otals.........................494                                                    1407,      00941 99..Totals...............................................................',.......... $10,941'             996
Total cost of curreit' expense:..........,'';'.;'  $101,447"64
Add cost of old builaing..................................................                 15, 50.0 00
Add  cost of new  building..............................................................2.........   0,       0  
Grand total.............'.....................$36,947  64The following relates to the Penitentiary:
The annexed statementl furnished by Auditor'Wil]der, gives the amount drawn:
from  the -State; but we believe that a full and exhaustive examination of the State.
records, appropriations, and  Penitentiary  records, will'show  that this statement will
vary some:
1861...C. S. Lambdin, Commissioners..........................                            $153 00
1861...Cohen &  narksoh, clothing................................................  0..............'            00 o0
1861...Leavenworth county, boarding...................................... e...............545 30'
1861...Leavenworth county, boarding....                   739 50
1862...Leavenworth county, boarding.........................8... b! * —-................: 333 75'
1862..Leavenworth county, boarding............................................................               600 00
1862...Cohen & Markson, clothing..................................................112 50
1862...John    McCarty....................................................................................    29 50
1863...From  appropriations....................'............................................          7, 279 74
1864...From  appropriations.......................................................                         7680 94
1865... From  appropriations.............................1.................................  14, 336 39:
1866...From  appropriations.............................................................. 41,148 47
1867...From  appropriations.................................................................... 115;540 55
1868... From  appropriations.......................................................'................... 42 316 35
1869... From  appropriations..:............;.........................................................105, 275 93
1870..'. From  appropriations...........................................................:.................... 35,000 00
1871...From  appropri ations.............................................................................   35,000 00
1872...From  appropriations..,...7.....,...0................................................  77, 065 00
1873...From  appropriations..........................71, 200 00
Although'not  strictly  within  our jurisdiction;  asspecified in  the' la.w'authorizing'
this Board, but simply for general information  and  at the  request of'several of' the'




1873.]                          ANNASL OF KANSAS.                                           633,
State officers, we include as below  given, the total expenditure upon the State House
and grounds:
1863...Fencing grounds, etc.......;.................                       $958 50
1864...Trees. and  fencing.........................1........................................  $41  50
Improving grounds.....................................................  809 85     851 35
1865...Planting trees.........................................  299 50
1866...Capitol..........................................................................  42, 492 65
1867... Bonds.:                                 100 000 00
Trees............................................................................  82 00
Repairs......................       50 00   100,132 00
1868...Bonds,...........;.............                 150,000 00
1869...Bonds................................................       70,000 00
Commissioners;Killen; Bowman, and Hammond..............  1,500 00'
Building..........:................................................  49,997 30   12,497 30
1870...Commissioners' services, Killen, Hammond, and Bowman,                375 00
Commissioners' travelling expenses, Killen, Bowman, and
Hammond.............................................................   1,325 25
J. G. Haskell, Architect...................................   666-60'
Tweeddale & Cook, privy..............................,.... 2, 129 91' Tweeddale & Cook, building steps.................................  300 00
Scott Bros., painting........................................................  152 50
Tweeddale & Cook, drains.......................................       64 00
Tweeddate & Cook, repairs.......................................7.....  7 00
H. J. Miller, gas fixtures,................................................  4,500 00
John Goodin, heating............................................  3,852 00
Tweeddale & Cook, extra work.................................        174 62'
M. B. Crawford, repairs.................................................  3 50
Excelsior Gas Co., fixtures................................     570 75
Buiing.........................................................................     4,707 16    18, 828 35
1871...W. Tweeddale..........................................;......... 394 00
Improvement of grounds.................................           5, 000 00      5,394 00
1872...Improvement of grounds.................................................  5, 000 00
Building....................................................................     559 16
Building east portico.................................  25, 000 00    30,559 16
1873...Building east portico........................................................  9, 500 00
Improvement of grounds..............................................  350 00     9, 850 00
Total......................................................................  $480,862  81
RECAPITULATION.
State House building.................................................................................  467, 813 46
Improving grounds....................................................................   13, 049'35
$480, 862 81
DECEMBER 15.-The Leavenworth Times says United States Attorney
Scofield  has agreed  not to  prosecute  Pomeroy for bribery; the trial is set
for the first Monday in January..
-James F. Legate becomes Editor of the Leavenworth Call.
- George S. Smith, Treasurer. of Leavenworth county, is a defaulter to
the amount of $72,000.
DECEMBER  18.-Thomas. $. Morrison, of the  SurveY'or General's office,.
says the centre of the State is in Rice county, viz.: thecorner of sections 5,
6, 7, and 8, township 18, south,.range 9, west.
DECEMBER 20.-Secretary Smallwood reports the organization of the
following counties: Foid, April 5; Barbour, April 14; Harper, August 20;
Ness, October 23; Comanche, October 28.
DECEMBER 31.-The Emporia Normal School has had 218 students; the
Leavenworth.Normal School.99.  There'are  121  patients in  the  Insane
Asylum; 52 piupils in the D..'af and Durimb Asylum  -'.the new building will
be completed  in  February.'" The  State  University  has had  239  students.
There are 121,690 children enrolled in the public schools; value~of schoolhouses, $3,408,956; the' perm!anent.schodl'fund  amounts- to  $1,003,688.99.
St. Benedict's- College, Atchison, has 95 7tudents; Mount St. Mary's Female
Academy, Leavenworth, 55..Thereiare graded.public schools at Atchisorr,
Chetopa,Concordia, Fort Scott,  Hiawatia;'Indepndence, Junction City, Leavenworth, Louisville, Neosho, Falls, Oswego, Parsons,,.Wichita, and Wamego.




634                           ANNALS OF KANSA-S.                                       [1874.
18 74.
JANUARY l.-There are one hundred and forty-eight newspapers published in the State, representing  the following  counties: Allen, Anderson,
Atchison, Barton, Bourbon, Brown, Butler, Chase, Cherokee, Clay, Cloud,
Coffey, Cowley, Crawford, Davis,' Dickinson,  Doniphan, Douglas,  Ellis,
Ellsworth, Ford, Franklin, Greenwood, Harvey, Howard, Jackson, Jefferson, Jewell, Johnson, Labette, Leavenworth, Lincoln, Linn, Lyon, Marion,
Marshall, McPherson,  Miami, Mitchell, Montgomery, Morris,'Nemaha,
Neosho, Osage, Osborne, Ottawa, Pawnee, Phillips, Pottawatomie, Reno,
Republic, Rice, Riley, Russell, Saline, Sedgwick, Shawnee, Smith, Sumner,
Wabaunsee, Washington, Wilson, Woodson, and Wyandotte.
JANUARY I.-V. P. Wilson buys the North Topeka' Times, of J. V. Admire..
JANUARY 9.-The Kansas Farmer issued at Topeka.
-The  Opposition  members of the Legislature  declare that the Caucus
held on the 8th was not for the purpose of forming a new. political party.
JANUARY  13. —' Meeting of the Legislature.
STATE OFFICERS.
Names.                             P. O. Address.        County.
Thomas A. Osborn, Governor............................. Leavenworth.. Leavenworth.'
E. S. Stover, Lieutenant Governor............................. Council Grove.. Morris.
W. H. Smallwood, Secretary of State.......................... Wathena........  Doniphan.
A. L. Williams, Attorney General................................ Topeka............  Shawnee.
HI. D. McCarty; Superintendent of Public Instruction.. Leavenworth... Leavenw'th.
F. k. iayes, State Treasurer..........................    Olathe......... Johnson.
Daniel W. Wilder Auditor of State..................... Fort Scott......  Bourbon.
Geo. W. Martin, State Printer.................................... Jurrction City.. Davis.
0. A. Morris, Adjutant General................................   Fort Scott...... Bourbon.
D. Dickinson, State Librarian............................   Topeka............ Shawnee.
dV.'Russell, Superintendent Insurance Department..... Leavenworth.. Leavenworth.
JUDGES OF THE SUPREME COURT.
Names.,             P. O. Address.             County.
S. A. Kingman, Chief Justice........................ Topeka........................ Shawnee.
-D. J. Brewer, Associate Justice...................... Leavenworth............... Leavenworth.
D. M. Valentine, Associate Justice................... Ottawa........................ Franklin.
JUDGES OF DISTRICT COURTS.
Names.                      Districts,.     P. O. Address.         County.
H. W. Ide....................  First.............. Leavenworth     Leavenworth.'P. L. Huibbard.................................'Second............  Atchison............ Atchison.
John T. Morton..                          Third.............. Topeka.............. Shawnee.
Owen A. Bassett.............................. Fourth............ Lawrence........... Douglas.
XE. B. Peyto.........................   Fifth............... Emporia...     Lyon.
M. V. Voss................................... Sixth............ Fort Scott.......... Bourbon.
3ohn R. Goodin................................ Seventh.......... Humboldt.......... Allen.
Ja;mes H. Austin......E...................  Eighth_........ Junction City.... Davis.
William R. Brown........................... Ninth.............. Hutchinson....... Reno.
riiram  Stevens......T.t...............  Tenth.......    Paola.................. Miami.
B. W. Perkins.......................... Eleventh......... Oswego.......     Labette..
A.. Wilson.......;.;.....................   Twelfth..   Washington....   Wash'ingto.
W. P. Campbell..............          Thirteenth...... Eldorado.,... Butler.:;
J. R. Prescott.................................   Fourteenth.,..... Salina............. Saline.
Joel1....l............................... -. Fifteenth  Beloit..........f  Mitchell.
~ —-ByronSherry, Judge Criminal Court,: Leavenworth county.




1874.]                        ANNALS OF KANSAS.                                         635
MEMBERS OF THE SENATE.
Names.'~   Pol.       Post Office.         County.         Occupation.
E. S. Stover, Pres.. 39  Rep. Council Grove... Morris.........  Merchant.
1   Nathan Price...... 36  Rep. Troy................. Doniphan........  Lawyer,
2   W. H..Grimes.....  71  Rep. Atchison.......... Atchison......... Physician.
2  J. C. Wilson......... 29   Rep. Muscotah........... Atchison......... Far. & st'ck dea'r
3  E. N. Morrill........ 40   Rep. Hiawatha.......... Brown............ Banker.
4  Frank Schmidt...  43   Rep. Marysville'........ Marshall......  Banker.
5  L. R. Palmer........ 55  Rep. St. Mary's.......... Pottawatomie.. Farmer.
6  J. W. Rogers........ 53  Rep. Boyle's Station...  Jefferson......... Farmer.
7  J. T. McWhirt......  45   Dem. Leavenworth.....   Leavenworth..   Farmer.
7  Jacob Winter...... 62  Rep. Leavefiworth..... Leavenworth   Law. and farmer
7  Thos. Moonlight.. 40   Rep. Leavenworth-..... Leavenworth.. Surveyor.
8  B. Judd............ 49   Dem. Wyandotte........ Wyandotte......  Banker.
9  John P. St. John.. 41   Rep,.  Olathe........... Johnson.......... Lawyer.
10  E. H. Topping..... 43  Rep. Somerset............  Miami............. Farmer.
11  A. F. Ely.............  35  Rep. La Cygne........... Linn...............  Lawyer.
12  W. E. Guerin....... 26  Rep. Fort Scott.......... Bourbon......... Lawyer.
13  Wm. Simpson......  36   Lib.. Pawnee Station.. Bourbon....... Farmer.
14  W. M. Matheny...  41  Rep. Baxter Springs... Cherokee........ Lawyer.
15  J. H. Crichton..... 30  Rep. Chetopa............  Labette...........  Lawyer.
16  W. L. Simons......  35  Rep. Osage Mission... Neosho........ Lawyer.
17  W. A. Johnson..... 42  Rep. Garnett.............. Anderson........ Lawyer.
18  A. M. Blair.......... 411  Rep. Ottawa............... Franklin........ Banker.
19  M. A. O'Neil........ 42  Rep. Black Jack......... Douglas........... Physician.
19  Henry Bronson... 54  Ref.. Lawrence........... Douglas...........   Farmer.
20  N. C. McFarland.. 51  Rep. Topeka.............. Shawnee......... Lawyer.
21  C. S. Martin......... 37  Rep. Osage City......... Osage............  Farmer & miller.
22  Chas. B. Butler.... 35  Far'r  Le Roy................Coffey.............. Stock-grower.
23  A. M. York.......... 35  Rep. Independence..... Montgomery... Lawyer.
24  Wm. Martindale...  38  Rep. Madison............ Greenwood.....  Farmer.
25   M. VM  Murdock.... 37  Rep. Wichita.............. Sedgwick........ Editor.
26   Henry Brandley...'33  Rep. Matfield Green... Chase........... Farmer.
27  V. P. Wilson........ 45  Rep. Abilene............. Dickinson....... Editor.
28  E. Barker...... 57  Rep. Jewell City....... Jewell............ Farmer.
29  John H. Edwards. 49  Rep. Ellis................... Ellis............... Farmer.
OFFICERS OF THE SENATE.
Names.'   Pol.   Post Office.        County.      Occupation.
Tom H. Cavanaugh, Secretary...' -30  Rep... Salina.......... Saline.......... Farmer.
D. B. Emmert, Ass't Secretary... 37  Rep... Humboldt.... Allen.......... Publisher.
Geo. W. Findlay, Serg't-at-Arms  32  Rep... Fort Scott..... Bourbon...... Coal dealer.
Geo. W. Weed, Ass't Ser-at-Arms 38  Rep... Leavenworth Leavenworth  Farmer.
S. M. Lanham, Journal Clerk..... 26  Rep... Seneca........Nemaha........ Book-keeper.
W. H. Cowan, Docket Clerk........ 32  Rep... Independe'ce Montgomery  Farmer.
Nellie Blake, Enrolling Clerk..... 21  Rep... Fort Scott..... Bourbon...... Teacher.
Sarah J. Neal, Engrossing Clerk'45  Rep... Atchison......  Atchison.
C. J. Burk, Doorkeeper............... 54  Rep... Waterville... Marshall...... Farmer.
H. L.;Burgess, Ass't Doorkeeper. 24  Rep... Olathe.......... Johnson........ Book-keeper.
F. S. McCabe, Chaplain.............. 45  Rep... Topeka......... Shawnee...... Minister.
Jennie A. Griffith, Messenger..... 16  Rep... Topeka......... Shawnee.....Jennette Edwards, Messenger...... 13  Rep... Paola............ Miami..........
E. Halloch Morris, Messenger..... 12  Rep... Topeka........ Shawnee... Student.
J. W. Edwards; Postmaster......... 37  Rep..., Paola............ Miami..........  Farmer.
MEMBERS OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
Names..'    Pol.    Post Office.      County.      Occupation.
82  B. H. McEckron, Speaker... 39  Rep.. Shirley........... Cloud........ Farmer.
1   N. L. Springer..................   42  Ref... Severance........ Doniphan.. Farmer.
2  Xerxes K. Stout................  48  Lib.. Troy............... Doniphan.. Law, and far.
3   F. H. Drenning................. 38  Rep.. Wathena.........  Doniphan.. Lawyer.
4   Albert H. Horton..,.... 38   Rep.. Atchison... Atchison... Attorney.
5  Samuel Stoner.................. 46   Far. Lancaster........ Atchison...  Farmer.
6  D. G. Wilson..................... 38  Rep.. Effingham.......   Atchison... Farmer.
7  J. D. Hardy........................ 38  None Hiawatha,....... Brown...   Farmer.




636                           ANNAS, OF KANSAS.                                    [1874.
MEMBERS OF TIE HOUSE, OF REPRESENTATIVES- CONTINUED.~
gl ~ii~     b~hLO Politics.  Post  
Names.             PPos  iice.                       County.       Occpation.
8  J. E. Taylor...........34  Indep.    Seneca..........Nemaha..Lawyer.
9  C. S. Cummings....35   Rep........ Centralia...       Nemaha......... BlaCksmith;
10  Allen Reed........... 40   Rep,-.       Reedville........'..Marshall........ Failder..
11  A. G. Baber.... 41   Rep........ Clifton.....  Washington..  Farmer.
12  H. P. Dow...... 33  Rep......  Berlin:..........I...  Riley......  Farmer.
13   0. J. Grover.......... 46   Rep...  Savannah              Pottawatomie  Farmer.
14  James Shehi...'.... 41   Rep........ Otter Lake........i Pottawatomie  Farmer.
15  John Birkett......... 55  Rep........ Circleville.......:. Jackson.........  Clergyman.
16  M. C. Mowry......... 43  Ref........ North LawrenCe. Jefferson........ Farmer.
17  Val. Brown........50   Farmer. Media....                  Jefferson.......  Farmdr.'
18  E. K. Townsend......35  Ref.           Grasghop'r Falls. Jefferson........  Farmer.'
19  D.R. Anthony......50  Rep.             Leavenworth...  Leaveiiworth. Editor.
20  J.W. Taylor.........530  Dem..... Leavenwoth......   Leavenworth. Atty at law.
21  S. N. Latta......     52. Rep........Leavenwotth..    Leavenworth. Real Etate.
22  Thos. P. Fenlon..... 36  Indep..... Leavenworth.:..    Leavenworth. Attorney.
23  W. Tucker............54  Rep........ Leavenworth.... Leavenworth. Farmer.
24  James Medill......... 54  Rep........ Springdale........ Leavenworth. Farmer.
25  Chas. W. Lawrence  45  Farmer.. Lawrence.........  Leavenworth. Farmer.'
26  Sanford Haff........35  Dem:..... Wyandotte........  Wyandotte... Farmer.
27  R. B. Taylor........52  Ind.Rep. Wyandotte.'.... Wyandotte. Editor.
28  Thomas Hancock... 33  Liberal..  Stanley.............. Johnson....... Farmer.
29   W. W. Maltby.......55  Indep.....  Olathe.......... Johnson.........  Farmer.,
30  Geo. F. Rogers....... 42  Ref....;.. Hesper.....         Johnson........   Farmer:
31  J. C. Cusey............43  Ref.:.:....  Paola............ Miami.........Farmer.
32  M. Tinkham........ 33   Farmer.. Lewisburg........   Miami:......... Farmer.
33  J.R. Van Zandt.....  37:Rep.-.;...Pleasanton......... Linn...........:Merchant.
34  H.' Robinson.........  37   Ref..... Farlaridville....... Linn.............. Farmer.'
35  Charles Campbell... 37  Ref....... Mapleton........... Linn.............  Farmer.
36  S. Bird..................37   Rep..:...I Glendale.....:...... Bourbon........  Farmer.
37   David Johnson......  5'  Rep.....  Uniontown........ Bourbon..' Farmer.
38  T. F. Robley..........33  Rep....... Fort Scott..'.......  Bourbon......... Lawyer.
39  W. H. McGuire......37   Liberal... JacksonVille..:...  Neosho.......... Farmer.
40  A. B. Mitchell........ 47i Liberal...  Girard..'........... Crawford........Farmer.
41  L. Conklin............ 40  Ref......Neutral'City..:...  Cherokee........ Farmer.
42  L.T. Stowell.:........ 58   Ref':.......  Baxter Springs.... Cherokee...,.:.  Farmer.
43  j. L. Williams......26   Ref...... Oswego........... Labette......... Nurserym'n
44  W. H. Mapes.........43   Rep....... Oswego.............. Labette........  Farmer.
45  James M. Allen......31  Rep,........ Urb,hna..............Neosho....... Farmer.
46  T. P. Leech...........35  Indep..... Thayer............. Neosho......... Farmer.
47   E.H. Funston........37   Rep........   ola........... Allen............. Farmer.
48  Eli Gilbert............. 51  1...... Humboldt.;       Allen.............. Lawyer.
49  J. E White............54   Rep........ Garnett............. Anderson...... Farmer.
50  C. B. Mason.....40   Lib. Ind..  Ottawa............... Franklin...       Attorney.
51  J. H. Harrison.....43  Ref......... Wellsville..-.......  Franklin.......:  Farmer.
52  James C. Horton... 36   Rep......  Lawrenc.........  Douglas........   Gen'l Agent.
53  John C. Watts.....39   Ref........  Lawrence.......  Douglas........  Maso'n.
54  L. H. Edson......    43   Ref..:....   Belvoir..............  Douglas........  Farme;
55  William  Roe.........42   Farmer.. Vinland......  Douglas........ Farmer.
56  I. C. Johnson......... 64  Ref........  North Topeka.....  Shawnee..F.... Farmer.
57  John Martin.........  40  Dem......[.Topeka............  Shawnee......i. Attorney.
58  Jac. Welchhans..... 39-  Ref.........  Topeka............ Shawnee........ TeaCher.
59  D. B. Burdick........43  Rep......  Burlingame....... Osage........ Farmer;
60  N. A. Perrill.........30  Rep........ Reading..            Osage............  Farmer.
61   F. W. Potter..........41  Indep.....  Burlington......... Coffey........... Farmer.
62   Frank Butler........;   3  Indep.... Kalida.............. Woodson....... Farimer.
63  J. A. Beam............65  Farmer.: Veri'......;. Wilson....... Farmer.
64  C. S. Brown..... 33  Rep........ Independence..... Montgomery.. Lawyer.
65   A. A. Stewart......... 37   Ref........ Independence.....  Montgomery.. Farmer.
66  James N. Young... 58  Rep........ Pawpaw............  Howard......... Farmer.
67  James W. Johnson  32  Indep... Janesville.......... Greenwood... Farmer.
68  M. J. Firey............ 34  Farmer.. Emporia............ Lyon........ Farmer.
69  H. F. McMillan... 37  Rep...... Agnes City......... Lyoh............   Frmer.
70  A. Sellers.............. 37  Rep........Alma.................. Wabaunsee..... Editor.
71   A. C. Stickney....... 40  Rep........ Junction City.....  Davis............. Merchant.
72  T.S. Huffaker......- 48  Rep........ Council Grove.....  Morris........... Farmer.
73  Thomas S. Jones... 33  Rep........ CottonwoodFalls  Chase............ Lawyer.
74   H. D. Hill............  34   Rep........ Augusta...........  Butler........... Physician.
75  Win. Martin..         60. 0' Farmer.. Winfjld.....         Cowley.        Farmer.
76               / 60 [ Farm~~~~~~~~~er.....'Wihfi 1a""...........
76  E. P. Thompson.....'56''Rep........'Wichita......... Sedgwick...... Fariner.
77   B. Pinckney.. 48'Rep.....;.. Pe'adbqdy...........  Marion......... Fatmer.
78  J. M;. Uinderwood...'33 "None.....  Mkrette.........    McPherson... Farmer.
79  J. M: Hodge........... 48  Rep........  Abilene...,.... Dickinson......Physician.
80  S. D. Beegle...........  50  Ref........ Cly  enter.......  Clay............... Farmer.
81  W.H. Pilkenton...'40   Rep            Bellville:....    Republic........ Laj r.




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MEMBERS OF THE HOUSE OF' REPRESENTATIVES-CONCLUDED.?-        Names.         ~    Pol..    Post Offce.;      County..        Occupation.
83  R. F. Thompson.... 27  Rep..I Minneapolis..... Ottawa.......... Lawyer.
84  Jonathan Weaver.. 37  Fmr  Lesterville......  Saline......... Farmer.
85  H. L. Pestana........   30. Ind.. Ellsworth....... Ellsworth...... Lawyer.
86  V. Ball.................. 33  Rep.., Colorado.......... Lincoln..........  Farmer.
87  D. C. Everson........ 26  Rep.. Glen Elder...... Mitchell.........  Physician.
88  C. E. Parker......... 50  Rep.. Holmwood......   Jewell............ Farmer.
89  H. J. McGaffigan...  36  Rep.. Hays City....... Ellis.............. Merchant.
90  No election...........W...                        Wallace........;.
91  M. J. Morse...........    Rep.. Brookdale........ Rice............... Minister.
92  W. P. Hackney..... 31  Rep.. Wellington...... Sumner........ Attorney.
93  Calvin Reasoner..,  36, Rep.. Osborne City...... Osborne....... Farmer.
94  C. C. Hutchinson... 40   Rep.. Hutchinson..... Reno............ Land Agent.'95  J. T. Morrison.      32  Rep.. - Cedarville..... Smith:............ Farmer.
96   A. G. Richardson... 43  Rep.. Newton........... Harvey......... Farmer.
97  J. F. Cummings...  42  Ind..  Great Bend...... Barton............ Editor.: 98  John Fritts........... 34  Rep.. Bunker Hill..... Russell......... Fmr.&stk.raiser.
99  John Bissell........... 44  Rep.. Phillipsburg..... Phillips......... Farmer.
100  C. C.Vance............ 40  Rep.. Norton.......... Billings.......... Lawyer.
101  Henry Booth......... 35  Rep.. Larned............ Pawnee.......... Farmer.
102  H. R. Taylor......... 33  Rep.. Stockton.....    Rooks...........I Stock raising.
103  James Hanrahan., 34  Ind.. Dodge City....... Ford............ Tradesman.
104  W. E. Hutchinson.. 26  Rep.. Medicine Lodge Barbour......   Farmer.
105  Wm. H. Hornor.... 32  Rep..[ Bluff City.......... Harper........ Lawyer.
106  S. G. Rodgers.       40  Ref.. Smallwood City  Ness.              Physician.
107  A. J. Mowry.........  40  Rep.. Smallwood (......  omanche..... Farmer.
OFFICERS OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
Names.                  Offce.'    Pol.'Post Office.         County.
Alex. R. Banks...... Chief Clerk................ 38  Rep.. Lawrence........ Douglas.
John C. Moseley...... Assistant Chief Clerk... 30  Rep.. Clay Centre..... Clay.
O. W. Bromwell...... Journal Clerk.............  28  Lib... Wichita...........  Sedgwick.
A. B. Ostrander...... Docket Clerk.......... 27  Rep.. Lawrence....... Douglas.
Emma R. Bristol.,... Enrolling Clerk........... 22  Rep.., Humboldt...... Allen.
Rebecca Flower...... Engrossing Clerk.....35. Rep.. Topeka........ Shawnee.
James M. Matheny.. Sergeant-at-Arms....... 31  Rep.. Topeka........... Shawnee.
R. V. Kennedy........ Ass'tSergeant-at-Arms  32  Rep.. Bunker Hill... Russell.
George E. Brown..... Doorkeeper.................. 27  Rep.. Olathe............ Johnson.
A. H. McWhorter... First Ass't Doorkeeper  35  Rep.. Lawrence..... Douglas.
Patrick Gilson........l Sec'd Ass't Doorkeeper  60. Dem   Leavenworth... Leavenworth
M;. B. Crawford.... Postmaster...............:  38  Rep.. Howard City.... Howard.
Emma Duncan......  Page...........            13........  Ottawa........... Franklin.
Mary Fletcher......... Page............................ 13........  Topeka............- Shawnee.
Jennie Maxwell...... Page.............T..............  Topeka............ Shawnee.
Augusta Nilson........ Page................ 12......... Topeka............  Shawnee.
George W. Latham..] Page..........................  12..   Belleville......... Republic.
Lorin Cozine........... Page...........................  12   Iola.          Allen.
Harland Cummings  Page........................... 10....    Great Bend...... Barton.
JANUARY 14.-Election'of officers of the State Board  of Agriculture:
President, Geo. T. Anthony, Leavenworth; Vice President, E. H. Funston,
Carlyle;'Treasurer, J. C. Wilson, Topeka; Secretary, Alfred Gray, Topeka.
~Members of the Board: Joshua Wheeler, Pardee, Atchison county; C. S.
Brodbent, Wellington, Sumner; S. J. Carter, Burlington, Coffey; H. R.
Crowell, Baxter  Springs, Cherokee; I. O. Savage; Belleviile, Republic;
L. Wilson, Leavenworth, Leavenworth; W. P. Popenoe, Topeka, Shawnee;
S. T. Kelsey, Hutchinson, Reno; John H. Edwards, Ellis, Ellis.
Officers by Appointment: Geologist, B. F. Mudge, Manhattan; Entomologist,
E. A. Popenoe, Topeka; Meteorologist, Prof. Frank H. Snow  (Professor of
Natural History and Meteorology, State University), Lawrence; Botanist,.
Prof. James H. Carruth, Lawrence; Chemist, Prof. W. K. Kedzie (Professor




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of Chemistry, State Agricultural College), Manhattan; Signal Service Commissioners, Frank H. Snow, Lawrence; B. F. Mudge, Manhattan; J. H.'
Carruth, Lawrence; Taxidermist, O. S. George, Topeka.
The Tenth Annual State Fair was held at Leavenworth.
-Meeting of the Farmers' Co-operative Association.
JANUARY 14. —George R. Peck, -of Independence, appointed United
States District Attorney.
JANUARY 15.-Albert H. Horton. offers a resolution for the appointment
of a committee to investigate the charges made by the Auditor against the
Treasurer.
JANUARY 16.-Death of Peter T. Abell, the founder of Atchison.
JANUARY 19.-The United States Attorney General issues an order for
the District Attorney of Kansas to begin a suit in the United States Circuit
Court to test the validity of patents issued to railroad companies for any
part of the Osage Ceded Lands.
-County-seat war in Howard county.
JANUARY 27.-Vote of the Senate for United States Senator, to fill the
vacancy caused by the resignation of Alexander Caldwell: Thomas A.
Osborn 4, Wm. A. Phillips 2, James M. Harvey 5, S. A. Kingman 4,
P. B. Plumb 4, J. K. Hudson 2, John Davis 1, I. S. Kalloch 1, J. C.
Carpenter 2, J. D. Snoddy 1, D. W. Wilder 1, W. R. Laughlin 1,'W. I. Larimer 1, D. R. Anthony 1, W. L.' Simons 1, George T. Anthony 1, Charles Sumner 1.
-. Vote of the House: Thomas A. Osborn 16, Win. A. Phillips 17, J. C.
Carpenter.3, J. M. Harvey 7, John R. Goodin 1, M. E. Hudson 5,
N. Green 1, P. B. Plumb 13, Wilson Shannon 2, B. H. McEckron 1,
Johnson Clark 5, D. W. Wilder 3, E. G. Ross 3, S. A. Kingman 9,
M. M. Murdock 5, E. S. Stover 1, Charles Robinson 2, W. H. Smallwood 1, A. M. F. Randolph 1, Henry Bronson 2, J. K. Hudson 1,
John Martin 1, W. D. Rippey 1, George T. Anthony 2, James D.
Snoddy 1, James H. Crichton 1, D. R. Anthony 1.
JANUARY 28.-The Senate Journal, page 127, contains the opinion of:
A. L. Williams, Attorney General, on the 500,000-acre land case.
JANUARY 28.-Vote for Senator in Joint Convention:
In the Senate: J. M. Harvey 4, T. A. Osborn 3, P. B. Plumb 3, S. A.
Kingman 3, E. S. Stover 8, W. R. Laughlin 2, John T. Morton 1, D. M.
Valentine 1, J. Davis 1, Wm. Larimer 1, Charles Robinson 1, W. A. Phillips 5.
In the House: J. M. Harvey 10, T. A. Osborn 13, P. B. Plumb 18, S. A.
Kingman 7, E. S. Stover 1, Charles Robinson 10, W. A. Phillips 19, W. L.
Simons 5, Nathan Price 5, E. G. Ross 5, M. E. Hudson 2, B. H. McEckron 1, D. W. Wilder 2, C. C. Hutchinson 1, W. H. Smallwood 1, A. M. F.
Randolph 1, Henry Bronson 2, J. K. Hudson 2, M. M. Murdock 1. Whole
number of votes cast, 139. Necessary to a choice, 70.
JANUARY 29.-Vote for U. S. Senator:
In the Senate: E. S. Stover 12, J. M. Harvey 5, W. A. Phillips 3, J. K.
Hudson 3, T. P. Fenlon 2, Chas. Robinson 1, J. D. Snoddy 1, N. C. McFarland 1.
In the House: E. S. Stover 8, P. B. Plumb 17, J. M. Harvey 13, W. A.




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Phillips 18, J. K.; Hudson 20, T. P. Fenlon 10, Chas. Robinson 8, E. G.
Ross 4, Sam'l A. Kingman 3, W. H. Smallwood 2, Nathan Price 1, D. W.
Wilder 1, A. M. F. Randolph 1.
JANUARY 31.-Vote for U. S. Senator:
In the Senate: J. M. Harvey 5, E. S. Stover 12, J. K. Hudson 3, P. B.
Plumb 5, T. P. Fenlon 2, Chas. Robinson 1, W. A. Phillips 3.
In the House: P. B. Plumb 20, J. M. Harvey 17, E. S. Stover 15, J. K.
Hudson 15, W. A. Phillips 13, Chas. Robinson 10, T, P. Fenlon 9, E.G.
Ross 2, N. Price 1, N. Green 1, S. A. Kingman 1, A. M. F. Randolph 1.
-The Topeka Blade discontinued.
FEBRUARY 2.-Vote for Senator:
In the Senate: J. M. Harvey 18, P. B. Plumb 4, W. L. Simons 2, E. S.
Stover 2, J. D. Snoddy 2, D. M. Valentine 1, Charles Robinson 1.
In the House: J. M. Harvey 58, P. B. Plumb 17, W. L. Simons 14, E. S.
Stover 6, Charles Robinson 3, T. P. Fenlon 2, N. Price 2, A. M. F. Randolph 1, D. R. Anthony 1.
FEBRUARY 3.-B. L. Kingsbury appointed Regent of the Agricultural
College, in place of Rev. Dr. Charles Reynolds, resigned; Charles A. Bates,'
in place of Rev. N. Green, resigned; James H. Crichton, Regent of the
Emporia Normal School, in place of John W. Horner, resigned.
— State Temperance Convention at Topeka.
FEBRUARY 10.-The House, by a vote of 57 to 26, asks for the speedy
trial of ex-Senator Pomeroy.
FEBRUARY.-The Fort Scott Monitor publishes the following poem,:
written by Eugene F. Ware, of that city:
THE GEESE AND THE CRANES.
It is sunrise; in the morn           It is evening; and the haze
Stands a field of ripened corn,      Of the short, autumnal days
And the rich autumnal rays           Like a mantle seems to rest
Of these Southern Kansas days        On the dark and leaden West.
Fill that field of ripened corn      Shattered is the field of maize.
With an opalescent haze.             Homeward fly the geese; the cranes
And the flocks of geese and cranes,   Linger, picking golden grains.
Pick the fallen, golden grains.
It is midnight; rains and sleet
It is noontime; and the rays         On the blackened landscape beat;
Of the Indian summer blaze,           And there nothing now remains
And the field of ripened corn,     Of that field of standing corn.
Much more shattered than at morn,    But through darkness, sleet and rains
Seems emerging from the haze.         Comes the crying of the cranes,
Fewer geese, but far more cranes,  As they search through fields forlorn,
Pick the fallen, golden grqins.      Fighting for the final grains.
Hours the grains, and life the field
Where the golden grains are had.
And our habits, good and bad,
Represent the geese and cranes,
Eating up the golden grains.
Few the habits that are best,
And they early go to rest.
But through sleet and midnight rains
Heard the clamors are of cranes,
Fighting for the final grains.            -Ironquill.




640                            ANNALS OF -KANSAS.                                        [1874.
FEBRUARY 10. —John A. Anderson, President of the-Agricultural'College,
invited to address the Legislature on the 13th.
FEBRUARY 12. —Dedication of the Masonic Temple7 at Leavenworth.
-Burning of the Central Block, Atchison.
FEBRUARY 13.-W.: H. Grimes appointed Trustee of the Insane Asylum.
FEBRUARY 17.-                                                                                 -
"DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR; OFFICE OF INDIAN AFFAIRS, l
"WASHINGTON, D. C., February 17, 1874.
"SIR: I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt, by reference from the Hon. Commissioner of the General Land Office, of your communication dated the 4th instant,
requesting a list of all Indian Reservations in Kansas, disposed of by the Government
since the 29th of January, 1861, the date of the admission of Kansas as a-State into the
Union, out of which the State did not have reserved to it the sixteenth and thirty-sixth
sections for school purposes, and the area of each such reservation.
"In compliance therewith, I have the' honor to submit the following report:
Acres.
CHEROKEE NEUTRAL LANDS......................................................         793,288.80
CHIPPEWA AND MUNSEE LANDS:
Chippewa and Munsee lands, sold...........'.....................  3,801.31
Chippewa and Munsee lands, reservation......................    4, 395.31=  8,196.62
DELAWARE LANDS:
Sold to Leavenworth, Pawnee & Western-Railroad  Co............. 223, 890.84'
Sold to Missouri River Railroad Co;............................................ 92,598.33
Reserved by treaty stipulations..................................   7, 494.08=323, 983.25
KANSAS TRUST AND DIMINISHED RESERVATION LANDS.................                       256, 063.77
KICKAPOO LANDS:
Sold to Atchison & Pike's Peak' Railroad Co....................... 123,832.61
Allotments...........................................................  8, 312.14
Reservation....................................... 20,272.53=152,417.28
MIAMI LANDS:
Allotments.......................................................................... 6Q, 023.85
National Reserve..................................................................  10,608.13= 70, 631.98
NEW  YORK' LANDS - 32. allotments............1.............................           10, 215.63
OSAGE CEDED LANDS —under treaty of Sept. 29, 1865, (Stat. at
Large, volume 14, p. 687,)...........................'960,000.00
OTTAWA LANDS:
For schools..................................................  19, 997.76
Buildings.............................................................................  640.00
Allotments........................................................................... 24, 970.00
Trust lands..;.........................................................................    30,134.95=   75, 742.71
PEORIA, KASKASKIA, &C.:
Allotments to Larrimer and Shields................................       321.55
Sold April, 1868.......... 5,312.82
Unsold April, 1868, and now allotted.........................          641.61
Seventy-four allotments, approved in 1858.......................... 42,000.82= 48, 276.80
POTTAWATOMIE LANDS:
Sold to Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railroad Co................... 338, 766.82
Allotments........................................................................ 150, 444.41
Mission lands.......................................              1,654.62
Diminished reserve................................................................ 77,357.67=568, 223.52
SHAWNEE LANDS- including Black Bob and Absentees..............                        200, 000.00
Grand total in acres..............................................................  3, 467, 040.36
"The foregoing lands comprise all the Indian lands in Kansas held as such January
29, 1861, which have since been disposed of, either by sale or allotments, or are retained
as reservations, from which the school sections (16th and 36th) were not reserved to the
State.                                Very respectfully, your obedient servant,
"EDWARD. P. SMITH, Commissioner.
"To Hon. S. A. Cobb, House of Representatives."
FEBRUARY 17.-J. K. Hudson, Topeka, issues a pamphlet containing the
Constitution of the Kansas State Grange.  Officers: Master, M. E. Hudson,
Mapleton, Bourbon county; Overseer, Wm. Sims, Topeka, Shawnee county;
Lecturer, John Boyd, Independence; Steward, E. D. Smith, Jewell City,
Jewell county; Assistant Steward, J. B. Richie, Franklin  county; Chap* NOTE.-The 16th and 36th sections reserved for school purposes, in'Trust Lands,
(Statutes at Large, volume 17, p. 90.')




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lain, W. S. Hanna, Ottawa; Treasurer, H. H. Angell, Sherman City; Secretary, G. W. Spurgeon, Jacksonville; Gate Keeper, W. H. Fletcher, Clay
county; Ceres, Mrs. Mattie Morris; Flora, Mrs. M. H. Charles; Pomona,
Mrs. Amanda C. Rippey; Lady Assistant Steward, Mrs. Jennie D. Richie.
Executive Committee: F. H. Dumbauld, Jacksonville, Neosho  county; I. B.
Shaeffer, Grasshopper Falls; W. P. Popenoe, Topeka. State Agent: John
G. Otis, Topeka.  These officers were elected February 17, at Topeka.
FEBRUARY 19.-W. H. Johnson starts the Hays City Sentinel.
-The Temperance- Crusade reaches Kansas.
FEBRUARY 20. —Meeting in the Court House, Topeka, to form an "AntiMonopoly and Reform  party," participated in by John Davis, A. M. York,
Henry Bronson, and others. Simpson, Robinson, Goodhue, Burnett, Beegle,
Akin and Potter appointed a committee to call a State Convention.
FEBRUARY 23.-The State Treasury Investigating Committee make a
report, and ask the impeachment of the Treasurer.
FEBRUARY. —Death of Gov. William Walker, of the Wyandotte tribe
of Indians. He came with the tribe from Ohio, some thirty years ago.
FEBRUARY 25.-Suits begun to determine the question of the title to the
Osage Ceded Lands.
FEBRUARY 26.-The Senate Journal, page 338, contains the report of
Senator M. A. O'Neil on Price Raid claims:
"Whole amount of scrip for damages.........................................................   $159,191 34
Interest on scrip for damages.......................................................................   78,000 00
Whole amount of scrip for all other purposes...............................  94,338 48
Interest on scrip for all other purposes..                                     46,000 00
Additional claims audited and allowed under the provisions of sec. 1 of the
supplemental alct of the laws of 1873....................................   1, 018 16
Amount due, to be provided for out of the consolidated military fund, as
provided for under sec. 3 of the foregoing act.........................................  236 50
Total amount of interest certificates issued for scrip paid............................. 124,000 00
RECAPITULATION.
Damage scrip.............................. $139,191 34
Damage scrip.............................................................................................  $ 159,191 34
Estimated interest on same...................................                 78, 000 00
Service and  other  scrip.......................................................................  94,348  48
Estimated interest on same....................................               46, 000 00
Additional claims, 1872...................................................................   1,018 16
Additional claims, 1873....................................                     236 50
Total outstanding scrip........................................................................ $378, 794 48
After deducting the amount of $336,817.37 of scrip cancelled with money appropriated
by act of Congress."
MARCH 2."The question recurring on the resolution charging Hon. Josiah E. Hayes with high
crimes and misdemeanors in office, and that he be impeached, the roll was called with
the following result: Yeas, 74; nays, 20."-House Journal,p. 781.
-James H. Austin appointed Judge of the Eighth District.
MARCH  3.-The House elects the following Imnpeachment Managers:
A. H. Horton, C. B. Mason, John Martin, T. S. Jones, W. P. Hackney,
T. P. Fenlon and F. W. Potter.
MARCH 4. —Message from Governor Osborn, from which the following
is copied:
".It appears that the county seat of Howard county was, at an election held in September, 1873, located at Elk Falls, and that at a subsequent election it is claimed was
voted to the town of Boston, but the county officers were temporarily enjoined from
removing the records of the county to Boston by an order of the District Court of said
county, under date of Dec. 11, 1873, and a motion to dissolve the injunction was heard at
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chambers on the 2d day of January, 1874, before Hon. W. P. Campbell, Judge of said
District, and overruled. On the 20th day of January, 1874, a party of armed men,
numbering one hundred and fifty, entered the town of Elk Falls, and with force and
arms took possession of and carried away the books, papers, records, files and office
furniture of the several county offices, and conveyed them to the town of Boston in,
said county."
MARCH 5.- Benj. B. Gale appointed Postmaster at Atchison.
— Frank H. Drenning appointed State Agent for the sale of railroad
lands.
— Death of Wmn. E. Bowker, at Los Angeles, Cal. He came to Kansas.
in 1855; was a member of the Territorial Legislature, of the Wyandotte
Convention, Treasurer of Shawnee county, and was one of the incorporators of Lincoln, now Washburn, College.
MARCH 6.-The House Managers exhibit articles of impeachment against
Josiah E. Hayes, State Treasurer, to the Senate. They are signied by A.
H. Horton, C. B. Mason, F. Wm. Potter, Thomas S. Jones, and Wm. P.
Hackney.
Wilson Shannon, B. F. Simpson, and A. Smith -Devenney, Attorneys for'
the Treasurer, present an answer to the articles.
MARCH 7.-.Senator Henry Bronson, of Douglas county, resigns.
— O. J. Grover appointed Director of the Penitentiary.
MARCH.-The new Chapel at the Penitentiary dedicated; services by
Rev. Richard Cordley, of Lawrence, and Rev. B. L. Baldridge, Chaplain
of the Penitentiary.
MARCH 10.-Cassius G. Foster, of Atchison, appointed United States
District Judge.
-Normal School located at Concordia, Cloud county.
-Adjournment of the Legislature. Bond laws disappearing from the
statute-book. Among the acts passed are the following: Apportioning:
the State into three Congressional Districts; Making an appropriation to
test the title to the Osage Ceded Lands; Amending the bond-registration:
law and restricting the power to issue municipal bonds; Providing for the
appointment of State Centennial Managers; A civil-rights protection law;
Defining the boundaries of Edwards, Kiowa, Stafford, and Pawnee counties; Attaching Linn county to the Tenth Judicial District; Establishing a
Fiscal Agency in New York; Authorizing Dickinson, Lincoln, Howard,
Barbour, Clay, Saline, Pawnee, Reno, Ford, Harper, Jewell, and Barton
counties to issue bonds to fund indebtedness; Reappropriating the military
fund-; Exempting Mennonites and Friends from military service; Prohibiting lotteries; Authorizing railroad companies to issue preferred stock; A
railroad-assessment law, giving the assessment to township assessors; Requiring the education of all healthy children; Providing for the investment of sinking funds; repealing the act creating a Board of State House
Commissioners; Repealing the act exempting mortgages from taxation;
For the semi-annual payment of taxes.
MARCH 11. —Charles Sumner dies, in Washington.
MARCH 12.-Arms sent to Howard county.
-Senator Morrill, of Maine, reports that no obligation rests upon the
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damages. sustained by reason of the incursions of  hostile Indians. "The
duty of protecting their citizens rests primarily with the States."
MARCH 14.-Pension Agent Lines, at Topeka, pays 1,515 pensioners in
nine days, $50,000.
MARCH 16.-James W. Steele, of Topeka, appointed Consul at Matanzas.
MARCH 18.-David Dickinson reappointed State Librarian.
MARCH 20. —The Temperance Crusade at its height in the State.
MARCH 24.-T. F. Houts and Jas. S. Emery appointed Regents of the
University.
-W. H. Pilkenton and Frederick Speck appointed Trustees of the Blind
Asylum.
-Levi Woodard and Jacob Rhodes appointed Trustees of the Insane.
Asylum.
MARCH 27.-Osage City ships 1,000 tons of coal per week.
MARCH 30.-Centennial Managers appointed: George T. Anthony,.
Leavenworth; E. W. Dennis, Topeka; S. T. Kelsey, Hutchinson; A. J.
North, Atchison; D. J. Evans, Topeka.
APRIL 3.-A Digest of Kansas Reports, issued by C. F. W. Dassler, of:
the Leavenworth bar. W. J. Gilbert, St. Louis, Publisher. The book em —
braces decisions in McCahon's, Dillon's and Woolworth's Reports, in ten.
volumes of Kansas State Reports, and Kansas cases in the U. S. Supreme;
Court. It contains 279 pages.
APRIL 10.-It is reported that there are 1,100 Granges in the State, and!
30,000 members.
APRIL 11.-Track-laying begins at Topeka on the Midland road.
APRIL 13.-Seven buildings burned in Junction City. Among them
the Hale House.
APRIL 14.-John Davis issues a circular letter preliminary to calling a
Reform or Anti-Monopoly Convention. Convention to be held in June.
APRIL 15.-Samuel D. Lecompte, Cyrus Leland, jr., J. G. Mohler, John
W. Pipher, C. J. Jones, H. W. Cook, H. C. Cross, G. W. Veale, T. B. Murdock, and John S. Gilmore, the Republican Congressional Committee, meet
at Topeka. S. D. Lecompte was elected Chairman, and Cyrus Leland Secretary, of the First District Committee, and a meeting called at Manhattan.
H. C. Cross was elected Chairman, and W. A. Morgan Secretary, of the
Third District Committee, and a meeting called at Emporia, June 16.
Messrs. Cook and Gilmore, of the Second District, called a meeting at
Wyandotte, April 17th. The absent members were D. B. Dyer of Cherokee, and John E. Baer of Franklin.
APRIL 16.-Death of Anthony A. Ward. He came to the Shawnee
Indian Agency, in Kansas, in 1841. In 1854, he selected a claim adjoining
Topeka. He was probably the oldest white settler of Shawnee county, and
his family is believed to have lived in the Territory and State longer than
any other white family.
APRIL 17.-A Convention in Franklin county attempts to give birth to
an Independent State party. Convention called at Topeka, May 27.
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B. H. McEckron, F. W. Sturgis and W. E. Reid appointed Directors of
the Concordia Normal School.
APRIL 23. —Donnell, Lawson & Co., New York, appointed State Fiscal
Agents.
APRIL 24.-The first rail rolled in the Topeka Rolling Mills.
-Another fire in Emporia; seven buildings burned since January 1st.
APRIL 30.-Treasurer Hayes resigns.
MAY 1. —John Francis, of Iola, Allen county, appointed State Treasurer.
-Albert H. Horton writes to E. S. Stover that the Treasurer has resigned; that this is a "confession of his guilt;" that "the Board of Managers have decided that it is an unnecessary expense to call witnesses before
the Senate, and ask you to recall the subpoenas issued, and notify the
witnesses summoned that they need not appear." "On the convening of
the Senate we shall announce to the Court the resignation, and shall state
that we do not deem it advisable to proceed with an expensive trial."
MAY 12.-Meeting of the Senate as a Court of Impeachment. J. C.
Vincent appears from Douglas county, in place of Henry Bronson, resigned,
and Geo. W. Glick in place of Jos. C. Wilson, resigned, of Atchison county.
MAY 13.-Adjournment of Impeachment Court.
— John Fraser, Chancellor of the University, resigns.
MAY 26. —Editorial Convention at Fort Scott. Address by W. S. Burke
of Leavenworth; Poem by Eugene F. Ware, of Fort Scott. Officers: President, D. R. Anthony; Vice Presidents, D. W. Houston, Albert Griffin,
U. F. Sargent, W. T. McElroy; Secretary, W. R. Spooner; Treasurer, Geo.
W. Martin; Orator, Geo. A. Crawford; alternate, Noble L. Prentis; Poet,
Mrs. Louis Walker. Next Convention to be held at Manhattan. Excursion to St. Louis.
MAY 27. —Independent Reform Convention, at Topeka. W. C. Smith, of
Atchison, Chairman; T. C. Nicholson, of Paola, Secretary. The Convention
was adjourned to August 5th. The new call is signed by Louis Melius,
Isaac E. Eaton, C. A. Buck, T. E. Smith, J. G. Searle, J. B. Scroggs,
J. B. Rollinger, C. Davenport, J. G. Otis, E. P. Pomeroy, J. Robinson,
Isaac Sharp, O. Shannon, T. Duston, A. McLouth, W. C. Smith, J. Y.
Hewitt, J. A. Cody, T. W. Hutchinson, S. Haff, Nelson Abbott, E. K.
Townsend.
MAY 27.-Mass meeting, at Parsons, of settlers on the Osage Ceded
lands.
-Geo. W. Crane, Topeka, publishes Township Records and Printed
Forms, by Hugh M. Spalding.
-A  book published with this title: "The Trinity. By F. H. Burris,
A. M., Member of the South Kansas Conference. With an Introduction
by Prof. Joseph Haven, D.D., LL.D. Chicago: S. C. Griggs & Co. 1874."
pp. 216.
— In the summer, the Kurtz brothers removed the Florence Pioneer to
Augusta and started the Gazette, which they still publish.
JUNE 3.-Benj. F. Akers, of Lawrence, sells Ethan Allen, the trotting:stallion.
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JUNE 7.-The Baccalaureate Sermon at the University is delivered by
Rev. Dr. F. S. McCabe, of Topeka. George T. Anthony, of Leavenworth,
delivers the Annual Address.
JUNE 8.-The Osage Ceded Land case argued before the U. S. Circuit
Court, at Leavenworth, by George W. Peck, H. C. McComas and Wilson
Shannon.
-The Pomeroy bribery case brought up before Judge Morton, at
Topeka, and Pomeroy's counsel suggested July 27th as the day they
would go to trial. This day was agreed upon.
JUNE 10.-The John Davis Reform Convention meets at Topeka, and
joins the 5th-of-August movement.
JUNE 17.-Republican State Convention to meet August 26.
-A bill passes Congress making two new Land Districts.
JUNE 27.-Indian difficulties reported in the Southwest.
JUNE 29.-Charles A. Morris appointed Register and Eli Gilbert Receiver of the Larned Land Office; John H. Edwards Register, John C.
Carpenter Receiver, of the Hays City office.
-George S. Smith, the Leavenworth defaulting Treasurer, convicted at
Atchison.
-The Kansas Home Cook-Book published. It is made up of recipes
furnished by ladies of Leavenworth and other cities and towns in the
State, and is published by the Board of Managers for the benefit of the
Home for the Friendless, Leavenworth. Printed at Leavenworth by John
C. Ketcheson. pp. 264. A second edition was issued in 1875.
JULY 7.-Arch. Shaw and W. A. Shannon appointed Trustees of the
Deaf and Dumb Asylum.
JULY 7.-Snow, Melius & Bain buy the Lawrence Tribune.
— Fred. Sowers sells the Wichita Beacon to Milton Gabel.
JULY 20. —Appearance of a book containing the "Proceedings of the
Court of Impeachment Sitting for the Trial of Josiah E. Hayes, Treasurer,
together with the Testimony taken in New York, and a Detailed Statement.
of Price Raid Scrip Paid." pp. 352. The book contains the Report of the
Investigating Committee, the action of the House upon it, the proceedings
of the Senate, a list of the witnesses summoned, the depositions taken in
New York by A. L. Williams and C. B. Mason, and a list of the Price
Raid scrip made by P. B. Castle. This last-named list fills 212 pages.
JULY 22. —Orville. H. Browne, a pioneer, dies at Peace, Rice county,
aged 59 years.
JULY 27.-Pomeroy bribery case before Judge Morton. The motion to
quash the information was overruled by Judge Morton, -on the 29th. An
application for a change of venue was then made by Pomeroy's counsel,
and the cause was sent to Osage county.
-Three horse-thieves hung in Sumnere ounty, by the Vigilance Committee.
JULY 30.-A letter from Jewell county gives the first intimation published in the Commonwealth of the grasshopper raid.
AUGUST."Nothing more alarming than the usual predatoray forays of Indians occurred until




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June 16, when a party of savages surprised a citizen of Ford county but a few miles
from Fort Dodge, and murdered him; and this was followed by the murder of four others, in quick succession, in Barbour and Comanche counties. The bloody work thus
inaugurated did not stop until twenty-six citizens had been brutally massacred within
the boundaries of the State. To dwell upon the details of these atrocities is no part of
my purpose; they are horrifying in their enormity, and their recital would chill the
blood in the veins of the most stoical. Unhappily, the pictures are not new; they have
been produced and reproduced on almost every page of our frontier history; all are
drawn in bloody colors. Remembering all that our people have suffered from this
source, it can scarcely be matter of wonder that among them forbearance toward the
Indian has become nearly an extinct virtue.
"The United States troops on the borders of the State were, in July and August,
nearly all withdrawn for the purpose of accompanying General Miles on his expedition
against the Cheyennes, and the State was left comparatively without protection. The
Osages, whose reservation lies immediately south of the State, were reported to be hostile, and evidence, almost conclusive, had been obtained of their participation in the
murders in Ford, Barbour and Comanche counties. The appeals to me for protection
were incessant and urgent. Homes were being abandoned, and interests vital to individuals and important to the State were in danger of annihilation. Feeling myself
under obligations to protect peaceful citizens in the enjoyment of their rights of person
and property, and the circumstances narrated rendering the necessity imperative, I
reluctantly determined to call into active service a limited force of the State militia.
This force was increased and diminished as the emergency seemed to require, and at
no time exceeded the number that I deemed to be absolutely requisite to protect the
State from invasion and the frontier settlers from the fury of the savage. The small
force in the field was kept moving actively along the southern line, and I am glad to be
able to state that since it was called into the service not a citizen has been killed by
Indians on the line of its operations. That many valuable lives and much property
were saved by the precautions taken, will not admit of a doubt. Confidence in the
ability and disposition of the Government to defend the border was restored, and thousands of citizens who had fled in consternation at the rumored approach of the savages,
returned to their homes."- Governor Osborn's flessage, January, 1875.
AUGUST 5. —State Independent Reform Convention at Topeka. John
Davis temporary chairman, Nelson Abbott;, Secretary, U. A. Albin, Assistant Secretary.
Committee on Credentials: H. C. Squires, C. E. Harrington, A. H. Mussey,
M. C. Howard, Peter Bell, Wm. Simpson, F. M. Powers, L. McKinzie,
Joel Moody, J. Frank McDowell, C. Coddington, E. A. Carr, A. A. Alvord.
Committee on Permanent Organization: C. H. Grover, B. P. Waggener,
J. H. Eshleman, H. Allen, Jos. Randolph, T. W. Tallman, G. P. Smith,
Theodore Alvord, J. C. Cusey, J. H. Rudd, J. S. Vedder, A. Harris, J. R.
Dean.
Speeches were made by M. J. Firey, H. C. McComas, U. F. Sargent,
J. R. Hallowell, Mr. Black, David Linton, Mr. Tuttle, Mr. Christy, G. P.
Smith, Mr. Poehler, Mr. Hurst, Nelson Abbott, John Davis, J. C. Cusey,
Mr. Majors of Crawford, Mr. Scrogg9, Isaac Sharp, Mr. Dean, Samuel A.
Riggs, Alfred Taylor, and Marcus J. Parrott.
Oficers: President, John Boyd of Montgomery; Vice Presidents, J. H.
Watson, of Lyon, Wm. Kalhoefer of Washington, Sanford Haff of Wyan-.dotte; Secretary, Nelson Abbott of Atchison; Assistant Secretaries, Theo.
Alvord of Davis, Peter Bell of Coffey.
Committee on Platform: John Davis, N. Abbott, Isaac E. Eaton, H. Allen,
HI. C. McComas, W. H. Clark, M. J. Firey, J. R. Dean, Peter Bell.
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Alfred Taylor making such speeches. U. F. Sargent vouched for M. E.
lHudson.
The following platform was adopted:
"Resolved, That we, the delegates and representatives of the people of Kansas favorable to the organization of an independent political party, laying aside past differences
of opinion, and earnestly uniting in a common purpose to secure needed reforms in the
administration of public affairs, cordially unite in submitting these declarations:
"That all political power is inherent with the people; that no government is worthy
of preservation, or should be upheld, which does not derive its powers from the consent
of the governed; that by equal and just laws, the rights of life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness shall be assured to all men, without distinction of race, color or
nationality; that the maintenance of these principles is essential to the perpetuity of
our republican institutions, and that to this end the Federal Constitution, with all its
amendments, the rights of the States, and the Union of the States, must be preserved.
"That the maintenance inviolate of the rights of the States, and especially the right
of each State to order and control its own domestic institutions according to its own
judgment exclusively, is indispensable to that balance of power in which the perfection
and endurance of our political fabric depends.
"That the conduct of the present Administration in the hold defiance of public sentiment and disregard of the public good; in its prodigality and wasteful extravagance;
in the innumerable frauds perpetrated under its authority; in its disgraceful partiality
for and reward of unworthy favorites; in its reckless and unstable financial policy, and
in its incapacity to meet the vital question of the day and provide for the general welfare, stands without a parallel in our national history, and the highest considerations of
duty require the American people, in the exercise of their inherent sovereignty, to
check the accumuiation of evil, and bring the Government back to its ancient landmarks of patriotism and economy.
"That the faith of the Nation must be retained inviolate; that the public debt, of
whatever kind, should be paid in strict accordance with the law under which it was
contracted.
"That we favor the repeal of the tariff on lumber, and that the tariff on the necessities of common life be abolished or reduced to the lowest possible figure, and that the
tax on incomes be restored.
"The railroad corporations should be made subservient to the public good; that
while we shall discountenance any action calculated to retard the progress of railroad
enterprises, or work injustice to these invaluable auxiliaries to commerce and civilization, yet we demand such constitutional legislation upon this subject, both State and
Federal, as will effectually secure the industrial and producing interests of the country
against all forms of corporate monopoly and extortion.
"That in view of the widespread corruption that has penetrated Kansas in every
department of its organization as a State, we will support no man for office merely because he is the nominee of a party, but to obtain our votes in every instance he must
possess'the Jeffersonian standard of fitness -honesty, capacity, and fidelity to the Constitution.' That the frequent cases of malfeasance in office which have been developed within
the last four years upon the part of State and county officials-the losses sustained by
the people through the defalcations of county treasurers-imperatively demand such
legislation as will secure the tax-payers for all funds paid into the State and county
treasuries, and all interest accruing thereon; and we denounce it an act of criminal
neglect in the Legislature having failed to provide for the speedy removal of defaulting
treasurers from office, and their punishment for malfeasance therein.
"That the act of the Legislature of Kansas of March 1, 1866, by which the five hundred thousand acres of land dedicated forever to the school fund by sec. 3, art. 8, of our
State Constitution, was divided among and appropriated to four railroad corporations,
is unconstituitional and void; that this land still in right and equity belongs to the
State land school fund, and measures should be adopted for its recovery.
"That we hereby extend our sympathy to the settlers on the Osage lands, and to
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declare that the Reform party of Kansas will use every honest means to aid these people
in their struggle for their homes."
Convention reassembled August 6. Vote for Governor: M. E. Hudson 98,
J. C. Cusey 52, Chas. Robinson 14, Alfred Taylor 12. Before the result
was announced the statement was made that Mr. Hudson would not accept.
The Convention was in a tumult, and votes changed froln Hudson to Robinson, and from Robinson to Cusey. The vote was finally declared, James
C. Cusey 146k, M.E. Hudson 26k, Davis 1, scattering 8. The name of
ex-Governor Robinson was withdrawn by Joseph E. Riggs. E. Harrington
was nominated for Lieutenant Governor by acclamation. For Secretary of
State: Nelson Abbott 98, B. F. Little 7, G. P. Smith 60, Isaac E. Eaton 2,
Pearcely 4. The candidates for Treasurer were James E. Watson of Douglas, A. J. Hopkins of Shawnee, Charles F. Koester of Marshall, and E. W.
Majors of Crawford. Pending the roll call, Mr. Koester was nominated by
acclamation. For Auditor: G. P.. Smith, of Wilson, 87;' A. J. Hopkins, 41;.
Jonathan Weaver, of Saline, 32. Col. Smith was nominated. For Attorney General: J. B. F. Cates, of Allen, 84; J. R. Hallowell, of Cherokee, 87.
For Superintendeut of Public Instruction: H. B. Norton, of Cowley, 140; J.
E. Bryan, of Allen, 17; John Fraser, of Douglas, 6. For Associate Justice'
W. P. Douthitt, of Shawnee, by acclamation. State Committee: F. P. Williams, N. Abbott, S. D. Macdonald, H. L. Moore, J. V. Randolph, John M.
Galloway, F. M. Powell, Theodore Alvord, Alfred Taylor, J. F. McDowell,
J. S. Vedder, George H. English, H. L. Jones.
The delegates from the First District nominated Marcus J. Parrott for
Congress.
AUGUST 6.-Fire at Paola-the third within fourteen months. Burning
of the Spirit and Republican offices.
-State Temperance Convention called, by John B. Campbell, G. W. C.,
Grand Lodge of Good Templars; J. Jay Buck, G. W. C. T.; and David C.
Beach, G. W. S.
AUGUST 7.-The President locates the new Land Offices at Hays City
and Larned.
-Expedition against Indians outfitting at Fort Dodge; to be commanded
by General Miles.
- Grasshoppers reach Topeka, and stay till winter. W. P. Popenoe says:.
"They seem to cover the face of the earth."
AUGUST 9.-Prof. H. B. Norton, nominated for Superintendent of Public
Instruction by the Reform Convention, and Charles F. Koester, nominated
for Treasurer, decline the nominations.
AUGUST 20.-State Temperance Convention at Topeka. J. Jay Buck,
temporary Chairman.
Committee on Credentials: Mr. Dearborn, Mr. Beach, Mrs. Flower, Mr.
Blakesley, Col. Ritchie.
Committee on Permanent Organization: D. P. Mitchell, J. H. Clark; Dr.
Newman, Dr. Callahan, Mrs. Wood.
Committee on Resolutions: Mr. Beach, W. K. Marshall, Miss A. M. Way,
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Speeches by Rev. H. D. Fisher, Rev. Dr. F. S. McCabe; Col. Ritchie, and
Dr. J. P. Root.
Oficers: President, J. Jay Buck; Vice Presidents, Rev. Mr. Dearbon, Dr.
Coon, J. C. Miller; Secretary, D. C. Beach; Assistant Secretary, Mrs. J. H.
Clark; Treasurer, Mrs. John Higinbotham.
The resolutions ask for the organization of a State Temperance Society;
repudiate the licensing of crime; favor a national prohibitory law; regret
that the recent Reform Convention refused to incorporate a Temperance
plank in its platform, and repudiate all men and parties who ignore this
great issue of the age; recommend an immediate amendment of our State
Constitution, giving to woman the right of suffrage; state that there is an
irrepressible conflict between the liquor interest and the interests of human
society, and that toleration and compromise should not be allowed; protest
against the elevation to office of any man addicted to the use of intoxicating
liquors; if the Republican Convention ignores this issue, a Temperance
Convention should be called for the purpose of organizing an independent
party, and nominating an independent ticket. The Convention reassembled
on the 21st. The State Temperance League was organized, with the following officers: President, Rev. Dr. Richard Cordley; Vice Presidents, J. P.
Root, V. M. Garwood, N. C. McFarland; Secretary, D. C. Beach; Assistant
Secretary, Mrs. J. H. Clark; Treasurer, Mrs. Willam Fairchild; Executive Committee, J. Jay Buck, Noble L. Prentis, Mrs. D. Wilson, Mrs. L.
Sharon.
AUGUST 20. —Republican Congressional Convention, First District, at
Leavenworth. Called to order by Samuel D. Lecompte, Chairman of Committee. For temporary chairman, D. L. Palmer, of Jewell county, received 43 votes, to 39 for George Storch, of Atchison county. R. R. Hays
was elected Secretary. The following committees were appointed:
On Credentials: J. M. Hodge of Dickinson, C. C. Vance of Norton, Mr.
Curtin of Mitchell, S. A. Couch of Leavenworth, J. S. Hidden of Nemaha,
L. R. Palmer of Pottawatbmie, George Storch of Atchison.
On Permanent Organization: D. R. Anthony of Leavenworth, John Collins of Pottawatomie, D. E. Ballard of Washington, W. P. Henderson of
Jewell, F. J. Wendell of Atchison, Joseph Short of Cloud, Albert Brown
of Osborne.
On Resolutions: Samuel M. Strickler of Davis, Ferd. J. Wendell of
Atchison, D. Williamson of Washington, Henry Inman of Ellsworth, Cyrus
Leland, jr., of Doniphan, J. A. Blackburn of'Leavenworth, A. Wells of
Nemaha.
Officers: President, O. J. Grover, of Pottawatomie; Vice President, H.
A. Potts; Secretaries, H. Johnson, R. R. Hays.
Dr. Hodge nominated William A. Phillips for Congress; James F.
Legate nominated D. W. Houston. Mr. Legate withdrew the name of Col.
Houston, announced that Nathan Price had withdrawn, and moved that
William A. Phillips be nominated by acclamation; motion carried unanimously. Speeches were made by Colonel William A. Phillips. and Judge
Nathan Price.
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Jewell, D. R. Anthony of Leavenworth, J. S. Hidden of Nemaha, George
Huyck of Ellsworth, J. B. Corbett of Russell, O. J. Grover of Pottawatomie.
The following resolutions were adopted:
"Resolved, That our Representative be instructed to work for the income tax.
"Resolved, That we call upon our Representative in Congress to assist the workingmen in the collection of their claims, due by the United States Government, on account
of the evasion of the eight-hour law.
"Resolved, That this Convention, confiding in the Republican party as the true and
only embodiment of the great fundamental principle upon which free government can
safely rest, and recognizing in the consistent declarations and patriotic acts of that
party the power which converted a country half slave and half free into a country
altogether free, bringing it safely through the dark and trying hours of treason and
rebellion to the end of peace at home and respect abroad, do hereby reaffirm our devotion to its principles; that the country gratefully recognizes, as we do, that to the
Republican party we are indebted for each and every political reform in the past, and
can trust it in unquestioned confidence in the future, for all the reforms demanded
in this our progressive age.
"Resolved, That we respectfully submit to the Republican State Convention the work
of preparing and enunciating a platform as a work prdperly incumbent upon it.. "Resolved, That the delegates of the First Congressional District, in convention
assemnbled, respectfully request His Excellency, the Governor of Kansas, to call a special session of the Legislature, to take into consideration the condition of the State, in
view of the prospect of the suffering of the inhabitants caused by the destruction of the
grasshoppers."
AUGUST 22.-The Osage Ceded Land suits decided by Samuel F. Miller
and John F. Dillon in favor of the settlers. A jubilee meeting at Parsons
is addressed by G. C. West, T. C. Cory, M. W. Reynolds, Willard Davis,
and others.
-Gov. Osborn asks the President for 2,000 carbines for the Indian war.
AUGUST 25.-The western delegates to the Republican State Convention
hold a meeting and instruct that Convention to ask for an extra session of
the Legislature.
AUGUST 26.-Republican State Convention at Topeka. Called to order
by John Guthrie. For temporary Chairman, Nathan Price nominated
John M. Price; B. F. Simpson nominated John C. Carpenter.  Carpenter
received 104 votes, Price 94. John A. Martin was unanimously elected
Secretary.
Committee on Credentials: D. C. Haskell, D. Naylor, Henry Booth, T. L.
Marshall, G. M. Waugh.
Committee on Besolutions: E. T. Carr, John A. Martin, Benj. F. Ricker,
T. D. Thacher, J. Jay Buck, W. J. Bawden, John S. Gilmore, Noble L.
Prentis, I. P. Ninde, Benj. F. Simpson, E. A. Wasser, M. E. Lathamn, Jas.
Kelly, S. W. Henderson, A. J. Banta.
Committee on Permanent Organization: James D. Snoddy, R. R. Hayes,
Josiah Kellogg, George W. Gillespie, W. M. McLaughton.
Whole number of delegates, 214.
Officers: President, T. Dwight Thacher; Secretaries, John A. Martin,
W. T. McElroy. Voted to nominate candidates by a viva voce vote.
The following platform was adopted:'The delegates of the Republican party of Kansas in convention assembled, confidently appealing to the people of the State for a continued support, point with pride to




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the record of the Republican achievements in the past as the best pledge that the party
they represent will he true to every present or future obligation, and equal to every
present-or future emergency.
"The courage, patriotism and wisdom of the Republican party has been tested and
proven; it came into being as the expression of the people against the iniquity of
Slavery; it continued in power during the war as the embodiment of their devotion to
the integrity of the Union; it abolished Slavery, suppressed armed rebellion, and conquered a permanent peace; it enfranchised the slaves, and secured for them equal political and civil rights; it made just provision for the nation's defenders; it enacted a
beneficent homestead law; it organized a financial system whereby the nation was
enabled to meet the emergencies of a great civil war, to furnish a sound and uniform
currency, and to prevent the commercial depression and disasters usually attendant
upon or succeeding civil strife. By successful diplomacy, it has established a principle
of peaceful arbitration between nations. It has paid $356,000,000 of the war debt, and
$5,000,000 during the last year of financial panic and prostration. It has relieved the
products of industry and the necessaries of life from an annual levy and collection of
more than $300,000,000 of taxes. Under its rule the national exports have increased
from $300,000,000 to almost $650,000,000. It has restored the national credit and maintained the national reputation abroad. It has held in check the turbulent and reactionary forces of the late Rebellion, and has at the same time been tolerant beyond
example to those who sought to destroy the Republic. And, finally, with rare courage,
has addressed itself to the work of investigating official delinquencies and punishing
official dishonesty in its own ranks.
"A party whose career has thus been signalized at every step by great achievements,
has not only established the strongest title to public confidence, but has presented the
best pledge that it is willing and able to satisfactorily and honorably adjust. the new
problems of legislation and administration that are pressing for consideration and settlement. We recognize the fact that parties cannot live upon glory. New issues are
constantly arising, and the party that deserves to live must be ready to provide for their
solution. The past only affords a guarantee that the intelligence which created the
Republican party, and the patriotism and wisdom that have sustained it, are sufficient
to provide for the emergencies of the present, and make this period date not only the
death of Slavery, but as well the birth of a comprehensive Nationality, the strictest and
firmest integrity in official trusts, a just protection of individual rights against corporate
power, thorough practical reform in every department of the public service, honestly
distributed burdens, and honestly exercised powers. Therefore,
"Resolved, That the powers of the General Government having been stretched to an
unhealthy extent to meet the crisis of civil war and reconstruction, should now be
*restored to their normal action; that the public debt should be reduced not spaslmodically, but gradually and surely, and in a way that will not burden the industries of the
country by excessive exactions; that any and all schemes of taxation devised to meet
the extraordinary demand, should be modified according to the dictates of the strictest
principles of economy and justice; that official prodigality, recklessness and corruption incident to times of haste, irregularity and convulsion must give place to economy,
stability and honesty, and finally that the only test of political preferment should be
capacity and integrity in the discharge of official trust. That as the policy of the
Republican party in relation to the finances has afforded the people not only a safe,
sound and popular currency of equal and uniform worth in every portion of the commonwealth, but has greatly improved the credit of the country at home and abroad, we
point with pride to its record and accomplishment in this regard, and while reaffirming
the policy announced by the party in National Convention in 1868 and 1872, and triumphantly endorsed by the people at the polls, a policy which, while contributing to
the public credit, has also enhanced the individual and collective prosperity of the
American people, we favor such legislation as will make national banking free to all,
under just and equal laws, based upon the policy of specie resumption at such time as
is consistent with the material and industrial interests of the country, to the end that
the volume of currency may be regulated by the natural laws of trade.
"Resolved, While all the necessary wants of the State Government should be supplied.
by a reasonable, just and uniform taxation, the labor and production of the commonwealth must not be crippled by the employment and maintenance of too many office



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holders; hence, it becomes the duty of the Legislature to lessen'the number of officials,
and make such a revision of the laws of the State as to provide for a more economical
administration of our State and county affairs. We are opposed to all official gratuities
under the guise of an increase of pay or salaries during official terms.
"Resolved, That the peril of the Government lies not so much in high ambitions as in
low dishonesties, and the pressing duty of the day is to secure honesty and purity in
the public service. We commend the courage of the Republican party in instituting
investigation of corruptions in office, sparing neither friends nor foes; and we demand
such legislation as will bring to certain punishment any officer who, being entrusted
with the charge of public funds, appropriates the same for his own use, or fails to properly account for them. Embezzlement is theft, and ought to be punished as such.
"Resolved, That all the railroad corporations of the State are the creatures of its
Legislature, and it is the duty of that body to subject them to such wise and impartial
enactments as will protect the people of the State from extortion, and will secure them
transportation of products, merchandise and passengers at reasonable rates.
"Resolved, That a revision of the patent laws of the United States is imperatively
demanded, so as to prevent a monopoly of useful inventions, and at the same time to
give proper encouragement and remuneration to inventors.
"Resolved, That the present' peace policy' of dealing with the Indians has failed to
afford adequate protection to the frontier settlers, and we are in favor of transferring
the Indian Bureau to the control of the War Department.
"Resolved, That we commend the action of Congress in repealing the act known as
the back-pay law, and favor an amendment to the National Constitution which shall
forever prohibit any Congress from increasing its own compensation.
"Resolved, That drunkenness is one of the greatest curses of modern society, demoralizing everything it touches, imposing fearful burdens of taxation upon the people, a
fruitful breeder of pauperism and crime, and a worker of evil and only evil continually;
hence we are in favor of such legislation, both general and local, as experience shall
show to be most effectual in destroying this evil.
"Resolved, That we rej oice with the citizens residing on the Osage Ceded Lands over
the late decision of'the United States Circuit Court in their favor, and point to that
decision as evidence that the rights of the people are safe in the hands of the courts.
"Resolved, That the unwritten law enacted by the example of the father of his country in declining a re-election to a third Presidential term, is as controlling as though it
was incorporated in the National Constitution, and ought never to be violated.
"Resolved, That the public lands of the United States be sacredly held for the use and
benefit of the actual settlers, and we condemn and disapprove of any further grants of
the public domain to railroad or other corporations."
Ballot for Governor: Thomas A. Osborn 96, James C. Horton 51, W. H.
Smallwood 42, George T. Anthony 12.  Second ballot: Osborn 104, Horton
55, Smallwood 32, Anthony 12.
John C. Carpenter, James D..Snoddy, W. W. Sain, Benjamin F. Simpson
and a few other delegates withdrew from the Convention.
Ballotfor Lieutenant Governor: M. J. Salter 59, M. M. Murdock 52, E. N.
Morrill 47, John H. Edwards 25, VT. P. Wilson 6. Second ballot: Salter 62,
Murdock 50, Morrill 38, Edwards 13.  Third ballot: Salter 103, Morrill
50, Murdock 31, Edwards 2.
Ballot for Secretary of State: Thomas H. Cavanaugh 51, D. B. Emmert 35,
O. J. Grover 32, W. Y. Drew 20, M. W. Coulter 20, W. Burlingame 6, James
Scarborough 16. Second ballot: Cavanaugh 72, Emmert 41, Grover 34,
Drew 15, Coulter 15, Scarborough 1. Third ballot: Cavanaugh 103, Grover
45, Emmert 38.
For Auditor: Daniel W. Wilder was renominated by acclamation.
Ballotfor Treasurer: Samuel Lappin 98, John Francis 75.
Ballot for Attorney General: A. M. F. Randolph 107, J. B. Johnson 69.




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Ballot fo'i Superintendent of Public Instruction: John Fraser 93, H. B.
Norton 87.
Ballot for Associate Justice: D. M. Valentine 106, A. L. Williams 47.
State Committee: Lucien Baker, Leavenworth; Nathan Price, Troy;
John Guthrie, Topeka; E. A. Fisher, Lawrence; J. Jay Buck, Emporia;
W. C. Webb, Fort Scott; J. L. Denison, Osage Mission; John K. Wright,
Junction City; R. H. Ballinger, Larned; G. M. Waugh, Gardner; W. H.
Whiteman, Columbus; F. G. Adams, Waterville; J M. Balderston, Wichita;
Henry Inman, Leavenworth; A. J. Banta, Beloit. John Guthrie, Chairman; J. Jay Buck, Secretary.
AUGUST 28.-Gov. Osborn calls an extra session of the Legislature, to
meet September 15th.
AUGUST 28.-Republican Congressional Convention, Third District, at
Emporia. Called to order by H. C. Cross. Job Throckmorton, temporary
Chairman, W. S. Jenkins, Secretary. Committee on Credentials: Lewis
Hanback, J. E. Hudson, H. Whiteside, R. H. Nichols, J. R. Phenis, D. W.
Finney. Committee on Permanent Organization: E. C. Manning, P. I. Bonebrake, J. W. Long, T. McCarthy, C. Cochran. Committee on Resolutions:
Jacob Stotler, A. S. Redden, N. A. Perrill, T. M. James. Fifty-eight delegates present. Officers: President, William Sims; Vice President, Jacob
Stotler; Secretaries, W. S. Jenkins, W. C. Tompkins. Three resolutions
were adopted —endorsing the State platform and ticket; endorsing O. P.
Morton's measure for the election of President and United States Senators
by a direct vote of the people; asking an amendment to the homestead law
to preserve their homes to actual settlers who may temnporarily leave them.
Ballot for member of Congress: Wm. R. Brown 20, Cyrus K. Holliday 14,
P. B. Maxson 7, C. V. Eskridge 6, Harrison Kelly 6, W. P. Campbell 2,
J. McDermott 2, H. C. Sluss 1. Second ballot: Brown 20, Holliday 15,
Maxson 7, Eskridge 5, Kelly 6, Campbell 2, McDermott 2, Sluss 1. Third
ballot: Brown 19, Hblliday 15, Kelly 6, Maxson 7, Campbell 2, Eskridge 6,
McDermott 2, Sluss 1. Fourth ballot: Brown 20, Holiiday 15, Kelly 6,
Maxson 7, Campbell 2, Eskridge 6, McDermott 2, Sluss 1. Ninth ballot:
Brown 32, Holliday 17, Kelly 5, Campbell 4. District Committee:. Jacob
Stotler, of Lyon; A. G. Richardson, of Harvey; Duncan McDonald, of
Morris; R. H. Nichols, of Howard; W. S. Jenkins, of Sedgwick; J. V.
Admire, of Shawnee; Henry Booth, of Pawnee. It was voted that the
Republican vote be made the basis of future conventions.
AUGUST 31.- John Francis declines the nomination for State Treasurer
tendered by the Reform Committee. James E. Watson, of Lawrence, is
placed on that ticket.
SEPTEMBER 1.-J. P. Bauserman declines the Reform nomination for
Superintendent of Public Instruction.
SEPTEMBER 2.-Republican Congressional Convention, Second District,
at Humboldt. Called to order by H. W. Cook; S. S. Benedict, of Wilson,
temporary Chairman; F. B. McGill, of Labette, Secretary. Mr. Benedict
received 41 votes, and Silas A. Day, of Bourbon, 22.




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Committee on Credentials: T. B. Eldridge, G. W. Bowen, A. T. Lea, Watson Stewart, S. L. Patrick.
Committee on Permanent Organization: J. F. Broadhead, J. W. Wilson,
H. C. Allen, I. H. Betton, J. S. Weaver.
Committee on Resolutions: J. H. Whison, Henry Shanklin, J. F. Hill, P.
I. B. Ping, S. L. Self.
Officers: President, S. S. Benedict; Vice President,; S. A. Day; Secretary,
F. B. McGill; Assistant Secretary, W. A. Rankin.
First ballot for Member of Congress: Stephen A. Cobb 45, W. L. Simons
19. A speech was made by Colonel Cobb.
The following platform was adopted:
" Reaffirming the Republican National platforms of 1868 and 1872, and the Republican State platform of 1874, of Kansas, and believing that the Republican party has
well performed its mission in the past, and will continue to be as it has been, the party
of and for the people, trusted by and faithfully serving the people: therefore,
"Resolved, That we recognize that to be the true policy of the Government which
shall harmonize all the diversified interests and pursuits necessarily existing in a
country of such vast extent, and this can only be done by so directing legislation as to
give a just protection and reward to every branch of our diversified industries, and we
are in favor of giving precedence to those measures which shall recognize agricultural
and mechanical pursuits as entitled to the most ample protection and the fullest development. We are in favor of the expenditure by Government of such sums as may be
necessary to properly improve inland navigation, of such outlays as will secure cheap
transportation to our seaboard, and provide such facilities as are needed at our nearest
Gulf harbor for giving to the agriculturists of the West a port of shipment for their
surplus products at that point, together with such encouragement to manufacturing
interests as will bring producers and consumers in close proximity and establish a community of interest between them.
"Resolved, That the agricultural and commercial interests of the State of Kansas, and
more especially of this Congressional District, imperatively demand the improvement
of the harbor of Galveston, and the establishment of such means as will furnish cheap
transportation for our products to that port, and thence to the great commercial marts
of the world. We believe that to be the best commercial policy for Kansas which shall
result in Galveston becoming her port of shipment and wholesale market, and we will
cordially endorse and co-operate with our Congressional delegation in their efforts to
shape legislation to this end.
"Resolved, That we oppose any continuation of the system inaugurated first by the
Democratic party, of giving large grants of lands to railroad corporations. We are in
favor of holding those in possession of corporate wealth and power to a strict conformity
to law.
"Resolved, That we favor an amendment to the Constitution of the United States providing for the election of President and Vice President by a direct vote of the people
without the intervention of the Electoral College, and also the election of United States
Senators by the people of the State instead of by the Legislature.
"Resolved, That we most heartily approve of the policy of the Republicans in the
radical departure the party has made from the practice of the Democratic party, by
instituting investigations and exposing corruption in office, sparing neither political
friend nor foe.
"Resolved, That the reduction of twenty-six millions of dollars in the estimated General Government expenses for the coming fiscal yearmeets our most hearty approval,
and shows that on questions of retrenchment and economy the party is carrying out
in good faith its pledges to the people; and that we regard as another evidence of the
party's policy of economy and retrenchment the fact of the great reduction of the
interest amount paid annually upon our national debt.
"Resolved, That while we realize the great benefits to the whole country arising from




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the railway system in its development of our vast resources, and while we accord to
railway corporations their proper rights, we demand for and in behalf of the people a
more reasonable tariff of freights and fares, and that the same shall be guaranteed by
appropriate national legislation.
"Resolved, That the settlers on the Osage Ceded Lands are to be congratulated on the
favorable issue of their contest for the possession of their homes, and that this result is
a favorable augury of the future protection of settlers' rights, which we demand of our
Congressional delegation to zealously and fearlessly guard, so as to prevent hereafter
any recurrence of such contests.
"Resolved, That as citizens of Kansas we feel a just pride in the efforts and character
of our present Congressional and Senatorial delegation, and believe that they have
labored faithfully to protect and forward the truest interests of their constituents and
State."
The following Congressional Committee was appointed: H. W. Cook, of
Wyandotte county, Chairman; A. T. Lea, of Cherokee county, Secretary;
T. Dwight Thacher, Douglas county; W. A. Johnson, Anderson county;
L. Stillwell, Neosho county; F. R. Ogg, Johnson county; Daniel Grass,
Montgomery county; George W. Fifidlay, Bourbon county; A. F. Sharpe,
Franklin county; John S. Gilmore, Wilson county; F. B. McGill, Labette
county.
SEPTEMBER 3.-Reform Congressional Convention of the Second District,
at Ottawa.  Called to order by William  Simpson, of Bourbon, Chairman.
U. F. Sargent, of Bourbon, Secretary. J. Frank McDowell, of Cherokee,
and James Wilson, of Johnson, were elected Assistant Secretaries. The
foregoing were made the permanent officers of the Convention. Speeches
were made by A. M. York and W. W. Maltby. The Committee on Credentials reported twenty-five delegates present. Delegates from counties not
fully represented were allowed to cast the full vote of their counties.  The
following list of the ballots for candidate for Congress is copied from the
Paola Spirit:
BALLOTS.
Names of Candi-                              LOT.
dates...           9 |                                     _
John R. Goodin...... 12  18  20  20  27  21  27  26  48  38  27  36   48  66
Hiram Stevens........ 33  27  28  28  32  32  12  38  34.................................
John Boyd..............15  15  13  13   7   7   7  15  18  26......
Sam'l A. Riggs........  9  11   6  20  20  17  17   7............
H. C. McConas......... 16  15 18  15  13  22  16.............................................
Sidney Clarke........... 14  18  14   3.....................  14.....................
M. E. Hudson................19  21  19   44   33
Chas. Robinson........21 37 432 6 
The following Congressional Committee was appointed: A. M. York of
Montgomery county, W. L. Parkinson of Franklin county, Sidney Clarke
of Douglas county, W. W. Maltby of Johnson county, and P. H. Tiernan
of Bourbon county.
The following resolution was adopted:
"Resolved, That it is the duty of Congress and the Legislature of our State to reduce
the fees and salaries of public officers to such amounts as shall be a reasonable and fair
compensation for the honest and faithful discharge of official duty, and we demand of
Congress the unconditional repeal of the law properly and justly called the' salary-grab
law,' as applied to the President of the United States."
SEPTEMBER 4. —Reform Congressional Convention in the Third District,




656                   ANNALS OF KANSAS.                        [1874.
held at Emporia. The following is the official report, from the Topeka
Record:
The Independent Reform Congressional Convention met at Emporia, as
per adjournment. A. Harris, of Wichita, was chosen temporary Chairman,
and J. V. Randolph, of. Emporia, Secretary.
Committee on Permanent Organization: M. B. Ross, John Armstrong, O. P.
Haughawout, G. W. Spencer, James Newlon.
Committee on Credentials: Samuel Dolman, David L. Payne, N. A. English, J. H. Watson, W. W. Cone.
Committee on Resolutions: J. J. Barker, Peter Bell, J. M. Miller, Frank
Ross, A. Harris.
The following gentlemen were reported entitled to seats in the Convention: Fifty-sixth District, G. W. Spencer, S. D. Macdonald, J. C. Swayze;
Fifty-seventh, Samuel Dolman, John Armstrong; Fifty-eighth, H. H. Wilcox, John Ritchie, John G. Otis; Sixty-first, Peter Bell, J. H. Noell; Sixtysecond, 0. P. Haughawout, D. Phillips; G. D. Carpenter; Sixty-eighth, W. B.
Ross, J. H. Watson, J. A. Newlon; Sixty-ninth, J. M. Miller, Frank Ross,
J. V. Randolph; Seventieth, W. W. Cone; Seventy-second, H. H. McArdell, John Maloy, E. S. Bertram; Seventy-third, Samuel N. Wood; Seventyfourth, William Price; Seventy-sixth, N. A. English; Ninety-sixth, J. J.
Barker, D. L. Payne.
Officers: A. Harris was elected President, and Peter Bell Secretary.
The Committee on Platform reported the following:
"Resolved, That the platform and principles enunciated by the State Convention of
the Reform party, which met in Topeka on the 5th of August,'meet our entire and
hearty approbation.
"Resolved, That we announce our determination to support the nominees of that
Convention, and declare our allegiance to that party of Reform."
Informal ballot for Congressman: J. K. Hudson 15, M. J. Firey 11, J. J.
Barker 4, S. J. Crawford 2.
First ballot: J. K. Hudson 17, M. J. Firey 12, Samuel J. Crawford 7.
During the taking of the second ballot it was found that Joseph K. Hudson would be nominated, and a motion was made and carried to make the
nomination unanimous.
The following Congressional District Committee was appointed: John
G. Otis, Peter Bell, M. B. Ross, A. Harris, Mr. Edgerton.
SEPTEMBER 7.- State Fair opens in Leavenworth.
SEPTEMBER 8.-Six hundred Mennonites arrive in Topeka, and spend
some time there before going to their homes in the Southwestern part of
the State.
-Jacob Stotler appointed Postmaster at Emporia.
SEPTEMBER 10 and 11.-State Temperance Convention at Leavenworth.
Rev. J. Boynton President, David C. Beach Secretary. There were 64
delegates, from nine counties.
The following nominations were made: Governor, Dudley C. Haskell;
Lieutenant Governor, P. B. Maxson; Secretary of State, W. H. Robinson;
Treasurer, William Fairchild; Auditor, C. B. Lines; Attorney General, A.
A. Foote; Superintendent of Public Instruction, Mrs. M. J. Sharon; Associate Justice, D. M. Valentine.




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Many of these candidates declined the nominations, and the ticket, as
finally voted for at the polls, stood as follows: Governor, W. K. Marshall,
of Lawrence; Lieutenant Governor, L. Brown, Girard, Crawford county;
Secretary of State, W. H. Robinson, of Leavenworth; Auditor, David C.
Beach, of Lawrence; Treasurer, William Fairchild, of Leavenworth; Attorner General, A. M. F. Randolph, of Coffey county; Superintendent of Public Instruction, Mrs. M. J. Sharon', of Marion county; Associate Justice
Supreme Court, D. M. Valentine, Ottawa, Franklin county.
The following platform was adopted:
"The Temperance men and women of the State of Kansas, believing that the time
has come when they ought to present a State ticket, composed of honest, temperate
and capable men, hereby unite in the following declaration of principles:
"We are in favor of"1. The civil and political'equality of all men and women.
"2. An economical administration of all departments of the Government.
"3. Political reform by selecting for office none but honest and capable men.'4. The legal prohibition of the manufacture, importation and sale, for beverage use,
of all intoxicating liquors.
"5. The fostering and improvement of our system of common schools.
" 6. The speedy and exemplary punishment of all public officers guilty of embezzlement, the misappropriation of the public funds, or neglect to perform sworn duties.
" 7. The immediate and complete protection of our exposed frontier from Indian.outrages.
"' 8. The public assistance by all proper and legal means of the sufferers from the
grasshoppers and drought in the newly-settled counties of the State.
" But we are inflexibly opposed" 1. To all forms of repudiation, either State, National or municipal.
"2. To the appropriation of the public domain to the building of railroads."
SEPTEMBER 15.-Special Session of the Legislature. Ballot for Speaker:
Thomas P. Fenlon 23, E. H. Funston 23, F. W. Potter 13. Second ballot:
Fenlon 27, Funston 23, Potter 10.  Third ballot: Fenlon 31, Funston 28.
Thanks were returned to Hon. Gerrit Smith for his recent donation for
-the relief of the destitute.
SEPTEMBER 22.-Adjournment of the Special Session of the Legislature.
It passed a law requiring every corporation created by or existing under
the laws of this State to keep a general office within the State; An act authorizing counties to issue bonds for relief purposes; An act authorizing
the issue of bonds for the relief of the destitute people of the frontier, (only
$7,500 in bonds were issued under this act); A law requiring county treasurers to make quarterly statements, and a few other acts.
SEPTEMBER 23.-Eleven hundred Mennonites arrive at Topeka.
OCTOBER.- Clay Centre is building a fine school-house.- Jewell county
has 113 organized school districts.-Hutchinson has built a $14,000 schoolhouse.-The Superintendent reports that "the graded schools of Wichita
will compare favorably with any in the country."-Shawnee county has
over 100 separate schools.-Alma has a graded school and a fine new building.-Wilson county had 75 schools in session in the fall and winter.Miami county has expended $55,000 for schools this year.-The University
has eleven instructors, and its students come from twenty-five counties.The Agricultural College has thirteen instructors, and 208 students.-The
Emporia Normal School has 236 students. -' The Leavenworth Normal
School has students from twenty-seven counties.-Baker University has 101
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658                             ANNALS OF KANSAS.                                          [1874..
students; Rev. Dr. Joseph Denison is the President.-Mount St. Mary's
Female Academy, Leavenworth, has 50 students; its buildings cost $85,500..
OCTOBER 5.-Seventh Annual Meeting of the Academy of Science, at
Topeka.
OCTOBER. —John A. Anderson issues a Hand-book of the Agricultural
College.   It is an interesting and valuable  book, containing 124 pages.
-N. A. Adams has been elected Secretary of the College Board.
OCTOBER 5.-Four Kansas railroads ship 122,914 head of Texas cattlein eight months.
OCTOBER 14.-The Mennonites buy 100,000 acres of land of the A. T. &
S. F. Railroad Company, all lying north of Florence, Peabody, Walton,
Newton, Halstead, Burrton, and Hutchinson.
OCTOBER 24.- C. G. Hawley appointed Postmaster at Girard.
OCTOBER 26. —J. C. Martin and W. E. Timmons start the Chase County
Courant.
OCTOBER 27. —Ninth Annual Meeting of the State Sabbath School Association, at Atchison.'President, S. B. Riggs, of Emporia;  F. T. Ingalls
and Henry Clarkson, Secretaries; Thomas J. White, Reporter.
NOVEMBER.-The Third Annual Report of the State Board of Agricul —
ture contains tabular statistics from which the following facts are obtained:
National Banks in  the State, 26; capital, $1,983,000; deposits for the last
six months, $2,994,330.  Other Banks in the State, 86; deposits, $2,399,616;
capital, $1,588,006.
"The following list of manufacturing establishments has been returned to the county
boards during the year:
No.    Capital.
Water-power saw millsi.................................                           15      $54,272;
Steam  saw mills.............................................................................. 50  196, 522
Water-power flour mills.......................................................................80   1,061, 195
Steam  flour mills............................................ 59   1, 044, 910
Water-power saw and grist mills............................................................ 13  71, 500
Steam-power saw and grist mills...................................................... 14    63, 892
Furniture and cabinet factories........................................................... 13  157,820
Foundries and rolling mills......................s................ 5   195,000
Woollen factories.............................................................................    6  111, 600
Miscellaneous, embracing oil factories, cheese factories, gypsum, soap,
and carriage factories...............................                          50      567,916
Total........................................................................................... 305  $3,524,627
"This is exclusive of cigar manufactories, breweries, machine shops of the different
railroads, and all the minor industries."
The following church statistics are given:
Denorninations.'             a.' _
Presbyterian............................................................  161    6,604    74   $294, 855
Congregational...............................................................  113    3, 831    48    238,500~
Baptist..................................................................  229    9, 789    53    226, 900(
United Presbvterian..............................................   39    1, 313    14     49, 200
Methodist.......................................................................  621   22,096    96    339, 400
Episcopal.......................................34      1, 36 22 172, 000'
Catholic.......................................................................  191   32,311    72    415, 200
The book has been prepared by Alfred Gray and George T. Anthony.
The New York Times says it is the best Agricultural Report ever issued in
this country.
NOVEMBER 3. —Annual election.




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VOTE FOR GOVERNOR, LIEUT. GOVERNOR, AND SECRETARY OF STATE.
GOVERNOR.  LIEUT. GOVERNOR.                      SEC'Y OF STATE.
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Counties.                                                   bd C 
Allen.................   541   736     23       718      595      2       666      619      5
Anderson..........    528     460     20       575      438      7       579      429      8
Atchison.........   1,594    1,294    13    1,614    1,291.......      1,624    1,273      3
Barbour...........     98       80               99       79               99       79........
Barton..............  304      170.........    305      170.........    308      168
Bourbon.........1,117    1,241    140    1,263   1,189          92    1,271   1,171       95
Brown.............   717      628     16       765      569......      767      588      4
Butler..............    607   298    625       861      272   384        865      268   393'
Chase...........  201        513     15       264      461     11       228      423     50
Cherokee              682      878     64       683      885     49       676      888     50
Clay...............'771      304     42       781.302    38       777      303     38
Cloud...............9                                                              5
Cloud...............    875   180.....    911       158.........           158..
Coffey.722                    565      4       785      549      3       788      505 I 3
Cfe...............                               7               0 
Cowley...........1,000        494.22        942      541            1,00       456      5
Crawford...........'1
Crawford...........   350     689    150       376      671    440       376      676    133
Davis452..........28.                        49         1                       297.....
Dickinson........    712      269      6       737      253      3       736      249      2
Ooniphan..........    2     9    [1i
Dl~oniphan......... 1,457      978      3    1,459       930      3    1,465       924      3
Douglas............  1,446   1,618   169    1,534   1,610    110.1,538    1,605    109
Ellis..................    230  19..       229       19.........    232 [         19......
Ellsworth..........  36..................... 3
Ellsworthd..      7.4                    73................................
Edwards............            173........    3............
Ford.................                                     2
Franklin..........    798    1,117             928    1,032     10       931   1,021      16
Greenwood.......    646       489     17       732      443.........    733      440
Harvey.............559       57     14       596       31      4       598       29      2
Howard............1,881        719.       1,877      694.........1,916        689........
Jackson............   633      497.             634      500.....        642      490
Jefferson...........    869    1,064   43       915    1,43'27         92      94      82
Jewell...............                                                                     6.
Jewell...............   753   289      9       904      158.........    917     144-     6
Johnson...........1,012'  1,528       84    1,064    1,490      66    1,086    1,453      71
K~ingman,.........8                 [1,6[
Kinugman.........    113       19.'. 113     19'..........   113     19.
Labette............1,228       70      77    1,407       585     46    1,269       706     6
Leavenworth...  3,076    1,247    128    2,378    1,889    122    2,039    2,224    124
Lincoln.........    356       134........    357        134.354                   135.
Linn.........                  9      18........922    125
Lyon................ 880      635     2        955      547.........  1,028     528......
Marion.............    548    228.           592      194.........    594      191      4
Marshall........... 1,348      528     33     1,301      505     20    1,374       504     22
McPherson......      661      321672                    311.....        660      314
Miami...............    855    1,318           975    1,295     19. 970    1,265      20
Miami~~~~~~~~~~.            6 2           [31[.........[[6 0              1I........'
Mitchell...........    635    375..    668       353.........    667      350........
Montgomery.....  1,255    1,106........   1,294    1,085.........  1,291    1,010.........
Morris..............    548   415.         569      395.........    571      395........
Norton.............. 107        12              124..................... 125     1......
Nenmha............                    4i
Nemaha...........    794       573      2.833       535      1       834      536
Neosho............    557    1,178    16    1,090       739      3     1,074      725      4
Osage...............    972   752     45    1,068       720'  1    1,082        687'   1
Osborne............    283     42      1       361       24.........    367       24......
Ottawa........       731        26      7       739       17      7       742       16      6
Pratt...............    39     43.             40       42.........     40       42........
Pawnee............  110. 64.           110       65.........    107.64........
Phillips............. 145      193.           410         2.......   417        1........
Pottawatomie...' 863       692      3       879      664.........    911      114
Reno................. 657       54      8       719       21.........    720       19
Republic.          1,012       20     22    1,044        12'.     1,049       12      5
Rice.................    162   93     39       256       17.........   252       10     35
Riley...............    692   521     12       907      322     12       909      310     16
Rooks............... 92        21               92       22......        93       21........
Russell.............    257............   10   269.....................    270......  10
Saline...............    795                                            844      2.
Sedgwick.........   923       508.            944      492.........    983      460........
Shawnee...........1,602       950     26    1,748       881     14    1,756       796     28
Smith............... 300       130.           454         8.........   473         6........
Sumner............  480       439.           485       433.........   499       400........
Wabaunsee........533  237.                                               539  227.
Wallace............    77......................                          77....................
W~ashington......
~~S~Vil74 3...,.....,.....
Washington......    743       532.      752       524.........    754      507........
Wilson....' 592      820     28       869      606      3       868      601      3
Woodson...........   274       411     54       515      248.             485      270      1
Wyandotte.......                               874                                         1
Total.......... 48,594  35301 2,277   52,637  32,927  1,207   52,633   31,967  1,546




660                               ANNALS OF KANSAS.                                               [1874.
VOTE FOR AUDITOR, TREASURER, AND ATTORNEY GENERAL.
AUDITOR.                    TREASURER.               ATT'Y GEN'L.
5   b~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Clounties..
Allen....................     675       606        2        538        715.........     632         681
Anderson..................     606       399 i   15          541       465       14        583         434
Atchison.............   1,626    1,297           3     1,636    1,274          3      1,610      1,307
Barbour.................      99        79                  99         79.........      99          79
Barton.....................   308        170.........      299       173.........      307         171
Bourbon...................  1,344    1,119         88     1,226    1,211        107      1,361      1,177
Brown..................      760        598        5        707       635        6        760         243
Butler.....................   919       259    339          845       234    391        1,253         28Q
Chase....................    279        444       12        116       599       15        275         394
Cherokee................     686        885       49        664       851       49        598         996
Clay........................  795       292       37        787       299       38        820         304
Cloud..............   909        159.........      898       173.........      909         154
Coffey......................  797       514        3        725       574        3        879         445
Cowley.....................   966        536       11        744       728       14        970         545
Crawford................     384        675    130          369       685    134          506         682
Davis......................    503       287.........      453       325.........      489         300
Dickinson...............      741       249        2        722       258        2        732         248
Doniphan................   1,461        937        3     1,477        908....         1,462         929
Douglas.................   1,552    1,604     119           507    2,663        81      1,675      1,594
Ellis.........................  231        19.........     232         10.........     231          19
Ellsworth...........          370.....................     358.....................    370............
Edwards..................       73.....................     73.....................     73..........
Ford.......................  135           2.........     134          2.........     134           2
Franklin................      950    1, 003       11        790    1,137        12        942      1, 029
Greenwood..............       738.      434.........      714       461.........      733         438
Harvey..................      600           3       2        580         39       6        600          32
Howard...............  1, 919           692...           1,909        697........       918         690
Jackson...................     638       497                 610       518.........'637         503
Jefferson...............      939    1023         28        809     1,033       36        942      1,042
Jewell.....................   881        158........     886        181       6        921         146
Johnson.................      993    1,484        79        957     1,546       76      1 130      1,491
Klingman...............     113.         19                108         24.........      113          19
Labette..................   1,320        647       57     1,098        867       61     1,335          710
Leavenworth:...........  2,454    1,698    121            2,157    2,021    163         2,094       2,219
Lincoln....................    358       133.........      355       135.........      357         133
Linn.......................   811       921    116          784       939' 127          944         903
Lyon.....................   1,063     525        2        817       718       24     1,032          446
Marion....................  596   190        4        465       300        5        602         189
Marshall...............   1,412         491       20     1, 311       574       20      1,415         504
McPherson..............      674.       315.               673       316.........      671         317
Miami.........             983    1,285         18       932    1,312         28        249      1,297
Mitchell............  667       349....          609        356.........      665        352
Montgomery..........   1,217    1,088.......           1,212    1,169.........    1,273        1,112
Morris....................   571       396......     430       511......         570         389
Norton....................     106.....................  125.....................   126.
Nemaha;...............        839       533                 749       570        3        835        534
Neosho......................    981     857        5        583    1,239         5        970         873
Osage.....................   1,096       695        2       848        941        3     1,087         707
Osborne...................   365         23                 192       192.........       368          24
Ottawa.....................    745        11        6        739        16        7        752          12
Pratt...............           40        39.........       37        43........        40          42
Pawnee.................        110        61.........      103. 70                10........  110  64
Phillips...................   417          2       1        396          7........       419............
Pottawatomie..........        889       681.........      822       734.........      995         641
Reno.................         720        15........       709         16      11        719          18
Republic.................   1,048        11        5     1,044         14        5     1,053           11
Rice........................  253        11        4       251         26        4       297           11
Riley.......      918       313       10        727       489       16        920         318
Rooks...............           93        22.........       92        21........        92          22
Russell............         2751..               10       275....           10........   285............
Saline....................  767  332. i:..... 712  387.........      728       344
Saline  ~~ij.........                                             728I        344
Sedgwick................      950       481..            912       517.........      962        478
Shawnee..............  1,787          854       12     1,450    1,136         22     1,767          882
Smith.....................     478          1                451         11........      480'............
Sumner.............  499      424.........      474       445.........      488         434
Wabaunsee..............      539        232......    521          246.........      535        231
Wallace..................      77.....................     77.....................     77............
Washington...........         750       524.........      749       531.........      745        525
Wilson....................    936       519        4        760       699       12        870        609
Woodson.................     499        267        1        286       460       10        484        284
Wyandotte..............        882    1, 029        2        843    1, 064        1        887     1, 028
Total................. 53,175   32,448  1,339    47,333   37,589  1,530    52,881    33,137




1874.]                                ANrAALS OF KANSAS.                                                     661
VOTE FOR SUP'T OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION, AND ASSOCIATE JUSTICE.
SUP'T PUB. INSTRUCTION.  ASS'TE JUSTICE.
Counties.
I~
Allen............................................ 623       688           6        618          693
Anderson..................................... 586         434............       565         447
Atchison..................................................   1,599     1,314            2      1,612        1,307
Barbour...................................................98               79...........        100           79
Barton...................................306         171.............. 307            171
Barton...                                   306       ~~~~~~~~171....307I      171
Bourbon.....................................................   1,262   1,177                   1,365        1,196
Bourbon...                                   ~~~~~~     ~[1,262  [1,177  11      1,136I   1,196
Brown........................................................  76          98           3         76'      0
Brown ~~~..~...~.~~~~~~.~~~~.~~~~~~~.                          763  ~ 598                3    761              602
Butler....................................       600        269        396       1,239          290
Chase.........................................................  271       455          10         271         490
Chase...~~~~~~~~I                               271        4551         t          271  [       490
Cherokee................................................      680         853          56        699          911
Clay............................................................  778      291          53        826          298
Cloud........................................................  911  155..........    912         159
Coffey.........................................................  801      503           3         811         507
Cowley....................................................923             568           5        975          540
Crawford.................................................     380         676        128         509          678
Davis.........................................................  504       285............      490          299
Dickinson................................................     744         231............       743         247
Doniphan................................  1,459         932           3      1,462          933
Douglas...................................1,735                       1,434          95      1,570    i 1,696
Ellis....................................      235           9............      230           20
Ellsworth...............................370......            370............
Edwards................................            73....................73............
Ford........................135                2...       138............
Franklin....................................................   947      1,006           13      1,030          870
Greenwood.......................................         736        435............       734         440
Harvey....................................................598              30           3         598.        33
Howard.....................................................*...~~   1,911  688............    1,920          687
Jackson......................................................   ~638      502............        635         504
Jefferson.......................................               926     1,026           31         893       1,086
Jewell............................             913........              5         920         146
Johnson...............................................   1,104         1,469           59      1,135        1,494
Kngman.......................................113                           19.....,.....        113           19
Labette......................................1,201                        655          59      1,342          696
Leavenworth.......................................2......,060      2,197         120       2,028        2,212
Jincoln...................................................... 337         132............       359          132
Linn...............................................801                    914         137         936         917
Lyon.1..1,032   526.........  1,027    554
Marion.....................................................    602        182           5.534          255
Marshall...1,399   495    24  1,425    499
McPherson......................................671               315............       673         316
Miami......................................          997     1,274           16         998       1, 287
Mitchell.,.,,,..........................................     667        350............       670         349
Montgomery............................. 1,290     1,082............    1,286           1,084
Morris...            561.  398............  569    398
Norton...................15........................                    125............
Nemaha.................................................        835        535............       842         531
Neosho.......................................................  984         861           1         970         870
Osage......................................................    1,086     701           3      1,067.        29
Osborne.............................................           367         22............      389            3
Ottawa......................................................    744         12           6         750           14
Pratt...........................................40                         42............        40           43
Pawnee..............................................                       64............       111  I62
Phillips................................418.......................                   418............
Pottawatomie.............................          915        648............      868         684
Reno.722                                                                    19...........       709           28
Republic................................          1,049.11            4      1,053            10
Rice.....................................                      155.12         143         300           11
Riley.......................................................   905        314          19         928         311
Rooks...........................       93         21...........         92           22
Russell.......................................          270........           10        284......
Saline.......................................................  765        323............      759          3
Sedgwick...................................................    952        484............      953          485
Shawne....................................................   1,759        884          11      1,484        1,179
Smith~~~...                  481.... 482.....
Sumner.....................................................    490         431...........       485          436
*Wabaunsee.......................................             515        219............       526         241
Wallace..........................................          77.....................        77.
Washington............................................         758        520............         745 1  530
Wilson.........................................874.603           3        878          584
Woodson..............................................         484         279           3        483          286
Wyandotte.................................................     894     1,016            8         883       1,029
Total...........................................     52,098    32,860  1,558    53,172     33,147




662                                          ANNALS OF KANSAS.                                                                    [1874.
VOTE FOR MEMBERS OF THE SENATE.
Cozunties.                             Namnes of Candidates..
1._    Doniphan....................   C.G. Bridges........................    1,439                                                505
Doniphan......................John   L. Blair............................                             934
Atchison.......................          George  W. Gillespie....................    1,739                                   432
2   Atchison.....................    S.P. Griffin...............................                      1,436                      131
Atchison......................   George W. Glick........................    1,307
Atchison......................   E. R. Brown..............................                    1,305
Brown......................  J. M. Miller................................                   726
Nemaha........................   J. M. Miller................................                         759   1,485            266
Brown.........................  Joseph  Cracraft..........................                           630       
Nemaha........................   Joseph  Cracraft.........................                            589   1,219
Marshall............................Boa   W. Williams........1............                        124 
4   Washington..................   Boaz W. Williams....................                                 535   1,659             242
Marshall.......................  Charles Coddington....................                               717
Washington..................   Charles Coddington....................                                 699   1,416
Jackson....................... J. S. Hopkins........4....................                            456... J Pottawatomie.............                 J. S. Hopkins............................,                  856   1,312              *29
Jackson........................  James Mclellan................                                   659
Pottawatomie...............    James McLellan........................                               617   1,276
Jefferson.......................   J. B. Schaeffer..........................                        1, 042                     92
Jefferson...................... Val.   Brown...............................              950
Leavenworth...............   J. A. Halderman........................                             2, 551                     472
I Leavenworth................    J. P. Bauserman.........................    2, 146                                          243
Leavenworth................             T. L. Johnson.........................       2, 167                    298
Leavenworth................J. B. Dntton.........1...................                             1  769
Leavenworth................    E. Stillings................................    2  079
Leavenworth...............   J. C. Stone..........                                               1, 903 
Wyandotte...................    Byron  Judd................................                                                      47
Wyandotte...................  H. W. Cook................................                           932
Johnson.....................   W. W. Maltby....................                                1,410.       268
Johnson...................    V. R. Ellis................................                       1, 142
10...    Miami...........................    William   Jones............................    1, 276                                     271
Miami...........................    E. H. Topping..........1.................., 1005
Linn........................  R. B. McMillan...........................                              979                     161
Linn.............................       James D. Snoddy.......................                      816
12...      Bourbon.......................  J.W. Bainum............................., 1224                                            277
Bourbon.......................  C. W. Libby.....................       947
Bourbon.......................   D. M. Davis...............................                         209
13...
13...    Crawvford......................D. M. Davis................................                          574        783           78
1Bourbon.......................E. Holt......................................                         127
Crawford......................  E. H lt..................................                           578        705
14...(   Cherokee.......................  E. C. Wells.................................                       872                    164
14... ~ Cherokee.H.Hnar...........
Cherokee...............'.......  H. R. Hubbard...........................                         768
(Labette.......................   J. H. Crichton                                                   1105...........................  241'
15..    Labette........................   M. W. Reynolds.........................                           33
kLabette........................  M.  W. Reynolds...........................                           33
Neosho.........................   Walter  L. Simons.......................    1,011                                          169
16...    Neosho......................... G.  V. Spurgeon;........................                           840
Anderson.Thomas Bartlett.509....  5
17...    Allen.......................... Thomas  Bartlett........................                         798   1,307             292
Anderson...................   Lois  Walker.............................                             504
Allen...........................   Louis             alker............................            511   1,015
~   1...   ~ Anderson..................... T o ls B rlt.z..........                                               0
Franklin......................   W.L. Parkinson........................    1,211                                            455
18..  Faki.............
Franklin.....................James Hanway...........................                             756
Douglas....................... J. C. Horton..............................                       1, 821                    102
Douglas........................  Charles Robinson..................                               1, 1719                   396
Douglas.......             H. L. Moore1, 594
[:............. L. Moore................................],
Douglas.................  Jeremiah Boynton.....................  1,323
20...      Shawnee...................  William   Sims...........................    2,082                1,589
Shawnee.......................  M. J. Alkire................................                        493
Osage..........................   C. S. Martin................................,     134
Wabaunsee...................  C. S. Martin.........;...................                             402  1536              544
Osage..................  T. K. Thompson........................                       637
Wabaunsee............                  T. K. Thompson........................                     354        991
Coffey........D. W. Finney............................    488
Woodson.D.........                  D W.    Finney.............................                 444        932          275
2  Coffey......................... B. Butler.............................                 477
Cofey...............
22...   Its n......   C.   B. But~ler................................I                  10          5
Woodson......................IC. B. Butler...180   657
Coffey...........................  Charles Stoeltzing......................                         347
Woodson.......................           Charles Stoeltzing......................                    141        488
Wilson..........................  W. A. Peffer..............................                        709
23...    Montgomery.................   W. A. Peffer...............................                          1,260   1,975              153
1Wilson.............  M. A. Brooks..............................                                      724
Montgomery................I M. A. Brooks..............................                             1,096   1,820




1874,]                                         ANNALS OF KANSAS.                                                                      663
VOTE FOR MEMBERS OF THE SENATE-CONCLUDED.
*   Counties.                                  Namnes of Candidates.
3.':::
Greenwood..................   Wm. Martindale........................                              689
24...    Lyon...........................  W m. Martindale........................    1, 062   1, 751                         774
24   Greenwood................. M. J. Firey...............M        -  478 [
Lyon.......................... M. J. Firey.................................                        498        976
Edwards...................... H. C. St. Clair...................            73
Ford............................ H. C. St. Clair.............................                       137
Pawnee........................ H. C. St. Clair................          111
Barbour...................... H. C. St. Clair..................'........                            178
Butler.........................H. C. St. Clair...............1,355
Cowley.......................          H. C. St. Clair.................        914
Harvey..................H...... C. St. Clair.............................             618: 
Howard........................              H. C. St. Clair.............................         2,011
Reno...........................    C. St. Clair.............................                     753
25...    Sedgwick..................... H. C. St. Clair......................          954
Sumner........................   H. C. St. Clair........           597[
Kingman.....................  H. C. St. Clair.............................                          131
Pratt.......................... H. C. St. Clair..........................    -                        78   7;900         6,208
Pawnee........................          R. R.. Saffold..............................                 64
Butler........................... R. B. Saffold.....        177
Cowley............... B. Saffold..............................                591
Howard..................               R. B. Saffold...............................                549
Sedgwick.....R. B. Saffold...............................                                          480
Sumner........................  R   B. Saffold..........................          318   1,691
Chase...........................    Samuel R. Peters..5.......            327
Marion........................  Samuel  R. Peters...............         512
Morris..........................  Samuel  R. Peters........................                        459   1, 298             91.26...     C407['26..      Clase...........................    B. Pinckney.....................            407
Marion........................  B. P             ckney.293
Morris..........................   B. Pinckney...........................                           506   1, 206
Davis..........................         H. P. Dow..........................        559 
Dickinson...................... P. Dow..............                                    671
27...   Riley.....H. P. Dow..                           869  2, 099   1,216
Davis........................           John  Davis................................                233
Dickinson.....................  John  Davis............... -          320
IRiley.....................   John  Davis................................                          325        878
Rooks........................... Horace Cooper.............. 114
Clay..............................   Horace Cooper...................       769
Cloud...........................  Horace Cooper..........................                        745
Jewell...........................  Horace Cooper...........  890
Lincoln......................   Horace  Cooper...........................                          299
Mitchell.........  Horace Cooper..........................                     694
Norton........................   Horace Cooper......................                                37
Ottawa..........................   Horace Cooper..........................   493
Osborne........................          Horace  Cooper.................        375
Phillips........................  Horace Cooper..................                               359
Republic.                              Horace  Cooper...........................                  510:28...    Smith...........................  Horace  Cooper...........................                          481   5,766         3,991
Clay.............................  R. P. West................................                      59
Cloud...........................  R. P. West.................................                 308
Jewell...........   R. P. West...............................                 176
Lincoln........................  R. P. West............................       123
Lincoln.... R. P. West                                                                              123
Mitchell........................  R. P. West.................................                      246
Norton........................  R. P. West.......................          27
Ottawa......................  R. P. West.................................                          195
Osborne........................  R. P. West.................................                          5
Phillips........................ R.P. West..100
Republic...................... R. P. West..491
Smith.......................... R. P. West..41   1,771
Russell..........................  Solomon  Stephens.....................                          282
Saline...........................   Solomon  Stephens.....................                           818
McPherson................  Solomon  Stephens..............        708
Ellsworth.....................  Solomon  Stephens..............        370
29...    Ellis..............................  Solomon   Stephens..............         238
Wallace.......................    Solomon  Stephens.............          78
Rice.............................  Solomon  Stephens.....................                           277
Barton.Solomon Stephens.                                                                            434 3, 205 2, 888
LSaline...........................  James H. Snead.................275            275
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664                                           ANNALS OF KANSA.S.                                                                  [18i74.
VOTE FOR MEMBERS OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVE S.
Counties.                                     Names of Candidates.                      stct
1    Doniphan..........................  Giles A. Briggs....................................                            561          118
F. J. Close................................              443
2.......................................... T. Landon......................................                  365           23
R. S. Hinkley................................             342
3..........................................   John  L. Motter....................................                     230           57
T. H. Vorhies................................                         173
A. J. Mowry.......................................                   135
Jos. Randolph.....................................                     84
4    Atchison...........................  Win.  C. Smith....................................                            554           26.
Edward  Fleischer..................           528
5.................  T. B. Tomlinson...............                                        478           68
Samuel Stoner...................................                     410
6................A. J. Sutton........................441                                                                            19
Alex.  Walker......................................                   422
7    Brown.............................. C. Willis................................                      699           58
Jos. D. Hardy...................................                     641
8    Nemaha.......................... G.  W. Brown.......................................                              365           13
A. P. Herrol................................               351
9............................  S. P. Conrad.......................................                 616         598
A. Baujons.................................           12
10     Marshall...........................C. J. Brown................................, 300         679.
M. D. Tenney....................................                    621
11    Washington......................J. W. Bell............................................                              725         169
Clinton  Hogue.........,.........................                     556
12  Riley.....................                      George Pickett.......               645           65
C. L. Wilkins..........................                              578
13    Pottawatomie.........                          J. S. Codding......................................                  433             8
E. McKee....................................                          425
P. McClosky........................................                    62
14..........................................  P. Marvel...........................................            367           89
Dr. Little..................................                227
15    Jackson.............................  J. W. Williams...............................                               618         132
B. H. Bradshaw..................................                     486
16     Jefferson..........................   Matt. Edmonds....................................                            321           24N. Simmons.................................          297
17..........................................   W.B. Spurlock................................                            225           27
J. N. O. P. Wood.................................                    198
H. C. Mains....                                                       197
18.......................................... P. Barnes......................................                            392           46
E. D. Russell................................                        346
19    Leavenworth.............   H. D.  Mackav....................................                     347         149
Wm. D. Matthews.........................                            198
20..........................................    John  C. Vaughan.............................                           267           97
R. A. IZovitt......................................                  170
21..........................................  Jas.  F.  Legate...................................               440         209
H. C. Keller.................................                       188
George A. Eddy....................................                     43
22.......................................... P. Fitzwilliam.................................                          392         170
Wm. O. Gould..................................                        222
23.........................................    H. C. Squires................................        334           40
Wm. Housley................................                          294
24................    M. R. Mitchell...............................                              427         126
C. R. Jennison................................                       301
25..........................................     Crawford  Moore..................................                     360           88
E. E. Hollenbeck................................                     272
26     Wyandotte.......................   Sanford  Haff.......................................                            492           46
J. L. Pritchard....................................                  446
H. N. Kerr............                                                271
27....................  W. J. Buchan.....................................                       401         126
John  B. Scroggs.................................                    275
28    Johnson...........................    D. G.  Campbell.........                                                       334           59
J. R. Thorp.........................................                 275
David  Warren..................................                      161
James W. Noel...................................                     102
29..........................................  R. E. Stevenson...................................                540           46
George Black.......................................                  494
30..........................................  Z.  Meredith........................................                       355           27
Geo. T. Rogers..................................                      328
31    Miami.....................  T. E. Smith........................................    587                            27,     L. Bradbury.................................                            560
32.......................................... M. Fain..........................................                         654         195
S. Underhill................................                         459
33    Linn.......................   A. C. Dodd..........................................                   404           30




1874.]                                    ANNALS OF KANSAS.                                                               665
VOTE FOR MEMBERS OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES-CONTINUED.
Counties.                              Names of Candidates.                                      ".
33    Linn  (concluded)............  Harvey Smith..................................                           374
34..........................  H. Robinson..................                     289          77
C. M. Vertrus.............................. 211
Walker Walker.....................................                   1
35.................................E. Morse.............................................        293          36
H. P. Clay.............................................           257
36    Bourbon........................  John  Raney.........................                                    397        102
A. K. Hull.......................................                 295
37..............................................................................           344          16
Jacob Brenner.......................................              328
38...........................  E. M. Hulett...............................552                              63
W. C. Webb...    489
J. M. Hiatt                                                        136
J. M.   iatt..........................................             136
39    Crawford........................  W. H. Merriwether.................................           280          2.5
E. P. Pomeroy...............................      259
40..........................   George W. Brown.................................. 398       198
Stephen  Alberty....................................              199
41    Cherokee...................... H. H./. Angell........................................                   611        205
C. Spencer.........................................               406
42.......................................  W.E. Cowan.......................,..............                352 
L. T. Stowell...                                               241
43    Labette.......................... j. J. Wood...................618                          60
William Dick......................    558
44                                            R. W. Wright........................................              401           6
J. C. McKnight...............................      395
45    Neosho....................           C       F   Stauber.................................          473          79
Robert Brogan.................................                   394
Louis A. Reese...................            110
46                                            A. P. Gibson......................... bo...............           486        192
Frank  Bacon........................................              291
47     Allen............................ E. H. Funston.......................................                 402        109
G. B Inge.........................................                291
48........................... V   Blair...........................       367        122
G. W. Moon......                                  245
49    Anderson....................... Clay Reppert..............         631        251
50    Franklin........................  P. P. Elder.............................................  598   232
Jasper Robinson....................................               366
51.......................................  J.N. Foster............................................           549        114
S. Topping..................................      435
52    Douglas................  T. D. Thacher.........................................              573        271
H. H. Howard........................               278
53....................................... D.. Haskell                                                   565        195
William    B. Kennedy............................                352
54......................................T. E. Tabor........              419   124
H. C. Fisher...                294
~~55.. ~                         L~H. C. Fisher..................................          387    142
55.......................................  L. H. Tuttle.................................  387   142
J. M.  Still......................................       244
56    Shawnee.........................  James Burgess..........I............................                   393        136
James Stearns................................         257
G. C. Clemens.................................       195
57.......................... John Martin.................................  1,035  1,031
58.......................... F. R. Foster.................................    482    249
F. P. Firey...................................      233
59    Osage............................  S. B. Bradford..................................       516        139
Harrison  Dubois....................................              377
60.................        F.  Donnelly.........................................  503.131
L.   R. Adams..................................      359
61     Coffey.......................  B. L. Kingsbury.................................       761        264
J. F       Jones...................................       497
62    Woodson....................            A. B. Mann.....................................                   461        157
David Askern..............3.........0........                    302
63    Wilson......................            S  S. Benedict.................................790              141
C. J. Wright........................................             644
64    Montgomery....................  William   Huston.................................                        574        133
A. J. Hersey...................................                  441
L. Gladfelter.......................................              173
65.....................LA.........   L. A. Walker...........                                              430           43
B. M. Armstrong...................................                353
James DeLong................................. 387
66    Howard..........................  Edward Jaquins...................................    1,521                         370
T. B. Rice..................................       1,151
67  Greenwood.A. W. Scott.....................                     553    2()




666                                           ANNALS OF KANSAS.                                                                   [1874.
VOTE FOR MEMBERS OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES -CONTINUED.
-                  Counties.                                     Arames of Candidates.                                   a
67   Greenwood (concluded)... Wm. McBrown.................    533
J. P. Hillyard....................         94
68     Lyon...........      Geo. Johnston..............................       529          211
S. J. Crawford................    318
69.......................................  John  W. Loy................................  622                     618
70     Wabaunsee.................... S. A. Baldwin....................................                                  439          104
Wm. Mitchell.......................         335
71     Davis.............................    C. G. Cox.......................         507          233
H. C. McCarty......                                                    272
72     Morris..................                  F. M. Hooton................................       424
John Maloy.........                         424
J. P. Burkhart....................................                     121
73     Chase.............................  S. M. Wood..........................................                        446          162
O. H. Drinkwater.................................                      283
74    Butler...........................    Jos. L. Ferguson................................                             999          451
Abram   Leidy..............................      547
75     Cowley..........................   Thos. R. Bryan......................................                         818          115
A. S. Williams...................................                      703
76     Sedgwick......................           E. B. Allen...........................................                  954          496
W. T. Jewett........                                                   458
77     Marion.........................          R. C. Bates.....                                                       415.   70
F. Doster..........................................                  345
78     McPherson....................             A. W. Smith..............................       677          369
B. Evans........                                                       307
79     Dickinson.....................  Orrin A. Root.....................................637         290
W. H. Sutphen.............................                            324
80     Clay..............................   S. D. Beegle.........................................                      441           29
George Taylor.......................................                  412
J. S. Harris.............244
81     Republic........................  W. H. Pilkenton...                                                               998/    965
W. H. Settles...............................               12
82     Cloud........................ C... ells..................................  736  426
W. E. Reid...............................                              310
83  Ottawa.........................   R. D. Mohliey.................................              271           31
J. W. McLaren..............                                            240
John  Henry.......................................                    164
D. M. Dunn...........................                                   76
A. B. Murch.........................................                   30
84     Saline............................    G. C. Lockwood.......................        1,074     1,071
85      Ellsworth......................   G. A. Atwood................         190            6
H. V. Faris............-....................     184
86      Lincoln..........................  James B. Goff'............................... 279                60.
Volney  Ball..............................                              219[
87    Mitchell...........      H. C. Babcock.................................       513           24
W. T. S. May.........................             480
88     Jewell..........................   D. L.  Palmer.........................................                         425            2
S. E. Wilson..........................................                 423[
N. Gishweler.........................................                  214
89      Ellis.............................    W. N. Morphy..........        144           40
Hill P. Wilson......................................                    103'90  Wallace..............          C. W. N. Ruggles...                                                      80           80
91      Rice...............S................    S. M. Wirt...............          185           67
S. B. Terry...                                                          118:92    Sumner.........................   W. H. Carter.........................           508          103
J. W. Hamilton........                405
93    Osborne..........................  S. B. Farwell.........................................                          368          349
94     Reno............................. Thos. T. Taylor..................................                    742         742
95      S ithC. S. Aldrich.........................................   293         108
G. M. Edson..........................................                  183
96      Harvey..............         J........  J. E. Duncan..............................                               641         637
97    Barton..........................  G. L. Brinkman....................................                              320          156
W. H. Odell..........................................                  164
98      Russell..........................     A. B. Cornell........                                                       150           10
E. A. Church........................................                   140
99     Phillips.......................... F.H. Jewett.........................................               218           12
D. L. Smith..........................................                206
100      Norton..........................     C. C. Vance....        100           42
P. Hanson.........................................                       58
101      Pawnee.......................    J. M. Miller..................................          112           50
Wm. White.........................................                      62
102   Rooks............................ F. McNulty...62                                 11
Samuel S   Boggs................................ 51
103      Ford..............................  R. H. Wright.                                                                 140         140




1874.]                                             ANNALS OF KANSAS.                                                                                667
VOTE FOR MEMBERS OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES-CONCLUDED.
W o,< Counties.                                                        Names of Candidates.
104       Barbour........................   H. E. Vantrees.................................                                             95            14
M. W. Sutton.......................................                           81
105       Harper...................................................................................................
106   Ness..........................'...............................................
107       Comanche............................................................................................
108       Kingman.......W................ H.  Child.........................................                       105             78
A. R. Burgess..............................                                     27
109       Pratt..........................               J    M. Moore.................................                                 81            81
110   Edwards....................C: L. Hubbs...............................4....                                                        46            18
A. L. Kendall.................................                               2
VOTE FOR MEMBER OF CONGRESS FROM THE FIRST CONGRESSIONAL
DISTRICT.
COUNTIES OF THE FIRST DISTRICT. 
Atchison...................... 5..........................................    1,504                  1,268            142
Brown..................................................................................                              755             597              6
Cloud...................................................................................                              783            256             22
Clay.................................962                                                                                                 114            39
Davis.443........................................                                                                        484    303                       5
Dickinson................... 3.............................................               739            244               3
Doniphan......................................................................                      1,412.         978               3
Ellis.......................................................................................                              228.18              2
Ellsworth............................................................................                                    344              11            17
Grahamll....................................... 8
J7rwe       n  ll..........................................................................................   5  
Jackson...................................................................................                              434            425           275
Jefferson................................................................                    898    986    81
Leavenworth.....................................................                      1, 708         2,581            200
Lincoln.................................................                             345             146..........
- Marshall................................................................................                           1, 040             379           469
Mitchell..........................................                                                                       640            380               3
Nemnaha.;780  50676...................................
Ne~aha..............................................................         780            506             76
Norton........................................                                                                          89                38
Osborne.........3...........................................                        371              15              5
Ottawa;.................................................471                                                                                63          195
Phillips............................................................................         291              47            81
Pottawatomie...........................................................................                                 929            590             24
Republic........................................                                                                        961              26            83
Riley.....................................................                   957            212             68
Rooks...............................................90                                                                                     23
Rooks.n                                                                                                                     90 23.........
Russell........................................................................                                          265              13
Saline....................................................................................                             651             329            90
Smith..................................................417...................               417             36            18
W ashington..............................................................................                                710             488            73
Total.............0.......................................................                     20...., 087    11, 223      2, 074
Majority..............6..................................                   777
I~pu                                                                                 li....................,   6      6/8




668                                                 ANNALS OF KANSAS.                                                                                 [1874.
VOTE FOR MEMBER OF CONGRESS FROM THE SECOND CONGRESSIONAL
DISTRICT.
N.
COUNTIES OF THE SECOND DISTRICT. 
Allen.                                                                                                                                       737             574
Allen.... ~ 737................................................                                                                       574
Anderson...............................                                                 425              564
Bourbon...............................................................................................   1,232                         1,321
Cherokee...............................................................................                        878             742
Crawford.............................................................................................                                      715             457
Douglas..............................................................................................                                    1,646           1,596
Franklin.............................................................................................    1,077                                            882
Johnson...............................................................................................                                   1.561           1,028
Labette......................................................................                 749         1,300
Linn.......................................                                                                       962            888
Montgomery..................................................                                                                           1, 066    1, 313
Miami..1,286......................................................................................983
Neosho.............................................................                                       1, 020              822
W ilson................................................................................................. 585                                                 883
W yandotte......................................................................1,026                      887
Total........................................                                                                              14,965           14,240
Majority......................................................................................                                   713
VOTE FOR MEMBER OF CONGRESS FROM THE THIRD CONGRESSIONAL
DISTRICT.
COUNTIES OF THE THIRD DISTRICT.  i?                  73
Barbour...............................................................................................                                     104               73
Barton..................................................................                273             206
Butler...........................................................                                                                          751             771
Comanche................................................................................................
Chase...................................................................................................                                     251             48
Coffey........................................                                                                    733             587
Cowley...........................................................                                                       914             644
Edwards.................................................................                                                      73
Ford.......................................                                                                              132                3
Greenwood.......693 480
Harpe r.............................................................................................. 693      480
Harvey...........................................................                                              601             37
Howard..............................................................................................                                     1,659               944
Kingman.............................................................................................                                      123                 9
Lyon...........................................................                                                                             884             693
Lyon ~~.~.~~~.~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~  884 1 693
M arion....................................................................................                  429             354
McPherson...........................................................                                       637             362
M orris..........................................................................................                   506             461
Ness...................................................................................................:
Osage...........................................................                                                                        1,028    767
Pawnee................................................................................................                                       106               69
Pratt...........................................................                                               43               39
Reno.....................................................................                                        695               45
Rice..................................................................................                               226              68
Sedgwick.......................................................................................                            842             599
Shawnee...............................................................................................                                   1,521           1,139
Sumner..................................................                                                                                  462              456
W abaunsee..........................................................................                     498             272
Wallace *...................................................................................
W oodson..............................................................................................                                    397             371
Total.........................................................14, 581                                                                        9, 932
M ajority.....................................................................           4, 645
*William A. Phillips received 77 votes.




1874.]                         ANNALS OF KANSAS.                                          669
VOTE FOR JUDGES OF THE DISTRICT COURT IN THE SIXTH, EIGHTH,
AND ELEVENTH JUDICIAL DISTRICTS.
County.                   Names of Candidates.                         
6    Bourbon...........................  W. C. Stewart.........................   1,197   1,197
Dickinson...................... James H. Austin.....................   1,008
8    Morris....................... James H. Austin.....................  953
Morris............................ James H. Austin.....................  95;
I Ottawa............................ James H. Austin.............   758
Riley..............................  James H. Austin.....................    1,231   4,740   4,733
Montgomery.................B. W. Perkins..........................   1, 438
Labette..................... B. W. Perkins.........................   1,036
Cherokee.................... B. W. Perkins..........................  823
Crawford........................ B. W. Perkins..........................  768  4,065  1,042
Montgomery.................... J. D. McCue...................      951
I Labette........................... J. D. McCe.891
Cherokee.................   J. D. McC......                        798
Crawford........................ J. D. McCue.377   3,017
NOVEMBER 6.-J. H. Folks appointed Regent of the Agricultural College.
NOVEMBER 7.-W. J. Bawden appointed Judge of the Sixth District.
NOVEMBER 10.-The Pomeroy bribery case comes on at Burlingame,
before Judge Peyton. Gen. Stringfellow, for the defence, asked a continuance, and it was granted.
NOVEMBER 12.-Appointment of a State Relief Committee, at Topeka,
consisting of E. S. Stover, F. S. McCabe, O. T. Welch, F. W. Giles, Henry
King, Wm. Sims, S. T. Kelsey, A. L. Vorhees, Wm. C. Tenney, John Fraser,
J. C. Cusey, C. H. Lebold, John Geise, B. H. McEckron, J. H. Edwards,
Rev. Mr. McCobas, John A. Martin, Geo. W. Glick, M. J. Morse, G. A.
Thompson, P. B. Plumb, M. M. Murdock, J. H. Crichton, Wm. Martindale,
Horace Cooper, E. N. Morrill, M. E. Hudson, Charles W. Blair, Theo. C.
Sears, D. J. Brewer, W. A. Johnson, Alfred Gray.
NOVEMBER 19.-Rev. Dr. Jas. Marvin elected Chancellor of the University.
NOVEMBER 19.-Organization  of the State Central Relief Committee, at
Topeka. President, E. S. Stover; Secretary, Henry King; Treasurer, F. W.
Giles.  Executive Committee: E. S. Stover, Henry King, F. W. Giles, O. T.
Welch, F. S. McCabe, M. M. Murdock, Wm. C. Tenney, D. J. Brewer, Thos.
Murphy. Voted that an address be prepared by Rev. Dr. McCabe, Gen.
John Fraser, and M. M. Murdock.
NOVEMBER 30.-Expenditures of the State for the year:
Governor's Department............  $7,097 40  Penitentiary...........................  74,453 26
-Secretary's Department............ 15,787 82  Agricultural College.................  28,012 08
Auditor's Department...............  5, 312 62  Regents of State Institutions....    5,979 28
Treasurer's Department............  4, 346 04  Conveying prisoners to PenitenAttorney General.....................   1,850 00    tiary...................................  10, 345 75
Supt. of Public Instruction.......   4,916 71  Orphan Asylum, Leavenworth..   7, 000 00
Librarian..................................  2,656 55  Publishing Const. Amendment.. 8, 967 70
Adjutant General.....................  800 00  State Board of Agriculture........  16,735 42
Supreme Court.......................... 22,047 64  Settlers on Osage Lands............  2, 500 00
District Judges.;........................ 38,588 76  Legislative expenses.................. 35,130 45
Normal School, Emporia........... 12,595 56  Miscellaneous appropriations....  14, 067 77
Normal School, Leavenworth....   5,990 40  Court of Impeachment.............. 10,166 31
Blind Asylum............................ 8, 8,80. 36  Legislative  expenses,  Special'Deaf and Dumb Asylum............  16,413 54    Session.................................  9, 027 90
Insane Asylum.........................  41,527 40  Investigating Committee;..........  968 80.State University........................  29,244 81,Horticultural Society.................  1,000 00
Printing................................... 37,866 01
TranscPrinting.37,866l................  1937, 0,1    Total for 1874.....................$482,212 34
Transcribing Journals.........  1,935 00




670                             ANNVALS OF KANSAS.                                          [1874.
-The following is the State debt:
I                                  _, Date of Is- For  Vht          When. W r Face of    Aiot Sold.    g - e   a
1861 July 1,'61 Cur. Exp. 7 July 1,'76 N. Y...  $150,000           173               0 34,600
1863 Mar.20,'63 Cur. Exp. 7 July 1,'78. N. Y...         54,000                   $8,0   $34,600
1863 July 1,'63 F. Terr. 1).I 6 July 1,'83 Top'ka      61,600       61, 600 00   15,700   21,000
1864 July 1,'64 Refund.T.' 6 July 1,'84 Top'ka         39,675      39,675 00   36,425    1, 200
1864 July  1,'64 Mil. Purp. 7 July 1,'84 N. Y...   100, 000        87,586 00   11, 000............
1864 July 1,'64 Penit'y... 7 July 1,'84 N. Y...       50,000      45, 000 00.....
1866 July 1,'66Penit'y... 7 July 1,'86 N. Y...        60,000      54,600 00................
1866 July 1,'66 Pub. Imp. 7 July 1,'96 N. Y...         70, 000     63, 210 00...........  38, 000
1866 July 1,'66 Mil. Purp. 7 July 1,'86 Top'ka          40,000      38, 220 00'  40,000............
1867 July 1,'67 Penit'y... 7 July 1,'97 N. Y         100, 0001    89,329 16   50, 000............
1867 July 1,'67 Cap. B'dg. 7 July 1,'97 N. Y..    100,0001    89,513 00   30, 0001   5,000
1867 July 1,'67 D.&D.As. 7 July  1,'87 Top'ka            15,500      15,500 00   15,500....
1868 July 1,'68 Cap. B'dg. 7 July 1,'98 N. Y...   150, 000    137,180 00   66,000............
1868 July 1,'68 Penit'y... 7 July 1,'98 N. Y...       50, 000     45,588 35.........   50,000
1868 July 1,'68 Mil. Purp.  7 July 1,'88 N. Y...       30, 000     27, 353 00   30, 000............
1868 July 1,'68 InsaneAs. 7 July 1,'98 N. Y....        20,000      18,352 33   20, 000............
1869 Jan. 1,'69 Mil. Purp. 7 July 1,'89 N. Y...    75, 000         69,000 00   75, 000.
1869 Jan. 1,'69 Mil. Purp. 7 Julv 1,'99 N. Y...        89,000      83,200 00   89,000....
1869 Jan. 1,'69 Mil. Purp. 7 July 1,'89 N. Y...        12, 000     11,380 00   11, 000    1, 000
1869 Jan. 1,'69 Cap. B'dg. 7 July 1,'89 N. Y...        70,000      66, 442 57             30, 000
1874 Oct. 15,74 Rel'f B'ds. 7  Oct. 15,'94 N. Y...        5,000        5,000 00    5,000............
$1,341,775 $1,220,779 41 $512,725 $180,800
"The following bonds are held by the sinking fund:
Date of Issue.                   For what PPurpose.                       ate  of    Amont o f
Interest.      Bonds.
May  1, 1863  Funding Territorial debt..................................6 per cent.   $11,000 00
July  1, 1863  Funding Territorial debt.................................. 6 per cent.    10,000 00
July  1, 1864  Funding Territorial debt..................................6 per cent.     1, 200 00
July  1, 1861  Current expenses...................................  7 per cent.          4, 600 00
Mar.20, 1863  Current expenses...................................... 7 per cent.    30,000 00
July  1, 1868  Penitentiary buildings..............................     7 per cent.    50, 000 00
July  1, 1867  Capitol building..............................................   7 per cent.  5,000 00
July  1, 1869  Capitol building...............................    7 per cent.    30, 000 00
July  1, 1866  Public improvements..................................    7 per cent.    38,000 00
Jan. 1, 1869  Military purposes...............................          7 per cent.       1,000 00
Total..........................................................................   $180, 800  00
"The amount of the Kansas State debt held by the Permanent School Fund is $512,725; by the Sinking Fund, $180,800; State bonds now outstanding and unpaid, $648,250."
-Auditor Wilder's Report.
NOVEMBER 30.-The Insane Asylum; at Osawatomie, has steam waterworks in successful operation.
NOVEMBER 30.-The following table is given to show what the State has
attempted to raise each year by taxation:
Taxable property
Rate of tax on                                                    as fixed by the
Year.                 the dollar.                                        Tax levied.    State Board.
1861.....                mills................... 3 mills..................................................   $74, 233  $24,774, 333
1862........................  5.............................................  01,469  19,285,749
1863........................  5............................           127,302        25, 460,400
1864........................  5                                         152,334        30,502,791
1865......................... 5...........................    181,136  36,227,200
1866......................... 4............201,760                                 50,439,634
1867........................   5...........................             281,381        56,276,360
1868......            6Y/....................................................  435,407  66, 949, 549
1869 0 "..........................................................   763, 836     76,383,697
1870........................8.....................................................  809,620  92,528,099
1871............................................................      652,521       108,753, 575
1872........................ 8................................................... 1, 085, 372  127,690,937
1873........................                                             754, 105      125, 684, 176
1873........................  6.............................................. 754,105  125,684,176
1874........................ 6..........................             773, 499     128,916,519
1875.......................  6   "...................................................  729,266  121,,544,344
-Auditor Wilder's Report.




1874.]                  ANNALS OF KANVSAS.                             071
The 1875 figures have been added to the above table.  The Report says:
"The whole of this tax is never collected, and only a fraction of the amount
levied in any year is collected during that year."
— Librarian Dickinson says the State owns 4,278 volumes of Kansas
Supreme Court Reports, worth $17,112.  The number of books in the
Library is 10,297.
DECEMBER.-Report of Charles Puffer, C. S. Brodbent, and Wm. W.
Creighton, Commissioners of Public Institutions. It is a volume of 406
pages.
DECEMBER 1. —Secretary Smallwood reports the following counties
organized during the year: Kingman, February 27; Pratt, March 14;
Edwards, August 21.
DECEMBER."There are now in the State 4,395 school districts, of which 391 were organized during
the past year. In the number of pupils enrolled in the public schools there has been
an increase, since the last report of the Superintendent, of 13,000; 5,043 teachers have
been employed, an increase from 1873 of more than twenty per cent. The amount
distributed to the various counties, on the semi-annual dividend of school money, is
$261,952.61, an increase for the year of $30,035.34. The progress made by the higher
educational institutions is none the less marked."-Gov. Osborn's Message, Jan., 1875.
DECEMBER 1."It has been repeatedly asserted that the laws governing the State Treasury are
impracticable, and that no person could perform the duties of the office and comply
with the law. On the 19th of May, I issued a circular to the several county treasurers,
reciting the sections of the statutes showing the kind of funds which should be received
by the State Treasurer in payment of all moneys due the treasury, with a notice that
hereafter no drafts or checks would be received. In some instances no attention was
paid to said circular, but a prompt adherence to the law on my part produced the
desired effect on the part of others; and after a period of more than six months I can
truly say that the law governing the treasury of the State of Kansas is a good one for
the people of the State, and ought not in any manner to be modified, but rather
strengthened by additional safeguards."-Treastrer Francis's Report.
DECEMBER.-The St. Mary's Times issued.  0. L. R. Sedgwick; publisher; H. G. Evans, editor.
DECEMBER 8.-The Lawrence Tribune suspends.
-The Kansas Pacific train robbed at Muncie, a few miles west of Kansas
City, at 3 P. M. Five masked men flagged and stopped the train, cut off
the passenger coaches, moved the engine and express car some distance
forward, and fobbed Wells, Fargo & Co.'s safe of about $27,000.
DECEMBER 10.-William  McDaniels, one of the Muncie train robbers,
arrested in'Kansas City.
DECEMBER 10.-The new Deaf and Dumb Asylum, at Olathe, is completed; number of pupils in the school, 80. The Ninth Annual Report
gives a history of legislation in Kansas for the Deaf and Dumb.
DECEMBER 15.-Eighth Annual Meeting of the State Horticultural Society, at Emporia. Officers:.Pesident, E. Gale, Manhattan; Vice President, Robert Milliken, Emporia; Secretary, G. C. Brackett, Lawrence;.
Treasurer, Fred. Wellhouse, Leavenworth.  Executive Board: H. E. Van
Deman, Geneva, Allen county; E. Snyder, Highland, Doniphan  county;.
J. Stayman, Leavenworth.




f67'2                       ANNALS OF KANSAS.                                [1874.
DECEMBER  17.-A. M. Campbell confirmed as Postmaster at Salina, and
Luther M. Eggers as Register of the Hays City Land Office.
DECEMBER  21.-Edward Russell resigns as Superintendent of Insurance,
and Henry Clarkson is appointed.
-The Blue Rapids Woollen Mills manufacture cloth to clothe the convicts in the Penitentiaries of Kansas, Nebraska and Colorado.
DECEMBER 28.-Death of Gerrit Smith, in New York City.
Burning of Drake's Block, in Fort Scott..-M. M. Murdock appointed Postmaster at Wichita.
DECEMBER 29.-The Lawrence dam completed and utilized. The dam
has cost $100,000, and furnishes between two and three thousand horsepower. It has been under construction since 1872.
DECEMBER  31.-The Report Qf Charles A. Morris, Adjutant General,
gives a detailed account of Indian raids and military operations during the
year. The following is copied from pages 33, 34, and 36:
"The total number of persons known to have been murdered within the State, by
Indians, since the 16th of June last, is twenty-seven, inclusive of the four citizens of
Kansas, killed July 3d, on the Fort Sill trail, while engaged in transporting Indian
supplies....  The following shows the force and term of service of the militia
called into service during the present year to repel Indian invasion:
Name of Company.            i, i2
Co. A, Sedgwick County Mounted Militia   21  July 10, 1874  July 21, 1874   11 days.
Co. A, Barbour County Mounted Militia*   60  Aug. 7, 1874  Aug. 24, 1874   18 days.
Co. A, Barbour County-Mounted Militia-t  60  Aug. 24, 1874  Nov. 24, 1874   90 days.
Co. A, Cowley County Mounted Militia...  60  Aug. 28, 1874  Nov. 28, 1874   90 days.
Co. A, Reno County Mounted Militia....    40  Aug. 21,1874  Oct. 14, 1874   54 days.
Barbour County Mounted Guards$......... 50  Sept. 3, 1874  Dec. 22, 1874  109 days.
*Before reorganization. t Second organization. t Ordered into service again, December 23, 1874, and still on duty.
" The State has heretofore paid, for defence against Indians, $206,000, under the following acts, to wit:
An act to provide for the issuance and sale of the bonds of the State for the
purpose of defraying the expenses of the Kansas militia; approved March
3, 1868.........................................................................................................    $30,000
An act to provide for the issuance and sale of bonds of the State of Kansas for
the purpose of liquidating the indebtedness of the State, incurred for military purposes during the year 1868, in defending the citizens of the State
against the ravages of hostile Indians on the frontier of Kansas; approved
February 9, 1869....................................................................  75,000
An act to provide for the issuance and sale of bonds of the State of Kansas to
provide a military contingent fund for the protection of the frontier against
hostile Indians; approved February 26, 1869................................................ 89, 000
An act to provide for the issuance and sale of bonds for defraying the expenses.
in raising the Nineteenth Regiment Kansas Volunteer Cavalry; approved
March 3, 1869...................................................................  12, 000
"There was also paid by the State $140,000, in addition to the above, for defensive
purposes, under acts of February 22,1864, and March 6, 1866, a portion of which was for
defence against Indians.
"So much of this amount as has been paid to protect the State against Indian depredations, together with the military expenses of the present year, should be assumed by
the General Government, and refunded to the State."
DECEMBER 31.-The following is copied from Superintendent McCarty's
Report:




1874.]                       ANNALS OF KANSAS.                                     673
TABLE SHOWING THE GROWTH OF FREE SCHOOLS IN KANSAS.
No. Children of School Age.  No. of Children enrolled.
Years.     R,,                             WI                                  a
~.a-   -...
1861..............  12  217  114........................  4,901........................  2,310
1862.............. 28    534    304    7 911   6, 065   13,976    4,721   3 872    8,595
1863.......   33'   705    506   12,516  12,058   24,574    7,645   7 458   15,103
1864..............    33  823  640........................  37, 979.......................  22, 667
1865.........  35    847    721.......................  45, 441......       26,409
1866........ 37    986    871   28,104  26,621   54,725........................  31, 528
1867..............  42  1,172  1,056   32,275'30,558   62,833   20,696  1 18,753   39,449
1868.............. 43  1,372  1,232   40, 246  35,904   76,150   23,640  21,500   45,140
1869.............. 43  1,707  1,621   48,007  44,510   92,517   30,197  28 484   58,681
1870...........  47  2,068  1,950   52,254  56,988  119,244   32,183  31,035   63,218
1871.......... 53  2,647  2,438   73, 248 I 69,110  142,358   44,870  44,907   89, 777
1872..............  60  3,419  3,170   85, 095  80,887  165, 982   53, 666  52,997  106,663
1873........  64  4,004  3,847   90 714  85,357  184, 957   57, 772  54,645  121,690
1874............. 68  4,395  4,181  101,872  87,138  199,019   68,978  66,620  135,598
COMPARATIVE TABLE —CONTINUED.
a     c 3 PX  No. Teachers employed.  Average salary                o
FL4,Q ~ a   __________                per month.         Q Q
n~..   >    o.                        3..
II   II   ~ C
1862................. 3.2  90    229    319................ $14,009 67  $1,747 23
1863...      5 549  3.8   164    400    564................... 24,845 27...............
1864......  8,744  3.5     205    527    732  $27 00 $16 10    16,361 67  10, 625 61
1865...... 14210  3.4      247    652    899   46 74  34 41    86898 92..............
1866......... 3   405 * 681  1,086   41 27  28 90   115,924 11...............
1867...... 20,573  4.4    541    664  1,205   39 44  26 41   170,046 39  42,824 42
1868...... 27,238  5      746    855  1,601   39 56  29 08   203, 878 54  45, 319 87
1869...... 31,124  5      896  1,118  2,014   37 07  28 98   292,719 94  79,343 76
1870.... 39,401  5.2    1,079  1,161  2,240   39 60  31 10   318,596 31  98,644 33
1871...... 52,891  5.8    1,453  1,625  3,078   41 54  31 75   449,273 05  44,690 58
1872...... 61,538  5.4    1 747  2,048  3,795   40 20  31 50   596,611 94  58,886 08
1873......  71,062  5.34   1,880  2,144  4,675   38 43  30 64   716,056 08  51,504 06
1874...... 77,386  5.5    2, 360  2, 683  5,043   37 24  28 69   723, 578 63  51,263 70
COMPARATIVE TABLE- CONCLUDED.
og tic, 20  N2umber of School Houses.: o        I I                                                  Ia
aa.':
1862.................................. $10,381 81.................................   $10,432 50
1863..  $12,918  14................. 12,300  59..........................................  32,972  60
1864..  24,193 01.............. 58,343 29..................................    76,500 71
1865..  23, 814 11.................. 107,293 47..........................................   122, 822 64
1866..  31,054 24................. 192,620 17......................................    318, 897 31
1867..  49, 961 36 1$21,353 38  273,057 18   241   339   15  108   703 1  573,690 08
1868..  55,989 90  30,804 94  342,421 70   270   472   28  182   953         813,062 75
1869.. 116,235 80  19,259 93 1 428,983 98   348   606   35  224 1,213   1,031,892 00
1870.. 139,957 37  14,260 19  518,332 85   352 1 864   46  239 1,501   1,520,041 40
1871.. 182,377 201 30,000 88  534,261 69   266 1,197   61  263 1,820   2,024,594 33
1872.. 217,810 80  22,680 65  822,644 94   204 1,507  244  348 2,437   2, 845, 262 58
1873.. 231,917 28  27,404 54  931, 958 69   263 2,263  246  461 3,134   3,408,956 00
1874.. 261,952 62  49,273 76  895, 095 35   328 2,482  263 1 470 3,543   3,989,085 67
43




674                                  ANNALS OF KANSAS.                                                    [1874..
CENSUS TAKEN MARCH 1, 1875.
The following figures have been furnished by Alfred Gray, Secretary of
the State Board of Agriculture. They are not official, but will not vary 500,
from the official result:
Counties.           Popula-             Counties.            Popla-             Counties.          Po
tion.                                   tion.                               lation.
Allen......         6, 638    Harper...............................  Phillips...............   2, 817'
Anderson...........,800    Harvey...................    5,050    Pottawatomie...    10, 342
Atchison....................20,191    Jackson...................   6,684    Pratt*..............
Barbour...............         367    Jefferson.................  11,654    Reno..................   5,114Barton.........2,.106    Jewell....................   7,652    Republican.........   8, 050
Bourbon.................       879    Johnson.................  14,582    Rice.....................   2, 455
Brown....................,728    Kingman *..                   Riley...................   7, 066
Butler....................   9,840    Labete..........               14,568    Rooks t................        567
Chautauqua........... 7,634    Leavenworth..........  27,738    Rush..................                      451
Chase.....................   3,000    Lincoln...................   2,492    Russell.............   1, 054
Cherokee...............  13,393    Linn.......................    11,546    Saline...                    6,359
Clay........................ 6,648    Lyon....................    9,578    Sedgwick............   8,162
Clobd....................    7,195    Marion.................. 6 5,904    Shawnee..............  15, 389:
Coffey.....................   7, 239    Marshall................  10,818    Smith..................   3, 915
Comanche *........................    McPherson............        6,202    Sumner...............   4,925
Cowley................... 927    Miami.................... 2,680    Wabaunsee.........   4, 694Crawford...........   9,.....383    Mitchell.5...............   Wallace*.........................
Davis...................... 4,765    Montgomery........... 12,177    Washington.........   8, 548
Dickinson...............    6,911    Morris....................   4,595    Wilsoni.................       9,752
Doniphan...............13,923    Nemaha.................   7,103    Woodson..............                 4,472
Douglas.................  18, 365    Neosho.........                 9,763    Wyandotte...........  12, 385;
Edwards................        234    Ness *.................................   Unorganized Cos $            500,
Elk.........................   300    Norton..................          901
Ellis..942    Osage.....................  10,281                                   Total........        526, 732
Ellswortb...............761    Osborne.........                     3,466                               * 4, 424
Ford......................    813    Ottawa.................   4,430
Franklin........           10 039    Pawnee..............           1,006                               5
Greenwood                      642.............                                                         531,15
~ The counties of Comanche and Ness polled 535 votes at the general election in 1873.  The counties of Kingman, Pratt and
Wallace polled 671 votes in 1874.  Allowing four inhabitants to the voter, it will give to these counties, at the periods named, a~
population of 4,424.  Returns of 1874. jEstimated.




INDEX.
A.                         Arapahoes, The........... 22, 30, 257, 428, 467
ABBOTT, JAMES B......... 70, 94, 132, 161, 162  Arkansas, Valley of the......................  18
235, 372, 448, 529  Arkansas Territory............................. 21
Abbott, Nelson.........489, 523, 529, 585' 644  Arny, W. F. M.........134, 168, 182, 189, 235
~~646, 659                  2,~239,',253, 261, 265
Arms issued to the State................ 599
Abell, Peter T..........................37, 249, 638...............                 37, 249, 68,"A rtemus W    ard"..................... 426
Abernathy, James L................... 297
Abileneathy, James....................... 97  Arrasmith, Abner..               493
Abilene....464,467,52..................         Arrickaree Fork, Battle of.............4-489, 501
Academy of Science......... 563, 600, 620, 658  Ar...............         207
Act of Admission.............254....             rur,......... 
Adams, Charles W.........................  Ashbaugh, H. C................................. 580
Adams, Daniel M......260, 309, 313, 345, 595  Ahley illiam   H.......................21
Adams, Frank G........22, 130, 182, 262, 314  Atchison, David R...3, 35, 40, 72, 105, 109
321, 344, 369, 378, 381) 481, 486, 577, 616  Atchison....28, 37, 38,/66, 114, 128, 162, 188
653     241, 248, 261, 268, 462, 508, 520, 521, 543
Adams, Henry J......105,  128, 129, 132, 160       549, 567, 578, 579, 598, 614, 616, 620, 633
162, 167, 182, 224, 225,.257, 309, 457, 521  A. T. & S. F..                638, 640, 642
346,374, 427, 431, 458
Adams, Nathaniel A........ 332, 481, 554, 5744.. 489, 506, 509, 521, 526, 529, 567, 577, 578
Adams M   Se..266, 271, 584, 620, 658.        601, 619, 628, 629, 640, 658
Adams, Moses S.....266 26309, 31344, 331  Atchison and Nebraska R. R...461, 466, 544
469, 494, 502, 527                                   555, 580, 629
Adair, S. L..........................................  498Aa c b..........
Admission of Kansas........................... 254
A~Admire, j. V..             653  ~xAtlanta evacuated................378, 391
Agassiz, Louis.487................ 47490  Atwood, Samuel F....250 322, 325, 387, 393
Agassiz, Louis......~..........................48    490 X  *
Agricultural College.........320, 345, 347, 355  Audtor's Insurance fund........          550
437, 453, 461, 464, 508, 514, 570, 620, 631  Auld, David C.........................235  270, 339
657  Austin, James H...........................641, 669
Agricultural Society, State......314, 344, 369
422, 432, 504, 520, 554, 600, 605, 637, 658                        B.
Akers, Benjamin F........................414, 644
Akin, Andrew................................442, 465  BABCOCK, CARMI W...43, 51, 72, 98, 109, 134
Akin, Eugene L.............................428, 488  149, 153, 156, 346, 355, 375, 464, 481, 506
Alabama...........      112                                        561, 611
Albin, U. A....................................527, 646  Babbitt, J. F..................................510, 537
Aldrich, C. J....................................... 556  Baker University............151, 376, 435, 437
Allen, Asaph..................................94, 01                                 501, 657
Allen, John M.................334, 551, 560, 623  Baker, F. P........251, 270, 314, 321, 344, 349
Allen, Norman..............................126, 308  479, 481, 483, 497, 498, 505, 506, 524, 548'
Allen, Lyman....................98, 118, 149, 355                                    562, 572
Alma....................................   657  Baker, Thomas H..........................327, 343
Altoona.............   599  Badger, William  P...........165, 191, 337, 408
Alvord, Theodore....................439, 463, 646  Bainum, J. W...................................... 662
Anderson, John A.....609, 616, 620, 640, 658  Bakewell, John.................................... 443
Anderson, Martin.....189, 250, 271, 314, 322  Bailey, David H...............197, 234, 248, 250
332, 442, 446, 488, 581  Bailey, Lawrence D.........188, 189, 226, 232:
Anderson, Thomas J........275, 309, 425, 436      322, 326, 344, 347, 369, 392, 422, 432, 439
452, 464, 584, 619                                        459, 495
Andersonville prisoners....................... 437  Baptists, The...................371. 521, 552, 658
Angell, H. H..........................617, 641, 665  Bancroft, Asa R...............394, 407, 576, 577
Anthony, Daniel R...197, 225, 253, 256, 262  Bancroft, Edward P.........167, 168, 235, 244
264, 268, 273, 274, 294, 319, 323, 346, 380          266, 297, 300, 312, 314, 356, 482, 544
442, 460, 462, 487, 488, 490, 528, 529, 561  Bancroft, George.................................   6
569, 582, 583, 625, 644, 649, 650  Banks, National................................. 658
Anthony, George T..........462, 465, 467, 473  Banks, Private................................ 658
486, 524, 526, 600, 605, 628, 637, 643, 645  Banks, Nathaniel P............................. 91
652, 658  Banks, Elliot V................................... 381
Anthony, Jacob M..........................294, 296  Banks, Alex. R.........260, 313, 344, 347,' 371
Anthony, Susah B............................. 465           434, 455, 547. 566, 582, 605, 637
Antietam, Battle of......................... 321  Banfield, John A.....................551, 563, 620
Appomattox Court House.....................425  Bands, Social...................................... 32
Appropriations, State....... 312, 330, 355, 431  Banta, A. J......................594, 602, 611, 653
452, 472, 497, 513, 541, 562, 599, 629, 669  Battle-flags...........................   440




676                                 ANNALS OF KANSAS.
Battery, Independent Colored........369, 423  Books relating to Kansas...... 5, 6, 7, 8,  10
Ballard, David E......235, 283, 378, 424, 450               20, 22, 23, 25, 27, 29, 32, 37, 42, 43,  62
460, 561, 649         90, 92, 96, 102, 103, 104, 107, 109, 111
Baldridge, B. L.............................369, 642        120, 121, 132, 192, 209, 224, 225, 237, 275
Barber, Thomas W....71, 72, 73, 92, 96, 115                 347, 350, 374,- 426, 452, 458, 459, 473, 482
Barber, Oliver................. 149, 235, 309, 386          487, 501, 507, 513, 519, 523, 527, 552, 553
Barber, Robert J................................. 397                              577, 579, 601, 616, 618
Barber, John.................................... 397  Boynton, Jeremiah...559, 569, 574, 612, 656
Barbour county.............................459, 633  Boynton, Charles B..............................  42
Bartlett, J. Kemp................................ 163  Boynton, H. V....................................  42
Barton county..............................459, 599   Boyd, John.....................617, 627,  640, 655
Barker, Rinaldo A....278, 378, 384, 442, 446  Botkin, Owen D.................................. 401
Barker, E.............................. 593  Bourbon county.................................  459
Barker, Rev. Francis...........................  24  Bowles, John................................301, 340
Barry, Abraham............................94, 149  Bowles, Theodore C................ 495, 574, 609
Bartlett, Thomas................................. 662  Bonds, Municipal............436, 530, 575, 642
Bardwell, F. W.................................... 620  Bonds to railroads.........................424, 427
Barter, Nat. G................. 524  Bonds, Territorial claim.................224, 257
Barnett, William  B...............269, 312, 629  Bonds, State.......347,  432, 437, 453, 459, 460
Barr; William  V................................. 182                                          480, 505, 506
Barstow, William  A.......................316, 432  Bond, Joseph..................................   447
Barnes, Asa.....................................  407  Bodwell, Lewis...................................  453
Bassett, Owen A.......149, 281, 492, 501, 524   Bowman, William.............. 458
549, 597  Bowker, William  E..........182, 235, 250, 378
Baughn, Melvin..................................489                                                  453, 642
Bauserman, Joseph  P......415, 429, 653, 662  Bowen, Thomas M..........303, 337, 375, 482
Bawden, W. -J.........................569, 650, 669  Brown, John......13, 44, 71, 72, 99, 100, 101
Baxter Springs Massacre..................... 349            105, 108, 115, 192, 196, 198, 226, 231, 237
Beach, David C.........648, 649, 656, 657, 660               238, 241, 242, 243, 267, 268, 350, 461, 553
Beach, M. S..............................        584                                                615, 628
Beates, G. E..................................506, 582  Brown, John, jr.........44, 51, 55, 94, 95,  98
Bear, W. L......................................... 559                            102, 123, 296, 312, 316
Beam, John A.................................... 327  Brown, George W...........39, 62, 90, 98, 123
Benton, Milton R............228, 239, 323, 387                                           134, 197, 263, 554
Benton, Thomas H..............3...........31,  35   Brown, Ansel D...............264, 287, 523, 563
Beebe, George M...... 228, 240, 242, 246, 253   Brown, John H..............................524, 610
Bennett, Abram.................................  537  Brown, Robert J................................. 620
Bennett, M. V. B....................529, 531, 584  Brown, L......................................657, 659
Bender murders.. 614   Brown, V.............................................   560
Benedict, S. S..................558, 653, 654, 665  Brown, William  R............ 435,. 456, 471, 501
Beatty, Archibald...................485, 491, 609                                        521, 597, 653, 668
Bell, Peter....................................646, 656  Brown, John S.................384, 385, 422, 432
Beman, Hiram  T......425, 505, 528, 581, 610                                                         440, 464
Beeler, William  D.............             182  228..............82, 228  Brown, R. P., killed.................90, 91,  94
Bent, H. N.......                                 560  Brown, Abram.................................. 328
Bettis, F. A.......................................... 582  Brown, Rev. Olympia.......................... 464
Bethany, College of Sisters of...257, 501, 553  Browne, Orville H..........................389, 645
Bickerton, Thomas.................256, 308, 529  Brandley, Henry.............301, 451, 566, 575
Biennial sessions...........................138, 224                                                 581, 593
Bienville...................8,.........8,  10  Branscomb, Charles H...............37, 39, 107
Big Blue, Battle of..................381, 382, 383                                                   182, 201
Big Springs.....................................55,  60  Brewer, David J.......381, 390, 440, 441, 475
Birds of Kansas.................................. 576                                    483, 488, 528, 535
Blakely, William  S...........313, 410, 449, 596  Bridges, C. G................................ 524, 662
Blair, A. M......................................... 592  Brewerton, G. Douglas.......................  92
Blair, Charles W.......242, 279, 319, 356, 430  Bruner, J. B....................................... 469
441, 443, 444, 447, 459, 479, 485, 491, 585  Brumbaugh, J. D......250, 352, 378, 384, 385
598, 669                                     412, 442, 581, 609
Blanton, N. B.........................235, 307, 470  Brackett, George C..................473, 514, 541
Black Bob Lands........................... 527, 640                                                  600, 671
Blake, F. N.............................182, 235, 244  Branson, Jacob..............................70, 123
Blair, Francis P.....................263, 484, 486   Brooks, Preston S...........................34, 100
Black Jack....................................100, 101  Breckinridge, John C...............34, 101, 248
Black, Jeremiah S............................... 190  Broadhead, John F.......... 234, 258, 306, 312
Bloss, William  C..................................  39                314, 329, 343, 381, 388, 493, 654
Bloss, William  W........................374, 380  Brooks, Paul R................230, 397, 579, 606
Blood, James.............94, 198, 203, 207, 494  Bronson, Ira D...................................  311
Blood, N.................................   207  Bronson, Henry........612, 613, 615, 624, 641
Blunt, James G.......207, 305, 309, 316, 321  Bronson, Levi...................................... 290
331, 344, 347, 348, 349, 380, 383, 391  Brock, Benjamin H.............................  94
392, 440  Brockway, David.............327, 343, 391, 393
Blind Asylum...374, 459, 466, 478, 497, 514  Burr, Aaron............................                  14,  19
518, 632  Buchanan, James......101, 117, 128, 161, 254
Blue Rapids woollen mill.....................  672  Buford, Jeff...............................90, 95, 112
Blue Lodges................................      32  Butler, Gen. Benj. F............................ 263
Booth, John Wilkes.......................355, 426   Butler, Pardee............55; 97, 541, 563, 583
Booth, Henry....334, 451, 481, 628, 650, 653                                                         584, 589
Border Ruffians...33,  41, 42, 45, 49, 100, 105  Butler county.........................459  541, 586
115, 122, 123, 132, 164, 350, 355, 521  Butler, Charles B.............539, 558,. 576, 592
Bogus Laws......56, 57, 58, 59, 114, 123, 198  Butler, Thomas H.....182, 471, 496, 512, 583




INDEX.                                                             677
Burnett, J. C......201, 207, 234, 243,' 251, 262   Cessions, English..............................7,   11
321, 375                     French..........8,  9, 11, 14   15,   16.
Burnett,. Abram.................................. 521                             Spanish................................  13
Budlong bonds.................................... 607   Centre of the State.............................. 633
Burris, Fernando  IH...............305, 345, 644   Centennial...................................554, 643
Burris, John T......... 207,  244, 251, 262, 305   Centralia.............................j..........    482
378, 429, 434, 481, 501, 511   Central Branch  R. R........320, 431, 458, 464
Burrell, J. M..................................40,  72                465, 466, 473, 475, 483, 521, 522, 619, 628
Burnes, James N..............................   37                                                                      629, 640Burlington.............................163, 436, 599   Cherokees, The........20,  23, 25, 26, 440, 482
Buchan, W. J.................................594, 664                                                                    508, 640
Burgoyne, William.........290,  505, 581, 620   Cheyennes, The.........22, 30, 257, 428, 467
Buckingham, Henry.......253, 323, 349, 466   Chippewas, The......................42, 225, 640
489, 521, 544, 570   Chivington's Indian  Massacre.............. 392
Buck, J. Jay............382, 648, 649, 650, 653   Chicago fire......................................... 555
Burning well....................................... 515   Chicago  and Southwestern  R. R.....453, 549
Buckmaster, Henry.........229, 235, 250, 309                                                                             555, 579
B3urlingame, Ward...........323, 331, 431, 437   Chadwick, Charles....154, 157, 225, 331, 381
464, 501, 548, 549   Chetopa.................................439, 599, 633
Burlingame, Anson.................33, 225, 226   Champion, The Atchison....39, 43, 204, 378
Burlingame............................103, 163, 614                                                                     550, 606
Burke, William   S......275, 489, 524, 615, 644   Chenoweth, Bernard  P............252, 275, 522
Burnett,  Ward B...................... 186   Chief, Troy..................188, 312, 551, 578
Buffum, David  C............................109, 111   Challiss, Luther C............................... 162
Burns, Ross......            397, 444, 447, 485, 491   Challiss, Wm. L.................................. 525
Burdett, Samuel F..........525, 526, 547, 566   Chase, A. G.............................487, 544, 612
Bull Run............................................ 266   Chase, Salmon  P.................32, 35, 541, 614
Budington, George E.....................275, 365    Christian, James.........                          39,   98, 114, 191, 236
Butts, William   C......399, 450, 469, 510, 538'' 242, 309, 426,444, 492, 541
Cheese factories................................... 482
c.                                   Christopher, W. B.............................. 661
Chapman, John B...............................   43
CALHOUN, JOHN.........38, 134, 147, 156, 162   Chatham, James J...........................  614
185, 186, 478   Chess, Joh......................................... 309
Candle-box  returns......................161, 162   Cherokee county...........................241,. 459
Carson, Kit.........................................   28   ~Chanute,  Octave.................................. 464
Cato, Sterling G........................40, 62, 152   Cheeseborough, E...........................378, 544
Cass, Lewis...........23, 29, 95, 120, 154, 155   Charlott, Battle of.............................. 382.
Cameron, Simon................................. 462   Chancellorsville, Battle of..................... 347
Cameron, Hugh........................52, 283, 527   Chalfant, W. F.......................349, 569, 577.
Carpet-bag accounts lost..................... 345   Chicamauga, Battle  of...................... 349
Carney, Thomas........271, 314, 322, 326, 574   Cibola................................................ 5,7
382, 393, 457, 487, 548, 549, 570    Clark county............................        459
Carnahan, A. A..............................493, 570   Clark, Austin  M...............188,  196, 229, 263
Canutt, J. A........................................ 524   Clark, John  A.................................... 619
Canutt, H. F....................................... 524   Clark, Jeremiah.................................. 229
Carr, E. T...............~............... 525   Clark, Johnson................327, 343, 349, 432
Callahan,. Alonzo  F.........443, 444, 461, 478   Clarke, Charles S................................. 300
Case, A........................................... 272   Clarke, William...............................                         18
Catholics; The...........372,  373, 498, 526, 527   Clarke, Lewis and......................18, 19, 487
555, 618, 619, 658    Clarke, George J.....................290, 357, 598
Carter,~ Lawrence............................39,  40   Clarke, George W...........................72, 190
Callen, A. W...........................389, 410, 431   Clarke, Joseph.........472, 487, 489, 524, 548
Canfield, William  H................536, 559, 597   Clarke, Sidney...271, 309, 313, 314, 322, 345
Carter, Samuel J............................412, 637                    347, 375, 378, 380, 384, 442, 447, 487, 491.
Cane Hill, Battle of........................330, 331                                        521, 527, 570, 583, 601, 655
Campdorus, M.A................................   310   Clarkson, Henry................................. 672
Calkins, Elias A................................... 316   Clay Centre........................................ 657
Carpenter, Louis................................. 381   Claims, Territorial....196, 197, 224, 240, 241
Carpenter, John  C....493, 528, 569, 570, 581                                                                     245, 256, 257 
645, 650   Cloud county....................................... 459
Castle, P. B.......................................... 645   "Cleve," the Jayhawker.................296, 316
Campbell,;W. P................................... 597   Climate...................................433,   552, 618
Campbell, A. M................................... 672   Clardy, J. E...........................233, 387, 484
Campbell, John  B................................ 648   Cloud, R. W......................................... 235
Campbell, Henry  M............................. 294   Cloud, William   F....279, 305, 359; 379, 389
Campbell, D. G.................388, 450, 469, 484                                                                        424, 441
585, 664   Clayton, Powell..............276, 309, 350, 482
Campbell, William  T...........    290   Coronado...........................5, 6, 7, 10,   36
Cavanaugh, Thos. H........603, 635, 652, 659   Covode, John....................................... 462
Caldwell, Alex..........548, 549, 567, 572, 577   Constitution of the State..................... 209
578, 601, 602, 607, 611, 612   Covode Investigation..........................    129
Cattle, Texas..................................... 658   Congregationalists..........124, 125, 520, 551
Carruth, James H............551, 600, 605, 620                                                                         613,.658
Canniff, H.. J...................................... 526   Collins killed.......................................   69
Caniff, S. R..........................230, 235, 451   Coleman, Franklin  N...........................  70
Cain, W. S........................................... 429   Cortez..............................................6,   36
Cain, John  M................................... 474   Columbus.......................................                         36
Carver,.Hartwell................................. 483   Compromise, Missouri........................   21
Census.........44, 240, 247, 426, 438, 522, 674   Colored  Battery......................369, 423, 427




678                                   ANNALS OF KANSAS.
Comanches, The................................. 467   Cross, H. C.........457, 570, 583, 609, 643, 653
Conway, Martin F...47, 52, 55, 90, 129, 132   Craig, William B................                            563, 609
133, 164, 168, 182, 225, 226, 232, 242, 248   Crittenden-Montgomery  bill................ 164
264, 265, 322, 439, 621   Crook, Joel J....................... 294, 538, 556
Colton, Gustavus A...153, 182, 230, 235, 238   Crocker, Allen...............................207, 451
262, 321, 371, 375, 386, 399, 437, 441, 443   Cracraft, Joseph................................ 536
Cole, Eugene  M..................................  43   Cummings, J. F...........69, 94, 188, 201, 249
Council Grove.................................... 607                                  312, 353, 431, 505, 627
Cottonwood Falls................................ 163   Cushing, Caleb..............................601, 608
Congressional apportionmnent.........578, 642   Curtis, Alonzo.................................... 270
Columbia, C................................... 272, 451   Curtis, Samuel R......349, 369, 380, 383, 424
Cook-Book, Kansas.............................. 645   Cusey, James C.........625, 646, 648, 659, 669
Colorado.............................................. 184   Custer, Gen. George A............446, 461, 462
Colorado, The First.............................. 316                                                       497, 544
Confederate Government.....................  257   Cutler, George A........68,  132, 153, 235, 371
Concordia........................576,  600, 633, 642
Congressional Investigation.................  95
Cordley, Richard......124, 183, 347, 369, 392                                          D.
453, 523, 642, 649
"Contrabands"............................263, 274   DARLEY, FELIX O. C...................   350
Coppoc, Barclay.................................  267   Dablon, Father...................................    7
Cooper, Horace................................... 663   Day, Silas A................................ 653, 654
College of Sisters of Bethany.........257, 501   Day, John W.................239, 248, 312, 344
Colored  soldiers..............321, 374, 422, 423   Dassler, C. F. W.................................. 643
Collamore, George W........322, 332, 344, 345   Danford Addison......182, 190, 201, 225, 386
Conover, John...............................297, 298                                   419, 481, 482, 488, 491
Copley, Josiah............  620   Darling, Thomas J.......................499, 538
Coates, Kersey..................4..............   427   Davis, Joshua B.............................505, 506
Corinth, Battle of.............................  325   Davis, Werter R...............208, 257, 335, 362
Commonwealth, Topeka...................... 506                                                             376, 612
Cowley county....................................   459   Davis, Alson C........................149, 165, 184
Comanche county.........................459, 633   Davis, James...................307, 309
Cox,. JohnT.........................309, 378, 472   Davis, Jefferson.................40, 105, 257, 426
Cotton, Kaasas..............................330, 423   Davis, John.......612, 613, 641, 643, 645, 646
Coffin, W.. G......:...........................457, 478   Davis, D. M.......................................  662
Cooper, S. S....................................398, 448   Defouri, James H.............372, 373, 563, 619
Coulter, M. W.................................551, 652   Deaf and Dumb Asylum........ 374, 436, 457
Coulter, J. C................................. 50&                  459, 465, 497, 514, 518, 632, 633, 671
Coffin, Elihu E...........511............... 511   Deaf and  Dumb, The..............345, 356, 432
Cobb, Stephen A....... 248, 309, 316, 375, 377   DeSoto............................................... 6,7
478, 487, 493, 504, 556, 563, 565, 583, 587   De Forest, A. C.................................... 556
605, 606, 620,.640, 654, 668   Delahay, Mark W...........51, 68, 73, 91, 201
Cobb, Nelson.......345, 380, 381, 389, 444, 447                                   231, 238, 256, 261, 314, 350
Cobb,.David R...............................329, 353   Deitzler, George'W..............62, 98, 99,. 123
Conkling, Roscoe........................... 487                153, 156, 249, 250, 275, 309, 380, 392, 393
Cook, Henry W.........494, 528, 58, 6, 643                                                   432, 578
653, 655   Devenney, A. Smith.........226, 234, 420, 584
Cook, J:oseph William..........................  466   Denison, Joseph..............355, 453, 483, 563
Cook, Hugh A................................343, 388.570, 658
Coal, Leavenworth....................484, 522   Denison, J. L...........  653
Coal, Burlingame...........................472, 553   Delawares, The........... 23, 28,' 32, 33, 246
Coal, Fort Scott...............371, 544, 553, 561                                             265, 440, 478, 640
Coal, Cherokee county...................548, 553   Delaware lands..................475, 483, 640
Coal, Osage county....................... 2, 643   Denver, James W......154, 155, 159, 162, 183
Crozat...8, 9, 16                                                                       185, 188, 194, 273, 315
Cramer, J. A....................................... 617   Delaware frauds.................................. 162
Crawford, George A.........126,  149, 234, 269   Denver, Colorado...........................241, 246
273, 274, 312, 313, 322, 378, 425, 457, 458   Denman, Hampton B....... 226, 233, 356, 446
459, 463, 472, 478, 479, 487, 518, 523, 527   Debt, State...................................     670
548, 554, 555, 644   Dennis, Edgar W.............                            643
Crawford, Samuel J..........235, 280, 366, 378   Dennis, L. B..............................70  96,376
384, 442, 446, 460, 472, 475, 487, 489, 496   Democrat, The St. Louis.....................  105
498, 548, 549, 576, 583   Disfranchised counties............125,  131, 148
Crozier, Robert.........149,  152, 154, 325, 350. Discovery, Spanish.....,      5
354, 381, 601, 628   Discovery, French.............................  10
Cree, Nathan............................      545, 585   Dickinson, David...39, 544, 562, 628, 643, 671
Crops, Second................................555, 561   Dickinson county................................ 459
Crowell, John M...........................413, 550   Dimon, George..................................  461
Crawford county................................. 459   Dimon, Charles.............................281, 498
Creighton, William  W...................581, 582   Dillon, John  F.....................381, 615
Crichton, James H...........592, 639, 662, 669   Diefendorf, Oliver............................... 402
Crosby, William.............       94   Douglass, Frederick............................ 628
Crosby, R. tH....................................     68   Douglass, H. Ford.........................            369
Cracklin, Joseph.............. 280  Douglass, John C......133, 182, 226, 252, 272
Creitz, William  F.................   286   Douglas, Stephen A........... 31, 32, 35, 94, 103
Crew, James S................................525, 595                            152, 161, 185, 248, 253, 264
Cross, Samuel K............................280, 611   Douthitt, William   P........272, 329, 396, 487
Crane, George W...... 506,  524, 549, 553, 567                                                           648, 661
601, -644   Doster, Frank.......................558, 565, 581
Crane, F. L....................................   509   Downs, W. F.................................464, 619




INDEX,                                                   679:Dow  killed..........................................  70  Emmert, David B......248, 260, 321, 349, 378
Dodge, S.'H...........................    563    422, 428, 437, 442, 448, 551, 563, 569, 581
-Dodge, Col. Henry.................26,  28                                   - 582, 621, 635, 652
Dodge, Augustus C'...............     31  English colony................................. 543'
Dov, Dr. John....................... 198, 204, 225  English, N. A................................... 589
Doniphan county.......................466, 482   English, William  H......;...................... 165'.Doniphan and Wathena R. R........ 563, 629  English Bill, The.................  165, 168, 186.Doudna, Willoughby................0...300, 448   Eskridge, Charles V..........90, 188, 200, 264
Dow,'H. P................................... 625, 663     272, 330, 353, 386, 453, 465, 487, 491, 501
Dow, Isaac N..........................302, 430, 488                                            558, 581, 653:
Drake, Charles........................481, 512, 558   Espy, H. J............................  182
Drake, Charles F.............329, 344, 457, 468   Essicks, M. L......................... 269.
Drake, Samuel A....................         365, 393   Ewing, Hugh..............................441, 445'
Drinkwater, O. H........................ 404, 470   Ewing, Thomas, sen........................ 325
Drinkwater, Delos F......................422, 463  Ewing, Thomas, jr....157, 161, 162, 167, 182
Draft......................................  424, 425       201, 226, 232, 309, 321, 322, 332, 345, 346'
Draft Riot in New  York...................... 347..  348, 380, 392, 424, 484
Dred Scott Decision.......................117, 118  Exemption, Homestead...................208, 227
Drenning, Frank H...264, 352, 386, 393, 437   Expenditures, Annual, of the State......  312:
442, 467, 479, 487, 524, 551, 625             330, 355, 431, 452, 472, 497, 513, 541, 562:Drew, William  Y.............334, 652                                            599, 629, 669
Dutisne.................................           10'Dutton, M.R............321, 387, 442, 455, 476                                   F.
Dutton, H. R..................229, 233, 260, 274
Dunton, Walter C................................ 250  FARMERS' CONVENTION..................608, 612
Duncan, CharlesC................ 529, 531, 533   Farnsworth, H. W..................233, 371, 375
Dumibauld, F. H............................617, 641  Fairchild, Wm........................... 657, 660
Dudley, Guilford...........152, 153, 34.5, 393   Fairchild, George H.........250, 252, 262, 278
Factories..............................          658
E.                             Fales, Philetus................507  544, 5  562, 582
Fearl, Silas.................................225, 272
EARL, GEORGE F................................. 301  Fenians............................          439
Earthquake....................................19, 461  Fenlon, Thomas P....272, 439, 441, 479, 484.Eastin, Lucien J........................47,  256        529, 531, 538, 548, 549, 556, 578, 579, 585
Eaton, Isaac E..........191, 235, 242, 376, 427                                                625, 641, 657
485, 529, 585, 644, 648   First Kansas............264, 265, 266, 268, 274
Eclectic Medical Society...................... 551                                                   313, 422
Editors' and Publishers' Association... 436   First Battery..................266, 308, 423
457, 518, 555, 577, 615. First Kansas Colored.......325, 340, 342,'422
Editors, State..................................349, 350   Fifth Kansas...................266, 350, 378, 422
Educational Journal...............369, 439, 445   Fifteenth Kansas......349, 350, 359, 381, 422
465, 484, 551, 554   Findlay, George W.................603; 635, 655
Edwards, Rufus R.........................309, 328  Five Forks, Battle of.......................... 425
Edwards, John H.............512, 559, 583, 593  Fitzpatrick, Wm. H........230, 241, 250, 460'
606, 645, 652                                            493, 536, 611
Edwards county.......................      642, 671   Fitzwilliain, F. P..............327, 343, 441, 465
Ege, Andrew  G..............306,  324, 380, 389                                                      484, 664
Eggers, Luther M................................ 672   Fiscal Agents..................................  644
Eighth Kansas...297, 374, 422, 431, 433, 437   Finney, DavidW............   470, 653,'662
Eighteenth Kansas... 463, 464, 466; 467, 474   Firey, M. J...............................586, 627
Eleventh Kansas..............321, 331, 381, 422   Fishback, W. H. M..........271, 327, 343, 349
424, 427                                           393, 509, 609
Eldridge, Shaler W.......95,  99, 110, 154, 279   Fields, Henry C.............................425, 594
309, 346, 427. Fisher, Charley................................  197.Eldridge, Thomas B.........465, 583, 595, 654  Fisher, H. D.................................376, 442.Elder, P. P. P.......168, 196, 228, 234, 244, 262  Flags, Rebel.................................261, 264
371, 442, 468, 481, 488, 489, 527, 528, 533  Flickenger, Robert............                 299, 387, 449
581,.629, 665  Fort Leavenworth..............23, 30, 484, 549
Elwood........................              162  Fort Scott.........27, 28, 30, 56, 126, 155, 184
Eldorado........................................552, 586    194, 252, 345, 371, 382, 426, 514, 515, 520
Ely, Andrew.................................   592         543, 544, 554, 561, 562, 598, 614, 633, 672
Elliott, Robert G....43, 51, 90, 133, 154, 251  Fort Scott Monitor...............     321
354, 369, 371,422, 457, 478, 504 Fort Zarah....                                       349, 378
Elliott, L. R.....................461, 489, 524, 620  Fort Harker...................................... 464
Elmore, Rush............36, 39, 188, 378  Fort Kearney......................................    30
Ellis, Abram.............190,  235, 322, 344, 360  Fort Laramie................................  29
Ellsworth............ 457, 462, 463, 464, 466  Fort Riley..........................30, 31, 40, 459
Ellsworth county................................. 459  Foster, Charles A..............51, 153, 168, 182
Ellis county....................................... 459  Fort Wayne, Old, Battle of............. 331
Emigrant Aid Societies...33, 36, 37, 38, 208  Fourteenth Kansas..........346, 356, 381, 422
355, 615   Ford county..............459, 611, 633, 642
Emancipation...........316, 323, 342, 424, 425   Fox, Henry............... 201, 353
Empie, Levi............................. 251, 526  Foote, Henry...............................309, 386
Emory, Maj. W. H.............  29  Folks, John H..............................616, 669
Emory, Fred.......................                132.........05   132  Fontana.....599
Emporia............117, 188, 461, 514, 526, 529  Forman, John W.....................207, 328
533, 554, 600, 601, 644  Forsyth, George A........................489, 501
Emery, James S.....41, 52, 67, 182, 329, 352   Foster, Chas. M................................... 579
381, 453, 643  Foster, Robert Cole.........207, 328, 388, 429
Emery Frederick W...............235, 294, 309                                            444, 448, 531, 535




680                                 ANNALS OF KANSAS.
Foster, Cassius G.............327, 343, 460, 465  Gorham, Mrs. J. H........................483, 507
487, 610, 642  Gould, John E.................................... 309
Franklin, Benjamin.............................  12  Gold quotations............................377, 4241
Franklin county................................. 544  Gove county..................................... 480(
Francis, John...........359,  528, 609, 644, 652  Green, W. H....................430, 539, 557, 567
653, 671  Green, Nehemiah......442, 446, 460, 496, 580
Freeman, The Topeka.............68, 505, 526                                                         620, 667'
Franklin, Town of.............70, 104, 108, 117  Greenwood county.............................. 459
Free-State Election..............................  89  Graham  county................................... 459,
Fraser, John....................464, 527, 563, 620  Grover, Joel.......................             469, 494
644, 653, 661, 669  Grover, O. J...270, 352, 386, 416, 493, 625
French, Cyrus O............................381, 554                                      642, 649, 650, 652
Fremont, John C................27, 28  101, 266  Graham, James M............................... 297
267, 471   Grimes, Edward B.............................. 309
Fruit, Kansas..................508, 521, 554, 555  Grimes, William  H...235, 337, 493, 592, 640
Friends, The............................62, 586, 642  Greeley, Horace.......201, 203, 204, 374, 532
Fry, Samuel.....................   621                                          577, 586, 598;
Furnas, Robert W.................204, 207  Greeley county.........................  611
Funston, Edward H............... 595, 626, 637  Greeley's American Conflict...........14,  32
657, 665  Grasshoppers......21, 38, 248, 263, 443, 459
Fuller, G. M...................................... 182          461, 462, 463, 465, 487, 506, 645, 648.
Funk, John M...............................196, 208  Gregg, Josiah..........................    28.
Fugit murders Hopps................... 105   Grange,  The.....       579, 616, 617, 618, 640
Fuller, Perry............157, 188, 483, 497, 521                                                     641, 643
526, 544  Gray, Alfred......229, 235, 252, 286, 305, 432:
G.                                 457, 478, 487, 504, 532, 554, 581, 605, 612'
613, 637, 658, 669
GARNETT....................515, 577  Gray, Barzillai............................... 203, 501
Gardner sacked.................................. 269  Greeno, Harris S...........................291, 311
Gardiner, George W.........157, 197, 235, 243  Greer, John P..................207, 250, 391, 473
271, 309, 321, 331, 442, 583  Greer, Samuel W.........................188, 239
Gale, E................................................   671  Graham, George........ 196, 228, 429, 442, 448
Gale, BenjaminB............................ 642                              487, 488, 491, 528, 551, 560
Garrett, Charles F..........................275, 309  Graham, Robert.............................207, 309'
Gallatin, Albert..................................     5  Grass, Daniel....................................... 655
Garvey, Edward C. K.........52, 68, 426, 505  Grass, A. H............................612, 613
Garwood, V. M................                     649  Grant, George.....................................  615
Galloway, John M............. 648  Grant, M. S....................................393, 414
Gambell, Willard P...188, 235, 324, 326, 345   Grant, Ulysses S.......374,  382, 481, 483, 484
439, 479                                           555, 578, 610'
Geary, John W.........104, 105, 107, 108, 113  Grow, Galusha A...............34, 102, 103, 2429
117, 118. 132, 161, 607  Greene, Max.....................................  102
Geary City......................................... 162  Green, James S.......................164,  165, 253
German patriotism............................. 541   Griffith, William  R...182, 207, 226, 232, 313
Gettysburg..............................    347, 354  Griffin, Albert...118, 129, 130, 555, 581, 644'
Gephart, S. C................... 529, 531, 534  Griffin, S. P.................................537, 662
Geology............424, 433, 487   Graham, Robert St. Clair...208, 437, 447, 475
Gilmore, John S...5....520, 583, 643, 650, 655  Greek printing.................................... 552
Gilbert, Eli.................................626, 645  Graves, Pusey...................................  251
Gillett-'Henry' W................................ 583  Grasshopper Falls Convention............. 133
Gillespie, George W........................594, 662   Griswold, Hiram......379, 381, 384, 385, 462
Gilchrist, C. K...............................351, 391  Gunn, Otis B............234, 305, 312, 314, 431
Gillpatrick, James H.......134, 309, 366, 487  Gumm, Benjamin F............................. 420'
Gillpatrick, Rufus......245, 251, 264, 342, 346  Gunther, Arthur.............252, 260, 283, 315
Gihon, John H..................................    132  Guerin, William  E.........................592,.611
Giddings, Joshua R.........................   34  Guthrie, Abelard........................          31,  55
Giles, Fry W........41, 55, 518, 563, 576, 583  Guthrie, James.................................   114
588, 669  Guthrie, John....469, 495, 511, 548, 562, 581
Gladstone, T. H............50, 51, 59, 118, 121                              582, 583, 588, 599, 650, 653
Gleason, F.......................................... 560  Guthrie, Warren W.........133, 225, 228, 250
Glick, Chas. S....388, 418, 444, 486, 493, 504                                    253, 322, 326, 356, 581Glick, Geo. W...236, 328, 344, 352, 387,'429
441, 444, 468, 479, 485, 491, 531, 644, 669                                    H
Glenn, S.    I................   375
Goss, N. S...229, 251, 323, 324, 326, 411, 442  HALE, EDWARD E.............7, 10, 35, 37,  38.
444, 446, 486  Harrison, William  H'........................ 18
Goss, Benjamin F.............................. 302  Haeberlein, John  M.........490, 524, 570, 615
Gordon, David.......................528, 581, 610  Hawley, Charles G........................581, 658
Gordon Riot...................................... 248  Hanllon, John.................................... 585
Goble, William  F....................289, 862, 434  Hackney, W. P.............................. 627,  641
Gopher scalps..................................   459  Hanna, W. S......................................  641
Goose, Sound on the...................... 45;  49   Hanna, B. J. F.........458, 487, 505, 524, 525
Goodin, Joel K........47, 55, 62, 67, 134, 153                                                       528, 554
156, 157,182, 191, 197, 226, 232, 323, 329  Hartford Institute........................... 436
405, 450, 469, 497  Hamby, William  N.................451, 460, 470
Goodin, John  R........234, 353, 376, 392, 451   Hallowell, J. R.........528, 576, 583, 648, 660
471, 501, 559, 655, 668  Harvey, James M......306, 389, 409, 431, 446
Goodnow, Isaac T......118, 182, 270, 322, 326                448, 487, 491, 501, 328, 533, 548, 563, 580
378, 384, 385                                      605, 606, 638, 639'Good Templars...............................   532  Harvey county...........................575, 599




INDEX.                                              68!:
Harvey, Henry.........................  62  Hinds, Russell.....;;...............251, 252
Harper's Ferry...108, 231, 237, 241, 243, 267  House-divided speech, Lincoln's........... 185
Harvey, Capt. Henry........108, 112, 133, 182  Holmes; George B...;.............189, 196Haskell, Dudley C.....557, 583, 650, 656, 665  Hodge, J. M...................................627, 649
Haskell, JohnG........305, 309, 460, 480, 600  Horner, John W............................437, 468
Halpine, Charles G.............................  312  Holloway, John N.........................458, 473
Hadley, J. Milton........................299, 300  Hornme Daniel H........................434, 529'
Haff,:Sanford..........................62   644, 664  Homceopathic Medical Society........... 548
Ham, William  M................................ 408  Howard county...........;...........459, 638, 641
Hairgrove, Asa.........183,  188, 226, 322, 326  Hodgeman, Amos............................... 295
379, 384, 456, 585, 609  Hodgeman county.............................. 459
Harding, Benjamin..........94, 118, 149, 405  Hungerford, S. R.......................I... 495
Ranway, James........207, 251, 388, 498, 511  Horticultural Society......473, 514, 541, 562.     563, 615, 616                                              600, 671Hastings, Mrs. Rosetta B.....................~563  Hollister, H. C...............................477' 479
Hays, Seth M.................................. 607  Holt, Joel....................................524, 624
Hayes, Josiah E.......230, 235, 244, 305, 335  Howsley, William  M.....................541, 600
465, 487, 528, 534, 549, 582, 591, 641, 642  Hoss; George W............................553, 600
644, 645  Hoffman, Samuel E........207, 234, 286, 356(
Havens, Paul E................................... 271  Horton, AlbertH......321, 330, 381, 383, 390'
Havens, Eugene F...............................478      437, 481, 488, 490; 497, 506, 551, 569, 586
Harris, Edward P................................ 480              606, 607; 608, 625, 638, 641, 644
Hays City......................................480  648  Horton, James C......256, 314, 324, 349, 481
Haynes, Charles H........................292, 357                      569, 582, 607, 626, 652, 6629
"Hans Breitmann............................. 457  Honey Springs battle........................ 347
Hampson, Joseph F.......................... 182  Hoaglin, W. S...............................375, 415
Hammond, John....................... 458  Hollenberg, G. H.............328, 387, 393, 412.
Haas, Henry C.......................334, 359, 448                                            429, 584
Halderman, John A......40, 53, 63, 149, 158  Holliday, Cyrus K.........41, 48, 51, 133, 149'
191, 226, 232, 242, 275, 321, 460, 493, 510          161, 226, 230, 233, 242, 250, 270  312, 392'
518, 662      422, 426, 430, 448, 453  459  506'558  569
Iallett, Samuel......................349, 377, 471                                           579653
Hackbusch, Henry C. F.................350, 506  Houston, S. D............48, 52, 207, 233, 262
Hawn, Frederick...........................369, 433  Houston, David W.-.....201, 226, 264, 294
Hamer, Robert W..................197, 294, 309                    381, 386, 465, 506, 614, 644, 649
Hannibal and St. Joseph R. R.........198, 320  Homestead law...............................202  316
Haughawout, William  J...................... 303  Homestead exemption..................208, 227
Haughawout, 0. P............376, 486, 531, 656  Hoagland, Edward.............................. 224
Hanks, Clark J...............381, 387  Hoover, Hiram.............:.......;.....    229
Hammatt, Abram................................ 381  Hoyt, David S................................101, 116
Hamilton, Augustus N........................ 323  Hopps, Murder of..:'...........  105
Harrington, E........................648, 659  Hoyt, George H....v...296, 316, 359, 442, 447
Harper county.......................459  633                                 463, 478, 506, 514, 554:
Hazlett, Albert........................ 241  Hogeboom, George W......297, 309, 332, 536'
Haller, William.............................128  133  Horton, Stephen S.........................397
Hatterscheidt, John P...........149, 182, 244  Hopkins, Henry....................281, 331, 368
Herman, Henry M.....................312, 553  Howe,- Samuel G...:....................33, 1256
Hensel, Levi...........3......................339  510  Hoar, E. Rockwood............................. 102
Henderson, Frank E.................. 497  Homestead Guide................................ 22 -
Hersey, T. F.....,......,.................   537  Hotel indicted....................................  99
Heisler, E. F........................484, 507  Howard, William A..................95, 103, 165'
Helphingstine, John A...................... 581  Holton............................                166
Herron, Frank G..................331, 391  Hudson, Joseph K....306, 538, 554, 581, 600
Heritage, Lemuel T.................... 333  605, 612, 613,617, 620, 628, 638, 639, 640'
Hershfield, R. N.............................     402                                         656, 668
Henning, B. S..................................... 428  Hudson, M. E...........617, 638, 640, 648, 655
Heath, Erastus................................... 230  Huntoon, A. J....................     395, 481
Helper's "Impending Crisis"............. 231  Huntoon, Joel.............................334, 460'
Herrick, Thomas P.....................235, 294  Hughes, Thomas................  577, 586'
Helm, Charles W.....................          256  Humphrey, James........324, 326, 460,.471
Hennepin.............................., 507  Hurd, T. A..................................402, 492
Hendricks, Thomas A..........................  34  Hunt, Harmon D..........................295, 373'
Herald, Leavenworth.........38, 49, 256, 478  Hume, George C...............253, 443, 524, 550
Herald of Freedom, Lawrence....,39, 99, 111  Hubbard, E. M................................         207
Henderson, John D........................162, 442  Hubbard, P. L........4........413, 575, 580, 597
Higginson, Thomas W............111, 241, 374  Hubbell, John B................................. 415
Hidden, John S.........328, 344, 352, 369, 417  Huffaker, Thomas S...............230, 251, 453
487, 649, 650                                             480, 627
Highland University.....................372, 436  Hutchinson, Clinton C.....319, 346, 371, 432
Hillyer, Edwin D....;......................286, 287                                           552, 627
Hillyer, George 5........68, 94, 154, 167, 226  Hutchinson, Perry.................... 338, 623'
232, 318  Hutchinson........................562;, 578, 657
Hickory Point............70, 100, 101, 108, 112  Hutchinson Family..........................   466
Higinbotham, George W.................... 182  Hulett, E. M..........................470, 579, 665
Hipple, Samuel......................207, 309, 468  Humboldt............I...163, 268, 269, 520, 541'
Hinton, Richard J...........129, 133, 164, 208  Hunter, R. M. T;............................165, 423'
237; 316; 319; 340, 367, 426, 483, 563  Hunter, General David........................ 273'
Historical Society..................240, 459, 478  Hunt, Morris................................      68
Hildreth, Richard.............6, 8, 14, 19,  38  Huson, R........................................... 548'
Hiawatha....................114, 458, 617, 633  Huson, S.K...........................191, 234, 548'




682                               ANNALS OF KANSAS.
Hunting, Amory..................:..68, 157, 521  Johnson, John B..............469, 494, 527, 528
Hyatt, Thaddeus................................. 112                                          582, 652
Hymer, Samuel................................... 495  Johnson, Andrew.....376, 433, 436, 437, 439
442, 479, 482, 483, 484
Johnson, Fielding..........................372,  577
Johnson, J. P.................327, 344, 352, 360
IATAN REBEL FLAG...................... 264  Johnston, Colonel J. E........................ 163
Iberville........................               8  Johnston,'Saunders W......36, 157, 225, 227
Ide,.Harvey W.........328, 350, 395, 492, 597  Joy, James F............472, 475, 482, 483, 508
Iler, George W..............2...............251, 406                                           520, 599
Impeachment cases.........314, 316, 317, 318  Jones, John T.-" Ottawa'.................. 116
319, 331, 383, 641, 642, 644, 645  Jones, Samuel J..............70, 91, 95, 99, 188
Indian depredations........505, 550, 551, 575  Jones, William.................................... 662
Indian raids......377, 378, 437, 438, 440, 441  Judd, Byron......................386, 592, 662
442, 445, 461, 462, 464, 465, 486, 489, 490  Judson, William..................126, 268, 290
497, 498, 506, 507, 520, 544, 551, 575, 642  Junction City.........................473, 633, 643
643, 645, 646, 648, 650, 672  Junction City and Fort Kearney R. R.,
Indian lands.................................158, 460                                         578, 629
Indiana, Territory of......................17,  18
Indians, New  York............................  27                          K.
Ingraham, N. D................................  471
Insurance fund................................... 550  KANSAS, Boundary of..........20, 26, 30,  36
Insurance Department........................ 550                                             209, 256
Ingalls, John J..196,  207, 208, 238, 243, 252  Kansas before Congress........30, 31, 33,' 34
259, 262, 263, 269, 312, 319, 322, 324, 326                                                   35, 36
379, 384, 393, 420, 563, 582, 583, 601, 605  "K. T. Did"..............................    268
606, 614, 618  Kansas, Sumner on................-......:  99Ingalls, F. T..................................609, 658  Kansas prairies........................ 203
Insley, Martin H.............309, 346, 375, 461  Kansas Indians....22,  28  225, 577, 621, 640
Insley. J. N......................532, 554, 581, 612  Kaw  lands..................................   483
Independence..................555, 599, 614, 633  Kansas Central R. R...............553, 578, 629
Independent, New York...................... 555  Kansas Pacific R. R.........320, 349, 355, 374
Inquirer; The Leavenworth.................  345         377, 392, 423, 424, 426, 428, 432,'437, 438
Insane Asylum, Osawatomie...346, 350, 424                440, 442, 445, 457, 458, 460, 461, 462, 466
457, 480, 482, 514, 518, 561, 631, 670           471,473, 475, 480, 482, 520, 521, 532, 543
Investigation, Congressional............95, 103                          568, 619, 621, 628, 629, 640
Indictment of newspapers and hotels,                 Kansas City, Mo.........25, 27, 248, 461, 464
97,  99                                             472, 563
Iola...............................56, 532, 550, 614  Kagi, J. H.............................112, 118, 553
Idway Indians.................................34, 258  Kaskaskias, The.....24, 32, 35, 458, 473, 640
Irrepressible conflict.....................185, 190  Kaska'skia Indian lands...................... 640
Irvin, John B.................189, 196, 375, 465  Kalloch, Isaac S.....................426, 490, 615
Irrigation convention.......................... 621  Keith, Charles B.....................235, 262, 371
Isbell, George T........348, 428, 442, 461, 520  Kennedy, Evender C.....................462, 477
Isbell,-Henry L................................... 275  Kelsey, S. T.....................473, 482, 504, 514
Isacks, Andrew J.................................  36  Keim, BeD. R.................................... 501
Isothermal line................................... 125   Ketcheson, John C...................507, 527, 645
Kearney, General................................  28
J.                   IKearney, Fort................................  30
Keller, George H................................  149
JACKSOn, CLAIBORNE F......45, 261, 262  331  Keeler, Charles G...........229, 270  323, 324
Jackson County..................................  478  Kelso, David................................   575
Jackman, David B..........................133, 329  Kedzie, W. K..............................620, 637
Jayhawkers......197, 268, 296, 316, 615, 616  Kellogg, L. B...................432, 440, 465, 484
Jefferson, Thomas.....13, 14, 15, 16, 17,  18  Ketner, James........................275,  362, 443
Jefferson county..............466, 475, 543, 616  Kelley, Harrison.............286, 470, 505, 653
Jewell, Eli G....................................... 271  Kellogg, Josiah........'328, 343, 352, 371, 429
Jewell, Lewis R................................... 290            494, 510, 536, 570, 581, 594, 603
Jewell, Charles W................................ 290  Kennedy, Thomas H........................... 335
Jewell county................................459, 657  Keeler, Julius A.................................. 408
Jenkins, Gaius................................98, 184  Kent, Orson........................................   411
Jenkins, E. J....250, 351, 449, 468, 488, 493  Kingman, SamuelA.. 39, 207, 208, 224, 226
569, 583       232, 240, 251, 253, 261, 331, 379, 384, 385
Jenkins, R. W.............................. 450, 468    440, 442, 447, 459, 465, 475, 478, 501, 515
Jenkins, Wilton A..............................285                            544, 582, 591, 609, 638
Jenkins, William  S..........294, 563, 5~9, 653  Kingman county...........................575, 671
Jenkins's Ferry, Battle of.................... 375  King, Rufus.......................................  14
Jennison, Charles R........252, 258, 268, 294  King, James L.................................... 580
322, 359, 382, 383, 426, 429, 432, 556, 616  King, Henry.....506, 524, 548, 549, 555, 561
Jenness, George B..........................474, 499                           563, 601,'612, 620, 669
Jenness, R. E....................................... 406  Kingsbury, B. L............................639, 665
Joliet...............................................7, 507  Kickapoo frauds..............151, 155, 156, 162
Johnson, Alexander S......48, 408, 429, 448  Kingsbury, George W.............192, 267, 312
497, 527, 619  Kickapoo lands.....................464, 475, 640
Johnson, Wallace H........523, 545, 615, 641  Kiowas, The........................................ 467
Johnson, Thomas.......................31, 47, 527  Kickapoos, The.............24, 32, 34, 319, 640
Johnson county.....................475  Kickapoo Pioneer................................  73
Johnson, Hampton P.......182  225, 268, 285  Kiowa county......................................   459
Johnson, W. A.........592, 606, 607, 655, 669  Kimball, Samuel................................ 460
Johnson, Thomas L.............................  662  Killen, Daniel........................... 456, 458




INDEX.                                                   683
Klotz, Robert......................................     68  Lecompte, Samuel D.......36, 38, 41, 44,  49
Knox, John D.....................................  482         54, 70, 98, 104, 109,/111, 115, 161, 450
Knight, J. Lee....................................  513                                  459, 469, 643, 649
Knowles, Horatio.....231, 235, 270, 314, 366   Lecompton....................................56, 162
Koester, Chas. F....................579, 648  Lecompton Constitution...115, 127, 134, 154
Kob, Charles F...............133, 153, 188                                155, 159, 160, 161, 185, 186
Kunkel, Jerome.....................235, 333, 429  Learnard, Oscar E....134, 149, 151, 168, 201
226, 236, 244, 266, 275, 468, 493, 532
Lea, A. T.............................527, 654, 655
L.                             Lea, W. J........................................ 527
Lee, Robert E...................................... 425
LASALLE 8............................, 507  Lee, Albert L.....204, 225, 236, 294, 309, 319
Law, John..............................  9,  10                             379, 384, 385, 441, 445, 457
Law's Bubble.................................9,  10  Leland, Charles G................................ 457
LaFayette, Marquis de.................  21   Leland Cyrus, sen.....................337, 387
Laclede...11......................        12  Leland, Cyrus, jr...... 306,  421, 442, 481, 582
Laramie, Fort.......................    29.643, 649
Lawrence, Amos A....................36, 37,  38  Legate, James F....... 102, 235, 244, 270, 321
Lawrence.......28, 38, 42, 44, 56, 88, 98,  99             325, 348, 386, 461, 529, 538, 549, 633, 649
100, 129, 152, 162, 256, 347, 348, 355, 392                                                             664
436, 471, 520, 561, 567, 615, 672  Lewis and Clarke...................18, 19, 487
Lawrence Massacre.................347, 348, 585  Lewis, Merriwether...................  18
Lawrence, C. W......................612, 617, 625  Lead, Cherokee county...................... 620
Lawrence, W. W. H.............. 235, 309, 325   Lee, John A.....................................  284
326, 375  Lewis, G. Mellen.................264, 341, 342
Larcom, Lucy....................................    45   Lewis, Ward  L..............................189, 196
Langston, Charles H..................... 583, 588   Leonard, MI. R..........327, 343, 374, 389, 404
Latta, Samuel N...62,  68, 118, 129, 132, 383   Lender, Richard D........................419, 500
556, 625   Leroy................................................ 613
Laughlin, Patrick:...............................  69  Liberal Christians............................. 614
Law-and-Order Party....................70,  102  Lincoln, A.........102, 185, 201, 204, 231, 241
Lands; the 500;000 acres.........436, 475,.479             246, 257,. 261, 268, 323, 354, 376, 383, 424
497, 498, 504, 509, 514, 568, 607                                                425, 426, 458
Land grants....................................... 628  Lincoln  county............................. 459
Lands, State........................................ 266   Lines, Charles B.......167, 225, 244, 245, 250
Lanter, John T.........271, 481, 487, 595, 609              262, 314, 422, 453, 457, 473, 480, 514, 541
Labette county................................... 459.      548, 643
Lamb, Josiah..................................   207   Lines, Edward C. D........................,.... 279
Larimer, James I................................. 494  Livingston, Robert R.......................14, 15
-Larimer, William......356,  493, 497, 583, 584  Lillie, George H......................207, 250, 272
Lakin, David L.........250, 270, 324, 326, 332  Libby, C. W...........................511, 539, 551
369, 497  Library, State....520, 544, 562, 599, 628, 671
Lacock, Ira J............250, 328, 344, 352, 429  Lindsay, John G.............280, 333, 511, 539
437, 583  Lindsay, Thomas...............................  230
Lappin, Samuel.........258, 309, 312, 322, 345  Lindsey, Henry C.........................334, 474
437, 442, 494, 583, 652, 660  Little Blue, Battle of..............380, 382, 383
Larned............                               648   Liggett, James D................................. 453
Ladore murders.............    520   Louis XIV.................................... 9,  16
Laughlin, Wm. R.......508, 520, 527, 532, 533  Louis XV......................................    12
584, 587, 607, 608  Louisiana, District of...................... 17,  19
Langdon,  S. J....512, 540, 557, 576, 583, 595  Louisiana, Province of.......8, 9, 10, 11,  12
Larzelere, George W.....................461, 580                              13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 20i6 26
Larzelere, Alfred......118, 182, 189, 196, 201  Louisiana, Territory of...............9
226, 244, 305, 310   Louisiana, State of............... 19
Lambdin, C. S..................266, 322, 371, 422  Long. Stephen H................................ 20
Lambdin, Johin  C.............       229, 243, 378  Louisville............                    633
Lambdin, J. R................259................      Low, Asa...........235,  262, 375, 387, 448, 514
Lane, J. T.................. 420, 423, 585   Lockhart, John........ 149, 189, 234, 288, 323
Lane, Vincent J.................... 469, 478, 510   Lowe, David P......... 324, 325, 327, 343, 344
Lane, James H....34, 51, 54, 67, 70, 71,  93                349, 381, 393, 442, 460, 471, 501, 527, 535
94, 104, 133, 153, 154, 160, 164, 182, 184                                      574, 583, 587, 605,- 606
253; 261, 262, 263, 265, 266, 267, 268, 269  Lookout Mountain, Battle of............... 354
274, 313, 314, 321, 322, 375, 392, 422, 426  Lovejoy, Elijah P........................... 26,  27
427, 432, 436, 437, 439, 440   Lovejoy, Charles H.................154, 294, 529
Lane University.......................... 435  Lowman, Edward S..........197, 200; 324, 326.
Leavenworth, Fort..........................23, 549  Lowman, Hovey E...........323, 347, 350, 585
Leavenworth...... 36,  38, 42, 44,-49, 56,  73  Longfellow, Henry W......................... 487
105, 162, 186, 192, 253, 256, 261, 348, 371   Logan, Joseph......i............................. 536
441, 446, 452, 460, 461, 464, 478, 484, 507  Logan, Cornelius A......... 369, 394, 433, 462
508, 514, 520, 522, 543, 549, 552, 553, 555                                            526, 585, 605, 611
563, 575, 577, 586, 620, 633, 640  Lockwood, R. B............ 403
Leavenworth Constitution......163, 164, 165  Lowe, Sandy............  416
168, 183, 196  Loy, John W.........................330, 407, 666
L. A. & N. W. R. R..................521, 543, 629   Lyon, Nathaniel........40, 185, 263  264, 267
L. L. & G. R. R.........346, 374, 377, 427, 431   Lyon county................................. 466
436, 437, 439, 441, 458, 471, 473, 475, 480  Lynde, Edward..... 1....33,  134, 182, 189, 229
482, 483, 515, 521, 527, 532, 554, 555, 568                                                  233, 250, 300
607, 619, 628, 629   Lum, Rev. S. Y..................38, 40, 125, 153




684                             ANNALS OF KANSAS.
~ 1i.               1McKay, William....................197, 201, 224,07  McEckron, B. H..............540, 558, 582, 627
MarboisQUET, Bar THe....................                                               635, 669
iMarbois, Barbe..............................15,  16
McLellan. James.................................  536
Marais des Cygnes, Battle of.               382......53638
~Marais des C~gnes, Macr~e.    18 38   McClellan,.George B............................ 378
Mari'is des Cygnes Massacre................ 18,3
"MarkTdain6 M................ 10  McCracken, Nelson........................378  414
" Mark Twain.1..........:......................... 6]0  M~crPtr..... 6
McVicar; Peter........369, 379, 440, 442, 445
Marmaton, Raid on............................. 3819  4                                          5
Marmaton..................................... 163  447,472, 478, 479, 488, 491, 497, 501, 506
Martin, ohn.., 324,484, 493, 531, 57                   507, 514, 542, 543, 548, 549, 601
53,                               McCartney, R. K3.............369, 440531, 579
584, 585, 626, 641, 665  McCartney, R. K3     440
McReynolds, John...........422, 442, 463, 550
Martin, John A...43, 201, 207, 208, 225, 226
233, 243, 248, 249, 251, 262, 297, 312, 315                                            615, 616
Mc~lw~  amesR....236, 268, 269, 274, 279
325, 420, 436, 452, 465, 478, 481, 486, 523  Mclur   James.236, 268, 269, 274, 279
27, 528, 553, 561, 570, 58,  82, 65,  669  309, 332, 379, 384, 385, 444, 446, 459, 523
488, 528., 553, 561, 570, 581, 582, 650, 669      529
Martin, George W.....313, 425, 453, 465, 488Mc                 W.37  524, 644, 650
McElroy, W. T................. 437, 524, 644, 650
506, 514, 524, 525, 577, 605, 634,  644                                                 551
Martin,  C.  S...................................  662
Martinae, Wilia S............ 592,..~VD)662  McCune, Hi.  W................,..............,.....
Martindale, WCilliam.......389, 431, 581, 593  McComas,. C..............584  591, 646, 655
663, 669  McCleverty, J D................................. 584
66,69McGill, F. B........,.i.................653, 654, 655
Manhattan......................114, 125, 442, 458  McGill, F. B......................653, 654, 655
Manhattan and Northwestern R.R...... 579  McCain, W................398
Mason, T. B42  MMillan, R  B.................................... 62
I~  ~~~~~r~~i~~~~~~~i~~~~~~~~r~~~~ McMillan, Ri B.....~.........................'  662
Mason, C. B.................................626, 641. McMillan, J. W.................68, 481, 483
Masonic Order.................     525 532, 555  McDowell, C. C.........471, 507, 508,. 554, 576
Masonic Order.........524, 525, 532, 5
McDowell, J. Frank................576, 583, 646
Magazine, Kansas.554, 555, 561, 562, 563
621, 628                                          648, 655
621, 628  McDowell, James L.....188, 196, 201, 228
Marshall, Frank J..................15'4, 156, 373     234, 2482144  437, 1,, 4, 4
Marshall county..............................  373    2314,                   441, 1443, 444, 446
Mrhl  W   3..                                                                    457, 486
Marshall, W. K:............................657, 659  McDowell William  C.207,, 4, 46
Manning,'Edwin C...386, 412, 437, 440, 465Mc              o, Jms...9202  235, 444, 463
476, 480, 481, 540, 555, 653 McCahon, James......197, 202, 225, 347, 375
476, 480, 481, 5420, 555, 65340,5947    0954
Marion county.................................. 45903, 459, 479, 509, 544
McCook, Daniel.................................. 377
Mathias, William  G.........228, 325,.326, 376
Mathews, William  D. 39,  377, 427, 50   McAfee,-Josiah B......118, 334, 366, 464, 472
Mathews, William  D........ 369, 377, 427, 504                                           40   9
509, 528, 583                                          480, 498
MayCaleh.         68,11~509,528, 583  McPherson county..........................459
May, Caleb........................68, 110, 182, 207  McCaslin, Maxwell........................485  491
Maclean, L. A...................................... 425.4.41
Maynard, James B.243, 422 McKee, ohn...................  493
Matheny, William  M.............468,  536, 42569  McKeighan, John....................................... 493
46,56)~6   McKeighan, J. B.................................49
582, 5 92  Macdona,  S.........208, 321, 388, 479, 504
582,  592'McoadS.D...
Maloy, John...............................555, 656                                   548, 555
Macy, Eliah G..                340  ~~~~~~~~~Methodist Episcopal Church.......105, 106
Macy, Eliab G......................................  340' Methodist Episcopal Chu rch...........
Maxson,  Perry B. 250, 272, 321, 37, 343  482, 521, 544, 550, 551, 554, 575, 612, 658
369, 386, 422, 432, 449, 487, 562, 583, 653  Medill, James....l8,  196, 271, 328,559, 625
656  Medill, Joseph..................................... 164
Mapleton.................................163  Mennonites, The......619, 642, 656, 657, 658
~apl~ ~ ~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~Meero, Re.........................................56
Massey, Aquila B..........................279, 553  Meeke  Rev. Joseph....................... 5
Marcy, William  L.................51, 54, 91, 108  Membre, Father.................................  8
Maltby, W. W........................625  655  662  Mewhinney, Samuel..........................67
Marysville................................. 567  Medary, Samuel.......190, 192, 196, 197, 198
I                                                                           22~~~~~~~'..6, 232
Manlqve, Samuel A.......................451,  528                                        226, 232
MA2il J. S.......................................... 229  Melius, Louis.................................615,  644
Marcell, Jacob...............................235, 271  Mead, S. G....................................484 523
Mapes, W. H.................................595, 626  Mead, James R.............................389, 493
Mails, U. S..........................................  424  Mead, Andrew J.....................156, 157, 323
Marble, Fort Scott.............................. 431  Medliott, Dr. J. J............... 551  55, 579
McFadden, Samuel S.......................... 275  Merritt, James S.................... 583, 588
McFarland, Peter............276, 381, 402, 448  Merrill, George.................................. 550
McFarland, N. C....................592, 609, 649  Missouri.......... 17, 21 23, 26, 273, 422, 519
McCoy, Rev. Isaac...........................  23  Missouri, Territory d...............19,  20,  21
McCale, Francis S..........563, 645, 649, 669  Missouri Compromise.........................  21
McMahon, Hardin..................512, 531, 534  Missouri Pacific Railroad........248, 439  440
McCrea, Cole................................ 4,  0'MissouriRiver    Railroad.........4319 440, 475
Mc~~rea, Cole.411,   0 ~Missouri River Railroad.....431, 440, 475
McCulloch, William............................. 207                                 521, 568, 640
McClelland, C. B................................ 207  M. R. F. S. & G. R. R........376, 427, 436, 441
McDonald, Alex............................482, 483    461, 472, 498, 514, 521, 568, 619, 628, 629
McDonald, Benj. P.........................451, 595  M., K. & T. R.W........436, 439, 442, 461, 463
McCarty, Hugh D.....277, 369, 394, 463, 528           464, 465, 509, 514, 520, 521, 543, 551, 553
535, 563, 582, 591, 600                      567, 570, 586, 598, 628, 629
McCook, Daniel.............................277, 309  "Miles O'Reilly"................................. 312
McCrillus, Erastus............................   271  Mississippi Company, The...............9,  11
McGonigle, James A..............271, 277, 393  Mississippi Bublhle.......................9, 10,  11
394, 444  Mississippi, Navigation of..12, 13, 14, 15, 16
McGrew, James.........235, 271, 327, 378, 384  Miami Indians...................18, 36, 458, 640
McArthur, James.................................  68  Miami county.................................475, 657
McBratney, Robert...43,'250, 375, 378, 379  Miami lands......................................... 640
389, 442  Milhoan, Thomas E.......................305, 386
McGee County Frauds...................       151 IMitchell, A. J...................................... 407




INDEX.                                            685
Mitchell, Robert B..........149, 182, 190, 198                          N.
226, 232, 242, 279, 309, 316, 426, 432
584, 587  NAPOLEON BONAPARTE..........13  14, 15,  16
Mitchell, Daniel.................................. 432  Natural History Society......................555
Mitchell, D. P...........369, 376, 453, 482, 544  National Cemeteries......................... 46
Nashville, Battle of............................. 392
612, 648
Mitchell, D. T..................................... 329  Nash, Edwin S..............................208, 275
Nash, Lyman......                           428
Mitchell county..............................................
Miege, J. B........................................ 372
Mitchell county.~~~~Nebraska-Kansas bill......30, 31, 33,  34
35, 36
Miller, Sol...265, 270, 312, 313, 327, 348, 370  Nebrask  Annexation, 
Nebraskg Annexation......G161, 198, 204, 208
428, 434, 504, 524, 536, 548, 555  Neutral Lands........ 442, 443, 472, 475, 480
Miller, J. M........................................ 662 
Miller, Josiah...........43, 98, 161, 262, 309       482, 483, 497, 506, 507, 508, 514, 518, 519
355, 526                          520, 531, 599, 607, 640
Negro Suffrage.........191, 200, 445, 459, 461
Mills.................................................. 6,58  
Minneola.......................,...........162, 163    465, 466, 467, 471, 479, 486, 505, 520
MineCreekBatt2Neosho county                                       4     3................424  436, 439, 562
Mine Creek, Battle of...........................  Neosho,     l    ofnth........
Militia......................383, 393, 423, 672  Neosho, Valley of the........... 376-77423
Military expenses..72   Neosho Valley Railroad..........376,  377,  436
Military Driving-out of a Legislature, 103              441 442 463, 464, 465, 467, 509, 514
~~~~~~~~~~~~Military Driving-outof a  Neosho Falls....................................  633
2, 126  Neodesha......................................   599
Midland R.R........562, 577, 615, 643, 644.5
Newtonia, Battle o............31,382
Michigan, Society of............................ 548  Newtonia, Battle of...............331, 382
AMiddl~~~~~New Orleans........................27N Or..10, 11, 12,  13
Middleton, J. A................................... 207Newton.
Monroe, James...............................................                                    55315
~~~Monroe, Mrs. H. A..~.544, 600  ~Neuwied, Prince................................. 487
Monroe, Mrs. HI. A........................ 544, 600Nes cut............4963
Morgan, W. A................................550, 643  Ness county................            633
Mound City, Battle near..................... 382  Newell, Robert.280
Newel Robert...................................  280
Mound.City..                       163 New Madrid.......                              19
Mound City.........................................  163  Newspapers....
Mound Builders.................................620  Newspapers..... 153, 192, 443, 478, 523, 544
563, 634
Mount St. Mary's Academy............63,658                                                63, 65834
News, Emporia................188, 533, 554, 555
Moore, H. D....................................... 536
Nesbitt, Houston................................. 483
Moore, H. Miles....36, 62, 118, 129, 134, 149  Nei,........3
2262-42, 02 46, 53, 584 585Newlon, J. F........................................ 322
226,. 242, 309, 469, 531, 584, 585  New  York Indians.....
New York Indians..................27, 640
Moore, Crawford..................403, 415, 664  New York Indian s...................  640
Moore,                                ~~~~~~~~~New York Indian Lands............640
More HreL.           283, 311, 463, 474
Moore, Horace L............283, 311, 463, 64874  Nichols, Mrs. C. I. H.....................123, 460
Moorhouse, William S....294, 505, 507, 514  Nicholson, A. 0. P..............................29
Motte, Sieur de la............................... 507
Motte, Sleur de la..      507  ~Niccolls, E. S.......493, 528, 581, 605, 612
Morrill, Edmund N...149, 157, 309, 346, 592  Nicollt, Jean.507
Nieman, Alexander D........................ 356
1611, 652  Ninth Kansas........................300, 331, 422
Morrw, Robert........189  198, 234, 312, 583  Nineteenth Kansas.......490  498, 505, 506
Nineteenth Kansas..........90 498; 505, 506
MVobley, Richard D.......'.. 366, 411, 452, 471 
~~~~~Mobh~ley, Rihad,4520, 47166  Norton, H. B............432, 453, 465, 484, 563
Moody, D. L.....................                                                648, 653
MoyJe...........31, 483, 5 Norton county..............................459, 599
Mt~oody, Joel.............. 310,.389, 422, 482, 549-,    Normal School, Concordia.....642,  643, 644
583, 646
583, 646  Normal School, Emporia;.346, 347, 432, 437
Morgan's Raid................................... 347  453, 505, 514, 553, 575, 600, 621, 630, 633
Mowry, Andrew J.....357, 493, 510, 537, 628          453, 505, 514, 553, 575, 0,   21, 630, 633
Mortality of Volunteers....................... 454                                             657
Norml Shoo, Laveworh.......520,'631
Moonlight, Thomas...267, 309, 331, 332, 379  Normal School,  eavenworth.                  520, 631
381, 383, 389, 427, 432, 442, 460, 488, 491                                           633, 657
Noble, George..............................  670
501, 592, 610NolGog.7,.0,501, 592, 610  Nute, Rev. Ephraim.....:......... 1964275',529
Monitor, Fort Scott.................321, 508, 513
Morton, John T........371, 380, 381, 393, 435
456, 477, 492, 501, 597, 615                           0.
Morton, Prince G. D...............230, 235, 309
Montgomery, James.........183, 184, 185, 190  O'CoNoR, CHARLES.............................  581
192, 193, 194, 195, 196, 197, 230, 241, 244  Ocheltree, W. A................................. 408
252, 305, 347, 374, 562  Odd Fellows......461, 489, 525, 526, 532, 555
Montgomery county......................... 459  O'Driscoll, B...........................110, 229, 593
Mohler, John G............................582, 643  Ogg, F. R............................................ 655
Morris, Charles A.....:570, 610, 634, 645, 672  Olathe................................117, 162
Mount St. Mary's Academy.................. 527  Old Fort Wayne, Battle of.................. 331
Mormons, The..................................  28  Old Men............................................. 518
Mobile Bay battle.................................378  Olney, D. E....................................     524
Munsees, The.................................27, 640  Olney, H. C....................................503, 517
Muncie train robbery.........................  671  Olmsted, Fred. Law.............................  121
Mussey, Ambrose W........................... 235  Olustee, Battle of................................. 374
Murdoch; John N................................ 612  O'Neil, M. A..................................592, 641
Murdock, T. B.................. 311, 520, 528, 553  Ordinance of 1787................................   13
582, 643  Organic Act, Passage of.................34,  35
Murdock, M. M.........321, 349, 374, 419, 420  Order No. 11, Ewing's...................348, 484
487, 488, 489, 493, 523, 527, 537, 548, 577  Orleans, Territory of.....................17,  19
593, 609, 652, 669, 672  Opotheyoholo.....................................   313
Mudge, BF F.....369, 392, 440,.463, 483, 515  Osborn, Thomas A...164, 229, 233, 312, 322
527, 541, 600, 605, 620       326  343, 349, 374, 460, 487, 488, 528, -.561
Murphy, Thomas......188, 270, 323, 386, 413           581, 590, 607, 621, 628, 638, 652, 653, 659
436, 510, 537, 581  Osborne, V. B.......................559, 584, 590




686                               ANNALS OF KANSAS.
Osborne county............................459, 599  Perry, Leslie J...........96, 524, 527, 544, 549
Osages, The............................. 10, 526                                              552, 576
Osage, Valley of the............................  23  Perryville, Battle of....................    325
Osage, Battles of.............. 382, 383  Penn, William...................................  62
Osage Mission.....29, 373, 443.. 457, 544, 562  Pendleton, George H......................... 378
581, 620  Pea Ridge, Battle of............................ 315
Osage Treaty.....427, 458, 483, 497, 508, 526  Pennington, Wm..........................     240
542, 543, 549, 640  Petroleum....................................... 427
Osage Lands......427, 480, 482, 483, 506, 508  Pendery, John L.............441, 444
526, 542, 543, 549, 577, 616, 638, 640, 641  Peorias, The..............24, 35, 458, 473, 640
645, 650  Pettit, John.............................35, 198, 261
Osage City flagstone'........................... 544  Peck, George R................382, 583, 638, 645
Osage City brick................................ 555  Perkins, B. W....381, 581, 582, 610, 624, 669
Osage City coal.................................... 643  Peyton, E. B...................................... 597
Osawatomie..............101, 104, 105, 201, 458  Peoria Indian Lands........................... 640
615, 616  Philbrick, J. H................................... 468
Osawkee.......................................  129  Philbrick, J. L.................... 584
Oswego..................................      633  Phillips, William................50;  55, 105, 132
Ottawa Indians.....23, 25, 319, 436, 458, 640  Phillips county.459, 599
Ottawa Indian lands..................... 483, 640  Phillips, William   A.........104,  132, 153, 165
Ottawa.....................426, 457, 473, 527, 577     168, 202, 225, 242, 264, 309, 310, 322, 342
Ottawa University........................436, 554      347, 355, 422, 431, 442, 457, 472, 481, 482
Ottumwa College.............................  436      529, 549, 563, 583, 587, 605, 606, 638, 649
Otis, Miss Minnie............................... 460                                                667
Otis' John G....................43, 641, 644, 656  Pike, Zebulon M............................18,  19
Otis, Alfred G............226, 376, 485, 492  Pike's Peak...18, 19, 184, 188, 190, 242, 248
Otis, H.'........262  Pierpont, Rev. John.......................... 125
Oursler, Rufus..................................    327  Pigeon's Ranch, Battle of.................... 316
Overland mail...........266, 423, 437, 440, 457  Pipher, John W............................  643
Oxford frauds........ 151, 155, 156, 161, 162  Pipher, John.....................453, 526
Pine Bluff, Battle of............................. 350
p.                           Pierce, George G................................. 239
Pierce, George T................................. 511
PATRONS OF HUSBANDRY........579, 616, 617  Pilkenton, W. H....................627, 643, 666
640, 641, 643  Ping, P. I. B...................................    654
Parker,;Theodore.........Title page, and 354  Piankeshaws, The..................... 24,'35, 458
Parker, P. Gould....................305, 485, 529  Pierce, Franklin........31, 35, 71, 90, 91, 111
Parker, LivingstonG...................289, 362  Pittsburgh Landing............................. 316
Parker, Virgil W................................. 413  Pillsbury, Josiah H........................67,  182
Parkinson, W.L..............576, 655, 662  Plants, Kansas..............................551, 600
Parkman, Francis...........................29,  37  Platte Purchase...............................   26
Pate, H. Clay...............................100, 101  Platte River Bridge Massacre.........267, 464
Parsons, William  B.........101, 153, 184, 282  Pleasonton, Alfred....................... 380
492, 563  Plumb, Preston B...... 112, 153, 182, 188, 197
Parks, Paschal S.......                        207      226, 246, 272' 313, 314, 321, 323, 332, 381
Paulson, John.......................297     424, 451, 455, 465, 470, 479, 549, 638, 639
Parsons...................... 543, 586, 633, 644                                                   669
Parton, James.............13, 15, 16, 17,  18  Popenoe, W. P........................fi17, 641, 648'
Pawnees, The.......................10, 11, 22,  25  Popenoe, Edwin A...................576, 620
Pawnee, Town of.................40, 49, 52, 445  Ponce de Leon...................................   36
Pawnee county......................459, 599, 642  Pope, Gen. John.....................427, 442, 544
Pacific Railroad...............................  483  Potter, Frederick W........272, 314, 327, 343
Palmer, L. G...................................... 557  374, 375, 386, 411, 430, 481, 487, 626, 657
Palmer, D. L............................649, 666  Population.........44, 240, 247, 426, 438, 522
Palmer, Luther R......55, 207, 228, 243, 264                                                  598, 674
322, 444, 592, 649  Pottawatomie Indians.......... 22, 27, 28, 273
Page, John Q...................607, 608, 610, 616                                       330, 458, 640
Paola...........56, 128, 452, 554, 567, 599, 614  Pontiac, the Ottawa Chief....................  12
619, 648  Pomeroy, Samuel C.........201, 225, 241, 251
Page, Forrest R...............330, 389, 459, 539       252, 261, 317, 457, 458, 484, 521, 529, 533
Parrott, Marcus J........54, 68, 107, 118, 129         543, 570, 577, 578, 585, 605, 606, 607, 608' 132, 133, 134, 150, 153, 156, 157, 225, 227          609, 610, 611, 615, 621, 633, 639, 645, 669
261, 309, 324, 326, 355; 389, 391, 445, 457  Post, NewYork Evening..................... 195
567, 574, 576, 578, 583, 584, 646, 648, 667  Pony Express.................................  242
Payne, David L........387, 455, 474, 500, 558  Prentis, Noble L...... 513, 554, 562, 615, 618
Paddock, G. W.............................376, 453.  644, 650
Patrick, A. G....................... 149, 399, 468  Press, Associated...........................460, 518
Peter, Thomas J................................. 489  Presbyterians, The...........372, 526, 555, 567
Peters, Samuel R...................... 663                                         577, 658
Peters, Peter H..............................478, 583  Price, Sterling................. 380, 392
Peckham, William  H.......511, 538, 580, 589  Price Raid, The........380  381, 382, 383, 392
Peacock, G. H......................... 585                                      393, 426
Peffer, W. A....................        544, 662  Price Raid Scrip............ 383, 480, 567, 580
Pensioners.....................    541, 542, 643                                              600, 645
Penitentiary......346, 356, 374, 424, 437, 459  Price Raid Claims.....424, 428, 436, 452, 453
478, 479, 480, 504, 514, 518, 632         459, 460, 462, 463, 464, 472, 478, 479, 480
Pennock, William..........................405, 430     484, 498, 505, 506, 508, 513, 542, 549, 550
Perrill, George W............. 419     567, 574, 575, 578, 580, 600, 611, 641, 645
Perry, Albert........................ 405  Price, John T..................................... 410




INDEX.                                                  687
Price, John M...........375, 448, 459, 536, 581  Riggs, Samuel A.......272, 351, 381, 448, 459
605, 650             461, 465, 506, 574, 583, 584, 585, 587
Price, Nathan..........201, 306, 386,423, 459                                                         646, 655
492, 501, 515,549, 575, 583, 592, 649  Riggs, Joseph E.................................. 397
650, 653  Richardson, Albert D.......126,  129, 168, 189
Prouty, Salmon S......163, 309, 312, 480, 481                                       196, 442, 459, 513, 563
488, 504, 505, 506, 515, 524, 548, 555, 561   Ritchie, John...........182, 207, 245, 285, 309
605, 62.                         310, 453, 458, 460, 649, 656
Pratt, Charles H...........................584, 591   Ritchie, J.B....................................... 617
Pratt, John..................................281, 309  Rippey, Mrs. Amanda C...................... 617
Pratt, Caleb S................................256, 276  Rice county...........................459, 599, 633
Pratt county.................................459, 671  Riddle, A. P............................... 513
Prescott, George F..........253, 323,. 443, 479   Riddle, Robert...........68,  134, 200, 378, 387
489, 518, 524, 529, 548, 555, 585, 608  Richmond taken................................. 425
Prescott, J. H..................456, 493, 537, 597  Riley, Fort.........................................     30
Prairies of Kansas..................509, 563, 616  Robley, T. F..................................383, 626
Printing press, The first.......................  25  Roy, William...................................... 408
Prairie Grove, Battle of....................... 331  Ropes, Mrs. Hannah A........................   96
Protestant Episcopal Church...106, 107, 520  Rooks county................................459, 599
548, 551, 658   Root, Frank A.................486, 515, 524, 576
Preston, Hiram  D............207, 269, 274, 430  Rorick, David..........................510, 526
Procter, A. G..............................244, 375   Roach tragedy....................................  520
Pursley, James...............................   14   Rossington, W. H..................550, 586, 613
Purcell, E. B....................................... 620  Rockefeller, Philip.................298, 468, 536
Puffer, Charles........................539, 629, 671  Root, Joseph P.........129, 132, 134, 225, 226
Public lands.........................................   266                  232, 282, 319, 442, 532, 649
Ross, Edmund G.........95, 112, 133, 188, 207
Q.                                225, 312, 321, 332, 437, 441, 457, 480, 483
527, 532, 549, 562, 574, 576, 577, 583
"QUAKERS, The, Are Out".................. 249  Ross, William  W.........69,  94, 112, 118, 154
Quapaws...................................25  43  458       160, 182, 188,.225, 244, 262, 372, 388, 585
Quantrell...315, 320, 321, 325, 347, 348, 349  Ross, John....................................... 321
513, 585  Robertson, Hugh....................182, 229, 338
Quigg, Matthew........305, 386, 413, 444, 446  Robinson, Mrs. Sara T; L...........49, 98,  99
549                                                109, 473
Quindaro...........................163, 458  Robinson, Charles.....37, 41, 45, 55, 67,  70
Quivira.............................................5, 6 7  71, 93, 97, 98, 101, 107, 118, 123, 133, 153
185, 226, 232, 241, 242, 249, 319, 453, 457
R.                                 518, 529, 554, 557, 563, 583, 609, 638, 639
648, 655, 662.
RAILROAD  CONVENTION.................249, 376  Robinson, Charles H........................... 3.4
Railroad, The first.;;...............241, 246, 248  Robinson, John  W..........168, 226, 274,'282
Railroads..........436  473, 521, 598, 628, 629                                    316  317, 318, 331', 355
Railroad assessments.....................505, 629  Roberts, John W.....248  312  375,  53  465
Railroad Assessors........................550, 551                                                    524, 563
Ransom, Epaphroditus...........128, 150, 197  Roberts, William  Y.....62, 67, 156, 182, 200
Ransom, Wyllis C..........................290, 548'250, 275, 504
Randolph, A. M. F...........582, 652, 657, 660  Rogers, James..........330, 353, 369, 386, 449
Randolph, Joseph................................ 299                                      453, 480, 581, 620
Rainfall.................................433, 513, 552  Rogers, John W...............398, 556, 592, 609
Randlett, R. A..................................... 395  Ruggles, Robert M............235, 266, 272, 376
Rankin, William  A.......................230, 309                                         391, 441, 531, 535
Rankin, John K.......238, 280, 424, 429, 461  Rubicam, Char]hs................................ 441
Rankin, J. T....................................... 494  Rucker, A. V................................531, 589
Rankin, J. M..........................375, 453  Ruth, Isa.ac M........................306, 551, 555
Rastall, John E......................... 563  Rssl' Edward......... 167  264  270, 32, 327
Raymond, Henry J................   91                  347 ~ 387,  393, 551, 581, 602, 672
Reeder, Andrew  H....36,  38, 39, 54, 55,  62   Russell, Sheldon  C...........................  297
67, 94, 97, 104, 110, 114, 161, 321   Russell, Avra P........................280, 309
Ream, Robert L..........................  39   Russell county..............................459,  599
Rees, Richard R.................................  47  Rush county....................................... 459
Redpath, James..........68, 116, 163, 237, 554
Relief..;.88, 102, 110, 241, 251, 252, 253, 261
Reaser, J. G.....................453, 483, 518, 555
Reynolds, Milton  W........426, 443,.478, 523   SANBORN, FRANK  B................237, 243, 563
524, 548, 555, 561, 562, 563, 650  Sargent, U. F............ 644  646, 647,. 655
Reynolds, Robert................................ 250  Sanford, Amos......................513, b2', 531
Reynolds, George A........126, 228, 271, 345  Sayrs, C. Dana....................................   508
Reynolds, Charles.....106, 196, 198,251, 253   Salina..165, 461, 462, 473, 497, 526, 55L0'672
282, 480, 563, 570, 620, 639  Salt springs........................10, 22, 356, 505
Realf, Richard............................        111  Salter, M. J..................................652, 659
Republican, The Missouri................19, 122  Sacking of Osawatomie........................ 101
Review, North American.................23, 509  Sauvolle.................................                 8
Reno county................................459  599   Santa Fe trail...................................21,  22
Republic county................................. 562  Sackingof Lawrence...............99, 100, 122
Reasoner, Calvin................................ 596  Saunders, W. R.......235, 272, 322, 330; 353
Redfield, J. C..........................511, 539, 579                                          371, 379, 384
Redfield, John S............................290, 598  Sacs and Foxes, The....18,  32, 225, 258, 458
Revels, Hiram  R....................460, 518, 527  Sac and Fox lands............................... 483
Rhodes, Jacob.....................................   643  Sabetha.............................................. 163
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688                                ANNALS OF KANSAS.
Savage, Joseph..............................529, 533  Shore, Samuel............51, 100, 101, 189, 200
Safford, Jacob..................236, 384, 385, 562  Sherry, Byron...316, 322, 327, 343, 393, 481
Sawyer, L. G....................................... 591                 510, 576, 583, 585, 602, 606
Sawyer, Orlando................................. 440  Shannon, Wilson......31, 54, 70, 71,72,  73
Saqui, Jacob...........................352, 413, 462     97, 98, 101, 102, 105, 161, 198, 314, 376
Satterlee, Robert C.....................256, 265                             444, 578, 579,.585, 642
Saunders, Win. H...........................600, 620  Shannon, Wilson, jr.........484  485, 491, 585
Sampson, Turner................................ 622  Shannon, Andrew J...............244, 335, 347
Scotch Colony......................................   543  Shannon, W. A...............420, 525, 526, 645
Schiller, Edward....................524, 551, 554  Shaw, Archibald............................609, 645
Schuarte, Frederick W..................291, 310  Sharpe, Amasa T............................... 611
Schuyler, Philip C.........54, 62, 67, 129, 157  Shepard, S. R...............................321, 331
200, 330, 481, 579  Sims, William..................640,.653, 662, 669
Schoenmakers, John................38, 373, 619  Simpson, Benjamin F......207, 225, 226, 232
Scudder, Thomas W............................ 285       251, 323, 325, 359, 360, 381, 431, 448, 465
Schneider, Edward F............256, 297, 473             481, 488,:539, 547, 569, 570,'575, 606, 607
Schaeffer, J. B........................617, 641, 662                                    608, 642, 650
Schmidt, Frank..............................413, 592  Simpson, Basil M......442, 466, 524, 581, 582
Scott, Gen. Winfield............................. 252  Simpson, William...................495, 592, 655
Scott, John W...230, 251, 252, 257, 305, 374  Simpson, General J. H..........5.............., 6
378, 448, 478, 481, 504, 528, 619  Siley, Major..................................21   22
Scott, John B........................ 1..........613  Sixth Kansas..........................268, 331  422
Scott, John H.................................524, 544  Sixteenth Kansas............350, 362, 381, 422
Scott, Lyman....................................   332  Simons, WalterL.............592, 639, 654, 662
School lands.......266, 374, 385, 392, 497, 506  Sinks, Tiffin..............369, 414, 433, 462, 579
542, 543, 549, 640  Silvers, Golden................189, 196' 271, 398
School bonds................................346, 374  Signor, James H....................207' 264  307
Schools......186, 239, 266, 374, 441, 507, 514  Slough, John P.......................207, 226, 316
543, 544, 549, 552, 554, 562, 577, 586, 599  Slosson, W. B....................................... 610
600, 620, 633, 671, 673  Slavery in Missouri...................19, 21, 355
Sedgwick county...........................459, 521  Slavery in Kansas.............33, 240, 242, 252
Secrest, Ed.....................................    496                                       257, 355
Searcy, Edward..............................556, 594  Slavery abolished................................ 424
Seed wheat.....................................505, 550  Sleeper, Hiram  S......235, 257, 309, 312, 345
Sells, Elijah.......426, 511, 528, 538, 558, 583                                    425, 441, 489, 524
Sellers, Abraham..........................596, 627  Smith, Capt. John.....,.......................  18
Sears, Theodore C............436, 437, 453, 465  Smith, George W......39, 55, 62, 67, 98,  99
480, 537       123,"133, 134, 156, 157,' 200, 271, 391, 430
Second Kansas........................265, 266, 422                                  465, 469, 476, 554
Second Kansas Battery...........321, 342, 381  -Smith, George P........557; 579, 583, 648, 660
423, 427  Smith, H. P......................................... 429
~econd Kansas Colored...........355, 366, 422  Smith, Leonard T..........235, 475, 483, 485
Squnrind Indian Regiment.....................342                                               490, 601
Seveinth Kansas..............268, 294, 373, 422  Smith, William  W..........................583, 588
Seventcienth Kansas..:.....365,  377, 381, 422  Smith, Reuben....:...........495,511,594, 609
Searl, Af.bert D.................................... 300  Smith, EdwardA................. 342  427, 428
Seaver, I- N....................................... 233  Smith, H. E......................................... 521
Senecas, The'............................43, 458, 578  Smith, V. Nicholas.............................. 441
Seneca..........................................163, 562  Smith, Samuel C..............................68, 123
Seward, William  4".....35, 104, 117, 165, 190  Smith, Ed.R.........................481, 560, 622
193, 204, 241, 24'. 248, 249, 253, 424, 426. Smith, Gerrit....................34, 151, 657, 672
586  Smith county............ 459, 599
Seward county......,,......................  611  Smoky Hill'route.................I......... 427
Seymour, Horatio.................................  484   " Smuggler......  i..................616, 620
Seal of the Territory....43  Smallwod, William  H l...341, 468, 493, 528
Seal, State.................:........................ 263  533 561 563 581 590, 599, 633, 652, 671
Seaborn, H...................................z  244  Snow, Edwin H..............461, 552, 615, 645
Secession...........0...                         0  Snow, Frank H.........522, 527, 544, 551, 552
Senators, U. S., eected......94, 256, 261, 374                                   576, 600, 605, 620
457, 458, 459,,. 548, 549, 570, 605, 606, 638  Snead, J. H........................................ 583
639  Snoddy, John T.... 251, 294, 343, 375, 394
Sharp, Isaac......441, 470, 479, 526, 529, 532 Snoddy, James D......295, 373,400, 165, 469
533, 579, 585, 644        478, 487, 495, 511,1527, 536, 548, 569, 574
Sharp, Isaac B........................448, 455, 485                                582, 597, 606, 650
Sherman, i4eneral W. T....392, 424, 426, 428  Snyder, SJ.H...133, 149, 189, 328, 387, 493
462, 466, 484  Soil of Kansas...484, 487, 509, 532, 555, 616
Sher'idan, GeneralPhilip H.....425, 464, 465                                                   618, 619
480, 484; 486, 487, 489, 497, 501, 514  Solomon City.......................................  439
Shepard, Elihu'H................................. 520  Sopris, R............................................  231
Shea, John C....................................... 585  South Carolina................112, 122, 260, 305
Shea, John G.......................7..............  7, 8  Southard, Charles C............................. 303
Shawnees, The.....12,  22, 23, 32, 33; 37, 43  Sons of the South................................  32
62, 458, 506, 640  Social Bands................................    32
Shawneelands.                                 640  Spear, Albert G..............................487, 493
Shawnee frauds........................ 162  Spear, Samuel...............................386, 434
Sherman, John.................95, 103, 231, 240  Speer, John........38, 41, 43, 62, 94, 112, 149
Sherman's March to the Sea................. 392          270, 312, 342, 348, 350, 386, 439, 446, 460
Shillaber, Benj. P................................. 345.           478, 480, 524, 529, 549, 551, 569
Sheldon, O. H......................230  235, 272  Spriggs, William..'..189, 196, 234, 312, 322
Sharon, Mrs. M  J.................  656, 657, 661        326, 369, 378:  384, 385, 422, 460, 582, 601




INDEX.                                               689
Speer, Joseph L......43, 51, 90, 269, 274, 538  Stanton, Edwin M............................... 481.
Squatter Sovereignty.....29, 31, 33, 126, 159  Stafford county.................................... 459
162, 198, 201, 240, 242, 246, 252  Stark, Andrew.........235, 239, 381, 392, 395
Squatter Sovereign, The.............43, 55,  95                                               426, 459
Spooner, William  R........................437, 644  Stone, James C.......................257, 262, 263
Spring Hill....................................163, 466  Stokes, Edwin.........................  207
Sponable, J. W.................314, 369, 422, 450  Stadden, Isaac...............................290, 419
Spalding,Azel W............327, 343, 594, 606  Stewart, John J.................................. 420.
Spalding, Azel.......................271, 314, 322  Stewart, W. C...................................... 669
Spalding, Hugh M..................567, 601, 644  Stewart, Watson..............229, 388, 506, 654,
Spicer, Newell W...........................275, 397  Stafford, H. H...................................... 483
Spencer, James M...................450, 488, 548  Sturges, William.................................458.
Spirit, Paola...................................648, 655  State House......437, 446, 457, 458, 459, 46i
Spiritualists, The...........................509, 555   464, 465, 478, 480, -504, 505, 514, 518, 600
Spurgeon, G. W..............................617, 641                                         633, 642
Speck, Joseph...........201, 275, 445, 476, 609  State bonds....................................347, 432
Speck, Frederick.............497, 505, 525, 643  State lands....................................356, 436.
Stringfellow, John H......37, 48, 53, 91, 105  State debt...........................................     670
159, 555  State treasury..........466, 504, 518, 519, 549
Stringfellow, Benjamin F.........37, 105, 109                                            550, 641, 671, 355, 586  Starrett, William  A.......................453, 504
Stephens, Aaron D.........................108, 241  Supreme Court Reports........................ 381
Steamboats on the Kaw...19, 21, 27, 50, 164  Sunday schools.......................462, 621, 658.
188, 200, 427  Sumter, Fort...................................... 261
Stone, Lucy................................. 460, 461  Sumner, Col. Edwin V.......72, 97; 103, 104
Stanton, Elizabeth Cady.................465, 475                                         112, 120, 197
Stanton, Frederic P...........34, 118, 120, 123  Sumner, Charles..........35, 99, 100, 247, 642
151, 152, 154, 155, 200, 261, 264, 266, 314  Sumner county.......................459, 599, 616
Stotler, Jacob..........188, 225, 244, 246, 252  Swallow, G. C..................369, 424, 431, 433
259, 312, 353, 375, 378, 389, 407, 421, 430  Swallow, John R......157, 182, 322, 378, 384
442, 465, 487, 495, 512, 527, 528, 529, 537                                    393, 442, 446, 478
653, 656  Swayze, J. Clarke...........................618  656
St. Benedict's College......................... 633  Swedish immigration.....................498;  543
St. Joseph, Mo............ 484, 563, 615  Swift, Frank B....90, 108, 256, 276, 388, 397
St. Joseph anI Topeka Railroad........... 629
St. JoiSeph and Denver Railroad.....436, 437
T.
440, 466, 473, 498, 521, 567, 619, 628, 629
St. Louis, Lawrence and Denver R. R... 427  Tappan, Samuel F.........68, 70, 94, 123, 164
431, 439, 567, 629                                  167, 182, 239, 316
St. John, John P............................592, 606  Taylor, R. B......312, 436, 442, 463, 478, 577
St. Mary's............................................   599                            581, 620, 625
St. Mary's Mission............................... 526  Taylor, Bayard.................................. 441
Ste. Genevieve....................................    11  Taylor, P. Z......353, 410, 465, 484, 485, 490
St. Louis.1................ 2, 13,  21  Taylor, H. L................................459, 569
St. Clair, H. C...................................... 663  Taylor, James P........................... 417,  485
Stover, Elias S....282, 451,460, 481, 483, 536  Taylor, Thomas T............................... 666
569, 574, 581, 590, 606, 609, 638, 639  Taylor Alfred.............3...583, 612, 646, 647
644, 669  Talcott, Henry W............................... 623
Stabler, George W......................... 283, 429  Taxes, semi-annual............................. 642
Stormont, D. W.......................459,478, 609  Taxes, each year................................. 670
Stinson, Samuel A...........192, 207, 226, 232  Tanner,William....................473, 490, 514
269, 274  314  316  317, 323, 436  Tenney, William  C........................574, 669
St. Joseph and Hannibai R; R............. 198  Tenney, Marcus D.............................. 308
St. Vincennes......................................  18  Temperance, Sons of.......................... 521
St. Ildefonso, Treaty..........................  13  Temperance, State, Society.....269, 548, 586
State expenses.........312, 330, 355, 431, 452                         639, 641, 643, 648, 649, 656
472, 497, 513, 541, 562, 599, 629, 669  Tecumseh........................................... 163
Strickler, Samuel M.........327, 343, 369, 376  Tenth Kansas..................305, 313, 331, 422
378, 422, 442, 540, 558  Teachers', State, Association...369, 427, 483
Strickler, Hiram  J......47, 196, 197, 198, 224                               507, 522, 544, 562, 599
240, 432, 457, 574, 581, 617  Telegraph...192, 198, 240, 431, 432, 518, 562
Stevens, Hiram..............509, 515, 624,.655  Temperature............................. 433
Stevens, Robert S.....226, 270, 312, 313, 483  Texas cattle....................424, 467, 521, 658
509, 514  Tennent, Sidney................................. 236
Stevens, Thomas C.............................. 40?  Third Kansas...................................... 266
Stevens, Solomon................................ 663  Third Battery.......................268, 368, 423
Stevens, J. A....................................... 560  Third Indian Regiment.................321, 342
Stephens, Alexander IL.....34, 165, 257, 423  Thirteenth Kansas..........321, 331, 337, 422
Stephenson, R. E................................. 494  Thayer, Eli.........................33, 36, 37,  38
Stevenson, T. G....................................557  Thomas, Adolphus S........................... 381
Stevenson, R. E...............................  664  Thomas, Chester, jr............................. 3145
Stevenson, Thomas..............................   288  Throckmorton, Job................353, 389, 412
Starr, Rev. Frederick........................... 123                                          451, 653
Stearns, George L................ I............ 461  Thoman, Alois..........271, 353, 488, 491, 518
Storch, George.......................387, 421, 649.           528, 534, 574, 576, 584, 589, 607
Steele, James W......532, 562, 563, 577,'601  Thacher, Luin K......0............      0
" "...........    ~..  "" 615, 643  Thacher, Solon 0.....207  208  236, 246, 379
Standard, Lawrence..........................    40                      384, 443, 453, 457, 529, 548
Sternberg, Thomas-J...............280, 352, 526. Thompson, Edward D......235, 256, 279, 355
Stout, X.K.....................110, 233, 525, 625                                          393, 458




690                                ANNALS OF KANSAS.
Thaier;T. Dwight.........126, 127, 153, 163  Vanderslice, Daniel............................. 484
164, 167; 182, 196, 198, 201, 202, 245, 264  Vaughan, John C.....152, 226, 248, 322, 457
321, 322, 329, 346, 478,487, 524,'551, 577                                          531, 548, 664
606,608, 613, 650, 655, 665  Vaughan, Champion........152, 157, 160, 163
Thorp, Samuel M..........316, 331                                             197, 309
Tholen, William.        203, 226, 232, 244, 260  Vanderslice, Thomas...........................  229
281, 309, 346, 378  Van Winkle, R. A...........229, 270, 314, 612
Thurston, Orlin......226, 232, 327, 343, 376  Van Duyn, A. C................................... 601
437, 441, 485, 490  Valentine, David M:........271, 327,343, 349
Thomas, Chester.............228, 244, 262, 309         374, 391, 475, 487, 491, 501, 561, 653, 656
322, 325                                             657, 661
Tierhan, Peter H...........................485, 494  Vallandigham, C. L.................  347
Tice, John H................................... 579  Van Doren, W. S...........................394, 536
Tice, Perry...............            396  Vermont............................................   110
Times, Leavenworth.........188, 380, 466, 473  Veale, George W.......234, 290, 386, 395, 448
480, 563                       498, 539, 549, 581, 582, 595'Times, New York................................ 118  Vincent, J. C...................397, 536, 600, 644
Tough, William  S...........382, 594, 612, 620  Victoria Colony.................................. 615
Tomlinson, William  P............192'193, 194  Virginia...............................             7
Townsend, P. H..................................  207  Vicksburg, Battle of........347
383,'625, 644  Volunteers.........   ii. -4.2-3,-4.3, 43
Townsend, E.K......................383  625, 644  Volunteers........349, 376, 422, 423, 432, 436
Tomlinson, T.B.................................. 664                                         454, 504
Topping, E. H.........................511, 536, 592  Voss, Martin V..............................493, 559
Tonty.............:................................ 507  Voss, John T....................................... 529
Topeka..........28, 40, 112, 114, 165, 428
431, 437, 520, 521, 548, 562, 567, 580  619
W.
621,.644
Topeka Constitution........................74, 95  WALKER, ROBERT J.........118, 123, 124, 125
Topeka Legislature dispersed.........103, 112                            129, 152, 154, 161, 183, 513
Topeka Legislature arrested................ 113  Walker, Samuel........104, 108, 154, 194, 261
Treaty of Fontainebleau.....................  1.1                       262, 277, 286, 362, 378, 592
Tracy, Prank M............242, 252, 264, 275  Walker, Wm.................................... 641
404, 622  Walker, Thaddeus H....... 467, 576, 584, 590
Tracy, Robert........252, 275, 439, 461  Watkins, W.  H...................................  620
Tracy, Lewis................................404, 428  Wade, Benjamin F.................161, 246, 462
Trees; Forest.........................424, 436, 482  Wamego.........................439, 579, 614, 633
Trask' Ezra I1.....................483, 500, 524  Walsh, Hugh S...............183, 190, 324, 376
Trask, Josiah C...................................'585                                       485, 529
Trumbull, Lyman.........................231, 462  Wagstaff, Wm. R......230, 271, 314, 324, 326
Troy.........................................46 6                      376, 400, 484  485, 491  579
Troy.460, 466                                        ~~~~~~~~376, 400, 484, 485, 491, 579
Train, George Francis....................... 46-7  Wattles, Augustus..............51, 52, 129, 153
Trower, Thomas................................. 182  Wakarusa War...............70, 71, 72, 73, 315
Tribune, Chicago...........................164, 323  Wakefield, John A......40, 67, 118, 129, 322
Tribune, Kansas................38, 94, 111, 112                                         353, 529, 615
Tribune, New'York.........104, 111, 241, 330  Watson, John H......236, 322, 325, 326, 345
Treason...............98; 102, 108, 112, 122, 129                                  391, 475, 492, 583
Treat, L.S....................................... 407'Walden, J. M............123, 129, 133, 168, 182
Trego, Edgar.................................   299  Wabaunsee......................~.............  125
Trego, Joseph H.......................         287  Wasser, E.A..........................513, 524, 650
Trego county.........................   459  Waggener, B. P...............486, 584, 591, 646.
Tucker, Edwin....................4. 470, 609  Washington county.............................562
Tucker, Horace................................. 330  Walruff,  John...................................... 590
Turnverein......................................   120  Waskey, J. F....................................   590
Tweed, William  M. ("Boss")............... 34  Watson, James E...................648, 653, 660
Twin Relics of Barbarism...................  102  Ware, Eugene F............579, 598, 639, 644
Twombley, G. W. K..................... 182  Washer, Solomon R..'........................... 297
Twelfth Kansas...............321, 342  422, 427  Warner, William  H................486, 513, 524
Twiss, Charles P....................307, 386 499  Wallace, J. L..................................   494
Wallace county............................480, 598
U.                           Washburn College....436, 453, 472, 497, 501
Walker, Isaiah.......................429, 444, 446
UNITED STATES, The Independence of,                  Ward, Artemus..................... .         426
acknowledged.................................  13  Waugh  G................................ 653
Constit~~~~~~~~~Wugho o, Gdpe.M.,.......................                         653
Constitution of, adopted.............  13  *Ward, Anthony A............................. 643
University, State......198, 257, 266, 846, 350  Watts,R. A......................................... 397
356,3 874, 437, 443, 453, 459, 464, 513, 520  Way, James P..............................401, 451
577, 599, 630, 633, 644, 645, 657................ 
United Presbyterians.......658. Wallack, Benjamin............................ 408
658  Waters, Joseph G.........................  563, 576
United Brethren in Christ.....373, 436, 541  Weas   he.................................24, 35, 473
Universalists, The............................... 577
V.-nderhill Daniel............................ 448, 498West,'G. C.......................................   605'Underhill, Daniel.......................... 448, 498  mWellhouse, Frederick....................415, 429
Underhill, Sylvester..............................     430  Wendell, F. J.............................  649
Updegraff, W. W...............229, 323, 393, 450  Wells Welcoie........270, 314, 556, 594, 610
Wel eche...7,34,5,598, ~610
-498, 561  Wells, E. C.................................... 662
Utt, John H......................................   428  Weer, William, 250, 305, 316, 386, 418, 459
O-tt, Levi H...........;............................  294  Welch, Orrin T...................................  669
Welsh, Harlan P......251, 448, 470, 539, 582
IV.                          Weightman, Matthew...................253, 273
VAIL, TEOamS  H...........443, 461, 480, 553  Weld, Lewis Ledyard.......................... 197
Valuation, State.......................... 552, 670  Weveri Joseph L..................294, 453, 552
Vanderslice, Thomas J....................... 468  Wells, John D.......303, 387, 412, 449, 510




INDEX.                                              691
Weisbach, Jacob..............328, 393, 481, 551  Wilder, Daniel W......201, 204, 231, 252, 253
Webb, Thomas H............................37, 237      273, 312, 314, 349, 350, 483, 489, 518, 524
Webb, W. E................................     577     544, 555, 561, 577, 582, 590, 602, 652, 660
Webb, -Linus J.................................... 582  Winchell, James M..........103, 168, 182, 207
Webb, Henry G.:............... 381, 536, 607                                                  225, 251
Webb, William C......381, 470, 511, 520, 539  Wilhelm, Levi....................................  510
550, 653  Willis, Martin C...............270, 408, 449, 664
Westport, Battle of..................381, 382, 383  Wilkinson, West E.....3........................ 562
Well, Louis.............. 120, 481, 482, 583, 588. Winter; Jacob................................... 592
Wheeler, John B................................. 337'Wichita............482, 552, 554, 577, 579, 586
Wheeler, Joshua.......327, 343, 386, 428, 487                                                 633, 657
583, 637  Willetts, C.C....................................... 376
Wheat, Lysander B.................376, 394, 444  Wisner, George W............................... 409
Whiting, Charles C..................381, 442, 460  Woodson, Daniel.........36, 38, 103, 105, 120
Whitehair's Village............................. 427  Woodson county................................. 472
Whiteman, W.H................................. 653  Woodard, Levi.........189, 196, 235, 353, 430
Whitney, H. C.................................... 537                             493, 506, 609, 643
Whittaker, David.....305, 493, 506, 510, 515  Wood, J.J.......................557, 569, 574, 665
519, 541, 542, 549  Woollen factories......425, 436, 466, 658, 672
White Cloud.................................163, 544  Woman suffrage.......459, 460, 461, 465, 466
Whittier, John G.........39, 92, 183, 249, 439                                          467, 475, 504
Whitfield, John W.......40, 69, 104, 109, 110  Woods, Smith D................................. 402
114, 437', 615  Wood, Stephen M............539, 561, 610, 666
Williams, Archibald...............258, 347. 381  Wood, Samuel N........39, 41, 47, 51, 70, 91
Williams, Archibald L......324, 473, 528, 534           95, 112, 152, 182, 204, 208, 230, 235, 243
569, 582, 591, 607, 653        251, 281, 312, 353, 394, 403, 431, 439, 448
Williams, P. J.........................507, 552, 563   460, 466, 471, 541, 574, 576, 577, 583, 656
Williams, R. L...................................  207  Woodworth, Caleb A........182, 322, 327, 337
Williams, Joseph............................. 226  Worrall, -Henry.............................513, 577
Williams, Henry H......94, 98, 102, 203, 274  Worden, Lorenzo J.................118, 536, 611
305, 469, 493, 549, 551, 561, 569  Wright, John K.....................470, 512, 653
Williams, Samuel A...........53, 284, 585, 620  Wright, Thomas S............................... 207
Williams, James M................287, 340, 347  Wright, R. W........................ 551, 561, 665
Williams, R. M................................... 250  Wyandottes, The.................24, 28, 43, 458
Williams, Boaz W.....250, 352, 457, 468; 662  W-yandotte.......;.163, 240, 439, 453, 458, 464
Willemsen, Charles.............................. 397  Wyandotte Constitution.........198, 199, 204
Wilson, Henry..................33, 124, 125, 578       205, 206, 207, 208, 209, 225, 227, 240, 242
Wilson, Hiero T.......126,  134, 444, 529, 585
Wilson, V. P...................523, 593, 609, 634                         X
Wilson, Joseph L................................. 430
Wilson, Andrew  S............510, 538, 550, 597  XENI................................................ 420
Wilson, Joseph C.............537, 556, 581, 592
629, 637                           y.
Wilson's Creek, Battle of................... 267
Wilson county....................... 459, 599, 657  YOR], ALEXANDER M......592, 606, 607, 608
Wilder, John...................................... 461                 609, 610, 611, 615, 641, 655
Wilder, John H.................................   397  York, Wm. H...................................... 614Wilder, A. Carter......203, 243,244, 248, 249
264, 309, 322, 326, 375, 378, 392                              Z.
Wilmot; David....................................  28
Wilmot Proviso...................................  29  ZARA, FORT................................349, 578