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KANSAS. 
Kansas against the desire of the actual settlers ? Mr. P. arrived 
from Lawrence this afternoon with a lady, who is going to visit 
some acquaintances in Independence, Mo. They have passed 
many of the desperadoes, on their way, armed with all kinds of 
death-dealing instruments. They carried with them provisions 
and whiskey, and baked bread by the roadside. 
April 2d. — Mrs. C. left to-day for Independence. Mr. S. and 
family, from New Hampshire, arrived. Their youngest little one 
sickened on the way, and they are now carrying it with them to 
Lawrence for burial. There is a good deal of sickness upon the 
river, especially among children. 
3d. — People are continually coming and going. Gentlemen 
leave their families here, while they look up a situation in the 
territory. They go into the nearest towns to buy grain and feed 
for their horses, which are now very scarce and high. 
Towards evening, four gentlemen came in from Lawrence. The 
doctor, with others, soon came; and the number continually in¬ 
creased, until there were fourteen in from Lawrence. A very 
pleasant family, who were our fellow-travellers a part of the way, 
have just arrived : Mrs. Nichols also, the Brattleboro’ editress 
and earnest worker for the rights of women, with a young lady, 
soon to be her daughter-in-law. The son, and chief attraction to 
this young lady, was already in the territory. Had we just 
arrived in the West, we should have wondered where all could 
find resting-places for the night; but we had been here long 
enough to know the expansiveness of western homes. 
4 th. — The morning was bright and pleasant. More than fifty 
slept under the roof last night. I gave up my room to some of 
the new comers, and slept on comfortables and buffalo-robes on 
the floor in the attic; and, with the exception of an occasional 
tug at my pillow, or nibble at my finger, from some stray mouse, 
I never slept better. 
There is a rumor that it is the intention of those Missourians 
elected to the Legislature, by the votes of the overwhelming forces 
who went into the territory on the last week and voted on the 
13th, to assassinate Gov. Keeder unless he grants certificates of 
election. They have so declared ; and these high-minded gentle- 
