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ness, calling “ Whoa ! ” “ Whoa ! ” to the horse, when he was stand¬ 
ing as still as anything could, and after at last going a little dis¬ 
tance, asking, in most plaintive tones, for some one to come and 
turn the horse around. 
24 th. — The report of Mr. Dawson’s declining the appointment 
of governor of Kansas is confirmed ; also that Wilson Shannon, of 
Ohio, has been appointed in his place, and will accept the ap¬ 
pointment. Coming, as Mr. Shannon does, from the free state of 
Ohio, where the principles of truth and freedom are engraven on 
the hearts of her people, deeply and indelibly, we ought to expect 
a man in whose heart are large sympathies, whose mind is enlight¬ 
ened. But from all the antecedents of his life, his course in Mex¬ 
ico, his daily life of dissoluteness and debauchery in California 
which was a shame and burning disgrace upon his countrymen, we 
have nothing good to expect. Such a man will naturally be the 
tool of Missouri and the administration. No other could accept the 
appointment as the second choice of the President since Governor 
Breeder’s removal. We have only to endure with patience the 
administration of government under such men, still looking for¬ 
ward to the “good time coming.” 
oftth. — There is a Hungarian doctor here, who pretends he has 
in open field fought for Hungary by the side of Louis Kossuth. 
Yet, strange as the fact seems to us, he has openly espoused the 
side of the oppressor here, and for the Hoppers and Sam Salters 
become a champion. He rolls up his sleeves and daily walks 
the streets threatening peaceable citizens with annihilation. At 
the slightest disturbance or refusal of our people to be overawmd 
by him, he runs for bowie-knife and revolver. Threats of “ I ’ll 
cut your heart out! ” “1 ’ll shoot you ! ” or “ Drive the d—d 
Yankees from the territory ! ” are of every-day occurrence. 
Sept . 1st. —The new governor arrived at Westport, Missouri, 
and was received into full fellowship, and with demonstrations of 
•joy. Before setting foot in the territory, or looking upon his real 
constituents, the bona fide settlers of Kansas, full of whiskey and 
elation of office, he made to them a speech. He told them in it 
repeatedly of their Legislature, the laws they had enacted , and 
assured them, with great fervor of manner, that he should call 
