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upon them to aid him in their enforcement. All this the people 
of Westport, Missouri, received with cheers and hurrahs; and, in 
loud bursts of enthusiasm, they expressed their joy that the tool was 
sure. Governor Shannon’s son quietly asked of a bystander 
“ if board could not be obtained in Lawrence, and hinted, in pretty 
plain terms, that he should prefer to live where there was less 
whiskey, and men of less ruffianly look. When the boat reached 
the landing, at Kansas city, a large number of the Missourians 
went on to meet the governor, and introduced themselves to him 
as “ Border Ruffians.” A carriage was soon sent over from 
Westport, to convey him thither. So, in the course of his rule in 
Kansas, we shall see what we shall see. 
4 th. — Emigration again begins to pour into the territory. 
During the last two months there has been little in this part of 
the country. Cholera has raged on the river, and summer 
heats have been too great for any comfort in travelling; but 
now the prairies are again dotted with white-covered wagons of 
the western emigrant. They come bringing everything with 
them in their wagons, their furniture, provisions, and their families. 
Their stock, also, is driven with the teams. Their wagons to 
them are a travelling home; many of them having a stove set, 
with pipe running through the top. They often travel far into 
the territory; it matters to them little how far, so that they get 
a location which pleases them. Then they build a cabin, and, 
with a fixed habitation, they will become the strength and sinew 
of the country. Being used to the emergencies and the hard¬ 
ships of pioneer life, Kansas will depend upon them mostly, in 
this early settlement, for the ground,work, the substratum, upon 
which to build up a glorious new state. While they, for the most 
part, settle in the country, and will gather into their garners of 
the golden treasures of the rich and fertile soil, eastern cap¬ 
ital will form a nucleus, around which the young, the adventur¬ 
ous, the enterprising, will gather, and new cities, new towns, will 
spring up with rapid growth, emulating in thrift and intelligence 
those of the old states. 
Another street broil occurred to-day. The Blue Lodge has 
decided to make an attack upon Lawrence before two months are 
