GENERAL DISCOMFORT — MURDER OF DOW. 
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responded. S. C. Smith, of Lawrence, was elected secretary; J. 
H. Lane, president. The oath of office was administered to the 
president and the several members by J. A. Wakefield. Lev. 
Mr. Burgess chosen chaplain; Mclntire, door-keeper; Lyman 
Farnsworth, sergeant-at-arms ; S. F. Tappan, reporter for the 
Herald of Freedom; John Speer, reporter for the Kansas Trib¬ 
une ; E. C. K. Garrey, reporter for the Kansas Freeman; J. 
Kedpath, reporter for the Missouri Democrat. 
Nov. 15 th. -— Bainy and very chilly. A military supper in the 
evening. For two or three days men have been out in the woods 
hunting game; and to-night a large number of our citizens have 
gathered to partake of the supper, and join in the general festivi¬ 
ties of the hour. Notwithstanding the rain, the mud being over 
shoes in depth, at an early hour the large dining-hall of the hotel 
was full of people, our neighbors and friends, while many came 
from miles away. A piano stood at the upper end of the room, 
— parlor and dining-hall being thrown into one,— and over the 
arch of the folding doors waved the “ star-spangled banner,” pre¬ 
sented to the military companies on the fourth of July. The 
tables occupying the length of the hall, in double rows, were loaded 
with wild game, rabbits, squirrels, prairie-chickens, turkeys, and 
one porker, — whether native of the country, deponent saith not, 
— while cakes of every variety, with pastry, grace the table. All 
this cooking was done by one lady, — one of the earliest settlers, 
-—who has the Yankee adaptedness of character to the circum¬ 
stances in which she is placed. It was a New England gathering, 
though some, by their dress, tinsel ornaments, or their peculiarity 
of speech, showed that their home was further west. Some of the 
latter were asking continually, “ When will the supper be ready? 
If there is going to be anything to eat, let us have it now.” That 
our people are eminently social, the frequent public gatherings 
here and at Topeka will bear witness. A person coming in to 
mingle in the scene would never realize he was in a newly settled 
country, or in a town scarcely a year old. 
18^.—We heard yesterday that Mr. C., who for several weeks 
has been very ill, but had partially recovered, is taken down again 
with symptoms of fever and ague. The weather is exceedingly 
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