CH A.PTER XII. 
FUNERAL OF BARBER—DEATH OF R. P. BROWN. 
Bee. \bth. — The day of the election upon the adoption of the 
state constitution. The vote for the constitution was small, coming 
as it did on the heels of the invasion. In some of the districts 
the constitutions were not received. There was no opportunity 
to canvass the territory; and where appointments had been 
made for meetings, there was no speaking. At Leavenworth 
there was a gathering of some of the forces who had been before 
Lawrence. As the election was proceeding quietly, Charles 
Dunn, with a party, smashed in the window of the building where 
the election was being held, jumped in, and drove off the judges 
of election. One of the clerks of election, in attempting to 
save the ballot-box, was seized by the throat by Dunn. He was 
also struck in the face by Dunn, and by another person, 
until he fell, when the crowd rushed upon him, kicking him in 
the head and sides. Dunn and party then carried off the ballot- 
boxes. 
l§th .— It is a clear, bright December day, and the snows, 
which came in small quantity, are fast melting, and mingling 
with the clayey soil. So, besides the burden of rubbers, one has 
to carry no little portion of the native earth. But, as Mr. 
Barber was to be disinterred from his hasty burial in town, to be 
buried with martial honors to-day, we made the half-mile walk. 
First, however, arranging for the sick man at home. Mr. C. had 
gone beyond his strength, in an attempted journey, and he was 
again a fixture in the chimney-corner. He threatens, with a mix¬ 
ture of “ quinine and sulphuric acid,” to drive away the chills; 
