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KANSAS. 
Doctor left on the 24th for Washington, at noon, not thinking 
of going only an hour or two before. The 26th witnessed the 
laying of the corner-stone of the Unitarian church with impres¬ 
sive exercises. Ministers of different denominations took part in 
the service. Many people, of various beliefs, were there, as the 
first church was planted in the wilderness, and a common interest 
was pervading all classes. Beneath the corner-stone were laid 
copies of several papers in the territory, a sketch of Lawrence, 
and other articles of interest. 
Gov. Shannon has returned to Lecompton, and Mr. Hoyt, in 
whose charge were the rifles, has waited on him in reference to 
their being restored. The poor governor is in a dilemma, neither 
horn of which he thinks quite safe. Shall he please border ruf¬ 
fians, or restore property to its rightful owners ? Fear weighs 
down the scale on the border ruffian side, and the sage decision is, 
the guns must remain in Lexington. 
The little boy, who had so much water to carry, errands to do, 
and so many times has come into the house nearly frozen, is dead. 
He was delirious a few hours and died. Startling as the intelli¬ 
gence was to us, in the dreary shadows of twilight, not having 
heard of his illness, and only three evenings since he had made us 
a longer call than usual, there was mingled a sense of relief 
There was a broken-spiritedness about the boy which was difficult 
to account for and is not natural to childhood. 
Many houses are going up, and, every time we drive down, some 
new building oi' fence closes up the old travelled road. Men are 
digging at the quarries above us, and teams continually going up 
and down both sides of the house for buildings in town, and foi 
the church half down the hill. We had recently had a house 
moved quarter of a mile to join our premises. It will be most 
conducive to our comfort, and that of our frequent lodgers. 
Our house is at last completed, amid all the confusion of lath¬ 
ers, plasterers, paperers, and varnishers, with company all of the 
time, spending the day, the week, or longer. When the noise has 
been too unendurable, the horses and carriage have been put in 
requisition, and a ride over the beautiful prairies been enjoyed by 
our guests. 
