FROM KANSAS. Correspondence of Tfco St. Bouli Deaoeritv • Lawrence, K. T„ Dec, 15,1866. I have just returned from Topeka, vifi Te cumseh and Lecomplon, and called upon the prisoners. At Tecumseh fourteen are in dicted for man-slaughter, and have the prom ise of a trial this week. At Lecompton I saw the “ convicts,” nineteen in number, and instead of “ wearing hall and chain, and working on public works,” several of them are employed by the citizens, and paid high prices for their vvoik. They are considered the best mechanics in town, and, upon giving their word of honor, are allowed to work at their trade. Notwithstanding the Pro-Slavery organs call them “ thieves and assassins," and they have been sentenced to 6vo "years in the penitentiary, their word is sufficient guarantee to one of Uncle Sam’s officers that they can bo found when called for. No attempt has been made by the authori ties to re-arrest thoso who mado their escape through the prison walls in Tecumseh. The writ-servers have not made their appearance in Lawrence for some time past. 1 suspect they have suspended judiciary mailers for the present, for the purpose of attending the Leavenworth land-sales. No disturbance has yet occurred between the purchasers, but no part of the city has been sold yet, and the trouble will be likely to originate there, if anywhere. They will probably commence some lime Ibis week to dispose of the town lo's. The gentry from the South are the principal buyers, thinking, perhaps the best way tc establish Slavery in Kansas is to own the soil. Hovcver, Col. Titus, while in Kansas city, on his way to Nicaragua, drank to Kansas “ a fiee Stale.” The Colonel shows that he has been an expensive (filibuster. Holding up one of his hands, which was very much deformed, he replied that he had it probed with a Spanish lance tyhile in .Cuba. Then showing the other, which was still worse, re marked that •'the d—d Yankees shot a Sharpe’s rifle ball through that one, and into his shoulder also.” The conquest of Kansas has been accomplished, but her citizens are not subdued. At every triumph of the slave oligarchy, they seem more determined that Kansas shall bo free. , There are no troops on the Nebraska fron tier now, ns all have been ordered to the Fort, except Company “ H,” Capt. Nuble com manding, who remain at Lecompton to guard the town. 1 have just leqrned from' one of the officers that this company will be proba bly kept there all Winter for that purpose. 1 can learn nothing more relative to Gov. Gea ry’s and Judge Lecompte’s quarrel. What the autocrats are doing in relation to the dis missal of this high functionary, remains to be seen. His “ Honor” will not be likely to submit without a groat deal of reluctance, if at all. Wo have just heard of the appointment of another man in the place ol J. B. Donaldson ns Marshal of the Territory. Whether he will be as faithful in maintaining “ law and order,” as his predecessor, and retire with as many “ honors” and “ abate” ns many “ nuisances,” lime can only tell. Donaldson ought to go and live besido Shannon, in some rural retreat, with an easy access to a whis. key barrel, and there soliloquize upon the past, and never be disturbed in the future. They both make a good old grandmotherly appearance, and would never injure the coun try, unless used for tools, as they have been in subjugating Kansas. Cut 1 believe in Ilia nncienl maxim, “ Say nolhing bui what is good of the dead.” Lieuienanl Harvey and his company arc going to ilia soul hern port of the Territory 10 start n new town. Gov. Geary thinks he has no further use for their services. He has probably dismissetf them to give the marshals u chance to serve their processes, as the colo nel and several of his company are under in dictment. Reports from southern Kansas say that since the cold weather commenced, affairs have assumed a more pacific nature. The Free-State Legislature will convene on the first Tuesday in January, and memorialize Congress, if nothing more, unless Col. Sum ner or soma of his compeers are ordered by Frank to disperse them. His Excellency’s message reached us this evening. I know not what the people in the States may think of it, bul for one to read it that is acquainted with Kansas politically, it is enough to make him disgusted with a Republican government. That portion relating to Kansas, when ana lyzed, amounts to a tissue of falsehood, and the Pro-Slavery men in lha Territory know it to bo so, whether they do in Washington Or not. The Free-Stale Hotel progresses very slowly, owing to the intense cold weather.— Gov. Robinson left this morning for the East. The Kaw River is frozen over sufficiently to boar foot passengers. The St. Louis Democrat estimates that the conspiracy of border ruffians against free emi gration to Kansas has injured the business of the Missouri river steamboat, men more than half a million of dollars, and that it has been almost equally disastrous to various other branches of business in Missouri. Oregon Fruit.— This Territory is said to be one, of therfincst frail growing countries in the world. It is estimated that not less than 875)000 worth of apples will be shipped to California this season. The size of the apples is almost incredible. Uis no uncom moa lUTng to see specimen apples weighing from one .and a half to two pounds. A Parallel. —New York State, with thirty-five ole'cloral votes, polled at the late Presidential election, 595,180 voles, while twelve other Stales having together sixty eight-electoral voles pollfld 595,973. These States are Florida, Delaware, Arkansas, Ala bama, Maryland, Texas, Louisiana, Missis sippi, North Carolina, Vermont, New Hamp shire, and California. The Vote for Phesioket. —An exchange paper says, ibe returns for President as far as received, foot up as follows : Buchanan, 1,796,277.; Fremont, 1,328,185; Fill more, 822,620. The returns, Jp.come in will not materially vary the result, Mr. Bu chanan is four hundred pnd sidy-eight thousand ahead of Mr. Fremont, and Mr. ■Fiwmont has nearly-half a million notes' more -than Mr. Fillmore. , The combined vote of Fremont and Fillmore is. greater ban that “ About half a hundred I guess, if they ’re fine.” '“Wejjjboys 1 age you aio in for New Yerirs. -; Thais right j]lhe young are young f— buj don't;,forget that the young will be old.” " r i • * * * * # “Ah yes, yes, how much !'* > Filly' cents.” " " Just the money,” “Oh I like to have forgot, a couple of pounds of crackers.” “ Good day sir,” “ Good day.” “ 1 guess old pinch cent is going in for a bust.” t Reader, they can finish their game with out us, and we will follow our first acquain tance of (he morning and see what he is go ing to do with those oysters and crackers. Thai’s the way .he went; over across the street, and down back. He's gono into Mr. Bales. The old gentleman has been ailing for some lime. “ A happy New Year to you Mr. Bales— You are looking better to-day I think.” “ Well 1 don’t know ; I’m sometimes almost discouraged.” “I heard yesterday you thought you could eat some oyster soup, so I have brought you some oysters, and 1 came across some fine crackers, nnd thought I might ns well bring them along too. Your wife knows how to make it just right—there is enough for a good family dinner.” “ God bless you sir, 1 hope God will let me live lo remember and repay your kind ness.” For TUo Agitator. “ That’s nothing.” “ You don’t know how much it is.” “ Mr. Bates, I bad another object in call ing, I knew you had been sick a long time, and must bo tic need. Here,Mrr>, Bates, is twenty dollars—no words—you must lake it —1 know all about your situation. When Mr. Bates get* well he can pay me. Good day.” And old Skhnint, old Pinch cent as ho was called sneeringly by ihe frequenters of the hole in the wall, hurried away, and did hot see that burst of passionate (ears from Mrs. Bales, ns she exclaimed, “Oh I knew, I knew Providence would send us relief.” Reader, let us part now, for I must go home. We will lake a night ramble together, and, Mr. Editor, I’ll tell you in a future num ber «hal I see. Yours truly, JEHOSOPHAT, Jan. 1, ’57. 2 o’clock, P. M. From the New York Mirror. The Cold—mid the Poor. The poor we have always wiih us—said the great Teacher, who became poor that we might be rich—but they seem to be especially and peculiarly with us at (his inclement sea son of the year, when Ihe cold wind whistles through the leafless trees in ihe Park, and bites ihe lender bodies of the thinly clad, like sharp steel. The public charities of theciiy are boon liful and generous ; they are, moreover, con siderate and discriminating in distinguishing between cases of real and pretended want. Into these channels of organized benevolence, there always flow at Ibis festive season of the year streams of liberal donations. It is a wise, prudent and economical method of dis pensing alms, and the chill blasts of this win in,.weather.should remind the Wealthy and the'benevolent, id renew promptly theil 1 an nual contributions to ohjecisof publiccharity. Food, clothing and fuel are actual necessities with the poor of our city at this season of the year, and whoever gives for these purpo ses through the usual and well directed chan nels, may in most cases, be certain that his liberality is not lavished upon the indolent and improvident. True charily is sagacious as well as generous. But ihe qualify of Mercy isnol strained.— It is heller lo err on her side than to lean 100 much towards imperative and exacting jus tice. It is a Heavenly charily which com miserates the wayward and ihe fallen. What would become of as if we were rewarded ac cording to ourdeserts ? The mature' In heart—upon whom has dropped the divine seed of the unworldly but world-wide charily of Christ—will not be content with doing good by proxy. It is a cold and unwholesome benevolence which is satisfied with'dropping gold in charily boxes or'passing it through (he windows o( Hospi tals. Sumwhing more is required by Hint «hb Went ahoul doing good and ministered to lazzaroni and demoniacs. True Christ nnily loves actual cohiaci with the poor. 'is thus only that their actual wants' and ne cessities can be known. He who gives liber ally out of his abundance lo collective chari ties does Well; but he who seeks out' the squalid hovels of the destitute, listens sym pathizingly to the tale of unforeseen misfor tune, distributes liberally to individual cases of honest poverty, and pours oil, with his own hands, upon liio wounded spirit of some despised Samaritan, does heller, because he comprehends heller that wonderful Love of the poor, and miserable and fallen, which, born in Heaven, was once incarnate on earth, A heart rending occurrence took place in Stockport, Columbia counfy, N. Y., in which a child was killed in tha arms of its mother, and by her sister. Mrs. Dickerman was sit ting in the room with her child, a boy about two years of age, upon her lap, engaged in -dressing it, while at the same time her staler, 'a Miss Plainer, was culling the wick of a candle ’ with a pair of scissors. Thd sisters wefd engaged,in an angry conversation, when Miss Plainer, in a fit of rage, threw the scissors at her sister with great force, the point striking the' child upon his breast, pen etrating to the heart. Tho innocent little one exclaimed, “O, mother I mother !" and im mediately expired. Mrs. Dickerman did not see hor sister throw the scissors, nnd was not concious of what had been done until site saw the instrument of death planted in his breast. Miss Plainer is now confined in the Hudson jail-to await the action of (he. grand jury. Pennsylvania courts have decided (hat the provision of, law,, which entitles a widow, to three hundred dollars from the husband’s estate, in preference,to creditors, is not affect, ed by the husband “ waiving the exemption" on a judgment obtained'Sgainst him .before hor widowhood. Heroism of a Carlisle Boy la Cali fernia. The California papers of August last, D ave accounts of a bold attack made by a g ang 0 f highway plunderers on the stage coach near Marysville. We have only within a few day« past, however, been made acquainted with the heroism displayed on the occasion by a native of Carlisle, Mr, Wm. Dobson, who formerly' lived at Pine Grove Furnace, but left Cumberland' county several years since to try his luck among the adventurers to the golden region. At the time this affair oc curred, Mr. Dobson was in the employ 0 f Messrs. Langton &Co., as one of their ex. press messengers. It is due to. his charac ter that the faithfulness with which he stood to his trust in an hour of extreme peril sho’d he published. We therefore publish the sub joined extracts from California papers ; Marysville, (Cal.) Aug. 12,1856. This afternoon about 4$ o’clock, ns the Marysville singe was coming in from Camp tonvillc, and when near Dry Creek, it was slopped by six mounted highwaymen, who were alter the treasure amounting to §lOO,. 000. Near the point ofatlack, the road forks, and Mr. Rideout, dust gold dealer in Young's Hill, was on ope road and the stage on the other. Mr. Rideout was stopped by tho rob bers, who all presented their arms and com manded him to dismount. Mr. R. hesitated, when some of them threatened to shoot him. On this threat being made, he dismounted, and went toward the stage, which was on the other rode across the ravine. The robbers called him bock and remanded his money,— Being satisfied that he had some, and his treasure being on the stage, they look his horse and told him to crossover to the stage. They demanded the driver of the stage— John Gear—to stop, and threatened to kill the first man who should oppose them in their designs. Mr. Dobson, messenger for Langton & Co., immediately drew on them, and commenced firing ; his first took effect on the spokesman of the robbers and unhorsed him. Mr. Ride out had now got to the stage, and indiscrimi nate firing now commenced between the rob bers and passengers. As many as forty shots were fired on both sides. The robbers find ing themselves so stoutly opposed, retreated, leaving the passengers master of the field. Tho driver, Mr. John Gear, was shot through the right arm above elbow. Mrs. Tilghman, wife of a barber in this city, was shot in the head,' and the ball entered over the right eye. Another passenger was shot in both legs. The stage is riddled with bullet holes. When the stage was stopped and the firing commenced, one while man and four Chinamen passengers left and ran back on the road which was just passed over. They have not been heard from since. Just ns the stage was about starting, and after the first party had retired,a Mexican (mounted) commenced firing from the oppo site direction, Mr. Dobson returned his.lire and unhorsed him. Two other men were seen coming in the thicket, who were not mounted. They were ail members of the same gang it is supposed. Only two of. ;he party wefe disguised. All were Americans, save the one Mexican just spoken of.' A Bloody Affair in liliuolWt- Monmouth, Warren Co., 111., Dec,l2, A blftody tragedy was performed' at 'be “ Baldwin House,” in this cily, rhis after noon. About two o’clock the terrible ctv 01 murder was heard, and we all started 00l ct discover the cause. Distant only a few yards, there—weltering in their blood—lay the vic tims of the most sanguinary, single hand con flict it has been my lot to witness. The cir cumstances are ns follows :—A Mr. Fleming, an elderly gentleman, and two sons about 25 to 28 years of age, had called upon a Mr. Crozier, at his rooms at the Baldwin House, armed each with a loaded pistol, to coerce the latter gentleman into a concession and re traction of a calumny affecting their daughter and sister, with which they charged Mr. C. Mr. C. after some warm language had passed between the parlies, did sign a retraction in he presence of a friend whom the Messrs. Fleming had brought with them. Immediately after delivering the paper into the possession of their friend, Mr. F. one ot the brothers, said to Mr. C.; “I am now going to cowhide you,” and one of the boys, holding a pistol to his head, directed the other to inflict tho threatened punishment, which he immediately commenced. He nad struck three or four blows, when C. drew a dirk knife itom a side pocket, and passing at the same lime, his left arm around the neci or. Ibo one who plied lire (ash, slabbed him in the left breast ; and, as quick is thought, withdrew (be knife, and struck ,the one who held the pistol a backhanded blow, which reached, as did the first, the heart of his victim. Both brothers received their death wound in less than two seconds, and were both bloody corpses in loss than three minutes after they were struck. The old man had gone out into the hall and locked the door, and stood upon the outside, with a pistol to keep out assistance. The affair has created an immense excite ment here, I assure you. The young man Crozier is under arrest, having surrendered himself into custody, and is to undergo an examination 10-morrow. The sympathies of the people are mostly with Crozier. He acts and looks the picture of despair. He is a young"man, somo 27 or 30 years old, and unmarried. He is said to have been engaged lo the lady in question, who is at present out of the Stale. The other parlies were respectable farmers, and two of them, I understand, were members of the church, in good standing. The transit of Venus will take place in 1861, when the planet will pass directly be tween the earth and the sun, during ihe day, and thedafknbss caused by it will make lights necessary in the houses. The transit occurs once in a century, and on the last occasion the British Government filled out an expedi tion to the South Pacific Ocean for the pur pose of observing it from several points sim ultaneously, for astronomical purposes. A rich, old man, residing in the Fifth A»s nue, New York, died recently leaving hi* immense wealth to a young sewing girl, with whom he had lallen in love. There is a chance for some nice young man.