Daily Monitor from Topeka, Kansas • 2

pbioa.y;' The Quid Nunc Although'moflt jjeepl'e are, -'not aware' of it this aniwahis common to almost eve-ryw locality and tflf climates. lie ia pe euliar inj his disposition. He may be generally knowodby his erect ear.kia prying eye, and lively step. Ho is ubiqu- tious in kjs habits and. generally: found V.

-f Xy ifJ where he is least wanted, lou will see Jiim.iu efBcer4ookiog over the operatorsshdnlder, and gleaning the dipp itches! i ejh thqPriiite7pay3 'a large price and as soon as the last c'Dk of the instrument is ard and ihe Oper- ik ator says nothing more to-n'uufc oifh'i, rt I darts to find others of his sort who listen THK GREAT SEAL KANSAS, y-We have 'often 'wondered to whose "in si genuity and arlasnc genius we are im debtdd for our Coat of Arms as display dd on Hie seal f-the To a causal observer the design reminds him of a bevy of frogs jumping in a brick yarTwitlf'a tallow dip in ihe back ground raining its doubtful light on 5 -r 'Vr the gay jind1'-festive scenes cftue obelus told us that it was intended to re- present a man chafing buffaloes out of his or field just atundownjbjit cerUiaiy no 'a i i one wt, nl guess this to be fcne true sign, Iviuks siys'thit a Jayhawar 5or- rwitijc a drove of ov mu-es would 'tip be bio re appropriate as si of anus. it i VT Eut iosling a'hle, vp do tldnk tliTt.who with eager ears as Quid -v ii r. MV the'arin i ai heaungs of the Sta to of Ivm i aiuePit a date a ud the klesjitfehesJ-df2 the opej ftor 4-- W- I i .4. 1 UOIt PRESIDENT1, vm i kiji A .4 4 i saw-m il iM iJlll Or iLLINOtS. i the officers withoufc exception, be-haved wlth theutrfiosi coo'noss, muftoeuvrfcd tfieir mer to the best ad-vantage- i The rebels parsed a round our pick-ets witbcut creating an alarm, and charged through the cam,) guard, on the camp at tht start.

Under them circumtrtances the men were aroused aud formed underfire. I am, sir, very fteupcotfully YourOlt Servant, fcJ John Haylk, Jr Capt. i 1 A I f-v Oo. (Join Heg tJ In pursuaheo of a previous 'i Democratic meeting was- held at tb City Hall fast evening 31r. John S.

Miller was called Ao the chair. Tfca objecfc'of t-hV meti ngToing to tolect delegates to adend the A 1 Topeka on the 14th. On motion, Mr; Cha. llubicam an-d Mr. AYrn.

Shanahan, were duh for that 5 On motion, it tva agreed thafctbw 'i Delegates have power- lo substitute suitable persons ioJaettor if 1 desirable. t- On mot on the following resolutions S-. were adopted, vix Res )hrd, 'Pirn! wo cordially criaorss tho nominees oitbo Chicago Conven-tion, anti tender to them our cordial and heartfelt, support-. That the Delegates elected at th meeling be iustr -tet-ed to use their bert to secure the nomination of tim.t IVtiioc, tiientle-man jtv B. Hitch-' eil, as the Democratic nominee, for Governor' kw.loe,, That U-e exsov-tive Cfora-mmew of the Countyjie-and-are hereby instructed to prep ire 'ao address to the Damoera.a ufrouthrn Kansas.

A On motion the meeting adjourned. Gro, C. Thorp, ecretary. FOLl VICE PRESIDENT rt-T A 1 stw. 3 OF TENNESSEE.

CllT- dAYH hSlMif. OF IHE BATTLE dCNidt' vrr-give it Ire 1 odiehtl yeport and fa-4-nltiei, of.a battle fpnght on tin nit letvvfe'ti the 11th U. riniored Ifcgt. and acpany of jebc! c.valrv 4 Camp llris, TJ-- Uolokkd Tnoor, August 24th: 1853 1 fC Ai GDiUNORf omH ri' Subject to ih. decision the Republican (Jtdon Site Oanv-n'inn.) done thtpnnfer jimiee.atid-ept the' de 'pitches from "Quid Nunes pecr.ng ee, oft he sarts the Printing Oihe.

lie cncs' lpyvhistlirt and Lor mud from his feet as though he was rer 1ecfly at home. Down he throws him -el i jbuEijtoat, Up. goes. in pedals on to the desk overturning the mk and smashing the new gobl pen, which SnookS the1 candidate for onke aave the editor yesterday for writing t.irA down 'the greatest ol living he latiisiTi papers fty hither and you-, white the scissors man wishes Quid Nunc to the devil or any place but the Quid Nunc don-t see iiv ihat light, but cooly walks up-, to" the nearusv compositop and reads his. copy ovpr his shoulder.

He fills his pockets wth the prootpdieets of the adi ciou ami out he ta-els to spread hts in-forma a among his clan, lict-the poor j.miifcr is not ihe only one that knows the Quid Nunc. He loafs in the More. TUfi IN DI.1N Off REARS- 1 Last while the Indian Expedition fhe- ipper Missouri was being organized there were not a few who rd uled he idea of its necessity, and thought that three Jlpnaud troops kepj-pthere vV for fighting Indians, had far better been sent south. They knew nothing of the temper, purposes or movements of the on odr Nori we lorn or Major: i A havedhe hinor to, enclose herewith the report or Cdpt. Hays who, was in ommand of the liegimcm during my ab'tenee '-J as yet not been able to ascertain an jibing in regard to their pre.seut calculatioa-s or but think 1 ciin hold tbe'place against all the iorce they have this f-iuo of life river.

With the exception of a low mn who rd aWay'a-the start, both men and officers behaved with great gallantry. i i ,1 have the hemuMo be, 5 Very Ilespect fully, Your Obeuiftnt rftrvant, i they would even then have seen that ev i i try, consideration Of policy and human! i tract or dan ces at 'the Ledger, to see ty demands that a respectable force be V. how large is the -due 'ttonf hb. ufln 1 1 I. 1 and kuuigei onith'C oou.itersj the merchant furfigures on.his last corn eon sent to if 4- rn tW! N.i rep-irt.

squelch, possible, the hands of marauders who have once desolated the MinntjQta frontier, and would do so again if theyjereitijt prevented T1i3 it vs receive 1 for the last three I Afeets, itWlke.upper andj central plains, more tlumnstifioa the preparation made during thetura tnert' will necessarily occur in the ogiou of the Platte. The' stoppage and lake Navigation betweeu the prthwest and 'the East neighbor tlcnkins siore account j.or.is Quitd Nttnc; of the mlielspecies. hidemale of the class i even more industrious, if possible, Lilian the but as we do not Wish to romler ourselves, obnoxious to thefgeutier sex we may merely ay that next; one of Ihe largest of slkies cyliuoer pulses, tiiers is nothing like a femilo Qum Nunc lor tiic dissemination ol ihoMaiest news. Il any ot onr readers' should see iii themselves the charac eristics ti tiio peculiar animal-aboe doicrib we can oulyjHygu thy yy ay and sin no- moie. L- l.

M. IStf.ille, J.ieut. Uol. Uomug. (J; AndersoS, A.

A. District of the Proti'ior. Camp 11th S' Colored -Troop) 12 nines NT. W. of Fort Plinth.

August 24th; 1801. Lieut. Col. J. A.

Steele chkt I have thef honor to 'report that at nay -break this morning, our camp was- attacked by some cUO rebel 'Abe fight I us. ed from nme, vvitli inierni'ssions. tilHOb'clock when tin? enemy leaving i-Ome c.f the.r.Alcad on ibt ground, but mod takiiig with them their dead and iwOundd We certainly killed quite a number of men and horse. h'or oiio.hour the. contest hwUvS aad the fire most' i my skuii during whichAime, the rebels three times charged our camp, and were as many times repulsed, when the) were too prudent to come clone to us an.v more, but contented themselves with filing on, us irom distance.

The rebels left us about 10 o'clock A. and retreated 1 the brush, towards the Arkansas river. We saved our camp equipage, wagons, horses, 'Ihe rebels burned soma liay cock on ihe prairie. DEU'tiO killed, Private Henry Austin, Oo. 13 killed, ISoooud Lieut.

W. U. iiern, wounded severely in the We are indebted to Gol. Blair for the following items of news from our army below A hunt the 2.ith of Stand-Watiis ir.en attacked thellth 8. Colored who were protecting tha H-i)-mabrs neir Ft.

killing the Surgeon, Dr. Loo, and taking about -20 teamsters prison er. The attack was mane about daylight, and although taken completely by surprn-e, the colored soldiers rail od gadantly, and drove off the rehei8rkihing eighteen. It seems-tlm the rebels are-north of the nver for the purpose of-destroying hay and annoying trains. On the 2d, of a rebel forcc of about 100 attacked a- hay (Station -near Ft.

Gibson, burned about 600 tons ofnay aud then (JoL Wattles pursued them arid at the' distance 1 of 2(H miles, overtook thenijud had- running fight of several miics, killing seventeen. Jlebels-are reported, in forci? at- Cane IlillMaysville and aome few in the Nation 'U iiALiun. I i Mrs. Crocodile ia an absent-minded lady.he bought 4nev bonnet not long the first time'she wore i on Montgomery street, she thought every. hue would notice, course.

Presently she met Mrs Simpkins, who stopped, her with Good morning, Mrs. Crocodile." bought it "only a few weeks ago. How isyourfam-il) hundred dollare. Mrs. that the mind of Mrs.

C. bonnet, and tried her one thing new, the tea-thW is new; too net altogether. And 0 Let-ev loyul.mau remotnber that the jl)emocraU party by outright aid and yqmtgirt given -hereto by m-ist of tne residue, has brought" the country to the, brink of ruin. Of the fifteen St which i erat popular majority, in the last Presidential election cloven proceeded to, plunge headlong into the gulf of rebellion, with the hearty concurrence of a major it) the Democrat in twt) or others. Of Ifie fifteen Democratic (governors in of- i ii face at the opening oiT8Gl, eleven be- camefout right leading traitors, --T v-.

7 the-dthers nave folio we4 iit their foot- steps as nearly ther -rdare. And yet th lemopratip press and orators, never fail to denounce this as au ab-' olition war. -4 would. not be anfh part of the calami ty to the populannj that the stoppage of travel on the, Plnd vpuhlbe to -pu 1 TfIendAi.n tlie of Colorado.5 They of their, iea from the $fatc, and supplied fail to reach them, they 1 e. fnan'oi 1 4' a'-'.

W' 0 are 111 favor of givng theTndian their dues i'and in order id do theih jus tice, two ihousandf cavalry ttr two' -good i 1 1 i Vf regimehts should bq sent to the plains, and give thg boys parti-cujar ipstraetion to and-muld' fcofcetn-prorni itz wiibQlde'rciWbuajJrelH i I.f.thf,v?g s- perience and acquaintance with the whites, have nobyetJmiied'ecl behavei themselves, we think there is ljtjeu8ein trying any longer; if they dtfeH -behave themselves and act like decent savages, pongTomeration ol We have, got tifd offhearin Lothe poorlftdiam Yc to it would sound quite as well to speak our murdered rienda on the! wntier; Lo; tho poor white xuaa 1 A i 1 1 1 1 mohally Company wound-ed. wagon master with, the haying dnfl tasitanl killed. uTiio'Uf btir men' 'riiii' uwayi wt the fltartj aad woro probably picked up by Ihe cnomv but the numbei were fev in more thau two or throe, to a company, With 1 ibis tU qti fought lika veteran, and' 1 they parted. U' tOne S. perceived was on her more.

Any Yk's, a new boL all the cutastrophiesund ipishapsthat have befallen our Nation -mr the' jistv fifty years yes they wofild put it batk fi, litrl further, ar.d from tU tUv of his birth. lj C7c'r 4.