Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1850-1859, 1855-12-28

Il'cu III tV"u Vu Iibuiy ioh iI'"iOoVS,
X. T., which place he left on the 10Th :
inst, that 6ev.~ Shannon had discharged
his army of Border Ruflians, who had re-
turned to their homes, and that pcace and :
quiet once more reigned in Kansas. The
ruilians were very much exasperated at
the Governor when they learned that he
had concluded not to use them in an at
tempt to reduce the people Of Kansas to
the vassalagc of Missouri. They charged
his Excellency with perily, and threat
ened to visit him with their. particular
vengeance at some future time. The
rufiian army, some 1,2OO strong, while
stationed at Franklin, made prisoners Of
all who passed that way, either going to
or coming from Lawrence, aud as a rule
robbed their prisoners Of such articles Of
value as they Unopened to posses. They
stopped the United States Mail, made a
prisoner Of the carrier, and detained him
about en- hour, when some Of the shrewder
ones came to the conclusion that they
might perhaps get themselves into diff
Guilty with Uncle SAM" SO they finally
released their prisoner and let him 90 with
the mail to Lawrence; but Nr. J. S. Mott,
a passenger in the mail coach or wagon,
was detained as 4 prisoner and robbed of
railroad ticket or pass which he had
procured for use 10 returning to his for
mer home in Michigan. Mr. Mott re-
turned with Mr.. Willets. ., ..-
Mr.. Willets assures US that not more
than fifty Of the Governors twelve hun
dred men were residents Of Kansas; but to
make show Of regularity, they cone
across the Missouri line into the Territory
! (fetching their arms with them, Of course)
before being enrolled into service. That
they were not residents is also evident
from the fact that. after they had been dis
banded by the Goyeruor and had drank
up all their whisky, they took their de-
parturc to Missouri at once. They left
their camp on the 9th inst.
Thomas Barber, u worthy citizen resid
ing near Lawrence, aud formerly from
Gov. Shannen's neighborhood in Ohio,
was killed by CLARK, the United States In
dian agent, on the 9th inst. Mr. Barber,
in company with a couple Of young men,
was riding out on horseback unarmed,
when the party were met by Clark, who
was in carriage with Dr. Wood. The
party in the carriage fired on the others
without rrovoca'ion, hitting Mr.. Barber
in the back, ard killing him also in
s'antly. The horse on which one of the
young men was mounted was almost shot
Clark is said to have boosted Of this das.-
ardly act when he reached the rufiian
camp, saying that he had killed one id
abolitiouist, that he saw the wool hy, &c
Coleman, the murderer Of young Dow,
is still at large, and during the invasion
was promoted to Office in the camp Of the
maraudcrs. Gov. Shannon excuses him.
self for the ridiculous figure he has been
cutting by saying that he did not under.
stand the position Of the Free State men
in other words the people Of kansus-
that the state Of things had been grossly
misreprcsented to him or he never would
have issued his proclamation, &c. Per
haps if he had sought information from
the people at Lawrence, instead of taking
counsel Of outlaws and cut.hroats, he
might have saved himself the modification
of his present position. Our informant is
of opinion that had the Governor led his
ruflirns against the people at Lawrence
he would have oeen badly beaten. They
were very well fortified, had force OF
about / 900 strong, with 500 of Sharpe's
rifles capable of discharging ten times
minute, and doing execution at a distance
of one mile; and from practice it had
been demonstrated that there were plenty
of men in Lawrence who could hit mark
the size Of man, four times in five, at
a distance of half a mile. So, had the
Missourians marched against Lawrence
they would have stood a "right smart
chance Of being cut to pieces BY the 500
Sharp's rifles before coming in range Of
the 700 common. rifles.
The story extensively circulated in
Missouri and the East that the people of
Kansas had receded from their position as
a condition of being let alone is utterly
untrue and without foundation; but the
story had to be told as a cover for retreat
by the Governor and his party. Indeed,
there were decided signs of mutiny in tie
Missouri camp until the rabLle were assu-
red by their leaders that the people of the
Territory had made all the concessions
demanded of them. The people of Kan
sas occupy precisely the ground they &C.
cupied before the raid, viz !: that of law
abiding citizens, bu. they do not recognize
as laws the atrocious acts Of the sham
Legislature forced upon tlfcm BY thc Mis- I