New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-12-08
THE KANSAS Rebellion.


Truth, like Justice is accustomed to limp lit
tie, and-especialy stree the nvention of the tele
graph-is often outstripped by Falsehosd. How
ever in the long run che is SPIT to win the race.
and that che now seems likely to do even 10 the
case of the famous Kansas rebellion, of which we
give to day q full account in the letters of our
special Kansas correspondent and in extracts
from the Lawrence papers.
The disturbance, it now appears was begun by
the shooting in cold blood Of a young man named
Dow by one Coleman at Hickory Point, place
twelve miles south of Lawrence. The young man
having got into some alteration with party Of
border ruffians at blacksmith's shop, left them,
when the opportunity was taken by Coleman to
shoot him in the back. The murderer fled to Le-
compton and put himself under the protection of
Gov. Shannon, probably with the lie in his mouth
which has been teegraphed through the whole
country-tbet an attempt had been made to drive
him from his claim, which, by the way, he had
stolen from another man that he shot Dow in
self defense, and that subsequently his house had
been burned and his family dispersed.
Listening we may suppose, to these represen-
tations, Gov Shannon orders Jones' the sham
SherifTfor Douglas Countrywide is also, it seems
Postmaster of WestpCr, Missouri, where doubt
less be lives, to arrest Mr.. BransOn aud to oblge
linn to give securities to keep the peace-the only
ofiense committed by Branson being that Dow had
been lodger n his house, aud that Coleman seems
to have stood in fear of his testimony. As this
sham Sheriff was carrying off BrsnsOn, he aud his
posse Of fifteen armed men were intercepted by a
party Of fifteen of Bransons neigbOrs, who re-
leased him from arrest of which circum.
stance advantage appears to bave been taken
by Shannon to issue warrants against
Mr.. POmeroy and number Of other
leading Free State men of Lawrence, who were
accused of having been concerned in this rescue.
As Jones the sham sheriff gave out that Shannon
was ready to back him with "ten thousand men,
and as the people Of Lawrence cid not choose to
allow their town to be entered by that or any
other number OF border ruffianS who under pre-
tense of putting down resistance to the law, might
rob, burn and murder at discretion, they mustered
with their Sbarps liaes, which fac being cOmOuni-
cattd to Gov Shannon he forthwith calls upon the
MissOuraDs for aid and telegraphs to the Presi-
dent that Lawrence is in rebellion All sorts
through Missouri, and thence through the
Union, andthe border rufians muster in force
under Shapnons standard. Their invading march
however, is speedily arrested By the appa-
terrible to their guilty dreams
than that of Macbeths daggar to biu-
of 900 of Sharps rifles and five pieces Of cannon,
presenting to these intending murderers not their
bretc hes, but their muzzles-wsrned By which
dream these valiant volunteers think it best to
wait for regulars from Fort Leavenworth. Such
is the whole story as il is stated by our SPECIAL
correspondent 10 the Territory for whose accuracy
in this and In every other matter we can fully
vouch, ard who, in this instance. lie confirmed by
every other respectable authority. Oat Of this
state Of facts The Journal Of Commerce 10 at lib
erty to extract all the vtuperation that it can Of
the Free State settlers sn5 the kmgrent Aid So
ceties it was In such hurry to malgn and villify
the strength Of the previous false reports.
though BY this time The Journal ought to haze
known its proteges well enough not to put
such implicit confidence 10 tho St Louis
ind Independence telegrsphic dispatches. The
President, too q we'll As The Journal Of Com
meree, seems to have been little over hssty in lis
absolute promise bs telegraph TO exert all his
Posers to back Up Gov. Shannon. Might it not
have been as we'll to Lave dropped q word of o.u.
ticn to that foolish subordinate, instead Of fJr.
wardiogs cispstcb which can hardly fail to raise
the hopes Of the border rSfisss and which bat for
those terrible Shapes rlaes might encoar ,se them
to further violencel
The o"'o" However, in its apology fer the Pres
idtns, does not think seis point worthy Of notice
but seems only anxious to relic We the President from
the possible odium # not having hitherto exerted
his full powers for the enforcement Of the laws If
Kspsss-~bich phra'eoloey, when used by TIL,
Union, mems, We ms5 well suppose ds,lss No
the Constitutional Convention at the point Of sae
bs,o,st and srrestiug, under one of the asts Of
he sh.m Legislature, oil who dare 70 LISP word