New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-12-29
NEW YORK DAILY TRIBUNE SATURDAY, DECEMBER 90 1866

DIM &c IttuVt me- ubSD, VIC ~ <pSthi sisSt
roue miles Of very rough riding found the way.
Ahou, three miles from Lawrence We came 20
campfire, but tbOse who had been there I'D let.
The Indian overheard me tell Pomeroy toat was
in favor Of forcing our way through any picket we
should meet for ! had decided bjeciions 10 going
again into the camp AZ the Wsukaruss SO be gos
of biz horse snd lay down abd We cIud not induoe
hun TO 60 further. iiaviog discharged him, we
re.uned our way, and reached the river opposite
Lawrence = short time after, without. encounter
ing interruption. Neither Of us knew the fJrd
but took the stream AZ thu point where thought
!. was. The current Is 40 very strong, aod the
bottom a quichsapd; when l bSd got hallway
over, it became 30 deep tbatit was up to my sad
OBJ. spd then the sirrDg b Of the current aud the
fa)se bottom carried us down, and immediately
vas IL deep water. Ny pony could scarcely
ssm ard tumbled over AMI found red wi h me
AZ DR., sdful rate / dtsmourted ami attempted
10 swim tie rest Of the way across, but heavy
overcos. end load Of other clothes. iegether Win
o couple of pistols, and such mscela NOUS mater,
proved TOO much for NE. ! found could not
struggle against tho curTent-tbaE could scarcey
sustain ny self-and Tor few moments sincerely
thought TIE TRIBUNE would reIa,re another
Bsnsas correspondent. Making CREST ef1et,
swan to my horse again, and grssping the pommel
Of the saddle, spoke to lin, snd guided hin. lie
WAS completely bewilderej. Finding /! impossi-
bic 70 get lin over auit ed him TO the shore we
had started from whsre POmerOy who had lot come
in 50 far, still remained. Halt dead with fatigue,
| elambered up the bank. We mad 20 hal>
nearly an hour before we cOHd get the ierryman,
and would have relDquished all Efforts t. get over,
but was freezing The slumbering Chsr0A VAS
at ltpgth aroused, and with the gray of chilly
Dee. mber mOruiDg, We catered the beleagured
City OF Lawrence.
KANSAS THE ASPECT OF THE CAMPS.
From Our SPECIAL Correspondent
LAWRENCE, K T., Saturday, Dec. 7, 1855.
A weak AMI v.cIating ruler is often more DAN
gerous than q strong despotic one. Gov. Shan
non yibrates between duty, the pressure around
him, fear OF responsibility and the mish TO shrink
from the position be has assumed. Yesterday, q
delegation of several gentlemen, Messrs Lowry.
B.b,ock and others, who had been down to the
Mission, returned. They brought letter from the
Governor 10 Grn. Robinson aod Others. copy
Of that letter Twill send bu. il is matter of little
consequence. 1t is q long rigmarOle, and as mys-
terious IS The book of Mormon. On one poi1t
alone is it positive, and that is, that he viii en-
force the laws in which il is fair 10 inter that he
iu .ludes all the obnoxious laws, ami obnoxious
officers created by the usurplng Legislature OF the
Shawnee Mi,sion. If the Governors Letter was
rot very clear, his conversation With the gentle
men who waited on him, WAS, perhaps, little more
so. In answer 70 tho complaints made TO him
about the outrage perpetra'ed on Travellers he adj
ujtttd that he was unable 20 restrain them, but
made tie admission in guarded manner. H5siys
in bis letter that he has sent them repeated com-
nands to the effect thit they should preserve
order He also wishes 20 escape iron the respon-
.ibility of having brougb. up shis Missouri mob;
bat how far be can be acquitted may be inferred
fsexD Inc ioloS pass which ne gave Mr. WIN.
ebtl OF The Times. L, is addressed to M1rshal
Jones, one OF the most celebrated Border RUilians.
and Others:
a. Mr.. Jones .Sh0iB, ar any other III Command; Nc.
Winctel Is coli on bus,iess of his own to L.wrencsi
WILSON SHANNON"
Here there is tact admission that all may
not pass without moles stion. Instructions grant
rg special privileges TO particular persons, orders
sent by tbe Governor to J1nes, or Others in COM
napd OF these Ruffians, their existence, and the
Of their acting under his ORDERS arc sdmitted
Ii can be DO apology for this that these wore
Sheriff posfe, for the arrests conte@Pi|se hsve
been attempted.
Yesterday 6 memorial to both Houses Of Con.
eress was drawn up, srd eigrcd in a hurried
manner by large number Of persons, and Mr..
Shanksnc 6bpaiehed with IT, IL reads as follows:
" To The Honorable The United SUITES Senate aud
mtmonsliss citizens Of the United Stses, and resi-
dents OF Kassss Territory respectfully represent uu.o
your HosOiable bo0y tbst, without apy justifa5e
cause ~hs,evtr Gov Shannon hiss caused 70 be Is.
sued proclemation srd un6r It litsry orders have
b. Is ud calling upon the militia Of Kansas and
Mesouri TO nee, a. certon points within the Territory,
sm ed and equipped and 70 msrch GgaiDs, csrain
poyilns OF our people snc territory Copies of such
PROCLAMATION, military oder, apd le tex from Dan.
itl Woocscn 5e-etsry Of the T6rriory 10 LIcien j.
EsstOp, editor OF The Kaasas Herald, and he.e with
lclniet, froH which il will be seez sat Your memo
riats ore exposed &c ihe author Eei arch OF Mill
tary force from Missouri who are s-resdng citi-
zfns, end commit Ing dsprscatians pecslns and
pro, er.y only kn1wE in Casss 81 ga between hostile
Soy1irts pe7o:sa, ag We are, IS the Constitution
ard the ULioo, and esns ilg nj her secondary to
Slavery, ws esty invoke ITO iI'erpoeIton OF Con-
gress fer to send 10: persons end pa es 10 cub
s.snsfe The 'ru OF DER ststsens nerewth incoso l.
sgsi sys',ry l,,.e sms Of 'be ei..en' Of K,a'asI
" kaasGs len 'sOJg Dec S, s5S "
Yesterday only sone thirty fresh re.ruts ar
rived. News was brough in by an old gentlenaa
who had Travelled for miles With them, that the
Platte bife CospaDy under their commander,
Capt Hughes, was marching across the Delaware
Reserye and would be 81 Vepiti. or Lecompton By
the time We received the Intelligence Taey had
between fifty and sixty rihemen with him He
told this old gentleman TIA. there were tgo hun
dreA moIe ahead which was doubtless an eXag-
seraiion for all Of these Border Ruff tell most
notorious ies and il lie DO. safe TO believe more
than bali they say. also lean cd that AtcaisOn,
win ten more Border Rdfiaps, was crossing the
Rese-vs, and had halted Ast nigh twelve miles o.
There WIS strOpe desire among some raen here
10 star. after hin, and capture the llEless iii.
bHsteIing eI Vice President OF the United Sstes,
wbo has been isgleader IN ali this mischief
Yesterday the force here vas employed oil Day
in throaiDs up red0ubts, ard abous noon twelve
poupa brass howitzer, which had been ssns from
'he Est, vGs received, having been smugeled
through tie eneDys patrols over the Delaware
Reserve which is OF the other side Of the river.
In the evening there was . parade, aud the loud
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