New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-12-26

THE BORDER RUFFIANS.
ACCOUNT OF THEIR DEFEAT.

ACCOUNT OF THEIR DEFEAT.
We subjOin the latest account of the retreat of
the Border R0ffians from Kansas, as given in The
S. Louis Republican Of the 2lst inst. The only
point of fact in which it varies from our previous
reports of the same occurrence lie in averring
that the Lawrence men yielded to the invad
ers, and made terms and gave pledges to
Shannon Those of our readers who re-
member how the Border Ruffians represented
the occasion of their foray IS a murder committed
by Free-State man, when it was atterward proved
10 haze been murder committed by One of them
selves or who recall the other falsehOOds they have
reported during the invasion, viii have no difficulty
in deciding how much credit is to be given to thu
present improbable story. We are confident that
the Free State men made no such concession as is
here attributed to thsm. Our own correspondence,
If IL has not been stolen from the mails by the Boz
der Ruflians, will, however, soon arrive to clear
up all doubt on the subject. Here is the state
ment of The Republican, which is notorious ss one
Of the most rabid and unscrupulous Pro Slavery
organs in Missouri:
"a centlep an of Westport-a man of great pfobity
Of character and who has large fortune al STAKE In
Ktnsss- accompanied Gov. Shannon to Laurence,
and returned with him. He went there to see soma
thing could not be done TO prevent the eiidsion OF
blood which, be Gays, certainly would nave been Tue
case if there had been no interference between tue
naT,;es This gentleman sfter his return on the l0h
inst wiOts 10 US a letter IN which he Gays:
"a C mmittee waited upon his Exoeleney inviting
him TO come TO LAwrelce: we ioqNd I'm a.! Ia
for their forces. Toey were al vel ermed with
Sbsrps lihes and revolvers, and oth'r l~plemshts
of va Ny opinion is they only had ons Pi;c9 0,
artillery | think our torcee cou d nave demoSneu
svery building in the place in half an heuti but
bsd a. Gun been fired on either side, an also OF
opiaion that the greater portion woalo nave peen
ke6 and 10 doubt many OF our men "1u,u s,'o SS
.vfT,r d We numbered neny moie than they uid
m cir force was greatly overrato ans quo no P1Ss
Div have been over four or five hundred we elso hsd
great many Of Sharps riiies-mshy more Ihaa t"ey
msoiued-besice our car Don ,,,
COR Shannon brought them 10 terms Ihey
agreed and bound themselves 70 a6'de me Ia%S, S"a
oss;f an entorciag item, Hata saeh ttne as tTe o"-
p,eme COar: decided me Hsafy e gi;sve tbsyI
npS II So epfr afte'Wsrd: and YSrdy osIeve tney
will, 4 am sure they saw the pred amen 'ney h'o
got themselves in'o. -;
"Ttare ave evidently great many very good citi
| lows tbe,t rs well as msny very bad ones who are
sIysVs aoits,ing and keeping the place in commo'
tor After The treaty, whi,h rs qu'ge lengthy
AMI has many speelaea loLs. "hi w1s Pon;oso33
and Col Lane on the psTt OF tao cltiz9ns, they ac
| compsned US TO FTapkhn wheee they hs. lH 20
nuTnbo- of our officers. M4ny speeches ead peises
on both sides were made, apd friendly Interchange
srd f,res Ell took pl6csthe law and order men pc
eyinc that Il was better to settle 1t thus than oI h5ot
ipg, knosing that many would have osen Aiueo On
WI Yesttrdsy morning the troops were di'Sanded and
'"s Cen. Pomroy, who had been c.ptured, With
nsDe,s indicating Conspiracy, as well az her I'M
po.snt documents found on hi n, wa, oSuna H' f,sp
snresr al Court Many arrests were made sn4 si'er
| ht;no boupd over the parties were disc 9arsee'
ems: this foolish a1a ,ss ,C I 6y SS few
Psersctss a,pirants, WHO will be scofed down
H. aff- III
y" would hive telegraphed you oitener, Oh. .as
v,s are 40 often down, atd 40 many exsggefael
sso,;es tod BY writsrsalmcs always The case
ON inch occAsions-thst deferred saying mu'n uu''
| could see for mYseli' ,-..,.o ,,,n ,world not
al pledge myself that the Lawrence men WVq'u NJ
have male breakfast spell for cur boys aaa luz
70 Ie sooner the thing ia settled BY the S9eeme
| Couit Ire better The Jaw is now susisnea "hcA L
ell thst law and order men couid ask. r a. has,
"Tbs letter, we repeat ia f'om oae OF 'ao pye'
sources ia westpoh, and IS correct IN every P''''''
ular.'
| MILITARY DEFENSE on LAwREseE-AHN"AL VI
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