Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1855-12-22
Further fro m Kansas.

|
No collision as yet mt Lawrence. Both par
| ties are recruiting with great activity. Messrs.
| G.. p. Lowrey. and C.. w. Babcock have just ar
| rived here Il A. N.Y. having ridden from that
| city, 50 miles in less than four hours. They
bore TO Gov. Shannon the request Of the com
manding officers seconded by the people that the
marauders now rotng at the crossing OF the
Big Wakaressa. stopping trayeers.appropratng
goods, &c. be instantly removed from the neigh
borhood and quiet and security restored before
they were Obliged TO resort 10 other means.-
They also were instructed to inform him that, il
he desired the cooperation of the troops at Law
renee, they would be at his service for the
the removal Of the nuisance. They state, that
such is the degree of public Indignation, that the
men are with great difficulty restrained from O.
vert acts of violence.
In reply, Governor Shannon informed them
that he weuld be at Lawrence tomorrow night.
with United States troops. when he hoped TINT
all difficulty would cease. He evadcd saying
whether he had required the attendance Of Mis-
sourians as the sheriff's posse. aud whether or
not he would have them removed. The gentle
men have returned with his answer, and express
hopes that both parties may be kept quiet until
he arrives md bloodshed be prevented
Governor Shannon intimated intention to
demand of the people the delivery of their Sharp's
rifles, bat was at once informed that il would not
be safe for any man to offer such proposition to
the men. The idea is monstrous. He might
well demand of each man his wallet and watch
lie says he does not desire shot.gun and ordna
ny rifles to be given up. MS they ''are not danger
Gus weapons" He thinks Sharp's rifles ''un-
lawful weapons"
The two gentlemen were stopped by the guard
and detained until they could &c, persons to
vouch for them. Two hundred Clay county men
crossed here this morning, having robbed the u
nted States arsenal Of four pieces of cannon
| Memorials have been drawn by the people to
the President, to Congress. and to the people.
| HIGuFALUTIN ExTRAoRDINARy.-Ac orreSpon-
dent of the n. Y. Observer sends that paper the
following extract from 1.-The Sun of Athens" on
| the occasion OF the arrival of Roger Pryor
Esq. Envoy from the United States:
There has come to Athens an American Am
bassador, Mr.. Roger a. Pryor. philhellene and
learned man. From Washington, capital
of the New World he has come to Athens, CAPT
tai of the Old Welcome Ambas sador of Amer
lea! We Greeks receive theewith brother by joy,
because all freee nations are brothers of Greece,
which land gave birth to Lycurgus and Scion.
"Amphctyon AT this moments greets the Wash
ington, O Ambassador Of America
"Gloryto be to my country that in America
| herself has her souvenirs! o, first born Sons of
| Liberty! q. Americans. Of mighty navy, and
great wealth, when you are assembled in your
council. remember the Greeks. for this council
in which you presidris the Amphictyon. broth
or of HELEN.
80, first born Sons of Liberty! You have done
well to concentrate all the strength of America
in the office of the President. Thus are you
| gradually introduced to the enlightened world,
and having such feet, aud such political prin-
! opes, you mighter than the mightiest in
this ancient hemisphere.
Welcome, O Ambassador If America
Al 6 a
dueed by Washington aud franklin, you will lev
or be received
MELANCHOLY PREsENTlMENr OF DEATH by A
YouNG LADY OF KINDERHooK, n. Y, AND IT'S
SAD FuLFrLMENT .-Wc have to record most
melancholy instance of the power of hallucination
over the mind and health Of highly respectable
and intelligent young lady of kinderhook,in this
State, who some ivy" years since while in the
enjoyment Of robust health, was visited one night
ut her bedside las she affirmed at the time) by an
appartion, which in solemn accent informed her
that at the oge of Is she would be an inhabtant
Of another and better world. She made the in
cdent known to her mother who vuinly endrnv.
orcd to erase the circumstance from the mind Of
her daughter by treating it as the haucination
of n dream. The daughter however, averred
that she III possession of her faculties and
wide awake at the time of receiving her spiritual
visitor; and such the effect it had upon her
mind that girl full of life and glec. she became
thoughtful and reserved, und gradually sank IN,
der its depressing influence pnng gradually uu-
Ill recently she became a tenant of the grave yard
just as she was entering upon her eighteenth year.
--kinderhook Rough Mates.
GEN HOUsTON.-"Gen. Houston, when attend
ing a barbacue at Austin, Texas, on the OBJ of
| November was received with high honors. When
he afterwards entered the Representatives Hall,
he was attended by band of beautiful young
girls leach one with Il shield on which was paint
ed the name and escutcheon of some State. Two
Others, in long snow-white robes; were dressed
To represent respectively the Goddess of Liberty
and Justice. They were both beautiful repre-
sentatinns. Justice was blinded with thin white
guuze tied over her eyes. and carried a sword
and scales and the highest compliment that
could be paid to the young lady that repre.en
| ted the Goddess of Liberty was made by negro
| who remarked u Oh dat little gal looks like the
pictur on a half DOLLAR
The position of the Empress Eugene gives
rise to variety of supposition- and reports;
among others, that the Pope will GENE to Paris
in order Ia administer the rite of baptism to the
| expected Prince, 1t is already decided the In
pcrlal infant Is to be-the possibility Of girl on
| ly being born to meet all The wishes and hopes
and expectations that have been created on the
subject, not being at all admitted.
| The government of Louis Napoleon his insti-
| tu'cd proceedings against Dumas, for having
made ise of the expressions My body is in Pa
rs. but my heart is in Brussels and in Jersey"
meaning with the refugees, with whom that
celebrated auho" deeply sympahizes
| Judge Douglas it is said, will not arrive in
| Washington till spring, as he has gone Ia Cleve-
| land TO try the water cure. He is suffering un-