The Union and eastern journal. [volume] (Biddeford [Me.]) 1854-1858, 1855-12-07
Civil War in Kansas.

Unless the telegraph lies worse than u.s.
ual, the long dreaded civil war 10 Kansas
has actually begun. Advices from lnde'
pendencc, Mo, tell OF several serious col
lissions, with house burnings. shooiings and
rioiing q, various points, and rush Of MIS-.
sourians for the scene. The blame Is laid
upon the Free State men but this Is as
likely TO be false rs true. and even more
likely, since open dispatches cannot escape
tho observation OF those whose interests ore
in making the Free State men the apparent
aggre.sors. The dispatch Is rs follows -
We have accounts from Independence TO-
day, stating that three armed Free States
men had attempted TO drive Mr.. Coleman.
a pro. slavery settler. from his claims near
Hickory Point. Mr.. c. killed one OF his
assailants, when mob gathered together,
drove him and other settlers of, and then
burned their houses.
The ringleaders were arrested by Mar
shall Jones, and taken 10 Lecompe. Gov
Shannon has called out the militia. Many
citizens from independence, Weston and
ST. Josephs. have gone to offer their se,yl'
ces 10 The Governor 10 restore quiet. The
people Of Lawrence are in arms, and have
i've pieces Of artillery.
A number Of houses have been burned
in Douglass County, and several families
driven 10 Missouri for refuge. The law
and order, (pro-slavery) people Of The Ter
ritory, are rallying in large numbers 10 as
sist the Sheriff in the execution OF The laws.
Sixteen houses were burned mt Hickory
roiut, and several OF tie citizens were mis-
sing.
The exaggera,ion OF this statement may
be inferred from the probable fact lha, there
were not so many as sixteen houses nj
Hickory Point.
Subsoqucn, ,elegraphic dispatches are as
follows -
Civil WAR IN KASsAs.--Netc York, Dec. 4.
The following dispatches, the substance OF
which has already been received by ,elc.
graph, are in the ST. Louis papers OF Salur-
day.
INDEPENDENCE, Nov. 30.-A messenger
arrived al Shawnee Mission las, night, who
states iha, MARSHALL Jones had SO men with
him at Lecompton.
Lawrence is up in arms, drilling constant.
ly, and has five pieces Of artillery. Our
cannon left this morning in the hands oil
Kansas men.
WEsTpoRT, Dec. 30. Tho outlaws in
Douglass Co. have burnt number OF hons.
es and driven a number Of families, women
and children, to Missouri for refuge. Lat
est accounts represent iha, the law and or
der people OF the territory are rallying in
large numbers 20 the assistance OF the Sher
iT of Douglass County in The execution OF
the law. He has by this time an over.
whelming force. Sheriff Jones is acting rs
U. s. Deputy Marshall for Douglass and
Johnson Co.'S.
SHAWNEE Mission, 30ih. The Marshall
has requisilion from The Governor TO arrest
~ men IN Lawrence, aud they refuse 10 de-
liver them up, aud hc calls FOR volunteers.
The people say publicly that they will take
Colemon aud Jones, and hang both OF them.
They ARE drilling in open parade every
day, and have five fine pieces OF artillery.
ST. Louis, Dec. O. Accounts from Kan.
sas state that Gov Shannon has telegraphed
TO the Presden, OH The condition OF affairs
IN iha, Territory. He says that 1000 men
had arrived in Lawrence, where they had
rescued prisoner from The Sheriff OF Doug.
lass County, and burned houses and prop.
erty. He asks the President to order out
the troops from Fort Leavenwonh to aid him
in the execution OF the laws.
Dispatches received from Weston To-day.
slate that an express had arrived there with
startling news from Atchison. The Free
State people had taken possession OF i'm.
portan, papers and an attack on the place
was anticipated. They had sent 10 Weston
for so armed men.
ST. LOUIS, Dec. 4. Accounts from Kan
sas state that an officer of the military or
ganizaiion of Free State men, was captured
a, Aichison. with written instructions 10
burn down the town and murder Mr. Laugh
lin. As most Of tho population had gone
TO Lecomp,e, under orders from the Cover.
nor, u request was sent 10 Weston for assis-
tance and a party despatched from The lat.
ter place las, night.
Kansas Free State papers give their yer.
sion Of tho commencement OF difficulties,
by which il appears that young man nam,
ell Dow was shot down by a Missourian
named Comeman, who was rescued by his
friends. A meeting Of citizens on the spot
pronounced the act cold blooded murder,
aud implicated some as abeitors. Sheriff
Jones arrested Jacob Bronson, a, whose
house Dow lived, but he was rescued by
his neighbOrs whereupon Jones sen, to
Pawnce for aid, declaring that the Governor
had assured him Of The assistance OF TO-.
600 men, If desired.