Minnesota weekly times. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1854-1859, 1855-12-29

for murder 10 found against him by packed ju.
| ~, after more honest one had refused to lind
any and when at last be comes into court to be
tried he ind amone The counsel within the bar,
and among tho osests q that tribunal, ipclading
tls clark q The court, = lsss than four person:
| Iynching of Phillips. This fact waa afterward
brought 70 the notice Of the Court by sworn an
davit: but We have not yet learned that any ac-
ton was taken upon it. We are happy to say that
McCrea, after many other points had been ruled
against him, has succeeded in obtaining change
.sf venue-which operates, however, TO defer the
trial and prolong bis imprisonment, which 10 in .
country Jail of the most wretchsd description.
On the Goth Of May, three days after the out
rage on Phillips, several members of secret Pro.
Slavery association Of Missourians, called the
Blue Lodge, visited Osawatomic, in Kansas Ter
ritory, and seized Q Mr.. Parker on the charge of
being an Abolitionist. They took his rifle and
broke it over stump, mounted him on n mule
and carried him some distance into the woods
They then took measures to hang him without
judge or jury; but upon his suggesting that he
ought to be allowed to speak for himself, they
suffered him to do so. After he had made his
statement the company were about equally divi-
with Kirby, the leader of the gang. Soon, how
ever, one of the company handed Parker revolt
yer capped and cooked, after which Kirby saw fit
to hold his peace. Parker was finally released,
but was obliged, however, to give up his claim.
| Since then the Rev. Pardee Butler, a Methodist
clergyman, was sent down the river on raft on
the charge of preaching Free Soil doctrines
Similar to this was the case of the Rev. William
| C.. CLARK, Methodist clergyman from Portsmouth
! n. H., and lately resident in Kansas. On voy-
age in the steamboat Polar Star, down the Mis-
souri,, in the month of September, he expressed
some sentiment on the subject Of negro equality
not agreeable to the Missouri rufhans on board, in
consequence of which the cry was raised s'Kill
him kill him kill the ID Abolitionist !''-
His face was beaten to pieces, and chair broken
over his head, after which the Captain (who had
pocketec bis passage money, which he did not re-
fund) put him on shore on the river bank, about
| l60 miles from st. Louis, leaving him to find bis
| one Pat I.aughlin, an Irish lickspittle-the same
| fellow whose name has figured n our recent dis
| patches, and whom the Free State men were &C
cused of designing to kill--having got into an al
tercation and quarrel with one Collins about GER
tain revelations which Pat had pretended to make
Of Free State secret military organization,
Laughlin took his opportunity to shoot Collins
through the heart. TO this, mot to mention many
lesser outrages in driving Free State men from
their claims, last of ALL has been added the MUIR
der OF Dow, whereupon occasion has been taken
by Governor Shannon to proclaim rebellion in
Kansas. ,o5 M 5 1e .-ts
In all these numerous cases of violence and
blood-shcd, the only legal proceedings that have
taken place, it is to be observed have been direct
ed against the Free State men. In every case,
the border rufiyns have been allowed to 60 un-
punished, and in the last case, that of the MUIR
der of Dow, Gov. Shannon, not content with pro-
tecting the murderer, causes process to be issued
to arrest the witnesses against him, and because
| the people of Lawrence do not choose to submit
tn IF hn lair ohole
and telegraphs to the President for military aid.
A HuMBuG We observe in the papers
dispatch from Independence, Missouri, dated
the 18th, stating that the people Of Kansas had
promised to ''deliver up the offenders, obey the
laws Of the Territory, and recognize the Gov
| enor." 1
We take the liberty Of pronouncing the above
humbug. The dispatch is evidently got up
for effect-nothing else. The Free State men
have got more backbone than to submit to such
humiliating course. We think j, will prove
that the Missourians have backed water. and
not the Free State men. Wait and see.
CoNcREss..--The House continues to keep
up wranglng discussion on the positions of
the several candidates, some claiming that they
were elected as Democrats and not as Anti.
Nebraska men, and others claiming they are
sound on the goose question" Sc sc. The
following discussion occurred in the House on
the 9Th, and is interesting as exhibiting the
character OF the prominent candidate for Speak.
er---Mr. Banks.
"Mr. Dunn, Of Indiana, made personal
explanation touching certain structures Oh his
course published in the New York Tribune, in
tim1ting that he was not to be driven from his
position by an outside pre-. sure. He was still
ready, as he had always been, to acquiesce in
the course Of the Nebraska men, whenever
they came together.
"Mr. Banks rose amid cries of hear him.
and remarked that he was not accountable for
what the New York Press said Of him, never
having solicited their support he relied on
himself alone, and begged Mr.. Dunn not to
hold him responsible for compliments or GEN.
sure in the Tribune or Times. .s-.,
"Mr Dunn distinctly stated that he did not
do so, but was opposed 10 him (Banks) on the
ground published in these journals in May,
1854, relating to the course Of Mr.. B. OH the
Nebraska bill, but he was willing to surrender
that opposition the moment all Nebraskaites
came together.
"Mr. Banks resumed, repeating that he was
independent Of the New York press in all re-
spects, and further in reply, insisted that he
never yielded particle on the Nebraska bill.
He had since met the people face TO face, and
at the last election they gave him 1000 major
ity, the largest known in the political history Of
Massachusetts. (Applause.) He had acted
as he thought right regarding the Nebraska
bill, and the people had sustained him."
We like the firmness Of Banks and hope he
will be elected Speaker. We believe he will
be.
On the 18th another discussion occurred, but
| like previous ones it ended in smoke.
The LEGisLArURE.-..This body convenes
on the first Wednesday in January. Nearly a
dozen members have already arrived, and 9TH
ers are on their way. Messrs. McCracken
and Kingsbury, who claim seats, and Messrs.
De Laverne and Johnson, from the Mankato
| District, are stopping at the American. Messrs.
Balcombe, Buck and Kirkham, are stopping at
| the Winslow. se.ls asse
FoRcE OF HADIr.-We learn that one Of