Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1855-12-14

.g-TnE LATEST FROM KA>sAs.-1he St.Louis
in5 dispatches
KANSAS, Dec. 4. The pro-slavery party
have cncampcd on the Waukarusa. and last
night, by order OF the Governor, they arrest
ed Gen. Pomeroy, who was on his way to
Kansas City with important dispatches for
the Fast. Some threats have been made to
destroy the American Hotel at this place, it
being alleged that it was owned by the Emil
grant Aid Society Of Massachusetts,. The cit.
liens have pledged themselves to defend it and
prevent its destruction. Four or five hun
bred men, several pieces of artillery, and
probably one thousand muskets, passed thro'
independence yesterday. from the border
counties of Missouri to aid the sheriff of
Douglas county in maintaining order.
WESTON, Dee. Il. by an express, which
stayed at Lawrence night before last. we have
the following account Of matters from the
seat of war They number Mt lawrence about
500 men, armed chiefly with Sharps rifles.
They say they can raise 800 more men il no
cessary. They are wiling that Jones should
come pcaceahlv and search for the prisoners
IHcy assert that they viii not commence
fight, but will act on the defensive to the very
last Men and women are armed with SlArp's
rifles. Gen. Pomeroy j. now at Lawrence,
having escaped from his captors. It is said
that on the pro slavery side they number at
Franklin about 500 men. and AT IrcUnpton
and Douglas about 2uO, and are very anxious
to obtain more. Jones was To- 20 Yesterday
to execute his writs on the prisoners in the
hands of the Free State party. ami if they
refuse to deliver them up. he would await
further orders from Gnv. Shannon. IL is
thought that there will be Il fight before the
matter can be settled The [. 5 troops at
Fort Leavenworth have not yet been ordered
out
The Washington correspondent Of the New
York Times says
There is no doubt that the President is
quite ready to send out the Federal troops to
aid IN the suhiugation Of Kansas to Cover nor
Shannon and to his Atchson and Strngfcllow
conductors but he will wait before doing So
until officially informed that the Territorial
power to suppress the rebellion has been cx-
hausted. In the mean time orders have been
dispatched to the troops at Fort lie wentworth,
and perhaps at jefferson Barracks, to he
ready for instantaneous movement. to sustain
the laws of the Territories. These prccau-
tionary measures indicate clearly that the
President has the disposition to enforce and
maintain the Fraudulent acts OF "A fraudulent
I'glslature reSirultsa OF th' cost 81 human
blood but there Is probably no danger that
he will at last order the troops forward. His
readiness to intimate disposition to do So,
however, has excited profoundest indignation
here.
OF shannon, the editor of the Ch,-ago Tn
bnne, who knows hnn well, says
We know GOV. Shannon. With no ill-will
towards the man, and with no wish to utter
II word which his acts and his character would
not Justify, we say unhcsitatingy, that he is
only fit To be the tool of an imhrutcd mob, or
a ruiidn cabal. We would not trust a word
he might say, il the passions Of men around
him were fired he is ruled We are sure, by
those who set these passions in a flame, by
such Inadmcn as AtchiSun and Stringiellow