Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1855-12-19
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WEDNESDAY. DEC. Is. 1855.


the MANY OF tae pteseHb HdtAoAaA dAAAaAAe-
sration, than perusal of the accounts ofrthe
eventful scenes t5snspinng in Ksnzas. From
che detailed description gwen by correspond
ent of the New York Tsis.sae. an eye witnesses
on the spot. writing from Lawrence and Kan
Gas City, we trsnscribe additional particulars.
coming down TO the 18th instant. They rep
resent the continued pouring IN Of invaders
from Missouri. who 20 there at the invitation
and instigation Of Governor Shannon. and al
the eonnivance Of President Pierce. to put
down the free exercise Of popular sovereign
ty' in the Territory. A company Of seven
hundred or eight hundred sslong. vita SIX
FOUNDER field piece with them, were On the
way towards Lawrence. foT the purpose OF az
lacking it. The iarasseys are az earoGles ~
tie Governor, as they PASS the Shawnee Mis-
sion, on their way from Westport thither. and
they hare posted sentries az al ne lords and
at points along The creek and search ard dis
arm sil who attempt to pass They have
seized and DO md several II This way, sas-
peeted Of bling Free state men. and Threat
ened 70 lynch them sm0ng oihers the ceres
p0ndeat of the Tri51zs himself Writing IRON
Kanzas City. under date Of December zth, lie
says
.s1hey stopped ne 81 tie ford, and wanted
70 search and diszrm me. / refused 10 allow
than. and they rode On. Half dozen rifles
thsessened me. and they called me 10 stop.
They led ne back 70 the camp 70 lie examined.
and kept me some time, SO that / had an op-
The Lone Star Gag was wavi- ever the
camp. The whole affair Is really under the
control Of the secret organization that exists
ID Western Missouri, of which Atehison and
S.ringfeiloE are the leaders. After threaten
ing to keep me, / succeeded in getting over with
my arms. They thought had only French
pistol, which I gaze TO Sheriff Jones, on his
pledged honor that l should have il If / YVES
.aIl tight How got of 1 scarcely know.
threatened proceedings, and they thought
was western man retuTnfng 70 the States
Had they known l was on the staff Of the Tn
5Hne, they would have hanged me as high as
Hannah. 1 rode to Shawnee Mission, more than
thirty miles, to make complaint to the Gov
ernor. / old not find him. Went TO West
port he had left. but l learned that he had
Tecsiped instruetsons from the national crses-
tire, Gnthoriziny his proceedings, and many
more were going TO leave Westport, than 9TH
erwise would have done So"
Here we have a confederation of all previous
accounts, that Shannon's lawless and ineen-
diary proceedings are all sanctioned by Pres
ident Pierce. If they were not, Of course he
would be removed. We have noticed before
that Atchison visits Shannon's camp, and
eontrives with him the plan Of procedure, and
forthwith the whole pack of rufhaus from
Missouri, led on by the arch-demon, String
fellow, and his wEetched gang, set up their
line Of march for Kanzas, and are enrolled by
Pieree's Governor, at Shawnee Mission. as
they pass from Westport on iheir way to Law
sovereignty s Of the real s popular
The Tribune correspondent states, as the
purport Of a good deal of the discussion
which he overheard among the leaders, that
these rufian invaders who we're marching on
Kanzas, were in for war at all hazards. He
says
''They intend to demand that Lawrence
shall deliver up the fifteen men who engaged
IN the rescue (these are not in Lawrence, and
live ten miles from it,. They also intend TO
demand that all arms shall be given up by The
Free State men, the leaders lynched. and the
others warned to leave the country. This war
is premeditaled and deliberate on the r,9t of
the Slavery extensionists. heard men high
IN authority among them, declare that snow
was the very time. The river was Just about
TO close; no requirements could arrive for
the Free State men. There were only some
$500 Of these in the Territory, and if they
~ere not cut of now, they never could be.
hal Il
and that they should fight and let the Union
60 to the d.
came on toward Kanzas CITY, and was
again arrested by armed men. was taken to
house, or rather went with them, keeping
my arms. Here was searched, but having
no suspicious papers about me, and stating
that l was an ulinoisan, 1.-THE TRUTH got off
lcould not, however, have escaped alive, but
: for providential circumstance.
The Territorial authorities are going heart
and soul with these Missourians. The Free
State men are accused of committing out
RACES; but these charges are totally false AS
to the fable Of burning houses, there were only
two empty shanties destroyed, and these were
rurned by the pro-siavery men themselves to
make 2 story Of. They ARE charging the Free
State men falsely, and the Governor believes
all they tell him."
OuCh - q sample OF the cOLFerSation ana
conduct Of the auxilaries and coadjutors of
Pierce's Governor in Kanzas, as related by an
eye witness on the spot. The same cores
pendent proceeds to state, in proof of the
peacsable and unOFending disposition mani
Tested BY the people Of Lawrence in this cri.
sis -
There are only some four hundred Free
State men In Lawrence, who win have to fght
twice that number. (unless they are rein.
forced in few days. Let the friends of
those here remember, that the intention is to
drive them yut and kill them, and the Terri
foriaI Government is lent TO the scheme. Ii is
the resolution of the pro-slayery men never
to lose kanzas, and there viii be dreadful
struggle. For the issue fear. The Free State
men act with uncommon prudence; they give
no provocatiou, and are determined NOT to
fight unless they are driven to IL. Tie Mis-
sourians seek 70 provoke them. They have
hred on the sentries, who were posted to give
notice, so that they should not be taken by
surprise. This fire was not returned 10 the
great credit Of the senfries The intention
was to draw their FIRE, 50 as to have an excuse
for an attack"
The Iri6ne's correspondent, writing from
Lawrence on the afternoon Of December LIST,
describes the great mass of the people there as
being Animated With a x..oi,,.. - L...