The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1855-12-30
AFFAIRS I'm KANSAS.
Interesting Accounts OF tho Olnic ultics-B Both
sid . ~ tine QUESTION:
Correspondents Of the s., Louis Democrat

Correspondence Of the 81. Louis Democrat
n SPRINGFIELD, Ill., Dec. ", 1855.
read Gen shsnkIand's OF tho Kansas war In
your paper Of this morning and also the of thu
horrible nanging Of j. L. Sp-er. With your permission
matter the whole story Is tbrcaun. J. L. Speer did
however, have 1.-THE oiauity with crazy boy from
Ohio and resolved slight hesh wound Ia the face but
how the affair couln be magnied into a story il
beyond my comprehenson A to the matter, being
whole examination in reference the murder OF young
Dow would say that tho evidence proved him to Be
sone work DONE Buckly ealsd him out As friend,
took deliberate aim and snapped the gun him. which
missing ere, some alteration snsued. BY nsrerence
the hscksmiths the difficulty apparently set led aud
BOWS work being done he led home When pass
ing grocery, he fciowet ny Coleman aud delibe-
rstel shot, the parties mob speaking Thus testified
pro.savery men, who thu whss AFFAIR 1t was in
deed from the evidence sodaced one of the most cold
and deliberate murders upon record One or two ind.
yiduals attempted 1t the tune If the meeting burn
Cblemans house. but the lire promptly put out aud
motion OF mine In opposition carried unanimously. So
much for the charge Of house burning.
Leaving the Hickory Point meeting, very blood
ming cold At the recital Of the brutal murder started
informed that party r. fifteen armed men had passed
upon. another road few minutes before, towards
Hickory Point Believing mischief saoat, two Of US
prooured horses and followed no. knowing the cha
racter OF the Al Brsosons were ia ored sha
large party q armed had there Few minutes
before arrested the old bed and told neither him
nor any Of his family ny,hing the cause or the
authority by which The arrest made. We pursued
In the meantime had colec ed ct Bransons for con-
sultaticn to the number Of fifteen only and half being
un.Ined when It was announced tns. horsemsn we're
then, they haltiDg within two rods OF One of our
party asked aIs Blanscn therea' He replied eyes;
am here prisoner" He invited to leave then and
join He did natwitht sndng they cooked their
guns and threatened to shoot him II he moved. Oar
stand that we were in earn,ss BTanson did not re-
main with our parry, bnt went INTO a house
by to warm himself II was men hat Jones advAncei,
announced himself sheriff OF Douglas county, Kansas
and said he had q warrant issued by Hugh Cameron,
El of Lawrence to arrest Bransop, and he smust do
it," Much alteration and spar,ng here took place Of
which your readers have been sreacy apprised. Our
party then organized aAe marched Ave mi es to Law
renee, the people walked up large meeting soon as
sembed ut Union Hall, and the Whole cir,ums tances
narrated; but pressi Of approval or disap-
proval Ct our course the NEE lug Neither Bran
son nor his rescuers (only whom myself lived In
Lawrence were taken into possession by the Lawrence
people, and Of course they nad them to
that up to the time l left the Territory, Just at
the close OF the war; ne sttemst had been made
cuers, although puoicls acknowledged myself Of
them and az the tine eeca ed that gnzed the
United States courts officers in Kaasis and ouly
asked that warrant might sspe tor from United
States court and pace IN he hsnds If United States
marshal for execution THAT all the time,
but would carry up test legality of this
Missouri Kansas legislature uerIe he supreme Court T.
seems the proposition secuted. in Jones' pres
ence tour Gays thtn following bat no attempt mace
to do so.
The Pierce, Atchison, String eow shannon inva-
sion of Kansas was the result q premedtsed plan,
mu w Tp" a. a mus aea we ns,p.sy. ~ Yves up
that Ihos W. Barber for aeriy from Ohio WAS deuoe-
ratey shot BY party under Col. Richardson.
fCerresnonaenoe Of .bs 81. Iouss In,enoencss al
LAWRENCE, X T., Dec. 10, 1856
which causad tbe arrrr and mnstar;no NJ tha
large bo;ies Of men both sides, aud around Law
for The ,ime being The mater had sssnmsd he ~ ~,
serious aspect Heavy rpinf had been pouriur
indignant suspecua themselves to have neen ned bv
the reports OF outrage or who we're afraid Of
attn we Sorss IL esmn soe had
from e far down as Howard countv In the camp at Inc
WskArusa they bossied Of having fifteen hundred men
on Saturday and there were really ratons served for
twelve bundled men There mnst hive haon a, Last
thousand there and at Le:ompton and other CAMPS
At least four hunored move There cannot have hsan
much fewer than two thousapo Of tbese invaders IN
Kansas soil Although do not think there vas
than fourteen hundred y any one time. !,
armed And nearly ma MANY more n,,v armed ~
not AIMED Al All These ware mid and ras,ite and ths
men would have fought desperstey in the attack had il
been made And that dasnerats could INV
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