New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-12-31
IMPORTANT FROM KANSAS.
CLOSING INCIDENTS OF THE war
A1cpIsoN AS 4 RUFfIAN CHIEF AND OaAIH.
WILL THE PEACE LAST!
REPORT OF CEN. POMER0Y.

from Kansas, having lett the lately Deie"gdred ca
OF Lawrence on the 18th inst, and favored n,
TRIBUNE With the following statement OF 'hesa.
OF affairs in the Territory. Gen. T., It VIII be n
mc,nbered, was captured 10y the Border Ra6s.
and taken TO their camp where he was kept aelo,
prisoner for four days, till peace was decls,s
They yOted 10 hang him on a certain day, at e.
tan hour, but AtchisOn and some of the other IA.
crs feared that such course might iniure 4.
Democratic Party. This did not seem 10 satis
the rufians exactly and so the leaders hid III.
distinguished prisoner from sight, and then Ab3
son made speech TO the crowd, saying III.
Pomeroy deserved hanging and must !.
hanged, but that il had better be done Accord,
to law, aud so they had sent him TO Leon.
ton, where he would be tried for treason MI
hanged aftcrward. The ruilians were dispess
swore some and insisted that the proper corfrS u
pursue was to hang him first and try him eftervr
Mr.. Atchison's talk was intensely warlike tlA
ascertaned that the fight would not be all on o
side-that instead of quietly submitting TO be SaQh
tered, the people OF Lawrence were detcrmhels
defend themselves to the death; then he sudds,
cooled down, and had considerable difficult,
pacifying the ragamuffns he had led to the 'front.'
and inducing them to return home without \
taste OF blood; and this was effected only by tsEv
them the most cgrcgiOus lies lin which Gov Shan,
ioincd), such as that the "Abotionists- hadag
to abide by the acts OF the Bogus Legislature. q,
render their arms and every point in issue. Ba,
lttle incident in regard TO the rife-practice Of D
Lawrence boys, made, perhaps, more dedl
impression on the rltfans than the speecbs n
had been over to Lawrence aud witnessed tara
performance, at which seventy-fiye men, WI |
Shalps rifles, fired at mark "a medium sbe. 4
paper) 10 by "a inches, one mile distant by ms
urement, and disfgured the sheet with the mani |
of sixty.two balls. When this was told in b. |
camp at the WaukaruSa, the yagabOnds, who VIZ |
armed mostly with shot guns, shrugged b.. |
shoulders and rolled up the whites OF their e. /
That was little ahead of anything they hsdsa
out West. This incident, coupled with the a. 4
that rumOr and their fears had increased the rw.
Der of Sharps rifles in the Lawrence camp b.
fabulous figure, did the business for the iuylm i
They would have been soldiers but for those "TA /
guns
The marauders appear to have bOtched the u.s. .
ness they came on quite extensively. IhgE.
ceeded in stealing sundry cannon, but wheabg
reached camp they discovered that they haw
stolen the right kind of balls, as they did
fit their guns. They also had two hundreds
from the State Armory at Jefferson City, butGs
balls of any kind for these arms. These riasn
said TO have been furnished by the Governor eE.
souri,, though his friends pretend that thgEu[
stolen from the Armory. When they arriyd VI
were being taken from the wagons, Gen TS
Ter was overheard to say that the GoverDGsa|
id fool for mixing up in this matter.
The invading army levied contributions yegsI
tensively on the farmers in the vicinity Of vi
camp, taking whatever they could find ands
pened to want in the way of food and forage, gg
orders on Governor Shannon in payment thez
except where the party levied on happened nht
Free-State man, in which case they wouds
curses instead of an order for cOppers. Thesf
ter are probably just as well of, as far as remy'
alton is concerned, as those who received dah
The Governor having mounds, of course theseai'
ers will have to whistle good while for thsrE
1t is said that drafts of this kind have been sA
to the amount Of $4,000.
Gen. Pomeroy says the people of Missouri lasl
the character of travellers by the kind of nesff
pers they happen to carry; that TO be sue ra
mOlestation one should carry copy OF E%
York Observer journal Of COmmerce, 81. LosE
publican, or some other journal Of their :'sa
When they meet traveller, they hail him VIZ
"What news! Have you got paper % w
pocket" And if he exhibits Pro-Slavery jOurr+
he is regarded as all right, and permitted tops
on. If he happens to have a copy of The NJ
TRIBUNE, or any other paper which recognizafl
existence of such country as the North, he ISI
down as an "Abolitionist, and treated accordN'l
The Lawrence people had considerable dlfe'
in importing their brass twelve-pounder. d.
were obliged to pass through Kansas city; "
the forwarding merchant there, ReddlesberS
had received orders not to let anything in the w
of merchandise pass on to Lawrence without u
animation; so he took an ak and knocked s%
in one of the boxes, but fortunately it was thew
containing the wheels of the gun-carriage aDd%
old Dutchman said it was only an old wagon,
let it pass. The balls which came with this PEI
fit it.
Gen. POmeroy reports the country quiet "
likely TO remain so for some time, but says thew
test is by no means over yet. The Ruhlsn =
determined to have Kansas if they can getit. 70,
p. will remain and lecture to the New-EneS"
people on Kansas for month or so and then rev.
to that Territory.