The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1856-01-08
KANSAS CORRESPONDENTS.
DoNIPHAN, K. T., |
GcoScLUDED.l

teamster, who was sent down to Kansas City !
Mo, after cannon that had been laying there ]
some time 1t was twelve FOUNDER, brass.
boxed up wheels and all, and labeled Hard
ware" The teamster pretended to be awful
green, wouldn't take the darned heavy box If
he could get anything else, but as he couldn't
get load he had to take it.' They succeed
ed in getting it in the wagon after hard work,
and the fellow started. On his way to Law
renee, he stalled at steep hill, and could not
get up; he was about to give up in despair,
when body of thirty or forty Missourians
came along, on their way to the wars! They
asked him 'what the matter was" and he told
them 'his darned lazy, balky mules refused to !,
pull that light box in the wagon up the hill"
They all took hold of the wagon, and after
dint of hard labor got up the hill. The Mis-
sourians went along with him, and passed
through the Missouri camp; the guard seeing
him in such good company supposed it was all
! right, and the fellow went ON his way to Law
renee rejoicing. But the joke was too good
for the Squatters to keep, and when the Mis-
sourians found they had helped the people of
Lawrence to good large brass cannon, they
were the most plagued set of fellows ever
saw
The soldiers in Lawrence were all well
armed, well drilled and in good comfortable
quarters. The others were armed with any
thing, miserably drilled and exposed to the
most incemont weather. Lawrence was con-
tinually getting reinforcements from all parts
Iof the territory. The Missourians were also
Igetting accessions to their ranks every day.
/ The convention to nominate State officers
meets at Lawrence on the 221 of this month.
Ifmy health permits shall be there, and will
endeayor to keep you better posted in future.
| can make no guesses as to the nominees as
there are great many prominent candidates
/ in the field. Hon. G. W. Smith, Hon. w. T.
Roberts and DIR. Charles Robinson, are the
three most prominent candidates for Govern
or. Roberts will probably get it, although he
is not an office seeker. The election for the
Constitution passed off quietly. l will give
you the vote in my next.
You have doubtless heard some of the thou
sands of tales in regard to the origin of the
,car, and as was at Lawrence at the time,
: may as well give you true version. A Free
State man, by the name of Dow, had claim.
. A Pro Slavery man named Colman, built a
: lime kiln on Dow's claim using considerable
of his timber. Dow went to Colman and remon-
strated with him against using his timber
: Colman afterwards made another kiln on the
same claim, about which they had considera-
BILE quarrel. The day Dow was murdered, he
had went to the blacksmith shop, unarned tc
, get something mended. Colman was in the shor
and they had some sharp words. Colmar
went out first, and when Dow got his work
? done he started home; on the road home ht
! saw Colman sitting by the roadside with his
gun. When Dow came up to ColMan, Col
man got up and walked small distance with
him. Several pro- slavery men, who saw then
from distance heard them talking loudly
but could not distinguish what they said
Colman then started back. Dow walked on
"a few steps, when, it is supposed, hearing ca
snap, turned around and received the discharg
from Colman's gun in his breast. His bod,
- was permitted to lie in the road for some si1
it hours, until the pro-slavery men who saw tn
l. transaction succeeded in getting Colman of
II Word was then sent to Mr.. Bronson witt
- whom Mr.. Dow boarded, that Dow was killed
y Bronson Immediately had BOWS body attend
" ed to. The people in the neighborhood, whel
Sc they heard Of the foul murder, immediately
: set about having meeting, to take measure
to arrest the murderer and those accessory t.
i the act.
'r in tho meantime Colman makes his way t,
le our douShtace Governor, puts himself unde
&c his protection and sues out peace warran
i against Mr.. Bronson, who he knew would b.
re one of the principal witnesses against him
IS Mr.. Jones, the Westport Sheriff, gets posse
"a or mob rather, and arrests Mr. Bronson Oh
n his way to sonaep1ace they met body of th,
f. citizens greatly excited about the foul murder
l. on their way to the meeting. Mr. Bransol
y begged them to stop, and told them he hae
: been arrested without cause, that the Sheriff
e had shown him no warrant, and that it wa
merely to get rid of his evidence in the muir
a. der case. The citizens then told him the,
II had suffered oppression long enough, and i
J. he wanted to go with them to come over, anc
d they would protect him. The Sheriff permit
L ted him to go to them although he had la,g
posse a0eH armed. Expresses were immediate
ly sent to Gov. Shannon and to Missouri, that
: the Sheriff was beseiged at Lecompton by a
; hundred Yankees armed with Sharp's rifles
= that thirty houses had been burnt, men muir