Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1856-02-21

The Murder OF MI. GlIdon.

We gave, IN yesterday paper, n brief account
of the murder of Mr. Bail II. Gordon. in Mis-
souri,. The Petersburg Express states thnt he
leaves II widowed mother; who resides nenr Fred
ercksburg, Va. He was formerly assistant en-
gineer on the South Side Railroad, aud in that
capacity superintendent the building of the i'm
mense structure known High Bridge
Our Geographic dispatches have already nm.
nounccd the arrest Of two men, at Indianapolis
rs The supposed murdercrs of Mr.. Gordon. The
ST. Louis Democratic furnishes the my i,
tails of the murder:
Mr.. Gordon, principal Assistant Engineer Of
the North Missouri Railroad, left Hunt svr,
Randolph county Missouri, on Monday evening
the y Of January last. He intended To return
To st. Louis by Danville aud St. Charles. 1t is
supposed, tbut not certainly KNOWN that ut Dan
vile no first fell in with two strangers one of
whom was leading pony.
1t is known that Mr.. Gordon stopped at Flu
gerson's about eleven miles west of Wnrronfun
Missouri about noon on " dnesday the Odd. of
January last, that he dined ut Jones' one mile
east of Fergusons. that he passed through War
rington and that he stopped for the night Mt
llutchinsons,' four miles east of Warrington.
At all these places he accompanied by
two strangers who, when they arrived Mt Frrgu-
sons, were leading u pony which they sold to
Fugerson The pony sorrel, with name
cut off but not reached and the end hair IF the
tail bobbed off. At lluthson's the two stran-
gers clcnned and carefully loaded two REVIEWERS
aud n single barrel pistol. MIR. Gordon aud the
two strangers left llutohinson's together about
seven O'Clock on the morning of Thursday, the
oath ult,, and about three miles further east Mrs
Stephenson, from her porch, head gun or pistol
shot, and saw two men passing several times a
cross the main road at the spot where Mr. Cor
don was afterwards found, shot in the back pnrt
of the head and covered up with brush and SNOW,
The KANSAS QuEsrioN IN Rnopn ISLAND
Governor lIoppin. of Rhode Island, IN submit
| ting to the Legislature the appeal OF the Free
State men of Kansas for aid remarks:
..The information communicated through this
| document is of n nature which demands the Sc
| rious consideration of the Legislature, and
| which, if authentic should call forth from the
| government and people of Rhode Island the ex
| precision, in language which cannot be miSunder
stood of their indignant horror at SO gross Al,
outrage against our most sacred rights. | will
not allow myself To comment upon the grave
matters now presented to you for your dclibera
ton, involving issues pregnant with the dssou
tion of the Union and the gloom of civil war
| In the performance of my official dlry | Law thi,
document before you, that you may in your com
| bned wisdom consider and decide what action
If any, the fearful exgency of the case demands
After the communication and accompany inc
| document had been read, the House concurreC
with the Senate in tho passage of n resolution
referring it to a joint committee of five, for the
| purpose of considering tho same and reporting
such action AS they may deem proper
GEN. SANTA ANNA.-IIis "Supremo lIichness'
is residing at Turbaeo four leagues from Cartba
gena. A correspondent of the New York Her.