New-York daily tribune., 1856-06-09


Franklin for a guard. 1t arrived in few hours,
con msnded by Coleman, the murderer Of Dow,
and the party again moved on. About midnight
they re- ached Franklin.
Frsnklin is q rabid Pro-Slavery village, FIVE
miles from Lawrence. They again tried 10 induce
the ladies to leave their husbands, and were again
unsuccessful They remained in the carriage with
ikeir husbands all night. Next day, On Monday,
they rode to LecomptOn, and the prisoners were
taken to camp and separated from their wives, to
whose devoted love and resolution, in all proba-
bility, they owe their lives. The party passed
Lawrence under whip and spur. No writ OF any
kind was served on the gentlemen until they had
been two days at LecOmptOn. They are indicted
for high treason. They are now under guard OF
United States troops.
yEFFKEYs LECOMPTE
This man deserves to have q chapter In Hill
dreth's next edition of The Lives Of AtrOciOus
Judges" He ordered the Free-State Hotel, the
Free-State Dewspaper-TM Herald Of FREEDOM
Office, and bridge built BY Free.S State man
named BlandOn, over the Wakerusa, to be de-
ItrOyed as nuisances, without ordering their pro-
prietcrs to appear and chow cause why they
should not be abated! have just heard of an
OtIer instance of his unftness to occupy the hon
Orable and responsible position he holds. from
Judge John A. Wakefield of Bloomington the
Treasurer elect of the State of Kansas.
armed men surrounded Judge Wske6eds house
and took him prisoner. One Titus Territorial
officer, was the leader Of the gang. No writ was
produced.
They took him to Lecompton and be appeared
in court. As soon as the case under examination
when he entered court was decided, Judge Wake
field arose and demanded of LecOmpte the writ
which bad been issued against him, or the indict-
ment, affidavit or other legal document which au-
thOrized the officer to arrest him.
After examining the records Judge Lecompte
informed him that DO legal process had been Is
sued against him, nor indictment found, and ad-
rised hin to take out rrit Of habeas corpus
MAY il please the Court, said the old man In.
6ignaDty, How can take out writ unless
have something to predicate it on II no charge
has been made against me, why should ask ior a
writ of habeas eorpusl Am not as free as the
Court is ~
LecCBpte was cOnfOunded.
"W Who arrested you :" he asked.
"Col. Titus" said Judge Wakefield. .,
Here the Attorney. General interfered ana sAd
he would 20 and ask Col Titus what charge had
been made against the prisoner.
He soon returned with an answer that no VIII
had been Issued against him.
Am free. then 7" asked Judge Wakefield
"Yes-yOu NAV co." said Little Jefreys Le-
cOBpte.
With Fierce in the Presidential chair and Le'
compte on the Bench, what hope IS there FOR
iustice TO Northern men until Kansas is admitted
into the Union as Free and sovereign State
TIE OLD REVOLUTIONARY SPIRIT STILL LIVES.
The FIee-State men in Kansas are not dlscour'
aged. The recent outrage perpetrated IN TINS city,
by judicial command and the numerous robberies
committed in this vicinity by the 4" legally organ
lied militia" have nerved instead of depressed
them. Not a man of them will return to the
East. The Legislature will meet at Topeka on
the 4th of July if it should have to meet on horse
back. A grand Mass Convention of the Northern
emigrants will be held there on the National An
niversary. The GeOrgians and BufOrd's men are
leaving the Territory in bands; and many Pro-
Slavery squatters, alarmed at the threatening as
pect of affairs, are selling out and preparing to re-
turn to Missouri. The FreeState men can not be
CONQUERED or intimidated. But We need aid.
Business prOstrated, property stolen, time lost
they need help from the East; and unless they re.
ceive it, Kansas will be lost to Freedom:
JAMES REDPATH
One of the victims of this cruel raid, farmer, re-
siding about mile from Lawrence, wrote the follow.
irg letter in response to request LOT miormatoh In
regard to his Losses:
LAwREscE, X. T., May 25, 1856.
On the 2lst Of May, at night, number of horsemen
robbed me Of my brood mares, and burned for fuel,
while encsmped near my residence between 'our anu
FIVE hundr rails. On the morning OF the 22d twenty
,ioht borsepen came and searched my house, asking
for Btecbers Bibles. While throwing about the beds,
ono oftbem took INV wifes night clothes and held them
mn, then threw them at a comrade. They took from
m. two suits of mems Clothes women's clothing, .
watch, &c. cannot ssy at present what amount
have suffered; but my crops are left unienced, n6
can get fence without horses.
A RECORD OF KANSAS RUFFIANISM
Awaiting themselves of the fact that the rumora OF
the alleged desth of DR.. Root, Gen. Pomeroy and Mr..
Mitchell. the shooting Of Jones, and the killing Of
"eieht P,o Slavery men," now prove to have been
unfounded, the doughfaces boldly characterize all