The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1856-10-29
py JAS. A. OOwARDTrS.
"wednesday Moru,us, October 10, 1856.


"wednesday Morning, October 30, 1886.
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The Recent Arrest ef Emigrants In
kansas.
Ths telegraph has announced the reception Of
.4sei.l dispatches from Gov. Geary. concerning
-. raeeo, arrest of 240 enigrants In Kansas by
,,J W, l Preston. acting as U. S. Marshal, aided
- Col p. ST Geo. Cook. Ths following isa fuller
..,oup, of the affair, gathered from Gov G's dis
patches:
1rsIs marty was regularly formed Ia military or
,.r rnier the command of General Pomeroy, TO
i,,els Fldridge and Perry, and others. They had
in them twenty wagons, Ia which were q sup.
l. of new arms. mostly muskets. with bayonets
- ssbrcs aud lot of saddles, &c. sufficient to
%arin d battalion, consisting one fourth of cavalry
- tbe remainder of infantry. Besides these new
MS which Gov. c. says were evidently intended
ar military purposes, and which were in the wa.
Us the search of which was strongly objected
=, ;re emigrants were provided with shot guns,
;gos ristols knives, SC, sufficient for the ordna
,-1-ses Of persons travelling 10 Kansas or any
80 . the western territories From the reports
# ,he officers, it appears they had with them nei.
,tnr oxen household furniture, mechanical tools
.-ricui,ural implements, nor any of the necessary
.vongteEanecs OF peaceful settlers.
hey were permitted to pursue their Journey
w le- the escort of a squadron of dragons, and
srsseqaentIy Gov. Geary. according to promise
r,st hem near Topeka. They apologize ed for their
eden, sud uudenisble disregard of his proclama
ZION which apology though plausible, was far from
being satisfactory.
AtIrr welcoming them as peaceable emigrants
and assuring them that he would positively en-.
y,r,a bis proclamation and suffer no party of men
4, enter or travel through the territory with a
warlike or hostile appearance, to the terror of
2esceab,e citizens, and the danger of renewing
he di.gracefal and alarming scenes which the in.
strr -
eruor Geary insisted upon the immediate dis.
bsnanent Of the combination whiea was agreed
:, with alacrity, The majority of the men were
evidently gratiied TO learn that they had been
deceived in relation to Kansas affairs, and that
-agcc and nriet instead of strife and contention,
were regai8g there. His remarks were received
wifi frequent demonstrations of appreciation, and
81 ,hejr close the organization was broken up and
lie members dispersed in various directions.
After they had been dismissed from custody
and the tact announced by Major Shelby their
fLsnkfuuess for his kind treatment toward them
. tIressed by giving him three hearty cheers.
In conclusion, Governor Geary expressed his re-
sr,t that societies exist in some of the States
whose object is TO fit out such parties as the one
usi described and send them to Kansas, to their
on Z Injury and the destruction OF the general well
fare Of the country. He says: Very many per-
sons are induced to out here under flattering
rrpuises which are never fulfilled, and having
neither money to purchase food and clothing, nor
trade or occupations at which to earn an honest
livelihood, are driven 10 the necessity of becoming
either paupers or thieves and such are the unfer
:rna;r men who have aided materially in filling up
the measure OF crimes that have seriously affect
ed the prosperity Of Kansas.
at is high time this fact should be clearly and
generally understood. This territory at the pre-
ssut season of the year, and especially under
citing circumstances, offers no inducements for the
immigration Of the poor tradesman or laborer -
Ile country is overFun with hundreds who are
unable TO obtain employment, who live upon char
i!y, and who are exposed to all the evils of priva
tOD. destitu:ion and want"
Among the documents is the re port of the immi
grants TO Governor Geary complaining of the rough
treatment they received from the troops acting as
they understood under the orders of MIR. Preston,
the Deputy United States Marshal, declaring their
mission to Kansas to be peaceful, having no Or
ganization save one of police for their own regu-
latiVn and defence on the way. And, coming in
that spirit to the territory, they claimed the right
OF American citizens to bear arms and be exempt
from unlawful search or seizure.
DISTRESSING CALAMITY-7hree LiUes Lost By
,he asc of Camphiae-One Saturday evening a dis
trtssiHg accident occurred in the house of Andrew
Moore, Johnson's lane, below Fourth street, in the
first ward. Mrs Moore was in the act of fillinga
camphne lamp, which was lighted, when one of
the children accidentally hit her arm causing the
ignited setting fire to Mrs. Moores
clothing as well as to that of the children playing
about the room.
The alarm and excitement ensued was intense,
and although the neighbors did all in their power
to eHtingalsn the flames, FIVE children and Mr..
and Mrs. Moore, were dreadfully burned. One of
The sufferers did not belong TO the family, but had
lust entered the house, on an erTand, her parents
living at some distance. Her name was Eliza
Jane Lawson, aged about l2 years. She ran out
The alley into the lane and threw herself down in
he gutter beneath the open fre-plug, directly in
'front.' Of the house. Notwithstanding this, she was
% dreadtuy burned that she died few hours af.
erwards, in the adjoining house. Two other chii
tren, Euma H. Moore aged 9, and Rachel d.
Moore aged A, died in the course Of the night, and
yesterday.
The two remaining children, WilhelminaMoore
iged O. aud Elmira Moore, an infant were still
live last evening, but very little hopes were en-
aiued that they would survive The unhappy
mother was dreadfully burned, but not so as to en-
langer her life, though the calamity has almost
destroyed her reason. The father was seriously
lIrned about the hands and face while endeavor
lg TO save his wife and children philadelphia
L,igr.
The News giving an account of the accident,
ays:
he four children, so shockipgly burnt they were
about the body and head The eldest girl, Ellen
lane Lampson retained her senses TO the last, and
Iraysd audbiy just before she ceased to breathe.
The casualty caused the most intense excitement
a the neighborhood in which it occurred and the
louse was thronged with the curious all of yester
lay. A most extraordinary fatality has attended
be family of Miss Lampson; three OF four years
'go, her father, two brothers and an uncle W ere
drowned, and some months ago her mother died
| ime and again it has been impressed upon the
)ubiic The danger of filling fluid lamps while burn.
ng, and yet, notwithstanding the numerous ac-
dents that have occurred through the practice,
t Ia still done All mothers should remember the
eartul warning in the calamity we have recorded!
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PLAN TO REMEDY A GREAT RAILROAD INCoN'
editor of the Salem Gazette al
udes TO the inconvenience to which passengers
re exposed on arriving at a station, by one por-
ion of the passengers attempting to get out while
hers are trying force their way in, at the same
ooTs. He suggests that good remedy for this
vii would be the establishing of rule that pas
engers should enter the rear of the car and 60 out
y the other door.
THALBERG, the pianist, was born at Geneva,
anuary 7, 1921, and made his first artistic tour
Trough Germany at the age of eighteen. His first
ist TO Paris was in 1885. This is his first visit
D North a merica but his second to the western
ointment.
A Lone SENTENCE Thursday last, lad
amed Charles o. Jones, aged II, was sentenced
0 the State prison for life, in Lawrence Mass.
,r setting fre to q dwelling In the day time This