Weekly hawk-eye and telegraph. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1855-1857, 1856-06-11


We had The pleasure on Monday Evesine III
Of meeting with Nj Joshua Niller, Of de Kan
sAs Free 6taie one Of The papers whose ofEtce n
the Free State HOTEL vas DESTROYED In the aark
Ing ofLAwrence. NJ. Miller vas tyo wesss a.
/ u from Kansas. He spent an evening with IN.
! and favored number Of our citizens With fal!
and interesting account OF the Disturbances in
Kansas from the commencement. N. Miller
hnds here several old Indiana acauaintances,
snong whom are 7. Bigham, Esq, and Messrs
Aiihgan who were oftbe number Of his interest
60 auditors on the evening in question. We
VIII furnish our readers with such statements Of
" Miller NJ Ne can fecoliect They were made
with candor and we learn from those formerly
acquainted with him that they may be relied on.
A the papers have stated, Mr Miller was ar
rested and tried BY the CEirairy and escaped
just before the sacking Of Lawrence, to
ieavenwonh. where he was called before the In
vcstjgating Committee 70 testify. He then took
passage on boat for s.. Joseph and although
surrounded by Pro-Sisvery men an the time Of,
the passage succeeded in reaching that place
from whence he made his way here, on his way
70 join his wife in Louisa CO., who had preceded
him BY way Of 81. Louis. He expects TO return
very shortly to Kansas.
Mr.. Miller Ia South Carolinian by birth, and
his family was known to some of the squad into
xhosed hands he fell in Kansas He has been
decided Free State man, but Of so moderate
views as to secure the confidence Of the Pro-
Slavery Party, to which fact be probably owes
his life Hcstated to US that the reports on the
Free State side Of the question, in the States, 80
far a. they had fallen under his notice were cor
rect an not exaggerated; that the territorial ler.
islature was elected by Missourians a. has been
alledged, that the Legislature has been repudiat-
ed by bona fde citizens Of Kansas at all times:
that forcible resistance notwithstanding had
been 90 trifing as 70 amount to very little; that
Gov. Reeder gave the certificates of election.
the only show Of legality which that Legislature
Possesses, under the influence OF apprehensions
for his personal safety; that the Investigating
Committee are proceeding finely in taking testi-
mony OF the most conclusive kind; that enough
will be proved by the pro slavery witnesses TO
establish the invasion of the Border Rufflans
and that there are only two parties pro-slavery
and Free State in Kansas as
Mr.. Miller related many facts which We should
like to repeat If we had room, all tending to
show that the country has not been deceived in
relation to Kansas. TWAS indeed painful and
narrative A Territory in the very
heart OF the Republic gone over to the control |
OF brutal, insolent and irresponsible mob, act
ing in fact under the orders Of the Government |
Of the country and in its pay; liberty, property
and life, the prey OF lawless violence and hun
drcds of the best citizens of the Territory driven
from their homes, to seek in disguise and BY fight
that protection in foreign states, they could not
ind at home.
This is the first fruits of the Nebraska Bill, |
What may we expect the gathering of its final
harvest will be? There are 300 slaves in Kan
'as. The boast has gone forth that they shall
'tay there, and those who question their right |
,ither in Kansas, in Congress, or elsewhere are
o be subdued Slavery is set up as the national
rod, and the edict has gone forth that all shall
all down and worship it, Ottumwa Courier.