Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1856-05-09
From the Boston Journal
Important from Kansas,

trOOpS were IN I0WIl, anu AS0 asoAeeCu IA
arresfing those persons who had refused
to acknowledge the territorial officers. 1t
Is nos probable that any resistance was
offered. The announcement two or three
DAYS ago that Sheriff Jones had been
shot, Is confirmed. He was sitting in
tent, when he was shot from without !
He is said to be in a dangerous condi-
ton.
A correspondent of the New York
Times gives full particulars of the pro-
gress of affairs which has resulted as above
announced. On the 18th of April, sheriff
Jones, with posse, appeared at Law
renee, and attempted to arrest Mr. S. n
Wood, who had just returned to the Ter
ritory with an emigrant party from Ohio.
The warrant on which the attempt to ar
rest was made, was issued in December
last, by Justice Hugh Cameron, for aid
ing in the rescue of Branson. Sheriff
Jones did not succeed in arresting Wood,
as he refused to be arrested, and the peo-
pie who gathered round, without offering
any actual violence, intimidated the Sher-
if from proceeding to extremities. He
shortly rode of, swearing vengeance on
the town.
The next day, Jones returned to town
with posse of some fifteen, one ofwhom
is resident of Lexington, Mo. The peo-
pie gathered round the party out of Gu
riosity, when Jones called upon about
twenty of the resident citizens to act as
his posse, and then he stepped up to
young man named Monroe, and told him
he was his prisoner. Monroe did not
agree to this, and stripping off his coat
dared Jones to take him. Jones drew a
revolver, but did not use it, and without
further demonstrations upon Monroe, he
turned upon Mr.. Tappan-a correspond
ent Of the St. Louis Democrat-and at
tempted to arrest him. Tappan making
demonstration with his fists, but little
further attempts to arrests were made.
Jones said he wanted to arrest Monroe
and Tappan for preventing him from ar
resting Wood the day previous. Wood
was in another part of the town, and no
attempt was made to arrest him. Jones
and bis posse returned to Lecompton.
The pro-slavery account of this affair DIFF
fers from the above. The St. Louis Re
publican says that the sheriff found Wood
barricaded in his house, and strongly
guarded that they attempted to take one
or two other prisoners, but were forcibly
prevented, and the sheriff and his party
while in Lawrence were groaned at, Kissed
threatened and cursed.
The correspondent of the New York
Times says.
@Now, how does it stand? Jones comes
comes with warrant issued by a Terri
torial Justice, and acts as sheriff of Doug
las County, because he knolcs, that as
long as we gather strength to resist, age
sOW rsUer recognize them as legal enact
nle1ats, nor its Sheriffs as legal officers.
He has already been sworn as United
States District Marshal, but when here
he takes particular pains to tell US that
he don't come in that capacity, but as
Sheriff, &c. Also he could in ten min
utes get legal process from Judge Lee
compte, (if we have criminals here, and
then our people would have no desire to
see him molested or his criminals rescued.
But no. He understands what will get
up a Demonstration best Just now, when
the Committee are among US, and the
whole plan is laid for him at Lecompton
by the ''rectiied spirits" of slave propa-
gandism, and even the words are put into
his mouth that he must use when ain the
damned abolition, emigrant-aid town oil
Lawrence" We have no organization
yet TO offer any resistance to Jones or
any other man, and Wood and all others
implicated are about town as usual
Whether they will if the United States
troops come into the play, is doubtful
but for the present we claim our old ap-
Pellation of "peaceable, law-abiding citi
zens," as we understand it. 1 do no
wish to raise any false alarms but vii
merely suggest to all interested, the pro
priety of letting this Yankee town alone
severely"
The Lawrence correspondent of the
Missouri Democrat Free State) writing
April p, says:
By gentleman who has just arrived
from Westport, we learn that Jones, OF
his return to Lecompton, made state
mentto Governor Shannon, who imme-
dlateiy wrote a dispatch, and a messen
ger was sent to Kansas City to telegraph
to the President that the people of Law
renee were in open rebellion, setting tn,
officers Of the law at defiance. and askin,