Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1856-05-08
FROM KANSAS.
A Pro- Slavery Account.
From the Montgomery (Ala.) Mail

From the Montgomery (Aia.) Mail.
ST. LOUIS, April q.
| They say there i party of
men (Ab"ltionists) in Leeompton Kansas Ter
rto y, just waiting Tor the arrival of the boat with
The Southern emigrants. They Uhe Abolition
ists) say that we shall fight or come back. but
they seem tn think from this that won't fight
at all We are untried but we will give them
the best we have about Us at that time.
You would be surprised Ia see the number oi
| spies that they hav" out. that just follow up
| like hawks; but when find one out, we just
run the boat ashore at the biggest canebrake we
can see and put him ashore.
There are now at this place about six hundred
southern emigrants. One hundred aud twenty
| hive lett yesterday morning; about seventy. five
the evening before. Mai. Bufordss company is
all here, aud there are still Mr.. Whites compa-
ny from Georgia and George Broom's company
from La Grangf, yet t. come; which will number
| in all (Butford's, Whites and Brooms.) nearly
fifteen hundred. never people more bent
on making il slave State.
WEsTPoRT, April "a.
just returned from Lecompton. The Com
mittee have gone TO Lawrence for the purpose OF
holding the investigation
Yesterday General Whitfield and party came
down to Lawrence, to be in attendance. Reeder
expects to prove that some Mssourians voted at
the first election, and Whitfield intends to prove
that great many Yankees, from Massachusetts
and elsewhere. voted and returned, never to see
Kansas again. One is reminded by these things.
of the expression "fghtng the Devil with fire :"
and the game of Tit for tat you kill my dog
kill your cat" 1t is all an electioneering card
to be played as big trump in the game of making
President this fall such is one of the political
strokes of the Black Republicans
Sheriff Jones. of Virginia formerly Sheriff of
10 lglas county, who was shot in the back by
some ingrate, lived here two years, and VIII en- X an.
sas was first organized, he made claim in the
Territory. near Lecompton. He was unusually
active III the pro slavery he very brave,
and the Abchonists all feared him. He was. for
this reason, elected by the Legislature Sheriff of
Douglas county, Jones was remarkably efficient
officer, and gained by his efficiency in Office, the
cordial hatred of the Lawrence people. He has
been repeatedly Threatened You will recoect
having published note to him. signed "One OF
hr secrst t,ceipe," in which the Sheriff was warn
ed, if he made made any more arrests in that
town, his fate was sealed
General Whitfield sent despatch, by an OK.
press rider,to Col. Boone. of this place. The lat
ter received it this morning early. and immedi-
ately left in hack for Lawrence, with Mrs. Jones,
the wife of the unfortunate Sheriff.
The whole recent difficulty, it seems, has been
wound up, as it appears from the Lawrence Her
aid of Freedom, by Charles Robins m, Governor
of the State of Kansas" issuing a ''reward of
$500 for the apprehension and convi elton in the
United States Court.of the person or persons who
made an assault upon S. }. Jones'" The Her
aid says that 'iNIr. Jones is in fair way to get
WELL"