The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1856-06-07


persons, whom he arrested, and then turned
over his force to Sheriff Jones. The mission
of the latter was to destroy the free state
hotel and the printing offices, which had
been indicted by the grand jury of Douglas
county as nuisances-thc hotel being regard
ed as a barrack or for tiication for the pro-
lection of offenders against the territorial
laws, and the printing offices, as melting to
resistance of the In s. The burning OF
Gov. Robinson's house and other excuses
committed by the mob arc disavowed and
condemned by Sheriff Jones and those under
whose command he acted.
Since the taking Of Lawrence, most of the
Inhabitants wEo had either fled to Topeka o,
hid II the rayincs have returned to the city,
and with force OF $50 U. S. regulars sta
toned in the city, the town is quiet.
With U. S. troops at Lawrence, and at
other prominent points in the territory, 1t
was hoped quiet would be restored and main
tanned, and this was generally the case, and
the people were again going peaceably about
their usual avocations; until new excite
ment was raised, by an attack by the free
state men on some of Gel. Buford's men, OF
the Kickapoo rangers, at Ossawattomie, in
which five of the rangers were killed. The
accounts in reference to this affair differ SO
widely, that it is impossible to arrive at the
truth. The free state accounts generally,
say the attack was in consequence OF the
frequent depredations upon the property OF
the settlers, and even assert that the rangers
were in the act of hanging a settler when
the free state men made the attack. The
opposite account says the attack was made
out of rcyenge-that the bodies Of the killed
were horribly mutilated-chopped up-eyes
gougcd out, &C., and that all the pro-s!avery
cd to leave for Missouri instanter, which
many Of them were doing.
This new outbreak has caused another ge-
neral Juror in the territory, which may now
be regarded as completely under military
surveillance. About Leavcnworth the OBJ
noxious free state men are being driven by
force from the territory, and in other por
tons outrages are committed by the free
state men. The following despatch from St.
Louis give the latest news we have:
The St Louis Erening Ne,ss publishes an
extra from the Kansas City Enterprise, da-
ted the ID, which says that }. NJ. Baynard
left ST. Bernard for Westport on Friday last
and no tdings of him have been received
since. He is supposed to have been muir
dered. John W. Foreman, ii. Hamilton
and John Sax, who went in search of Bay
hard, were taken by the Abolitionists, who
threatened them.
fired upon by party of fifty Abolitionists
On Friday night a sharp conflict ensued
which resulted in wounding several of the
Marshal's posse.
H. H. Carly, Just from the Territory,
/ states that eight men belonging to the com
pany. were attacked and all seriously injur-
/ ed. He came for men and horses, and TWEEN
I ty-five of Buford's company will Immediate
/ " start to the rescue.
Capt PATHS company, numbering forty or
/ fifty men, who went TO Hickory Point TO
suppress outrages in that vicinity, were at
tackled by $50 Abolitionists, and two men
were killed second fight between the
same parties occurred at Black Rock, in
. IN which " ADOltlUnlSLS anu 10 Ic-s,sd'
! r,ar ,rero tillaS Capt Patti and lanes
McGree were among the number.
We could fill many columns with reports
of minor troubles and outrages on both
sides, but the above will suffice for the main
outlines of the week. The territory is GER
tainly in an unfortunate condition, and the
| subject is full Of dangers to the peace Of the
I max no If uSs.
flying all the acts Of the claw and order
party" as the anti free state party are called,
and it would be quite as difficult, we ina
CINE, to justify the course Of the other party.
! There is outrage on both sides. The de-
struction of the printing offices and the hotel
in Lawrence, as nuisances, is too high hand
ed measure ever to meet with calm approval,
however forcible may be the plea of neces-
( sity. On the other hand, the course of the
| free state men, at the starting point of all
! these difficulties, was such as to bring upon
them naturally and inevitably such conse-
! quences. After Gov. Reeder had recognized
and confirmed, by all the forms of law, the
election of the first legislature, all candid
men, who will look at this Kansas matter
without partisan feelings, must admit that
the great and fatal mistake was the remedy
sought by the free state men for the alleged
frauds in the first election. Revolution was
not an appropriate remedy. There was no
sufficient apology for resorting to it. Itnever
can be justified, except under the plea of ne
ccssity. The people Of Kansas should, and
except for the prompting Of demagogucs
would, have trusted to another election to
correct the abuses of the last And it would
have been-it will be-the duty of the GO
vernment to employ all its legitimate powers
to secure the actual residents the free ex-
preston and the full effect of their will thro'
the ballot box. This was the remedy which
good and patriotic citizens should have ad-
vised and adopted. 1t is the peaceful one
provided by our institutions, and far prefer
able to violence and revolution And so the
public sentiment of the country, as soon as
there is time for calm reflection, will decide
ExCITEMENTs.-Thee excitement connected
with our political affairs is steadily incrcas-
ing year by year. There must be Juror of
some kind. 1t is now hard cider, and now
Nebraska and Kansas. The public mind is
tossed ard deeper passions are constantly
stirred up. 1t becomes the patriot to enquire
where this will probably lead us? Why
this must be? Is it called for by the de-
mands of patriotism; or is it the work of
personal, selfish, ambitious politicians?
THE KILLED AT LAwRENCE-After all the