New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1856-07-24
Netu1(ork Dailp M.ibnfle
KANSAS.

LAWRENCE, X. T., July Is, 1856.
Seyeral coupa,'ies have gone Up FROM the o"'gh-
bork.od o, atciison, K'ckapoO and Lsavenw"csn,
,or the purpose OF ntercspsipg The Northern imui-
g,s'ion
Marshal d, maids son falsely states that the MEM
ber- Of tb~ L.gis azure, ~b'D dispeIsdat Topeka,
promised him Oh their word OF rOnr that tory
would Lo meet again. Thus - utt-r!J aud uun,ti-
sa,-dly talse Postscript Donaldson, While 10 soe
House, II, veI veDtafed 10 open bis mouth, publicly
or o,bera,s+, tOt At nd three ieet from hiD, and
wonid tave bpowp it had be coDe so. lr IN. SEN
ate BIZ did sap som,tiirg AS 10 oue Sts odml'ted
to Tho Senate but the members and at'achea, the
uan OF prccjauatloys aid ecoDomi; postscr',Ss
f., more r. ,ufe At the door Of 'he S+Date, CT.
Sumner net no obstruction, rs the President o.
that bod, had directed TINT be- he adptt' d If he
csne. donaldson hoa ever. was stopped by the
d"orkeeper as contraband that functionary telling
Postscript that he had instructions to seep the
crowd out" Donaldson assured the dOOrkeeper
that be " as q piied States officer. The cautious
II Peter demanded bis credentials nor did the
noted leader Of the carptt.bsg bris adr-tbe Gcor-
gs borse thieves, he Alabama pick poc.ets tle
south Carolina ring thieves bud lnceudiaries-
be bod produced evidence that Frank Pierce
was Itall, responsible Tor oil his rasc,Iity.
Once in the Sfpate.chsmber, Postscriptum did
male the dt maid for pd dyes, which he now has
the tiiroDtrry TO say he received. as have al
,es9, written, I was an eyewitness to the trans
s,ti,p Alter sumner ha, dispersed them, this
Marshal stepped forward, aud in whining, half
frightened, {ali would.fright-D voice, said
"Now, want all O ye 10 promise u wont
rC L., 80 mic oct
,vtTy one ye."
Magnificent A conditional arrest Since
PustscIiptums getting up statements OF the affair,
", uDd like hiui to state whether he bad wits
which il uas bis du'y "a serve, and that he neg
l. cted such duty in consideration that Legislature
he politically bated would not meet Or whether
he bad no process to serve and merely, wolfe
there upon the strength OF being United States
officer, ibsulttd gtntleuen, aud endeav0red To III
timidate 'ht IL from the exercise o. constitutional
right by threat ut once extra, judicial and false
bC,di We hope the u. 5 Nj. ID. = ID. will throw
b little light ON this rather dark subject | am
Lauly TO be aole to state that the SeD1fOfs never
snsV cred hun. None paid the least attention to
lin.
Two gentlemen have just been up to the Gov
erD0r Shannon, mean) TO sec about the recovery
of some property stolen by the Mssourians from
party OF tIngraDts entering the Territory. The
Greet uLu Bon. cOnini tai silence. he, however,
did say: ~ wonder THAI people will keep coming
Il, me for redress! A WVnOer, truly am graf
fled in being able to state thst the Executive was
perfectly sober which was doubtless the occ aston
Of ibe above profound remark.
have just seen gentleman who belonged 70
party of ,migrabts from Ottawa, ILL.,, who we're
Iofbed short time ago BY the La wand rider meu
at L,avenwOrth, and sent down the river. lie
uade bis escane ON the way down, got on to apotner
boat, and is here. He tells me that after thcy
were forced Oh beard, the officers OF the boat (a
of these rsscas ought tn be in the Ponitcntlary)
d. handed their passage fare for tSe trip down AS
the gentle men not travelling on the voluntary
uriI c,plc they declined, leaving the expense OF
tbe ,xp,dition to those who had under taken il.
"1hple are more Ways Of killing cog thau hang
ing him. however. The gentlemen who had Iue
tI board With tbeu and " hO Intended tn give them
nn honorable eecOrt from the Balli~lch OF Border
uf, aisDi in tb. critical aspect OF affairs, IN COM
bly, with the captain and clerk, resolved them
selves into COMMITTEE Of the Whole Oh hnaoce.
he res nit of this exercise of collective wisdom was
mother deuard Tor the passage money, which was
also ignored. Another Conference resulted 10 the
extraction Of the unfortunate euiigrants from the
cabin, to Close, dirty, HOT, be0-Suggy region
sVp ewle,e in that awful, uDexplored district dit
f the boiltI.deck. Here, - Ill tho progress, Of
Iurc y evepts" the unfortunate men who, while
Kansas after it was actually battered away to
Siuye1, by Douglas g. Co g, got thirsty. ia reply
10 their u maid for water Wo0den BUCKET Win
d rope attached was thrown out, and thereby some
two gallons Of the muddy Missouri ~as transferred
<ron The dirty ode. ps" to the dirty deck. 1t WAS
about Us thick as pea soup, and rather warmer.
\ be bucket being aced before tuem, as 1t was
Free country, trey were left 10 help themselves.
As the Specification OF all TINS was clear enough,
all Of the uuUrtunates but one went up aud paid
the fare demanded J bat one, finding it unendu-
rable 10 be cOpfntd In his situation below. aud be-
ing .till determined rot to pay, boldly went up TO
III. cabin again. Whilethere the captain derauded
il he bad paid, and when he said he bad not, the
captain and both CLERKS seized hin violently aud
flung biu down stairs, hurting him, although Dot
very severely On the banisters. Being la this
situation, 70 tten went and handed over ths 81
to The hghwaym.n who were party to his arrest,
al d thus demanded bis pOuey." Shortly atter
be saw chance to escape, and went 70 the clerk
and asked bis fare back as be was about to leave.
This was refused. He tteb leaped on board another
b, at ,Oing up, which they had met at O landing
iusG as the boat pushed OF. by keeping quiet, he
arrived safe in Kansas.
Law, eDce is Threatened with another blow by
the kuffian authorities venent II On fO:
to tphe the Post. Office firm Mr.. Babcock, and
from town. The design il to give 'he Lawrence
Post Cffice to PrOSluvery man who lives i've
lilies up ito California road. Monstrous though
this outrage may look, it is deliberately conten-
plot.d, and it 10 possible tDst the Department at
Washington may pubder to such vilainy. Having
destroy I'd the PIets here it il itlt lat even Post
Cfhce privileges are nuisance. What security
Gun any Free-ctate Nan have for bis mail Uatter
ii this viilaip> is cousummstedf And ninety. moe
out Uf every hundred Men in md around Law.
rerce are FTeeState Den. Lawrence ia the most
important place in the Territory, only second in
I nd IN laru An