Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1856-11-19

The Crisis ApproacI,aas Ia Kau.sns.

IFor the spy.I
The Crisis Approaches Ia Kanaas.
Aessra Editors u have received private letters
from two different correspondents in Lawrence,
K T., under date of Nov 6 They 90 far to
confirm the opinion 1 have often expressed, that
everything in Kauzas is rapidly tending to an
other explosion. One writer is an emigrant from
Boston, who went out this summer the other,
also from Boston, was one of the pioneers give
extracts from both letters, covering much the
same ground, and l add sume Calculations of my
own -
The trial OF prisoners is now going on at Le
compton. There have been in all some twenty
tiled, all but two of whom have been acquitted
These two were charged, one with assault with
intent to kill - and the other with "manslaugh-
ter in the frat degree" The first was sentenced
to two years Imprisonment, with hard labor and
the other to Sir gears, with hard Labor on the pub
lie works.-[rhis means N the chain. gang u
Seren Of the acquitted persons acre re,ayYested ere
leaU'ag the court room.
We hardly know what to do The people here
are burning with indignation. and are DESTROYS of
relieving their brothers from this bondage, but
Lecompton is now entirely surrounded with Uni
ted States troops, and the town is well guarded by
Titus's bloodhounds. The governor has been alb
sent some time, and marShals and sherifs are
having fine time trying to arrest free state men.
Several attempts have been made within the past
week to arrest Capt Walker and others, but they
have failed Titus has threatened to bring his
whole force down to aid in their arrests Ii he
attempts such thing, Capt Walkers men will
fight then the governors bubble giH5e burst, and
the ball wjH be opened 1t is as much as Capt
Walker can do to keep his men from mobbing the
hounds who come to arrest him will be re-
membered that Walker and THUS command two
of the governors new companies, one pro slavery
and the other anti-slavery, and have alvays pre-
dcted collision between them ere longl
Gov. Gearys conduct in the South of Kanzas,
you will probably have learned before this letter
reaches you. Improves only more distinctly that
he is nothing but a tool He arrested all the
free state men he could find, which was but a
few, (seyen in ALL the others having got out of
the way. he commissioned Martin White, the
aoto murdered Fred Broton, md left sir dya.
goOns to a'd him in making arrests. THE case is
simply this. Complaints are made of outrages on
the settlers in southern Kanzas Gov. Geary goes
down there, puts the marauders into office, and
the sufferers into prison. and struts home loftier
than ever.] He also promised protection to 9th.
er notorious seoundrelS who but few weeks be-
fore were robbing ami numbering on Sugar Creek
Finally guerrilla party of free state men has
been formed, who are resolved to secure for them.
selves the justice which the government denies
them. They have sustained fearful proyocation
and can endure it no longer. T In other words, the
war is re commenced
The other correspondent gives the names of
the prisoners acquitted Of murder. John L. King
Geo n. Nof, Thomas J. Bowers, David Patrick,
Justus 6. Ketchurn, Jesse F. Pyle, Jas Cunley,
Jas H. York, Edw. R. Falley, David Potter
Taos. Lesson, VIM. Butler, Chester Hay, A. S.
Gates "The eight just named we're released
the remainder soere held on other andietmentS-
The Jury were all pro-slavery men. Only one of
these prisoners, York, was identified as among
those at Hickory Point on the l4th September,
and it was proved that he was at Grasshopper
Falls at the time. There no evidence against
these men. But what will become of those
against whom there is evidence None of the
above are Massachusetts men. King is from VT.
Butler from n. H., Hay from n. Y, Patrick and
York from Missouri and the rest from the North
western staies.l
Mr.. E. Banter (fndiana) was convicted of
assault and battery with intent to KILL" and
sentenced by Leeompte to SIR gears Imprisonment
IN the penite'itjary
Marshal Pane has been threatening to bring
down sufficient force to arrest Capt Walker
1t is reported that c II. Titus and his men are
the force to be used for that purpose. Walkers
men aoW resist such an arrest. The horrors of
wac we can suffer much better than the evils of
slavery, and had rather be in the ranks than 90
to Lecompon and see our boys in prison, with
the pro slavery hyenas grinning at them. The
Governor, it is reported, has gone East. Forsev-
eral days, he has been in Southern Kanzas, on a
grand hunt for Free State men. We think, out
here, that there are indications of another out
break before many days haze passed The cleo
ton is now over, and doubtless Buchanan is sue.
cessful; and the pro-slavery party are resolved to
do something which shall be final settlement of
this vexed question"
As yet, hereabouts, "the optmiists and the
quietists' attempting to lull us with with the
absurd expectation that the Slave Power will be
rendered desperate by victory, and that the Kan
zas question will be peaceably settled. So we
are to shut our eyes, and await till 1860" while
the nation is already steering straight on to dis
union and civil war, under James Buchanan.
Twill