Demoine courier., 1856-05-08

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to make arfests. H'ctrngson, Warren. by
man, Fuller, Hunt, and w others, have been
arrested forrefusing tosct as Jones' posse Oh
5:Sinaay last andto- night hr slhelGsa Jas prisoners
/ guarded blythe troops, who are campeo here.
Wood, Speer, Monroe, Deltaler and Tappan
were intewaihis Ineraing, but went yisitipg
in the country when the troops came in. Nc
resstancefhas beenmade 10. day. Houses have
bech 'seraehed, but Wood, Speers & Co. have
not YET been arr ..ted. The soldiers dislike the
business they are engaged in. azansa~u-snzx1aa
tu The Congressional Committee in, session
here, Commenced this mcrning. Yours, ii
great haste. 3 sb2s5q tafHfW $40 esoqtf..i
: st3Ei s8ss3s bn-guk8 ,sAngd sol
r. - ysIAwRENeEsk ansas, April ? 4th, NJ a.
~ bHs ,baS5asasw iei2 e'eloek, 4, NJ s.
~ Editonofths Missouri Democat. 3 sbisri
p Last night about II o'clock Sheriff Jones.
while sitting intaatents with scmes soldiers, was
shot By some one outside whe fred a,pistol, The
shoulders Jones fell back ina gfoan,, and YVES
, carried to a room in the FIRE. iState' HoteL
where hisu wosnl was dressed by DR.. String
fellow, Of Atchison, editor Of the }"SQnatteT
Sovereign = Jones IS considered in a very
critical Position; his spine has become paraliz-
led, and ,he.sDoctor mas pathim under the in
fneBce 8of opium, " was very dark a[ihe
lime the pistol was fired. and no one saw the
perion who did it.
me Gaps Rain Of the Kickdpo /, Rangers and
Generals tdtieid;a-e In town and with Jones
!, Wood, Seal, T-appaL and others, receiving
information that their friends had been arrested,
came int5 the Ely expecsing,oo be taken pri-
sonersi bytheU u S.sdrBgoons, under command
OF Ldent4 Armstrong. In to;the preselt time
they are at liberty, but viii doubtless be ar
rested te-day. Lieut.. Armstrong brings a let
ter ffoin Cor. .sdher, commaneer Of Fort
,Leavenworlhstot the Mayor of this city, start
ing tbat4he; had receiygd ordersto. send troops
70 Lawrence, to assist in making arrests; that
he did not understand the merffts of the case,
bat hoped that law and Aerder ~oala be mann
ofainea by thescitizensaa vuiysb 8gHa hysn,
The freemen of Kansas expected TO sustain.
The law which means the enactments OF a Ms!
Souri, mob-and order, which means s,ibniis-
sIonto the laws passed blythe Shawnee 1segis-
iature. Shannon. Atchison. Pierce and String
fellow are great advocates OF sslaw and orders''
(Which the above in expectation and the peo-
pie are to be forced into the traces by the u.
States army. We shall see whether the peo-
pie enjoy this kind # ''Squatter i ,yereigaty.s'
One victim of 'lay ,andsorder" fell last night.
and hundreds aud thousands ct othersHwili Kun,
and be killed, if the determination to inaegurate
civil waf%here by Che tPlesidentsbe carried out
by yexatoas ii itat on OF the sqIattcrs. Sane
will be arrested and tired perhaps under those
laws, but that Will not be resultant Of any
good. IL these things continue the people VIII
'be {drisen to Interpretations, and a Bloody lime
will be the co.seq .ence. We expect Congress
70 set the matter righl; if they DO not, tie,pes-
pie will in self-defehce. @A '.'1 sis
? Yours, truly, gm - u ie Aat Tee
Hos EH u hue -as- az zee 3si a94
evil at 0IAwREscE,,K T., Aprii2 ~. /
77ioshe Editor y ne Missouri Drmocrat:
Knowing that your regular CORE, p,ondent is
declared frtm writing you by this mail, I'VE
urieer afew f, es ahat willbeao of bubble inter-
est. . i9ame.sta Lad strss ~ go,
Jones' the Sheriff. of Douglas courty was shot
last night about len O'Clock, and it is expected
his wom d Will prove fatal The attend
ing circumstance swefe these. SOn Saturd day
ana Suadsy last, he made two Unsuccessful at
arrest $. n. Wood and others, FIR
some old offences for which he has held war
rams for severalInen: hs anti never sought to
enforce. bur people were unwilling 10 Fecog-l
nlze him or his authority. he, had a small
posse with him FROM Lecompton each time,
but he TO k away none OF our men under such
circ umstahces. He seemed greatly exasperat-
ed ami sw, re heTxnuid nave them at any cost
81 life anu money. lie, made A,ecoppton his
head quarters, where Shannon, Diver, Whit
held, Ssrinefellow and others were in council.
diieciiDg all his movements, and intend ing TO
get up somefoaryJust On lbe verge of the ex-
animation by the Washington committee, to
prejudice hemagainst the sqaattcrs ofthe ter
ritory. Shannon semitic Leavenwortii for
troops to assis, jones IN making his arrests, aud
about 4 O'clock in The AFTERNOON ycste day, ne
rode into town at the head o f'.en or twelve Ora
pnnpS u fuliu arpaodU az "a nn1 aa.al tho IN xx,h =
came morepafticularly 10 arrest, were not in
town, and were ADVISED 10 leave, 10 prevent and
AVOID difficulty at th time. But they SO II
found twelve others wfeinf they arrested aid.
al chea'through thezstreets under guard of IL.
States Dragons, like culyrits. Many OF our
people We're very Indignant al thisi still they
we're all arrested and taken to the room prepafl
ed for them without the least reststanc G, aId
even one u. s.. officer with such instruction as
they have, coul! have accofnp ished the same,
fot we will never resist the az shortly and ART, ,
OF The u. =. As night came on, however, i
feared here w9ald be fu.ther disturbanc 9, still
We expected n thing IN lie serious than abusing
Jones, or somethiGg of the kind. But unfor-
tliatei y fofus ss0mgdesperado whose impulses
were beyond control, shot Jones as he was
sitIlIlg N a tent occupied by the drago ms; but
no trace can be found. or any evidence tosfix
thes guilt up IN any partic alar person. 0nr
citizens all0s eprecate the act very much, and
willuse every means to bring the assassin to
justice, The Lieutenant in command has sent
TO Eeavellworth for afarger force, bat we app
prehend mos further demonstration. taJenes IS
diiye this mornDg, but is considered very dang
erously wounded The bal, entered between
the shoulder Blades near his neck, and probably
injured the spine. It is hoped the public viii
WITHHOLD udg ment until further Investigations
are ~ aae pable. esd s0 ~ nDoLrH. II
saNEw YoRgsApfil 29.-The brig lay.
Tor arrived from pos, su Prince on Mo
26ih. She lost three OF her crew by
yellow feyer.asT The Csps. reports a,faa
al Port aui Prince IL is very prevalent aad
tatat, and 1ha. ii has cut down many sea.
men who have previously visited thai
partswish inpuniiy, and Supposed 10 be
proof gagainstia.3 Nv ii ssssd . asw suj
The lispubIican meeting atihe Tab
ern scie to night was very largely attend
cd. bBoF F. Builer presided. w n.s ".
Eseriss and Hor. M "a Bingham Of O.,
we're ihe principal sPeakeff. Great en-
ihusiasr prevailed wolsaa 6 I'D sfsssa
CHARLssToN. April 90. -Sle amer Isa-
bel arrived here from Havana 40 day,
bringing Nicaragua paper 8 OF April Ia
received by the Philadelphia a, Havana.
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