Bradford reporter. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1844-1884, 1856-11-06
FROM KANSAS

~ ~ ~ 0o'' IN iinoHeESat LccOnr,,
had been indicted for murder. The narI
elected Legislature meets at Locou,....
January Gov. Geary had arrested sa,n, "
sons on charge Of being concerned il =, '''
cent disturbances at Ossawattomie I'm, d
counts do not say to which party they ho,,,
ed. When the Governor started ont on ~,
tour of inspection, lie took with him n co,n, "'
of Z. S. dragons. On reaching r,un
they were encamped in hollow and ,L.c
ernor went into the town, where bo n.I
speech at a presentation Of Free Sol q,
Mr. Brown, the editor of the Herald or p "
dom. The Governor said he had rc..;r.,
rious complaints from different scr,ions =
Territory, and calls from various ouar,o.. ,"S
protection and he intended with hi. -.
to visit all the settlements to see tbc
of affairs-'o assure the settlers of his nro,.. ,"
ton, aud to show them by this retnpe ,b.,r
has the power to protect them In ~,
ing the Governor and Z. S. officers o,..,,,
a large party at Browns house. Al rr.,I'.
a pro-slavery man by the name of Croro -,
lives til r., had com, laned to tie Co..
Of his neighbors, free State mem Tho -,
ernor on inquiry found, however, that C,..
was the aggressor, and told him 50 c,..I
son got excited, and told the Go,erno,
lied. His Excellency got very angry J.
doubled up his fist at young Crane-asked ,n
how he dared use such language 70 him 49,,
told him that, if he repeated it, he would mol
him down. Crane, however, did NOT rero,, :.
and consequently no fight came of On H..
route the Governor stopped at every settler.
cabin, and talked familiarly to all he met
Several arrests have been made of citi,.,.
of Lawrence among Others, Mr.. BahcocI
Post Master Mr.. B. has rendered Lim,.r
peculiarly obnoxious TO the rufiians by tbe ~,
| tive part he has taken in favor Of fire S,,,e
He was arrested at Topeka, while on his WAY
to Iowa, on charge Of horse stealing. Coz
Geary released him, upon his proving owDer.
ship Of the horse which be was charged with
stealing Such are the paitry and mean is,rc,
raised to annoy the free State men of Hans,
Governor Geary's position in Lecompton
does not seem very cnviable one. THE rr9-
slavery party accuse him of sympathy with
the Aboltionists, and denounce him in m
| measured terms. One of Colonel Ttus> men
threatened to shoot him few DAYS since On
account of the appointment of Col Walker 10
the command of the military company raised
in Lawrence. The Governors action. in this
respect, has excited their displcasure
At the recent election there were nearly foTr
| thousand votes polled. The secret Bnc Lodge
of Missouri furnished from Twenty-Five hal,
dred to two thousand voters, who again n,ad,
ed the territory and robbed the people Of til
elective franchise This inyasion was qnictly
made and rs artfnly concealed as possible
They began to cone in two weeks before tie
election, and took care to come in numcroa,
small parties to all the different points
The Boston Adr0fisgr states that informa.
| ton was yesterday received that thirty bales
of clothing, sent from the east for sufferer, il
Kansas, had arrived at Lawrence, and bceD
distributed. Sixty cases more were at LeaTeH,
worth, aud would reach Lawrence in a day OF
two One hundred and nnetyscren cases oi
clothing have gone forward from the Boo,o
office.
These are very much needed in Kansas
The robbcrics committed by horles Of sasae
invaders have left many families wholly deS-
tute Col Eldridge's train Of cmi-raa'',
which arrived recently ut Topcka had with
+ t$l7,00 worth of clothing, groceries, etc, 'el
by the Aid Societies.