Weekly hawk-eye and telegraph. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1855-1857, 1856-11-19


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In teax;sorI. Z n .lhe reault af III mn1der
ffSsh. Neehinr &c general iuteresi h taking
plece On Monday last fifteen men were he
ouisseI Who had been tried for murder. became
Shey were iou,sd vjsh ayau IN their ksnds, )
Yichs which, & saeYedfy Guaranteed 10 them By
ne constisution; aud which istthefefofe, right
sacred 70 American cisixenshin These 6fteen
men are i part OF the hundred and odd who were \
arrested by the United States Troops BY order Of
Gov Gesry. Not being able 70 convict them cren
before pro-siavery iury, some Of the jnfors, mo-
torious as having taken part IN the late struggles
not being able 70 convict them VI murder, not
xithsisnding the manufactured testimony and
the strong outside pressure brought 70 bear upon
the court by Titus, Jones and Others OF the pro-
slavery leaders, the Impartial % officers Of the
i'll fated territory have recourse TO another ju-
dicial experiment Seven Of the fifteen just re-
leased have been re-arrcsted for rob6ing TIE
Fraxkia Post oFee These men who had first
been released from that sickeninE prison, and
had euioycd one hour of liberty tsuch as It is in
Kansasl are once more thrown into it there 20
remain, perhaps, till the April term of court.
A few more are on trial, but the court will
adjourn on Saturday, SO that really Lecompte
had accomplished but very little. Ii is reported
is a rul1or, and see the Leavenworth jour
nal states 1t rs fact, that one mana M.
Banter of Grasshopper Fails-has oeen senten-
to a term of six years imprisonment at hard
labor in the chais. gang This sort of modern
punishment fif true) was probably suggested to
the court BY some public spirited citizen Ollie
compton with an eye TO their filthy streets,
which can be wonderfully improved by siz years
of free white labor. Still yOn must not believe
this rumor till you can hear it from some other
source than the Leavenworth Journal As an
evidence Of tn everacity Of that sheet see let
ter from Gen. G. w. Clarke, the Indian agent in
this weeks issue, contradicting the substance
Of half dozen Of its incendairy extras of last
August, to which the enterprising editor took oc-
casion to place his name,
Speaking of Clarke, Che signs his name "Gen.
G. W. Clarke" in his letter to the Journal re-
minds me Of a rumor, which, if true, is of great
significance. 1t ia that true baH has been
fonn against him by this model grand jury
| ut Lecompton for the murder of Barber. Now.
no sane man believes that he will be convicted
on this Indictment, but on the contrary every
body believes that he VIII De acquitted. otners
of the Border Rutian leaders will Doubtless be
Indicted by the same jury, ana II tried, acquit-
ted, by doing SO they Will iorestall the possol.
ity OF ever having them tired again, should I'M
partial justice ever gam footing IN the Ierrilo-
ry; tor mo man can De twice trlea 10: the same
crime" :.
Thus every pro-siavery murderer IN the terri
tory can be turned out OF TINS court guiltiesS,
without lear OF justice ever overtaSihg them IN
tins world. 1 cannot look INTO tne future ana
say t1at tnis aos1 os tne result VI these ihu1ct
ments oat the future WIN tel whether inns Is or
! IS not just inference from their actions IN the
past.
The prisoners are still hopeful ard IN better
health than usual. they have been ably DE-
| tended by Messrs. farrott ana stevens. MT
bassete' OF Lawrence, mas been interchangeable IN
his attention. TO their wants, visiting them nearly
! every day. others nave visited them when they
couio.
governor Ieary mas not yetretnrneo from the
south part OF the terfieorV' where ne mas oeen
with the Dragons tor some time now. A gen
! tieman from VSsawata'nIe toid me yesteroay tna'
| seVerai Tree state men mao oeeh arrested Gown
there charged with MURDER or something 'nthis
| wsy: WORD was sent that the Governor was
coming at a certain time TO see them. Every
body was moved WITH curiosity, because MOI
more IMAM one IN huhureo had ever seen i've
Governor. 1hey nocksd TO see him OF course
and fifteen were na6be@ oy marshal. The,
we're probably known to have been in some o
the late battles, and SO they must be arrested FOL
| murder. Such is the report, but l am inclinee
to believe there is some mistake about this.
do not believe Governor Geary would PERM
men to be arrested who had come to see him a
his own request. have not l.eard the partlcu
lars, but they will be known in day or two
Governor Geary and suite, together with severa
officers of the army, While here on their way
south, attended small social party in the Office
of the Herald of Freedom. The best feeling
prevailed
The building of the Free State Hotel here
which had been interrupted by the late war; hal
been recommended. The hotel will be mucl
larger than the one destroyed on the 2lst O
May. 1t is to be built on the same site.
l spoke in my last Of the convention at Bis
Springs, which nominated Gov. Reeder dele
gate to Congress, for the purpose OF once more
manner OF election Is this, tnat the committee
app n's a ,S";, pu, us s .h ,.,;..
,ory with petition to Congress. asking it te
give the seat to Gov. Reedc:, and protesting
against the ADMISSION OF h'tneid as delegate
he having been illegally elected as can be aoun
dainty proved. 1t lsexpected that at least three
thousand signatures Will De attached TO the pa
per, winch VIII De thousand more tnan the ie
gal vote polled Tor Withheld.
The people are looking anxiously put nope
fully for returns from the PRESIDENTIAL election
The returns rom the State elections OF rem