Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1856-06-18
A RECORD OF KANSAS RurFIANIsm

truth sent over the telegraphic lines, by the
| Mssourians who have charge of them, is
| unquestionable. But these false statements
do not invalidate or diminish the real csta-
| logue of crime. To enable our readers to keep
| the latter in memory we subjoin below list
! of o few occurrences, which are authenticated
by legal evidence, and which are not even at
tempted to be denied. There are Eve times as
many similar ones report ed, and tolerably
well authenticated. But we wait until they
shall be officially and legally confirmed before
adding them to the list:
INvAsIoNs.
NOVEMBER 90, 1S54.-Missourian to the
number of over one thousand invade Terrific
ry, armed, drive Judges and legal voters from
Polls and by fraudulent ballots pretend to c.
lect Whitfield Delegate.
MARCH 80, 1S55.-Nearly four thousand Mis-
| sourians again invade Territory and repeat the
outrages committed in November proceeding.
OCTOBER 1, lS55.-Third invasion of Mis-
sourians, accompanied by sinailar outrages,
DECEMBER Is, 1S55.-Fourth invasion, by
which an endeavor is made to vote down the
Free-State Constitution, but proves failure.
| MAY 81, IS56.-Joncs, Missouri Pcstmas-
| ter, heads an armed mob of Alabama Carroll
ma and Missouri men, which marches against
Lawrence, pillages and plumbers it, with vio-
lence to the inhabitants, and the burning cf
several buildings.
MURDERS.
| OCTOBER ., i955.-Thomas Neuman, Free
| State man, stabbed in the streets of Leaven-
worth by gang of Mssourians.
| OCTOBER 2, 1S55.-Child killed while at
play, by shot fired by Missourian at James
Furnam, Free-State man, which missed him
and entered window.
NOVEMBER 23, 1855.-Charles W. Dow, a
| Free-State man, shot by F. n. Coleman, a
Pro-Slavery settler. Murderer takes refuge
with Gov. Shannon and is protected by him.
DEcZMBBR =, IS55.-James Barber, Free
State man, assaulted and murdered by a shot
in the back from the gun of one Of President
Pierce's Indian agents.
NOVEMBER, 1866. = Collins, Free-State
man, called out from his mill, where he was at
work, and shot by Laughlin, Pro-Slavery
settler.
JANUARY II, l856.-E. z, Brown, Free
State man, taken prisoner by a gang of Mis-
sourians, hacked to pieces with knives and.
hatchets, and his bleeding corps flung into his
own door-from the effects of which his wild
ow is now maniac.
MAY 20, 1856.--John Stewart, formerly of
Bushford, Allegany County, N. Y, young
man of 20, shot in his saddle while attempting
to escape from party of s'Jones's posse.''
May 10, 1856.-Jones, ssthe only son of his
mother, and she widow aged 10, shot thro'
the back, by one of ssJones's posse,' because
he refused to give up his horse, with which he
supported himself and his widowed mother.
PRINTING OFFICES DESTROYED.
DECEMBER %, 1S55.-Territorial Register,
an Administration paper at Leavenworth, con-
Quoted by Col. Delahay, mobbed for advocat-
ing Free State, presses broken, type thrown
into the river and the editor threatened with
murder.
APRIL Il, 1855.-ParkriHe Luminary, at
Parkville, on the frontier, mobbed by Missou-
rians for similar cause, and the editors, ,Messrs.
Park & Patterson, obliged to quit the State.
MAY 81, 1S56.-Herah Of Freedom office,
Lawrence, X. T., fired upon with field piece
by 'sJoness posse'' and reduced to ruins.
Tribune office, Lawrence, K. T., mobbed,
ransacked and set on fire and burned to the
ground, presses, &c, destroyed.
LyNCHINGs-IS55 AND '56.
Sixteen Free-State men, at different times |
have been tarred and feathered, or beaten, or
both, and some of them carried into Missouri, |
or set adrift in the river. Among them were |
William Phillips, lawyer of Leavenworth, |
and member elect of the Territorial Legis- |
lature; the Rev Pardee Butler, a Baptist |
preacher; the Rev. Mr.. Clark, a Methodist |
missionary, and other ministers of the gospel, |
of various denominations. Assaults and bat |
terry have been too numerous to recapitulate,
hardly = day passes without some attack on
Free-State men in the streets or or the high |
roads. Among those assailed have been Gov.
Reeder, Gen. Pomroy, &c.
UNLAWFUL ARRESTS.
OF Governor Robinson without warrant
OF Mr.. Brown, editor of The Herald of Free
dom, without warrant.
OF Messrs. Bronson, HHtchison, Deitzler,
Schuyler, Smith, Baker, and fourteen others,
by Missourians acting under authority of
pretended court, for eshigh treason,'' in refus-
ing to obey laws of the ssLegislature" preten-
ded to have been elected by the Missouri in
vaders.
PRETENDED LAWS
SEPTEMBER, 1S55-Imposing a penalty of
death for assisting slaves to escape.
Imposing penalty of death for circulating
or printing publications calculated to incite
slaves to insurrection.
Imposing penalty of death for assisting
slaves to escape from any State and take re-
fuge in the Territory.
Imposing penalty of five years imprison-