Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes County, Ohio) 1856-1865, 1856-10-30

A special messenger from Kansas, who
reached this city on Saturday evening
last, direct from Nebraska City, brings us
intelligence 5f another of the high-handed
invasions of the constitutional rights Amer
lean citizens in that Territory, by which
the work of its final enslayement by the
South, aided and abetted by the Admiuis-
tration, is to be consummated.
A train of $50 emigrants, under the
conduct of Mr.. Eldridge of Lawrence, in
company with Gen. S. c. Pomeroy, and
Mr.. Perry, also of that place, left Oceola,
Iowa, whittier they had proceeded by two
routes, on the 18th of September, for Ne
braska City, They crossed the river at
the latter place, and on the 9TH of October
look up their march for the Territory
They crossed the south line of Nebraska
and entered Kansas on the morning of the
10th; when three or four miles in the lat
Ter Territory were met ard surrounded By
band of 600 to 700 United States troops
-diagoons, artillery and infantrr-with
six pieces of cannon, acting as the posse of
Deputy Marshal Preston, and were dis
armed and taken prisoners, in defiance of
all their constitutional rights and aoithom
aay process of lar, real or pretended
The leaders of the train were warned of
the presence of this body of men; but re-
lying upon the. rights which are guaran-
teed them as American citizens and upon
the promises of Governor Geary, they had
no reason to suspect that they wonld be
interrupted in this violent aud illegal snan-
ner, and hence took no pains to avoid by
flight or to resist by force this piratical ar
my until they found themselves fully in their
power When the train was stopped, it
was proceeding as it had proceeded through
Iowa, without military organization, with
out military officers, the wagons scattered
in line of two miles in length over the
prairie, and the men, in squads, some with,
but nearly all without arms, were walking
by the side of the teams. There was no
pretence that it was military band, none
that the men were organized for offensive
purposes, none that they had committed
any crime for which they had laid them
selves liable, by just Interpretation by law,
10 arrest But search of the wagons was
ordered by Preston, who, by the way, is a
sprig of a lawyer just from Virginia, who
accepted the appointment of Deputy Marsh
al for the special aipurpose of the the capture
of this train, and when it was ascertained
by overhauling the, contents of the wagons
that there were less than two rounds of
ammunition for each gun-that all the
powder was contained in one keg, and that
for these two hundred and fifty men there
was q keg partly full of cartridges made
Up for the, use of the night guard, it was
decided that this was an invading army
and that it must be put under arrest.
THE leaders of the train had taken the
precaution to send two men around by the
Missouri river, when the main party left
Mount Pleasant to explain to the Govern
or the number objects and condition of the
fiaeAa An interview with him resulted in
q promise on his part, that the men should
be protected, and to evince his apparent
eafhesfaess, he gave Mr. Morrow, one of
the messengers, letter of safe conduct,
which is embodied in the statement of the
prisoners, which We publish below. This
letter wac sent by express, and met the
tram at Nebraska CITY, and armed with it.
the leadefs apprehendea no danger of in
terftiptioh or detention. When the COM
mand to stop was given, this letter of
Gov. Geary's was produced, but if was not
satisfactory to the Virginia iawyer actiny bv
his command. He declined to accent + ~
pass, and ordered the search to be made
ToA AtHf1fs the ennigrarfs demufred, and asked
for an escort, .tat they might 60 at once
to Eeconfpton, and give the Governor the
opportunity dfjudging for himself whether
they were OF were not hostile army. This
request was denied on the pretence that
the force was not suficiertAlthat The men
for the escort could not be spared, The
search was conducted by breaking open
their boxes, Trunks and valises, hauling out
the contents of the wagons, throwing beds,