New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1856-05-13
IMPORTANT FROM KANSAS.
GOV. ROBINSON ARRESTED BY RyfFlANS.
CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEE PROCEEDINGS.
ATTEMPTED ASSASSINATIONS.
SOUTHERN EMIoRANTs IN DISTRESS.
ATTEMPTED AssAssINATIONS.
SOUTHERN EMioRANTs IN DISTRESS
EFFECTS OF GAMING AND DRINKING.

LAWRENCE CITY, X. r Friday, May 2 1856.
Having opportunity to send as far as st. Louis
by private conveyance, for the mails can't be trust
od) will pen you few lines relative to the latest
age. On Wednesday last Mr.. j. N. Mace, for
mely of Ne&buryport, Mass, who resides alone
upon claim four miles northwest from here, on the
prairie, testified before the Congressional Commission
now in session at this place. relative to the invasion OF
the polls at Bloomington the election of the 3Oh of
March, 1855. He gave plain, straightforward state
ment of what he saw and heard. Among other things
he exposed the vlaipy of bogus Sheriff" Jones, the
lately shotat onthat OCCASION phO wds then Postmaster
of Weston, Missouri, but who left his home, and
crossing the border into this Territory proceeded,
with gang of ruffans from his own State, to Bloom
ngton and there took possession Of the pols-drving
Free State men away by brandishing weapons and
Threatening their lives. He held his watch in his
hand and notified the Judges of the election that they
could have five minutes to retire, and would be shot
if they failed to obey The Free State Judges did not
bulge an itch, but remained at their post. The five
minutes expired and the chvalrous Southern Jones
ATTENDED the time to minute more, that they
might have an opportunity to bless themselves.
Before this minute expired, however, Jones
was called out of the room where the baloting was
goirg on and did not return to complete his contem-
plated murderous work. This was the kind of testi-
mopy given by Dir. Mace, and has been corroborated
by other Witnesses. We will cut the story short,
and come at once to the sequel. About clock on
Wedne sday evening Mr. Mace was called TO the door
of his cabin by the barking of his faithful Newfound-
land watch dog which was tied just outside the cabin.
He united the string and let the dog go, holding on
to the other end of the string himself, 1t being 50
dark that he could not see very WELL lie
supposed the dog had seen q wolf. The animal
led him TO the brow of bluff, the descent from
which led down into a deep ravne. Here Mr. Mace
stopped and instantly two pistols were az
him from below. The fash developed the presence
in the rayine of two One shot grazed MS rlgh'
shoulder and the other entered his left leg below tne
knee. He instantly fell, when the gave hellish
cha, hal and one of them exclaimed: There rs
{" more id abolition bait for the rcires' Mr..
Mace occun,inp position upon the brow ofthe bluh
cop,d essily be seen from below, SO great was the
contrast between an object and the horizon. Seeing
him fall. and supposDg him dead the vaior-
ous Border Ruffians" fed, chucklipg to them
selves. DO doubt, that they had done brave
thing Mr. Mace crawled to his cabin, his faithful
dog ard only companion keeping close by his tide He
sat M and bathed his wound and bandaged 1t as well
az he could and suffered through the remainder oil the
night. expecting every moment another attack from
the san party Morning at last came and, suffering
tbouph he was he succeeded in reaching Lawrence,
where he obtained medical aid and is now doing we'll
What will the Dorder-Ruffan papers say about cow
srdly assassins" now Which is the more cowardly,
TO confront "picket-guard' in comparatively popu-
ous City, surrounded by people and Lights on every
band and shoot down a man i'll tent III the presence
of United States soldiers the case when Jones
was shot here or to go in the deep darkness OF mid
1ght. TO the lone cabin OF quiet harmless, indus
trious man, out upon lone prairie, miles away
from another inhabtant and after decoying that man
from his little cabin, where he would have met them
with sharp arguments under the cover of the deeper
darkness of ravne they both shoot him down Ike
doc1 Which of the two is the brave the cJwardly
assassin Understand nv, justify neither act Both
art outrages that should be- they have been by this
community. condemned But mark the position of the
two men, Jones had lot only outraged the people, the
actual settlers of the whole Territory time and time
again had not only made bitter personal enemies Of
ProSlayery men in the territories by attempting to
wrest from them their rghtfu claims but, on the very
day Of the evening upon which he Joncs sas shot, he
had, by bis private, drunken, and bogus oh;al con-
duct cndeavored and succeeded in exasperatng this
whole con munty against him. His whole Language
and action was defiant showed you in my last let
fer. Is il any wonder then that such being should
be slot down. 1t il the greater wonder to me, that
in bowie knife revolver and rife country Like this,
where every man and nearly ecery romGH and SOM
Icys 90 armed, he, and such as him, have not been
dispatched before. That lie has not Is evidence to ME
that the Northern settlers here are CONSTITUTIONAL law
abiding. peaceable people.
The position of Mr.. Mace has been the exact oppo
site, lie never offended any man, but was am ing
those whom jones offended the day OF election.
He was called by the authority of the United States
Government to testify as 10 what he knew relative to
that election. He complied, and straightway two
midnight assassins shoot him down and leave him
bait for the wolves" as they suppose.
A band of Lecompton Ruffians said TO have been
ordered out BY Cen Shannon, have been encamped
VI Oh the Delaware Resese for the purpose Of seizng
and annoyirg Lawrence meR. One mar from this city
was pursued BY five Of them few evenings since, aud
was shot at and but for the fact that his hone sud.
d. py leaped into deep ravine from which he ceuld
not .adily extIcae himself he would probably have
ben overtaktn al murdered. The leap into the
ravrc suddenly missed the party upon another trail.
A party of $50 Southerners, mostly from Georgia,
under command Of Msor Buford. arrived at Kansas
City On Wednesday last. They are organized nto
military companies and move under their military Off
cers. Their only baggage Is arms. They at
nource their object 10 be TO fight and demolish
Iawleuee. On their arrival at Kansas City they
w.Te 20, eriy-s,rirktn. The c, mmanier siys he
w. c.hbc1 ~ bad c.t4v boa. 4. st. I,ou., Wah