The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1856-07-12
FROM KANSAS.

pdnV en- route !Or NahSdS u""oi o""' SV VI
DR.. Cutter This is the plan. in conjunction
with the Senate bill. for blockading the en-
trance into the territory against all free State
men. to make Kansas Slave State. The
Missouri river is no longer navi gable to men
from the Northern States. The adminlstra-
ton papers are parading what they call the
prompt and energetic measures OF the fres-
idcnt to suppress the disturbances i'll Kansas.
We shoul, like to know if this is one OF
them? The orders sent to Col. Sumner to
maintain order in the Territory would have
been very good orders if given at the proper
time, and il the authority to call out Col
Summers forces had not been vested in Gov.
Shannon. An order to suppress di>turban-
ces bv joining in the warfare against the in
jurcd party, and suffering them to be out
ragged with impunIty, and never aliowin"
them to make a defence Of their rights, does
not strike US as altogether impartial nor hon
orable Its effect is Just what We have seen.
There is no nearer approach to law and or
der in Kansas now than At any time previous.
ONLY so FIR as the Free State men have been
arrestedlor imaginary crimes, murdered. or
driven Away
The allowing extract of letter from our
Kansas correspondent shows what kind Of
LAW ard order" Gov Shannon maintains
now The letter is dated,
IAwrFNCE. June 20. 1886.
AT Lawrence. the mlnI0ns CT
Sheriff Jones are making arrests almost dai
'Iv-tirv are taken without warrants. and
are often KEPT prisoners and allowed to de
par: witiout even shadow OF charge or
investigation being put forth. saw on Sa;
uraav last tvoNoung men from Po,tawaomie
Creek who lad l>t been liberated from the
custody Of tie troops. having been confined
three weeks. There were eight taken at the
time they were arrested, and after being kept
close prisoners for that length OF time. five.
of them were discharged mi'hot tren N.
to,m of IN nres'iqq'ion. or Knowing tor what
they were arrested. The other three wcr,
held on the charge of ''in>urrection" "A
least so said the magistrate. by whom the,
were renamed to the custody Of the soldiers
\ wrctcl named IIainc has been busy ior
the last week in making arrests IN Lawrcnc,
for pretended crimes. hacked mp hv com
ranv Of L. $. Dragons. He has teen Twin.
in town for some time. and pretended to T.,
: Free State man, but becoming incense,
at some of the citizens. he Obtained a com
mission as Deputy Marshal and now ride
" through the town. arrcStns whomever H.
pleascs, without the shadow Of a warrant -
He makes his boast that lie can arrest an
y man in lawrence he don, want a war
rant" Snch things sound strange for
: country where there is even the form of law
and | am unable to characterize the pre>,n
state Of the Territory better than hv calm
' it Milto- Border Ruflian dcspotism.
; The rcpor. is rife here that Gov. Shanno
u has resigned. aad Gen tluitman of Mi>>onr
" been appointed in his stead We are then I
have supcradded to the other innammas.
elements existing. fIlihu>tcr Governor
IS What will the end of these things be = Th
J. change can hardly he for the worSe-and W
l. are heartily glad that there is 10 be a clianc
l. of some kind. We have had enough OF
;. dough face GovernorS-it we are to b. tyr
y annzed over let it be by some deSpot VIII
l. has one spark of honor or manliness in hi
IT compo>Ion-->urh Al one, at least. as W
!. can hate and not one who has descended 5
,. low as to be beyond exciting rood heart
= hatred, and can only be dc<pj>ed by the pee
X pie.
i 4 ncichhor Of ours has an old decrcpi
o nag, which escaped from the clutches of tn
legal horse thieves when they ovrrran thi
vicinlty, on account of his age and infirmi
ties He rhri>tcned him some time acn $50,
J. Shannon, but of late he thinks of chanrin
the name for some more respectable one :
This little incident expresses in some meas
: ure the feeling of the people of Kansas TO
wards their I,ovcrnor A.G. H."
! A1viccs by mail received Yesterday, con
e firm the telecraphic reports of the di>armin
G o; the Chicago entrants After the rot
5 berry o! their arms at Lexington, they wen
c forward, but their troubles we're not at al
), end. The Lexington (Mo) Express saws
! at was expected that this would end tn
: whole matter. and that these poor, d, Jude,
fanatics woud he allowed to enter Ka.Sa
without further interruption. This, howev
or. was not the case under the President
proclamation no organized bodies of me,
were TO be allowed to enter Kansas. and ,hes
|. hllibuStrrs were accordingly met AT I,c,yen
, worth City by the people of ,n>aS. who re-
, JuIrcd OF them that they should irnmcliate!,
return pearrahly to their homes. This. or
: der was ricidv enforced. and they r,tnrnc,
to ST Ions on the same boat which ba,
brought them out"
e On their way down the river they met III,
Massachusetts emigrants on board the Sui
tan. The correspondent of the St. Lou
Democrat. says:
''On Friday we met the Sultan. having or
board about forty Kansas emlrrantS from
Ma>>achuetts. We advised them to return
!, and they would have done so had said boa
waited long enough to effect transfer of tn,
baggage. During the conversation, some of
? the emigrant> attempted to board our boa.