New-York daily tribune., 1856-08-06
KANSAS.


from Ouf SI<tih toi4esVVh"Vn~
LAWRENCE, X. T., July 20, l-56.
Mr Chapman, Pro. Slavery man who lives in
this place, over fhe ravne, and who vas member
of The bogus Council, elected by the MissouriAns
for this District was yesterday arrested or murder
apd taken to LtcomptOn. There is nO,hing polit-
cal in this affair as the victim is Pro Slavery
nan also, be being recently from Carolna-his
ptme George Wilson. AS This is one of the few
arre,ts made III Kansas. except Of "Aboltionists,"
fer State offences, will notice it briefly.
TIE dec. ss, d had been travelling with his dadgh
ter, who ia quite young. Two days ago, he Tired q
horte and ii, BIT WI, on from Chapman, TO 90 to Le
compt n and on bis return refused 10 give more
than three d.lars, sltbOugh Chapman had charged
him four. II appears that Wilson had been drink
il bile al Lee, mpton, and Chapman was dissat-
i,hed by his keeping the carriage He declared
that he would get that dollar, or take the w"rch
OF il out OF bin. On Thursday morning, while
MI. Wilson was getting in the Lecompton and
Wtstport hack, Tor the purpose of going To West
port, Mr. Chapman came TO him and demanded
tie dollar. v sOn refused 20 pay it, when
Chapman, without further parl-y, raised his
stick, and struck him heavy blow on the side of
the bead above the ear. This happened across
the rayiDe Ie,r Chspmans house, where | sup
WAS cut, aid the wound bl-d pretty freely. He
came over With the hack, aud stopped in town, st
the Cincinnati House, where he had his head
dIeaed by a physician. He got into the hack
again, his young daut her attending him with great
care. l Lad not been Ill 70 examine the wound,
but now saw where il was 1t was with feeling
OF sDAitty that / saw the anxious and delicate
young girl get her father ia the hack, and sit be-
side him 10 watch him, while they drove off TO
cross that long weary Shawnee Reserve, on one
Of the hottest days of July. Yesterday we heard
be was dead, parties having come up ts arrest
Mr. Chapman. lie had died few minutes after
he get To Westport. v hat weIe his sutierings
that Gay, and The anguish Of his companion, can
only be guessed.
have just learned that the Law and Order
men about LeayebwOrth Sre greatly exercised. \
report reached that place BY boat down the river
that teytra hundred meL-siX hundred aud fifty
il was r. tpOrt d. bad crossed from Iowa into Kan
sas. Fiery placards, calling the Missourians aud
Iro.Slsvery men generally, 70 arms, TO drive out
the AbOliticnists, were posted up. Men armed
with D.utkets and bS! onets were paradiDg about,
and parties stsItpg and getting ready Ia start for
tie lortbern frontier. If they 20 in that direction
they sre likely To have Il good time. Meetings
weIe hell in Leayen1otth every day, aud several of
tie nOst prudent OF the Law and Order" men sug-
g.st' d that General snith be requested TO drive
tht II ont aud 10 get them 10 help him 10 do il.
hear that General Smith has sent for another
company Of Dragons to Fort Riley. What he in.
terds 10 do with them do not know. If he goes
up toward the Nebraska line be will End that all
tie tnigrants that have come in are at work, have
taken claims snd have brought agricultural imple-
m.pts and tools with them. All have feared is
that the troops would 60 up TO intercept them, and
Os 't,y are obliged, in coming il, to come in par
til large enough TO protect thoH selves from the
Border RufisLs OF Missouri, who are clustering
up there, that the troops would take the pretext
nat they we're IN armed body and refuse to let
them cone n fear this is the game, as both
Sumner srd Smith have been heard to declare
against this Northern emigration through Iowa
declaring it Was an armed body" &c, as if any
fling but al armed body could get into Kansas, or
he ,aie after they were here. one thing is cer-
tsiI "a considerable Lumber of armed bodies of
: sOuth,rn Territorial Pro- Slavery men, and
have gone up toward the Nebraska
line, with The svowed purpose Of driving back the
Northern emigration. OF this fact do not see
how General Smith can be ignorant, and yet there
have been no steps taken against them.
Last week q Quaker named Mcdonald, who
lives in the Deiebborbood of Palmyra had bis load
Of -four and other articles taken from him while
coming into the Territory from Westport Tbetrs