Tribune and telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1855-1856, 1856-07-10
sK,KKEN0sHA,: WIS, THURSDAY, JULY 10, 1856. e
FROM KANSAS.
Correspondence Of the Chicago Tribune)
te LAWRENCE, June 1

Correspondence OF the Chicago Trbunc.o
- ao s9fe LAWRENCE, June a. &.
Bogus Sher!Gs aud tie Troops. 8. ;.
iIay before yesterday, about noon, detachment
OF U. 5 troops, commanded by bogus Sheriff, pro
tenn. made an attack upon young man at cabin
near tins city, and took him prisoner He saw the
aragoons just before they reached him. He started
immediately on run for ravine near the city.
Inc troops put spurs to their horses and started af
Ter INN while the bogus sheriff was crying out
Shoot him; shoot him shoot the damned Abolition,
Isl But the man was captured without being shot
lie was taken TO Lecompton, where he has many
enemies, to have mock trial before bogus court
The Hay a. IS Done. u los -s.si 5!
a. DIR. Haynan, pro-slavery man of this city, had
ulrhculy with a free state man. He goes TO LIE,
compton, before some bogus officers and gets writ
Tor ns arrest lie is appointed deputy sheriff for
inc tmS beings the command ola company of troops
is given him, and with them he captures the young
man ana takes him to Eccompton prisoner. 'g !
The 1rmy in Kansas go 81
The l nited States army is not stationed here,
to protect the people in their person or property,
but to render assistance to bogus sheriffs, and
enforce the enactmentsf of q mob Legislature,
ana TO execute Douglas threats to .subdue the
people" s35iI 3
Hordes of banditti have for DAYS infested the
highways of Eastern Kansas, robbng travellers,
&c The troops have not niolested them yet,
and doubtless will not while under orders of
Sumner, Shannon 81 Co. Tho troops are only
stationed for effect and to render assistance to
the marauders. ~, p
Osawattomie was sacked by about 25O, men
under command of Whitfield. The sroops had
been stationed there for days. The morning
before the attack, they left, went thirty miles
and cncamped, and could render'n assistance
whatever to the people of the sa cked city 40 Il
Horses Stolen tetore the eys of the ,T,oops.
Capt. God, the commander of a company of
Dragons, stood by and saw the banditti stop
travellers on the highways, without doing any
thing to prevent it. 't~ 81
"' The Murdered CantreH obi eiii 4
Mr.. Cantrell was captured on the prairie near
Summers camp, and the next morning taken out
and shot by two South Carolinians. The troops
did nothing to prevent it. ,...., 49,. - d
..... Their Victim. Il
John Brown, Jr., raving maniac, known to-
be Free State man, was taken prisoner by the
troops, his hands tied behind him and driven on
foot eight miles in the sun by company of ~
mounted Dragons under the command of Cant Il
Long. --..s $3.50
The. troops have released pro-slavery men
found IN the custody of Free State men, furn-
ished them with arms, and these same rescued
prisoners have gone out and murdered unof-,
Tending settlers; while the same troops hold
Free State men sprisoncrs, and they are chain
ed together like feons, In this way the people
arc to be subdted. -
The BahdHi.
The bariditt which have for days been irifest-
ing highways of eastern Kansas, still continue
robbing travellers, unnolested by the troops A
person DESTROYS of travelling in Kansas unmol--
csted by these foot pads find it necessary to cali
upon the chiefs ofthc robbers and get passport
The following is copy of passport: 4.
! Doaaidsoa's Passport. .... Ill 4, q
| TEcysasEFI, X. IT,, j une Is, 1856.
The bearer, Robert Hill Wishes to pass from
this place to Kansas City and back. This is to
request all persons to refrain from molesting or
OBTAINING him. He must pass and repass.
A-t j b. DONALDSON. 3
% ai35 os1 gao 81 e u. S. Marshal
A similar passport from Wilson Shannon. Sam
Salers j. Jones or Judge Lecompt,' will pass
travellers, through the camps of the different
gangs of freebooters in Kansas, who know their
masters and respect their authority 1sIna flis
way do the U S. officials endorse the actions of
| these highwaymen and recognize their right to
| rob all Free State men. A Governor of Ter
ritory giving passes to American citizens, to en-
able them to travail through camps OF Murderers,
without being unniolested. Shannon should ex-
ercisc his authority and sweep these law less men
out of Kansas But he will not doit, as they re-
main members of the Law and Order Party
| The Troops Pass through Laurence wiM artillery.
Yesterday about 80 Dragons passed through
/ this city, having three pieces of artillery with
/ them. They went to Franklin, and have since
rone down TO Cedar Creek, where seven dead
bodies were found a few days SINCE. ~
Shannon and Sumner IN Laiorence.. ar
/ Early yesterday Col. Sumner and Governor
! shannon arrived in this city from Fort Lcaven-
worth. They stopped in the house ofMr. Chap
man. Later in the day they both went TO Lo-
compton. tF.v y -
buchanan and Breckenridge endorsed By the Dor
der RujjianS JAZZ .t f 4'
June Intelligence was received in Lc-
conn.ou n Border Ruffian town, of the nominal
tipn of Buchanan and breckenridge by the Gin
cinnati Convention, a meeting was Immediately
coied to ratify the nomination. Eli Moore a.
Border Rufian was chosen Presiden. and Sam.
]. Jones the celebrated Bogus Sheriff Of Doug
lass county, one ofthc Vice Presidents. Speech
es were made endorsing the nomination. ard the
following resolution was adopted
Besoircd-That we have entire confidence in
lanes Buchanan and John G. Breckenridge as
sound and true National democrats, and be-
lieyc them to be the best men who could have
been selected as the opponents of the principles
of the platform adopted by the Cincinnati Con-
yeption and noble standard bearers who will
rally to themselves and their platform ak unien
loving men and true Democrats. - d
Another resolution, endorsing the leading acts
lof Piercefs administration, and complimenting
Stephen A. Douglas was adopted by the meet
SO held in Westport, Mo-, and buchanan and
breckenridge were fully endorsed By 1.-THE; Kansas
banJi,fi Of that town. 60 -. as:~s.t5y
WITH such hackers there is little doubt Of thes
defeat cfthe nominees of the Cincinnati CcnveIn-
''V W. - =. - Yours o'is.o7 LENA
Ea-4-.s--
William L, Dayton.
William L., Dayton the Rcpdblicas nominee for
Vice President, is native OF New Jersey, and was
horn in 1907 His family ID among the Oldest and
most honored in the State and during therevoluion