New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1856-05-15
FROM KANSAS.
From or Special Correspondent.

before reached Lawrence, at the different points
VISITED, all convinced me Of the impossibilty OF
writing about Kansas affairs except from the very
locality of the occurrences to be narrated. The
recent troubles in Lawrence have not been very
alarming or exciting but they have been intensely
annoying and disagreeable. They frat originated
in an attempt on the part of Mr.. Jones to arrest
Mr.. s. N. Wood. The sum and substance Of his
offending was his being connected with the rescue
Of BransOn last Fal-a rather stereotyped cause Of
difficulty, considering its insigni6cance. The truth
of the matter is that 1t was convulsve effort on
the part of the Ruiisn party to convey an impress
sion to the Commission Of Congress, now IN
Lawrence, that the people Of Lawrence are law
kss set. The conduct of Jones has oil along been
of very aggravated character. Az if the fact Of
any legislative body stepping over the heads Of the
people and electing their local officers for them
was not sufficient insult, this interloper, who does
been particularly active. In fact, Of all the
Sheriffs elected for tho different counties
of Kansas, by the bogus Legislature, Jones is the
only one who has been heard from. The others
were either ashamed or afraid of the duty assigned
them, or wanted to wait, at least until they had
some better justification for official interference.
Reckless and INSCRIPTIONS, Jones is the fit tool Of
those who have used him. On his shoulders, it
would appear, the Pro-Slavery party have rested
the heavy burden of testing how far the people
would submit TO persecution from this farce OF
legislation. No ore could have been more indie.
fatigabe than he has been. The petty nature Of
the business out of which be has made such great
lack Of something more respectable to work upon.
Several of the parties connected with the rescue Of
Brasson were arrested last FALL at the heels of the
siege of Lawrence, but as the whole affair is too
insignificant to make capital out Of in the courts,
action in the case of these prisoners has been de-
ferred from time to time, 90 that the casns bella
might not be lost, and the matter exposed BY in-
vestieation. Thus it was that when the Pro-Slav-
cry men and Border invaders saw that the Commits
sion of Congress were coming to Lawrence, they
set their wits to work to discover how they could
demonstrate that the people Of Lawrence were not
"law and ORDER people, and the unfailing Jones
was dispatched to arrest any person connected with
not been attended to. What makes the whole
thing more funny is, that Branson himself (who
was only arrested on a pretended peace warrant,
by the by } is still at large.
The necessary and appropriate material for the
needed arrest was found in the person of Mr. 5.
n. Wood, who was engaged in the rescue, it is
said, and who had returned to Lawrence. The
ohara ofar NJ has
nOyances being so palpable some few Of the citi-
gems Of the place, when he seized Wood, went
between them, but without offering further violence,
and merely said, "Come, come, we will have no
"rOw or fighting in our streets" Jones then 3D.
dressed such persons as he saw in the streets, as
suited his purpose and called them to aid in arrest
ing Wood. They not recognizing him as a Shenh'
put their hands in their pockts, but treated him
with no further disrespect save BY taking no no
tice of him. He had, however, got what be
wanted. Ava, up to Gov. Shannon he went and
to the Governors and the Presidents eIerhai
disgrace be it spoken, the United States troops
from Fort Leavenworth were called out, and under
charge of Jones returned to Lawrence to arrest
those zen. who had committed no crime save to
pay 10 attention to him.
What monstrous spectacle do the people of the
United States here witness. The regular troops
are called in TO enforce certain things called laws,
imposed upon free people who repudiate them,
and to sustain certain woudbe officers on the peo-
ple who never chose them, and upon whom they
werc thrust by fraud. Talk of Louis Bonaparto's
despotism President Pierce, with his minlons
with gun and bay coerces into bitter obedl
ence TO the legislation of fraud the free people Of
Kansas! What is becoming Of our Government
Are those who are thus ground into q degrading
serfdom the descendants of those men who fell In
defense of popular government at Lexington or
Bunker Hill
Jones and the military paraded the streets Of
Lawrence, and as the people wished to offer no OPP
position to anything like United States authority,
arrested some half dozen political offenders; men
guilty of that awful crime of turning deaf ear to
the orders of man whom they could not regard as
a Sheriff. when he wished to make posse of them.
Well secured, they were kept in tent that night
which was pitched in towl-Jones and his soldiers
having more arrests TO make In the morning. DO
rot give the names Of those arrested, but would
merely cay that they included the most respectable
men in tow n, merchants and others.
That night Jones, instead of going to the hotel as
he might have done, stayed with the military in
the tent. There was light in it. 1t might have
been about 10 O'Clock at night when some unknown
persen fred pistol-shot at the tent, aimed, no
doubt at Jones, who received the ball in his back
near the spine. The pistol must have been small
l.