Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1856-07-28
Latest from Kansas.

Advices from Kanzas, received at st. Louis
July 25th, state that Gov. Lane crossed the
Missouri into Kanzas on Monday, July q g,
with 500 men, armed with Shapes rifles,
revolvers, and bowie knives. After crossing,
Lane returned, saying he would force his way
up the Missouri with his other regiment.
Gen. Harvey, Col. Baker and Capt Pleas
ants had arrived at Fort Leaven worth, and
reported that a party of Cheyenne Indians
had attacked the guard house at Fort Kearnev
and rescued Indian prisoners, making good
their retreat with the loss of three killed.
The New York Tribune has letter from
Lawrence, Kanzas, dated the 18th. Several
companies OF rufians had gone North to in
tercept and drive back free state emigrauts
entering through Iowa. The ruttians expect
the passage of Douglass last bill, and are
confident that by keeping out free state emil
grants and driving from the ballot box those
now in the territory, they can adopt pro-
slavery constitution. The Platte Argus,
Atchison home organ, was zealously urging
Mlssourians to 60 into the territory before the
LIST OF August, and get a residence, so as to
be able to vote iii November 1t says:
" Go there at .once--be there as settlers
be there to be enrolled be there to vote, and
thus save yourselves and your country We
are glad to see all around us preparing to
move. Knowing that the day for the final
struggle has come, they do not hold back.
Let others do their duty and we are saved"
So also the slavery propagandists at the ex.
IRENE South are zealously at work to com.
plete the design of Douglass last grand move
for slavery. steamboat passed Springfield,
ILL.,, one day last week, with 80 Mississipians
for kanzas, all completely armed, who are
described as the hardest set of ragamufins
pvo ha
march into the territory without hindrance,
of course, and when there will aid their
brethren in robbing and sending back such
free state men as may attempt to enter the
territory. Very likely they will be enrolled
in Shannon's militia as soon as they land at
LeaYenworth, and be placed under pay of the
general government.
A company of 26 South Carolinians also
went up from st. Louis last week, of whom
the Democrat says-"to judge from their con-
versaton, If they don't soon get chance at
a fight, they will spile." Major Buford has
gone home to raise more money. He states
that the $780, 900 he himself invested in the
enterprise has all been used up, but his men,
instead of taking claims and securing him by
a portion Of their lands, as they agreed to do,
prefer to hang about the settlements and de.
pend upon the contributions of Missouri for
support.
ANOTHER CHAPTER IN BLooD.-The DAYTON
(Ohio) Gazette publishes letter, signed by
three individuals at Blue Spring, near Te-
cumseh, X. T., giving an account of the fen
dBh way in which the border ruffians dispos-
ed of Free State man 80 Yesterday morn
ing we were going to 1ecumseh, but when
about eleven miles from that place, we were
appalled, by the sight Of the body OF a murder
ed man tied to a tree near the road side. lie
was tied. with his back to the tree, with his
HANDS and feet partially around it. He had
been shot just above the left eye with-as we
suppose-a Ilfe ball A huge hunting knife
was sticking in his breast. 1t had been driv-
en- clear through him, and the point was two
or three inches in the tree He was evidently
IL urdered yesterday or day before.
There was toadstool tied to the knife
handle, on which the following incriplion
was written: Let all those who are going to
vote against slavery in Kanzas-take warn
ing
The name Of the man was Laban Parker,
and he was from Cleveland