Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1856-01-04
rrnm The New York Tribune.
Kansas Delivered.

At last authentic accounts are begin
ming to arrive of the ingloriouS retreat OF
the border rufFian invaders of Kansas.
The courage and prudence of the Law
renee men have carried them through an
alarming crisis with safety and honor
Beleagured by a set of bloodthirSty in
vaders who foeked into Kansas with the
avowed intention of compelling the in
habitants of Lawrence to give up their
arms, or else to burn the town to the
ground. and to cut the throats of the in
habitants; the governor appointed by the
president to preserve law and order in
the territory, cheering on these despera-
does by proclamation in which the pen
of Lawrence were denounced as rebels :;
the president of the United States-for-
getful of his pretended zeal for the doc
trine of squatter sovereignty, and anx-
ious, it would seem, to have the Law
renee men murdered-~-eneouraging Shan
non and the rutians he had collected to-
gether by promising to back them by all
the power of the general government :;
winter setting in, navigation INSTRUCTED,
and their intercourse with the east cut
off; with nothing to rely upon but their
| good cause, their Sharp's rifles, and their
Own indomitable spirit, the little band of
free state men have rolled back the tide
of barbaric invasion, and have secured
for freedom yet another breathing space.
The discounted and lop-eared inya-
derS pretend that against their wish they
were kept from fighting by the pusilan-
ity of Governor Shannon, The truth
seems to be that when to the wholesome
: terror which the Sharp's rifles inspired
| was added the discomfort of tempestu-
t Gus night-the first of the kind during
the campaign-these murderous scoun-
2 drels were seized with uncomfortable
inconsistencies, and without waiting for
orders, or stopping to say good bye to
each other, hurried off homeward in the
!, greatest haste and confusion and disor-
ganizatlon, and with great loss of horses
e and even of arms. As the invasion be-
S gan, so it ended, in murder. 1t began
by the murder of Dow; it ended with the
q murder of Mr.. Barber, whom Clark
the United States Indian Agent, ruth.
d lessly shot down near his own house
1t which had been attacked by maraudine
+ party Of ruffians under the command O
one Major Richardson. Mr.. Barber lives
about four miles from Lawrence,
! Though president Pierce waited Sc
= quietly, pretending want of power to in
tertere, to let the Lawrence people be
murdered, we trust he has power, anc
that he will now feel himself called upor
IF to exercise it, to investigate in lega
he manner the high-handed outrages re
le Gently perpetrated in Kansas; or, if he
u has not power, or is restrained by his re
- spect for the doctrine of squatter sover
re eighty from exercising it, we hope tn,
E. house of representatives, if ever organ
a. ised, viii come to his assistance. In tn,
III first place, there is the murder of Dow
10 to be investigated, and the murderer t,
Id be punished; secondly, the murder O
ne Barber; thirdly, the lying proclamation
IT, OF Gov. Shannon; fosrthly, the assump
= ton Of authority to put the executive c
y the laws of Kansas into the hands of a
army Of volunteers collected in Missouri
- tifthly, the lying attempt Of Shannon t
d obtain authority to keep up the Missoul
Us invaders by the United States troops :
= Fort Leavenworth; sixthly, the stealth
81 OF cannon and munitions from the I'm
: ted States Arsenal in Clay county: ant
~ seventhly, the thousand-and-one outrage
NJ upon peaceable individuals, travellers. an
US others, perpetrated by the border ruffiar
u during their weeks foray. So far g
D. these outrages fall under the iurisdictio
on OF the territorial government of Kansa
Shannon and his officials will now hay
ID an opportunity to show whether thew an
10 able or not to punish the criminals.
,e1 they are not able, let them stand aside ,
in once, and make room for the new 90,
be eminent to be organised under the stat
constitution.
or The following extract from printe
A. sip forwarded on the 10th instant. fro,
a the Independence (Mo.) Express. wi
on show by what sort of lies the retreatin
ruffians attempted to plaster over the
disgrace. 1t also contains their VERSO
'e- OF the murder of Mr.. Barber, one of III
he last Of the outrages committed by the il
or vaders =
DR.. Russell and Mr.. Thomas Cam,
bell OF Dover, returned to this city fro
the seat of war about Z. O'Clock last nigh
II They left Gen. Strickler's camp on IL