Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1856-01-31


Latest dates from Lawrence aTe to the 17th,
the day after the election. which passed of
TRANQUILITY, and DR.. Robinson was doubtless
elected Governor. The vote was probably
pretty tall exceptin several places on the Mis-
souri, River, which RETAINED from voting for
lear Of Fhe Missooriaus.f
The recent Missouri foray not only had the
eject to confirm The free Staff men in their
position. but has brought nlanv rho were for-
merry pro slavery over to the side Of freedom.
The Missourians who went to Kanzas to as
sist GOV. Shannon in executing tie bogus
laws, and went home again without doing it,
are highly indignant With the Gavernor. S.
J. Leonard, captain Of a company of Missou-
n volunteers. publishes 8 letter in the 81. Jo-
sephs Gazette, in which he calls the Governor
a variety Of uuchrlstian names, such as rom
mon liar, traitor, and coward. The Governor
could very well bear this il i: were not for the
fact that the whole country pretty nearly CO.
ineides with the rusfian leader on this point,
if on nothing else. CAPTAIN Leonard partic-
ulariy objects to the falsehood and ingrati
tude Of Shannon, IN denying that he called
upon residents OF Missouri to aid In execut'
ing the laws. lie denounces this as a palPa-
bic and cowardly falsehood, and ayers that
not only did Shannon call for and accept the
Missouri yolunteera, but says" at head
quarters at Wahkarusa, I know that gentle
men from Missouri were invited to meet Gov.
Shannon in council-that they did that
he knew that they were theTe-and he invit-
ed them, knowing that they were from Mis-
sour, to participate in the council. and that
they did So He also states that when Gov.
Shannon returned from Lawrence. after sign
ing the treaty OF peace, he assured the Mis-
sourians that the free State men mad given up
their arms and agreed to obey the laws. When
the treaty was published The MiBsouTans were
surprised to find that this was far from the
truth. Captain Leonard thus concludes his
eastigation of Shannon" He raises a storm,
and then to quell it, Judas like, processes his
special friendship first for one party, and
then, conjecture, for the other But, how
ever this may be, he descends to the despiea-
blep position of a common liar, both to the one
party and the other
The Free State mass meeting at Lawrence,
on the l2th, was largely attended and spirit
ed. Colonel Lane and Mr. Redpath were
chosen delegates to visit the Southern com.
mercial convention, at Richmond, Va, Feb.
18th, to lay before that body statement of
hanzas affairs and get an expression of opin-
ION in relation TO the outrages committed by
the Missourians. The meeting adopted
straight out Republican pla' form.
Sheriff Jones, under the Missouri legisla.
tive authority, arrested two men at Lawrence,
charged with stealing. but while he y as tax
ing them to place of safe keeping, the wife
OF one of them came forward, took her hus-
band by the arm, and when the sheriff at
tempted to take him, pIeseHted a revolver at
Jones and told him her husband shonld not
be taken. Jones gave it up. The woman
that frightened him was from Massachusetts,.
Jones then addressed letters TO Robinson and
Lane, asking if they would aid him IN maxi
ing arrests, but did not obtain satisfactory re-
plies. He thereupon threatens to get up an
other invasion, under the auspices of the ruff
fan Woodson, who, in Shannon's absence, is
acting governor of the territory.