The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1856-01-07
KANSAS CORRESPONDENCE.
DoN1pHAN, K. T., Dec. q, ]

DoNIPHAN, ~. l., Dec. Il, 1000.
DEAR JoURNAL:-I suppose you think it
strange that have not written to you for the
last month, but when give you the reasons
for my not doing SO, you WILL of course, for
give me.
Soon after 1 wrote my last letter to you,
was taken with severe spell of bilious fever,
which confined me to my bed for two weeks,
and as soon as got able to stir around little
went to ball, danced all night, took my bed
the next day and came in an ace of kicking
the bucket.
Our Territory has been in nice stale o.
excitement for few weeks past. Coz. Shan
non has made a complete ass of himself. But
to commence at the beginning of the story.
After leaving Topeka for home, and getting
as far as Leavenworth City, was taken worse
and compelled to remain there about week
As soon as got able to ride hired a horse
and buggy and man to take me home,
reached Doniphan on Sunday evening, and the
driver started back the next day On his
way back he was arrested at Atchison. On be-
ing questioned he said he had been to
take me home. A posse was Immediately
sent after me with warrent for High Treason,
from the Justice of the peace. l told them had
no objections to answering all such charges as
that, and went with them to Atchison. As
soon as arrived there, | sent for the ]. P, but
he sent back word that he could not attend to
business until the next day. In the mean
:, w
that one Of the leaders of the Abolition God
save the mark, party, had been captured, and
desiring help, as they feared rescue would
be attempted that night. About thirty of the
rufians came that night about II o'clock
Weston is about twenty miles below Atchison,
and they certainly answered the call promptly
to get there as soon as they did. They made
considerable demonstrations around the hotel
during the night, but couldn't get in.
The next morning again sent FOR the officer
and after some delay he come. [ complained
to him that he had treated me unfairly in not
coming the evening before; that he would have
saved me from insult by so doing, and that Of
course he knew he had no right to charge me
with high treason. He then told me the charge
was withdrawn and that was at liberty.
The man had hired to bring me home be-
ing still in the hands Of the mob, and as had
$3,50a day to pay for the buggy. thought
would stay while and see if could not send
it home. l waited two or three hours, but
finding could make no Roadway, was about
to start home, when a fellow, who was not an
officer and had no more right to arrest me
than the king of Mosquito has, stepped up to
me and said: II arrest you SIR" "Well sir,
why do you arrest me?' Because can SIR
''But SIR said 1, "you have no right to ar
rest me, you are not an officer" "That does
not make dam bit of difference" said he, II
arrest you and | am going to send you out to
Lecompton under this guard of sixteen men,
''Well sir" said |, 81 am not going to Lecomp-
ton; you have no right to arrest citizen OF
this Territory without a cause; if you have a
charge to make against me, or a right to arrest
me, do so and l am willing to abide by the
law, but you cannot compel me travel sixty
miles into the interior of Kansas without giving
me some reason for deing SO. am just re-
covering from long and severe spell of sick
ness and such a trip would kill me'' But to
make a long story short, l was forced into the
carriage, Git being captured also, guilty, sup