The national era. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1847-1860, 1856-11-27
NO. SIT.
KANSAS.
WHOLESALE Prison, LEcoMProN.
Wsdnesday, November 5, 1856.

I,,osed on Saturday with an account of the
.Loftbe fifteen Hickory Point boys up to the
.:.r If the evidence. In this and other pro-
.s;ngs at court, have been compelled to
.L.- nv information from the prisoners, attor-
=, and officers of the court, as l cannot my
= 50 present, and therefore must be very
hsf
,.,,nsv Grover, who was followed by his
''.,h.r. q small Drained simpleton, also for the
..nt;on. Putnam and Lamb followed for
r. defence. the latter continuing his speech
n after midnight. Both these men are Pro-
Cr.,srv. The former is Louisianian, and
=, one of the euemy's lieutenants at Hickory
p,;0t He became Disguised with the course
= i. marty. and. in the spirit of noble foe,
fired his aid to his slandered and oppressed
amy Mr.. Lamb was also at that light,
,bough unwillingly, and has forever severed
,:u,.olf from the legions of claw and order"
% ia the same that interfered and saved the
n. of Pardee Butler at the time OF the second
mirage committed upon him, at Atchison. For
his generous act, Stringfellow, too cowardiy TO
meet his antagonist in open manly battle, hired
how to secretly shoot Lamb-promising to
. the boy $500 if he nicely performed his
*. The boy made the attempt, but shot h'ni-
vlfwhile cooking his pistol in his pocket. No
one could be found to take care of aud nurse
the boy, but Lamb, who attended him until he
recovered, and to whom he told the whole story.
The forenoon on Monday was consumed by
NJ Stevens in mastery speech. In the after
noon, Mr.. Parrot spoke an hour or two.
Trough fear of prejudicing the jury, neither
,ruded to any extent to the origin of these diff
feulties-the subversion of our Government,
and the subsequent outrages, by which only the
Government forced upon US could be sustained.
In this, think they erred; for / do not believe
i would have had any bad effects, but perhaps
much good.
Al. Isaacs, Attorney General, closed the
case about dark. The jury Immediately retired,
without any regular charge from the Judge.
Ia fact, he gave none except a few gems now
and then concerning disputed points, raised
during the examination, some of which L have
already given you. At 10 o'clock, P. NJ, the
ury returned a verdict of "not guilty" Le-
compte ordered that eight should be discharg-
ed. saving that ne,c bills had been found against
NE otler screen. Those discharged were j. l..
hing, d. Patrick, j. Ketcham, j. Fl. York, L.
Bowers, J. Pyle, George Nef, and j. Conley.
Some wags about town, who saw them make
their exit, proposed to take game of euchre
on their coat-tails. Those of the acquitted who
remain, have all been subpensed as witnesses
against those yet to be tried. They may make
81 this; they may not.
Ephraim BANTER has received his sentence.
It is six years imprisonment i cannot tell
terday tried and convicted of an assault with
intent to kill, for not letting Pro-Slavery man,
one Of the grand jury, blow his brains out. His
sentence is Imprisonment for two years.
Late Saturday night, au old man named Isaac
Davis was brought in from the Wakarusa coun-
try arrested on a warrant, issued under an in
dctment for arson, in burning the shanty of a
proSlavery man. Mr.. Davis has been settler
III Kansas for nearly three years. He came
from Petersburg, Mermaid county, ILL.,, where
he occupied an influential and honorable posi-
ton. He was considered one of the best men
u0a fghter-in the Wakarusa valley. For
the last six weeks previous to his arrest, he had
been confined to his house, and the greater
part Of the time to his bed, by severe sickness
vet, during this time, and while he was in the
most dangerous condition from his illness, he is
alleged to have committed this offence. He
can neither get the benefit of writ of hdbeds
corpus, nor trial. But this is nothing new in
Kansas.
And now, as | am writing, another is turned
il. Upon inquiry, find the facts to be these
About the time court opened here, Mr.. Mar
saal Davis-for that is his name-was sum
moned to appear before the grand jury, on
Monday, the Dist Of September. Now, the 2lst
came on Tuesday, and which day to come was
puzzler; so he concluded to 90 on with the
gathering of his crops. But yesterday the
marshal with four dragons made a descent
upon him. He was escorted to Lecompton,
and imprisoned INDEFINITELY for contempt OF
court. He was formerly from Massilon county,
Ohio. This is Kansas edition to the Pass,
more Williamson case.
Since | commenced writing, Adam Bauer,
one OF those tried and acquitted on Monday,
but retained on another charge, has been re.
leased by what process l am unable to tell
nut the cause is not so much of a secret. Be.
lore, several attempts were made upon his life
aad the lives of his family, his house robbed
aad laid in ashes, his crops ruined, and his
stock driven off, and lastly himself driven to
the forests for a home. He was quiet and
thrifty settler on Stranger Creek. Many Of
those engaged in the commission of these ont
RACES have been hanging about court of late
and some of them recognised him at the trial
and, experimenting that he had recognised them
also, and that he would endeavor to cause their
arrest, they secured his release 80 as to get him
out of the way.
General McLane, Atchison's adjutant in the
late INVASION which resulted in part in the de
sracton OF Ossawatomie, and now chief clerk
IN the Kansas and Nebraska Surveyor Generals
ohce, was in to see us last Sunday. The Del
aware trust lands are to come into market in q
few days. More than half of the settlers ON
these lands beyond the Stranger are Free State
men, nine-tenths of whom have been driven
from their claims, and cannot return without
greatly endangerlng their lives; ten or ffteer
sre prisoners here. Now, McLane tells stor,
that will probably be heralded at the East as ,
real demonstration of the popular sovereign,
Of the Delaware people. He says that the set
Tiers On those lands-although majority ar,
Fro Slavery, which is, of course, the case sine,
The Punishment of the Free State men-hay,
dubbed together for the purpose of preventing
any one from bidding against the actual settler
%! AcLane, when pushed closely, was con,
PEELED to admit that this association piu no
recognise as actual settlers any one, especiau
free State man, rhO is not noae on the land
SPECTATORS from Missouri will be allowed Il
Ouy such vacant claims, with all their improve
mentS. This is conspiracy that have 70
salGng time been expecting, but had neve
looked for one SO perfectly organised as it nov
appears to be, nor for such boldness Of aEowa
Oa The part of its founders.
have been talking some with Colonel Titu
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