The national era. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1847-1860, 1856-05-22

the friends that it is necessary for you to look
out. Pro-Slsvery men are organizing at Atchi-
son.
IA gentleman from Wyandott brought SIM
liar notice from friends in Missouri.
"LAwRENcE, May 8.
"The Investigating Committee have returned
from Topeka. I am informed that the Free
State men have witnesses who will prove that
Mr.. Oliver, the member from the fourth dis
trict in Missouri, and one of the Investigating
Committee now in Kansas, was in company
with the men who invaded Kansas on the Both
of March, 1855, and made several intiamma-
tory speeches to the mob.
The story about the Free State men selling
their Shapes rifles at Independence, for pro-
visions, is said to be a gross fabrication"
The following narrative of the arrest of Gov
ernor Robinson was furnished to the Missouri
Democrat, by Mrs. Robinson:
e"Sr LOUIS, May II.
GAS Gov. Robinson and myself were passing
down the Missouri river, on our way to st. Louis
and further east upon business, we were taken
off the boat at Lexington, at the instigation of
lawless men, they pretending that Gov. Robin
son was fleeing from an indictment. He assured
the gentlemen, some eight or ten in number,
ing upon the guard, that such was not the case,
that he had heard of no indictment; that his
whereabouts, whether in Lawrence or else
where, was at all times known; that if the
Marshal had desired to serve such a process
upon him, he could easily have done so, and
he should have offered no resistance. He told
them, also, that he would never think to es-
cape from an indictment for any political
offence; and, had he been doing so, of all
places he would have avoided the Missouri
river and Lexington. Upon the statement of
the gentlemen, that the delay in consenting to
leave the boat, as the crowd had found the bar,
and were drinking freely, only added to Gov.
Robinson's danger of personal violence, he
said, Let me see the crowd, and can shortly
convince them that l am not running from an
arrest then l can continue on my Journey.
To which reply was given, to the effect that
he would be in immediate danger of mob vio-
lence. 1t was also insisted upon, as a means
OF safety, that we pass out upon the guard in
leaving the boat, while the exasperated people,
cabin full of them, should be unaware of
our departure. A carriage was in readiness to
take US to the town. We were quartered in
the house of a Mr.. Sawyer, who kindly offered
his home as place of safety, the night guard
about the house alone reminding US of the fact
that Governor Robinson was prisoner.
omitted to mention in its proper place, that the
gentlemen, upon first coming to the state-roonl,
said they had been talking with the crowd
tor fifteen minutes, trying to persuade them to
leave the boat but that none would be salts
he'd, unless he remained in Lexington until
they could learn whether an indictment was
out against him, while others cried, drag him
out To Governor Robinson's suggestion, that
if he was running away from an arrest, he
could see no grounds for another State to in
terfere, one of the gentlemen replied, he did
not wish to get into an argument &c. Gov.
Robinson is retained prisoner, while l am
allowed to pass on. / make this statement,
that the true state of the case may be known"