Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes County, Ohio) 1856-1865, 1857-01-15
From the Cincinnati Commercial.
Marshal Spencer Arrived-.The
Marshal. in Lawrence-..Ex-
Governor ShannOn..

From the -Clplcnnau CoHmelciai.
Marshal Spencer Arrived-.The
Marshal: in Lawrence--.Ex-
Governor shannon. :
LAWRENCE, kansas, Dec. 81, 1856.
Marshai-Speucer. =
Eps.cCoMLCoIonel Spencer, the new
" appointed Marshal of this Territory, in
place of Donaldson, resigned, has arrived in
Lecompton, and already entered upon the
discarge of his official duties.
The Marshal in Laurence.
Yesterday the Marshal was in this city,
looking after the persons who escaped
few weeks since from the Lecompton and
Tecumseh prison houses. His search for
them was unsuccessful, they could not be
found, and the disappointed official returned
10 Lecompton, declaring that every one
should be re-arre,ted, re-confned, and have
trial on the indictments found against
them by the Grand Jury of the Territory.
| am creditably informed by one that knows
him well, that Spencer is Free State
man, and disposed to have justice done to
all parties.
Er- Governor Shannon.
The noted Ex-Governor of Kansas Terri
tory has arrived in Lecompton, where he
intends 10 enter upon the practice of his
profession, as lawyer. He has claim
near town, which has been squatted upon
during his absence. He, however, seems
determined to get possession of it. and to
practice not only law, but farming. His
family still remains in Ohio, and are ex-
pected to come out in the spring. The old
man looks better as private citizen than
as Governor; he has an easier time of it,
and his invitations to ''take drink" are of
less frequent occurrence now than formerly.
1t is presumed that for the future he will
keep little more temperate than he used
to, while occupying the Gubernatorial
Chair. As private citizen of Kansas, he
will have fewer friends among the leaders
of the Border Ruffian party than he has
been accustomed to while Governor. Ibe-
lieve Governor Geary to be temperate
man, one not in the habit of getting 'iele-
waited" by the use of strong drink. Con-
sequently the Pro- Slavery men cannot con-
troll and make fool of him, as they did
of his predecessor in Office. In that res
pect he has great advantage over Shan
non, whose incapacity rendered him totally
unfit for the position assigned him, and
whose drunkenness made his administra-
tion of affairs contemplate, and very dan
gerous to the people of Kansas. II was
his proclamation that brought about the
invasion of the Territory by Missourians,
threatened destruction of Lawrence, and the
murder of the lamented Thomas w. Bar
bour, last December. Whatever Geary
may do, there is no danger of his committing
so great an error as that. His administra-
ton in Kansas will be more Just towards
the Free State men, and prevent warlke
invasions of the Territory.
Hon. M. W. Iappan.
The course of this gentleman in Con-
gress, in proposing the repeal of all the
the acts of heso-called Legislature of Kan
sas, is commended by our people, who are
at all disposed TO compromise the matter
with the slave power. We don't want
portion of the infamous enactments wiped
out, but the whole thing, root and branch
exterminated. If that cannot be done BY
Congress, let the whole affair rest as it is,
and the people will, in some way dispose
of it. The residents of this Territory not
only repudiate the enactments of the bo-
gus Legislature, but the concern itself;
maintaining the position that the creature
of mob, the child of an invasion, cannot
make laws for Kansas, even if it is endors-
ed by Congress and sustained by the Chief
Magistrate. The law making power is with
the people, and nowhere else, which is well
understood in this Territory, and vindica-
ton of that principal becomes our duty at
this important crisis in the history of Amer
lea. Kansas asks not for faavors, but for
recognition of her sacred rights, which have
been trampled in the dust by an army of
invaders. encouraged and sustained by the
Federal Government.
The State Legislature.
The Legislature of State conyenes at
Topeka on the sixth of January next. It
is not yet known whether it will adjourn
Immediately, or proceed to enact code of
laws for the State of Kansas. A differ
enee of opinion as to the expediency of
framing code exists among our people.
THE Territorial Legislature.
The bogus concern called the Territorial
Legislature meets in Lecompton on the
second Monday in January, six days later.
1t is understood that Gov. Geary will, in
his message to that body, recommend that
the most infamous enactments be repealed,
SO as to make the code respectable, and
palatable to Free State men, which he will
learn never can be done in Kansas.
"LaW and Order Convcntion,"
A "Law and Order Convention" is to
meet at Lecompton at the same time the
Legislature is called to order, 9 o'clock P.
NJ. The object of said Convention is not
yet made public.
Rumors Of Difficulty.
Rumors of another outbreak among the
Missourians and the settlers on Sugar Creek
reached us to-day from Southern Kansas.
1t seems that an attempt to drive Free
State man out of the country was resisted
by the squatters, and the commencement
of hostilities ensued. We are now waiting
with anxious solicitude for either confir-
nation or reputation of the rumors. II
has been uIliet in that vicinity for some