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Distur Dances in Kansas.

The St. Louis papers contain the follow
ing interesting letter of Gen. Richardson
respecting the late disturbances in Lecomr
! ton, Kansas, addressed to Mr.. Paschall q
. that city:
The Governor had visited the council
went from thence 10 the House of Repre-
sontallvcs, spent some time there, and whcl
! he oron"l the door leading into the ante
chanbcr, w. /. Shrrarl was there await
! inc his return, no doubt.
'::Shrrrard cursed him. The Governor
! paid II" attention to him, but walked on
whcu Shvrrar,l spit on his back as often IA,
twice so say the two gentleman who were
with him ut the time. have no i,l that
Gov. Gcary knew thr.cxtcnt OF the insul,
until the person who were with him inform
rd him that Sllcrrard had spit on him us
| he passed out"
The General, after referring to the actio,
Of the Legislature Council in relation to the
insult {" the Governor, saws:
am satisfied in my mind, from wha,
| have learned and know, that Sherrarl
w"ul'! have killed the Governor if he had
resented the iudignty. The Governor WAS
uuarme,l.
! How long is our cause to be placed il,
Jeopardy by Irresponsible young mcu who
have no interest in this or any other co,ll-
try ! am satisfied that we have more to
fear from our pretended friends than from,
our open enemies.
| trust such disGraccful scenes may no,
occur again i'll this Territory. l do not
agree with the Governor in everything
which he has done yet give him I'LL the
praise for the good he has done. and freely
say that believe him honest and dcsiro,,s
of doing all tic good he can.
On the lS;l u!t.. some Of the citizens Of
Lccompton hc!G: Il meeting to dennuncc the
dignity oiicrc! 10 Gov. Gcarv. The pro-
prciy %! holding this meeting was doubted,
aud some gentleman waited upon Gov.
Gcary ara desired him to prevent his
friends from proceeding i'll the matter, as
it WIS useless, and calculated to bring on
trouble, bat lie refused, say ing "pcop!c had
Il right to loil wha, meetings they please
Speaking o.! the meeting, the St. Louis
Republican SAYS
Upon resolutions (Lcnunciatory of the i'll
sui, Offered t;r#rv} b.ing read, Shcrr;.rl
came lnrwar! AMI said tha, the committee
who had reported them, and every uuln
present who endorsed them, were liars,
cowar,ls and scoundreIs" A Mr.. Sheppard,
who resides nn Il claim near Lecompton,
remarked that lie WAS neither liar, Il cow
ard or srounIrcl. and that he endorsed
the resolutions rs right :; whcrcupon Shcr-
rartl drew his revolver and conmrlccd fir
ing upon Sheppard, wounded him twice.
Sheppard drew and snapped four caps, auI
the fifth shot iiit Shcrrard. The people, of
conrsc, became much excited at this wanton
violation OF their rights, and several shots
wee fired, wien S!ierr;r1 and Sheppard
both fell, apparently deal, and the atlray
was fortunately ended.
John y. W. W. Esq, was arrested by
Mayor Stewart, as one Of the persons who
fred upon Shcrrarl, aud he has been held
to bail in five thousand dollars. The Mis-
souri, Democrat has a correspondent, who,
writing from Lecomp'un, says:
Governor Gcary has o., two companies
Of United States troops here; one OF intan-
try and one % cavalry. 1t Is reported that
he fears assassination at the head OF the
pro-slavcry mcn, and has these troops here
for personal protection. It is now gcncr-
ally suspected that they are here to PIE
vent the Legislature from being lynchcd or
driven off Ivy the people. a s;rong di<po-
sition to do this is manifested.