Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1857-01-15
Kansas.

LAwREscE, X. T., Dec. 23d, 1856.
hsve jus: got back to Lawrence, over
roads tu which 4 newly 0acasemized one
would be a pavement The brief thaw Of
last Thursday night and Friday morning
wa. Immediately followed by hard frost, and
all the irregular impressions made on the
roads during the muddy inierregnum have
hardened into a rough and sharp-Pointed
frost work, and the pilgrimage with the peas
wa. joke to travelling over it, be it by
whselage, .addleage or fostase. When !
left IN. Missouri River at Kansas City, III
was froxen over hard as a stone. Men and
boys were skating on it, and the Pacihc
Railway packet Australia was frozen up at
the bank, where she had evidently found
Winter quarters. Allthe way up the creeks
were ice-bonnd. The little riyulets forgo;
TO trickle, and the fountains OF water were
girt about with hoary locks of icicles. Here
at Lawrence the Eaw is frozen over. The
ferrym.u, with his axe, has tried to keep
the navigation open," but as Jack Frsst has
provided usre economic means Of transit,
he is likely to have the best OF it.
Here a. L,ursncs there is always sons
thing new md ints-esting. Sheriff Jones
has resigned. Tnis "dreadfsl calamity"
which was fornerly threatened, has now
ia lien upon u.s. The sheriff Of Douglas
County" has dropped his seePtsr aad sbdi-
Gated. ike another Emperor Charles. One
of the Sosihsra Brigade (they appear to ss
omnipresent where there are such chanees)
has p,sked up the fallen ma ntis. and the so-
gus Court of bogus Commi; sioners fer this
bogus County has declared him the SUGGEST
or OF JoHss.
The PARTICULARS of this sad political Ca
lsmiiy it would be interesting to investigate
He VITO was "bssely assassinsted and mur
dersd," and who was obtuarized and almost
canoniIed BY the Border Rufian sheets, and
who was subsequently resurrectionired for
the express purpose of helping to burn Law
renee, could not have laid do~n the robe of
empire without cause or sroan. For
months back he has not been $50 active
Deputy Marshals have been as thick here as
flea. were during the Egyptian visitation,
and have rather monepoized his business
but still ha was "sheriff of Douglas Coun-
ty," and on hand for great occasions.
The chief cause of this resignation may
be traced, like the difficulties between Gov.
Geary and Lecompie and Donaldson, to the
effort on the part of the Governor to modify
Border Rufisnism in certain cases. The
reader oil the Tribune is aware that, be-
side other prisoners, there are upward OF
twenty of the convicted at LeIompton-
These are sentenced to. hard labor in the
Psnitentiary or the chain and d-ball-gaug, Tor
terms chishy Of fve,six and eight years. As
there WAS no PeniteDtiary the ball and chain
was the only alternative. That ignomlnous
ball and chain, which the bogus Legislature
de;reed as the badge and punishment. oil
Freedom, has not been worn yet. Had
there been supply of the adorning articles
in question at, or near Lecompton, there is
little doubt but some of tthe officials would
have tried how they could have ut. All
sush luxuries are expensive, however. A
Territorial Government is said to be Cheap
that of Kansas seems to cost rather more
than sppesrs at all times TO have been pro-
yid.d for il. Hence the bits and chains
may have to be deferred until few rene
gsdc Anti. Nebraska members of Congress
dupIicste their vote for the admission of
Whitfield, by voting the supplies for them.
Since the disbanding Of Col. Titus's m e
the prisoners have had a rather easier time
Geary has made it point to see that they
are not abused. He knows that theirs is
hard and unjust fate. He knows that they
we're tsken while in arms against those " no
threatened thsir lives and property. He
knows that none of The enemy who assliI-
ed their rights aud lives and homes have
been thus served. He knows that they have
hal a moekery of a trial before 4 partial
Judge-,heir enemy. All this. he knows
but he does not make it point TO get tn EN-
set at liberty, neither does he shelter his
apathy to their wrongs by regarding it with
in the sphere of the judiciary. He inter-
fores to prevent their wearing the ball and
chain or being treated as felons. No one
| about Lecompton even regards them as :el-
ous. The Pro-Slsvery men regard them
pretty much as they would prisoners of war.
The Exeeuiive-well, Gov. Gesry COM
| pDutlCS OelHctu NtOu anu u hSy
wsre really and Justly fsloa eonvicts under
1 sentence OF law, the felon's doom ought to
be their fate. No executive interference
should turn aside the stern decree Of justice.
! If it is a case Of wrong calling for eIecu-
tive interference, it should never stop at pre-
/ venting on'y the additional ignominy that
might go like the voice of a trumpet to the
freeman of the North. But SO it is.
The "Law-and- Order" men could not but
feel that the Sc tiny aside of the ball and
chain was Ike abrogating part of the bogus
legislation; hence they have oeen anxious
to zee the unfortunate thus manacleG.-
Jones, Us SHERIFF of Douglas County" felt
that much responsibility rested with him.
He remembered that there wBs a supply OF
the desirable article at Fort Leavenworth
for hphoof of the soldier convicts, and de-
T sired e order from Gov Geary for one hun
: drek Of these to be Obtained from General
Smith. Gov. Geary refuses to comply, and
Jones, aggrieved by this and other manifes.
tations OF Executive power, feels that he has
oniy tie alternative resignation. There are
) other causes; but these doubtless affurd the
immedists and decisive reasons. TAase
movements indicate movement among the
complex political machinery that is trying
to regulate Kansas. Lecomp,e has been
: removed, and it is said that lsaacs, the Pros.
ecuting Attorney, will be removed | learn
that an officer has been investigating the af.
, fairs of Surveyor General Calhoun. aud i
so, another removal is probable. Well, lei
all who have spotted their reputation by the
efforts to enslave Kansas be sent as scape-
, goats, bearing their own sins and those ol
the powers that placed them here to do the
work. Let President Pierce close his ca.
reer as he began it, by removals and new ap-
pointmenis; but until the evils they have
t created while in power are 'removed-while
. the Propaganda have all the fruits and the
. means for as much more will suit their pur-
pose-thess ;mmolstions, though just, are
&C r,ockerv IL M more in DONE