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KANSAS.
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LAWRENCE, X. =, April n, 1867.
I have Just received the latest negligence fr)m
Fort Scott up 10 Sunday. The troops have re-
manned onie,ly in tie fri, and lave attempted TO
do nothing fur her. Brocket and RE band OF b 2
der Ruffan,. however. have been tallying ont Ut
night and committing 6epredations on the Free
State men close o. tue i)r'. rtese fellows have
ventured bu: a short distance from the protection
of the soldiers. Several Frees State men have se.-
tied close 10 the fort durrg the last season. j. is
those Who have suffered. Mr.. Oakley las had his
houes stolen and the band came 10 his house at
night and shot a. him twice, withOu. injur rg him,
however Several other Free St..e men k.ye been
pundered and fred at. The result of all this is 20
get up a war spirit among the Prostate settlers
on the Marmaton. They were arming themselves
and preparing TO resist tuch sggressions. There is
some probability that Sheriff Walker of this county
will 20 down with wrts for the arrest Of Brocket
and Clarke, both of whom are, strictly speaking,
fugitves from Justice in this Judicial District, for
murder and attempted murder. am apprehensive.
however, that such means will be inadequate so long
as Judge Williams is there, and so disposed as he
apparently is to play into the hands of these fellows.
II would merely be an attempted arrest, wr, Of
habess corpus, u discharge, and derision at the
attempt.
The disturbed locality which has thus been the
theater Of these difficulties is the SeyastOpOl of the
Border Rufians. Remote from all the present
direct avenues OF communication, il is unseen, and
scarcely makes ripple on the political waters here
and elsewhere in the Territory. They seek to for
tfy themselves in thls their last citadel: and the
result will probably be their total discontinue in
that direction, and the conversion of Bourbon
County into one of the most radical counties. The
work is nearly done now.
learn that man from Kentucky recently went
into Pro-SIavery settlement in Bourbon County
with fourteen slaves. Poor man he must be labor
ing under singular delusOn. The people of Kan
sas, after they have Enthusiastically said that Slavery
shall not exit in Kansas not inclined to tolcr
ate the wicked nuisance in any form, or under any
pretext. On this there is very little difference Of
opinion.
! learn that Pro Slavery man named Danagan
killed young Free-State man named Wood worth,
at the town of Holton, last Friday. HotOn is mp
Oh the Nebraska road. The difficulty, it appears,
originated about a claim. Woodwork had the
claim adudged to him by the Land Office whereupon
the other shortly after rode up TO his house and shot
him through the heart, killing him instantly. The
murderer fed to Platte County, No. but has been
pursued.
l have also been informed that the Feee-SOiers
OF st. Joseph, Mo-, had celebration az tlat
place on the receipt of the news of the defeat of
LecOmpton. 1t must have somewhat astonshed
the Border Ruians of that goOdy city, 1t originated
with the Germans, who gave way to their enthusl-
asm by cheers firing Of cannon, and other demon
STATIONS of delight. believe they are now sorry
that they allowed local interests to prevent them
from running an Emancipation ticket at the last
civic election. They have counted noses, and as
certained that they have a working Free-Soil
majority.
The Delegate Convention meets tomorrow at
Topeka, and very considerable interest is manifested
in it. In the greater portion of the Territory the
primary elections have been contested. The mode
of selection was itself severe ordeal. Each county
chose delegates to County Convention, and these
elections were chiefly by ballot. Then the County
Conventions assembled to nominate county officers
and representatives, and asO elected the number OF
delegates to the State Convention to which the
county was entitled according to the legal appor-
tionment This Convention will not only nominate
State ticket but adopt, in all probability, plat
form which will define the policy Of the Frec-State