The national era. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1847-1860, 1858-06-24
NO. 500.

this rerion. who intends to vote for the infamous
-, ard that ia J idge-or would be Govern
n--Snith. Mr.. Smith attempted to follow
Stanton. but the people showed very little re.
sre,t for either his logic or his gray hairs, and
made several attempts to drive him from the
s,a,d-but the old man was invincibly mulish,
and refused to yield to the calls of the multi.
tide for other speakers. BE was followed by
Tbos. Ewing, jr., Judge Wright, late of Indi.
ana. and Gov Robinson, all of whom took
strong ground against recognising for any pur-
nose. for one moment, the last bride.
The news from the South is up to the 9th
inst. The settlers we're then, az before, all in
the field, and no other business ia thought of
but the protection of life. They keep out day
sld night guards. and the balance are engaged
in building Publications and performing mill.
tsrg drill. They expec! an attack hourly, and
intend to defend their houses to the last.
\ Governor Stuart, of Miss, uri, has ordered
ore brigade into the field to "keep the peace !"
on the border, ostensibly, but the same marsu-
ding murderers are enrolled who have shed all
our blood hitherto. Trouble can only follow
such step, and Kansas will be as vigilant, no
doubt, to keep the peace, as Missouri can be.
Wien the order was given in the State, q few
days since, to vacate along the line, large num-
bers of Free-State families, rather than fall
back with their enemies, came over the line,
ana have Joined our ranks. They believe we
shall have to fight them.-COr. N. Y. Times.
William S. Wells, who is believed to be of
the party of rufians who so cruelty slaughtered
a number of innocent Free,State men of Linn
county, is arrested, and active measures are
being taken to bring others of the murderers
10 Justice.
little bathing tub of a steamboat, the Min
ME Belle, ia successfully navigating the Ksw
or Kansas river up as far as Fort Riley, l40
miles from the mouth at Qlindsro. Bat it is
not supposed the river can even thus be navi-
gated for more than three months in the year
Yet it has as wifi current, is 800 yards wide, and
600 miles long.
I. l.. Whitney, formerly of Worcester, is
keeping the Whitney House at Lawrence.
There was public meeting at Lawrence on
the 7th, when Ex Gov. Stanton made strong
speech against accepting the Lecompton Con
situton; saying the fatal objection to it was
not that it established Slavery, for that he
might favor, al other things being equal; but
that it was in no sense the will of the people,
be had always been Democrat, but he would
iLhexiby oppose such a measure, and the men
who advocated it, wherever that opposition
might carry him. Judge Smith, the Free-State
candidate for Governor under the Lecompton
Constitution, followed, urging the people to &C.
cept the English proposition, provided the GER
tfcaies of election should first be given to the
Free State men. BE only advocated this, he
claimed, that the people might change the Con-
sutuion the moment they obtained control of
it but though the Judge is sn old man, long
in the Free-State cause, and citizen who is
personally respected, this proposition was loud.
ly Kissed. aud did not seem to meet the favor
of single man in the audience.
Gen. Lanes examination for the murder of
Jenkins had been fixed for the 10Th. His
wound is said not to be serious, but he is still
confined to his house with it. The ball entered
the back part of the leg just below the knee,
and went up, lodging near the knee Joint.
From It's course, it is evident Lane was running
at the time, and had This leg raised. He must
have bseuFunning very fast, for the lower part
OF the leg,sron the knee down must have been
almost or q lite parallel with the ground when
the ball was received. Stevens, lawyer from
Mlusti ED, Oii0, says that he saw Lane the day
before the shooting happened, and that Lane
tod him he was going to shoot Jenkins. Lane
bought the shot at a store in Lawrence few
days before, and said st the time that he meant
to shoot jenkins with it if ever he came on the
claim. The axe was found about rod from
Jenkins's body. He had laid it down after
breaking tie gate with it, ard was entirely un-
armed when Lane shot him. This is the first
time Lane was ever wounded, and he makes a
dreadful fuss over it. Sometimes he imagines
he is going to die-then, again, he is sure moth.
ing but ampu.ation will save his life, and then
he wants to get up aud go up town to learn
what people are saying about it. The two men
with jenkins at the time OF the atfrsy, and one
OF whom fred the ball that wounded Lane,
have waived on examination for their offences
in the affair, and given bail for trial.