Randolph County journal. [volume] (Winchester, Randolph County, Ind.) 1855-1862, 1859-01-20
(Cor. of the Missouri Democrat.
FROM KANSAS.
The Troubles in the south.


ors. "Sammedary," the new Gov
ernor, had no sooner got quietly loca-
ted at Lecompton than he finds him
self in half dozen unpleasant pickles
all at once. First, there is rebel
lion, or something like it in Lynn and
Bourbon counties. The difficulties
there are too bad to he let alone and If
he gets to "quclling them." the
chances are, that he will make them
worse. Then dozen "niggers" are
reported to have been "stolen" from
the Missouri border and spirited away
to Kansas. AS one "niggcr" is enough
to dissolve the Union" at any time.
what in the name of all that is awful
will be the result when dozen of them
are so sectional as to find a North?-
Then it is currently reported that
Missouri army of four hundred men is
on the southern border Of Kansas, near
Fort Scott, threatening blood and muir
der generally on account of the ab-
straction of the "niggers, and the
death of their owner, who is alleged
to have been killed when they escaped.
Then it is reported that a rcquisition
by your august Governor is about to
be made on "Sammedary" command
ing the "Old Wheel Horse" to wheel
out certain persons, said to be in Kan
sas, and to have been concerned in
the abstraction Of the aforesaid "per-
sons of COLOR" in order that the mis-
creants may be tried by the laws Of
your conservative commonwealth, for
such offences made and provided
Now, you may not be aware, and, If
you are not, will inform you, that
surrendering any Kansas man to Bor
der authorities, to be tried by Missouri
slave laws, for offences connected with
slavery, is not likely to be a very pop
ular enterprise here. OF this fact no
one, perhaps. is more profoundly con-
scious than "Sammedary." To refuse
oh horror of constitutional horrors
and to comply involves a whole
chapter of moral and physical impos-
sibilities. Then the Territorial Legis-
latu;e meets here next monday, AMI it
is stated that it is the design Of the
territorial Lycurgusses to come here
merely to organize, and hear what
Sammelary has to say in the way of a
message, and then clear out for Law
renee or elsewhere. In addition to this
the Territorial Legislature, or those
who pretend to speak for that omnipo-
tent body. say that it threatens to make
Territorial Legislatures popular in this
section by remembering to do all the
last Legislature forget to do, and for
getting all that it remembered. AS this
radical reformation has to be brought
about yet, i will not dilatc too extern
sively on it, but as the entire repeal
of the bogas laws, the abolition OF
slavery in the territory. and punish
mcnt of coutumacious slave holders,
are among the items promised to an
expectant constituency, nee,l not add
that the "Old Wheel Horse" is likely
to have a refreshing time of it. i had
almost forgotten another alarming
item 1t is threatened to take away
the jurisdiction of the judges. and thus
rc,lucc them back to the condition in
which nature had left them before
Frank Pierce and Jeems Buchanan
placed them on the bench-noncnti-
ties.
Under all these distressing circum-
stances the case Of "Sammedary" pre-
scnts distracting picture, with the
tombs Of all the Kansas Governors in
the back ground, which appeals to the
commisseration of every man who has
bowels. What he will DO is matter
of speculation. He is not committed
to any thing yet. Denver got along
magnifcently by doing nothing and
persevering in it; but it is not to be
expected that every Territorial Gov
ernor will have as much sense.
The Governor sent down Sheriff
Sam Walker as sort of er ofFcto gu
bernatorial legatee to the infected dis
tricts, to make peace or find what was
the matter. Colby. of Quindaro, to-
gesher with DC, DC, were also sent
down, but as this latter is entirely
confidential YOU must not mention it.
Sam. Walker got back with fright
ful report. The people were all at
skies and sevens. The Jayhawkers
were contumacious and would not
treat short of general amnesty. The
CONSERVATIVES" had undertaken to
murder Montgomery at night, but fail
ell owing to their being too conserva-
tive. a battle had been fought at
Fort Scott. Three Free State men
were wounded and one Pro Slavery
man killed \ prisoner relieved and