New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1859-02-19
UNLAWFUL ARRESTS.
FROM Our Special Correspondent.

FROM Our Special Correspondent
LAWRENCE, X. T., January II, 1859. "
There was quite little excitement in town yester
day, created by the arrival of portion Of Marshal
Russelrs posse from Linn County. They came up
under RUSSELL and Mitchell, numbering thirty strong
armed to the teeth, and looking like Italian bandits,
bandits of some kind. They were wild looking set,
covered over with pistols bowie knives, old swords
and gurs. They had with them three young men,
heavily ironed. They proceeded to the Commercial
with their prisoners. Here crowd instantly gather
ed. Russell and Mitchell contiived to slip off unob-
observed ard concealed themselves in the Eldrdge
House. The crowd very promptly dismissed tie posse.
Judge Elmore Immediately came down and trans
fened the prisoners into the hands Of deputy Sheriff
Earl of Lawrence and also ordered their letters to be
struck off, If this had not been done very promptly,
and before the full nature of the case was understood
by the crowd they would at once have been rescued.
Some gentlemen who called on the prisoners learned
that no process had ever been served on them They
had been picked up Just Russell and his crew coald
catch any Of the settlers. One OF them is the young
man named COrbD, who they have had in irons for
some time. Another, named Walker, was taken pris-
oner while driving his team Of three yoke of cattle
near Keokuk, Linn County. He supposed that his
team stolen by the posse. A motion was made TO
get them out by writ of habess corpus but as assur
apces were received that the matter would inmedi-
ately be investigated and the young set at liberty
if their imprisonment false, and they were re-
moved to the johnson House and well treated it
deemed better to wait one day..
In the mean time Russell had the audacity TO creep
ont and 90 before the Grand jury in session, to
swear to some trumped.up complaints against the
prisoners. As the rascal is himself under indictment
for murder and robbery he was Immediately thereafter
arrested by DeputySherif Prentiss. In all proba-
bility this BOD thing for Russell, the people
would probably have given him the benefit of popu-
lar trial ere this. The fellow is a regular Sheriff
Jones; was the chief Of the Arkansas Blue Lodge in
1856 and has risen to distinction among Border
Rufians by his reckless rascaly Should the Dis
trct Attorney in consideration Of his eminent Pro-
Slavery services attempt to quash proceedings in the
case it may be worse with Deputy Marsha Russeli.
We have Just heard q rumOr Of some fighting at the
lower end Of Bourbon County. A posse, partly of
Cherokees are said to have fallen the Ffee-State
settlers of that region and killed six of them. II needs
confirmation, however.
The Legislature is drawing to close Some start
ling discoveries have been made. The Governor has
sated that the bill abolishing Slavery dad not reach
him until the morning Of the third day from the end OF
the session. 1t had been sent to him the night before,
that he could not pocket it, 1t is also very singular
that the Convention bill back from the Governor
on the same morning. He had it in his possession
more than week, but IT now appears that the sigma
lures Of al the proper officers not attached 10 it.
Ii was of course signed and sent back but at late
an hour that he pocket it. He has said, however,
that lie will sign it. All these things look very bad.
II there is not some treacherous rascahty somewhere
il certainly looks very ike il.
The Legislature has great deal to do yet. II
probably would have been better for them il they had
done rather less than they have been doing for
back. They have been under severe corraping press
ure and much fear that some Of them have not come
of sc6thess.