Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1859-02-15
Yours,
Kansas InteIlIience.

The report telegraphed from the West some
days ago that old ossawatomie Brown had
captured and hung Deputy Marshal Wood is no
doubt mistake, as Leavenworth and Kansas
City dates of the 10th contradict the story.
A bill abOlishing and prohibiting slavery in
the Territory has passed the Legislature, but
the dispatch says Gov. Medary will doubtless
veto it. That slavery exists still in Kansas was
clearly shown on the trial of the kidnappers Of
the barber Fisher, at Leavenworth. Mr.. Moore,
who was sworn for the defense with reference
to the existence of slavery by usage and Gus
tom in Louisiana, Kentucky, and Kansas, testi-
fed that slavery had existed in Kansas by US
age and custom since 1850 Mr.. Green corrob-
GRATED Mr.. Moore. He brought slaves into the
Territory himself, and now had two in his pos
session This gives force to the assertion of Mr..
Buchanan's message, that slavery exists in
Kansas as much as in Georgia and Carolina.
At the last account DIR. Doy and son still re-
mained in jail in Platte county. A bill had
passed the Kansas House without opposition,
appropriating $1,000 and authorizing the en-
ployment of Counsel for their defence One H.
c. Whitley, was on trial at Lawrence for aiding
in the kidnapping of the Dogs. Mr.. W. F.
ClOugh was taken by the Missouri kidnappers
with the Dogs and forced to Weston, Missouri,
where he made his escape. His testimony on
the Whitley examination shows that he was
travelling with DR.. Doy and son, and when
about eight miles north of Lawrence they were
surprised and captured by some fifteen men,
The prisoners were tied, forced into wagons,
and armed men riding on all sides, were driven
to Weston. Their captors promised they should
be liberated and not taken to Missouri, but
when arrived opposite Weston, parties came
across and insisted that the prisoners should be
taken over. Mr.. Clough recognized Whitley
as one of the captors. He also recognized
among his captOrs DR.. Garvin, the Postmaster
of Lawrence, the two McGees and Jacob Hurd.
The Lawrence Republican states that the Leg
islature have passed bill extending the juris-
dictiOn of Douglas county over Jefferson, so as
to reach this last most wicked crime with swift
and meriled punishment, and if Doy and son are
executed by the Missourians, their aiders and
abettors in Kansas will swing also. This de-
termination will probably save the Dogs from
Missouri Lynch law.
The Lawrence correspondent of the St Louis
Democrat takes the following notice ofMarshal
Russell and his Missouri posse
When Russell made his first advent, Capt.
Montgomery was at Lawrence adjusting the
terms of a permanent peace, and Brown, at his
reqcest, and the request of other men in the
Territory. was leaving. Montgomery got back
and found everything at SKIES and sevens. The
people wanted to fight and to drive out the Mis-
sourians AS this would have been construed
as violation of treaty he would not permit it
to be done He first marched towards Paris
with the force he had, with which he could
have annihilated Russell. This satisfied the
boys and terrified Russell, who at once took to
fortifying, and is anxiously waiting an attack.
Montgomery then persuaded the settlers to go
home and leave the matter to work its own cure.
The shrevdness of this course is already be-
ginning to manifest itself Marshal Colby then
went down, and although be was unable to dis
perse or get rid of Russelrs forces, still what he
was able to do further paralysed them. The
posse" in fact, is in bad way, and if it be |
got rid of in the present way, think the peace |
will be permanent