Democrat and sentinel. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1853-1866, 1860-11-28
Trouble Kansas.

Trouble In Kansas.
A curse seems to rest on the territory Of
Kansas Since it has been organized it has
almost constantly been the scene OF. civil wer,
riot, carnage and bloodshed Law there has
afforded little or no protection to life or prop
erty, against the assassin or robber 1t has
been used since 1855 by the Northern Abo-
litonists, as the theatre for enacting their SEN
sation tragedies, designed to fan the fires of
Sectionalism North and South, and to weak
en- the Union. We supposed they would dis
continue their nefarious work after the cleo
ton of Lincoln. But it seems we were mis-
taken. Civil war has broke out there afresh.
and at tiue too. when even the leaders of
the Republican party. confess that it is nec-
cessnry for the Northern people to pursue
calm, temperate and conservative course, in
order to prevent the dissolution of the Union.
The Abolitionists in Kansas and their North
e:n hackers, seem determined to- dissolve the
Union. This their last act is no better than
that of an incendiary, who throws 6rebrand
into powder magazine. 1t is we'll calcu-
pie desperate and determined in their seces-
sionmoveneuts, and to destroy all hopes of
the preservation of the Union. We believe
that the Southern people have more patriot
ism and corservativeism thar they have re-
ceived credit for, and therefore hope that no
disastrous results will follow the rebellious
proceedings of the Kansas disuuionists. The
following letter from Judge Williams of the
Sd Judicial district of the Territory. to the
Governor of Missouri, contains most of the
important particulars. The President has
ordered troops to Kansas to protect the peace
able citizens. .-s 49,.
{ CLINTON, Mo-, Nov 81, 1860.
| SIR: l am here to inform the citizens of
this place of the following facts, and / have
! been requested to present them to you as Gov
ernor OF the State; the AbolitioDists, under
command of Montgomery and Director Pen
| nyson, to the number of 800 to 500, armed
with Sharpe's rifles, dragoon sabres, navy re-
volvers, and bowie knives, have suddenly
commenced a war of extreme ferocity on the
law abiding citizens of Southren Kansas in
the counties of Lima and Bourbon. These
arms arrived by the wagon load a. or near
Mount City some months since, in boxes
marked donations for Kansas sufferers.
Montgomery has been N Boston during a
part of the summer, and returned with plen-
| ty of money to enlist recruits Many of
his men are newly imported. He has taken
possession of Fort Scott and other towns on
tie border, near the Missouri line He has
murdered Mr.. Moore a grand Juror; Mr..
Harrison, Mr.. Samuel Scott, Mr. Kinds, and
obliged all the United States officers, inclu-
ding myself TO fly for our lives His own
expressed design, made in public speech,
as he said without concealment, is to keep
possession of Fort Scott and other places
near the Missouri line, to prevent fire in
the rear while he clered out Southwest Miss
ouri of slaves. So he has carried out liter
ally his declared programme. The citizens
of Missouri, on Osege and Merimater rivers,
in Bates and Vernon, are flying from their
houses into the interior. He boasts that he
has money and arms to equip and sustain
1000 men.
My court was broken up by them, the Uni
ted States Court for the Southern District,
and | suspect they have seized the records,
and also the records of the land office, as be
publically declared that he would do so.
Yours, &C., j. Williams
United States District Judge for the Third
Judicial District of Kansas. So