Indiana American, Volume 24, Number 25, Brookville, Franklin County, 6 June 1856 — Page 1

SOCIBTY. VOL. XXIV-NO. 2-5. BROOKVILLE, FRANKLIN COUNTY. INDIANA. FRIDAY. JUNE 6. 1856. WHOLE NUMBER 1221.

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On lall upper eataeed fail ( at Wets lotert-.l an tit arcllno s"eäneM a eaaail .lediic.i.,.! all! Oe made. Teeth Pivot fr-, f I JSo to 2 a.b. POUag from wMNnri 'imti. i,nftiinj rrom xicla to MM Sitraeilit ia ui üva await, t warraat my wnrk.anl mtn ao sriargae for esamtaattno " I am nnw roe IT. w III In aii.l welllni: tu tarreroa. Co .ia on. 09U una Soer aorta f Uta 0! Tjoer a tor. h arrTson" m re(:t roTiT TJ IirfT. OKtl.KH IJt UlfOCKKIkS AMU XV rwmwu, u.ra-i alreea, lUaataoa, Ohio, fa au J a gvod aeeortnteot of all erUclee la Ma (loa. ALSO a general atoortment of rcmtiTCAt, Vfaleb be titaall auaap for eaib or rwnntry pro tM. Ml 17 43 iiS4. TiHDüm tmrarnw nit ti.RHH im pins mn. laeee. D aJ Domaatio Jar 0oot, Ladt. DrateOoudt T fry Had. tln amooftaa, HiMnr..ni ware, Moot. 8.a Ctiprttnt.faa., Caaaaa Mtrr nt Wai0r Athiti, ft A RHI SON, OHIO. Oat 7 49 MM C0XJ5TY DIRECTORY Ontrvtt 0.t aaati tlia UtMoaortn Fabfit arraaJ Afaab may ill tkro waakt. 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(Illatewall, Coa aipiraa faktO. Iftla Jaaa Otokraa, faaa.kUM ai aai 4 a tow to i c . Fraaela Hnaehi, CotamUalun aaplraa Noa ,t"4 raaal A. ara, Ä Oat 19, IM Lauaati ravaatii. takMCtanantar.Mitmlaalou atplrat UaeM.iMfl U ii,' k... f , " Üo I. Ma R-ba'tU. Jtaka Oeiui", Ha aT a . i ...t.. Jnka floratay, CiiHtmitalon aiptmaJuly II I4ku aoaa vowaaanr. Hobt. TT Millar. Comiatou tlrat si 1 4SH57 JaaiMll.Mtfvfa, " July la.lMi a traairHenry aal laalar, Coirlaaton aarwaa May IM baroara MoanaaB Maj J. I'iw aatT eaaarj -r .." ir. Aaa Haya. Ootaralaaion nlr Jaaa7, I 10 Uaao Pkiilij.. S rk4. IM7 WklTt ariTkB Toaraamr. WaiakrMttab'li, i'oiaaiKaton afptraa Hop I.IMI Bllpkjajot BWrbar. " Rap Ik, ihm Dani.l wu. ob - " May 9, i"l aTM towmmr. loka law, Comtalaaloa aapiraa Jona J ' , 8S( kawla Waitaxaaa April aa, 19 rüIIOI Ö0ÜHTT DIRECTORY. Ctacci r Coitbt aaaata tba 4tA 9ton4aya In Pub tvary and A .iul m II two waokt aaah tlm. CoWHoa Pi.e'oi it ntooti'M Moaoayaia Pabrttarjr. Mar, Augatt.and (tcvurabar; aacapt whan thara am ire Moadaya la tfta prase. . Ing moitb Utaa tat Moavday. May tut weakaaaab Uaao. CMiaMaa't Covtr raaU I at Monday la J aaa, Aaptoinbor, Daoaiakar and Marchmar U alidayaaaek Uraa. CakBtatf Ofatcera. fcflaor Meeker, Benator, Uma aaplraa Oct. 1934. Ovo. W, Clark, rp. Oot.lU. M.J. Witt BBarirf. Aug. 1-1-UwtaJ. Cllna. Clark, . IH W. Dawaoa, A uciltor Nor. lrÜI ft. Brown, Trwaaurer. A eg. I "57 Waa. 9. rtoao, Corooer. " Oe. I-JT A. M. Wen, K.irreror " Oat. UU7. M. B. Ifaalad Roeordar " o.lMf. Coowr Cowaiaaioeeaa Oarrwl Wllaon, Akx. 99. Padtlnak . and leaae Sulder, tlaaa einlroa SepMatkaM, I9M-7-9. Jatattc af like Pence. Jarrwll, Co.aiaiaelou oautraa Apr. la, H Bragg. Hop. la, IM. raaiaxwell " Apr. ii, i"s 91. H.werlk. J- 9. Beaeett, .W Haart, T.J. Coir in, ' MPMUer?' S W. fwvak, Ow. Wllaoft J. P.Taeaplalon . Pwtgaaon. - MayS. l37 91o.tS,IM7. Oat. la.lr"Sa. 1, IHiftDao 54. IMM. Apr. 0, tfMAug.., i ü fab.U, I'M. " Aug. ?3, 1M65 " MayS. I7. Ort. 3, 11Apr. 15.1355 VATBTTE C0UHTY DIRECTORY. Otacarr Cbobt naata fd Moaday of Marek and SaptoBtbor, atay tit two wa. Oafoaj Pbaaa Cocaw alto 4h Monday In Jaaary, April, July, aaa Octooor; bold two week j kawlaawa rwoutra. oaaaa CocaT raaata lat Monday to , Jaa.Brjtaa)kwrakd Dan eta bar; may it I at tat aya it aataaaary. Ja CoaciuTioa tttt arkaa kaatnaaa raBBlraain a ay Judiaial day of tbalvaatoa af CB91 Oatataitr Officer. MiarMakr, Baaator, Uat splra ot. IMf lalaaa Trualar. Mao " trajf Pab. 1M90 Oct. 13 IB99 S(.p.l5 Mar IM) 4. B. aVdwattla. Clark , Wea. MeCler . Baerl UMaClawry. Jailor, B9. H.Baaei, Traamrar, JawBttMtt, Aaatvae, JaaMi T. Tat. MatarAi Aug rc.; Oau iMy rt WevrU. "lararor. CB aVW taaioataa, aaanaa i. naaiat, jaan ibji I, 91. Mooaaon. ft?5 latrTlarfaattortmantlnfiill i. latt rawaUad alMo. 5 ComA ow.aad foraala by Llffl'lC PARUUMAR. rttc tyaäa, Jaat raaaUad at So. t Coat BV,aAralebr a a .. ar aa at a , a a aaa Br wm aar Mim ii in. DR. 0. H. 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$ansH8 Affairs. IwBtimony before the InreBtiffating Committee FOURTEENTH DAY. Williem Moor Cavme into the Territory August 1854 from lnlisnrt. Betlltid on Ottawa Greek. ( Fourth

District;) was at the election of 29th November, 1854: were not more than twenty-five or thirty actual resident voters in the district; there were a great many strangers there: was told they came from Missouri; they were encamped near Dr. Chapman's house; they were armed with guns, rifles, revolvers and bowie knives; heard them say they had as good a right to vote as any man there; they went off in wagons, buggies, and on horseback; they made a great deal of noise, and many of them appeared intoxicated; I saw many of them vote. To JaT. Oliver Krv waoroe of them; knew some of them to bo from Mis aouri; heard them say so; aw tbem vota. To Mr. Reeder Waa al the flection of 30th March: had beoome better acquaints ! with the dod1 of the dis- I trict;my son was Appointed one of ihe judge. went early with him to the iL i ' - -j . . ww nnlla I Ho oloMlinn area annninlnil l.. I W . .if Dr. Chapman'n; on Mrrivim,' there found the election had been moved he a bouse a half mih from there; went about half way there; eaw a great mi ny men, horses and buggies; with few ezoeptioos the men were entirely strangers; don't think more than a dosen were residents of district; the election was appointed for '.) iV!ock. and at that time nearly all of tham had voted; some of them were sitting on the ground playing cards and drink ing liqnor. and it waa said that thy were nearly out of liquor and they had sent a party for more; knew many of them, from Missouri; they had another election going on, as they said to be for another Governor; they wanted a two-aided Governor and not a one-idtd one. To Mr. Oliver There were about ono hundred there; tho men who vol. d for Oovernor voted for Thomas John son. Trt Mr - ...;ki Ai. not eote. and I did not: we concluded If, rUriw aar aa nt-.t .awake-.. Ii ww ajgfweewf w j i m vi eaBp t neiiisv lb. Dr. 0. Ü. Wtstfttll, sworn Came into the Territory January, 18641. froro : Missouri. no4r the line of the Territ... ry, within ten feet of it; a few days prior to March 30, soma of my neighbors persuaded me to oomo over with them to the Bull-t'reek precinct, Ath distriot; went out on March 8; when we got there lound a great many peo pie; there "ere two eneampm-nu there; one of the persons from Jackson County; Ike other from Cass County, knew many of these men personally; 3t that evening tho judges, two of thara Paiko from Kentucky, Paine from Tennessee . appointed by Guv Reedwr, came to me, and told me that the other judge appointed would not serve, asked me to; I consented; about 1 1 at night, when most of us had retired. Judge Hamilton, of 0as Cunty, eame in, hooping and hallooing from the Pottawatomie precinct, sta ting that they did not have men enough there, and wanted more; sixty ol our men went with him; the PJR day when tho polls were opened our men oume forward without taking the OAth and voted, there were about three hundred there; ainu-tenths wore from Missouri; the judges wore not sworn; ufier the eleotion, tho judges' in raakiug up the returns, cert! tied to the Governor that the judges wore sworn; one man named Wade eame up und announced his name; his rote was received: be noon OAtm up again and called thu name o( hissen. Samuel Wade, a boy often years of age, end his vote, was received, they left in the evening an I somo ol them in the morning; several of the men for whom thoy voted were resi dents of Missouri; one of the candidates Mr. Yo.inger whom they eh eted resides in Missouri, and is one of the wealth eat men in Jackson County, owning a large plantation and many negroes; thoy aaid if ihey were prevented from voting they would assert their rights any how. to Air. blu-rinaii No one comman ded our company; thsy generally went I U. m . . in companies 01 irom twenty lo thirty; think there wore fire hundred at Bull Creek and Pottewttttoroie, all of whom were from Missouri To Mr. Reeder Saw a great msnv . coming out to the - election of S9ih November, 1ÜÄ4, from Missouri, many from our neighborhood eame oai-1 said they were going to vote, and elect suitablo otlicers; after their 10turn, they told where they had been and what they had done; someot them told of their being at the Pottawattomie Procinet, how a tree had fallen and they had a dance around it, and how near they eame to mobbing a FreeSoiler, who after warda run on the MroSlavery ticket; saw a great many peraona wbom I kn-r fr be residents of - .rr, ,k;,.-! Missouri coming out be election of f t 1 uct, l, I860; saw th. n when they came back; they ah- at me the croti - hcates or the payment .i the dollar by I RaWjlSja KajiCt-19-aa Wllttt all lUataa - - ' - t them before "l"y kouiw om m Companies ot from twenty-five to thir ty; 1 reaided, at that time, twenty-livo miles from Bull Creek Prcciuct; they bragged a good deal of intimidating the d d Yankees, and said that they bad carried the day; Christopher Mann, of Jackson County, had awe el the reeeipts of payment of poll tax; think I saw live hundred men coming out at that time; they told mo on their return, no other candidate was voted for on thai day but Whitfield; aorue of I I. . . til - - .1 . A 4. a f I them told me that Ihey went to Locompton. others to Shawnee Mission, others lo Bull Creek, and others to Pottawattomic PreetAot; beard them I

say a good mnny Indians voted, and I Fox was tho Free-Soil candidate; the heard that whi men paid their pell Pro-Slavery candidates were not nomtax in order to get ibeii tetaa. inated in the district; Youngsr's bouse James M. Arthur, sworn Moved is near Westport; be is a wealthy man;

into the Territory 7th Aagait, 1854, from Indiana; settled at Big Sugar Cre k, Fifth DtAti ict; wac one of the Judges of the r-leotion on 30th afareh; we took the oath, aa prescribed by law; about the lime the polls wore opened, there came a number of people who demandtd to vote; they refused to be aworn; the other Judge told mu 1 must receive their rotes or resign; I resigned; they chose in my place a Mr. Smith, and then they proceeded with the election: there were between eighty and ninety votes polled, end but few citiaena voted; Mr. Younger was there and voted, aod waa elected: ho did not reside there, and never has; I remained near all day; after the election they went away; Mr' Younger told me he had a right to vote there, for be had a claim; others (old me ihey resided in Jaokson County, but bad cfaims in the Territory; Younger staid they bud at good riyhtto vote as the Yankees had; said four bott-Ioad. of tbem had arrived in Kansas City; am well scquaintcd in the Distriot; a decidt d ma-

j m ii y of the District are Freu-State men; I have been in almost every neighborhood in the Distiict and con- , '" 7 Zl rfiavf" ra 10 rrJ t0 ,ha mU?r; ff3 a9n came in wagon and un horseback; one tww.1 I. ,.il ,i. . : . : iiir.n uru 'on w u loaded with arms; i her aUo had very large knives some hud pittors. Joseph C. Stewart, sworn Came into (be Territory, June, 1864. settled in Big Blue. Tenth District; came latterly from Missouri; was appointed one of the Judges of the Eleotion of the 3Jth of March; some ten or twelve came up from Wyandot t nation, led on by William Walker, a Wyandott chief; I (old him I could not take his vote; the other Judges decided to take his rote, took it, and put it in the ballot'box; another man named Walker, did not nnawer questions satisfactorily to me; but the other Judges received his vote; others answered all the quel ii' ns aatiafnctorily; some of them left that night, the rest left the next day; none of them have been back since except Russell Garret for whom they voted. Mr. William Fain, assuming to act i Deputy Marshal of the United I C(!m? ,lh n hr i Ul rrt?l Ol UOV. nCfUff IOf uir nrri'ti n uov. Heeder lor "0011tsmpt of Court," he not appearing before it in answer, ton summons V lmUn7- ,rr rd m aunpi-na servca upon mm yesterI v. winch mu illegal in form and on that ground and in consequence of his privilege aa a contestant for a seat in ihn House of Representatives claim- ! 'lie protection of the Committee. Pain said he had nothing to do with the Committee, and to'd Reeder he had better go. The Committee then took the matter into consideration, and auted th tt (i v. Reeder was entitled to all the privileges of a member of the II Bse of itepreaenta ivrs, but took no a in tho matter. Oliver dissen ted i t mu bis opinion. Reeder said he considered that he was entitled to all the privileges of a nu mber of tho House replied to the argument of Oliver and said he helievod he could not go to Lncompton with aalety did be believe ha fould go there with but a day's detention, bo would willingly go but ho had reasons to know he could not considering himself privileged fiom arrest, ho ahoulJ not submit, toil, and warned the officer upon his peril not to do it, Tho offlcor in company with Major Oliver then left. Samuel Jones, sworn Came into Territory in October, 1864, from West port, Mo.; was at the tdeetion on 30th March; settled in Second District, near Bloomington; saw a great many strangers at tho election; heard Samuel J. Jones and Dr. Johnson tell the Judges they must resign; saw them fix a pry at tho corner of the house to pry it up. when some one said there was a Pff Slavery man in tho house; I was in camp with these men at night; was carrying a prote9t to Gov. Reeder ii:inlihu election, took breakfast 1 h three men near the camp and they told mo they were from Clay County, Mo., and thoy r.utposed there we re aa many as six hundred from there; they aaid they had no claims in 1 he Ter itory. but came on purpose to Tote; lhe ':d ihey ,,nd 10 U" Pssnrsaa a la 11 m i9 tl vr u ft aa a that f e.v fa rence; aaw many after that from La in) etto County, told me that a great many came from that County; numbers passed me whom I aaw at Bloominh,u,n ,he d7 before; on my .... 1. . . 1. 1 1 t . 11 1 ""-J u,c roHU WM lu" lonK 1 1 k,Pl ,u ,t; lhT told ma ther- r from thrcu to eight thousand who had : cy! ,? lb,.iwrr,tor7 ue t.ommiiiee now adjourned. FIFTEENTH DAY. Mr. Gearhart, sworn Came into the Territory from Missouri ia February. 1864, und settled on the Osage River; lived in the same precinct ever since; attended the election of 30th of March, 1866; saw many strangers there: saw persons whom I knew to iff. t (if MNHliliri I KaB lia-a.! aaa - v 1 Cass Countv: thev votedmn. r I w" B -" Sa-B IUVMI I were armed; there were about two 1 hundred there whom I did not know 1 1 a acquainted with nearly every i ft a. iL S . t a a . a man in me oisirtci; don t think there were more than fifty legal voters in the district; a good many settlers remained at home nd did not come to the electien; before 1 came from Missouri, heard a heap of men say they intended to ccme over and vote; they don't de ny it; they think It an honor; theie was a deal of noise and trouble there; they were drinkicir a irood deal Mr Younger made a speech at the eleotion claiming that the Miaarmrian had right to vote; Mr. Fox replied, and do9 aa a i lit, and said he thought those who had broke down the briars and made the paths in the Territory were the only ones who had thr ritrhL to vat

it was said that be had a claim in the Territory, but don't believe it. Jesse W. Wilsod, sworn Came into the Territory in August, 1864; settled on the Osage River; eame from Jackson County; was well acquainted in the distriot; am one of the oldest settlers: was at the election of 30th of March; saw many persons there; did not know at first but the United States troops were there, there were ao many encamped; they were from Missouri; knew many of them and conversed with others; witness named many that he knew; they said they came to vote; the Emigrant Aid Company's paupers were coming out to volo, and they had as much right as anybody; there are no Emigrant Aid Company's paupers in my neighbor

hood; our settlers are from Indiana, Kentucky, Illinois, and Missouri: the companies were armed; there was some violence at the polls; tbey said they wanted to make Kansas a Slavo State; was at the eleotion of 29th of Nov.-mber, 1854; there wer many Missouri ans there; they votd for J. W. Whitfield; saw James Yager of Missouri, a Judge of Jackson County; he did not vote, but said he came to attend the voting of others; witness named others from Missouri who voted at this election. Marshall A. Garrett, sworn Came into Territory in November, 1864, from Missouri; was one of the Judges of Election, 30th March, of Big Blue District; there were no non-residents of the district that I know of who vo ted on that day; there waa a party of VVyandotts under command of Wal I r who voted on that day and claimed the right to vote in consequence of having claims in the district; some of them have and some of them have not been in the district since. Geo. W Glaspey, sworn Came into Territory from Missouri on the J 1th day of April; was at St. Joseph; came aoroes the river and voted, just below Whitehead; there were a great many people there; should think there were .000 there; saw them passing up to the window to vote; we had a fine dinner there; I sat down and ate; everything was free: wo bad a good time; we oame across the river in the ferry; the dinner was free and the ferry was free; the boat was running all day; l'-.d cold bam, cold biscuit, and good beer; Major General Richardson was at the head; I oame and voted and went baek, but don't want to be called a Misaourian. Dr. Westfall, recalled There are memorandums on the poll books of the Hud Creek Precinot of peisons who refused to be sworn ana whose votes are marked as rejected; this was all done for effect ; there was an underlanding on the partof the Judgcaand these men. that il should be done: there ware Free -flute men looking on; no one was sworn that day. Augustus Parker, sworn Was on the Black Vermillion on the 30th March; did not vote that day; eame Into Kansas Territory in 1853; want up to Fort Riley; have lived near there ever since; the night of 30th March stayed with a friend on the road lo Marysville; some timo during the time some persons passed in wagons; they told my frit h i tbey bad voted; I only know by hearsay of illegal voting there. John E. Davis, sworn Reside on Big Vermillion; came into Territory in 1854; was not at eleotion 3d March, 1855; the day after eleotion was at my store, forty-fivo miles from Marysville; a Mr. Marshal oame with about thirty young men, whom I knew at Weston, Mo., conversed with them; thev said they were at Marysville, had voted and had carried tho day for Missouri; they said there were 160 or more there; that they wanted to make Kansas a Slave State; they were drinking and carousing; 1 formerly re sided at Weston; Mr. Marshall and Mr. Donaldson were along, they were elected to the Legislature; Marshall paid the bills; Donaldson said that he had lost a good many votes at Fort Riley as the Free Boilers turned out strong there; he hoped Marysville, would save him; Donaldson had no claim there, he resided in Jackson County, I thick; I have not seen him in our Distriot since. J. C. Prince, aworn Came into the Territory five months ago; I was at the election at Fort Scott in November 1664; resided in West Point, in Jackson County, Mo., at that lime; went out in company with one hundred and fifty or two hundred at that time; had their wagons and tents and encamped on the Omaha; the persons who voted there were from Missouri; they aaid ihey went to vote; first I aaw Mr. Sarbce and Wilson were Judges; made several attempts to swear the roters; they overcame them in some way, and no one was sworn; I know of fifty from Missouri who voted, prefer not to give their names, unless it is necessary: I think there were twenty five legal roters who voted that day; there were one hundred and five votes cast; several men pointed out to ms as eastern men, whom I was told intended to vote and return, the same as Mimourians did; the votes wero all given for Whitfield; some of the most influential of my acquaintance, requeated me to go; don't with to give any names; am willing to give my own name; have a good many acquaintances living in Missouri, and am continually going backwards and forwards, therefore don't wish to give names; I don't know 'hat I do know of a secret socle ty called the Blue Lodge, I think there may be a secret society; witness said he would like to have something explained: he said if a man bad been sworn to keep a secret, he wanted to know how it was that he eould be compelled to answer and tell all about it: a man's life in some parts of Mis souri is not any too safe, any way, and I have many friends and considerable business there, and 1 don't want lo get into trouble, I know of such a

i society, I knew of it in the Fall of 18 - ' . w a a AT.

64, 1 anow or some ot tne persons belonging to that society voting at Fort Scott perhaps all, it had for one of i . s oojecia toe matting ot ivanaas a Slave State, they have passwords and signs, witness thought they were a

little hard on him. the members of about forty, Ira Nome, who was enthis society take oaths, they swear to ' gaged in the mob, told me he would make Kansas a Slave State, the best advise me for my good as a friend, way they can; to make Kansas a Slave when you get away, just keep away, State is the object of the society; I ! 1 told him I could not leave for I i.ad

don't know of Ibis society existing in the Territory, it is a year since I had any thing to do with it. I 9uppo9e this society was instrumental in sending persons up here to vote, I don't know

that they raised money or issued cireu-1 told them if I lived I should come lars, presume that tbey had disouss- j back, they said if I came back they ed tho sending of voters up into the j would hang me, I told them I would Territory, think there were a large num-J oome backend should exercise my bar of persons belonging to it; I think rights as a citizen, they sent me down it would result to my ioiury if 1 told the river on a raft, Je raft was conall I know about it, and th is is one i sir ucted of two cotton wood logs, fas-

reason why I don't wish to tell; if I had known vou were iroine to be so pinning in your questions you would not nave louna me anywhere around here; I know of persons coming out here the 30th March. N illiam Chestnut, tworn Live in the Pottawatomie precinct, came into Territory 29th of October, 1854; came from Connecticut, was at the election 30th of March, was appointed by Governor Reeder as one of the Judges ofthat precinot, arrived at the polls at 8 o'olock, the other Judges were not -4 A A 4. A a Ti m mere, t claimed me privilege oi up pointing two others, when a man came

up armed with a knife, revolver, 4c., i on 30lh or April last, I went through and said he was from Missouri, and Atchison, I called to transact some his party would appoint the Judges; business there, spoke to no one but I remonstrated, he then told me if 1 1 those I bad business with, as I returnmade any trouble be would dispone of ed to my buggy, Kclley aud others me very suddenly, he then asked me j assaulted me, dragged me into a growith a sneer, bow I would have the eery where there were a company of eleotion conducted, I told him accord- men claiming to be from South Caroing to the condi ions and restrictions j Una, Kclley told them I was the one of the Governor's proclamation, he! whom they had aent down the river, said the Governor had no right lo im- j they cried out, hang him. hang the pot Mich obligations; that their being j d d Abolitionist, bang him, Kclley there constituted them voters, and J told them, do what ow please, one they should vote, let the oonaequenoea Pouth Carolinian came to me and be what they miiht, I (old him 1 should ' wanted lo know if had a revolver, and

aot as Judge, and if they did not per - mit me to do that, I would at least stay and witness their proceedings, he aaid if I did bo I did it at my peril, he afterwards came to me and said, to prevent trouble, I hsd better lot their men vote and our own without awear - ing them, I told bim I should not do it, they then appointed two Judgea. one of them a reaident of Miaaouri. 1 acted as clerk, tbey then commenced votinir. over four-lift ha of the rnlat were handed in by armed men, I obiected to the voles of many, the other Judges would take no nolloe ol my . .. . . i remonstrance, but take the ballot and put tt in, At noon, one of trie junges . 4. - . . a .4 a . a Mr. Woar, propose that we adjouru for about an hour for dinner, he said be wouW take care of the ballot-box, took it up and walked off with il, I (ol-1 lowed him. he met Mr. Ferguson, and said Mr. Wilkinson, the Pro-Slavery candidate, had invited him to dinner. I told him I would go too, I followed him. thron gb their euoampmenl, they raped both sides of the road, ind on the ground and iu B A B a wero encara Iviny rutin wagona and some 01 tnem unuer tue influence of liquor, they were all armed with knives, revolvers and rifles, we then want on, before we got there Wear turned round and said to me, "I guess we won't go down there;" we went back and opened the polls again, at sundow wo closed the polls and counted the voles, the other Judgea made out a certificate saying il was a true election, and handed il to me, for my signature, I told them I could not sign it without committing perjury, the bouse waa immediately filled with armed men, General Coffee, ooeof the candidates, made a speech, saying it was very aggravating for a public officer not to do his evident duty, but he hoped (here would be no bloodshed, he then oame to me in a familiar manner, and requested me to sign it, saying it would look better for me to do it, I told them I was at their mercy, but I would cot sign it, the other Judges said tbey could get along wiihout my signature, I then left, had got but a little ways when a party of men discharged their rifles, and hooted at us, they continued hooting and yelling as long as I remained in sight, not over 70 legal votes were cast, there wero 266 votes cast in all, don't know of any person who came out under the auspices of any Emigrant Aid Society settled in our district, except myself, I came out under the Kansas League, paid my own expenses, at that time a decided majority of the people were in favor of making Kaosas a Free State, since then this majority has increased; the witness- said when w . 4 . i 4 ., he objected to Ferguson acting as Judge, Ferguson said be had his wash - ing done at Pottawatomie, and that make him a legal voter. Rev. Pardee Butler, sworn Came to the Territory one year ago, came ia at St. Joseph and settled on Stranger Creek, about twelve miles from Atchison, on the 16th August went to Atchison to take a boat down the river; Kelley was acting postmaster there, and co-editor of Squatter Sovereign, I aaid lo him 1 should have beco.ne a subscriber to your paper, only I do not like lb spirit of violence that characterises it, he said he regarded all Free Soilers as rogues and that they should ba treated aa suob, 1 told him I was a Free-Soiler, and should vote to make Kansas a Free State, he said

I don't expect you will be allowed to lbenr h did not know tbem aud devote, aext morning Kelley came to my i clined, tbey made themselves known boarding-house with a number of man, t0 bim, and told him they were afraid and showed me some resolutions cut loe Bfln would mob him, and tbey from the Squatter Sovereign aod pas-' wished him to go to head-quarterg

ted on a sheet of white paper, aud i asked mo to sign them, witness read the resolutions, 1 declined to subscribe to the resolutions, Kelley de maaded I should sign them, 1 wriil into the street, tbev followed me, and asked me again if 1 would sign them, I told them no, they aeiaed me, drag-'

! ged ma down to the river oalled me a aaaa B B . . .

d d Abolitionist, and said that they j were going to drown me, on getting j me to the river Kolley painted my face black and marked it with tho letter R, for two hours I was cursed, entreated, insulted and abused, by a crowd of real estate in Miwoori and a claim on Stranger Greefc, whioh I will not sell, and, unless yen take my life, I will live on it, they said well, live on it, but don't vou come back to Atchison, I tened together by a plank; tbey towed the raft into the stream with a canoe, I giving me no oar nor rudder, thay put on the r-Jt a flag inscribed "Eastern Emigrant Aid Express, Rev. Mr. Butler, Agent of Underground Railload, the way they ara served in Kan sas, tko ." thev said they would shoot ! me if I pulled my flag down, I did pull it down, used the statt tor a rudder, and after going about six miles got ashore, I never enticed slaves to leave their masters, they all admitted I was not an Abolitionist, but a Free Sniler, I mean by a Free-Soiler one in ! favor of making Kansas a Free State, 1 handed me a pistol, telling meto atand off ten paces, and be would shoot me, I would nol take the pistol, he then laid be would shoot me. General Tutt, of Buchanan County, Mo., came in I and begged of tbem not to do it, they , then dragged me into another grocery, chose a moderator and proceede 1 to try me, Kclley made a statement to them, when I rose to reply thev I caught hold of me, pulled mo down, ! nulled mv head, and choked mo. cr - toy bei d n ing out d n you. shut up. General j you. shut up. Generali a. . . a lull aud are I'.sq. Etneraon pleaded in U.A mv behalf and 1 at liberty, saying thry were Pro-Sla , very men and In favor of making Kan -aaa. - sas a Slave Slate, providing it can be done honorably, thev then voted to ; tar and feather and whip mu wards they rescinded the latici , the vote, tlw South Carolini peered displeased at this, and ssi if they had known il was going to; I turn out so they would have lot

j shoot me, as he would have done it as ' their guns at me, and I was compelled quick as a fl-sh, tbey (ben snipped I to slop, I asked ihem bv what author - mo naked lo my wai9t, spread a coatl' tbey did It. they told me ihey had .at at .a. I 1 a I. I all KerAfl a. 11 ST. ll 1 1 , I 1 I 11 Bji PflllP Sil,.,

..I ! 1 1 1 Hi f. r tu.1 i I. ii i 1 1-. i ... t iti.i iv 1 1 1 1 tbere were about fifty persons thore. Aaaph Allen, sworn-Camo to the Territory in November, 1864. left Torwlr arlir in tka mnrnintr ( ihn .fllr, peka esrly in the morning ol tho 3Uth March, arrived at Tecumseh about ;a 44ai.w,L ... . ..I ma nine o clook, saw a great many pera . . ae . . a a. aons there, some of I i wnom 1 anew to reside in Mitsouii, .1. tnu mini at from vote pose Law pie on the road, arrived there about noon, they were voting in Lawrence, I resided in the Lawrence Distriot at that lime, the crowd was so deo9e around the polls 1 could not vote until sundown, on Thursday before the peace, during the last invasion, I stai led from Topeka to go to Kansas City, to purchase goods, arrived at Franklin that night.' the next morning I waa arrested by Cant. Wallace and taken before (i n. Strickler, he asked me what my politics were, 1 told him I was a Free-Slate man, he then said they would have to keep mo, they look me to what ihey termed the 1 an1.-... I .... I ik.p.. r aaar ncv iciii., inet 4. maww v.in. 4 uni.iv . ' t it -. a . - q... and a comoanv of United States bur - Gen. Pomeroy veyors in custody, there were eight prisoners con timed in the tent; there were no charges brought against the 1 Surveyors except that they were Free Mate men, the officers treated us well, but the men freely passed jokes at our expense, 1 requested permission lb write an order for goods to Kansas City, after writing it, I was oompelled to take out everything referring to where I was. General Strickler ordered me to do this, tbe order never reach ed its destination, on Friday night it; was reported Iba. tbe Yankits had shot one of their pioket guard, tbe men came around the tent crying out. "Hang the d d Yankees we have got in the tont, the officcra finally succeeded in quieting ihem, about half an hour afAer this, David K. Atchison and Colonel Boone came into tbe tent, and asked Pomeroy to come with where be would be safe, he then went with them, General Sirickler told me that he would let me off the next day, the next day, in the afternoon, one of the guard told in that they would 1st ns go, but tbey were afraid that the men would mob us, he said tbey f re going to send the men out on the pr ti

we we a bt w v a -1 vaaswM Tarsar e we was a a r a j cotton wool, appointed a Coramitte of nun. finally, through the inlluen e of Seven to hang ms if I should evr r Jon, I was permitted to pass, went turn, then threw my clothes into the I to Shawnee Mission intending to combuggy and acoorapanied me out of j pl'n lo the Oovernor, 1 was told he town, It was about noon. I don't know ! was al Westport, rodo on to W. stport. of these men being arretted, tho au-1 All round the town there were camps thorities of the town did not interfere, of armed men, inquired for the Gover-

os o, some wno-n ue anew to oe - i.w.L . ZZlÄ ! deatroy men than to ave them. Gen

Missourilsaw some of them "T"".', -nu . "c " ( W. i. a or.duale cf the Miami Uni-

, they said they came for that pur- ' " T Z ; vtr.Uy at Oxford, he ha. studied and

, irom iecumsen l came on to; - practiced law. and was an ornament to

renco, saw over two hundred peo-, " t . . the leiral profeeaion. but (or the last

J rie to practice with the cannon, and I. a - SSSa 11. I

then thev would let as go, which they did, they kepi about seventv-live dotlars' worth of things belonging to me me, which I have not since got, I gave them to General otnckler, and have since asked him for them, he said he knew nothing about them; I saw them atop the mail, thev detained it for sometime, but few of the. persona there from the Territory, the cannon

they had were from Missouri, saw them house for "Shaipe's rifles" as Gage when they were taking them home, did for "flint lock." Deny the right S. N Simpson, sworn Was in I of the citizen "to bear arms." TramLawrenco in December last, when 1 plo on the constitutional guarantees of

Barber waa killed, waa on my way to my brother's when 1 heard of it, and about a mile from where the murder

took place, my brother took my horse : dom "treason" and defense of domeaand rode to the spot, I met a comp i- tio rights a "felony," you must expect ny of horaemen, eorpe of whom my to find "traitora" enough and "felone" brother, from his bouse, had seen ride j enough lo hurl you down from the out on to the prairie and shoot at j public trust you have 90 long and so Barbr, I knew two of them John P. infamoualy abused. Albany Kit. Wood and Mr Clark, an Indian airent Jourto. Dr. Prentiss I saw the body of! m"!2SmEmF!BMWmmmWSWkWK

Barber, am a practicing phyaioian, his death was caused by tho wound he received, he was wounded in the abdomen. I presume the wound caused immediate (Teath. William Phillips, sworn Oame inI to the Territory in Ootober, 1864, arnvea at uawrence ine oay Dciore tne lescue of Branson, I attended the meetings held at Lawrence in relation to the rescue, I went to the camp at Wakarusa on Dec. 1, raw men there, t I w ,.11 m a lK.IT wm w a f r . ... XI i.ant.ri ..111. l.Jl 1 mil 4ll WW I V II "III WinCim), heard them say that the people of Lawrence had been burningthe houses of Pro Slavery men. heard them ihreaten to corae up and de.troy Lawrence, went down again ihe next day, went over the Warkau.a, aaw many i -. i.j .u. tey were going, tbey said they were going to camp, and that they were going to burn Lawrence and drivel out the Abolitionists, some told me they were from Lexington, others said they were from Clay County, some I told mt- that 3,000 persons coming up, they tried to stop me, I asked them by what authority, they said when they came up they stopped at the Mission, and Governor Shannon enrolled them, the men I saw in camp were firing at a mark, drinking and oarousing, on Monday I went down acain, saw Marshal Jones, rodo with him some way, he told me be waa go-1 ing to camp, he said he commanded I the Company there, and they were ' troinir to ntrht. 1 told hlin a liirhl mi-rht ' 'endanger the Union, he said d I OM ' Union, I followed him towards tho I'IIWnt.H Sil isa iwnnivi IHV .a. i i .ii w l a w camp no to.o me . cou.o not go. ,. ' wnereiwas going, i mm : him I was oointr below, he offered lot I 1 ! Accompany me by the g ba Creek, aaw that th uard, went to as i ' .Ull'l ll.ll" . . i it 1. 1 i lit topped a load ol goods the Creek, and they we ... 1....1 ..( in I . a's a s I Vf searching' would not give tnem, i Nicked my bcraa and rone on. the guara leveled ai tiecti t nroin i iv irovt rnor rman1 nur, and heard he had gono back to IW the Mission. 1 rcde cn tA RaAWA. CTty. ' ii nn Bkw ii ii i ii u 111111 iti ii w an urriibiiii -j i.vi- ii. -i. . j i: , , , - , ! PrtV from Westport who told 099 r , r. .. rilB W J" by thor ty efl Gov. Shauncn, they said he had given . . ii ii iv tnem oruers to iei no aunpieioua per- , .. ... r . . f , , aon ttasa irom ine lern orv. tnev io u r - - - r.- YY"v -w' " -j they t. 'h- house of McGee, when there, 1 thought they were going to harm me, I appealed to Mut i. e as a brother Odd Fellow, be interested himsdfin my behalf, and finally told me that all he could do for me was to get them (o let mo off by bis searching me, 1 at first refused, but saw the men were getting drunk and concluded to submit tojt, they kept me till the next mornIne, when McGee apoliced to me for il... I niu I mi.nl I linil raroi I'ffl and Hiiirl ' he did all for me he could, but he was a member of another secret society aod acting under their orders, he said he was a Border Ruffian and , . . , e ... ipround of it, and that the men ot Mis 1 r . . ' . ... souri would wade to their knees in blood before Kansas should be Free: State, heard the men talklug about going to Lawrence to take part in the ' Biege, heard them talk about going to the American Hot' !, at Kan9as City, and mobbing General Pomeroy, tbe only thing preventing them was, they thought thev had not time to do that and get to Lawrence to participate in J trie eiairn .4.4. ".V Saasas. When President Pierce orders Col Summer's dragoons to encamp in Lawrence to enforce the uifamou Slave Code of Missouri, he does precisely what George HI did when h sent Gen. Gage to enforce lho frump Act and the Tea Tax in Boston. When Jones and tbe Alias set out to make "arrests," they set oul to do just what Major Pitcairn did at Concord. The offense for which the first blood in the Revolution was shed, was the same as that of the settlers In Kansas. Tbey refused to submit to foreign tyranny. Tbey "were assembled with Arms in their" hands! " That was the crime done at Lexington. That is the crime charged at Lawrence! Go on, gentlemen, by all means. Murder Dow for "taking in a black smith shop." Franklin was guilty ol the same crime, in Massachusetts, and Pitcairn would have ahol Aim if he

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I lo pieces for leaving his plow to attend a "meeting of rebela." Putnam committed the same offense, and ma ny a red-coated Junes would have chopped Arm to pieces if be had but got a chance. Arrest Pomeroy and Hutchinson and Branson for exercising "the right of speech." It was a crime uuder Lord North's Code, aa it . is under Stringfe How's. Search the : freed tin of speech and of the Press Learn, if you art bent on provoking the lesson, thai when you make free&or rtsponHturt. ii" " W , Mt- P"". Hnrbv Cntt Iowa, April 8th, 1856. , rR1"u wswu.-a.ws .ong siline about the Iowa prohibitory law V 14J a Q LTI VB lASAVJ 3 IV UIV'jT J UlA It Vou are awars that our last Legislature enacted a very stringent prohibitory Liquor Liw and submitted the same to a vote of the people, at the April election of 1866; said law was PP". by the voters by in over"MaaIS pnty. And k-re permit 0 ,D,or '"ouniy wb. .lho -ner county in the Stale, ithav,n 'Ven he arge.t majority in faI ,vKor of Pr0 "blUo . C?n t0Wn"h,P' the town-dun in rhich I live, east every vote in favor uf the Maine Law. That is hard to beat. I expect if vou publish that in the American, some of your readers will take up the chorus, "I'm oound for Uta land of Canaan! But notwithstanding the friends of Temperance were thus triumphant, ihe Kummies cried out "unconstitutional," and relused to obey. Many of them were arraigned before our courts and severely puniahed. They appealed to the Supreme Court, and some da;s ago that Court sustained it, in every important particular. This is rather cold comfort for the dramseilers. Poor fellows! 1 hope they will have to work and earn an hone-t living, or go to juil and be supported at tho public expense, for it appears plain to me that it is better for the emmuntty to support tbem where them ,t I II. . ,t,tn ,1.. hafitt tlit I ax Ia .Kl . . .a 4 am i. til w i inn ill. a a a i t . r a ran titii t u i a , - ;icl. "k" " ,,dM' 70U. I1"! w not cursed with such Old Hunker Knmocratic Judges as Perkins, David - aaa , son dt t o., wno in a little brief authority put their iron heel of op s will of Ihe peo tir'best interests. fondest hope, and answer at the bar There is mime speculation as to who , J. ' ; TjV?! !;,;,' tsuwa lit will get the nomination of the Philai.nvention hu rreniriunt, aa whorv t get the ne-mina-(if a suitable pcraoti) will bo eieried Mi K lit.ir. would nol lb n Samuel F. Cary.ol Ohio, make a good President, you know some people are very fond of Military titles, but then. says on. . lien Cary, lias never seen any aerviee. All a miatako my good friend. Gen. Cary, has been waging . I I-" I Zt'Zt;---7" 01 l ie. irreaiesi ' . at -: " - - - an b t ,fi d , h . , h -" " ""U " "9 cauaed many thousands of them to da 4Aemy,astdttMr ",0 . r 7' hy r u. il :lu ir live, vet I am aware .... , ' , , . . that wilh some neon a il ia consul, n-. . . r-- . 15 or 16 years he has devoted his en tire attention to the temperance reform with n seal that scarcely has a parallel in history, devoting hia all, time, talent and Korlune, onlv claiming as his rew .rd the consciousness of benefiting hia fellow men, and I do not know that he would quit his chosen field of labor for ihe Presidency. The talk of having a celebration about the fourth of July, over the completion of the RailroaJ. Just go I out to Spades' some time tbout the first of Jnly, and you can arrive in time. A sight of thit Oautiful country, would pay vou for your time. A. YANCEY M rM-iK, May 16th. 1866. Mu Editor: Have you room in M iir paper for a tew lints from me? 1 wish to state briefly a few ti ings that 1 have seen and heard. It was j announced that there would be a mass , meeting of tho democracy of Delaware county, on Tuesday last and that, A. yj P. Willard would address tbe meeting. the masses assembled they numbered about forty, all told. Soon the lion of the tribe appeared. After he bad ihtowu off bis coat, cravat, and shirt collar alter the fashion of a combaltaut in a Hooaier street fight, the Lion began to shake his mane and roar. And thus he roared, "American slavery baa been a blessing to the African race Again "Congress has no right to say whether slavery should or should not exist in States applying lot admission into the Union." These are the words of tbe leader of the democratic party, yet they say they are opposed to slavrry and to its further extension in territory now free. If slavery has been a bleaaing to tba poor African, why not extend the benign influences of the institution over all otu Union, and to ovary down Ured ii i i u upon the globe? Would it nut be a blessing to the poor And ignorant wluti i oi Indiana to be plaoed under tbu bonds ol -lavcry. With A. P. WillATd aa their MUttA WfiH

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to be placed, for a while. kapgy influence of his fear tMftWsoa He denounced the Prohibitory latejAct Law (a strong terms. He said thai be as an individual, and the democrats as a party are opposed to the Prohibitory Law, yet ha stopped net to explain why it was that he aa preeidiAf officer of the Senate gave the miee vote in favor of the law, and how it happened (hat Joe Wright, aa Crover nor and leader of the party, Mgned the bill. These are things i Aar sab aed heard. I know not what the people in other portions of the Slate think bot out here they any ihey must have, Ibr (. vrrnr r o6r ma i are Ofapoeed to lh further esUiam of tlavtry sa Irrritortß now fr e. Are ihey not light in this? I will -lose here promising to miorm you ot such other thti may heieafler come under asryi tion, anoiner time, u yon are wi to hear ue. Yours trulv. H. C. ar Rather Tough A party of young men were seoeetoroed to amuse their leisure moments at the hotels, in drawing a long bow, or telling wonderful yarns to other, for the benefit of thoae enlly verdant, who may happea in from other party. They tmd the effect of a tew extraordinary wolf stories 4" upon a venerable and sedate customer, not long since, who had com so spend a night at the best hotel, be iuiencd to them with much apparent aorprtae and interest, until their stock appeared to have tun ot, and the conversation flagged, when he remarked that he had been muck interested in the news they hsd given him, relative to the primeval inhabitant of that country , but regarded an event in bis arly lite as more peculiar than any they had named. Said he: "When a young man, 1 was traveling in Western New York, and late of a stormy night, applied at a log cabin for lodging The occupant, a woman, relused It, saying her b abend and sona were oat a bnnting, and if they found me there, would murder me. 1 preferred the chaetee. to the storm, and she consented that I might lie down before the fire. In the night 1 beard them coming, and scram bled up the chimney. Thinking 1 wee sate when at the top, I supped over the roof, Aid jumping down at the back of the cabin, jumped into a wolf trap. A scream of pain brought th man and boys out. and they declared I deserved a more severe puaishmeAt the, death, so tbey kept me iu the trap anal ia suspense until morning, aod theo, heading me up in a hogshead, with no air or light but through the treagholo, tbey put me on a sled aod drove me some four miles np a hü I, aad ihnre rolled sua off to starve. This I undoubtedly should have done, but for a eery singular occurrenov. The wolves smelled AM smi, mmM gsjhrrtd around my prison, when one of tbem. turning round, happened to thrust hia (Ail into the hung hole It waa tin only chance. 1 eaught firm held aed held oa, Ilk death to a dead negro, which frightened the wolf, of course, and he started down the hlH. followed by the hogshead and me. "Il waa a vary nay ride, over tbr tones and slumps; bet I had no idea how long it was, until the bogsbeed. striking a stone fairly, the staves, worn by long travel, were broken is, and I jumped out to find myself away down ... 1 I - -- - - J 4-4 I tv aom. thinv mil.s from the so.ne"f r . . . r lho disaster. (rood night gentlemen 1 did not express any doubt of the truth of your stories, and I hope you will not of mine, 1 1 is currently reported that the "sell" club of Sandusky . baa not bad a full meeting sir oe that occurred. An Ioka Tau i and BaADTtrtL. I cannot believe that the earth is man's abiding plaee. It cannot be that our life is cast up by the ocean of eternity to float a moment upon its waves and sink into nuthingneM ! Else why is it that the aspirations which leap like angels, from the temple of our heart, are for ever wandering about unseAaTt4sd ? Why is it that the rainbow and the cloud oome over us with a beauty that is not of earth, then pass off, aad leave us to muse their faded h renoes? Why is it that the stars who bead their festival around the midnight throne are set above the grasp of oer limited faculties, forever mocking us with their unapproachable glory ? And, finally, why is it that bright forms of human beauty are to our riew, and then taken leaving the thousand streams of oer affection to flow back in Alpine tor rents upon our hearts ? We are horn for a higher deathly than that of earth; there is n realm where l-aiAbsMNB raaeer fade ; where the stars w4H he set before ns like islets that slambet aa the ocean; and where the barings that pass before us like shadcrwa, vrffl aAay in our presence Bwlmm Tea Caadu and rna Ou Aaa Chub. No hoese ia completed with out two pieces of furniture the era die and the old arm chair. Noi ia full that hath not in Hab a grandfather or grandmother. Ufs becomes more radiant and paHect when iu two extremes keep along with it. The two love wbieb weiei the cradle aod eerve tbe chair are SNA. But how different in alt their syeniags and actions. To the child, Use heart turns with nsora tendBresse af leva. To the fagAd parent, leva is kyorne up on a aerviee of raveiae. Tbttmgh the ohild you look frrwaaTd shlSBSgh the parent, 70a took haakwatd. In tba ohild. yon see hope 4m Umm, brave ambition, st4 a Mil yet to he drawn forth in nil its auAy atfoi es perienoea. Through the silver haired parent yon behold the peat, hi to Äb4Bb5 Ve)V f Iw awwaaXlv09 aTBBWMBr7ale

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