The Sun.
London, England, 1856-10-11 00:00:00

In this morning, like the rest, I. was early astir.
My Western companions, accustomed to frequent
potations, seemed already sobered down by their
few hours' rest. If less boisterously demonstrative,
however, in relation to " Yankee Abolitionists "
than in the night; the change was only to an ani-
mosity of a more calculating and determined cba•
meter. News of fresh strife had come on board
during the night. " Extras "of the different jour-
nals, in the form of printers' slips, containing the
latest intelligence, were put on board and largely
circulated. These invariably contained distorted
accounts of the events of the hour, and appeals of
a most inflammatory character. As they wore read
aloud to the eager listeners they gave occasion to
renewed determinations to "fight the nigger-wor-
shipping ere* to 'the lnst drop of blood." Ono
" extra" .1 obtained, issued. by the Border Times
at Westport, in which the outrages at Lawrence
were announced beneath the heading, " The Kan-
sas Ball Opened—War in Earnest." In another, a
Lecompton paper, the narrative was headed,
" Lawrence taken—Glorious Triumph of the Law-
an d=OrderPaity over Fanaticism in Kansas." When
cold-blooded murder, which left behind it destitu-
tion, widowhood, and orphanage comes to be re-
garded by, journalists as the mere opening of a ball
and a ground for exultation, it is not to be won-
dered at that the men who perpetrated these deeds
were eager to acquire fresh glory in the achieve-
ment of further " triumphs."
A single incident must suffice as an illustration.
Before I bad left iny berth many minutes' was at-
tracted by the blustering talk of one of my fellow-
travellers---" one of the most respectable mer-
chants in Weston," asl was informed, lout one who,
as was evident, did not deny himself in the rum•
bar.
This respectable merchant was surrounded, as he
stood in the cabin of the boat, by a circle, whom
ppuounncildsgieinee-sedlinegt brandy-cocktails, and other corn-
, the
joined. Out of a side pocket protruded the head of
a pistol ; in his hand he brandished another, loaded,
as he told us, and ready for action. With threaten-
he vented •
ing aspect and attitude, himself, amid
following Jan aua
many oaths, of the 0 ge, addressed to

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reckon I can raise the top off the head of ere a one of
you with this here tot. Speak the word, and, by G—,
I'm your man. That's so. I should like to see the first
Freesoiler that opens his mouth ; that I should. I'd
tend him to hell pretty quick, afore he know'd what he
aa3 about : that's what I'd do. I'm a mighty ce-urions
customer, Ism.'"
And so thought, probably, one of his hearers, for
'he said to. the curious cuStOiner, 46 Come; 01,1
hossl won't you have some breakfast ?" The old
horse was not to be so easily diverted, however. •
"Breakfast ! think I'd be aver breakfast when I've
got my duty before me ? Exercise is the thing for, me
'—not eating. I tell you I'm bound to bring down some,
one afore I'm done--that I am. I've got to fight for the
liberties of my country, and rid the place of those cow-
ardly blue-bellied Yankees—that's what I've got to do.
I should like to know what they've to do in this here
place, with their snarling, sneaking ways. I tell you
there's not a man amongst them as knows how to fight.
I should like to see the first one as will open his mouth
here —that's wia4.
I shol,4ldi,lik!is to see, I tell you I'm