The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1855-06-10

ALUars I'm Kansas and en- ths Plains.
THE HUN TROUBLES BB0US.-BgAaADoOlA or ruu
RED hA--AFPARs In KASsAs-sLAvps Como TO
nEBaAsKA-ASorHER SLAVE STATE In cosrsn
PLATOON.
(Corrsspondenos q the st. Lsuis Republican,
WH!rnsAD, RAasas Territory Nay "a, 1855.
There are dsy arrivals from the Plains md each
brings nav and difsrest reports OF the Indians. The
last In Is the train Of Mr.. Mason Salt Lake. de
Hiotas the hinnecoutees and tse Caaaachss, are a.
semoang st Ash Hollow, TO the number Of three tasu-
sSa sssIs ..d are eager for fight rhey laugh at
sne oes OF being whipped by regular saidiery and
say they would fear twenty old nountaneers than
nousasd OF them; thai while soldiers playing
M music and turnisg about IN column they will give
them hre and then OF sight ana hide that the
can never catch them in their valleys and
tains, and that they viii have Gne time Ia taking the
scap OF scattered and parties and steAyr horses
and provisions.
They have ordered the traders TO leave III.
Old Reichard who has lived there thirty Ave yssrs and
old Marian, who has dwslt among them nearly "a io.r
and both Of whom have ntsrmsIrisd with them. could
not believe that they would DO obliged TO 90 hut thev
told that the horses OF ali traders would be i'm
pressed for the Of the Indians aud the horses
stealing all they can lay their hasds on Th.y
had stoen eighty six horses from Fort Laramie and
twenty seven mules from under the gnArd a. Fort
Kearney.
party Of Cheyennss chased some Pawness iuto Fort
Kearney and shot Of them after they in. The
surgeon took Of the body tbs Chsysnnes de-
msn6ed the scalp; IL reu sed; the Oheyennes made
come hostile denominations, whom 6le OF soldiers dred
into them; the Cheysnnes stood for moment as II to
see il any Of their band were wounded Not a bali,
however, had taken effect They then turned and de-
parted slowly taking of twenty seven mues. Those
the fort said to have been very much alarmed and
congratulated themselves upon having missed their a
believing il they bad killed one tho indians wosld have
mie Ksarny state Of the keenest sp ,rehea
sion and most painful suspense They fear that the In
and with no friendly iesiinss may wipe them all out
by Of getting their HANGS in before the detach
mss.s reach them This car hardly be the
a. Kearny, while those concentrating ct Ash Hollow will
prepare to meet soldiers In full force at that point
They do not need Fort Laramie will exhaust none OF
their strength In taking it, Their policy to fight
the mountains whore they can annoy Us, and yet e.
There great contasty Of opinion In record to the
expectancy and propriey Of sending troops out 1t
this time. was rather vaeiisting until now. Tho
across the country. shows the Indians to be very
unsettled state. The Sioux PAwnses Crows and Black
feelings for the United states are anything but kindly
Only few Of them bave country and its
prowess 10 neither appreciated nor understood ~ the
many The tales they hear of great villages covering
miles OF space and containing hundreds Of Thousands Of
inhabitants; and Of wigwams built of stone the
other TO great height and vast extent and divided in
to hundreds of lodges aud Of long trains Of wagons that
run without horses at the rate Of two three hundred
miles between the rising and setting Of tns sun and Of
four miles. with accuracy they believe just as We do
the wonder. reiated in Guiiver's travels. 1t Is ali
form NO iiea Of such things, and whoa those who
have seen them asseverate their TRUTH they believe
country, or are trying to impose upon Thorn. Tho SOL
dsrs they have seen at forts ousnumbered BY
their warriors They ask "Whyis it, we have such
mutudes, that We don't send moro of them there y
They have several times been told that would send
troops out to whip them they did and so-and yet
they have done SO and so-but no troope They
killed Lieut. Grattan and his company without trouble,
aad think they can whip any force we eau send there
murder emgrsnis sns mail Carriers Our ssndus an
army there will teach them better. 1t may be only
cessary to show them our strength. hope that will
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fight the battle will be long, er.atc bloody aad dsas
tIous. 1t will extend vast terri toiy-among
funeriDgs nnumerahle and inconcsvabs, will come in
long marches ROCKS and sands in THIRST and heat
co%s .ae suns Q. and 10 aasns staons
at the best is hard but upon the Plains 1t is horrible
Ihe elections in our fras, second, third, seveath,
eighth ard sixteenth districts took place the 22d
inst-day before yesterday but have not heard the
result There excitement about it. Tho friends
of the South and of the Union may rest satisfied
and. the abotensts and disunionists cau hang their
harp upon the willow and sit down upon the eastern
banss Of the Mississippi and weep for the fate Of Kan
tucsans VTginanB, and other pro slave
~ citizens are coming every day by handreds and max
ing homes, comfortable homes, all the Territory aud
they WELD SO strong an influence, socially and morally,
as to change the political opinion Of many Of the free
only and there 10 limited localities that you end
number OF aboltionists and they fanatieay BIT
ter vndc,ive and pulsive that they operate against
influence, or to effect anything Of moment.
strong general and pervadng is the pro slavery
find the Nebraska City Neos enlistng under its banner
and hear Of public meetings being held, resolutions
passed and addresses published advocating the estab
Territory. Several families have already gone there
with their slaves There not less than forty slaves
what win our "Emisrant Aid, friends say to this
What can they say; When we had conceded that Ter
their hands, why did they mot pass law prohibit
Ing slavery Ieroloton to that effect was introduced
and negatiyed The reason Is that those people have
been let one they have had time for observation and
reflection, and in their cool deliberate Judgment
jorty Of them, In their Legislature assembled deter
might prove to DO the best institution for the state
Those OF the southern and fertile portions thought
slave labor would be the most suitable and productive
In their agriculture while those Of the sterile rth
deemed it curse. As NO Missourians have nterfered
there, should like to know how friend Greeley
plain such an extraordinary result.
The result Of our election be attributed wholly to the
Interference Of the Assourians and yet where there
were no MissouraDs and where supposed there
none but free soiers resolution to prohibit slavery
neeAtved, and citizens moving in with slaves,
and public meetings being held in favor Of slavery,
and the principal paper in the Territory is its strongest
Governor Feeder is expected home daily After his
misrepresentation Of thirgs here, should think he
would barely have the audacity to return But let him
come. We shall do him no harm, and he do no
harm. He and Greeley and Black, and all their friends
Thousand reemen will find their efforts ever impo.
tent to turn the sentiment check the tide OF empire
as in popular sovereignty 1t establishes the institution
Of slavery finally and permanently in Kansas. Lot them
bring their ubjects have for all and abun-
dance for all. Provisions high at present. but win
soon be cheap again. Flour now IS perssck; corn.
meal rs cents per bushel, and bacon to cents psr
pound, and falling.
There is another considerable excitement in regard to
the lands in and around Leavenworth city 1t been
positively asserted and believed by many, that they
not included in the Delaware reservation aud that
they would be granted by the United States for the
purposes and of town. and that tho titles Of thoss
who have purchased lots would then be confirmed
Commissioner hanypenny, however, positively de-
that portion to in the and it
will be sold In legal Subdivisions town lots for the
benefit Of the Deawares. This renders the property
holders excessively uncomfortable.
Leavenworth and AL the country In quiet In re-
gard to the slavery question The people building
generally. Copious rains have wonderfully improvei
the of nature and brghteBed up garments She
now looks smiling, beautiful and luxurant In her
wealth of budding and growing charms She wins the
admiration Of the beholder, and showers rich favors
upon all who WOO her.