New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-12-29

"stop! st"pl" cried The s'bty 10 mmaod,
aav.DciIp toward IDS sBd pointing his rsv"lSof'
" stop ssop !" cried the other se0trieA lowering
then Ii6cs, and sa~ the sun-'isnt gle>B os the
kba barrels as hey we're br0ugat Gown sop.
fer God rake, stop cried joiner, riding ~, aid /
holtd
"Yoo mutt give up Jour srms ~
Il oh travelling I msy nerd them-I do hci
want L, l"se my prp@rty
"iw,ll guarGn'ee lite Iafrty," sai Jones.
Rad an excellent iiI- shooter 10 my belt, and
snail four bsrrelec French revolver IN aiy p1eke'-
took out h. latter and handed il t. james say
ing ! ., ould hold him resprnsib'e Tor u
"Youmu 20 back 10 camp" Wa tie next
dey aud
Nat kbO 4 ing bat that there might he soge per
sons there who would kDOS my connection " "a
TIE 1RlTuNE, l temurred to TIE pr,p's 81, MT
pric.rit it txscly wholesome at nos )h@re for
tuch ctGrncttrs, especially Is | eas to be taken
back ~ un ergo an rxsmDiti0n. They were as
inp. r.rye in this demand as in the otter My
fret 6e,ermiDain w.s 70 resist IT., bat r-sectlng
tbat this wOul0 be tie OILY chance 70 70 iG'J
csnp bow. ] turned my bO;ss aro1nd, trocted
ac,O,s the creek sga'n, and rode down into "a up,
Jones By my side, al III fas ored looking scoln-
drrl tch I'd US.
The camp h.d received considerable adiit'Ons
siIce Tao lat seen IT Wtgoos and carriages
serr Restored here and there ia all directions
saw several DIRTY .lOobiot tents, sDd the smoke o.
the camp fires cureG up anoDs the OAKS .Dd elms; ;
and srOuI0 ttesa The idle adventures were hing
n trOnps, msJy of the evlfenty in rqur
There were two or t'roe banners flying with nlt-
ftIent devices bat the large fig sith the Lone
Star on il was over he c ntei - the camp, oeiog
thr symbol Of tbs Great. secret blue badge Of
Weston Missouri, Of viii Atcbson and S,riog-
telw are tbe leaders, aud the &c fierce, and half
civilized nep The Disciples
A crowd sathertd round us. The Cao.aia OF rEe
ppard WIS tent for aud SONS Of ths fei0Hs CON
neDted On ny presence aod the fact OF my hS5iog
beer there often enough before | also learned
that they bad msn confined in the ca mp, and con.
cluf.d from their r,marss that my ch,n'e OF
keeLiJg hin comp,Dy was very fair. Ho Pever,
after rome deeb'ion succeeded in getiJg say,
Jones returning me- my little French revover, sud
another escort seeing lie over the creek. Even
the the centres were very u1willi0g i s1Ould
pass, and were for again questioDiDg me, bat
IOde on.
Indignant 81 the detention, and haviog b,en tod
BY TIE euaT9s ~teD i demSnftd their u,bority,
that they were acting nDder the orders Of CIV.
ernOr Shannon, det' ruined ~ 60 down to ths Me
s,op and plain Besides, had another motive
! knew he GOsernrr bad been good del in the
lands of the Fro Slavery men and shat he was
weak AID vsclllptiug / intended to make = true
resthtatcn Of the facts 10 bim and urge hin 10
deter The enforce ment OF the fey obnoxious Ia vs.
mt Coz grest met-or il he mus enforce the n,
10 do it by ofic. Is really belonging to the Terri
tory, or By The United States Coarts.
II wss thirty five loTg and weary miles of, and
it vss Low DonD; but started a. brisk trO.-
walk1 up all the steep hills 10 rest my pony.
The road ~ss tbropged with teams Of lnvadiog
" 30 der Ruiians, and during tue afternoons ride
l ibet SOHO bslf q dozen buggies aud carriages.
In II ere there were generally couple OF gef-le
men. armed almost invariably With double barreled
shot CUBS ttular d. nitares-cOlontl' and ma
iOrs-the politicians of Western Missouri The
rsr X and file of the maraudDg host we're less in-
ttligebt and more noisy often shriekiDg and yell.
ing 30 that you could hear them sfar OF. Their
equipment was simple ard unif0rm-a box full OF
corn and other feed, box of provisions, some
guns and other articles scattered 10 the bottom Of
Tie wagons and generally two or three men with
il SDd .eveIal lOIfeme accompany ing the wagon.
Dressed hs the ron CHER lakewood .men dress, with
faces nnwa.htd and hair aud "hskeIs ST., rpsemPs
occupati,n. Most of them had been drinking.
Several OF these PATHS tried TO stop and i1terro.
gate me, but replying +, them IS briefly aad
blunUy and possible, rode on
Night ret In wheI | was still several miles from
the Mission. arrived there weary and travel.
WORD, learned that the Governor vas in West
port. / rode on to Westport, which is some four
miles distant Not knowing where the Governor
stsyt6 went to several places / took for hotels
and inquired, but when at last fund wssre he
hoo bteD learned that he had started 10 tbs
Mission; 30 Gespaiied OF seeing him that night.
Ire hotels ard O.her places of entertainment
vert crowded and several camps of the Border
kUfiaI s. en- route for Kansas, were around the
town found thar Yves ern Missouri was on fire,
OIL d strong war spirit in tie ascendant. As [
was Ia several Of the public places, heard mo ,h
Of The discussion thai was going on. ascerta ned
that Gov shannon had got dispatches shat night
from the President Wat these WEI could not
learn sutbeDtcally bu, Inferred it from the excla-
marion that ss they had now got tie auth ,rty of
"the Government they could go ahead safely"
Whatever may have been said OF Outrsges else
where, heard little meDtiOn of than here. Toe
remarks were Of a coDgratulat0ry kind. Now
was Just the time rhe river navigation was
just closed, and there could be DO etfrcensnts
or supplies sent TO the Abolidonists" (the term
they spply TO the FreeState men indscrimio stely)
these fellow, must be cleaned out Of Raasas
sOne lime, and it would be Nas.r 70 do il now
than year hence;" that I" there were oaly about
three thousand FIVE hundred Free State men in the
Territory (aB error, By toe sy for there ere more
and that "a large number of these we're dous hsces
and would not fight and that men enough could
be get in Missouri to clean them ell out ;"
The particular plan which seemed u OF dilited
Oh Iys.s to demand that Lawrence deliver ~ all
concerned iD the rescue, and that the Ffse-S,s,e
men surrender their arms that ia Vren:e be de.
mOlished, the leaders Of the Free jt..e party
ly nched and the others warned II leave sbe Ter
ritory There was also great dssl of bull, ing
and Dragging ab ut being " sble N dtsx bead
"on bue-bt lied Yankee" together With good
many other threats and suggestions too elegant
and pithy to enumtrats.
Ivss ignorant that in the earlier pare Of the
same eve ming GeB. Pomeroy, agent OF the Emf
grant Aid Society, had been attacked by party II
some Fix or seven men between Ksnsas and Wes.-
port. He lad driven ia from Us-a VAT Imie tina.
cay having fine pair of horses in liz ut carriage.
They stopped bIm about o'clock in the evening,