New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-12-31

Kansas will be rec State, but there +, now no
power IN the Territory to secure this.
N'NeF old see more forlOrn and GOd.forsskr On
'T ' " W.etches than these retreating MssOurians
Inc bitter storms aud lack of shelter in their
camps had given them that indcscribsble Ioot of
uiTty and uncomfortable wretchedness which two
"cehs OF Such exposure and deep carousas have
tendency 10 induce. Then came the cold rains
ana hnlshed the process for their discomfort: but az
aiso was for two days exposed to that dirty dsa.
greeable Misunderstanding through mud of the
peculiar blue-black which the rich soil of Kansas
makes-my own tout ensemble was doubtless in a
condition to invite little criticism from the other
side. Miserable though they were, they were still
IN the humOr to joke at the expense of some of
those whom they had had as prisoners in their
camp before the pacifcation. Among other Incl
dents, they told of couple of " AboltiOnists a.
they called them, who had been set to hold M a
blanket on that stormy Saturday night to ward off
the wind from party of their own men who were
playing cards on big stone. The night had been
horribly cold, and the stone was to the windward
OF the fire. The poor Free. State men commenced
trembling with cold, and as they became numb
the blanket would escape from Them and away
would fly some of the cards, while the PLAYERS ex.
claimed: "YOu c. id miserable Abolition
lists, why don't you hold up the blanket" And
this had been continued through most of that aw.
full night.
crossed the Stranger Creek at point further
up than had yet been. Here large party. on
their return to st. Joseph had halted two even.
lngs before. An Indian told me that there had
been sxty-three of them, and that they had :" two
big yellow guns"-being the two brass howit-
zers that were brought from Platte County. and
which had been in the camp at Lecompton.
entered Leavenworth yesterday, and intended
to have left Immediately for Doniphan, but the
weather pypcrAhlp / hall cfa dor
shelter until it improves; it is getting very cold,
and looks like snow. There has been quite an ex-
cltement about an affair at KickapOO. The Pro-
Slavery men there, during the siege of Lawrence
wanted to do little fighting on their own hook.
mob attacked the dwellings of some Free-State
men: some houses were burned; one of our men
was shot at twice, Border Ruffian having dis
charged two barrels at him, and though only three
rods off missed him. / withhold particulars until
] shall be able to describe them from the spot
where shall be presently.
Some little dspleasure is felt by the Lawrence
people toward those of LeavenwOrth for the lag
gard and insufficient help sent them in their hour of
need. find there are many in LeavenwOrth who
would cheerlully have gone if they had been under
the guidance of good leaders The Douglas Dem
Ocrat class of Free-State men are in the ascendant
here and their works" are little like their
"fath"-rather uncertain. These very men, who
had pretended to be Free-State leaders, tried to
dissuade those who were anxious to CO. Delahay
openly said: These fellows over at Lawrence
@ have got into scrape-let them get out of it
" the best way they cans" as if he believed the
people of Lawrence had been guilty Of some indis-
cretion instead of being invaded by the common
enemy. One young lawyer, who is still bache-
lOr, is reported to have said 81 don't think any
" man should leave Leayenworth; we should stay
" at home and take care of our wives and chill
dren." The real secret was that the business
I'll 81. a b 10
cue there would be retaliatOry inrOad on Leav-
enwOrth, which is exposed on the Platte County
frontier: and thus they threw cold water on the
enterprise. Parrot to do him justice, as soon as
he saw that there was hesitation about forming
company, started in a carriage with another COM
paniOn. Like the rest of the LeavenwOrth men
and some fifteen in all went-he was taken prIs-
oner by the enemy. Parrot was taken out OF his
carriage, placed on horse, and carried over the
Raw River to the camp on the Wakarusa and as
the ford was very deep one, he got wet, and
spent the remainder of that awful night In the
camp in a deplOrable state. RedPath and his com
panion were taken next morning by part OF Davy
Atchison's men, but liberated almost immediately
when the news of the peace reached them.
Tomorrow the people OF Kansas are to vote Tor
The new Constitution. All fear is that there will
he small vote pOlled. The weather is now very
disapreeable and owing TO the hostllties, all OF
the arrancements-the public discussions, the send
ing of handbil.s, poll books, &c.-have been pre-.
vented. Everything is left to the people, and at
This fine fear that the fact of its being SO cannot
fail TO have bad effect to some extent.
IN No attempt has yet been made to bring the muir
derers of Barber to justice and fear that the cold,
blooded crime will be winkcd at by the Law and
Order party VINO nave Tnd tbe TerrtO @ IN their
own hands. There is every reason to believe that
the intention is to let the outrage pass unnotced;
Coleman the murderer of Dow is also at large and
WAS contsin of a company on the Waukarusa lie
had the reputation of being good shot and reek-
less villain. What other community save the law
abiding citizens of the North, would endsre 'nese
outrages and will they always
HUMORS OF THE CAMPAIGN.
From ire Correspondent Of The ST. Ions Democrat
ARRESTED AS PRISONERS OF WAR.