New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1856-07-11
ANOTHER FEATURE OF THE CON-
SPIRACY.


From Our Special Correspondent ,o,e
LAWRENCE, X. T., Tuesday, July !, 1870.
laurence has again been thrown into consiaer
,hle excitement by the intelligence just received
that another company of Free State emigrants,
numbering seventy. FIVE men, have been arIested
on the Missouri River by the Pro-slavery rumahs;
All their baggage and arms taken. and they placed
under guard and sent back. II is Just wnas CA
pectedewhat may be:expected by these infamous
Missouri River boats, and from these Piraticsi
Missouri towns. Let no small party venture up.
individuals. who are willing to submit 10 insuit
or 10 be plundered, may possibly get through. !
wonlh recommend even these to trust only such
boats as may run direct from Alton to Lesven-
worth A large party should at least naleeI
thousand strong; should have command OF tIe
boat or be able to take command Oh IL; snou"
have At least two brass hOwitzers or swivel guns,
and after they get to Jefferson City should take
for granted that they are in an enemys country;
keen close guard; never allow the boat 10 10
chained mn at or touch at town where ,arse
force il drawn up to meet them. They snouid DC
under able and fearless leaders, snouid DC uhuei
arms. properly disposed to fight to advantage "nen
ever they approached Border hunnan o~ ,t, shst
sheuld commence firing at once upon any part. tna'
aftempted 10 interfere with them. In TINS way,
trim mn the Missouri might be made IN safety, on.
40 mot wish TO be understood as recommending ,s'
Tue other precautions had nearly forgotten. NO
Ice AIMED body should ever be allowed to come
nm board at these places, on any pretense; anu
lastly whenever the boat was passing point o,
danger two men with revolvers should DC statloneu
beside the captain and the pho' 10 oio" vu. 'ns -.
brains of either who should show any treacnery' Vi
Il the latter run the boat aground. These are Sc
rious matters, and must be seriously contemplated
by all who are unwilling to be plundered or taheh
This Missouri River piracy is getting. to De very
serious evil Can the Government do hothing 10
nut a stop to it If they don't, they may expect
that those interested soon will.
learn that the business Of stopping all Free
State emigrants, be they coming in what shape
they may is general and systematic The roads lead
inc through Northwestern Missouri to ST. Joseph
Parksville and Liberty, carefully guarded, ana
emigrants from the Western States, IN wagons WIN
their families are turned back, and in some cases
abused and plundered. Missouri and the Southern
armed emigrants think they can take care OF, ana
are coolly preparing to sweep out the Free-State
settlers by Wholesale murder, but they are deter
mined that no more Free.State men shall be per-
mitted to enter the Territory. Well, let them De-
ware Our numbers are few; our ranks are
thinned by yillainous arrests, and still more VII
famous murders but they may find another "tnree
hundred" as brave as those who fought at liner
mopyla, to stand in the breach. We cannot hight
all Missouri, but az sure as there is just God in
Heaven if there is another Missouri invasion, we
will try.
One old man came to me to- day, and asked me
what he should do; what redress he could haveF"
His son, with his wife and family, had been coming
to Join bin in the Territory but had been driven
back while trying to cross the river at Parkvllie
told him there was no remedy; none In the
courts, none in the Territorial or National Execu-
tive no security even but what the strength OH
arm guaranteed.
The dragons center their forces toward Tope-
ka. The Missouri frontier is once more exposed,
and at the very time that another invasion may be
expe cited. Last night intelligence came in that
the dragons were going about trying to disarm
Free State people. l have no doubt from
what have seen that the dragons will attempt
to take the arms from all Free-State men going
toward Topeka and with the bands Of banditti in
the country, and the prospect OF an INVASION the
people cannot and niH not allow themselves to be
dissrmed. We hear that Gen. Smith is coming.
Who 10 General Smith What is he coming to
doi Is he TO be the turnkey Of would
be bogus Sheriff, OF a special tool to execute the
laws Missouri has violently imposed on u.s. These
are questions the people Of Kansas must have sat
isfactory answered before they will have any con.
fidence in any man sent here. think any change
of military commanders is mere farce, and can
have no effect in settling affairs here.
see that Capt. Pate in his own account OF the
battle Of Palmyra, has been guilty of many gross
misstatements Capt. Brown did not deceive him
with flag of truce. He Knowingly surrendered,
and both he and bis men were glad to do so.
Neither was it true that he had any commission
from the Governor. The statement that part Of
his men lived in johnson County, Kansas, may be
Understood when it is known that johnson County
is in the Reserve, where no white men are allowed
to live. That be has claim in the Territory is
likely, that bis home is about Westport, Missouri
is certain, and that he stands fair chance to take
another claim Elk feet by two" is highly proba-
Bile if he brings up another band of Westport
scOundrels to plumber in the Territory again. That
he and his company travelled for some time in con-
junction with Capt. Woods company of dragons.
is true enough, and is a burning disgrace to that
officer and the public service. 1t is also true that
this association Of troops and highwaymen made
sundry arrests Of Free State men without process
of law, and that the troops kept these prisoners
without any legal authority for weeks and treated
them with great inhumanity. 1t is also true that
while they thus travelled together Pate and
his men burned up several houses of Free-State
men, and in that of John Brown, jr, destroyed a
large amount Of valuable property beside the build
Ing 1t is also true that his plundered PALMYRA
on the evening Of Saturday, and on the SUNDAY
preceding the battle; and that Pate took charge of
the plunder as it vas brought to his camp. Ii is
also true that be and his men took three unOfepd-
ing Free-State men prisoners just before the bat.
tie, namely: DIR. Graham, preacher Moore, and
another settler Of that neighbOrhOOd. 1t is true
that on Sunday party of his men started over to
plumber Prairie City, the prisoners heard them
plot the attack before they started. IL s true that
these men arrived at Prairie City during divine
service, and realized that the Free-State men can
watch as well as pray" for four Of them were
taken prisoners during their ill-starred attack on
the place, and the test galloped back with dis
nal story Of their adventure. 1t is true that DR..