New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1856-11-03
AN APPEAL no PRESIDENT PIERCE.

AN APPEAL TO PRESIDENT PIERCE.
TO HIS RXcgLLBSCY FRASkLis PIERCE PRESIDENT Oh
The UNITED STATES
DEAR SIR; Permit q private citizen OF KaDsos Ter
,i,ory 70 sddr.ss You. More than tso years ago,
alone and With conscientious connected with my own
b, slth and tie selection Of quiet happy home ~
n yseli End family, found MY way to The Territory
and located II claim at Ossw stta,Die. l. was then
wilderness country and but four or FIVE white families
were then resid,Dt in that section of the Territory
But .ocD from alnost every State in the Union, tha.
coInry ss p,opled. We had store, po.t-oth ,e
10 n al route. no mill OF blacksmith shop At cu. no
ou.st Government es'hblisl Ell weekly mail route,
ard cpl oilt.d Mr.. Samuel Geer Postmaster AIR.
John ielton received the contract tor carrying me
mail-tcrr weekly mails reached Us from dlff-ren.
point. Two good stores were established and
troc. ~ store. We bad large steam saw and grist
mill al a COS, Of ECO, 10 operation. We had o
bls,k NTH and cabinet chop and dEeiDngs, IA al
uearly fifty, i'll The town.
lie people lived in harmony they were ente-pris'
irg, Improving their iarms-ilaDfng crope 10 me
extent in some insisbcss, Of 100 acres. We had oun.
A scbCulhouse which was also TO serve u as tenn
porsry place of religious worship. Prnparsnons were
on loot or The erection of two large churches VARIOUS
lnildipe. epd improvements were commenced. Ne
Lad paced the frst rough work OF pioneer he We
had al shaken with sgue, We had al grosned gnder
III. burning fever. We hsd passed through Winte-
severe beyond precedent. The bright Spring opened
upop u.s. We wefe cbeered. The sun shoHe a. bngnt-
~ sever and yerns showers came, AID gave PROMISE
oi a fruitful eascn We began TO plant our crops ou'
p al
als1u,dus But little could BE- dome and yet al were
dl,rtly al york 10 provide tor iboee Tnom Iod had
made oeyendent upon them. And while thus our peo-
II, r,. busy in their fields, the 9Th day Of jane
's.t en- aimed company Of about lcV horseuIeD many
If them kupn retidopts OF Missouri, VISIT oar town.
mike teyersl Of people pms ners sack ADJ roo 81
our dwellings, of their ysuaGes, &c. several buildings
or IRE re al eghtes bOrse threaten aud assault
eli zers and retire with threat tina. 81 future time
they would return ana drnOy TIE town The people
az. IL ,eI,or slCeping IN the woods, and In CONSTANT
scar Of ib.u lyes.
IN. arm OF il dusty il parslyzed. Our teams scot
for rruvi.on. 10 k4r-ss City stopped
,esiot4d and rblb.6. Non. but the ignorant more
COURAGEOUS dare leave bUlie. On August Is Mr.
A,k.r.y who drove the stage from O-swsrtsmie 10
Nc-tpot " as nsce prisoI<r al WespOr AID forced -
'1aye the country. Ar John fe'ton, the maitcon-
tracior gee We.pU q es-n tie fate OF bis courier
ebd is daiared plsoper urll Aug. ~, when robbed
n;rll Ito Osdy a'smi. With IetScCn 800 AID 400
letters.
Aug o. Early IN The z orT-in- Gen. KcId from Ai.-
sonr ith ou amy vsiCr-y eyt!mated nj 80 - 40
AMID Cd march 1,On ttc town, having previously
rlt .,'tTtd one nile bciere Tolc.Enc the piace Mr..
Frederick Brow Ind hr. ticT.oD, and lef Mr.. Cutter
for 6osd.
Tltvtake Nr. Williams and German cailei Dutch
Cba,l.y prisoners. Mr. W. IA brutaIy murdered in
t,etosp The German is murdered soon after. Tsey
severity vonDd NJ. Tydsg--f. an J Mr. Coils. They
blso XII Mr. Partridge. fleeing FOR his life and Mr.
Powers. .i.k nsn, enieayorug TO escape from The
b.rniI houses.
IA.y Len s,-,k sud tlru 'hs toED having Only
t1.iSo hJiiiIss men zee rlIu ihru bed. 10 her
4 st eloihas, v'h % td,eD unSo- theI ar as. The