New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1856-06-19

~,,,pI1cNING IN THE WAR OF FREEDOM
Fro. Our Special Correspondent ,.e
p.xvs OF Coal CREEK, K T., June y DO
III, A dull, bazy, drizrly juno morning. Inc
ann act eloriousy last night, beneath Inc up Vi
.o,nerv cloud, and there could not DC nofe
,..nt; mi landscape in nature than was tneh pre-
- from this SPOT. Coal Greek at your ieet-
- -. t.tbery strip of timber to marx ts vino
;,,,. . gently unduating country do'.ed heNo
"a ,her. with bold promontory Or Che tributaries
a.. ,nos, the Wakerusa from the south; ave. to
a. 18th and east, elimpses OF the densely tim
go Waketusa can be got ameng the breaks OF
a. n,sir;e kpos; and high up against the face OF
fhs sty stands the double peaked Blue Mecnd.
have not seen finer part of Kansie, for the
,or;rulturist, than that which lies between the
T,ieru,a and the tributaries of the Neosha. In
S.sd 40 NOT think there is q richer or more beau
t;ful mot on the continent. The pralrec are small,
end Gently undusting; aud the streams are so
nIecty that YOU are rarely more than mile from
timber. At hickory Point there is grove OF many
thousand acres stretching over the hills FOR miles,
and deDsely timbered.
But there is one feature that the country now
presepts Fields are scarce, but scarce as they
ave Won will find many of them rot cultivated.
wild weeds are sprngiDg from the deep black soil
whsh now should have been cheriehlng the blades
of the Young corn, or waving with luxuriant wheat
snd Gate.
The Wakerusa war last FAN consumed much of
the time that ought to have been employed in re-
nairipg and building fences. The unusually severe
Winter allowed but little opportunity to regain
the time lost in the FALL and with the opening OF
the Spring came the renewal OF difficulties
hordes Of young Southern adventures ranging
over the country, some OF them committing the
greatest excesses, and all acting to intimidate and
IL. r. nf n
deed, was their object, and to great extent it
has succeeded. 1imid men have turned their
backs on the soil of Kansas ere they had well
planted their footsteps here. Families have come
in great numbers this Spring, and almost immed
ately turned back. Claims have been offered and
sold at reduction. 1t is useless to disguise the
fact-Quiet industry, like capital, is timid. Hun
dreds, indeed fred with just sense OF their
rights. have declared that they would not be in
undated or driven from the soil OF Kansas. But
it is not 30 with all; and under pressure OF cor
rupt Territorial Government and want OF secur-
ity, 1--WE will subdue you goes brayey on.
Another striking Illustration OF the times, ana IL
forcbly recalled the days of the Revolution wit
messed az our two companies marched from Law
renee toward the scene of action near Palmyra
and Prairie City. UOmen were at work In the
field. Delcately reared, intelligent NewEngand
women working vigorously and earnestly, trying
to get in CROPS while their husbands, fathers, and
brothers were under arms to drive the hostile,
marauding bands from the Territory. We also
met in our line of march at least dozen wagons,
loaded with families and household goods. These
were settlers who had come in from ILLINOIS ana
Iowa. Tired Of country where to I'VE as Ameil-
can freemen is equivalent to being rebels, and IN
which to be claw abiding and reverenclng the
"povers that be-" is the most AFFECT slavery;
those who most weak in the faith have lett the
struggle Of Freedom to others, and having "put
"ther hand to the pillow, looked hack" Many OF
o. hava hn
of tho,e gallant bands of "chNalry," rummagng
and pllseing their houses. One team contained
the relatives of Jones, who was SO cruelty muir
dered at BlantOa Bridge. Could we wonder they
were "goii back TO the States ~
But | had almost forgotten our expedition.
After the battle of Franklin, ii became apparent
that the next blow must be struck some where not
far from Palmyra. Bands OF SOutherners had
been threading their way from different points
toward Bull Creek and Mi,sOurlans, raised
around Westport, Independence and Lexington
were hurryng up the santa Fe road toward the
same point. One hundred and eighty men, who
had been in the camp near Bull Creek, moved up
toward Palmyra, and camped at the head of a
rayine Immediately behind Two miles away
beyond, Capt. Brown and Capt Shore had Free
State camps, numbering in all some ninety.six
men. On this side, in the grove at Hickory Point,
Capt. Abbot had hastily gathered a company of
sixty men, and our two companies, who had hur
red from Lawrence in the expectation Of battle,
swelled the force to one hundred and ten men.
With this force the Free-State men would not
hayewaited for an attack but wOuldhaye made one;
but IN un0Oked-for interference kept the peace.
hate these cornered triangular fights, espe-
cially when the third party pretends to be equally
hostile OF equally friendly TO both parties Free
State men on one side, Pro-Slavery men on the
other, and Uncle Sans men pretending to keep
the peace, but net able to do it. One company OF
dragons came down here immediately after the
battle of Palmyra; a large company from Fort
Riley came down day before yesterday, aud yes-
terday the camp at Franklin which was guarding
Lawrence broke up and moved down TINS way
Day before Yesterday Col. sumner came
down in person. Just before the dinerent
Free-State companies had effected conmuhi-
cation, or matured their plans, Col sumner
broke in. He first released the prisoners taken al
the battle Of Palmyra, and got the horses ana arms
taken on that occasiOn-that is, he got part ohiy
Of the latter. understand he had Kept most Oh
them. These were United States arms capt
Pate said thev were private arms. Col sumner
asked him how thew happened to have United
States arms Pate replied "A friend gave them
To his company" That " friend was Gov. Shsh'
ncn and to Pro-Slavery men be is - friend III
deed"
Col Sumner dsbandcd both Capt. Browns and
Capt Shores men. He promised to drive the
army Of Missouri invaders, who were gathering
below, out of the Territory, and made the captain
premise that they would NOT organize their men
again, but in OF necessity. They then started
after the Pro-Slavery camp near Palmyra, ana
broke il up teupOraIily-they moving down the
Santa RI road and camping five miles below on
Black Jack. 1t was at this stage of the game
that Capt Walker and my self reconnoItered affairs
from the high grounds half mile from Palmyra
The smoking camp. res Of the enemy, when they