New-York daily tribune., 1856-09-01

venture I'D. for think they are very we'll aware
that there will be fighting il they come.
II !. rcported that large camp Ia mastering on
,h. Delaware Reiervc down toward Wyandots and
p.rlvlle. II is alO ,ad that about two thousand
u.p have assembled near Westpor', and are ABOUT
70 march up There is not the slightest ioubs that
Great efforts are being made to collect large Mis-.
,ouri armJ but tits a ta-k Of considerable mogui.
tudc to raite an army OF several thousand men.
with all the necessary appointments to keep them
in the field, aid they had better 90. move this way
with less number 1t is rumored that the whole
State of Missouri ia n notion from the G ,vernor
down. The recent Border Ruifian triumph in too
State election ,as inspired the nulliiers with conf
denCe, and they mean TO make wholesale business
of couquering Kansas. lfthese reports are true,
tie prospect is indeed fearful to the handful of
Free-State men in the Territory. In any case it is
serious enough. Business of all kinds will as ain
have TO be suspended for some time. and oil
agricultural Improvements for the time being
lost sight of in the general rallyng for de-
feDse. All OF the recent immigrants who
can fight have been sent for and are already here.
Other companies have come in or are on the alert.
Nearly thousand Free.State men are in arms ia
Lawrence, or within few miles Of it, and mes
Waubousie, Manhattan, and other points, TO rally
ali thOse who can find arms and can use them If
the enemy march toward Lawrence they will be
attacked before they reach it, unless they brng an
eiwhelu,iDg force.
ApprebtnslOns are entertained that the ammu-
milton will be exhausted in few days if there is
hard lighting. Many of the Free State men in the
Territory are still poorly armed or not armed at
all. The force under arms at this place would be
much larger but for this fact. While active pre-
paratOns for defense sre going on here, there is as
little fuss and demon stratOn made about it as pos
sibe.
We have Just heard that the MissOurians, to-
Qether with few Pro Slavery men of the Terri
tory, have called on Gen. Smith to interfere and
put stop to the course of the - 'AbOlitiOnists.
We also learn that that they have volunteered to
help bin with force of Militia" from Missouri.
This course is equal to a confession of weakness
their part, and is in my opinion some little evil
deDce that the present storm will blow over with
out the fight which, fear, must come sooner or
later. 1T Gen. Spith dabbes in the business, he
will be sure to find that the Missouri bulletins
of war are humbugs, if, indeed, he is not well
aware of it already, and the dragoOn regiment
was party to the recent treaty of peace.
A considerable force Of Dragons is assembling
about LecOmpton, and it is reported that Smith
intends to have all the force he can muster cOngre-
gate at that point or thereabOuts. If he does So
there will be 10 tight. unless the Administration
have determined that they will aid the Missourans
in the work Of determination, and | hardly think
the OGgarchy would venture on that in the present
state OF public feeling, however much they might
desire to.
Since the recent skirmishes bands of Southern
and Pros avery euerrias have been committing
Ontragts wherever they could find parties whom
they deemed it safe to attack
Bands have beenccDibg in from the neighbOrhOod
cf fl. nah Nna
and PiI cksshaw Reserve and committing depre-
datiOns on the Free-State settlers about Osawat-
tamie. 1t is reported that they have killed several
Free. State ia that section, but have nothing
very definite from that quarter
Their most glorious exploit is an attack made
by company Of them on the Friends" Mission
on the Shawnee Reserve, where the Friends have
been quietly at work with their school among the
Indians. These quiet and worthy people were
kDOWn not TO be violent Pro. Slavery partssns,
like JohDson's Shawnee Mission and as il was sup
posed that they favored FreeState principles, this
exposed them to the wrath of the Chlvary.
Another reason was, the safety with which an at
tack on Friends Mission School could be
made.
These fellows pundered the plsce of horses and
other property, and broke up the school. They
ordered the Friends of, using most violent
threats and even said that they would seize some
of the ladies and take them to their camp. As the
gentleman who has been at the head of the
Mission was fleeing from it, he was met by Mr..
Russell of WestpOrt of the firm of Majors q
Russel. This gentleman endeavored to persuade
them not to leave, and said of the SOutherners-
q We have got lot Of fellows whom we can do
nothing with
What will be the next exploit of the Chivalry
The breaking up of Quakers school is certainly
hard to beat.
THE KANSAS MEETING 1T ST. LOUIS.