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FOR THE INDEPENDENT rREss.
From Kansas.
ATcr1soN, KANSAS, July 81, 1856.

nave written before, and heard nothing from
you, am now seated to write you again,
supposing that you did not receive my first,
or you would have, at least, sent me the
Press. I have received but two papers
from your office since in the Territory; one
dated some timein May, the other in June,
and now am looking for the July number.
But suppose that you would rather
hear something Of the war in Kansas, al-
though it is not very interesting at this time.
There is but little excitement here now,
both parties appear TO he dormant, how
ever, there is some little excitement with the
Palmetto boys here and out on the Big
Blue. At Palmetto, 1875 miles from here,
where we are locating, an express came in
last night stating, that the boys out there
had been attacked by the Abolitionists {; but
there was no one killed or wounded ne-
ther did the Yankees succeed in frightening
the boys away. About twenty or twenty
five Of lis did intend remaining in Atchi-
son few days longer, but there is quite
stir with us this morning, trying to get
horses, blankets, knapsacks, &c, to go out
immediately-cight or ten have already
started, and the balance of us intend going
as soon rs We can get horses ; though we
have very little hope of fight for tie
Yankees are such towards that they only
attack weak parties at night, and the next
day, they are scattered, and only one in a
place to bc found. But we intend to have
redress if we do have to run them down
one at time. We have seen men "siuud-
ing Oh nothing looking up a rope" and cx-
pect to sec it again-though l assure you
it is no desirable sight. But we believe
that guerilla warfare is right when there is
no other alternative.
And, friend Puckctt, want TO say lit
tie about cur finances and expenses. You
know that some of us, at least, did not start
from home with money enough to'be trou-
blcsome to CARRY it, but can assure you
that it is great trouble to keep IL here to
carry. Now, if this was a country like
our own, all Of us could make our cxpen-
scs at least. But it is far different, there is
no chance for us to make cent here, and
on the other hand, we have to pay out mo-
ney every day and more particularly
when We have to keep moving from one
place to another to quell some riot OF out.
break. Our expenses have been continual
ever since we left home, and you may guess
that some Of us are getting pretty low in
funds. But that is not frightening to us at
all, for we know that we can go from here
and live, and we also know that we can't
stay here unless we are assisted by our
friends down South. hope that you will
remind some of the friends of the South of
this fact
Now, don't understand that l am beg
ging for myself or others. only say this,
that the crisis is now near at hand, and that
! if the South does not send us more men and
more money, that Kansas is gonc-and if
Kansas goes they can have ali idea what
will follow. Some may say that we ought
to have gone to farming when we first ar
rived here, but they will rccollect that it
was too late in the season to 60 on to a
bald prairie to commence farm when We
would have been compelled to haul all Of
our house logs, rails, boards, &c, from ten
TO fifteen miles besides, those Of us that
have been sick (only few have been in, you
may say, actual service most Of the time.
If we had had farm already stocked, and
in state Of cultivation, we might have
made more produce than we could have
gathered, for say. as I have said before,
that tbis is the richest and most productive
soil have seen in any of the States.
L could say great deal more about our
expenses, but think it unnecessary. But
1 will say that some Of our party have been
compelled to expend over $500, and we
all ought TO have had that much to spend
But we sing to each other verse in The
song Of Jordan, which says {:
'If yen get out of essh aud want TO out . dssh,
Go to hotel for your boarding;
And when they ask you for the cash,
Tell shem that you'll settle on the other aide
f. 81 Jordan Do .3-.,5.: :,
4 s Now, you bavs my letter, II you think
Iuhat youscAn remodel and make anything
fcf III shstsuoasd be- gtatify yiHg to the friendl