New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1856-09-09
KANSAS.
late FROM TIE SEAT OF WAR.
tS,,.popdenee Of The N. Y Tribune 49,

rsuscs have operated to make II SO, as inc o'Jc0'
tAis letter will be to show. ar
Yesterday the particulars of the mur''' VI
Hupps reached us and the Circumstance, ",' W
.xch an atrocious character fha' '"o P''p''' "''
afraid. became possessed of iccihg GA revenge
- ,h.,, &c desire tobring the murderer tn JUS
sce Rut 70 the particulars. Mr.. liupps and MS
,.;fs em;crants TO this Territory landed al Leavcn-
worth about two weeks ago. His oro,h'r-.n"M
IN. Pev Ephraim Mute lives here. and as MS vic
mas in feeble health from the fatigue "i inc Jour
10 brouoht her to the house of Mr.. Mute, mi such
fine as she should recover. After STAYING da! VI
two at Lawrence. Mr. Hupps started III "uGGH 10
Ieavenworth. intending to bring away Ms rii,''S'
He started from this city on the morning 0l -'S'
% On the morning Of the same day druhhcn
HGe-n,;an at Ieayeuworth offered 10 wager 80
soaina a par of boots that he would Xiii an ADO
Efionist before night. The bet was taken, ana the
r,fian went forth to win his bet As he coua lWl
nobody in Leavenworth who had avowed hihseh
An Abotionist, although there are good many
Free.State men there, he took the road 10 In"
renee, hoping to get Shot; "ncl "oou' .t,,naJ
from I,esyenworth he met Mr.. Hupps ana stopped
L;, and the following conversation took place ne
tween them. and was told atterward with all the
yu,to a villain could feel at such an cXhiOtloh .
his brevity in business.
Hello whar dyou come from
From Lawrence" was Mr.. Hupps rcpN,,
The villain then raised his rifle and shot Mr.. H.;
,hc horse ran, he fell from the buggy, and the VILLAIN
approached and scalped him. and left HIN there Ill
The road. supposing he was dead. a thought oc-
~urr,,i 10 him that he might well rob him. too,
and so be returned, took out his watch, ana was
preparing 10 rifle his pockets, when the cries "'
some children who were picking wild plumS lew
hundred wards distant frightened HIM from ms nor
xible work He ran, and, through fear or by accl-
dent dropped the watch ON the road. The children
did not approach the road, but went to their home,
which was in an opposite direction. shortly alter
ward a few United States troops with Govern
ment wagon, on their way from Fort LeaVenWOrih
10 LecOmptOn, discovered the unhappy man, SIM
alive but insensibe and conveyed him to the near
est house where he shortly aiterward died. In the
mean time the rufiian returned to Le1yenWorth,
exhibited the scalp told the circumstances OF the
murder. took his boots which had been so n0bly
won remained in Leayenworth all night, and the
next morning took steamboat and went down the
river Such is the statement as 1t reaches us by
several persons at different times, and although
this statement was made here several days since,
such is its enormity that few if any believe IT, 1t
n now cOrrObOrated and there no room Tor doub'.
II will be remembered that | mentioned in my
letter of the 9th that company OF men was sent
on that day with teams for provisions at Leaven-
worth. Mr.. John Ii. Wilder, OF the firm OF Hutch
insOn x Co. of this city, also went To Supcrln-
tend the shipment Of Il large quantity OF goods
belonging to that firm The escort which was sent
was only designed 70 protect this train Of teams
from the guerrilla rufinS on the road, so that it
was thought best not to enter the city, but to wait
short distance from it for the return OF the teams
with the goods and provisions. II was a compare
tiyely small escort A scout left LeavenwOrh YES
terday afternoon and told the escort that the team
sters and those who We're with them was taken
prisoners that one of the teamserS was shO; in the
streets for not hating when told to do so: that Mr.
Mute, who went to settle the affairs OF his brother
in-aw, was going to be sent down the river Ia
Pardee Butler; that DIR. Avery (of Indiana, now
on his way home and mentioned i'll my last letter.
and the other prisoners were well guarded
and could not be taken with such Il small force
The escort accordingly returned last night to this
city.
This morning General Lane gave orders that five
hundred men make ready to march to LeavenwOrth
to escort our wagons and their drivers to Law
renee. In the mean time a Committee was sent
TO Gov. WOCdsOn and the troops to inform them
Of the state Of affairs at Leayenworh, and
70 know what they intended to do about it.
While this Committee was gone, and
while the several volunteer companies detailed
for duty at Leavenw were making ready report
reached town that great battle had been fought at
the south somewhere, between Atchsons rufiians
and Capt. Browns scouting party, and that the
people Of Lawrence must 90 and assist them. Sew
eral persons had arrived from the Wakerusa
Valley and said that they had heard that long
and heayey reports of artillery for about two
hours that the reports came from the southeast.
While the people cOnecturing what this could
mean, d report more alarming IN It's nature reached
them. This was, that the United States troops
were now on the march from LecOmpton to Law
renee to arrest Gen. Lane on writ for HIGH
TREASON.
AbOnt noon the committee Of citizens sent in the
morning to LecomptOn returned, and reported
that their interview with the authorities was of no
consequence, they having referred citizens to
the Kansas laws for redress; that the troops
now on their way to enforce process of that law.
About Id D. H., two companies of troops
rived here under command of named
Ben. Newsem, who used to be Kind of body
servant of Judge Elmore, one of the Supreme
Judges Of this Territory. He drew from hs
pocket writ directed TO james H. Lane
the Safety Committee, and the people of
Lawrence generally" asking them to deliver up
the bodies Of two men held prisoners by them. or
to show cause why they were held. The writ WAS
signed by one John L. Wood, Judge of the Probate
Court of Douglas County. This man Newsem
{they call him Nuisance at Tecumseb, where he
Iyes) is the same who broke open and searched the
trunks of some FIVE Free-State men, whom he saw
fit TO stop on the road few DAYS ago by authority
After reading the writ he desired the people 10
know that he was u. S. Marshal, intending by
this statement to hint that it would not do to in
fringe on his dignity. The men named in the writ
were taken yesterday spies and held prisoners
during the night, but set at liberty this morning
so that this parade OF troops to enforce the law was
simply ridiculous The boys therefore, joked and
laughed with the soldiers, hurrahcd among them
selves poked fun at the ninny who held the writ.
When they were leaving town the boys gave three
cheers for the troops and grOaned at the process
server with much hearty goodwill a. ever