New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1856-08-11
KANSAS.
ss.u 90 Special co"s'p0

=, burned and p'unoered ba"Fence' |
sss~"' ,,~;,sa ststes Marshal Faim, and ex-some-
Vs1AS am Georgia, were in Lawrence yesterday,
Sr -. could be made in the way OF tax'gafh-
""' =" All. Mace, Faim having, doubtless, sPent
80 ~ The plunder taken on the 2lst OF May.
-. ..ne this time in the capacity Of assessor.
n. reader will remember that the bogus Lesi'a'
,,,e appointed certain number OF the county ON
..,s. for the counties they made in Kansas. AS
~.., os;ces were thus filled by their toes as they
...d Get recipients for, or time to appoint, and the
n,rs;,aer assessors included were 10 be appointed
4. tho BOARD of County Commissioners who were
,nnointed by the Legislature. These bogus Com
-;s.iopers have, il appears, commissioned ram,
=. ths assessor for Douglas County douglas
Cessty, BY the by, is nearly as famous as Douglas
himself .,.o...ho.o
have Also been collecting; that is, they collect the
esuitation tax and assess property tax, the col
lection of which is TO be subject matter for future
1if6euty. The capitstion tax varies from bity
ants TO dollar and half, it being governed by
aiding. scale graduated by the whim OF the assee-
ser, or bic expectation of getting anything
Faim, as have said, came down to Lawrence
Yesterday He intended thus TO collect aud Gs-
sesr; but when be came 10 town, after briefly an
pouncing his intentions to a private cltiZen, he
went 10 the Office of frO-Siayery lawyer, who
lives in toSn, to get legal, or some other advice.
Shortly after he went TO the POst Ohice, ut be-
fore be had time to do anything in an oGc'Gt way,
he was waited upon by committee OF three gen
nemen, who l rather thinb, represented IN or
aanizaton after the California plsn of regulating
The committee in question adrised him not to pro-
eeed with his proposed business, which was and
would be regarded a. a nuisance. They gave
Fsim to understand that the aforesaid collection
Of taxes, assessment and search, was merely an
outrage on such citizens as he thus assailed and
that, as there was no law IN the Territory, certain
parties interested would ''be a law unto them
selves" Asses sOr Faim having weighed the mat
ter very carefully concluded to 20 back TO Lee
compton, which clearly shows his discretion. Be-
fore he left he made some awful threats about
what he would do, and that next time he would
come back with force enough. Whether the Fed
eral troops will be sent to " search houses" ac-
eording to the bogus act which pretends TO author
ize this taxation, remains TO be seen. AS troops
have no more right thus to Violate the cOnstltu-
tiODal rights of the people than any one else, theY
will not be permitted TO do co. provided they can
be safely resisted. If another posse mac g up OF
the Buiord Regiment, should venture here,
father think they will fad different policy pur-
sued TO what prevailed on the 2lst of Nay
The attempt to false this tax IS in direct viola
ton OF popular rights, even had the Legislature
been proper body to make such laws, as Con-
gress assumes the expenses OF Territorial Gov
eIBDent. Even if the people were satisfied with
the power that made the law, the law itself, or
The officers they would like t. know uhat s to be
done with the money The idea of pay ING over
money TO the demand Of one of these Southern
brigabds-for they are all the appointees-is pre-
pOsterOus. They may by dint Of threats ana re-
volyers, scare some tinid person whom they may
End in the country who is unarmed, into compli-
ance with their views, VINO may pay them so much
10 get rid OF them.
heard from Lecompton yesterday. This tax
affair was the subject Of discussion in the execu-
tive Office, and gentleman who heard what passed
informed NE of it.
Gov Shannon seemed rather opposed to "col-
leeting and opening at the present He suggested
10 hia cOnfreres the prOpriety Oh pOstpOning 1t,
seeing that toe popular branch OF the National
Government has decided against the Territorial
lie, islature" All the others however were in
favor vi the buencss being " pat through and at
Iee. Secretary Woodson nas patting Shannon
On the ack to sten his political vortebrr to this
pCw step. Shannon. who has not altogether for
gotten how things are managed else where, was
ut fret anxious to persuade the leaders OF the
Oligsrchy round bin OF the proprety of holding
of to zee What would be dOne;" but fnding that
Law ard Order" were MEMORABLE and remem-
beTing that he was on ardent Law and Order
u an, he showed symptoms OF yielding when my
informant left.
Col. TITUs-This notorious Florida Rufian has
now got gang of horse thieves round him, number
wg ever thirty men, well armed and equipped. |
heard from them, last night, and FROM the evil
denee / have reason 10 believe we will hear from
them shortly; and if they are not excessively care
full it is than Likely that they may hear some
thing too.
A NEW AND STARTLING FEATURE.-1 have
iust been toward the South short distance,
and have some interesting news from that
quarter. Twoyoung men, tree-State men, named
Cline and Randall, formerly from Milwaukee,
Wis have been taken prisoners by mob down
near Sugar Greek, fifty miles south of this, ard
are now lodged in jsil in Harrisonville, Cass
County, Mo. There is q band of young southern.
ers in that direction who have camped there
They had vowed vengeance on the Free State set
tiers generally, and on Il few in particular, whom
they happened to know. Among Others they Ia
vowed vengeance on the t@O young men men
toned, Messrs. [ line and Randall, because they
had found out that they were in our camp az the
time w e;feld came up with his army of invasion.
These Southern braves pretended that they had
got the horses stolen. They said that they had
found them tied in the woods ten miles of; all of
which looks eaeessrely probable. The fact is if
their horses ever We're there they put them there
themselves. However, this made good excuse.
They went 10 the place where these young men
reside, and pretending 20 be " militia of Kansas"
teek the prisoners. What business even " militia
have 70 make prisoners in this way 1 will
ieave you to Judge Having got them into
their possession in this manner they took them
before q bogus Justice OF the Peace 10 have them
tried and convicted by his homer for horse stealing
80 that they could hang them legally" The
youIg men were anxious to send for witnesses to
prove themselves innocent, and that they were
otherwise engaged at the time in question; but
this was strictly forbidden BY the Rufians the
Justice" i'll question sustaining them in the refl-