New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1856-09-17

The accounts from Kansas continue in the high
est degree favorable to the true Law-and-Order
party-that is to say, to the Free-State men. On
the Sd, man named Golden arrived at Lawrence
severely wounded in the mouth. He had LETT
Leavenworth on foot the day before, in company
with two others, in consequence, no doubt, OF the
outrages perpetrated there. Toward night they
were met by seven mounted and armed Southern
miscreants, when about half way to Lawrence
and were ordered back by these ruffans to their
camp at EastOn-an order which, as they had no
arms they were forced to obey. When near the
camp they were fired upon, and as they all fell
were left for dead; but Golden presently came TO,
and friendly Indian helped him on to Lawrence,
where he was placed in the hospital, and was likely
to recover.
1t being found at Lawrence that nothing could
BE- done by way of correspondence with Woodson
toward the release of Mr. Hutchinson and the other
Free-State men treacherously seized BY his men,
that official only replying to the letters Of the Gen.
trail Committee by repetition of the ridiculous
falsehoods about the invasion of Kansas by an army
led by Lane the Committee resolved to have moth
ing further to do with him. and addressed the fol-
lowing letter to Col. Cook, commanding the United
States troops near Lecompton:
LAWRENCE, Kansas Sent. 8, 1856.
" Col. Cook, Coaronder U. g. Foress at Leea~pton.
DEAR SIR: The Free-State men Of Kansss az now
in arms for the purpose of protecting their properly
from destruction and tho lives of themselves and FAM
lies from the inhuman atrocities of organized bands of
assassin, from adjacent State Appeals to the civil
authorities have proved fruitless. As last resort and
to avert the impending evil we appeal to the authority
you possess We respectfully represent that our ranks
are composed of bona fde citizens Of Kansas and none
other. To satisfy you of the truth Of this averment,
we invite you in person to visit and inspect ranks
If any other method Of proof of this fact would be
acceptable to you, it will be equally convenient for us
We ask you to assure protection for lives and
property. and to that end that you disperse or cause
to be dispersed, the band of house-burners, horse
steaers and men-steaers from Missouri, known A the
Kansas Militia assembled at Indianola, on the
Fort Riley road, at Lecompton, near your camp. at
point the Santa Fe road at Easton and other
places If this shall be done, VIC will lay down our
arms and thankfully resume ordinary occupations
''If you do not posses power to do this perhaps
you might feel at liberty to insist that the war be con-
Quoted on principles generally recognized among
Christian bellgerents just and honorable prohibit
ing the destruction of the property Of inofensive and
deienseless persona
"In behalf Of the Kansas State Central Committee
WV HUTCHINSON.
"P S.-Should VIC deem it necessary to decide this
question by all appeal to arms, would you deem it
your duty to interfere In case Of conflict! III. M
This letter was certainly very much in the spirit
of the view we took the other day as to the avoid
ance of any conflict with the United States authOri
ties, and the conduct of the Free-State men the
next day, when Marshal Donaldson entered Law
renee with an escort of fifty U. S. Dragons inqur-
ing for Lane Walker, Grover, the members of the
Central Committee, and others, for whom, probably,
he had bogus warrants Of arrest, was precisely
what we had anticipated. Nobody in the town was
able to give him the least information ~ to any Of
these parties, except, indeed one small boy, who
informed the Marshal that he had lately seen Lane
going toward Iowa with q cannon under his arm!
They staid abOat two hours but found nobody.
Donaldson was very angry, and the Dragons had to
do their best to keep themselves from laughing.
Donaldson then undertook to read proclamation
or something of the Sort but instead Of stopping to
listen to him all the towns people moved away and
finding that he had no hearers he put up the paper
Finally the crowd gave three groans for Donaldson
and three cheers for the Dragons which they recOg-
nized by waving their hats, after which they
marched out of the town.
The next morning having received no reply to the
letter addressed to Col. Cook, the Free. men,
500 strong, marched upon Lecompton. As they
approached the town in battle array, Col. Cooks
with several pieces of artillery, came
hurrying to the scene. At the same time commit
tee was sent from the town to confer with Lane on
terms of peace. 1t was finally agreed that all the
Free. State men, to the number Of fifteen, held as
prisoners in Lecompton should be released to be
delivered that night in Lawrence under al escort
and that the bogus Kansas militia should be
dsbanded Whether those terms were fulfilled
we do not know, but probably they were,
as the latest accounts by telegraph state that the
State prisoners had all been released on bail; that
Governor Geary had issued proclamation ordering
all armed bands to disperse; that several Of the
Border Ruffians and horse thieves were already in
he hands of the United States troops-amOng the
rert, the notorious Emory, the brgand and butcher
Leayenworth and that on the 10th there was
ubilee at Lawrence at which the State prisoners
made speeches.
We do not wish to raise any hopes which are not
kelly TO be fulfilled but we must say signs begin