New-York daily tribune., 1856-09-26
EXPERIENCE OF A PENNSNLNANiAN EN-
PEILED FROM LEANENWORTH.

| went mp from st. Louis IN large irtlgh OOdt,
because there was packet going up that dny.
There was a small cabin fitted up with berths, aud
sitting loom on deck. There were but two or three
passengers, and all on board were Pro->layery. In
he night two men came beard in Missouri. They
came up into the cabin, an sat until morning taking
over their plane could not them vel as lay
IN nv berth but understood from their talk, that they
ve,e leaders of the Border Rufians and were gong
I'D into Kansas to make arrangements for killing OF
driving ont all the FreeStatc settlers on the lst of
s.n,.mbar and that thev had both been out in diff
fr-n pait, Of Missouri What nil they could gel
They told each other how much money such and such
counties would give, and how much some od "esihf
Ssouri farms would contribute to Tie luhh'
Abou, daylight they got into their beith- and slept
un,iI il was lust time for dinner nett day when
ono,l or man came on board ri little town below
Kansus City understood thetIhls one wac Sirih9ei
low md that one of the other two wac Atchison lho
" an Who WAS with him was older looking uIhn either
Of them but | did not hear his name. They did not
name each ether that heard. They stayed together
in tie room nearly all the afternoon, talking isteytd
with them most Of the time and they Gid not apea 10
mind me much for was fishing. They talked over
all their plans OF killing driving out the free state
.elel- from Kansas, and what they would do Ee-
mont should be elected. Two OF them-those under
stood 10 be Stringf.low aud AcLlson--were Tor DIS
solying the Union, and taking Kansas with then.
They could establish direct trude with England aid
could do without the North. But the old man sald
they ctud not do it, and if Fremont should be elected
they bad better take it quietly and have MN Poi-
"soned like them other two ID old NhiSs w men
be -aid this, he looked around e ne ana iahSned
When We came up TO Lcavenworth, the hr;t tSo got
cf and the other, he, that understood 10 De Stiln
fellow came on up to ~. Joscphs, Mi souri,, sho
stored a, the Missouri House where he stopped
In the evening I noticed a set of savagc.looklng lei
lows going about through the streets, and a'cr nSh
raw them collect in room in the Missouri House
sat in the next room and saw and heard ths MAJ
taking to tbenl and organizing them into band 10
20 over to Kansas 10 kill aud drive out Free State
settlers. saw him distribute bowie knlve: anu re-
yolyers among them. Heard them speak apcut me s.
knives being heavy enough 10 take mans head on
at one blow and heard them say they would 20 d.Tn
TO the BARRIERS and have them honod that they nignt
do tie business of the id Abolitiouisr qnIck ana
easy. As nearly as could judge there weIe about
thirty Of them and the next morning they were gone
thought if that the Kind Of work they were gong
10 have in Kansas had better 90 TO Nebras Aa
So leit and went up. | saw Gen. LaIIen inert
but did Lot Ike the country, 90 resolved = 10 "
Kensss at any rate. l came down and landed al
Ieavenworh on the 18th of August. took boardihg
at George kccr's. He il = kentuckian ana one oi
the best men that ever lived. His house e oPpor't.
the Phillips house, aud got to kno" all 'hfe; VI
them very well. They we're two brothers and
nephew. The one had been taken prisoner ana tarrCu
and ieathered, .ne IN Weston. His wife had gone
crazy about it, they toll mt at kel'rs ad wa "a
a Lura,c Asylum. l heard them say that rhiIp'
had determined to shoot every man thet hepeu ~
ynch him. but that his friends had begged so Hn,n
hat he had promised he would not iueuui
with any OF them, because if he did II would
give an excuse to ,he Misscurisns 20 'end
over men 10 murder all the free,>iaie ses: c
ers Just Ike Captain Brown. i heard dozens ~ ~
nen of both parties talk about his case, and ID Oh
agreed about il. He had ten grown sons ana one
daughter. All his had taken up claim ana une
Day, while ho and they gone putting up no
for one Of the boys three came to hls houe
s-ked for him. No one wcs At home but the TWO W
uep and the men said they wanted the ca,iie 60.
Brown said they could not have them "hi!e e bsrtr
tain Was gone, but they went and began sens ,arn
MP and driving them off. The women went ous .sa
back the cattle, when the three fellows ealsu ,i.em
and dragged them of 10 the camp, aud apu-sa Inv
until il appeared ~ if.he women would de- The a.
et them 90 and they crswied home. lnsy ,s1aa
watched 10 hear the meu in the camp name 'e -.,e
who carried them OF, and found OIL ne' o,sm'
father and his two sOns who ..s;o lisa BroTn. cc.
When they get home they told Cepsin PHI b.y.
and be and his boys swore that they go, tsoS
revenge. ~ they went to the fellows NOV nous s,..sr
them out aud shot them dead. Then the 49,!
rased greet hue and cry, thst tnets 80 ~
peecesbe. innocent ren that Brown ana ns 10Y an
murdered. They put up hand-sils n M.ssSan .as
made j, excuse for sending he.rdee .. .nsa iH
into tbt Territory To- kill and drive odt si
sssskn, Weu, Pbillips agreed 40. 10 take 7"' ''A