New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1856-08-11

Another incident l Will relate thab hapPsno"
we.h sso A settler bad been to the post once AZ
Osawat spie to get bis mail On his Ietura .ISso
gentry wsylaid, stopped ADD searched INN pes'u1'
the 1opeka paper and one OF two Eastern JouInA'.,
he bad The TRIBUNE He was at once sccu'ea
Of carving iucendaiy documents knocked uoNh,
beat ard kicked. He contrved TO get away rom
them. When they had him down they s"ore that
any man who would take paper that suPpelu
fremont ous hi TO be hung. AS the uh,oltuns"
gentleman got up they gave "tnfec oH'''' w
Buchapsn" t., A. I,
1Hr DRAGooNs-It may be asked why 40
the people get the dragons to protect theif Inc
dragons have not protected the people COL
SUMMER, TO some extent, tried TO do SOTO do him
iustice-but since Gen. Smith caue th'ogs have
been grow ing worfe rapidly IN the Dragon line
Not ONLY do they utterly fail to afford protection to
the people but they do not attempt It, and Gen.
Smith has declared that be will not thus later.
fere" All he will do, he says, is Furnishing A
"euard 10 the deputy Marshal, Sheriff, or other
"tcgus offc.r. 10 make arrests" We have known
sbisto be fact for some time, but scarcely thought
they would avow it. The sole object of the troops
is TO enforce the bogus laws.
Some Of tie companies Of Dragons are behaving
scandslousy. ! have just conferred with man
who las been driven from his home by a party
from Company +, First Calvary. They came to
Lis hOdse twice in search Of him. They came last
Sunday night at II o'clock for the purpose Of tax.
ing bin prltoner They had no cisil officer, bogus
or Otherwise with them but pretended they had
wit. 1hey told the terrified wife OF the man
they were after that her husband was to be taken
for many crimes" but did not descend into par
ticulars The secret of il, l expect, les here.
Tie ,ficeIs Of this company are bitterly Pro-
Slavery, ard have been recruiting from the
Ceorgians, AlsbsuiaEs and SCutherners This
company had only fourteen rlen IN il when II went
down there, and has thus recruited TIL il numbers
20. / would recommend Secretary Davis to
attend to this very promptly, as he may hear
reports" from Company +. First Cavalry,
not exactly advantae t. that arm Of the service
JUDICIiL.- In letter written from Osawattamle
q few weeks ago, mentioned that the dragons
had gone with the deputy. Sheriff, and taken
possession Of lot of goods from the store OF
man named Wines | saw the goods driven
| into the dragons camp. IT was pretended tha1
! these were taken 10 satisfy debt. MI
| Wines il absent and his friends nslsfed on
having the case brought to Trial. The affair was
TO cone off before bogus Justice cf the Peace,
and by the by, the sum in litigation exceeded his
| jurisdiction, even if he had been proper court
| But that is o small matter in Kansas. AT the day
| Of iia there was not only no evidence to sustain
| tie allegations, but 10 pJaintlil. ho"ever, the
! Justice determined that she knew there was
=" such de- bt-tbe constable had told him; and
the constable was ordt red to sell the goods and
| Equidate the same. 1t is needless TO add that
hr. " ines is Free.Sta man.
A few days ago ] raw i've or three families,
with large stock Of cattle, pass through this
place, goiI back. l think they were from Hi
nos. They had been burned out by rowing band
Of SOurher1eIs on Rock Creek, and were dis
cOuraeed.
! There are still some emiHants getting Into the
! Territory through Iowa ana the Free State pulse
! bt ats firm aid has healthy tone in spite OF the
trials. good DEAL Of suffering is fen By those
settlers who had 10 be in the tid this Spring, In
! stead Of getting in their crops. There has been
! little Of the Keller Fund sent here yet think it
| lie pity but there Was a reliable Committee or re-
! liable men to disbursc it.
think it highly essential Il at means should not
only be fuTnisbtd to those no suffer but TO those
who will do. Heretofore the parties and commit
tees have net given suficient encouragement TO
these who have been Wiling to keep The fi' ID al
right eTievo noes phen they occur. have known
of LoIc than ole expedition required for the de-
fntc and safety of the Territory which has failed
for wat # means. Many Of those who have
aspiItd 10 and teen trusted with the management,
| have been parties who were too much afraid Of
their property or their lives to do anything.
We do not want men sent here t. have the in
| hutIce hid employ ntDt Of the iuods who viii dig
out aid surrender our guns, as one gallant General
! did 81 the sack Of Lawrence. We hope that all
such friends OF Freedom will be kept lcctufing in
| the Fast, sOmew here else than here III tie hour
! of danger.
With regard TO another person, lam sorry TO see
Mr.. Eldridge Ia. been apPoln'ed on the National
| Fnai &C Con mittte for Kansas. lie kept hotel
| in KnIsas City No. untll h few weeks before the
! sack Of Lawr. nee | do not think he can repre-
sent any class OF Free Estate men in Kansas as they
should b. represented
would also suggest, as much of the money sub
serb, is Dever PAID, that all that is Psd be- pub
lithed in some general newspaper, who it is from,
" a "a a. n
record, and be for the advantage of all parties.