New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1856-07-09

exit here. r.. Ch;o.oo about
,ha % f,,,.wa Conpany" and a certain " Deoataf &
pposed by some 10 be our fnend, III ,,nh,, al
like many dispatches from that ree1oa' 1o'.Inaany
n, fr,i,,,, AID NJ 10 way suthepic. True, aconpNy
hnn Ct,ass went up the river 81 Df. Ct e. -,
dour and trouble xas expected, but No aei"'S 80
h,d oue from them when eit 81 L'uH' a.
date Of tie dhpaich-which may 'De'e'''
gs,ded. . half fD< DIR. Gutter
,,d IL. comoanv who ,eturr,d IN sstefy 90 tie thid
Of july. We imnetst.l! yhane'Inn ~ ,.s IT, "
take hem up the Msir'pol hy Tsonc ,bev YER.
starting that same Afternoon. ihcno1 ~! ~ g
sai.'ne % La Civ where DR.. Cutter aud Perry
IiaI,r would Join them Or. C1''ei came alone Nith
u. that .ame night ~ tar 80 anon ~ eau so oou-
that he va. Iu. be- nor the ohe'. were
w., ;u,o,isonsd IN any way or tnkon OIL the bo4t
I had time enough, however, W careiuiy question
~ . members % the pary, Win tne vic.re ava pseeh
$50 of the boat. All their accounts agree; aud they
e l.,Iv the outrageous conduct of tie Mis-O ri.
p,. snd the aomreble conduct Of our NED. All along
he rusd The latter have Obeined ect The captain
T the ,te au boat them the best co npaoy
~ emipra, ts be carried The ppseogers praised
them lkenise. Aud ,veIy person without exception,
wss husatic in bis praise VI Dr. Curer not merely
In reg srd to bis clergy and courage (which nobody
ever cOubted but as TO his caution, pruderce cool
pess end discretion, about which some OF Us had
good zeal If dCuoD Said Wsconsin .ssenser to
he: Not a maD III Ten thousand could have saved
"tte lives OF that company. There were mea on
" bOsid ,he boat, for dsys togetnrr VINO had eworn
not TO let him go on shore alive; they we're coie'aa
"ly Tying to pick quarrel with tIn aft his men
" were cisarued; a siLge Ow struck would have
A" been the Of thu whOle patty; and Il
"reQuired GOODNESS aid judgment TO prevent IT,
All this was fully confirmed BY other stlmony.
There we're but two pats open before DR.. Gutter,
when BIS danger Mas oiscerreo. ONE was W sen
the live- Of his dear rs possible, bat not 10
suirel Ter THIS CORE VS. fully coDsi ered
by DR.. Gutter AID rejected. The only alt.rDahve
a
nally but in reality to give up US little u possible
Ibr be Gio.
All the steamboat captains agree that there were on
thst nver they vent up,Jron hTee TO IRE M9HsdHa
men, dist buted at den ut points, several hanored az
eucD.~ At Wsy,rly, Lexington, Delaware, hoerey,
Iud.pepoepce, Plnttvile, Levenwmth and VISION,
there we're these bandi-coanony WIN cahnVh' vi
course fot, five cOuo not H. lit their way through
these III r.. amboat 20 fragile that one Cannon SUIT
might sink beI. OF couise he had t. sufrendcr, or
sacice the livee Of all his He chose the ,rmer
Some nay sey-wby 60 up the Missouri at all IL
was by the earnest advice OF our best trends 10
Chicago abC ST Louis, and cannot sue hin, Though
never for mOuent beieved il would succeed.
Some may suy-why not return in the steamboat
Star of the West, with the Chicago comPaLy, VINO
warned thu III OF their dagger. Becau:c the SCUM Cato
Iios Oh board the boat would not permit the captain
to stUp nor allow them to get board, except Perry
Tbaytr and &. II. Holway who were sent On board
firt by DR.. Gutter.
The real iOuble was this. they were taken by sur
pTqse The Chicago men warned then that there
would be attack st Lexington. Instead OF t"ai, tue
mob had come further down aid awaited at "&vefly
1t VAT ev. nng and they could only some cree o
-four hundred men with arms 8Hd cannon. Tley we're
tod that there we're fifteen hundred, which from other
accOunte, Is by no mesDs impossible.
NV, just they got IL sight OF Navery, thsy
bad cocert.d an excellent psn fr saving most oil the
guns which it Is needless to prnt, but .alca would
have ord admirably, tluk, but Tor 'hls III ISL
unhsI py surprIe a. Wav.rly.
Several other excellent plans were formed doing sre.
cred ~ Dr. Gutter, which the overwhelming Numbers
of their oppOn. nts rendered alb rive. Inls was tne
case for II saIce With q plan Of landing neai West
polt and gong through by land. 1t would nave been
tuicida.
or course there are always persons who believe no
plan q good ope, that docs not succeed am writing
for 10 such peIsoD. know that Gutter deserrcd sue
GERS And maintain also that he obtained compar-
LOOK at 1t, for days together be was In
an ,neIry's country, bis little band under guard aud
The banks of the river lined with men. Again aud
sgain the boat wss searched by those thieves. he
hos brought back oil biz SAFE all his pfoviAons,
all lis ammunition, rome side arms and more good ~.
Hs than me MissoUrfGns hare got from hm. Most of
those they obtained, got 10y an act of treacaery
OF the last moment He nas brought back tsen'y
they have got Ouy fifteen, IN good c0ndton lie re-
nder were sunk III the rlver, or disindnted oef're
til, wee suIrehOeieJ No wonder at the ie mark OF
a Missouri pass, pgtr who saw there unloading after
their ,,tu.n to st. Louh, "By -. the Yak "a
have Outwitttd us aid arc as well armed Is when
"tbey started
the guard left the steamboat agar, discriminating at
lpdep CO. the trip, they carried the 81 ie
a,us which their captain shaw had PLEDGE hs honor
10 return, beside tteairg all the tens, and making
final search for rifles
A, this time they bad evidently laid deli,er ate
plan to carry of Dr. Gutter. l enjoyed the looks of
The young men who told me that part VI the story.
We were collected in the cabin, Oh the wat b, sail
they and, ubarmeo rs wc were, they would have
bad TO walk over all OF our DO. les before capturing
"hfm."
OF he company. They seemed TO be twice The men
t.ht they we're when they eft Worcester. few lzft
b.twee here and st. Louis, aid two IN Missouri But
Lot one OF there Remaining but eemed more lesolue
tlan to force bis way through Ito Kansas some
hOc. They we've b,ave, patient uncompal and
ptIf, city uniteo. believe, from I'll conl be n Of
ihtm that if Cutter had gwen the word, they woald
have fought to the last
AS 10 our other second) company, when the runor
came to Chic go h,t the first company hal hesn dis
a.m. c. perhaps kill OF niprso1ed, they came to me-
AID b, ~ ed favor that would authorize them Ia
20 up the Missouri to their rescue. But 1t was not
necessary.
have no comment to mako on these things. Tue
facts enough. Let me expl. IN one thug furth.r
Other Free State men, ~ Tr,ned were sent back by
the came boat, equally unable ~ enter the Territory
On the Other hano, the DAY reached 81. Louis bost-
load of recruits went up unnlested. Thus the south
acts while talking. Three weeks ago 70 0oo
in The hands of the Chic 90 Committee, would have
openeo the Iowa route 10 kansas. Five tunes thai
sum VAS, even then, subscribed iii New England; bat
it was not used tn, lit is not Med now What Is the
copstquencel The South sent h4ndreds, perhaps
Thousands, of fre.h men into Kansas between the
sockipg of Lawrence and tue -ventfu 4th Of July
The Moth 60 lar OF can learn, did not se~d 1agie
party. have enough I. W. HIGGISsos.
10 the Editor Of The ". Y. T,ibuae
SIR: wish TO aod three marks to the above:
l. 1t is mistake to suppose that Eastern Missouri
syupathiSts to any extent with the ruian's of the
Missouri River On the coutray, ST. Louis Is fully
awac both o. the sh4m- they eLtSii upon the whole