The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1856-03-23
THE KANSAS QUESTION.
MOVEMENTS NORTH SOUTH EAST AND WEST.
Affairs In Kansas Territory.
OUR KIcKAPoO CITY CORRESPONDENTS.


Affairs I'm Kansas Territory.
OUR KICKAPoO CITY CORRESPONDENCE.
KIcxAPoo CRY, X. T., Feb. rs, 1856
Lzser from Kickapoo City, Description Of tie Piae-His
tory Of Tie Kiceapoo Rangers-7her Adventures 0" me
Hstsd FsJd-The Eason Melee, dcg DC
The coed people Of this yourg city and the notorious
Kekapoo Rangers desire themselves viadcated to some
extent in your vide spread and valuable paper
First win trouble you with short description Of the
city, its prospects for the future, its wants, sc.
II was one year old the lat day OF November last,
and had about 600 inhabitants. 1t has 200
buildings two steam sawmis three houses for accom-
nods.ipg the travelling public seven stores, four gro
ssries drug store Newspaper Kdnsas Pioses),
swe blacksmith shops, church edi6ce, one school
house, two livery stables, &C., &C. very large hote
building nearly completed, viii be ready and opened by
April l, and can easily accommodate two hundred and
city guests Some six ssven,stores, twenty odd we'll
houses, one livery stable, two churches and
ether buildings are in progress. These improve
nents all thu work o. CT liens, and it shows the
amount OF faith have that 1t win be the great
the Missouri liver in this great Terrtory. What
The viii erect do time alone win tell. We
are in great Feed Of good mechanics; wages are ex
Ren ely high.
Mechanics, workingmen and professional men coming
10 the Territory will do we'll make this their landing
Kickapoo is four miles Weston, Missouri and has
excellent ferrybo&t crossing the rive, every
fifteen minutes.
There has been discovered three coal veins (bi.lmi
nous in and the city All make far has been
examined, very profitable appearance.
The title here perfect b,ing K'ckapoo lands
mis- must be great desiderAtum. number Of paper
cities the Delaware trust lands and the title
lands in dispute and the probability Ct remaining
fDs year more TO come. The inhabitants o. Kicka
slv ID
ever are from ,he Northern States aud goahesd
people not collected in any town in the Territory
will devote the rest OF my letter to history of the
notorious Kickspoo Rangers. Thy frs. regularly
Termed November 80 1855, at the call Of Gov shlnnon
Sor Law and Order to repair TO Douglas county and
assist Sheriff enforce the Territorial la De
sember first. the company only forty strong with officers
elect marched for Lee mptan, with orders to report
themselves to The Sheriff We arrived at Camp Lec,mp
ton Monday December g. and joined the Sd Regiment
Of North Kansas Mitis and re aSiued till tbs saooaa
following Wood getting scarce pulled up stakes and
moved Gown he Kansas river TO place called Bsnci,
and going to camp, messenger from Gov.
shannon and Major General Richardson arrived saying
the difficulties settled an cross the rivet
take line Of march for respective homes and
not doand till got to starting place. We KEEP
IN service till the Saturday following then mustered ou
md each soldier has, will receive, his written dis.
charge. Our captain made fer remarks and thanked
Ms for Willingness and obedience of orders Before We
Ism Camp Leccwpton our forty men hsd increased TO
Nothing then happened Of interest til the Ee.on
affair of January IL, 1856 Tue free State men, as
they call the ussves then held an election A. the ,ove
place which ia Twelve miles west of rney had
their ballot boxes guarded oy some forty men ~ho were
well armed, and VINO dsfed the Kckspoo Rangers sus
the rest Of mankind. They headed BY the Brown
who is now dead Word WAS sent to US of their a;ons,
POO Rangers to 10 their assistance Tie Kickapoo
Rangers haY;pg been mustered o Of service Of
could not W. eoms thirty CT arfr .. our ..A"' a."
y1' mar advance suall. after going some FOUR mile,,
they babe them halt. The resussc and began to show
Aght Presently the main body came up, and these five
who the leader the dsy before the election Oar
made them 90 hack with them, and whsa 'hsy ar
rived at Easson they found one man by the name q oaox
sourse, good deal CT excitement, and cry Of Hang
Brown p sc. Bee getting at lcssc-h-eis With ons "a
eur men, it was agreed ring should De formal snt
fhtr fight should settle tho difficulty. After resolving
several ha blows Brown cried enough and several msa
1uahed up to part them, and In the melee Broya Wa
struck ON the head by come unknown person vita
died.
Since this has happened there HIS BEEN another con
pAny formed here under the o, Kckapoo Raugers
1hey have elected their Ulcers all received tier com
missions from the Governor. They rum Der one odred,
and have adopted uniform, whicn consists OF single
breasted blue coat sanding collar brass Blu tons black
Kossuth hat with plume, and black panaloons. The
for shooting Mimic ball 6-inch barrel Colts pis ol,
and Western bowie knife and q Ratchet
NEWSPAPER ACCOUNTS.
From Strlpgeows Atchison thansas) Squatser Sovs-
reign, Feb. 20.
WAR RUMoRs OF WAR!
For the las, ten days have heard OF nothing bat
Our neighbors al Kickapoo have been sleeping
ON their arns for two weeks expecting attack from
the abcliticnists a. Lawren:e It was said that soma
several hundred Of The liies were ensampea on the
aboonists conten plsed attacking kickspoo is ali
noonsbine Unless those rifles be possessed with loco
sell them or they are taken from the There
not soldiers enough Fort to rive the
afxr .f ~ in
their hands
Grand Rally Of the Pro-SIavery Mon I'm
Charleston address To the Citizens of south
Caro,ina-Exciting speeches-Letter from
David II. Atchison-Use of the Rife by the
Border Rulians-How they Ride Wild
Horses.
Pursuant to . call, large number Of the citizens OF
Charleston assembled the 14th instant for the pur-
pose Of promoting the Of the South in Kansas.
The meeting called to order BY Gen. Wa. E. Mar
tin who ead that he had b,en instructed by the Kansas
Hmgrant Association to that the chair be ac.eped
BY Hon. James Rose President 0. the Society Mr.. Rose
then entered and took his seat General Martin said
Rat he had been instructed to nominate for Vice Pref
dents of the meeting the folio wing gentenen:-
Hon. J. Harleston Read, ST., Charles d. Carr a N.
VIM Porcher Miles, Hon, Edward Frost, william Midd e
inson Charles NJ, Furman, ESQ, Hon. T. L. Gourein,
William G. Dukes, Hen. Thomas F. DrAyton Col A. O.
Andrews. Charles horrison, Esq, hon. james stuon5
Thomas Farr Cspera Esq Col. Jno. L. carew, William
Edngs, Esq, james Legare, Esq, James Aarsh, ESQ
William Henry Hayward, Esq, James NJ. Caldwell, Esq
He also appointed the following gentlemen to act
Secretaries:-C Richa dson Miles, Thomas Frost, w. d.
H. Kirkwood and Frederick Z. Fraser.
In the further performance Of bis duty, Mr. Martin
said he would take the occasion to place before the
senby the condition and progress Of the Kansas Ass2cs
ton-what has been done in the way q men and money
and what In the way Of their transportation to the
OF their labors. In the duty ne would occupy their
ten ion but few minutes 70 open the mee:eg. What
the association Is doing and what /. proposes 70 do, he
said his only Office To ensrge upon the necessity
Reorganization and the great po neal questions involved
task had been assigned Of secsndng aud eatocipg
address and resolutions about 10 be proposed Ifs a
merely 20 speak o The mode OF proess-
ing and what IL was ntsrded - accomplish Il ting
his Off o sh9rs tiEe before coming - the messing
had OCCASION he said 10 refer to the day uDgn which
association was organzsd and 1t in9ulsr CON Il.
depce that that organization had sc.nsly oscurrsj -
the I'D Of FEBRUARY sithout dasign cnnsent