New-York daily tribune., 1856-08-21
KANSAS.
MOST IMPORTANT lNVELLIGEAcE.

II IN, las, Letter mentioned tie troubles IN re
southern par: Of the Territory, s!'iDg from tho
campo Of YOUNG S0uLhe.ners IN t1a, dlrecton. As
the conduct Of these bravOs had become 80 Uaeu-
durable tia, il wss ubsaic 20 hTe 10 rnat section,
an expedition was hurrieAly gotten up, s. tie In-
s,ai &C Of sone OF the parties who suffered t. pro
coed aeains, them. Asou- l2O of these men had
been eDcawpoi near Oawattamie, beside tFo
o,sei camos-one On tie Mare des Gygnet, and
the other down on Sugar Creek. As it was con-
sidtred more than likely that at least t@o Of these
would get together the calculation was that here
would probably be lt0 men 10 f-ht. When the
company or companies Of volunteers we're made
up, they were found 10 aggregate 3! men-not 60
strong as the enemy, numerically, but a picked
set Of fellows, and quite sufficiently effective
against all Trey were likely 10 encounter As the
leac ers in the exptd tditOn are modest, shall defer
giving them the beros need at present.
" Wlth five wagons and guide who was not as
we'll yersed in the road might have been sd-
visable. the company in question started after the
enemy. II Wss known that bands Of these tel
lows mad been ini,sting the Marie des Gygner. snd
search was there instituted. The expedition had
been conducted as quietly as possible, but, is
generally happens, the enemy were aware ei the
position of our friends before anything OF t1em
had been seen. Ihe struggling parties above Osa-
wattauie fed on hearing taat the AbolltVnls!s
were coming, ard made the best of tueir way TO
the csmp below, reporting the approach Of Capt
Brown with one hundred and eighty men. Capt
+ Brown would probably haze beeD on hand had be
known anything of il. but in this instance, as IN
some others, he was made responsible for more
iLan bis share.
On the night of Thursday last, the frs, night
the expedition was out, they camped on the re-
serve Of the Ks.kaskias and PeOri4s, near bill
L. . slo Itstr fh..I( iua Od
Of the WI kerusa. The caUp little prairie
ridge between two groves OF timber. Two scouts
of The enemy my-GeOrgisns-hid followed the trail
of the party through the prairie grass. 4 little
after midnight they arrived at the camp, without
knowing that they were in such close proximity
The person who happened to be on guard at that
point was very fair specimen OF one of the boys
"'Nay down from York state" He heard the
two horscmen coming, bnt some scouts belong
ING to his own party were ont, waited very pstisnt
ly and quietly till they approached They having
come within twenty feet OF him. be cooked bis
gun, to b. ready, and cried
BAIT
Whcreupon, the two Border Ruaians, without
apy Interchange of ciyilites wheeled their horses
and esOped oil. As this demonstration was un-
mstaka6le, our friend stepped to ohe side, 20 ss
to get both in range if pOssibla (hs piece was al
old musket loaded with pstol.bul ets), AMI pulled
The { igcer. The gun snapped his was veta.
tIous The sentinel got il ready for another ira!
as speedily az possible; but before be could get il
to bear on the rssriDg figures t.cy were lift!
yards Off He did the best he could. however,
aud blszcd away. There Nss no more disturbance
that nj. bt after the fuss this occssioncd blew over.
Next morning the sentinel IN question sailed in
the direction, thinking, as BE- said, " he nigh
find pistol, or something He cid not but two
of bis conraoes found " something " in the shape
OF hor.c, bat too badly used up 70 be Z good
speculation, admitting then tn be easy on the de-
ba'able subject of hvrsepropery morality. Tne
animal IN question il clearly entitled In pension
from the pro-Slav-ry Administration having one
bullet in It's hip and another 10 lfs lcg.
Next day chiefly spent 10 rtcO1nolteuGg.
II was ascertaned that lGU men were c0ngregatcd
at the Jog fort the sc lou herDer3 had bullt belOS
Osawatamie. The fort in IA, stion was rough
erection Of logs, and not finished. II was close 10
some timber where they had ramped In this they
had among o,her explosives lot of iqpor. This
was nCndt lot Only Tor their own use but for the
Miami Indians who were thereby e1 ycctrd tu lOn
the alliance and help Them to fight IL is reported
that some of the most drunken OF these lndians
had thus engaged 10 fight with them, In case their
services ere needed.
Al necessary items OF information having beel
obtained, the volunteers made = night march on
H.. enemy They approached the fort in two diyi-
sons aid hearts beat quick aid fast, and gallant
resolves were made, all doomed to eyapOrdte. and
waste their sweetness on the desert arr for
the gallant chvalry ne:er waited for the attack,
but incOntnently fed Some hours before the spO.
was reached. They had only removed short dis
talce, leaving small force 10 watch the premises.
They bad also been busy removing their elects
the afternoon previous. The small party of men
left to watch got frightened at the stern aud
regular approach OF the companies that they fed.
and cOrroborated the story about Capt. Brown"
and the ESQ men. One half of them fled into the
Wcs heserve, 10 the n.ighborhood OF Battiesville,
where by the by they are not wanted; for
although Bittes bas hitherto been d Pro- Slavery
lnoisn. be has acquired very moderate estimate
Of these gentry.
Awtary, cautious and unsucca ssfu.hunt for tie
chiyalry bad 10 be returned non est tnrentVs, the
scouts having merely ascertsiDed that the half
Of the party had fed 10 BatteSyi. ., rs stated.
Some had gone 20 Missouri TO get assistance and
TIE reminder bad gone down 10 the Miami Mis-
sion where il was rumored tba, it @ouli be IN
safe 70 follow them ss sll the more reckless of .he
Miami Indians wonld help them to fight. This
lstier report must bc excu,ed from believing
However, that OF the rain, which set in ugly and
disagreeabe, terminated a small expedition that
would have made more brilliant report il the
enemy had shown more pluck.
II was rumored before the expedition Left taat
secton Of the country that the log fort was COM
pletely demolished bu. won. Gouch for IT,
have ius; learned that Captain Cook rather
noted Georai.n ady,ntursri Las gOue down to
Westport 70 raise an,ther army. lie has threat
entd 10 have Captain Brown," if re has to hunt
bin al over the Territory. Before this second
Captain Cook starts OF thi- voyage Of discov-
cry, e. Linn reflect hat i is bIrely possible that
be nsy catch Cspt,in Brown as Captsin Pate
caught BIN
haze also just learned that the Summer Cr-
cult Of Judge LecOmptt's Court has just COM
mtnctd lis work in the north. eastern par, Of the
Territory Several days ago court Vas held az
Whirehea5, q small place Oh the Missouri River,