New-York daily tribune., 1856-09-26


P',ted hs house and made some infuting propositions
10 iis wife which were indignantly rejected. They
pr-sd on with heir pr 'oner to within ~ me tweuty
hve or thirty miles OF WCstPOr. when. without ony
foam Of triA even sham one, unex ectely tO the
flForer erd 10 most OF the company superior officer
Of Il company hi sword through the prs,
body ard TUNED il around Inst ,ntly killing him. The
nbO' had from the mouth OF the trst lieutenant OF
II company who prOfessed hln-,lf shocked by il
TINT from that tnt be had left the COMPANY. and he
state that had he been in possession of firearms at
u moment the deed was done, be would have shot
down the man that did IT, Now I woulc have received
such story from such source witt a great many
grrius Of abatement but for the following: was sent
10 the young mol who t)!d me by several prOminent
ProSavery businCs men cf Kansas City, who seemed
desious TINT the perpcrstor OF such deeds should he
punished. but who did not stem to have the moral
courage to go ahead They told me that the young
u.n was the runaway son Of respectable peren,s 10
Philadelphia by name Atemus If spell it correctly;
TIN. he hat many good qualities and they thou yht
telling the truth lie told the conclusion OF his story
in the presence Of one Of Bufords men without any
h, citation change OF countenance tinauyi hts
story waE but the COrrOboraon Of what before had
.ufciert evidence Of frsm other sources that had
con munca,ed il to Col Sumner already, Of Fort Ies
yery orth taking proof with me- together with the fact
that Notwithstanding Buford pretended to Col sumner
thct ne would give up offensive opeatois IN inc Ter
riiory vet BIZ were on the Santa Re Ial nesriy
eyeIy day Stealing horses being among their lighter
ecrupstjcps their Neghtier Cnes may be coneeured
To chow how little the people OF that section appreciate
Col Summers imparality and the tact tist ne Is act
ing under order will relate what the most intelligent
usn'er cunversed with in Platte County SAID to me-
iIe kIsw had been to Fort Leavenworh with a COM
nunication ard he asked me what Col. sumner said
of the troubles in Kansas. replied that did not ask
Col Sumner a single question. except about my own
personal sfairs; that, in my own estimation, could
hardly have given greater proof that was gentle
nsn or insultod him worse, than to have asked him;
that corsdered him filling place much more respon-
ribe than the President of the United States and
would think him utterly unfit for hi- place he bad
mace any statements 10 me- stranger OF any prefer
ence for either party. lie said he did not think 50;
tha. il was every mans privilege TO "spond opn-
ion E" and be considered him damned Incakng Abo-
litiCnst. ! should think heard full half dozen OF
scourdres, at one place and another characterize him
as an AbOll,ionist and express the dcermlna;lon If
they had opportunity, 10 shoot him. II may be
asked Why did not l 20 to Gov. Shannon
the proper man TO apply to- Simply this:
Pro-Slavery Democrats, who know him much better
than 90, assured that might az well - talk 10
brandy cask the larger part Of the day as to him.
The poor old had fallen too low for either respect
ntmeiIt, hnd compounded feeling OF contempt
and pity TO be the strongest emotion felt for him
in both Kansas and Missouri This Mt. McGee Is the
man Who was SO prominent among the 80 Missourans
who violated the polls at Council City on the 5Oth OF
March. In the of the day, after the whisky had
circulated freely and it was manifest that they were
to have everything their way, he grew very pot
valiant and standiDg near the window where the votes
weie taken he that they would wade all over
" the Territory knee deep in blood but what they
would make il n Slave State. This can be sub
stsIhiaied On this last occasion he stated that he
hoped yet to cot fry of the id iaakces al the
time stamping his foot and gnashing his teeth.
ln the extreme West they call dish Of fried meat "
fry. But why quote th- comparatively insignificant
nan. when The SYuaner Sorereign, edited by the
Speaker of that Legislature, which President Pierce
says ia legal and valid and whose laws must be
enforced though Gen. Cass says they are "di-grace
4" iu to the aee"-by the who at last accounts
in Washington assisting the little pettifogger in
flaming new Kansas Nebraska bill equal to the for
m,r in the premium it pays On successful fraud-by
A.
tor they must suppose him so on the principle taGt
The man supposed his dog to be good coon hunter,
simply because he had tried him at everything else
ard found hirl good for nothing-when The Sqnatter
So,ereign, in ali issue of the same date, pro-
claimed DEATH TO THE YANKEES" On my
way up TO Fort Leavenworth BY boat ! heard man
criticsng the evidence then being taken before the
Kansas Legislative Committee, particularly that oi
ono or two individuals who lived In Kansas, four or
FIVE miles northwest from st. Joseph ANY stranger
would have inferred if they believed hin, that these
witnesses periured themselves in stating that they d
not know him as resident near them IN kansas lie
finally wound off with eulogy upon law and order,
their necessity the benefits they conferred upon soci
ety. Ac al concluded with the statement thot there
weie certain bigher.law men Who had got 10 leave
Kansas" "The United States could Rot place forces
o. enough IL kcep Them there" This was hi- comment
ary Oh his ideas of law and order few weeks ater
having occasion be in ST. Joseph saw this man IN
the street and then learned that he was Maj Bi Reh-
ardson; that he docs now and has Tor several year
lived al ST. Joseph though he otisatcd last Doceuor
AT tlc siege of Lawrence Gov Shannons command
er of the Kansas militia and from hs talk presume
his patrotlsm not yet exhausted but he would Devil
ling TO serve his country again the rane capacity Oh
again ss once before Indian agent for Mr. gilmore.
l'ndoub,edv individuals and companies among cur
people have been goaded by eighteen months OF pro-
sciiption and tyranny to acts OF re,aha'ion. a1oy
would be more han human if they had not committed
such found easy enough to get INTO the crritofy
for individuals, small companies on ioot but iLn-
possible at this point to enter Wlth my ianly. 'n W
fore .tarted for the fret terry kne" OF up the Mis'
somj which was kept by fair-m minded man. On ar
irving at Platte City, in the outskir. OF the v1iaSe
which il honoled by the reeidence OF the Hon. ~. N.
Atcbison. l was accOsted by tall man on perfect
koslnspte of a horse aud accompanied by short man
ON the very picture of Saneho Panzas mule botn OF
them in military array. The first thought suggesting
itself to tie ind was that that renowned 1'
Tie distressed Don QuixOte de la Mancha, ana ms
t,u-ty squire had Visited the glmpses OF the moon
With the praise object OF defending the beloved
city of the political Mahomet OF Missouri osegeS Dy
On looking for the lance and the barber basin now
ever discovered the arms and accoureinen,f OF tna'
respectable gentleman, Uncle Sam. Wen, thougnt l,
tb old Gentleman knows well a. the best o Us tha
tho pr,phet has been sadly harassed, and put IN
jeopardy Of his life by these bsod-thisty Abolonlsts
and so be has sent him body guard out OF OF respect
to the ex-President of the senate. They IN
ouir,d was / going TO Kansas 1 replied: that
ras NV in,ention They then, with an air OF great
copceL and commseraton, deplored the state OF onar
chy and violence which existed there, and inou ned es
those who would not be comforted over the numbers
hanging upon the trees without burisl-lookng INTO
NV wagon at my children over parents bereit OF their
children and children of their parents; looking my
bo,ses and vapon-over men deprived Of their prop
erty and left without the means of support, and IN
oui,ed would think OF doing rash thing to go
there with my family IrePIied that that KIND Of 'alk
had been the staple of conversation where bad oeen
for the last two weeks and had become rather stale in
CONSEQUENCE. They then exchanged some caoaiistic
sipLs hich w.s loss whether TO look upon as IN
csntston. 10 spirits or the very quintessence oi me
nyseries Of the Blue Lodge of Missouri. They asked
me- was Pro-Slavery man to which gave toler,