New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1856-06-11
KANSAS.
WARLIKE SPIRIT AND INDICATIONS
UNCLE SANS DRAGONS SUFFER-
MORE GUERRILLA WORK
Frsa Cur Owe CorresPordsz;.

bee NE iaElar Zed and recunc,ltd ~ the horrors
O. wsrfsre. A hireling soldiery, ~eeded from the
Turi,Us o. society. can BE- got - butcher sud plan
der heir fellow men without much compu1ct On.
especially through the scientific process OF military
nLueuver; but it is hard thing to make quiet
ard rtfted people raise their hand to strike re.
morseessly ard successfuIy-to plun1er ard to
u-.s tie bitter antagOaism Of warfare, until the
more delicate sentiment suited to more delicate
tines, is blottsd ont ard forgotten. say this is
bard but il can be done. and has been dong
for weeks std months back. in Kansas and
for all its horrors Pro.Slayery propagsndism sud
corrupt Administration are responsible. | almost
rsuhe Nher | see the spirit Of both parties here.
Hitherto the Prostate men have eyinced their
Christian charity by suffering loug." Every
otlsr ontrsle committed upon them hiss been like
stone dropped in the water. bubblng up and
ching away in circles of feeling; but now that
water has teCn lashed into tempest. and many
OF them who have been So often smitgen are now
resolved p strike In every party there are few
Who rsrtly tahe much trouble to enter into nice
sueCislit-s; ard while |. as vet. know Of no act OF
Prostate men N which there was not AZ least
sufficient immediate cause 10 make their action in
Itself Lorcral, e. still fear We are on the verge
nav be- overlooked
livery dsy and every hour brings us news of
s,uc fresh attack. Yesterday there was an in
tcre.tiuc affair AZ tie house Of Nr. St0rrs, on
Nsslrgtcn Creek. zone nine miles of. Some
ren said 70 he Georgisns, a party ct whom have
been camptd on that creek since the sacklng ot
Lawreuce. came in the morning TO the house of
Nr Storrs aud drove lis tamll, out taking horse
ard proc, ednG to IluIdtr the house. 4 woman
who lives there got horse and Calloped to Law
renee for help. Az first some of the boys were for
starting up, but Col. Topt went up to the camp
ui the luiied States dragons on the hill above
lawrtuce aud atttr stating the case the of-
Ctls in commsud gave him two dragons and
a sergeant TO 80 and examine into the
affair. This examination nearly proved fatal to
lie parties. They had approached within one
luudred Yards of the house, when they were fired
On ~ large body of men in IT, The foremost
dragon tell and bis horse rolled over twice with
lin. The draCoon lay still " here he tell and his
Lorse. which Was shot through the Jaw and had u
fesh.wound On the shoulder, went galloping
wildly over the prairie. The other dragon also
f,l His horse shot through the foot, aud tum
hed over with him. He was not wounded, but
BIS sab,r was thrown out, and his scabbsrd bent
double The Sergeant, Col. TopliH, and two
ether Frcc.stste men, who were with them,
wheeled about. and the bullets we're whistng
about pretty freely. left the spot as eXpeditiolsy
h, possible 10 report progress The dsmouuted
oragCon also made himself scarce. The Sergeant
remained in grove two miles up, so that
he could return for bis comrade, and Col.
Jop'tf sallOped back 10 Lawrence, and soon the
While company Ot dragons were on the way 20
the spot. On reaching II they found the house de-
serted aud evidences that the property in il had
been injured and taken. The Dragon who had
first fallen was found To be alive. lie had two
bullet wounds, one on his hip and one in his arm,
but neither are very serious, and he VIII likely re-
cover He was brought into the camp near Law
renee last night, aud attended by the physicians
OF this town. The poor fellow takes it very
lO,d-Lumortdy, only cursing the rascals for
| their bad shooting. The Captain of the troop
| took some sffidayirs from some men in the
| ncebborhOCd. which 20 TO prove that the
! GtvTgiaDs aud one or two PrO-Slavery men in the
neeLbOrhOOd were the guilty parties. The dra-
coon " 10 escaped sYears il was Pro Slavery men
no fired on them. sud that be knew one of them.
bayIpg seen him before. These facts have been
TeTort,d BY the officer to Gov. Shacnon; the whole
beginning IA ddle sEd end of this affair having
Gene of without that high tunctionarys special
directions. hat he will heartily disapprOve OF
tie cCuouct Of the dragons in going at all, have
40 doubt; but would not be at al surprised If he
was coOlly TO accuse the Free. State men OIL Or
one thing you NAY be certain-the matter will
drop; the Geornisns will have no writs Issued
against them.
Yesterday and day before yesterday, Shannon
was particularly busy, going about the country IN
the ueigLb0rhOud Of Bloomington; entering the
Louses OF Free-State men. and rummaglng Tor
SLarps rifles. They got three or four asa reward
for their lgbOrs and their works. Among other
uses they entered that belonging to the widow Of
the murdered Barber. Mrs. Barber has returned
10 Ohio. A brother Of Barber was there and an
other man; two wOrhingmen were in the
he.d All Of these men bad got Sharps rifles,
which they kept about, IA an attack might be ex-
pecied any moment with the Southern guerrilla
parties When they saw Shannon and the troops
G. ming they bid the four Sharp's rifles IN box.
Every other trunk aud box was opened, aud this
would have been, but Mr.. Barber brought it out
and tod the Governor that this wes box Mrs.
barber had locked up when she had left but ne
Woald try and get 1t open iOr them. They ald
No never mind and went of. Thus " ere they
saved from being disarmed. A just appreciation
OF THE search for arms may be made when 1t 10
known that tie Governor bas been Instrumental IN
arIniue the Southern Guerilla parties who are
committing Outiages aud devastatOns Tue free-
>tsfe I Ell through the Territory.
wits have BEEN issued for the arrest OF the
men who were concerned in the defense Of Capt.
" slhers hcuse q few nights ago. They have
been hunting judge Wakefield and his boys, to-
gether with Capt Walker and others known to be
there. | learned more particulars OF the 0ccur'
renee. HE house Ci tspt. " aArI 10 H'uatca "o-
tWt,n Lawrence AID LecOmptOp. Threats mat II
should he burned have been made Oh more than
one occasion. and on tie evening when the attack
vas made. reliable Information was received that
+, would be burned. There were ab0ut dozen
men Ia the house and large number IN an
,-tIoLse clo,e by. = party OF twelve men
csme down from tie aeishborboOd Of Lee
c,urtcn: when they got 10 Capt. Walkers
tocse il vas nearly midnight. II is sow
Know that con OF Coz. shannon, aud Deputy
Tr't.l states Marshal /, son Of Or. Roderlguue: