New-York daily tribune., 1856-07-17
.P0RTANT FROM KANSAS.
MISSOURI RIVER PIRACY-AHD OTHER
ft OgTRAGES. r1 rs
YIom Our Special Corcspossies,.

Yrom Our Special Coucspasaest .If 100
LAWRENCE, K. 7 Tuesday. Juy g. 1866
Missouri River piracy has reached systematic
r, finement not equal,d BY Asieu, when corsairisg
was carried on by the govemnest. Missouri. by
her men who engage in it and her ofAceu who to-
trste it, has commenced an actual warfare On a.
tior al highway on the rights Of American ciiseas.
So thorough is this that should not wondsS 4
even the Pro Slavery boat ofhcsss would spoedav
get tired Of its annoyance. At Brunswict. We
very, Lexington, Wayne CITY, Liberty Landing
Delaware and Leayenworth there are armed bsn1s
TO watch The river and plunder Free1Ststo eni-
grants. At nearly all Of these plsees cannon are
plaI ted 90 rs 10 command the river. At Lexing-
ton there is quite a strons battery. At Delaware
Civ they have six cannons planted to command the
river. There the SoGtherners have made cert ed
military station, and are preparing Themselves tor
the enterprises they doubtless contemplate against
the Territory. That such nuisance AZ that
rhoud exist in the Territory, is significant sct
relative to Il e efficiency and impartiniiy OF drn-
coon government There are some 2OO young SOu<h-
trpers under arms. They permit no boat 70 Pess
without compelling her TO round to and be tearched.
This fright Of search these Border Ruiifans II
sist upon with more pertinacny than did tne nrn~
'pckings and steaoRs" is considerable. havo
just convened with young man Mr.. Holmosy
from New-York City, and no il just up the MIS-
souri river. He was the only Free state man o.
the boat. The Ruflam who were on board hrse
searched his trunk, telling him with the coolest
assurance that it for his own sake and in orier
to prevent the trunk from being broken open of
the different landings. This a very specious
plea, but unfortunately it did not secure the pro-
posed exemption. The boat was stopped at all toe
places have enumerated, and searched. At Del,
aware the Captain did not want 10 stop. 1t isa
small place. aud has little or no business. 1t was
ten at night when the boat got there, and whea
they hailed him the Captain shouted back that he
"had no abOtiCnists on BOARD" but they ID
him and told him they would sink his boat If be
did not stop. Having got away from Delaware,
the boat had to 20 through the same ordeal at
Lesyenworth City, and there the gentleman of
whom have spoke had to hGe himself in the pilot
house. He got of at the Fort.
suppose You Eavc the particulars OF the plum
deriDg of company of emigrants from Ostowa.
IliD. il. They were attacked in warehouse N
the City OF LeavenwOrth. within but short DIS
tance Of the Fort and robbed, and most OF them
sent back down the river. The company who dis
armed them were armed with United States srms-
One of the company escaped and went " tho
troops for assistance. Capt. Wood came down.
and finding Capt Clarkson, the Border Ruffan
committed the outrage, asked him bis authority,
when ClurksOn showed him his commission fren
Gov. Shannon, Territorial Militia," and the too
officers went in and took drink, afcer which Capt.
Wocd and his dragons started back. The best
part of the joke was that Mr.. Hlnman the man
who went after the troops, was taken prisoner oX
the RufIiaDs, Oa his return with them, and sent 0h
down the river. Their goods, consisting Of plese.
scythes. clothing, aud in fact articles OF agrcul-
ture aud do. sstic Use Of all kinds together with
arms, were taken, and are now lodged In MaJors
& Russells warehouse, Leavcnwortb.
The warehouse Of Majors & Russell, Leaven-
worth, is general reselling shop OF stolen goods
MANY of the rifles taken at different points on tho
river together with provisions, stores agricultural
implements &C.. taken from Free State eu,igraots,
are stored there. The firm is one of the most ex-
ter siye in this locality They the agents OF the
Southern Aid Societies. and the money raised N
the South IL sent 10 them. Beside the arms ana
other goods they have stolen from Free state emi-
grants, their warehouse has been made the depos-
itory of a large bumber-some FIVE hundred stand
of public arms, guns and bayOnets. The Ter
ritOrisI officials Nil bit as well have left them In
Weston, No., in the care Of Gcn. Stringlelow.
The plunde- and the public arms are stored TO-
eether.
came into town. He hnd been Overtaken near
M'Gees Crossing, at the Wakerusa. by eight mea,
and attempted to escape by riding of. hey rode
after and overlook him, and plundered him OF hie
horse watch revolver, and money. He escapes
and got into Lawreuce the best way be could On
foot cOmpony Of United States dragons are
stationed near the place, or within three mies et
it. They have been applied to, but expect no
redress, much less that the property will be re-
covered. If the thing occurs again-snd those
rascals ipftst that quarter for that express Pur-
pose-we will attend to them ourselves. 1t is
reported that ex. Deputy Sheriff Hsney is leading
tand of Pre-Slavery men through the south psrh
of the Territory, to drive out and pnuder Free
State men.
We heard report yesterday that party Of 100
men, supposed to be those from Westport, wero
near Osswattarne, but prevented from attacking
it by the troops near town.
KANSAS OUTRAGE ON EMIGRANTS FROA
ILLINOIS.