New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1856-06-17
KANSAS.
ANOTHER INVASION-MORE LAW AND
DER-OsAWATTAMIE SACKED.
From Our Special Correspondent

From Our Special Correspondent
CAMP, HICKORY POINT, NEAR PALMYRA,
Saturday, June Z, 1856.
Yesterday Colonel Sumner came down to the
DeighborhOod of Palmyra, with two companies Of
troops. He returned the prisoners taken at the bat
tie of Palmyra, and took the arms and horses cap
tured on that occasion. Two hundred Pro Slavery
men were canped at Palmyra, half a mile from
here, yesterday. Colonel Sumner ordered them
off, They went down few miles to Bull Greek,
took two Free. State men prisoners, and camped
last night. They coming up this morning.
There 10 men here in camp; resnforce-
ments are expected. Colonel Sumner camped four
miles from this last night. If he does not drive
back the Pro Slavery force that is coming up, the
Free settlers will do it to-day or tomorrow.
They have been robbing people on the road and
plundering and driving Free-State men from their
claims.
The country here is completely unsettled
nothing is doing.
LAWRENCE, Monday, June Q, 1856.
have iust come in from weary and proftess
campaigning in the thick woods near Palmyra.
Ju,t before left that neghborhOOd / saw and ex-
amined the dispatches (open) borne by couple Of
messengers from the people of Osawattsmie to
Gov. Shannon. 1t was declaration of the sack.
ing of Osawattamie by band Of Pro Slavery men,
| worthy MissOurans, some Of whom claimed to be
acting under United States authority. 1t was
species of protest, and gave particulars, and was
signed by leading Pro Slavery man in that quar-
| ter, named Hughes.
| Osawattamie was attacked on Saturday last,
about o'clock in the afternoon, by band of men
armed to the teeth They pillaged some twenty
four houses about all that were in the place taking
whatever they could carry away. They stole six.
teen horses from the town; they destroyed print
ipp office there, new establishment the unoffend.
ing types having never yet expressed sentiment in
the prescribed cause of Freedom One house was
fred by these men, but extinguished by the cit.
| liens. The documents, over signatures. stated
these facts the two messengers Informed me that
MANY of the men were drunk and acted like
beasts and said that such was their insa..te thirst
for jewelry that they took the rings aud earrinps
from the ladies Of Osa,eattonie. Three cheers for
the heroic exploits of the "Chiyalry !" could
not learn whether this was done by virtue of a
writ from the First District Court of Me United
Sto,es for Kansas Territory, or whether the Grand
jury had found bill against Osswattamie and the
earrings Tor nuisance " that must be 'abated.
There were only some ten or twelve men in the
town when the attack was made. The United
States troops were--wel, they We're chiefly busy
in disbanding the free settlers of the Territory
who had been organizing to drive out the maraud.
| ing invaders
In ny last, dated from camp, on the 7th. | gave
a detailed account of this last invasion. II was
opc of the most systematic attempts ever made
on Kansas from Missouri. Gen. Whitfield headed
it, Four 6f,hs Of the men comprising i, were from
Missouri Three companies, of 20 men each. Wen,
out from Missouri. They we're jOiOed by some
band of young Sou,herners. They were met BY
the United States troops near PALMYRA, who ar.
eered them back. They retreated few mil.
down the Santa Fe road; party there disbandsJ
but the bulk of them went down 10 Osawattsm.
Can't 7. c. Pate who was prisoner, and Released
from the Free-S,ate men by Cal. Sumner. Wen. On
O,swa,tamie with the others, his men with him
They cot back the United States arms they had
through Sumner.
Mr. Uptop, Sergean. at Arms Of the Committee
was taken prisoner by one OF thees bands on the
road from wes.port 70 Lawrence. They treated
HIM with indiglisy, and threatened to Asas him.