The Kansas herald of freedom. [volume] (Wakarusa, Kan. Territory) 1854-1860, 1857-11-14
"TRUTH CRUSHED 10 EARTH SHALL Rise AGAIN. :
LAWRENCE. KANSAS, NOVEMBER IA, 1857.

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of sons of wealthy planters, and were
coming to Kansas to spend the summer
in a ''frolic." He said their expenses
were borne for them, and that they would
have good time generally.
Capt. Bell said he was one of the fillibus-
ters in Cuba, in tae Lopez expedition,
was arrested with Lopez, and was sent to
Spain with several hundred Others, in
irons, and was pardoned by the Queen ct
the interposition of the American Gov
ernment in their behalf.* He left the
steamer as soon as he reached the Leyee
at Kansas City, and l saw him next, a
week after, at Franklin, in command Of a
company in Marshall Donaldson's service.
The Michigan party who came up on
the same steamer with me encamped near
McGce's. saw their tents as / passed,
with Mr.. Jenkins on "Wednesday morning
a few moments before our arrest. Persons
were very inquisitive about them, and
threatened to 60 and disarm them. At
one time they told me they had done SO,
and driven the party to Iowa. This was
no doubt part of their policy, but the
fillibusters did not feel sufficiently strong
at that time to engage in such work,
and left it until their plans were more full
ly matured.
A letter was shown me purporting to
have come from the Committee of Safety
at Lawrence, and directed to ''Gov. Rob-
inson, Independence, Lexington or where
ever he might be-" 1t represented that
they had 200 men enrolled and station
ed at Lawrence, with arms, ammunition,
&c, sufficient for seige of four months.
It claimed that another cannon was want
ed to place On the North East corner of
the Fort, and begged Robinson to hurry
up men, money and cannon, as fast as
possible. 1t closed by requesting him to
ask the prayers of Beecher, Parker &C.,
in their behalf. Pate and Brescerton, the
latter the impartial historian of the Kansas
war, labored to convince me that it was a
genuine document. They said they
found it in the street where some travel
er had lost it, and they were using it to
excite the borderers to more energetic ac-
ton. Subsequently l saw the letter al
.uded to in the Mo. Republican and kindred
papers as an intercepted letter which the
Safety Committee were sending to the
States. l pronounced it a base forgery
then, concocted by some villain who would
do any mean act to involve the country in
civil war, and thought at the time il
owed its paternity to Capt. Pate, as I an
fully persuaded is the case, from subse,
quent facts which have come to my
knowledge.
Col. JolnsOn, alias Anglies, doubtful,
who was subsequently arrested as a forg.
er at Westport, and taken back TO Ten.
Dessee in irons, was occasionally one Of
my attendants. He claimed to be &
nephew of Col. r. NJ. johnson. He wa:
very easy in his conversation, and claim.
ed to be very much of gentleman.
Mrs. JENKINS arrived on Saturday af
ternoon, and was permitted to stop with
her husband,
About four O'Clock in the afternoon O
Saturday, one of my guards requested mt
to see him in the hall. [ stepped ou
when he told nae to get my hat. I saw
he was somewhat excited, and mistrustet
something was wrong, and more particu
iariy since l had just come in from one o
the stores, and saw the street was liter
ally jammed with men.
My guard walked with me down On,
fight of stairs when he informed me ther,
was habeaS corpus out for me from Kan
sas City, and they wished to get me out o
the Territory before it was served. They
said they had carriage ready at th,
door to start with me. | begged them t.
send to my room for my overcoat. think
ing this would acquaint Ms. Brown o
what was transpiring. This they consent.
ed to do, when [ hurried down stairs, ant
was thrustinto a fine omnibus with four fin,
horses, and with Mr.. Jenkins by my sid,
and several armed and mounted men a
an escort, we started out from Westport il
great haste.
As We were about starting l appealed Il
the ehiyalric spirit oi col. johnson, ALA.
-4nglter, wnostood beside the carriage, ant
requested him to bring the ladies, which
he pledged Inc his honor he would do.
The road was very bad, but we were
hurried on over the rough places at brake.
neck speed. and only stopped for an in
slant until after We crossed the Territori.
al line into Kansas. Here We overlook! q
couple of loaded teams, and as we were
rushing by, one man jumped up, swing.
ing his hat, aud proclaimed that ..war had
commenced at Lawrence, and that there
had been a collision, and the id aboli.
tionists had been whipped"
We halted, the teams were unhitched
and fed, and preparations were made fol
camping, as was the case with the teams
alluded to.
We had been at this point but few
moments when Mr.. jenkins brother
drove up with Mrs. Jenkins and Mrs
Brown. They stopped opposite our ear
riage and spoke about riding with u.s.
This was refused. With the agility of q
deer, Ms. ]. jumped from the wagon in
which she sat, and bounded through the
open pannel of the door of the omnibus
By the side of her husband, to whom