The Kansas herald of freedom., 1857-11-07

oshoih hiSS houId sooner StarVe tnan eat
alone. My breakfast was brought but l
gave no attention to it. 1t remained on
the table for time, and was removed.
i About nine O'Clock that morning, was
agreeably surprised by receiving visit
from Mrs. BRowN. She never seemed so
much of an angel of mercy as then. She
had heard fmy detention at Kansas City,
and ofmy probable arrest, and had hasten
ed on the wings of love to shield me
from harm. I left her weeping, one
and half months previous, at our resi-
dence in Lawrence, with the fair convie-
ton In her mind that we should never
meet in life again, and no reasoning could
dispel this illusion from her brain. We
met, but was a prisoner, detained against
my will, and yet charged with no crime.
The slave power had decreed that / was
an unsafe person to enter the Territory
while an attempt was being made to sub
dtse the people, and they held me in de-
fiance of law.
/ Before Mrs. B. was allowed to bring her
satchel into the room, our guards claimed
the right of searching it. She opened it,
and stated they could examine her linens
if it would be any qualification to them.-
They seemed embarrassed and declined,
and told her they would not examine it
any further She then took small Al
lens single barrel shooter from her pock-
ct, and said perhaps they wanted that
They told her to put it back; she might
need it for her protection. l thanked
them for their magnanimity.
Mr. J. previous to this, had been con-
fined in another room. From this time
forth | was allowed to take seat at the
table by the side of my wife, and was
} never more kindly treated than during
that period. save / was detained against
my will. Strangers were brought up in
large numbers and introduced to me, and
and on Thursday night the guard seemed
apprehensive l would escape through a
key-hole, or in some other unaccountable
: manner, hence at short intervals they
would thrust their heads through the door
to see ifI was still in the room. That
night after ten or eleven O'Clock they
placed acandle in the room, and kept it
burning all night.
| l have subsequently learned that a
meeting was held in Westport On Thurs
) day night to determine what to do with
me, that the meeting was held to late
: hour, and that while it was still in session
some person said was to be rescued that
) night, and their unusual attention was to
see whether had gone yet.
While remaining at Westport visited
several places of business, and made many
} agreeable aequaintances, among whom /
3 remember with pleasure those of II. D.
: Wordsworth, Esq, Mr.. johnson, Mr..
t Sux, Mr.. Ellis, DIR. Bratton, and Others.
t While at Westport, parties were con-
e stantly arriving, and hurrying on into the
: Territory from the South. They seemed
: to be armed, and ready for instant service.
!, Several gentlemen called upon me who
f claimed they had arrived with parties
: from the South, of which they were cap
: taiEs. One gentleman left on Friday
d night He claimed he had landed with
fifty men at Kansas City, and that they
: were going to the vicinity Of the Shaw
: nee Mission that light to encamp, although
h it was raining shower at the time
n They appeared to be in a great hurry tc
: enter the Territory by given time, and
: were rushing ON with all possible speed te
d be there at that time. Many of those
: men afterwards saw with United State.
e nauskets in their hands, and were regular.
n ly mustered into the service of the Mar.
d shalls posse consitatus at Franklin and
l. Coon Point.
+ On my way up the river made the ac
Is quaintance of Capt. Bell, who was an &C
y complicc of Maj. Buford, but who claims
Is he left his party and went back, from
$ Jefferson City, or some point near Their
st to look after some money of which tn,
T. party was robbed. Bell was qnite
ID small man, rather talkative and interest
n ing. He claimed to have been The prin
4, cipai in raising the "Carolinia boys'' as b
called them, said his party was made u
he of sons of wealthy planters, and wer
d coming to Kansas to spend the summe
e in a "frolic,'' as he termed it. He said thei
Ill expenses were borne for them, and tha
p they would have good time generally
10 Capt Bell said he was one of the fillibu:
'e ters in Cuba, in the Lopez expedition
S, was arrested with Lopez, and was sent
20 Spain with several hundred others,
t irons, and was pardoned by the Queen ;
er the interposition of the American Go,
't- ernment in their behalf. He left tt
steamer as soon as he reached the Leve
~ at Kansas City, and | saw him next,
s week after, at Franklin, in command of
lo company in MARSHALL Donaldson's servic
& The Michigan party who came up q
V the same steamer with me eneamped ne;
McGee's. l saw their tents as 1 passe
ce with Mr.. jenkins on Wednesday mornir
as few moments before our arrest. Persol
70 were very inquisitive about them, al
n threatened to go and disarm them.
lie one time they told me they had done S
NJ and driven the party to Iowa This w
laf no doubt a part of their policy, bus Il
fiIlibusters did not feel sufficiently stror
ID at that time to engage in such wor