The Kansas herald of freedom., 1857-08-29

kept nv place, as though utterly uncon-
cerned. and continued to Whit away at |
nv pipe; telling them that the rations
would ali be ready at an appointed hour
in the morning. They didn't know
what to make of my coolness-thought
was either drunk or crazy, and went off |
somewhat disappointed and evidently
yexed.
Gov. GEARY.-Well, were the rations |
ready?
MAcLEAs.-Yes, by Cd! Really that |
morning, and every other, SO long as We
were i'll camp about two weeks.
GovERSoR.-But how did you manage |
it?
MAcLEAN-That was d--d easy. |
I was up before daylight; got up num- |
Der of wagons, and started parties in every |
direction, with orders to 60 to the stores !
and dwellings, get all the provisions they |
could find, and drive in all the cattle; and |
they returned with pretty generous |
supply.
GovERNoR.-How did you raise the |
funds to pay for all this?
MAcLEAN.-Funds! by Cd, we didn't |
pay d-d cent! We "pressed" it
all! In these expeditions, which were
continued every day, We got some useful
information, too. We seized the mails
going to and from Ossawatomie, and more
than half bushel of letters fell into my
hands, in examining which, l found many
of them directed to, and Others written
by, some of the most wealthy and infiu-
entail citizens of Boston and other parts
of the northern and eastern States"
Maclean is Scotchman, and has been
but a short time In America. He is over
six feet high, and proportionately stout;
is the constant companion of Sheriff Jones,
General Clarke, and others of that class,
and is among the most prominent OF the
Kansas mischief-makers. He may always
be found in the Lecompton post-office, at
the opening and closing of the mails, and
generally manages to acquaint himself
with their contents, for the benefit of his
party. He makes inhammatory speeches
at pro-slavery meetings; is extremely
violent in denunciations of Free State
men; always urging others to unlawful
and vicious acts, but never venturing to
place his own person in point of danger"
PIP. 98-100.
We will extract but one picture more,
which we trust will induce our readers to
procure the book and read the rest. 1t is
picture of Judge CARO-:
.When Gov. Geary visited the camp of
Reid, as already related, he found his
honor, Judge Cato, performing the duty
of soldier in that ruffian army, and
brought him thence to Lecompton, where,
short time afterwards, being in tent
of the militia, who had got possession of
the arms of the Free State prisoners, and
were making selections to appropriate to
their own use, the Judge was shot
in the ankle by the accidental discharge
of a revolver in the hands of a
drunken fellow, named Hull. This dis
abled him for a considerable length of
time; but, after his recovery, he became
the constant companion of the most worth
less characters in LecomptOn, was the
daily associate of George w. Clarke and
S. A. Maclean, and the roommate, mess
mate and bed fellow of Jones and Bennett
of the Lecompton Union, the honor of
writing and supervising the scurrilous and
lying productions of which false and abu-
sive sheet he was shrewdly, and perhaps
not unjustly, accused ofsharing with Sur
veyor Calhoun and the other WORTHLESS
named. His knowledge of law was ex-
tremely meager, and his sense of justice
by no means delicate or refined"
But the most interesting part of this
book to the people of Lawrence and vi
cinity is the complete history which il
gives of the murder of David C. Bunfum.
The conduct of the marshals-the indig-
nation of the citizens-the arrest of Hayes
the murderer--his discharge by Judge
Lecompte-Gov. Geary's order for his
rearrest-Donaldson' conduct in the affair
i-Leeompte's writ of habeas corpus by
which the murderer was again set at lib.
erty-all these things are given with q
minuteness of detail creditable alike to
the authors head and heart. There is
no doubt in the minds of the Free State
men of this city, who lived here at that
time that the murder of David G. Buffun
was the first act which opened Gov
. Geary's eyes to the real character of the
men by whom he was surrounded at LIE.
compton. And it is equally plain that il
was no fault of Gov. Geary's that the
murderer escaped unhung.
We have made this article much Longer
than We intended. We have given pen.
pictures and anecdotes at random, not fol
, the purpose of satisfying our readers as tc
, the general character of the book-be.
cause nothing but its entire perusal car
be satisfactory-but for the purpose O
showing them that the book is valuable
addition to Kansas Literature, and as sucl
should be in the Library of every citizeI
of the Territory. It's en-pictures of ths
,, bogus officials are worth more than the
t price of the book. Coming from tht
, source it does, it must have large sal,
in the States, especially among the De
mocracy; while the earnest truthfulneS:
with which it is written must carry con
: viction to the mind of the most fanatica
: slavoerat. We commend il, therefore, t
the perusal of everybody. 1t will interes
men of all parties and shades of politics
: and ought to be read by all who desire
to be booked up in the facts of Gov
: Geary's administration.