New-York daily tribune., 1858-07-12

and presume that 'he matter must 90 uuo1Disoeu'
for the present II least. IL seems, however. that
report of tbe tp south has been drawn up, ntende!
foi publication 1t was designed that il should
have The signatures OF the three gentlemen who
went from this plsce. IL was drawn mp by DIR.
Charles Robinson. but Mr.. Whitney refuses 10 have
hs nsme attached t. il, and the other VI. Le"ls
Tappan, comes out in a card against II. Ine puo-
GcatiOn was "a have been made today IN M ne
pabiicdn but Mr.. hitney, | learn, has had Y de-
ferred until DR.. Robinson returns from QundsTo,
whittier he went yesterday morning, when De hai
flushed the report IL is possible that copies OF j.
have been sent East from Quindaro. The matter
objected 10 IS on various points. FIRST, tnat u sets
forth as facts statements that were not clearly snd
fully shown 10 be such. and tba, !; suppresses mucn
that should have been sand. snd also hist Il assalls
the character of She riff Sam Walker Of this county
DR. Robinson had q street alteration with Walker
week ago. which nearly resulted in personal
conflict. In this report he charges the posse OF
Walker with having taken, or stolen. a morse at
Fort Scott, and given il to Capt. Montgomery,
whom he Was sent 20 arrest
| earn that the facts in regard 70 the horse are
these: Sheriff Walker had gone down, al the III
stance Of Gov. Denver TO make arrests. tie dis
covered. az Deuyer himself has subsequently, done.
that the reports that had reached Denver were not
strictly correct. He got posse ard went to Fort
Scott. in that posse was Captain Montgomery.
Some others who had, suppose, belonged 10 Mont
gomery's company at one time or alother, had fol-
lowed them While they were waiting outside OF
Fort Scott they saw man come out OF II as II 10
make his escape. They gave chase snd he aoan-
don.pg his horse escaped They took the horse he
had thus abandoned and brought il back. Now,
even If this were tina most fragrant case OF horse
stealing Sheriff Walker knew nothing ot 1t, and
was certainly not responsible for 1t. lie suOse-
quently arrested Montgomery, or rather tle later
Voluntarily surrendered himself on learning that the
Sheriff had writ for him. BY the language ot the
report il is made To appear "a If Sheriff Walker
was responsible for the stealing of the horse.
That the report should thus have been made the
vehicle of An assault upon person with whom he
has mad difference, is, 1 suppose, one chief reason
why the two other gentlemen refuse to sign 1t. IL
certainly will destroy any value that might other
wise BE- attached to such paper No copies OF 1t
hsye vet been issued, unless they have been taken
to Quindaro. II Capt. Montgomery, or those ne
has commanded, have, during the strife raging
there been guilty Of any crimes whatever, the best
way will be TO give the matter a legal investigation.
and aso 10 secure by energetic action the arrest of
Brockett and Hamilton. and their band of murder
ers. and try them. Meanwhile the report, If II
should De published, is probably what Gov. Denver
desired. Ii is still deemed expedient 10 send the
scape-goat to the wilderness, and ii 1t cannot be
done by legal investigation It may be done by re-
mort.