New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1858-05-29
THE FORT SCOTT WAR.

Our correspondents have kept rs some eI:en'
advised o.! he desperate condition OF tnIoss $3.50.
lar parts Of Kansas, brought about by tne aep.eos,
:ons of an organized banditti, hav.rg theI ofigoH
authority rom Jim L.ns, MsJor-Gererai o. tnc neo'
sas militia, under he scts Of bogus Legs et1Ic'
We have additional advGes, however, nay 10y se
about entering upon more EXTENDED ue1 W oPs
tons and ore in which, success:u they WIZ DC pet
Ter paid Ascerairirg That The pay nent OF tne anu
es &c the Sec and Fox Irdans Is about beng mace,
they have concerted p.sns 70 rob NJ. lynooy, tie
agent on his return hom ST. Louis with the money
The agency il situated about seventy miles sou,nI
ives: Of Kansas City. TIE Agen: etpee.ed
to disburte $4,000 TO the Indians; lie pan'
ditt are concentrating on the Ossge RIVER,
about Elk miles southeast Of M.nneo!s, near q
place called Du ch Jake Crossing, within sI mile. OF
the Sac and Fox agency, II the O:AWs Reserve. No'
only the money possession Of the agentia sanger,
but should De pao out, Il is rot SAFE srd naseo,
II il feared that the traders with the Indians viii be
robbed Of ther 20 IDS &C., before the return OF TIE
agent rom 81. Lous. 10 well satisfied Is TIE aSent 0!
he imminent danger il which BE stands, 'nas ne M
demanded nil .aiy escort from Gen. Harvey - coa-
duct him and bis treasure from kansss City ~ Tue
sgercy and to protect al parties whie engaged ,ae
distribution Of the shDaity. lt Is NOS known whesner
Ger. Harvey will yield - tbs 'eqnes, or ho', 1at u
seems 40 reasonable and proper that re will hardly al
20 do IL. IL Cur judgment, !: would &c still better
he would tuln HIS troop upon them and capture the
whole baLd Of thieves ana murdeieFs. Notaing ei'e
will relieve the Territory from these maraaleIe.
Tie bard, or one OF the parties, - committing al
mabner Of outrsges the inhabitants snd travellers
in tie n,shborbo,d of the SAINTS r. trail.
Core pJudenc. c. The CinenHs. Gazette.
STEAMER WHITE CLOUD,
NEAR QUIyDARo, X. T., May %, 1873
New troubles at Fort Scott Gre OF frequent occur
reuce Perpetual skiTmishiDg between bao Is OF FRO,
Slavery ard F,ee-State men Is going or there, ana
there is peither law nor order 10 that vcInny me
fact that Governor Denver dispatched company OF
Dragons from Alabama aud Mississippi taere, 70
preserve quiet" and tina: oese dragons prove mere
tools in the HANDS Of the Pro-Ssvery men, TENS
-.
have been conn Of late and unless the JveInor
sdopts some new line Of policy, the diff ulty sesns
Ike 10 increase and .pread through South Eastern
kABsss. - 80. ~.
The followip como unicstion wss addressed to the
Editor OF TIE BrunS1icker, Tho mas Sarnes, esq.,
of Butler Bates Comfy, OF the ogns propuetofs
of The Gaatia Sun and was subsequently come eco
with The Southern D,n9crct, published at Psrkvi!le,
Platte County, Mo: 1870
have opportunity 10 send you few llnesTex
eli euent is TOO high fsr comment. civil war mas
COMM nced in esrnes. About 10 days ago the Aool-
fion psrty attacked the United States troops near
Fort Scott lsbout 80 miles from this place. woundlng
Capt Anderson and others, and killing one OF the
rIccts Srce that time, they have robbed and driven
out al the Pio.savery men, and s who symps.hlZe
with them and ell who voted :or the Lecompton con-
stitu,ior. They tpsre all Black Republicans. There
are several hunered Fl those driven out nov IN or
coupty; but many are yet in the Territory, and We
have iears for 4 cir safety They have threaened al
he border counties OF Missouri. They doubtless ere
nos in possession OF Fort Scott as today was tae Day
for the United States District Court there, end they
swesr another shall never be held there
have just returned from the Territory: II is sup.
posed they attacked and whipped three companies OF
troops last evening, then road TO assist the United
States Marshal. There 500 Of them on the line OF
this county - miles from this place. They have sent
us word they would be in our county tonight We
believe they will come. Tncse who have been driven
out and mary Of ctzens are nov fotifyDg the o.
selves not only the line bur in the States IL 10 i-
p:s,ible TO give you idea Of affairs as they exist.
Their plumbers ere increasing every hour. Many that
We 4 ought ProSlavery have joined through fear,
while many honest Free State men have run from the
Territory.
Fysm The HIr,o.rile No Democrat, Nays
The rnf rtunate state of affairs existing in Lynn
and Ly krs Counties Kansas Territory, enou3h 70
chill the blood Of all civilized mep, and cause tne
patriots heart to trembe for the perpeuity OF tue
Union. During the past week we have seen snd con-
versed with at least fifty persons who have been com
PEELED to fly from their hearh-atones to save Their
ives, At the same tine leaving their al-goods and
chatels-in the hands and at the mercy Of band of
nurdercus th.vee, headed by 6end who calls him.
self Montgomery. Wagon after wagon has passed
through our town loaded with innocent women and
children, whose woful count nsnces at the loss oil
property and expulsion from home are sufficient TO ex-
cite the pity Of anything wearing the form of human.
ity yet these devils, Montgomery and his mni9ns,
pur-ued them like jackals, and with seeming delight
We uld destrcy their little necessaries Of life before
their eyes unheedng the tesrs and suppcations tor
mercy.
In the southern portion of this county and Bates
every vacant house and shed ia filled with these unior-
tun ate peop-three and four fsmiie. IL single hut
who in destitute condition, and for food to sus
tain life solely rely upon the charity OF Msscurians,
WHO deeply eympsthize With them, and who are only
ed by Federal bsyones from entering the Ter
ory toking the law in heir own hands and eA cut
ing .ice upon these fellows by shooting toem down
like wolvee whenever and wherever they may be
found.
FoRT SCoTT; May ), 1888.
TIE excitement that has prevailed IN our county
since my arivsl at home has caused me to delay VIII
ing TO you until this time On my arrival found
distressing state Of sffars here. band Of robbers
forted up on tie Little Usage, hsd been doos sundry
dsymeit ell over the country, by stealing horses snd
cattle driving Pro Slavery men of their clslns and
appYopratng any ouch goods as they might nave ths
tfey wanted 10 their own and come went so far
in several instances as 20 take beds and clothing aud
after having stripped many citizens OF all they pos
sessec gave them twentyfOur hours TO leave the Ter
rory and only spared ther hves under promise thst
thew would never return Those depredatons, up 10
nv arrival were confined 10 the settlements on the
Osage
On the Dist day of April about twenty Of the gang
came over or cur creek, about ten miles from town.
ard in ve,y few minutes the Deputy Cnited ststes
Marshal with about twenty United States troops were
in pursuit, Tney came upon them IN the evening OF
the same day. When fret seen they were In the open
. siIie. They were pursued about two miles, and
being hard pressed, they took postion III ravine,
IN the edge OF the timber and without ceremony tired
a. the troope, killing one private and wouudicg the
captain slightly. Seversl horses were also shot Inc
position they Rad taken rendered 70 dis
lodge them without more men and more efficient arms,
ar beng armed only with revolvers and sabers Capt.
Anderson sen back TO this place for twenty more men.
went up 10 the battle ground in company with sew
era other citizens, but when the reenforcenents sr-
rived they ere rot be found yet considerable stolen
property was left behind.
We have row about Two hundred soldiers eta