The Kansas herald of freedom., 1858-07-10

Horse Stealing.
We publish in our advertising columns,
an advertisement from the Sheriff of
Bourbon county, offering reward for sew
eral horse thieves who have fed that re-
gioD, taking the stolen property with
them. Mr.. ROBERTS, the sheriff, it viii
be recollected, was selected few weeks
ago by the radical wing Ssthe Free State
men of Bourbon county, in the place of
the Pro-slayery sheriff who was removed
by Gov. DENVER, and Mr.. r. commits
stoned in his place, because of the estab-
Iished character of the latter as an honest
man, who could be relied upon in sup
pressing the disturbances in that region,
and who would aid in restoring order.
The letter-writers represent that thir-
teen horses were stolen from that region
in single night, by Titus band. who
were eneamped in Missouri, and who sent
their runners forward to rob Free State
men of their horses, in order to outfit
themselves for their Arizona expedition.
How must those letter-writers and our rad
ical Free State men feel, who have been
representing that all the excesses CON-
mitted in the southern part of the Terri
tory, upon Free State men, were perpe-
trated by Pro-slavery men, when they
Charley Lenhart, and other we'll known
Free State men, are implicated directly
In those outrages, as We have the official
representation of the Free State sheriff of
Bourbon county.
But the advertisement of Sheriff Rob-
ERTs is not the only proof against the par
ties in this case. One of our subscribers,
from Sugar Mound, in Linn county, called
upon US on Wednesday morning last, and
represented that he and his neighbors had
lost seven of their horses; that he and
neighbor had pursued them; that two of
the horses were found in the hands of
Free State men in Lawrence, and that the
Whereabouts of the other five had been
discovered, and they would be taken in
the course of the day.
We have no disposition to follow this
subject, as We are promised communi-
cation from one of the parties, detailing
the whole affair, which will throw great
light upon these horse stealing outrages.
A year ago We called attention to the
fact that an organized band of horse thieves
existed in this community, and that they
were bending heaven and earth to involve
the country again in civil commotion,
that they might popularize their infa-
nous occupation, by representing that they
were aetuated by political considerations,
and were desireus of favoring the cause of
freedom. We have watched the move
ments of these men, and thus far we have
seen one after another of them develop
ing their true character. AS journalist,
we cannot publish names of persons, but
we can, and will put the public on their
guard, and have done so in the past 1t
does seem as if all the desperadoes, both
from the North and South, and from CAL
ifornia, too, had sought out Kansas for
their field of operations, and that here
they were now holding high carnival As
the Free State party has gained strength,
these desperadoes have attached them
selves to us, and we are held responsible
for their crimes. And what is worse still,
as is generally the case with such men,
they are louder in their professions than
other men; they occupy the extreme
grounds hoping, by such means, to divert
attention from themselves to others.
Where we are all strangers, it is easy
to hoodwink the masses, and thus our
best men are stricken down, and the bad
men ascend in the popular scale, and for
time seem to deceive the very elect"
But the time has come when the true
men, who knew each other, who brought
characters to Kansas with them, and have
regulations to sustain, must rally around
each other, and while they protect their
own character, they must show up the
real character of their traducers.
Mr.. Montgomery, of Linn county, finds
many sympathisers in the Territory, and
many of our friends tell us that he is
much abused man. 1t may be so-we do
not stand forth as his accuser, farther than
his acts are eensursble. There is not
doubt but that any number of robberies
have been committed by rowing bands oil
land pirates. who have professedto act under
the direction of Montgomery. Horses
have been stolen from nearly every COM
munity, 'and other excesses have been
carried on. If Montgomery is not re-
sponsible, it is time the country should
know who are the guilty parties, who
should be ferretted ont and brought to
justice.
The crops-The Uplands.
The wheat crop, which is now generally
harvested, all agree in saying is such as is