New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1858-06-02

The history of Kansas is full of bloody atrocities,
but nothing which has before happened there equals
or even approaches the cold-blooded murders Of
which intmatiOns and rumors have been for some
days reaching US, but Of which we are able to-day
to give full and authentic account. We publish
two letters-One from correspondent of ouI own,
dated from the camp at Sugar Mound, Nay 81, the
other written the day before, from MOneka, and
issued in a Sunday morning extra, of May %, of
The Laprenes Republican. These two accounts
agree, though each gives details not found 10 the
other. The accounts which we had previously re-
ceived, coming from Pro-Slavery and Border
Rufian sources represented the boOdshed as having
occurred in regular fight between party of
MOntgomeIy's men and another body under
Capt. Hamilton. The full accounts, which We
publish to-day, not only show that it was not
any of Montgomerys party, but quiet and peaceful
settlers, engaged il their own business, and taken
prisoners some on the road and others in their
own houses, who were the victims of this outrage
and that the murders were committed not in fight
of any kind, but in cold blood upon unarmed men.
The party Of muIderers consisted of twentyh five
men. Eight of them lived in Kansas and seventeen
in Missouri, most of them in the vicinity of West
Point, Just over the border, which has been the
seat of a Blue Lodge, aud which was formerly the
rendezvous of the invading army led by Gen. Clark.
The leaders of the party were Brockett and
Hamilton, who have had prominent part 10 all
the Border Ruffian viOlences of Southern Kansas,
and the latter of whom was one Of Butords men,
On the morning of the 10Th of May this party
mads their appearance at the store of Mr. Camp
bell at the Trading Post on the military road from
Fort Scott to Fort LeavenwOrth, where 1t crosses
the Usage River, some fifty miles nerth OF Fort
Scott, and therefore quite removed from the recent
troubles there. They took Mr.. Campbell prisoner
and then proceeded along the road for two miles
and half north, till they had taken twelve in ALL
These men we're taken when at their work, I'M
armed, and without resistance. They had not been
implicated in any of the troubles of Kansas, and
rome of them were recent immigrants. The only
resistance encountered appears to have been froLl
black ,nth who refused 10 be taken prisoner, fired
upon the Iutians, killed Brocket.'s horse, slightly
wounded tLe rider and effected his escape The
prisoner being taken into deep rsvine in skirt OF
tmbe T, were there ordered to form into line, which
was the first ihimation of the fate that awaited
them. The command was then given, Ready
| Aim Fire when the hOrsemen discharged their
mu,sets loaded with buck shot and ball Ut a dis
tsDce of FIVE PAGES and the whole twelve prisoners
fell to the ground. -Four we're dead and seven others
wounded, one of whom was afterwsrd killed by
the ruffsns. One only escaped uphurt. The muir
derers, after rhing the pockets of their victims,
rode of, leaving them all for dead.
The man who was unhurt then ran back and gave
| the alarm. The news Of course spread fast. The
murders were committed about O'Clock, and be-
fore midnight 800 men had assembled at the post;
but except Capt. Montgomery and his men they
were very i'll provided with arms. Expresses con-
veying the information and asking for assistance
| arrived at Lawrence on the 23d. The murderers
were supposed to have taken refuge at West Point,
and the intention was to march upon that place and
| demand them. 1t would seem. however, by let
| ter from Westport to The Missouri Republican,
which we published on Monday, that on the fore
| noon of the 2lst, Hamilton, with Others of his
band, was in that place telling very false stories as
| to the occasion of the murders. Meanwhile there
is great excitement both in Kansas and the border
counties of Missouri. 1t is said that the Missouri
militia are to be called out, and the telegraph re-
ports that arms have been forwarded from Jefferson
| co. tha,~