New-York daily tribune., 1858-07-09
THE RECENT TROUBLES IN KANSAS.

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SIR IL resdng the late accounts OF the Kansas cii-
6cultes at Fort Scott and in Johnson County, have
felt SURPRISED 81 the false ard exaggerated accounts
circulated in the papers especially in The 81 Louis
PepujicdR. was in Jobns,n County durlng the ln-
yssion of the FOit Scott band as they were termed,
and partially acquainted with al the men who lost any
thirg by their robbing. | also wss down IN Lyklns
County and along the srais des Cygnes, where report
says 1.-The tquatters were driven over 70 Missouri,
&C." and only heard flying reports tha such wss
the fact sixty or seventy miles further South. Some
Of nv friends during such reports, went DOWN oJuSh
past Fort Scott TO the Indian country TO BUY cattle,
and Ia ytitIg back they reported all SIS qulst as
nsua and go t has been al the Sprng the Territory,
except where some lswless rDiiian or uhaids, may
have acted the freebooter, and appropriated other
pen's property, without violence II they eoul' ouI
with il If necessary. The JonIsJn County roboerIes
were committed about the 1i,h OF Nay. bsnd OF
- men, well armed and mC united on good hor'es, went
to Johnson City lcOntariDg tao housesor esbns ooth
low groceries groggeriesD, and robSed II OF some
sacks Of -four groceries and few dollars in change.
From that GONE OF the band wen, 20 Mr.. Evsnss ana
took money, some said to the amount 9f 500, and
others only of $50 On their way to the place OF rem
devious they plundered other houses but did rot
get much Iiey met Crossgrove the Sheriff, aud
robbed him Of 81, gold watch aud q srevolye'. 1t
was generally supposed that he was on drunken
spree.
in johnson County, snd several Of the neighbors
went over and visited them, and Bill McCamls1,
ho,. headed Pro-Slavery man, recognized four OF
Bufords bard amorg them. They appeared to be
staying there until their provisions were out and then
they would make another plunderiog excursion. Ineir
manner OF robhing was to ride up to house, demand
the politics of the occupant-f Free-Ssate curse hn
for Black Republican, &C.; or, If Pro-Slavery, for
Blue Lodge, Border Rnitian and all were roooed
alike. They were Free-Stste or Pro Slavery as occs'
sion demanded. One reason why they generally con
fined their operations to border countes was that they
are partly settled, especially the towns, with Mis-
sourians who out there are proverba for oo"srdice
and boastiDg. As an instance Of their prowess.
the 18th Ind 10th of May the word was circulated
over johnson County that there would bs grand
muster % at Olsths on Monday the lth for the pur.
baLditti aud exterminste them Thsy came to e"-
cabins ard got the muskets which we had brought
from Lawrence in the Fail to defend the polls On
blsinets and TO see what would be doae. About lOo
men were collected for various purposee After much
fussng and iarring-as smos. every man was can.
didate-they elected Capt. -, but before they
got fully organized " Old Whisky got the better OF
them and the grand muster ended in grand ror.
Over one-fourth of the crowd was engaged IN the
fight. A grand harvest for the petty Ia~yers wno
sTe always hanging around, and Introducing their Old
friend whisky to all who will accept such an inroduc-
ton There were 3 number Of Free.State men there,
but they did not take pert IN the dsy proceedings S
they expected them to break up in drunken row.
Such are the facts 20 far ss johnson County wss
concerned and the Willow Springs affair was much
the same Now that the actions of this band Of out
laws should be attributed to Free-State men, msn
who knows anything about the facts and who regards
truth would assert- Yet Lecompton correspondent
of The 81. Louis Republican calls them Fres-State
men acting under jim Lane l never heard one, not
even the men who were robbed the mos. rabi1 Pro-
Slavery man in johnson County, call them anything
but q baLd CT outlaws, who ignored all politics, ex-
cept when policy profit came in the way. cannot
account for such false reports, except en- the grounfs
that paid letter writer's must have news, by falr or
foul means lest they lose their brea! and butter these
hard times. Free State have been rosbeds well
as Pro Slavery aud there is more excitement about
such rsbberies, nor es much, as would be 10 the
States # such caCes occurred.
By reading the papers, people in the States almost
imagine that civil s raging, with all the horrors OF
the middle sge- i'll Kansas But they gre sally ms
taken. Only around the groggeres and gambling So
Icons win you find rowoyisn. Honest worth and NOR
atty are respected there at present a. well as IN the
States. Kansas wants an INN igraton OF married men
AID their families and then the resort 10 saloons &C.,
will not be needed, and the bane of young men will die
out for want OF subsistence But enough. do not a.
this tine ED to spssk Of Ksnsas "a home. 1t,
like all other countries has Us advantages and dssd
vaLtages; SO that people removing there without
counting the cost &c, may be sa1y disapp ,lnted.
THOMAS MCCARTNEY.
LoadenGeyry Guernsey Co, Ohio, June ,, 1853.