Semi-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1853-18??, 1858-01-02

Of the peace he was let 60 on ball. to answer q the
next term of district court As the man did not
die (but strange to say, has partly recovered the
grand jury indicted Curry for assault and battery,
with intent to commit murder. Curry fed the coun-
try; his recognizances was forfeited, and snit
brought thereon The property Of Curry-consiss
ing Of oxen COWS, corn in the ground, &c.-was at
tached An order of sale, under the provisions
of the statute, issued TO the marshal, as the
keeping of the cattle until the next term of the
court would have consumed more than their value.
short time before the day of sale a company OF
these same men came in the night time to the farm
of Mr. Ponce, to whom the keeping of these cattle
had been committed by the marshal, and drove the
whole of them Off They were pursued by tie mar
shall and overtaken SO nearly, that they drove the
cattle into enclosure at Stones place Of resi-
dence and escaped from the officer The cattle
were taken back to Fort Scott, and, on the day Of
sale, sold Threats in writing, and otherwise, were
made that Fort Scott should be burned if these cat
tie were sold But none believed that they would
be executed. Notices to leave the Territory were
served on Mr.. WATSON, Mr.. Gourly, Mr.. Southwood,
jr and Others who we're witnesses, as to these pro-
ceedings.
Not until this time has there been any performance
of their threats Authentic information, verified by
the oaths of most creditabe witnesses, has heen
brought to-day to Governor Stanton, that body Of
men, fully armed and equipped with Shapes rifles,
and revolvers, to the number of one hundred, had
appeared in the vicinity of Fort Scott, under the
command of one Montgomery, who was a member
of the Topeka convention. This company, or a por-
ton of it, proceeded 20 the houses of Mr. Wasson
Mr.. Gourly and Mr.. Southwood, and violently sezeu
them tied them, and took them away. Since which
time nothing has been heard of them. A report is
abroad that they murdered them. This. however,
think, lacks authenticity. Complaint, in due form
of law, having been made Of these acts before
justice of the peace the proper process put in
to the hands of the marshal to arrest the offenders.
He proceeded to their rendezvous in Mr.. South
woods house, found it fortified and he approach
ed it fifty men, armed with Sharpe's rifles and revolt
yers, came forth from the house in military. order,
commanded by Montgomery, and demanded of him
an account of his business there. Having informed
them that he the marshal, and that he had come
to arrest them, of them, by virtue of legal
process, their reply that they had received
despatch from James H. Lane that the legislature
in session had repealed all the laws Of the Ter
ritory, and that they were ther own law makers and
executors; therefore, they would not permit any
rests to be made, and that he might leave.
Finding their dete, mination to resist him, and
knowing that he, alone, could not Withstand the
force opposed to him. he left them, and returned to
from. Now these men openly profess to be organ
lied, and sent to Fort Scott and vicinity, by Gen.
Lane. As they openly and boldly swear they will
burn Fort Scott the citizens of that place are virtu.
ally besieged, and obliged to be duty day and
night while in the country around, the people, by
families flying from their homes, leaving their
property exposed to the depredations of these law
less men.
The above are substantially the facts, as they are
well authenticated Yours t 1. WILLIAMS.