New-York daily tribune., 1858-11-11

| CAPT. MONTGOMERY AND OTHERS INDICTED
MONTGOMERY SEXES THE UNITED STATES
COURT, AND DEsTOys THE INDICTMENT
| Correspondence Of The N. Y. Tribune
| OsAwArAMIE, Kansas, Oct. 25 1853.
James Buchanan is yet President-trgo, Kansas is
still under the edct of persecution In June last,
Gov Denver accompanied by DR.. Robinson, Judge
Wright and several other gentlemen, made tour into
the disturbed district of Southern Kansas, and sue
ceeded in establishing what many expected, and all
| hoped would be permanent peace. What those
difficulties grew out Of who proposed the treaty, and
what was its nature, have never been generally known
outside the immediate scene Of the disturbances j
will briefly state them that the of the present
| rupture may be the more easily understood.
In the Fall and early part Of the Winter Of last year,
the MURDERS robbeiies and other outrages which have
been committed by few of the remnants Of Buforis
band of Carolnians and Georgans which he had
| brought into Kansa.in the Summer of So began to
| Increase so rapidly and to awaken 30 much terror
around Fort Scott at which place the marauders gen.
orally congregated that the people found that they or
the dsturbers must leave the Territory. The latter
having DO interest but punder and revenge for their
| i'll success in the attempt to make Kansas Slave
State il was decided that they should be the ones TO
| leave. They warned to depart, but few needed
the summons other than TO call upon Missouri and the
Federal officials for protection: The peopleichoQse
Montgomery fcrtheir leader, and he proceede 20
| cute TIE trust. The tifsg6ons chased him and he
1 chased the Pro Slavery marauders, and soon sue
ceeded in driving them all from Territory and obtain
ing their pledge never to return. lie was then pre-.
pared to quit the field and return to his family But
this the officials not wiling he should do III quiet,
so that he was obliged to remain under arms for his
| own protection and that of his men.
The Dragons followed him for weeks and months,
! in large bodies accompanied by battery, yet were
unable to take him. He threatened to drive out all
the ProSavery settlers, unless the troops ceased to
moes him. They continued the chase, and he fulhled
his promise The troops changed their tactics, dvld-
ing themselves into platoons and sections AL iast
body of twenty-five dragons, under Capt Anderson,
encountered him in the open country, when Mont
I gomery wheeled his band, which numbered about
dozen, and reieated for the nearest TIMBER on the
rocky bark Of the mountain. There, with five men
the rest becoming accidentally separated rom NM
he made stand, whipped the troops who came up
immediately after under the order OF then captain 10
charge and We quarter"
Deputy Marshal, who proiessed TO have wrts for
the arrest Of Montgomery, was with the dragons,
AID retreated with them to the fort from which place
he peuned nounful dispatch to Gov. Denver, show
ire how they could not overake the outlaw with their
battery ana regiment of draGoons and telling now he
| had whipped them when they changed their plans,
| and chased him with small body aud expressed u
fear that tie war was far from being at an end.
Montgomery intercepted the dispatches, opened and
read them wrote one 10 the Governor himself, in
which he assured him that the Marshal had told the
truth told lin how futile further attempts to crush
him must be- and closing with an appeal TO aceeed TO
the demands OF the people to remove the oonoNloas
fer the past and corsent that the depredators upon
the life and property OF the citizens VINO h9d been
driven cut, should not be allowed 10 return. lie pro.
missed that if these terms complied WITH he would
Law down his arms and return TO peace. The Governor
soon came down, and after satisfying himself as he
said, that it the only measure that would bring
peace privately promised that il should be as the
/ people wished. Judge Williams Of the United States
District Court before which any arising ont OF
the past disturbances would necessarily come, joined
with the Governor in tins pledge The Governor also
agreed to withdraw the troops from Fort Scott and TO
raise q company Of volunteers among the people for
their own protection against the inroads Of the Mis-
souri6ns and to commission such officers as the COM
parry might select. The people accepted tue propo
sails and Montgomery retired from the field.
The volunteer company was formed, and the oticers
chosen. Some Of them, however, We're too strongly
,nc,ur,d with Aboonisln TO please Denver Ihese he
refused to commission, appointing ultra anu oiiouS
| PrcSlavery men who had acted under Gen. Clark in
his burning tour in So in their Stesd. He also
caused the obnoxious officials ~ resign and apponted
or secured the appointment OF others The new Dep
uty Marshal was, however, worse than the hrst Since
his appointment he has been continual and loud III his
threats of packing jurie for the indictment and con
,icion Of Montgomery and those who acted with him
Several weeks since spies sent out TO secure the
names Of persons to be presented to the Grand jury
All the Influence Of the other Federal officials was
brought to bear upon Judge Williams and he finally
consented that the deed should be done. A company
Of United States troops obtained and the Court
convened on Monday the llth met. Montgomery sen,
down friend to Learn the direction things aboa
I 10 take Monte,m merry was To be arrested INST
II was supposed the rest would be easy to accomplish
as il was thought the people could do nothing toward
/ resistance without him as q leader. Old Brown had
been watching the border with small body Of men
during the month Of June, and under assumed name
that he might be- the Of difficulty, but had lef
the vicinity for the time on account OF sickness the
Officials supposed lie lad lett the conntryi the volun
teer company had been disbaLded by Secretary an
acting Governor Walsh, on the departure Of Gov
Denver All this, it was thought, would give admra-
bic opportunities for calling MissouIians 10 their
aid, in the few troops now ia the Territory might
prove inadequate. Montgomery learning the plaus
81 hls enemies and that large number OF the wIits
Lad been got ont against bin and his followers thought
~ u" "''c pe"Imihed 10 RESIST INC o''''' w '''p