New-York daily tribune., 1859-01-11

,ory or ro,. Mi,csel in The Affirmative, and Mott-
gomery IL the negs;ive." :,
TIE same individual, in letter dstea Dec IL, aaas
aP. s. thus:
al have opened this letter ~ say that our boys
returned from Fort Scot; last right, havips entered
the towa ard released Rice. They were hred opoo,
Ard Kagi and Seaman shot The hre was rel urneo anu
Little The for p~r Borier Ruisp Marshal, Was kie u.
Kasi win get well, ard Seaman may. k.gi reosiNei
full charge Of buckshot IN the breast, while Ssauan
received three bslls-one IN the ann one IN tae se
and ore in the abdomen. Li.te was shot IN the heaa'
He shot Ben Seaman.
.R,re vas arrested ur armed ard on the highway,
and under son old Indictment which al parties some
tine sgo sgreed should be dropped
I. Montgomery had 80 men. He might have hsd
2C0 if be pad wanted. A.
safety If the old Border RufiAIs, arc 10 has haay
Knocked ur6er. But be is siil death on Montgomery
"Dr Weaver is supposed 10 be 8 Government spy.
This writer has been in ksnsss since lie nrs sese-
meut and has some knowledge Of matters there
The following is from ~eman who hves near
Montgouery-- and her letter bears date Dec ~;
"A day or two since, Mcdaniel, DR.. Weaver X Co.,
cot A posse of sbout 100 men and went Sugar MOUND
to take Montgomery but went away witn1u. % sSns
went and talked with some of the men, and tried 70
get them TO pay fines for property taken from FOX ana
others during the troubles OF 1870. lhey onefei
them the money if they would only pay over, ou:
Montgomery ard his men refused TO do II. McDamei
said he must take them be forever disgrsced; AID
left them with the impression that he would return In
few minutes with his posse, to take them per J0Tce.
Montgomerys party sgnihed their Willingness TO inset
them. Monts omerys party numbered hi'y, the ot'er
one hundred but they le1- went on like whipped
dogs. few days after, Mitchell and Mcdaniel were
riding together between here and Paris, when out oi
q ravine sprung Ksgi and six others, and demanded
their arms and took thenl-two revovers from each,
and Snsrps nfe. They bid Mitchell leave the
Territory, or take the consequences OF remaining
They let both CO. but soon called Mcdaniel back
10 sive him his arms, ling him they supposed be
was an unwilling psIticipator Ia these troubles.
After this, estipg was called at Mound City 10
confer with Montgomery. Tnis meeting was attended
by both psrties. The result was. they agreed TO let
Mon n,eonery do about as be thought beet, snd they
would sustain him in keeping out OF the Territory
such as had been guilty of driving out the fretSate
people in 1896.
81 ast week some OF Browns and Montgomery 5
men vert 10 Fort Scot. and demsnded Rice. They
were answered by volley Of balls and buckshot.
Kasi was shot in the breast, but the shot did not
psne,rs,e the flesh. though he is bruised and much
core. Sesmsus got his leg and arm shot, and cut
in his body. In the other party, Marshsl Little WAS
killed. Rice was liberated. He had been in prison
several weels, bound with log-chain.
1.-The people tried TO get him out, but were put on
from time to time with the promises that when Judge
Williams got we'll, he should be legally set free. Bat
they waited until they satisfied that nothing ot
the kind ives intended but that he was TO be given
over 10 the toImeptors for firing the United States
troops This determined Montgomery and his men TO
rescne him. which they have brsvely done.
"Dr. Weaver has been afraid To hive at home since
Nonteonery's house was fired into, and has traded
his claim, and moved to Paris.
Thus Will be secn that the story OF six has dwin-
oed to one and the alleged murderers were only sc'-
ing in sefdeiense. FREE kASsAs.