St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1859-02-10
Tbt Snkuigmn.
Kansas Affairs.

be anticipated from any quafte', GA
cent from occasional gangs Of plum
derers, who belong to no party and nc
law. "Ossawattamie Brown" as he
is called, had published a letter which
we copy below:
TRADING Posr, Kansas, Jan. 1859.
GENTS You will greatly oblige
a humble friend by allowing the use
of your columns while l briefly state
two parallels in my poor way.
Not one year ago, eleven quiet citi
zcns of this neighborhood, viz: VIM
Robertson. VIM. Colpezer, Amos Hall
Austin Hall, John Campbell, Asa Sny
der, Thomas Stillwell, VIM. Hairgrovc
Asa Iairgrovc, Patrick Ross and b
L. Reed, were gathered up from their
work and their homes, by an armet
force under one Hamilton, and withou
trial or opportunity to speak in thei1
own defense, were formed into a line
and all but one shot-fve killed an,
give wounded. One fell unframed
pretending to be dead. All were lef
for dead. The only crime charged
against them was that of being Free
State men. Now, l inquire, what &C
ton has ever, since the occurrence II
May last, been taken by either thI
President of the United States, the
Governor of Missouri, the Governor OF
Kansas, or any of their tools, or by
any pro-slavery or administration man,
to ferret out and punish the perpetra-
tors of this crime?
Now for the other parallel. On
Sunday, the 10Th of Dec, a negro mai
called jim, came over to the Usage
settlement, from Missouri, and stated
that he, together with his wife, two
children, and another negro man were
to be sold within a day or two, and
begged for help to get away. On
Monday night, two small companies
were made up to go to Missouri, and
forcibly libcrate the five slaves togeth-
err with other slaves. One OF those
companies | assumed to direct. We
proceeded to the place, surrounded
the buildings, liberated the slaves,
and also took certain property sup
posed to belong to the estate.
Wehowever learned, before leaving,
that q portion of the articles we had
taken belonged to q mar living on the
plantation as a tenant, and who was
supposed to have no interest in the
estate. We returned to him all we
had taken. We then went to another
plantation, where we freed five more
slaves, took some property and two
white men. We moved all slowly
away into the Territory for some dis
lance, and sent the white men back,
telling them to follow us as soon as
they chose to do SO. The other COM
pany freed one female slave, took
some property, and killed one white
man (the mastery
Now for a comparison. Eleven
persons arc forcibly restored to their
natural and ~inalienable rights, with
but one man killed, and all hell is
stirred from beneath. 1t is currently
reported that the Governor of Missouri
has made a requisition upon the Gov.
crnor of Kansas for the delivery Of all
who were concerned in the last named
outrage. The Marshal Of Kansas is
said to be collecting apossc of Nilsson.
ri men at West Point, in Missouri. q
little town about ten miles distant, to
"enforcc the laws" All prO-slavery,
conservative FREQ State and dough-
face men, and Administration tools,
arc filled with holy horror.
Consider the two cases and tho &C
ton of the administration party.
Respectfully yours,
JOHN BROWN.
A correspondent, still later, writing
from Lawrence, under date of Janua.
ry Goth, says:
Capt. Montgomery, famous from his
connection with the disturbed condi-
ton of affairs in Southern Kansas, has
Just made a movement which amused
his friends and surprised his enemies.
Those who condemn him unquali-
fedly have been for a long time say.
ing that he knows his acts will not
bear investigation, and that rather
than submit to a trial in any court of
Justice, he would leave Kansas and
go to Arizona or the Indian Territory.
But on Tuesday evening, Capt. Mont
gomery (who was supposed by every
one, except a very few old friends, to
be at least a hundred miles away ap-
peared voluntarily in Judge Elmore's
court in this city, and gave himself up.
Bail in the amount of $4,000 was re-
quired for his appearance at the next
term, to answer to a charge of rob-
berry which stands on the docket
against him. He gave it promptly,
and was Immediately set at liberty.
Since that time he has been quite a
lion here. He has been pointed out
to strangers as the seventh wonder Of
the world ; and On last evening he
spoke in the Congregational Church
to a crowded house, on the troubles in
Southern Kansas.
The address was characteristic Of
the man-frank, modest, radical, witty,
unobtrusive. Instead Of denying that
ne nau q NJ Win TIC
troubles, he explained in detail, with
great frankness aud righteousness
the actions Of his guerilla company
admitting that they had driven out
all the obnoxious and guilty pro-
slavery men in Southern Kansas, and
did not intend to permit their return
that when the United States Marshal
sought to arrest them they resisted
him, and that when the troops were
put in the field against them, they
fought them also, and that successfully
But he claimed that this action on
their part had been the result of an in,
evitable neccssity-that the Free
State men were compelled to do thif
or be subdued and driven out. LII
stated that while Gov. Denver re
manned, he kept in good faith tho trea
ty made at Fort Scott last summer
but that when he left, at the instiga
ton of some party the Pro-Slavery
men broke the agreement, and tina
had caused all the recent trouble.
Ho danin1 anv INFLAMMATION in FIN