The Kansas herald of freedom., 1859-04-23

8et tuciI SuuS anu eusA
for the place of rendezvous. Interpreter
lacks gun, and borrows that Of Argus.
The squad then move on, smoking aud
iabbering. and Argus returns to his house.
Before nine O'Clock in the morning, the
jabbering squad are back in their held
planting corn.
.And is this all that the alarm amount
ed to ?n i
Yes, kind reader, sir or madam, as the
case may be, this was oil.
Old Jess did not come back dispensing
thunder and wounds, and shedding blood.
and Big Sugar remains where it was in
former times.
But suppose those things, those terri
ble alarms and excitsments. to have thus
continued for month after month, and
to have kept growing more and more
intense, and terrible, all the time, and
what must be the legitimate effect upon
the prosperity, the moral and social de-
yelopment of country. The author is not
about to moralize, he only asks you to take
notice that that man has his pockets full
Of candy, that one has his pockets cram
mad with toilet and shaving soap, which
he did not buy, and which was not given
to him.
Another has ga quantity OF thread
buttons, silk, and worsted yarns. Others
have guns, revolvers, ammunition, Coffee
tea calico, and in the language Oh
advertisements, various other articles toe
numerous to mention, including cotton
cloth, hats, caps, coats, vests, boots ana
breeches.
There goes man on jay-hawked
horse: he is bound to sell or swapit away
and get one of his own. Another Jay
hawks mule, swaps it for horse,
trades the horse for yoke of oxen, and
nuts the oxen with Others, to the work
of breaking prairie.
And there go severa! gentlemen with
lot of jay-hawked horses, to Iowa.
No. we are not moralizing. We only
sav. men who are called reformers, peace
men. pious men, preachers, politicians,
editors, statesmen, connive at, openly ap-
plaud, or secretly prompt and encourage
not only the inception, but the oontinu-
apce of this state of things. Is it any
wonder that men who have suffered. who
have been plundered, driven of, are
stung to madness, become reckless and
mediate summary and terrible revengef
Isit strange that being under these ter
rible impulses, they cease to care, or TO
inquire whether their victims are guilty
or innocent?
No. we are not about to morslize; we
only beg leave to observe, that II the
rules of eternal right are to be set aside
as of no practical value, and every man Is
permitted to be the judge in his own be-
half as to the magnitude Of the offenss'
and the amount and kind Of punishment
it deserves, the world would be depopu-
lated at once.
Yopder are Corvus and score Of men.
They approach the town, and now they
halt and dismount; there, where there 10
a store and post Office.
/ They commence the work Of plumber.
| Silk. calico, cotton cloths, hosiery, are
| tied up in bundles; ribbons and other
small, light fancy articles are crammed
into their pockets.
They take case of boots, several buffalo
robes, several pairs Of ladies' shoes they
now compel the youthful proprietor 70
hand over the money he has eOA In his
pocket; take more than two hundred
stamped envelops, and now they are about
ready to start.
One man has taken carpet bag full OF
items, which belongs to an invalid, ane u
about to make of with il.
That young, fine looking lady with the
clear blue eyes, darts forward suddenly
. seizes the carpet bag "Mistsr, you don't
: have this-this is mine"
She bears it off in triumph. There she
stands now, at tina. window, with mus
ket in her hand, One of the gang are
n nassipg the window, and she tries to shoot
i him. He sees her movement, draws
. revolver and prepares to ire. As he does
Il 80, she surrenders her gun TO afrisnd VINO
desires her to give it into his hand
/, tbrusts her head further out ofthe win
.s dow, and We hear her say to the ruinan
as with the revolver:
at "You are mean, low, dirty lnis'
~ shoot just as quick as you please"
,el He speaks to Corvus "By Cd, Cap
er tain, I viii have that gun"
ID aLet the gun alone let the lady hav'
i. IT: she deserves it for her bravery"
They move of in the direction o
Hickory Point, and now they max
IA another halt. What do they here ?
4. See, they take from house all the
,ls desire; /; take mule and q horse, an
M lastly, the post Office books; and no'
ish they 60 % that grocery and take PROV
sious groceries, guns. reyolvers and 3 lara
~ quantity Of clothing. a-esf =
ilv Now they move onward, and now the