New-York daily tribune., 1859-01-10

authority JcrrltofA U"cin"
for making such treaties, II Wa /" hss'
.eus bic undertaking, and il 10 pity that BON
part,es did not carry it cut IN good iaith. Inc
langusse Of the treaty itse while 1t has generally
a pacific and smicabie tone, contains clause re-
fs,r;no differences to the "Grsnd Juries." In the
enthusiasm of the speeches - that "by- y-gones
.boud be by. gones," and the past buried-this
little ncorded feature was entirely overlooked.
This wss reslly one Of the most important things
to adjust As the Courts-the United States Dis
trct Court-sre still really under the control OF the
Border -Rbffian side, it is not very likely that
peace was 10 be preserved By getting out fresh
indictments, and making fresh arrests for old Of
fense,. real or alleged II is this that has really
precipitated the present uprosr, and both 'ide'
bave acted badly.
Let me briefly nsrrste the recent events. 1t
seems that presentmeDts have been made BY the
Grand Juries Of bOtn Linn and Bourbon Counties
against Monta aomery and his men. A writ was served
some time ago on Montgomery, who quietly sub
miited to it, appeared and entered in recognizance
for $4,000, ana there the matter dropped. 1t ap-
pears, however, that Montgomery, before or after
that time took some rather irregular steps TO as
certain what indictments had been found against
himself and friends, feeling, | understand, that
these we're iDfractons of the treaty. InParis, the
county seat Of Linn County, which nds Pro-SlaTery
and is DOW regarded as decidedly "Conservd-
tive" place, there are some men OF influence VINO
are Jealous Of di.lke, or are, at least, snt-Mont-
gouery men, The then Sheriff OF Linn County,
operated on (MontgOmey's friends tay) by these
rcsD. rsi,ed an armed posse Of seventy men, o
week or two ogo aid marched to the neighborhOOd
Of MontgomeIys house. with the ayowed purpose
Of arresting some of his men, or those who have
acted with him. The parties for whom they had
writs they did not fnd and the posse was dis
perfed. gentleman from Linn County who Is
opposed to Montgomery told me that the design
was not TO prosecute sny one really but to show
tbese men what was hanging over them IN case
they did not behave themselves. My informant
admitted that this was very bad policy, which GER
tsinly could have been foreseen. The failure OF
the posse to accomplish anything did not mend
matters.
Then came the meeting at Mound City alluded
to by your Moneks correspondent. A series OF
revolutions was there adopted, the substance Of
which was that all criminal prosecutions for past
oaep,es should be dropped, that Pro-Slayery men
who Rad bee driven out for past crimes should not
be permitted 10 return, that restitution Of s;olen
property should be made far az possible, and
thar disturbance should not be renewed. Ii is
difficult to see how any Free-State man could be
justified for breaking that treaty. 1t appears that
it was only tbe prelude to further difficulties. A
man named Rice, who was with Montgomery
when the latter routed the two companies
Of drsgoons last Summer, had been arrested
ard was confined Il prisoner at Fort Scott.
II seems that he had been there for some
weeks. person from Fort Scott said that it was
the design Of the citizens Of that place to relieve
HIM 1t is certainly great misfortune thAt they
did not do so and still greater that Montgomery
and his people did not give them longer tlioe,
after the Mound City meeting, to do SO. IA
have already recorded in TIE TRIBUNE,'a party
Of men went down to Fort Scott to relieve Rice.
They searched for him in vain in the building
W here he was said to be- and as the people of Fort
Scott did not seem Disposed 10 further their
search they received on arrestlrg such of the
citizens as were likely 20 have been engaged IN his
detention until he ~ss found. 1t was while thus
engaged that young Little was killed. a young
and desperate man, he somewhat imRudently
resolved on resistance, aud Gred on Montgomery
and his men when they came To his door. Having
done 30, he closed the door. II does not appear
that Montgomery desired that any one should
be injured, but several OF the men with
him were wounded by bucAshot, and ex-
asperated. Emboldened by his apparent sue
cess, Little went to the window, and was en-
gssed in rubbing the frost from the glass, 80 to,t
he might see better to fire again through the win
dow, when one of the men outside observed hm
and frcd through the window. The shot, though
stray one, was fatal, striking him in the fore
head the bah coming out st the back of his head.
He lived but short time. Under the excitement,
some OF the attacking party set fire to Nr. Littes
store. Montgomery set them to work to extin
guish the fire, aud while they were so engaged. 1t
is distinctly stated that many OF them took occa.
sion to punder it OF such articles as they wanted.
Nothing could more conclusye'y show the down.
ward and degrading tendency of a long continued
border war upon the morals. There Is no use Of
attempting to paiste this lstter circumstance. II
was uncalled for, low, and covered the whole en-
teIprise with nefable disgrace. 1t is but justice
TO state thar Montgomery eventually pu' stop 90
it, and gave back what horses the men under bis
command bad taken. Perhaps these were the only
articles within his rescb Tie fire in the store
building was eitlDguist ed. but sn incident occurred