New-York daily tribune., 1859-01-08

We publish to-day some very interesting letters
from our correspondent at the seat of war IN ka1-
sas Tbese letters give the full particulars OF tue
brougot to termination some months ago by
C, ,mpromise, to which Gov. Denver was party.
The basis of that compromise was that by-gones
should be by -gones The P,st Vas TO be forgotten,
and Frees men aud Slave-State men were
heDceforth to live iogether in peace This CON-
promise hs. recently been violated by the Pro-
Slavery squad, whose headquarters are at Fort
Scott. Relying upon support from tee nes bboring
ccuptes Of MissoaIi, and having most of tie local
offices in their hands, ttey lately packed Grand
Jury and got up indictments for murder against
Montgomery and others Montgomery met
this violation If the compromise by taking
possession Of the Court-Hou.e aud carrying
of tie indictments. TGis. however, did not
prevent the Fort Scott mischief-makeTs from ar.
resting one Rice, whom they epticed 10 surrender
himsel by false pretenses, and holding him prs
oner on the charge Of murder. at two publ,c
meetipgs, called by the Pro Slavery men OF the
county, If WAS agreed to uphold the Denver CON-
promise and. in accordance With 4, the Fort Scott
people were called upon to release Rec. This
they refused to do. and When al orher means he'd
failed, Mon,go mery entered the town and released
toe prisoner by force. The towns people we're
taken entirely BY sutpuse, and no re.i'tauce wa,
made, except from two sto5es whence shots were
fired on Montgomerys men. In returning these
shots, one Lyire, who had q sde himself notorious
in the past difficulties, was killed. One OF the
stores whence tie shots were fired was sacked ard
eMptied Of its contents, In accordance @th tnrest
of Montgomery So TO treat every hoase whence acy
resistance came.
This occurrence produced great excitement
and threats Of INVASION from Missouri. But Capt.
Brown, who had cc0perated With Montgomery,
and whose property had been destroyed aud his son
murdered in the former wars, did not wait for ia-
yasion. He led party iuto Bates County, Mis-
souri,, who retorted ou the shareholders of that
vicinity the same system Of plunder by shlch the
Free-Stsie people of Kansas had suffered during
,he Missouri Invasion. 1t would seem that
Browns men msde coed their retreat, carrying
away, among other property, some dozen SLAVES.
One of the Mis.ourians who resisted was Aillrd.
80 long AS the ropnlhS anu hhiilg were Vvhnhcu
to Kansas the Federal aut ut1ori'ies looked on with
the creates, composurr. Now it has passed the
border into Missouri it istobc hop'd they val be'tir
themselves. Tits INVASION Of Ml,sou'i, Ia neot-
able and criminal as 1t was, wss hosrver much
LEES brutal affair than the last inv ason Of kaoss-
from Missouri, LAST May, resulting, as il did IN the
murder of some eight unofendiDg citizens OF Kan
las-shot down in cold blood. and olt Of pure
mshcs. Shou d this torsy Of BcoSn occasion a
decided and prompt interference on the part OF
the FedeIA ii Government TO pus stop 70 tae out
rsges. on both sides, Of ~hich Southern Kansss
has been the scene so far, at least the re'ult viii
be good. We much fear, bo~evrr, that it Will bs
msde the occasion for the arrest aud prosecution
OF many innocent parties. ADD the prc'e1t fos a
new AtItmPt-in whlsh the Federal Governmeas