The Kansas herald of freedom., 1859-04-30

"No, Argus, I have come from there
Went down yesterday; looked all owe,
the country; saw nothing. A large com.
pany were there; thought they saw mer
about two miles off. A few ventured te
reconnoiter; went cautiously; crept along
carefully as they could, so near that they
could distinguish the strength of their foe
and they were nothing under Heaven but
aJaOckcf sheep"
"Then it is not true that they took H
prisoner ?"
II will answer that, stranger" speaks a
grave, dignifed gentleman, who sat on his
horse. II have rode all over that re-
gion. All is quiet, and has been, since
the murder. slept in the same bed with
H. the same night on which it was sale
he was taken prisoner. There were othel
gentlemen there the same night, and H.,
wife was also there in the house at the
same time. She slept with this sword
under her pillow" at the same time dis.
playing lorg knife called "corn cutter
which he held in his hand.
But the company are returning-hast.
ening homeward; and here, among others
comes our young friend with the rusty
bayonet. He is making long strides fo
home; he has-odd cnough-parted with
the weightier of his futtering, quiverins
embellishments, and has, in some mys.
terious manner, to the writer unknown
received the close and grateful embract
of better pair of breeches.
1t is night. There is fire kindling il
Fort Scott. A column of smoke rises
wreathing, curling, undulating, expand.
ing-there is a fire. glsam reflected on the
sky.
You look, and you see there load o
hay pushed against that building. Th,
hay is set on fire in order to destroy thu
town. This is q favorite method of burn
ing buildings, and an institution peculia
to the country. The inhabitants of tn,
town wake from sleep in state of terri
BILE alarm; they rush out to extinguisl
the fame.
Hark! volley after volley of fire arm
are discharged; the leaden missiles hav,
come from far out in the darkness, anC
they mhrmur and whistle, and shriel
ominously as they fly amongst the terri
fed inhabitants. The town is set on fir,
-volley after volley is fred to preven
the people from extinguishing the flames
The CONSERVATION is terrible, but tn,
fire makes little progress and is easily con
trolled.
Captain Corvus and his men peer ou
from the darkness and watch the progres
of events, but the fire dies away. The,
are disappointed their enterprise ha
failed the town is not burned; the inhab
itants are not killed no serious harm ha
been inflicted, except convulSing terror
And the brave Captain and his men noun
their horses and return to their covert.
"Well, Argus, you are travelling, see
What news do you bring 2"
"Nothing important. Have you an
news to communicate ?'
every little. .Ijust saw Parson Grat
horse with eight followers, on their wa
south. They are armed with knives, re
volvers and SharPs rifles. They undel
stand that Col. Blaze, with a party {
men, teams and baggage wagons, are o
their way to Arizona, and are now in th
vicinity of Fort Scott. The object is
plunder them, l believe. That is wb'
they say"
"Parson Grabhorse and his band hs
better stay at home. Blaze is not in Il
Territory, nor will he enter it. He is g
ing down through the border counties
Missouri !; will avoid the Territory, a,
pass through Arkansas"
"Well, don't know how that is; t
Parson says he is near Fort Scott, and
/ is bound to catch and plunder him."
"More likely he is in pursuit of hon
r that are roaming on the prairie"
Look at this document: 1.-THE Shel
of Bourbon county offers a reward Of T.
: hundred dollars for the arrest of Pars
3 Grabhorse and company, who have stol
n thirteen horses from Free State men. L
: i1g in the vicinity of the Dry Wood !"
g Col. Blaze is quietly pursuing his "
9 through Arkansas, toward Arizona.
|. The Parson and his disciples are S
at large, bat the horses have been rec'
: cred. Six of them are found near {
Kansas river One of them, little 81
e is beautifully dappled, but her owner
cognizes her Notwithstanding her I
i guise.
., The artistic skill displayed, is not sa
g factory to the owner. This is infer
is from brief note addressed to pro-
o nent individual in the place where
If FLY was found. It runs thus f"I til
+ your daguerrean man must be bette
y takin' pictsrs than paintin' illys. :
flly he painted for me was 3 mere da
; advise him, in futer, to stick to his
W gitimate business.|/xx
,f An intercepted letter:
DEAR CoRvUs I'll have barely s,
IN cient time to throw out and transmit
you a few hints.
. You know much depends on the 1
p cess of the Gauiaigper. The people !
=, receive it with open hands if they
but that other paper is a powerful
strengthening antagonist. fear
y are not vigilant enough about the mail
= You must double your diligence. Or