Mineral Point weekly tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1859-1868, 1860-12-04
From the Leaveaworth Times, Nov. 2i.
The Outbreak n Kansas.

: r,ous trouble was brewing in that quar-
: ter. Our accounts were from variou
sources, and we have gwen them with
out comment, because we preferred I
wait for full adYIces as to the cause O
The difficulties and their true nature, bt.
fore expressing our views thereon w
nave now further and more dedni Z
intelligence from the locality IN questia;
than has yet been glsen TO the pubiic,
Oar readers are familiar with~sa
TRANSACTIONS in which Montgomery "a
his men played 50 prominent a plrt Il
| lS57-'5S The. Amnesty Act, which
was passed By the Legislature Ia 1855
was intended TO dispose OF all the old dif-
Iferences between the Federal aulhori-
ues and those who we're uud- inIlcf-
ment from the United States Courts
After the passage of that bill, No lgJn-
cry and his confederu.es expressed lham-
selves ready 10 yield Submission thereat-
Ter TO the legal tribunals, ana t. aid, ii
/ necessary, ~ the arrest of al. offenders.
The difficulties of which We speak
originated In the unfortunate struggles in
the early history of the Territory, and
At first, the divisions of tn cuu;eudinS
/ parties We're Purely political ones. But
IN the progress OF the border warfare,
rasca.s Of all kinds arrayed themselves
around each banner, and under the COW
er OF Free State or Pfo-S!averv move
men,s, INDUCED their proPenesues for
I pLaudt and every species Of vlI.amy--
Capt. Montgomery had attached lot of
sdeh characters 10 himself, but when
peace vas restored, i. was believed tha,
ne would dissolve all further connection
with them. Lately he seems 10 have
been engaged in organizing them iu,o 4
company. and added thereto large num-
Der of honest bat mi>cusIed men, who
had suffered personally, or through their
friends, from the ouTages OF the Border
Rutiilns. aud were animated Is a IA
uaGeai z.ai il opposition 10 everything
pro-slayery.
Several months ago Montgomery rc-
llrned from trlp 10 the Eastern States,
where he was engaged IN procuring as
sls.anCe 20 carry on his murauIIuI enter
prises. A. that time he made an lnfam-
l,yry speech at Mound City, after which
he proceeded 10 collect and arm :. men.
Under the cover cf anti-siaverv pre-
.cnees, bis band have recently committed
various d deIcc3a.ions. 10 which lhay were
partly iuc.,cd by some N.ssJa7iaas who
still retain the Old spirit. The fist lm-
por,an. feature of The present excitement
was the trial and execution of one Hines,
by a number Of AIon,gomery's men,
| headed by Dr. Johuso 5, his Lieutenant
1t IS alieg d by those who comp0s d the
mob court that Hines was . notorious
character, Who had been ordered to leave
.he Territory in 1857; but The immedi-
ale ularyt agaIus, han was that he had
spirited away d u-gro from Kansas into
Missouri. Whe,h r the negro was free
or slave, W. are unable 10 say, as our
accoun's Of the transaction differ on that
poiat, one being TO the effect that the dar
key was free. and was sold by Hines for
gam; and the other that HINES vas a
respectable citizen. aEd thai he merely
returned a slave 20 its rIghuu. owner.
The same crowd who were guilty Of
this uniusuflbIe outrage, then proceeded
10 make further arrests. They went TO
M1pIeto1 and arrested the Postmaster
there for his cOmpiiClty IA spme trial
which took place in 81 or 5S. Tley
acquitted hign, and then turned their al
lenuon to two persons named Smith ana
Moore, who were sleeping together al
The hotel. The former gave himself up
to them il meI.a.ely; bat The luv:
sprung out of bed as soon as tl-y entered
the r01u, ana reius i TO sgrreul l-r. Jeu-
uis0l The leader of tae party, a. once
fired his revolver, ami the sA0, l9, ef-