The constitutional union., 1860-11-30
Doings in Kansas.

The notorious Capt. Montgomery, who, in company with Jim Lane. 1S56--7, raised so much trouble in Kansas, has again commenced operations in his old stumping grounds The fate of old John Brown, his co-patriot in scouadreusm, has failed to have a beneficial effect upon Montgomery; and in all proJa- biIty, he will not realize the lesson until he, too, dan4las upon line of "a,5enuated thread martyr to 1anaticism The fol- lowing letter from the United States District Judge, of Kansas J. Williams, to Gov. Stewart of Missouri, details the doin2s of Montgomery and his band Of outlaws:
 CLINTON, Mo, November 21, 1860
 Slr: I am here to inform the citizens of this place of the following facts, and have been requested to present them to you as Governor of the Statc The abolitionists, under the command of Montgomery and Dr. penni,on, to the number from three to five hundred, arrived with Sharpos rifles and dragoon Sabrcs, reyolvcr5 and bowie knives, and have suddenly commenced a war of ex- treme terocity on the law abiding citizens of Southern Kansas, iu the counties of Linn and Bourbon. These arms arrived by tho wagon load, at or near Mound Cits about a month since, in boxes, marked as donations for Kansas sufferers. They are all new. Montgomery has been in Boston during part of the summer, and returned with plenty of money to enlist recruits. Many of his men are newly imported He has taken posses sion of Fort Scott, and other towns on the border, near the Missouri line He has mur- dercd Mr. Noorc grand juror, Mr, Harri- son, Samuel Scott and AIr. Hiuds, and obliged all the United States officers, includ- ing myself, to fly for our lives His own ' expressed design, in a public speech, as ho sad. without c5ncca.meut, was to keep pos session of Fort Scott and other places near | the Missouri line, to prevent a fire in the rear, while he cleared out southwestern Mis- souri of slaves So far he has carried out 1 his programme The citizens of Missouri, on the Osage and Nerumton rivers, in Bates county and Vernon are flying from their homes into the interior. He boasts that he has money and arms to equip and sustain one thousand men. Ny court Was broken up by them. The United States Court for the 1 Southern District was broken up and | sus- ! pcct they have seized the records. and also the records of the land office, as Montgomery pupIicy declared he would do so
 Yours, etc, J. WILLIAMS.
 |. $. Judge ot Thrd Judicial District k. T.
 KANSAS C1Ty, November 21.-United States Marshal F. T. Colby and party, of Kansas Territory, arrived here this evening. ! They left Fort Scott on Monday the 10th, and bring the following particulars relative to the operation of Montgomery and his gang of | Ijay-hawkors.
 FoRT ScoTT, November 10. .- United States Judge Williams and the officers of the court were obliged to flee to Missouri, fearing an'attack. S Scott of Linn county, was taken from his house on the morning of the 18th and hung. Many prominent citi- zens have been arrested, but their fate Is yet
 unknown. Reynolds < Co.,, of Fort Scott; | Crawford & Co.,, of Chouteau trading post, and others, merchants of the Territory, have removed their goods to Missouri. The roads are lined with teams leaving the Territory Mir. Uofnagle, postmaster at Mapleton, was arrested and threatened with hanging, but he succeeded in making his escape.
 KANSAS CITY, Nov 21-Bumors arein cir culation here of the burning of Fort Scott, but they are not generally credited.
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