New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1860-12-26
IRON WESTERN MISSOURI
.o4espoadenee OF Tho n. y. T.iba1e.

Correspondence o. The ~ y. isibale
ST. JosEPH, No., Friday, Dec IS, 1850.
il there is divinity that shapesourends rough,
hew item how We will While The country is listen
ing the telegraph to hear what lie action Of the
South Carolina Convention which met yesterday, per-
haps can give some idea Of the ate of feeling in this
tie mdest ard most Conservative Of the the Slave
States. After the manner Of stump orators, i will
commence with an ennecdote or incident which trans-
prtd here Che day before yesterday, which has oocs-
stoned little nerirent, shough it should suggest
deciions Of al entirely different character.
Your readers are aware (for many Of them have Of
couse contributed and more Of them should tha. large
quantities of provisions have within the past month
been sent from tie East for the relief Of suffering starry
ing Kansas The Hannibal and 81. Joseph X .ilroad
Company over whose track these supplies corne mest
magnanimously transport them across this State 81
greatly reduced rates. To distinguish them from Other
freight, the sacks, OF boxee or whatever they in
"a whole car, frequently ara marked Kansas Relief
Goods." The story OF IS, tl.t sberpe rifles were
sent here for the Free-Siate men marked Revised
Statutes, has net been forgotten. Not Leg Of onions
marked Kansas Relief Goods is Dumped down 90
our levee but like the military individual who fought
the luderous duel with General Putnam IN the olden
time, our youag Hoispurs see keg Of powder Of the
very tupiCSSl DIhnu, cuIt ~ NIL hituiA iLl
range. The long boxes all contain rifes the heavy
packages can be nothing lead 10 be into bullets
and barrels Of the most innocent potatoes and beans ase
looked upon with the awe one would naturally feel
while treadng round amid confusion Of powder, per
cusGon-caps, bombahels and informal chines Of The
OIsini stamp.
Last Friday M u barrel or box war being vnlosded
a, the depot il fell and bnr open. It not marked
Il.
harmful than traof-ehains intended for IA hardware
merchant up the country. But who imagine the
siories that will get about when people arc excited
The next day one Of the morning papers announced
that barrel Of Kansas relief goods had broken Open
and been found 10 contain carfTidgcs OF character
not at all agreeable to the bowels Of starving The
next morning last Sunday, company Of young raen-
most OF them disciples Of Coke ana Blsckstone-law
yer, Heaven save the mark REPAIRED TO the depot
and demanded the key Of the man in charge. 1t was
given them, and they com pneed the sosrch' Az 1t
happened, not an article Cf relief goods wa on
hand. The patriotic young Regulators were ike
~ D. be disappointed In rumnAging about, how
ever, they Soand DAg box long foxes, a. have
reHRrked, are especial objects Of snSpcion). They
turned it over. H. ratified Here Ut lot is game. Mark
how the nos.ril dltes how the eye g-tsns how the
oounienaace puts on al tie eag8rness OF tie ackl,
waiting impa.eny for tie ofdy monarch 20 insh his
eposi, tina; be may plea the bones, or terrier pup
watching Tho raj just being Toessed from tho trap
Tie unon between tho Dos and IT, cover is Jreol'od
Il q moment. When, lo!-I blush 20 toll it-a feiu
oat was iyuni-a raosi iDnooout and oLIping pet's-
together with cher Kindred articles Of appao,
ery much better calculated 10 equip tonus than Mplp
md 1T tbo bottom (which had ooc'sc Hed DO suspicious
aHle we.e f1lIt . shov,. and topgs AGl rlch Ittl5 |