, 1861-12-12
OUR KANSAS LEI.TIsR.
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:. Jackson County.
lSpecia1 Correspondence OF the Chicago Tribunc1
...- FoRr LEA%ENwoEzH,- K, Dec. +, 1851. .,
This crack corps leftJaks3n County, No.,
on its way to Leayenworth, ons cdnesdny
morning. 1t has been in that seciou over q
month, aud LAS most certainly made Its rebel
population feel the. "horrors, q wa{s' more
effcctually than n1l the forces which have pre-
+ceded it. It has Ind but one fight, though
TINT was severe. The loss Of the regiment has
been rather large considering this fact. Tween
ty men hare been killed by the rebels, nine Of
whom met their death at the Little Blue fight,
and the reminder in the bush fights and while
On picket duty. A dozen wounded men orc
under the care Of tie surgeon. The rebelloss
cannot be short Of hundred. Thirty were
killed ut Little Blue, eight or ten ut Pleasant
Hill, as many at Independence, seven on the
march from the search after the Government
trains, and the rc1aainder we're Killed on picket
and scouting expeditions. About one hundred
houses have been burned. These acts have
made wholesome Impression upon the Eeccs-
sion mind Of jackson county. It is true that
the gucril1as under Up. Hays, Col Renick
and Quartrell, are yet in the timber, but tho
timid, sick rebels are fighting shy and will lot
support them. This reduces them to the ne
cessity Of robbery, and from their whilom
friends, in which case their race is speedily
run, for like Kilkenny cats, the parties Eil tear
themselves TO pieces.
The regiment under its popular Colonel, has
up to this date, been Of but little expense to
the Government, except in the matter Of Or
| ganization. The monthly allowance Of cav
| airy regiment for forage, &C., for horses alone
| is $3.50. The iayhawkers have been in the
fieid nearly two months and have nearly
drawn only about 5000 Of this amount III
addition it has turned over to the Quarternlas-
tcr's Department and used In providing for
themselves, about $40, 900 Of rebel prop
erty in the shape Of stock, provisions.
forage, etc. Anon ng this stuff is large yum
tity Of drugs intended for Price's army. Two
hundred head Of beef cattle we're sent to the
Kansas Brigade and about one hundred and
| fifty were driven to this post Among the
confscations must not be omitted nearly three
hundred contrabands, most Of whom are loca-
ted in this State On the farm Of Upton, Hays,
and in the immediate. vicinity, forty Govern,
ment wagons, nearly new, were found and
brought along. They we're the property OF the
guerilla captain, WHO was formerly Govern
| ment freighter and used these wagons in the
business. This makes about eighty wagons
| recovered and contiscatcd.~> As tic rebels cap
| tuFed 150 wagons, the above makes their bal
apce less than half OF the ], 800 oxen taken,
about l 400 were rccapturcd By this command
and that Of Major Hough's. The balance sheet
| is, however, well weighted on the Union side
in this matter. The Jayllawke1s have captur-
| ed, couhEcated, and destroyed not less than
$3.50, eco worth Of rebel property in the period
they have been in the field. In addition to the
above schedule, they have giren liberty to not
less than 800 slaves, whose united worth would
average $l00, 600, even at thc lowest rates at
which such property" sells now.
It will encamp for the next week at point
on the river about ten miles below this city,
where it will be paid of, arrange It's affairs,
and prepare for movement into another dis
| turbed section Of the belligcrcnt State oppo-
| site us. Gen Hunter has given Platte county
ten days to capture 81 Gor1olIand his gang and
hand them over to him. If not done at the
, end Of that time, the Jayhawkers move across.
Platte Is a rich region, full Of ssecesh,'' and
well deserves the punishment which II has
not Jet obtained, and may avert. The proba.
bilities are that 81 Gordon wil not be taken, but
that Platte county will. By command Of Gen
Hunter, Capt, divers Battalion, 7th Nilsson.
| ri Infantry, with the right section Of Tottcn's
| battery. will remain attached tn the command