New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1861-12-26
FROM KANSAS.
Refugees-IntcresiiBg Wnr Incidents-The
First Cavalry.
ceu,,sondsnce Of The y. Tribune
SALlsA KArsss, Dec. II, ID

SALisA. KArsss, Dec. II, 1851.
Kansas is full Of refugees, white spd black, from
Missouri. Family after family Of the former have
fled into Kansas ard seek away in new settlements,
to escape the din and misery Of war; have learned
Of many Startling incidents Of the flight Of these
refugees.
A man nsmed &c, lived in Missouri, about So
miles from the Kansas border His family, originally
from the South bad settled long ago IN South Western
Missouri, aud all the family but thin nan were pro-
Slavery. When the war broke out bistwo brothers
Joined the Secession army aud they had urged him TO
do so too. He was true TO the Union. Hesitsilng
and with the ties Of kindred 70 distract him, he re-
manned a passive witness of events until all the man
that was in bin at length induced him to take his
place in the great struggle. few days after, biz
Youngest, brother rode up 10 bis house. AT the time
be was out of bis wagon and had been prseticing
with his rifle a, mark, and had just loaded. The
younger brother said:
I'm glad you're thinking about your gun You
had better join q company"
al have done co." was the calm reply.
Indeed" was the surprised reply. "Whose T.
"Capt. - RAINING the captain Of company Of
Home Guards that had been raised in that county.
"Ab, that's what you are at, is Z" cried the
younger brother, and. drawing Colt'snavy, be con-
Il. ued, " I've got something for you, and fired.
The ball lodged in tie breas OF the elder brother,
who staggered and fell with tie violence, or sudden.
ness OF the shock. Recovering himself Immediately
he got on his knees and selling bic rifle pointed it
his murderons brother, who turned and fed, bnt o
rifle ball in bis spine arrested the of the rebel
forever.
The family of the Union man gathered few Of
their effects luriedy and fed with him in wagon.
They are now in Kansss, and be, though severely
wounded, is slowly recovering.
will mention one moro case, not SO distressing,
but quite significant. l was travelling few weeks
ago and met family on the road with three or four
horses and about dozen head Of cattle. There was
man. his wife, and two young children in the
wagon. AS they were evidently refugees, in.
CURED,
FROM Missouri I"
eyes"
"How did you contrive to get away with so much
stock 2"
"Yes. i had a pretty tight squeeze, but got
througb.V
odd you loose much ~
"Yes, los. my crop, and most Of the house fix
ings, but got of most of my stock, though these
amt exactly my stock, but they're the same"
How is that I"
"Wby, you see joined the Home Guard, and,
when left, my secesh neighbors pitched in aud
drove of all my stock, and smashed up my things
generally. heard about it, and got leave OF alb
sence and went homo about the time como Union
troops were going through that way. found my
house stripped and empty. wife and children gone,
and tho fences down and all my crops used up.
went to u neishbors, and they told mo my wife was
about somewhere for she had been there that morn'
ing. hunted round till was tired, when found
her and those two children you see, in an old log
house down In the creek bottom. They were hiding
for fear Of the Secessionsts The Secessionsts bad
run when they heard tie Union men were coming.
went round among their farms to gather up my
cattle. ] found very hw Of them, but took sl'