New-York tribune., 1867-02-14

Ky tIes on ne IaTd which the Missouri men were
not Here, and elsewhere ithss oen ep @ of coonzing
power. Slaves could not work the Prrd d Win reduTed
negroes tOing under masters eye ana WIZ, , ntCl
the rich soils Of Mississippi and Alabama WIN Psto
in hand hoe in the other t.se stouo 5 @ not onv
unH thev had gained fair majority in the balotpoxes
but a full ascendency IN the open leu -, hattie NJ
one of the comic incidents OF TINS w,d was the % ~
Black Jack when Captain Clay Pate tonlnons nG dsr ~
Yrnian, who gave hlmset airs as " tS oufI and
put himself at the head or ty-sx sons OF tne SUM- tc@s
threatened 10 eat up old John Brown OF h hand
C1terward unhappy Of HaTpers ieGi n1J his force
like little army, with its morse ana 1901, s t then
equipage, and Its luggage u,mi am anu v f. baggage
been plundeTng Palmyra, fTee-sOn ~ StI' @ LIE BToWn
mules heavily laden with the Spots Ol i M'I, After
made @ S SE' PSte 9y gs to the tough fellow
~hmse with his sword, his luggage train al tne sPos
Of Palmyra, twentyone hale men, i.It Ite "oe u
In 1861 few months after these Sze d sarn on this
leyee under nv windows the wounds Of bleeding Kansas
were sanched and healed by her admission h'o e oho"
as a free State. - ~
The Overland Mail is one OF the many grSat iacs & O
the Great Republic The postal returns tell you now
many you can imagine how important are he ba Letter.
going westward from the Atlantic s6 f9eS 10 inc 'io
While we yet in London, dreaming OF the detas
fot;n to tnoY that in going ont among the wild Chey
ennes and Sioux, should ind ourselves tfaNeg III
COMPANY with the Imperial Mail. Glancng at maps,
scanning the vast spaces which Cheyenne SIOUX
COmanche, and Arappahoe roam, one is apt 10 thlh
there may urk some spice of danger in such journey
but then comes in the assuring thought that aaong ts
route across the Prairies the Mountains the
cscorts Of mounted men Magic lies in this word daily"
That which is daily done must be satey 19he mcuu , nc
even aorc road infested 10y Sioux and rattesnakes,
escort Of United states troops ~ company w me e
Imperial Malls When Speaker C0iaX drove across ihe
plains FAIL TO study the Indian question the aiming
Question, and the Mormon question: among vlIg lndais,
Miners and MOrmons, instead OF reading 9o't neud IN
Government reports he had only one general Oeer oe
colonel and tweHyf sabers gaopng round ms cO9eh
Vet he has pItcy confessed tatalthOugh the redskins
frightened him little, and delayed his journey mucn W
plundeTing the stations in his front ana Ihleatns
every moment to have his scap-he got satey through
to Denver and Salt Lake. , ,.a,,o. ,,,
COax, it is true, state official ana Desl9es nav
ing his escort he had also with him considerable party
of wellaTmed men, We are strangers only Two IN num-
Colts-Siuce we have all along been dreaming that any
fighting is to done it viii be the work OF our gallant
escort riding sides in defense of the Imperial MAIL
At LeavenwOrth We find the mME2gents, TO whom nom we
have letters from their ene IN we nave @ 10
these tracks Nothing can be more p4lte more hg, I
done for ms that can be- under the circumstances. We
have come at unlucky time II We had oIy slaItcu
Would have heen right As il is they will do Their best
we may find things little IOugh IN the pains 1 te
agents have hardly any doubt that we shall get through
10 our Journeys end. ,,.,
such words rather pique our fances since our health
our comfort nay lives depend on the state OF these
plains The fact is, the old road by way OF the Patte
River has been ehanged py 0IuT Tfo6 ~ Of the SMOKY hin
Fork shorter course, perhaps Dctter one lhe Y"1
the Indian tribes who hunt buffalo and antelope ac o IL
had been either driven away OF negotiated INTO Peace
Two great lines Of travel have been driven by the whte
men through these plains % the Platte road Icn Omaha
and Acis0n by way Of Kearney Denver, and salt Lake
Civ TO San FlanciscO 0 the Arkansas route, starting
Kansas City, and running 10y Fort Ahsoh a!6 foIt
Misc 10 Pueha the gold regions Of Colorado ana thence
TO san Francisco 10 the existence Of these two roads
the Indians seem 70 nave submtieu @ III ues & ,no
tOn; having fought for il and lost II; frst 10 the MOT
mon pilgrims aferward to the godseekers, men who
ne MO their country driving before them trains Of
wagons bands Of 50 N 100 ana bcnE In,d WIN Ilcs
and revovers. To the Arkansas road, tbey nurse q
"A
10 travel which has been purchased iio theT ces
STILL though it may be with bad grace and win many
murnurs and protests they have shown aud they stl
show themselves ready TO respect the Wnle ma as NC
But in the vast pries between these tracts lie the great
buffalo runs with the pastures feeding nearly all h%t re-
mains in the INDIAN territories OF " CIh 'c
and the backaed deer The buffalo runs are also theirs
either keep them free from whites or eise que Ike
dogs. They say they Will not dc before ING ptelaces
therefore they must keep the buffaoruns OF kansas ana
Colorado the white men have began 10 can the pI"lhs
paper free from intrusion o. mail and raln; 49,
Now, the route chosen by Congress tor the OVet
land Mail, beyond oil question shGrter Inc rom 81
louis TO san Francisco, cuts these BuilMouns thGse
CheyeBnes and their allies, the Comanchcs Arappahoes
Kowas, Sioux, and Appdches know very well railway
the Red men knowing that the Mail Is only herald Of
much worse and that the railway Ic win quickly follow
the crack OF drivers whip, have called counsel OF er
tribes and say have concluded TO Try war against
the whites for the possession these buffilouns When
railway engine say the braves, shall have whstled
6atcIet and draw the bow Now is the time for them to
strike never and eyenf lew OF the Old men,
peace with their white neighb0s resignation 10 the viii
Of their Great Spirit the young braves, proud Of Their
own strength, Ignorant Of The white mems numbers or
resources, said to be all for war. If the pale
VIII hot come !hto hS ptulaioi 'ls, my 81" AoeP me
peace; If he VIII build ms ranch dg ms we'll ana crop Ls
grass these the Cheyenne and the Arappahocs,
aided by their brethren Of the prairie and the hill country
| will bum his shaEty and take his scalp.
Such the that hear from every mouth in
! alarm OF Leavenworth, Lawrence, and wameeo as a
panic having little or no foundation parsans OF the
opened and kept open They are lew ID number and
as yet, along the line Of road through the Cheyenne
Now, as we gather from the mail agents in I4aven-
OF thirteen hundred miles through country the greater
there road, in which there many streams and
gulles. but not single bridge country in which the
names aud in which the small military posts OF the
United States, themselves only coIrs of logs and pvnks
silll, line along which mail magnificent as that
sent off from NewYor to san Francisco speak of
TIE Thousand inferior cites Wch hep TO iced H. has been
running ITS daily course, must be at least safe
line from Damascus 10 Banas But on our saying this
something like this, 10 friend IN LeayenwOTth welearn
TO surprise that there has been daily mail
running along that line that no such thing has yet
been attempted that there are neither men nor mules
along the road 70 carry daily MALL that IN point Of fact
vance Of us that knows where that empty wagon
is or whether 1t will arrive in safety boyOndthe plans
We look at our pistols and feel the halr polls
EHdy oes of nnr friends in PAL Nal as ~ fhe S % @ So
Of enjoying scalping knife coming rather and
hot We find too that the only passengers booked
for the trip so that the humber of revdvee coming into
play IN case Of scrinmage with the Cheyonnes and Ca
nanches, in aid OF the military escort seems to be
duced 10 two AL our acquaintance in this city urge
to get more and better amsa suggestion IN which the
mall agents cordially agree. The OF the West,
called Smith and Weston pretty TOBIAS neat a
chine for throwing slugs into mans flesh artist
murder could desire TO see. knives and such like
being useless 10 Btisher whomay have seen but never
pracuced the art OF ripping up an adyeIsaTys side IKE
LiyoTnese and Valentian, we buy couple Of these
Smith and WestOns and then pay fare OF $500 TO Salt
Lake An escort OF veterans from the Potomac aided by