Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1867-05-17


THE HEROES OF THE KANSAS VARS
A correspondent of the New York Even
ing Pest has obtained from Col. William
A. Phillips, Kansas correspondent in
the days Of the border wars, the following
account of some of the old veterans, whose
names were familiar in those preliminary
skirmishes Of the great national conflict
OF the Missouri "border ruffians," old
Dave Atkinson died in Missouri during
the war. He took no part in it, but pro-
fessed to be Union man. Gen. B. +.
Stringfelow, the notorious champion of
the border ruffians with the pen, became
free state man, and settled at the town
of Atchinson. He became SO thoroughly
regenerated as to do honor to the memory
of John Brown. The other Stringfellow,
sthe doctor" who was speaker of the spu-
rious Legislature, went 10 Virginia, and
turned up during the war as an aid on the
staff of rebel general who defended or
garrisoned Mobile. Captain Henry Clay
Pate, he who sought and found John
Brown, and was duly captured by him at
the battle of Black Jack, was killed in the
same skirmish in which his leader, Gen.
Stewart of Virginia, fell. Sheriff Jones
is in Arizona, and is reported to have
been Union man during the war. He
has always managed to hold on TO federal
offices. Col. Buford left the state, and
probably joined the southern army. Cap
tain Hamilton, the author of the massacre
at Mer des Civignes, was colonel in
Texas. A Kansas regiment on one occa-
sion happened 20 find that they were en-
camped on his homestead in Alabama. 1t
was nat benefttee by this discovery to-
any alarming extent. Calhoun Of "candle-
box" notoriety, died some years ago in
southern Illinois. Judge Elmore died at
Tecumseh at the beginning of the war.
He was Union man. Gov. Shannon
has praciiced law since his deposition,
and is now popular with the free state
people. Sheriff Walker was lieutenant
conlonel in our army, and is now keeping
livery stable in Lawrence.
Of the free state men, John Brown,
four of his sons, Kagi, Cook, Stevens and
Whipple, all persisted at the hands of the
slave power. Of the brothers Coppie, one
was executed at Harper's Ferry and one
was killed in Missouri by the falling of
railroad bridge, undermined by the rebels.
John Brown, Jr., is living at Putin Bay,
opposite Sandusky, where he is cultivaling
grapes. His brother Owen, who escaped
from Harper's Ferry, is with him. John,
Jr., was in the war for time, but was
compelled to leave the service by ILL.,
health. Mark Delahay, first territorial
delegate from Kansas, is Judge of the
United States district court. Mr.. PARROT,
first member of Congress fiom Kansas,
is practicing law in Leavenworth, and is
an ultra radical. Mr.. Conway, the Sec
ond member of Congress from Kansas, is
United States consul at Marselles. Jim
Lane committed suicide. Gov. Robinson
is farmer near Lawrence, rich and COM
Portable, and cares nothing about politics.
G. w. Brown, of the Herald of Freedom,
is boring for oil down at Peoria. He had
not struck it at latest dates. "Old Col.
Vaughn" is still leading journalist at
Leavenworth. 7. Dwight Thatcher is
now on the staff of the Philadelphia Tele-
graph. Others, like Senator Pomero
are still too fully before the public TO
need special mention.