3i : 03LLAR PER ANNUM, INVARIABLY IN ADVANCE.
'I'OAVANDA :
jiitrsMn flloniiUT), September 11, 15313.
„?clttttb |lotlrjt'
SEPTEMBER.
• -.. nti tc' cr trcws the woodland o'er,
W ah uian} * brilliant color ;
The world ■ - brighter tlian before—
W * -h.mi i your heart- be duller ?
j. ua m the scarlet leaf.
t!: re.:- and -unny wiatlier ;
,■ tic..- ciorv and thi-
•,„ ; , i not ell together.
- T! .- i- the parting season ; this
, 11■ u ;.ou friends are flying ;
Mrs now . with many a kiss,
t.trewell-are siithiiig,
U . -1 tii - > S*U.y dr-st ?
. .. ;i. . that Autumn benreth.
r.i -ti.ii-. where every gccal
A '. :;d .aoi.t wiareth.
.-Ei e of us, perchance. nay here.
On - t'l-e morn borv.tft. r.
Return to t iew tbe gaudy year,
r. t w.ta boyish ia ..liter.
A t * t D.'i.ik'ul iilcll,
■ v\ u .th -ii\ *.r .ad u I
e .; .g-a tnay'st seek agaiu -
.t . xerui. rv a uiaivliii.
\ • foro-ee that spring
w : i :i her teeming blowout,
v t > few U'ief moc.tbs will bring
lee the bird. the likwma.
V v-i -rests do not know
-- ' r ght'y wither—
-7 * -. .. TH-them so.
w -it Bi e come hither.**
FKOM KANSAS.
A: t of t..i Bradford Reporter.]
1 v ..! Nis, K. X- August IS, IsoS.
\ 1* 1 . **e something of interest to
"... gto Co.). so here goes first for
n- Tre Ruffians have been oom
- - : r soiuc time time, and forming
. - ; r protecting themselves ; they
.. •! -u.il our horses and cattle,
or 'visions, Ac. S*-nic two or
a_ > one of these ruffians took a
. ,-f pr.visions from a man at To
. * a i !: ic it iff to one of their b'.ixk
.. C-wattcmie. About this time the
\ Franklin fell upon and IK-at one
u _ men, and robbed him—stealing
- - : g free-slate meu's houses,had
. cverv day ouuitocts. Oor people
• • - was baft the beginning, and no
predict the end. if these lawless.
- amps were permitted longer iu the
- v. Tw oof our free-state - uipau.es
t down to Oswattomie to got t ietwo
nx.k from the man at Top. kit. They
:r Mock bant or fort built O® high
: from it they saw oar men before they
m them M l dtotrted it, and ran to
Oar men marched up and took
Tuyf* :• 1 a large quantity of
• .. I or, boMm of which the enemy Lad
; the well, and a quantity of gro
" - —on orcooat book taken froto this
-re i. ~g ia M y last, aud a lot < .
.: tke same time, and other
- i agkt awav what they could in
• _ - it c rest, inclu-ing alKxit 1000
and some floor, they burned
I • and came home.
A r • -In fore tii.-. a free-state man
■ ; . vi lowo Cretk. and obo*t this
r fre-stale Captains by name of
- - • •; ir one of their forts, oa
- i Creek. Ottr leading meu thoug'. it
*.! e I mil iu motion.
M _ . t t was agreed * e should
a Frank kn, about tour miles
Our force- eons'sted of one
! wrenee, and one from Wa
' -s. : .i.ia. and what volunteers we
As most of our men were
leered—and armeti with a re
.rrelled shot gum off !
' ml about 15 cavalry arm
-5 -ad alx>i:l oO or 60 ou foot,
-' - S! an> s rides and some r- -
-. eoamoloi of MmoA ffih men in
1 - : ' and. armed with one can
- t : l> I*. S. muskets. After
g -Hit soul-- time, we were drawn
"10 rnis in the rear of the
- . 1 was in was ordered to
i : • about 100 feet from the
ri: i.- oa be g s.ai iar'y u.s
re given 10 minutes to sur
g ->. the firing commenced ;
oi i six-ct our ears, xxi a
• - • letf. and died soon after :
right was mortally wounded.
' - -- : -eeta, aud it does so
£; 1 green men that never sate*led
rv ta the;* lives, should it
own part. I think 1 toc-k as
g ! were :..g s*-:u.,"T'-;ls :
I* '- - to *em—let "em have it,'* Ac.
- gap tbe fixe for about an hv.cr.
"■"* ' ■ . the oki Ia i.aa raethsxi of
Ihroennng a wagou. we
v vn a .-:a k asd t*o mea
j.. i four or £*e more v>f us
THE BRADFORD REPORTER.
small wood budding that joiued the fort, and
set it on tire. This soon brought them to terms,
and they cried quarter, and gave up their guns.
We now took hold of the wagon and run it
away, and saved all the buildings.
Our prizes were a fine brass field piece, 30
or 40 L\ S. muskets, some ammunition, pro
visions, and two barrels whiskey—the whiskey
we destroyed. We could not burn the build
ings without also the P. 0., and we did not
wish to injure Uncle Sam. lint we paid dear
for our whistle. Our lo<s was one killed, and
three thought mortally wounded ; but they
are getting along slowly, and may get well—
and three others were severely wounded.—
Their loss, three or four slightly wounded. We
did not get any provisions, in the confusion
They escaped and went to their fort,< n Wash
ington Creek. We packed up our dead.wound
ed and -{*>ils, and reached home about day
j light.
The uext day an effort was made to make
some arrests under the bogus laws at Frank
lin. Company I. I". ri. troops assisting the
bogus Sheriff. While this was going on, Com
i pany 11. I". S. troops earne there and ordered
nil the Georgians out of the place and took
the arreted prisoners out of Company I s hands;
| a quarrel now ensued between the two Com
panies ; and it was thought they would fire
on each other ; but got settled at last. They
did not understand the orders alike. Compa
ny lis mostly pro-slavery. Company 11 free
state.
The next day Lane's men began to arrive at
Topeka. After a journey through lowa of >
weeks, they saw none of the ruffian parties that
started out to intercept them. A messenger
was immediately sent to Topeka. and a compa
ny of about one hundred of them joined otir
force- already collected, and set out to attack
the camp and fort on Wa.-hiugton Creek, call
ed fort Buford.
llut during this time, our pcojde here iu
town were not idle. It was found that we
had only few camion balis. What was to be
done ? On examination, it was found that a
large quantity of type picked up after the de
struction last spring, was not used ; a mould
was made and 16 or IS balls were made out
the tyi-e : these with .-ome slugs and graje
shot, made up our ammunitiou.
Oa Thursday uioruiiig it was determined to
attack fort Bnford. Our men being out on
i a scout, found the dead body of cur Captain,
llovt. lie was shot with seven shots in tlie
ba.-k ; his skull knocked in. and hi- pockets
rifled. He was one of our best men. alway
readv, always at work. We are n w having
, our laeu marshalled to attack the fort of the
(MMf. They ;>ereeiving our strength. jwf
l ed on their horses and fled, and our men went
in and tu* k posses-ion.
The -jc is were .vino o0 or less I . S. uiu--
k .-ome prov isioos, a fine spy glass, a ease
! of -argieal instnim-. ats. and a ivgro -iave that
they had not a horse for affer questioning the
negro some he was left. Everything that was
valuable was takcu out and tiie placo set 00
firc.it was a regular bicrek fort, with au iu
tPenchment abmt it : had they staid they
••rig! t have civ?*? u- a coed fight about it '
Near cv. g IK*- ca:.. > to t wn. that uv- -f
• luincs men ci*mi!ig from Tojreka. had been tak
! v a Coi. T.;..5. cotrenaiidivg a ;*ucar I.c
a mrsscng ?r was imifdiotely s -nt to
OBt camp, aud oetorood about 1 1-2 o'clock iu
the tuoniinjf. immediately the big Irerll of the
YlriHuKe Cowauttce was mng, which brought
; us all to the street, a caii was made foi vuiuu- j
tixis. aud our 11*11 turocvi cut •**.,. i *.i,d not *
gi>. ;je camp broke up aud marvUcd towards
Lereotnptoo, on the way they were fire*! nr- n
bv some of the UflUjkhotsttoko. Our cav
alrv I'srsocd tlitiu aud soou left two dead or
woocded ou the crass, before moriing the canp
and our men from town, come together aud
"charged the fort a vigorous defence was mode,
. one of the Indiana Captains while brawlv
leadlug hi- u.:n up. wo? -oot through and fed.
After a few minutes tiiey retreated, our one
caau "i was then btvugl.t up a. out 4" rods
from them, and brought to Itesr. every shot a
bail went n! Nttirg tdrvagh t! -ir 1 g f-wt, t...s
s,x>n brought them to terms and they surrend
ered. We got as prisoners Col. Titus, & sou
of Marshall Doualseo and i> others. In is
Titus is the worst man in the territory, we ~.so
g ". -v _e g-:n.s an i anxuireoti. some pre>? -.0 .-
а.".-l sixer eig .t .orses, sxue of which nod eeu
stolen from a free state man uot six hours be
fore, bat we jai i well for the victory, oor In
diana Captain I heard to-night, cannot live nn
-0 cv-niug. aacthvT can's aria was SO tally
s .ot it was areq atatc! to-day. Tuey .nd vti
kiiied bv * cannon l-ad: aud three ot. era w obu
rd With their dead man. were dragged out
by the st*!e of the finer, and the place set on
•are. arc aa old m gtv there to i g
a place and bury Lltx Auiuag die oihtr tao-gs
taken was trunk o£ V >. draguoas umre-fiu.
in tHi the baud 4WM& and disgw -ed as I
б. troores. went a- spies. The jrerisoner IVwaF
akison. an i three others were in ore camp .he
usg t -eior*. and tixwi t-? Er KK-. a. i were
I >s>ko>aCl} t U U ri trvawt I>SC rvai MV 1
PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY AT TOWANDA, BRADFORD COUNTY, PA., BY E. O'.HEARA GOODRICH.
were stationed to guard Robinson, and the
other prisoners, and were only about a mile off
w hen the fight commenced, they got ou to their
horses and stationed themselves between our
meu and Lecompton, to guard the town, and
quietly looked on and suw us knock dowu and
set fire to the fort, and take the prisoners. Our
little minature army now amounting to over
400 strong, then marched back to this place in
triumph.
It was with the greatest difficulty that the
meu could be persuaded to let Titus alone and
not hang liini, and nothing but the expectation
that it would come to-day I think saved him.
Our tow u now presents a peculiar appearance,
all business is suspended, and in place of it we
have h spitals and nurs -s to.wait on. aud prison
ers to guard, and quarters to find for the new
emigrants, sentinel-:, aud out guards and every
thing in regular military order.
This morning everything was wet, it had
rained hard during the night and the new em-
igrants som* of them were out during the
night, and gut wet, we got them quarters a
soou as we could. About noon a coach and
four drove up to'tlie hotel and Shannon, (I did
! not say Gov. U. S. Mar-hal Donaldson and
Mayor Sedgwick, U. S. A., got out, they said
their business was to make peace. A commit
tee of our best military and civil men, were ap
pointee! and a conference held, after due delib
eration it was agreed that the basis of the
Treaty should be this : That they give up our
prisoners arrested at Franklin, they drive an
• jarti-.s that eomeju here from Mi--ouri back.
They deliver over into the bauds of M.ij.
Sedgwick subject to our order, the cannou they
took at this place in May. We ou our part,
' deliver to them unharmed the prisouers we
took yesterday. When the negotiations were
finished the crowd were informed of the terms
from the steps of the Hotel, the majority were
saii.-fied. but some of the new comers wore
very violent, Shannon tried to speak but it wa.-
with the greats-t iffart that the croud couid
be silenced long vuough to hear him, had it not
j beeu for Capt. Walker, one of the best meu
j we got. he would uot have got away safe, as
it was he was a great deal insulted, speeches
; were made by several of our best men, aud the
coach drove off. Whether this will be carried
l out in good faith yet remains to be seen. But
! at any rate they have quite a different upiuion
j of us from what they did a week ago: a that
time we have tak- a aud destroyed f air of their
strong hcMs, a..d great many of iL.ir arms,
j they tremble with fear at our approach to
their town; to b-- sure we have sacrificed valu
able lives, an I terriYy aimed several more.
Bat we al-o killed as many of th> ir men ami
wounded as m n*.anl Ido not see t'n contin
uing hostilities will bring any of the dead to
life, or make our of satisfaction, one
> kernel fuller, we have got all they can give,
what more car. we a-k Among the thing- we
have taken are many valuable letttre. ami pa
pers. the contents of which I have not read at
present. Lane is reported to have gone back
to lowa, bat a certain Cap:. Cook, is about
here to command the forces. M r.te again
SAU. Yours truly,
II CwrpfAA.
THK V .JOE "• IIENXY ( av.—while t'iieor
gaivs of the Bonier llnffi iu De.uueraey are
boast over the accession of " old line" Henry
Clay Whigs to the ranks of tbe slavery propa
gwp lists, let us see w'uit were the sei.tiuieuts
*.£ luat gre-re patriot i>}u the extcn-i u of
slavery. In Ibod Lis language was ;
•" But yon oniin.'t p t your finger up-01 any
part of I'JC Constitution winch conveys tiie
right or power t> carry <lav.-s poe of tie.-
State* of the TJiron to any Territory of the
Unit .1 States N sir. can ! adr 't f.- a
single moment, that there is any separate or
li.- uet rigl.i upon t .e { art of the g-'atcs or
tuitu.vrs "..t ■ ts r -, .r u..y j* r
ti"U of the people of the United .ritatis., to car
ry da-. •*< T-ritorlw. or ! r the 1 '".. it
those Territories are held iu common between
the several States.
BI.EAXVX JtsT as Go ?vs Uix-arE. — Mr.
Raffin. of Nor Carulina, made a speech ou
Mo :day of last we* k in the ITouse of R-:p
--tesentat vgs a: Washnttn, oa the candidates
;* ■- Pres .ieucy. He t< vceu- ■J lu ru! >
Mr Bncharran a# socn I 03 tlie slavery fptes
t.'i-o :—•• When Pierce was a candidate." said
.Mr. la. iu, •• we were tuid toat he wotisd r .-t
prove true, but he UAS pr>vtd to be the reaind
*.st 1* -fistitatiouai Preswi* 1 thai we cer hod;
and. ritr. Joau - BIT Lanan. wiw {is>ve as true
to slavery as Frank..a Pierce ..a ,Kae. for Le
i- JUST AS GOOD a mau a PirIRCE
ever m as r
We have a> doubt of it ! He w just as
good I Tbe South know it ! No oue cut a
NoflLersi ' duagii" can. {sreutuvi to uutre*
it.
FREE AN? SUN LX*->R. —I'A. Lane, of
Kansas, thus itlo-iraLes lite re lotof the tw
sorta *--f lit.or are aw laquestiou Ixtwrv
t-i< coontry : He says ae wasgolug dwwa tbe
Ouio ot* oa a tiai boot ia with a
carpenter. The Latter wished to get week .a
Kentucky, aad gvkag on a'-.ore they step .red at
; tie tlooref a piaute". '"My dear fe.iuw,"
said the jdintef to Cc-I Isaac's
drawl .g ais. ; ui* "Li--i- .g r- a tie arm
huks of hi* w*l*toKt. " I wor.M like t • hire
_ TOO. hot the fntth B I T-RTV re-,- .-i.-W- 4 -s
i w-o V -•'
" UESAUDLESS OF DENCXCIATION FROM ANV QUARTER."
The Outrages in Kansas—An Unvar
nished Tale.
[From tbe Philadelphia N..rUi American, of Sept. '2.]
Subjoined is a letter from a settler in Kan
-as. Names, of course, we suppress, but for
the authenticity of the letter, and the resjiec
i lability of the family of the writer, we can
vouch. It was not written for publication,
is the simple statement of a son to his mother.
He has uo motive for exaggeration, but a
strong desire to calm her fears, while at the
same time he presents the causes which compel
him to abandon the enterprise he had underta
ken. It will be remembered that an account
of the savage outrage, which he relates as per
petrated by one of the border ruffians, had al
ready reached us through the newspaper cor
respondence. It seemed almost incredible, but
this letter confirms the statement.
It is uo wonder that the writer is " mad
dened " by what he sees and hears aud suffers.
It is with no other sensation that we, at this
distance, and living in a quiet and orderly ci
ty, can read the relation of these outrages. It
i.- not merely for the sufferings of the sett'er
in Kansas, dreadful as they are, but for the
infamy of our common couutry that we feel.
It is indeed " maddening" that a majority of
the Senate of the I uited States could be
tied by the servile and selfish bonds of party
as formally to approve th"e villianous pro
ceedings. That body has doue no less than
explicitly sanction all the Kansas outrages. —
As to the senile cant which has dribbled out
of some of the sjweche- of the affirmers of the
doctrine of mob law and squatter sovereignty,
that is all rendered nugatory by the last act
of the Senate. Ikirty is triumphant, and noth
iug but the resolute and determined aellou of
the North at the pending elections can save
the Republic. If the sectional rule of the
South U to be e.-tabhshed, all new territories,
as they are successively organized, will be the
scenes of bloodshed and violence, similar to the
proceeding- in Kansas. The evil must be met.
aud met now ; arid political partisans must be
taught that their cou-titueiK.es are not mere
cattle or -laves, to. be driven as the ambition
or the iutere-t of their masters dictate. We
are j>erfectiv aware that many of the Northern
men, whose voles are found in the support of
the measures of Southern aggression, will ven
ture to say. if no Southern man is in hearing,
that slavery, "in tin abstract." i- wrong But
we are tired of such looking one way and row
ing another.
" slavery in the abstract," it" wrong, does no
harm. We do not contend with abstractions.
We do r.ut even _ > ' ] Mason an I D.xor.'s
litie to choke the vijxr iu the bosom of those
who hag it there. But we protest, in the name
of humanity. In the name of patriotism, ogair-t
sucii a spread of the ev.l as shall make this
great nation, in ali its public ac'-, but the de
fender of human chattels. We prot. -t against
a slavery preponderance in clr national coun
cils We w ill not have oar character as a na
tion tainted with slavery as a national sin.and
oar treaties, our policy, our governmental re
iat.oiis, domestic aod for..gn. turever impe :--a
and disturbed with it. The Kansas struggle
has opened tiie eyes of the slo* ly awaking
North, and the determination is fix d that,
w '.iiic the present slave States may keep their
own, -iaverv shall not be fastened ujx3 us as
a natioual iust.tutiuu.
i There is no letter test of the character of
a thing than the measures which are taken to
-up} ort it and the re|mcatioa and conduct of
i its abettors. Look then at the Kansas ini
pii'v. It begun in Congress with a fraud aud
a iie. arid has beeu maintained there by brow
beating and octrag-.. It was fastened on Kan
sas by vi Icii'-e aud u>ur}<aiioD. as gr-4l aud
as abominable a- if BeußsylvaniasliOnld to-day
e-"'lonize Jer-cj, and not only drive her voter
'rem the po!X but pre vent any asisistanee from
t reachiug the State, by wajloying ondplnnder
g travelers whose faces might be turned
thitherward. Tbe -iinple sketch which we
' subjoin below, written in evident haste, aud
' with tbe o u.imnt of humiliation and danger.
1 i 1 it- v-ry stvle carries the evidence of truth
M a do not -vop to call woreis uiaier such cir
' cum-tnnees
Th at a droskoi vITHan should parade a scalp.
' Humph it were even, like Fal-tafTs trophy, ta
j keu from a iuaa already tivad, is an at r *x. I j at
wh". "i bar- 1 "ty rev Bat that a premedi
tated TTTnrkr of the kir d ali-g*KJ. could Ire 00m
i tuitteil. and the nunierer stiM go oahong and
I'i-.LNi'ißfi!. is an ilia-trati >u of the bomaß.z
-.he effects f slavery prepagandi-tn. It may
lie oowrVml that these ruffiooaore not the gen
tle:;: ea of the Sooth. Neither are bfoodhoonds
slavtrv -x* -ts ; 'at the cau-e wua;h
ea . - - : ;ig rerevi not complain if tie
priac pa's are jn igrei by tiieir sobordinate*. —
re .. t'n -%< p - ... a j per sr. If to the Of
- igioators of tiie Kar.soa iniquity, as to tbe
night virion of the tyrant, come the >uls of
re 7 17 7 . jr. i." ws . : . 7 cot their
dreams.
y! ~ -v >7-7 t-"> '--last slavery ia
before the world iemr.ed. Tie Kan
sas C'.reie w re ; era no wr-ag ao>i novo
i ItiKe in the E-J it ia anieji the pntteoded Leg
rhi cso it was elected, would
-t.. 'tie ..utl. r- uf it as aafit to five in a
free cOMbT, a*uvii itss topncn st. Aud if.
as in defence of the code A has l-?ea allege,!,
the Kansas laws ire cre!r a trarw-ript of the
jaws >J oki slave FILAUS. that PI T shows us
that ia those States the Constitution of toe
• Union is viola fed. and the organic law of the
Rej... .c set a: ooagii*. 1 tie ief adcrs tjf t..-.
Kx.r-os ou traces E. ty leara. before th y have
Ace. that Iri-re i- sarii a r.-:rkemad-.*o<ne
- rces. as pevri?* g too aat i Tae C :-'..Tui.oa
.i r r.e Unite*: States de ares that " -'Xdess-LTe
oad saaii i-a be r* t aired. :*of exces-ive
impose*'), nor craei and unwssai pool-amenta be
mc-re tci. If str .-I c? astructretists make tba
U., apt v only to Coagr -sioaa enactments ui
".or |Onst'.i.nrs ot* vac Federal court.-, there :s
a wot her wcvKib that ' ;1 ? Fcst-d estates
-ha., goara 'ee to every State in this I's c". a
Kepc.snea.i fc*ia of govern jsent." If t'v? siave-
OwTi r..rx>r.ty in the -.ave Stares pw-"h CiaS
*,<r- to ext.-- mete % there mar be agitated ia
i aareie tC'i teat ore *'r .i tbe Cxxuttt-
tion. It may be inquired wliether thpjrnaran
tee mentioned is preserved, while free
men are subject to the penalties copied luto
the Kansas code from the laws of certain states
in the Union. Iu all kiuducss we warn the
aggressors to forbear, lest, in grasping at the
shadowy vFious of the Calhoun school of politi
cians, they lose the substantial protection
which is now their safety. The North can en
dure much, for the sake of |>cace and brother
hood, but it will not endure complicity iu the
evils of slavery extension.
The letter we give below bears date Aug.
23d. For obvious reasons we omit the name
of the place from which it was written :
3fir dar Mother ;—Hearing of a private op
portunity of sending a letter part way to you,
I embrace it to send you a few lines, to ease
your mind with regard to me. I fear that you
may not have received any of my letters through
the post-office, as I atu pretty well convinced
that all letters for the East are burned, or dis
posed of in some unlawful manner. It is too
outrageous conduct to IK? perpetrated in a re
publican government. I have always been ve
ry guarded in expressing my views upon the
agitating questions amongst us, for fear of
my letters being intercepted aud read, and,
consequently, compromising me with the pro
slavery men here, who have so far treated nie
passably well ; but as I have uow an oppor
tunity of sending liv private hand, I wiii -tate
some truths that should be known to the North.
Thi< territory is now in a perfect state of rc-
I bellioM again-t all law and order. Componie
of pro-slavery men are forming every day, to
j invade the territory, and are uow camped about
: four miles from the city ; and every night they
come into town, and steal for press) all t!. •
h'rs< - belonging to tfm /ree State men. They
pretend that their object is to go to Lawrence
to fight Lane's men, who they say are there
2000 strong. If this is true, they will get the
bt -t whipping they ever hnd and I think they
are afraid of it. for they have been a week or
more getting four miles from the city, it"
things do n<>t take a turn r,txi week, i will
leave my claim ai.d the territory : for I aiu
not going to ri-k ray !if. for the best claim in
the country. iUe men of the North are aj-er
fe<£ set of dough-faces, and I believe will let
all their brethren iu Kan.-as be murdered. On
Monday evening last one of the nidkh wa
in town, and got drank, aud, bt-f'-re leaving
town, bet some fellow a pair of boots he would
bring in a free -oil scalp, w hen he came back
from camp. Whiist goiug out, about two iai.es
fr>Ka t. vu, lie met a taan. a perfect stranger,
from Illinois, in a boggy, unarmed. II- .-rotv
ped him. ar,d shot him through the head, k
ing him instantly, and, In litin like, seabed
him aud left him. The fellow that perj-etra
ted this L.ed i= still in the camp, and nothing
will be 'I .tie with Lint for it. Now this is a
true. u;:varaished tale.
T: -y sny now that they are going to Law
rence, and w ueu tihtV coiue back they are g<>
ing to c!*.ar all the territory of all free State
men. Ti. ir -.bj.-ct is to ge* all free State men
out of the territory before tbe election, so tbey
ran carry everything their own way. It is
oalnigcous, but the North deserves it for its
-upiuciic-s. I tiduk If Northern men coald see
Kausi- as i: is, they w • ' 1 arouse from their
lethargy, aud in ik- all! stroke, and one
wo dd !>e enough to finish the work. But the
difficulty is. that pe- pie wiii not beiicve what
they Lear from Kansas : taey wiu know the
troth when it is perhaps too late.
Tf I : are. I will go to St. Louis, where I
w iii write yon. I can make nothing here uow
aud Ise no use of stayine. I have 3 -bar.
iu seventy tons of hay, which I wdi try and
d -pose of at any price, if I cau ; but It is
<! ibtfn! if I .-aa git any thing ior it. Claim
can be boogrt here for a mere son—in fact
there are plenty des-irted. and nob>ly to take
them. Such is the state of affa.rs here.
Ibease gire my love to ail. I aai pretty wcli
maddened, at-d yon w ill please excuse bau wri
ting. for I cannot bold my pen steady. I Lave
not had a letter from acy of yon. except the
one from . for two mouths : but no fre-e
State men get aay "letters cow. -o I am not an
txcept.ua. Dou't feci uaeosy about me.
From v >ar affecticKiate soa, Ac.
FEEW VT N'T A Si AVEIINLNNT —It having
been repeated y, by the F id iorejtKi~u
tiwl Col. Frtiiioal i- a siavcriioreicf, ti at
his slaves are hire*! out by C<>! J B Brant, of
S* I. u:-. and that these 'battels are seventy
fif in unntber. Mr Gen. J Bliss, a? fjfr.' v *e.
Hearv c 111 . took the itbeny to ad ires# C'oi.
I Braut a note iocioeiag a. copy of tbe choice.
Tiie fo .owing is L.e prompt and satbfacwry
re ply :
j Sr. T. Jt'v 31. Ifflh—Geo J. B!'-' 5 .
—in j r Sir :—ln an-wer to y>ar note t.v
me of the ith ia-s., as to Coi. J. C Fremont
' v ..g tb - owner cf -l.vcs, I -v.- ia rep.v that,
to the best of lay knowledge and bclict, he
rever did. and never will, oira a -lave. I Lars
lei:ir" i' f->r rerera' year®, s-.d tjerer knew
hitu to ha?e a slave, tvcu as a boiy servant.
I fj-t v-r state tbai oe never Lai o*- work, .g
g i:.'"it my he isc—so y..-a can p.,'*. t_,.
L:-'.c a i i
A "ere r*r*recrtfgHv. vonr oFt erv*t.
J. B. BBXVT.
TV foil owing paragraph, -aid to coo*
fr m a pe'itiodtra-rt la ctrvuiatl-re satire Fast
-i S'a*-*. > a g - i oraraarr cf the V 1"
-fr -he past • t 'i or :
"I itve la Newr-Y fk. next door to Col.
Fnrcreot. I ku?w b.m wei He iavar ai fy
at:et.l- .Larch Sawday*—at Ikshop Hague As
is the for-.tiooo, and a Pu-;ite cLurvh iu the
aftevooou. T"wo So diy: ag". he ud Bisil p
Harii - were ewa'se fe-Koe o arm
arm, and they were so drunk that t -er r-eled
again-t my dm pfll iuact, and knocked oat
turee icugtn:.
ar Ts*r? was a Bochaoao s?cf ttE-g in Port-
M- . ,a-t week, at tw> fiags wav
-i vtr t t speakers" stand, with Lot eighteen
s*ar- iu each—fifteen of then for the pre-- ".:.
Bwhynia Stave States, aad three for the Bre
cr *c lit trrea'eaed Sl_ < State* —C-t - Kvc
-a - and Utah
VOL. XV J I. ISO. I t.
Co!. Fremont's Government Contracts.
Failing to find any assailable point iu Col
Fremont's political career and principles, his
enemies were driven to the fabrication of cal
umnies against his personal character, in wliich
they have displayed a lamentable facility.-
1 They have asserted that he was a Jesuit, a
gambler. a sot. a thief, a swindler, a foreigner,
•a bnllv, a mutineer, and we know not ahut
else, and fai'iuiT K> produce any sensible effeot
U|IOII tiie popui.tr mind by any of these stories,
tii-v liavc been looking into his transactions
with the government to see if nothing can ie
! found there in conflict with some of the rules
j of the Auditing Department of the Treasury,
|of which something can i*c made. One of the
; mare's nest* which this inquiry has revealed,
! relates to certain contracts made by George
W Barbour, United States Indian Comwis
t sioner, with Colonel Fremont, for the supply
1 of A quantity of beef to conquer the Indians
' with, in California, Lexi being found by the
i commissioners both eheapef and Ir> ttcr aiiiina
j nitiou for lighting red men. tlmn powder and
ball. Fremont's proposals were lower than
any others received, and were accepted. He
; could afford to offer letter term- than any of
i his competitors, because he had greater pow
er- of endurance than mo-t men ; he had more
i experience in fighting or managing Indians,
through whose territory, foradi-tanceofsouie
j' three hundred miies, the animals had to be
j driven, and h* was withal much more ready to
expos • his life to the penis of se .-h an enter
; pri-e than any one ei-e in that regiou. He
bilfed his contra-t agreeably to it.- -trjrala
* 01,- el went to Wuh:ngton for his money.
1 The Auditing Department said, Mr. Commis
i .-ioner Barbour liad uo right to make contracts
iu the name of the government, to feed the In
dians. He only had |<owcr to make war or
i peace vvith them. Col. F went to Congress,
\ and a.-ked them to order his bills to be |aii.
l ie- subject Was referred to a committee of the
33d Con.n-- in 1*54 composed of the fol
lowing gentlemen : James L. Urr of South
i Carolina. Chairman : Ben. C. Eastman of W s-
I cousin, Galusba A Crow of Pennsylvania, Eo
i ward Ba'l of Oiilo. Aogustns E. Maxwell of
Florida, Da::id B Wright ol Missi-- p : , Al
fred B. Greenwood of Arkansas. Benjamin
Princle an-; Mliton S. Latham of California,
j AH of the-.' eeatleiaeu were denio rats except
Kail. now a i: >uUi*r; man. and l'nn.rh*. now a
. Fremont man : they were whigs. Ail are now
• Buchanan representatives, except the two men
tioned and Grow and Eastman, the latter now
dead. Latham is the jtreseut Coliector of San
Francisco.
Ou the 11th day of July th : > committee
made their report. Ttic-j stuto tlmt the con
tract wrt- conceived in a wise and humane spi
rit ; that t.'* prices were reasonable : that
ts terms *c;(: ia.riy a- d fully eonpift-d with
L JI. Frcn.-iht, they say, " purchased a
number o. Lc-f-cat"e in t~-* southern part i
the s-ate. hiKl hired drivers at a heavy cost to
drire th ai to the designated j•. the tit
tie were driven ai..tanis of three hoodred mile
in the heat of >uruuitr. in the dry wtw, at
jreat iah >r and ex -jtnre. and some 400 were
lost or d- d on the ror.f-. He delivered t >
a-rent IVarl ar. and t'X>k his receipt therefor,
otie mi! io.i t i hundred and tw- uty-five thoo-
Ai: : fue .a-irci pouiwis o; beef oa the hoof
1,225,j00 in= ~ •: d accepted : pal tut
•iraft-i drawn by Darbonr on the Sect
tary of the I .terior. amounting to ooe hnndre-l
a:, i eightv-thrce thoiisud CI_'HI HUNDRED AND
ueatv-fire d-dlar* These draft*
were protested on |rescutatioe : no appropria
tion havifrc been m -do ' v Concr?--; frota which
tco .'a be paid Su'"seqaeutly the treu
tL*: ~ were rcj*-ct- -i by the Senate, for rt-aao;..-
which have r."t yet been rode pobiie, the
Indians of California have bee a driven fn r:i
their land* a l .' homes, anl haTe received *.
compensation fro;.. ;:,e government, save th
beef furnished theni by Col. Fremont. a-i
which he now a-ks the rover* ot nt to pay h.r
for. The beef weut into the band* oif th
arenrs of the govcnuamt: whether it wa* all
fu..:;.:...ty distr.bwted taotig tw Indians by*. •
sub-agents. i* not a question t: at L* to s;T***
the ja*tb*e and eqn'y of the t-ia ; m of • 1 F*—
■Mt. He famished the scent* of the gov
truuKat wim a large quant ty of beef. Moc*t.
if not of if fa* used ; feeuitg the Ind.an* ;
i: *3. f .r..'*h-_d to ~ Iy with-treaty .-tipuh-w
t f cn< : it shopped the war and restored peace
to the country ; . I will the govern raent now
-tueni itself from tie pwy.neni of this claim,
arid devolve a r-;naa< toss upon * of t* o*n
citizen*. C{esa the t'xhuical pretext that the
jut had no pcctßc authority to make th*
rentrart ? We have received the adrantacM
an J be?affi"* of the con* ract. aou your commit
tee beUvc that It U joat tbni ae >bod i pay
for it."
> . c-.v w*. I *.> nv a!;.
I IV r !( tbr and the reprcsenta
■ tire# fr -Ca fornia W?ihraiG*in,
a:l Mesr* Mrl'.tisai *■ I iaibs, n twit
sa.jir.JT that Fr*u *tt ea/..e* ilia ma: /, wi.vW
a'l ; 'nr.. -- "'' ' K-*ikkr,
'•> * A'.- * if.!•; the Bach onaa caa
f-T V'rv Presdnrt, united in Vrstdr •?
te the i -v i ;t cha- j '/r of Mr O at
aa-sjooer Bar unit r.
T*it •- : •""" •?„ a:.l2i- *.-ij, al*il
; r ;• - j-.i - . r.Jt. s is'txMot, atui
it pajjacd the naaahnoasir, tMMgli jft
seated oq •-y --v . hj" * it is ter.>-•*!.
when a sinffh .-erii a wonki bare faces fata .
W •..> wt refer ;• tat- x;e now, car po
--! ia£ the Pcjjuft wf tl'-i i-ußißt'iet, fi* tie j-cr
-e .* -<fe Cvi. Frr~ oci ?r>xa a •; at
tack- cr-n hi- -a! i han iff. for ■ i t*>
hv *• "f **-*- t -- r 'i'fr : !if '•> iratf
fr a .-'iT awi knew r*efy
tbia; that eta Ur kaova awa one 'lw* ca
ret* fr .i urtie-i } : •>-■-'-d * je-.*-
Ilar and fawn ninjr Perf.
iv.; at Laf*rtt\
Iwi.ar. i. -tatcd latt there were ae>.*e *-cio
_a Kawa* tfaaa n rbiit Stile of jlkawori—-
Mei •>* to - wet* en* "ei tl " - = ' i toe e\c.-
! uont of the *" Mtsw.hst< Aid Sorsetr m—
y- c > ;-■* *r-- Vyrt *.e ~t~.~ il'-'v : .'•"f-T?. -
iwla K- -J" *■