Report of the special committee appointed to investigate the troubles in Kansas,: with the views of the minority of said committee.

KANSAS AFFAIRS.
PUBLIC IEETING.
At a meeting of the pro-slavery party of this city and vicinity, held
on Saturday last, on motion of Jarret Todd, R. R. Rees was called to
the chair, and C. C. Harrison was chosen secretary.
After an explanation of the objects of the meeting, the following
resolutions were, on motion of Judge Payne, unanimously adopted:
1st. That we heartily endorse the action of the committee of citizens that shaved, tarred and feathered, rode on a rail, and had sold by
a negro, William Phillips, the moral perjurer.
2d. That we return our thanks to the committee for faithfully performing the trust enjoined upon them by the pro-slavery party.
3d. That the committee be now discharged.
4th. That we severely condemn those pro-slavery men who from
mercenary motives are now calling upon the pro-slavery party to submit without further action.
5th. That in order to secure peace and harmony to the community
we now solemly declare that the pro-slavery party will stand firmly
by and carry out the resolutions reported by the committee appointed
for that purpose on the "memorable 30th."
On motion of Green D. Todd, it was adopted that the proceedings
of this meeting be published in the Kansas Herald, Platte Argus, and
all other papers friendly to the cause; after which, on motion of
Samuel Burgess, the meeting adjourned.
C. C. HARRISON, Secretary.
R. R. REES, Chairman.
I cannot identify the proceedings of the meeting of the 30th of
April, 185a, as published in the Kansas Herald of May 4, 1855.
Thomas C. Hughes, I understand from reputation, is a clerk in the
surveyor general's office of this Territory.
Cross-examined by Mr. Whitfield:
There was a public rumor that at a squatters' meeting here Malcolm
Clark had been killed by Cole McCrea; the report stating that William
Phillips had furnished McCrea the pistol with which Clark was killed.
Meetings were held, as I understand, and Phillips was notified to leave.
He persisted in remaining, and was taken by some seven or eight men,
I do not recollect how many, across the river to Weston, Missouri, and
there tarred and feathered. Such was the rumor, but I do not know
of the fact. Phillips was publicly charged with being an accessory to
the shooting of Clark. The community here were indignant at Phillips also for his affidavit, swearing that voters were deterred from
voting here on the 30th of March, 1855, and the prevailing opinion
here was that the affidavit was false. This affidavit related to the
contest of the election of the 30th of Marceh. These were the circumstances I understood led to the lynching of Phillips. On account of
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