NEW YORK TRIBUNE, June 16, 1856  This issue has some items on the "Bleeding Kansas" situation, including: "From Kansas" "KANSAS - The Battle of Franklin" with much detail; "From One Indicted For High Treason" "Material Aid For Kansas". Plus an article: "Indian Depredations In Florida" being a letter from Fort Myers.
Bleeding Kansas describes the period of repeated outbreaks of violent guerrilla warfare between pro-slavery and anti-slavery forces following the creation of the new territory of Kansas in 1854. In all, some 56 people were killed between 1855 and 1859.