Weekly hawk-eye and telegraph. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1855-1857, 1855-12-26


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I Bf tho politeness of ecIitiemai, in This city,
/ VIC have been shown private letter froRi Leav.
caworfli Git, ,..it,erdatc Of Dee sth. giving the
/ following startling it,,eliigence;
The people Of LcaFenworth are greatly ex
tcitrd--bantis OF Missourans from the border
counties known here as l..riifians have come
oser into Kansas and are threatening Lawrence
with destruction. 4 company OF some fffty,
| headed by man called Easton, editor Of the
Herald OF this city, all drunk and majority of
| them border Missourians started from here and
marched off for the sfat of tr,fr as our sister
city is now called i
The origin of the grave calamity which now
threatens to stir up strife was as iollows: a pri.
vate difficulty arose between Two individuals
about the rights Of both to a claim, The ,,pshot
of e matter was. one Of the two got Killed.
A false ra,nor, from this Circumstance, reached
the ears of the Governor, that the Sheriff was
resisted in executing the laws At this lime no
writ had been issued and no complaint made nv
which 10 arrest any person supposed to have
been guilty of violating the Law. Ri5s
Those who bore the report 10 the cars of the
Governor, however, knew their man; and as he
had dblustered great deal at the iustings and on
the stnmp. that he would enforce the lnws, and
so on, he seized the occasion on the faith of
flying and partisan report. without making in
qury, as a prudent man should have done to
learn how the difficulty was, fooshly and hur-
riedlv to order out the militia of the territory
and to publish a terrible proclamation, calling
upon .aw and order men" to aid in enforcing
the law. This proclamation of the Governor did
the work 1t was intended to do by those who were
instrumental in having him issue it, 1t was IN
tended as a cover for an attack long since medi.
,ated on Lawrence by the fre-ca.ers. 1t has swept
the scum Of the border counties Of Missouri
over into our territory, vowing death to every
man in Lawrence. - iEHt
General Richardson, a well disposed man, and
of some prominence in our Territory since the
excitement. has been to Lawrence and had a
talk with her people. He reports that they de-
clared that they were always, and are now ready
to deliver up to the authorities any one of their
number for whom those authorities had writ;
but refused as sensible men would, to suffer one
OF their numberio be arrested hy an irrcsponsi-
bile mob.
tits perfectly understood here that Governor
Shannon's proclamation and buster were in.
tended to play in the hands of Atchison String
fellow and gang. Volunteer companies were
raised in the border counties of Missouri with
wonderful al,crity, Immediately upon its promul-
CATION. Ii is said there are now encamped near
Lawrence from one to two thousand armed men;
and other companies arc hcrryinc on 10 ioin
them. Most of them are resident Missourians.
and Atchison and Stringicllow are ont urging an
attack.
The Lawrence men stand firm. and will not
Weld till they are forced They have nicely cal
culatcd their strength and thcy hold 10 the be-
lief that it will take 5000 men 10. take Law
renee, and even then with the loss of much
blood The Lawrence men arc cntrcnchcd have
experienced commanders, and are we'll armed to
a man. They arc calmly and reso,utely await
ing an attack Col. Lane, of Lawrence, has
sent dispatch requesting aid from this citv-he
fight is inevitable Col. Sumner. command.
ant ut the Fort is awaiting orders from, WASH
ineton. Richardson, commander OF the militia,
has been striving to bring about an amcable set
tIemen., but Sirngielow, Easton and gang say
no. Although the Lawrence men have shown a
disposition to do what is right, it seems that !
thew must fight, or take the alternative of being
Lawrence has at this time 500 men
under muster; their weapons OF defence are
Sharpcs rifles and rcvolvcrs. 1t is said that the |
Mssourians have five pieces of cannon in ad,li-
ton 10 their small arms.
These cannon were GOT bv them in the fol-
lowing manner: Abou. one hundred of them
broke into the ar elal at Liberty. CLAY CO.. |
Missouri, scctired the l,a,l in charge by tying
him. took thc cannon, shells, &c, on hand, and. |
marched off to lawrence Col Sumner has
sent a force to recover the arms stolen, and 10
pro .ect the arsenal from further plunacr Atchi-
son, it is said, is encampcd with some % men,
about Is miles from Lawrence waiting for re-
norct mcnts. There is report atloat tia, Shan
non is mucl, agitated, and is trying 10 advise the