New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-12-22

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vsJ, he sad that be bad learned tie designs of tbs
Pro Slavery army, a. given by their osu men-they
were gong TO buru Lawrence, mprter AA ,.o ra-ish
the womenl aud khi ne chieTso At the ford Of me
WeSsrusa hlve1 he said be found the guards and soo
| tine Of the @, envy Stationed am .s,la hog ne suc
1 cteced IN passing them He oid not know tbs coun-
| hrsgn, sn0 therefore rode up boldly aud withou,
giving the eentiIeis opportunity 10 demand il OF n n
&c SAID TO them, why doGt you ask me the osun nr.
| 9n "bcn ied the guard TO suppose that he w.s
al rifht and they therefore LEI him pass. He sid
be bso been too he could en- er the camp Of tho
emmy, but be bao determined TO try IT, AID rode no
10 the camp where hc met by wbs, he wou'd call
greenb0Tp, ana whom he succeeded In CONVINCING
thst he was all right, by asking hin Ii lie question:
How many mt have here 2" FROM this man
he sad be learned that the force under d. Stricken
did not exceed two hundred and fly men, that about
fifty TAD deserttd tha' day, and on, hundred more
w0uli desert that Iisht, when all the decent men in
the ranks Of the enemy would be gone. Tue men IN.
der Stricken received full Share of abuse at bis hsnds
He seid they were yourg demons from hell, drunken
Iowdes, clerks counter hOppers and apprentices that
some riding horses some mules, some jack asses
and some jsckass,s rode jackssses. He thought
The men Of Laurence could 90 dog with pop guns
and uirs AID capture the whole SOU sd of them.
Here the rebel became g andoquebt, aud said he had
enlisted for the war and had come to Lawrence to
fight
"TsIs rock .hsIl fly
FIOm its firm sa.e IS soon l."
With this ebuli'iOn Of ra orous psriotsn the rebel
sat Gown In JUST e TO some Of the people a. the
IL q proper 20 STATE mat DunOer OF persons
were heard 70 say tina, tie speaker wzs On fool.
After the meeting adjourned Msser Lmdck ard
Lghner went round TO the different stores where they
head mSny discussions AID conversations There
seemed to be but one sentiment prevailing, deter
IMITATION to resist the laws Of the Tslri DRY.
DuriI The nigh, the town wss in commo.iop Men
paTafed the streets, aDd hOrsme were riding to aud
fro all light. 10 the morning, at al early hour, the
drums were beaten, AID the troops commenced drilling
on iht prSjre.
After DIM or there were on drill seven companies of
infantry, numbering about fifty men each aud one
con paDy of 0ras OOns. The Infantry were armed With
Sbarps iifes ard al seemed to be in effective prepa-
ration for war. There W. re perhaps two hun5r ID
IN IT, town who were rot In the drill and their whole
force amounted 10 perhaps Fix hundred men, which
Mr.. Holiday said could be increased to twelve hun
dred at az hours rotice. This our friends thought
was mere bIag, as the Abotonists showed evident
signs Of a disposition to magnify their force when
they were about.
Lawrence is beautifully situated 10 valley, aud is
commanded by range Of hills the south west side,
from wbeDce il 'uld essiy be battered down by ar
tillery without coming in rar &c OF rifle shot, There 10
in the town large stone house. three stories hgh and
OUe hundred by eighty feet square, The bui ding mss
been turned into fort and Is the only defense Of the
place. There are no oresstworks thrown up nor
tvenches oug "a first epolted.
During the dsy of uesdsy, and before going TO see
the rebel Abolition army at drill, our fiepds went to
LecomLton HIRE they found about three hundred
men under the command of Gen. Richardson, await
in the orders If the Governor Here too, they met
Coleman who killed Dow, and W 10, as we have since
learned was on that day acquitted of all crime ia "a!
matter They speak of him a. a modest aud gentle
manly man. Here too, they met vito Gen. Sungtel-
low and his brother Sheriff JOoes Col lsaacs Capt
Garrison, and others. On their way up to town they
met Gen, Clark, Indian agent for the Poita wstomle
tribe who told them that Lis lite and property had
been threatened by the AbOtionsts that he had been
forced to keep his house under guard and had hnay
been compelled TO send bis family out OF the territory
Flom LecOnptOD, our frieE DIS returned TO Lawrence
and late In the evening went down to Blue Jackets
place on the Wal aruss, where they met with Messrs
James Hck lin Wi liam Isb Col. John Reed, Joteph
Morelsnd l. A Mscesn. and others from LIS Fay
cite and Col Chies and A. ReDick from scksoo.
Fiom Blue Jackets tsey went to the osmp OF the
men VI der Gen Spickler, end there founo many ac-
quaiutsnces, all regularly enrol Cd IN the militia OF inc
Territory. The nen were comfortably h1so, win
nleufy Of proyisons ard all in high s2l1ts aud
anxious Tor the fray. They speak Of these men as
noble sus gallant act of fellows, and ss bearog the
nm ietaA able evidences of true courage. Lne CAM
arr WEE ".i1 at al The OF
Houor was prohibited. Here our trieEds stsyed ali
night and The ne xt "Wednesday norhiog started nome
Dnrin0 tie cav they some 800 men, all oouno iof
Stickiers camp, carving with them three pieces .,
artillery These, added 10 those at LeeomptIA anu o.
the Nak8Tuss comp. VIII make seFon P0"0'' '' "
then berg p "a FOUNDER. 81 p:lua
IRE forces under Gen Stricken aod Gen. klchaIu-
son. when united vii number l, 100 men. - :,
ReoW Y q give a letter rec lived by Col n smith
Of this county from Commesary -Genefal H. a. VIC
" HIApoUAnrTRs CAMP ON WAkAsUsA, Dc o. 1889;
oni Is Nv s WIZ w. impression l. tfa will bt though
you wby could OF tell nor % zee NS 90" Tn
s All aimed fssns fof their and alrH, and will b,
emen worthy steel Ss'I koo we ii we hive meet
our spirit. good ard buOSsrt Ne i've psS'yL
ions ocomnspy;pe the above letter was memorandum
she lug the officers in command al ths csup Oh 'uo
Wakarusa follow; c...
Ger Malta Geoera
Jos C. Anderson cc.;s.pv
OfComoeny c, composed chiefly ofaIatssete boys
the following are the oihcers;
Hiram e5dsSs FRS. i,:Stss.sL
Joseph smith. ...... ............sscond hsutensnt
NJ Bryant. eoss sersesnt
- Hill ....................."..;Th Thru sersssnI
Y Moves ..s..s......''''''fOuftne oiseA"
80 ovt,s of ve,tsrday we stated that Gen. Rich
,rSson Who il in commaud of the troops al Lscomp-
fen was a Free Soer. We are pleased 10 earn tna'
NO. were mistaken He is ProSlsyery mac, ava We
ms Ike the correction accordingly. al, r ~,
A,.,rsca1 Citfsen for the following letter, received
here Yesterday aud dated at Camp near ffanhhh'
Dec. l. O'Clock p. m; 49,. u,o,,;o,,
R,;eaoier Gen Stricken has sppesred at our camp,
snd Teouhrly reserved men and mustered then
into the serv ce of the country -. oh
az ~rite beneath the broad arms OF giant OAK
snr,onpSed bv plstoons Of citizen soldiery, gong
tbronoh all the evolutiOrs OF battle save 'nN VI
90, foI ting the enemy. Gfim Vlssgeu war uesn ~ ~
fused its sp it ioto our men, anu 'ne N''
i'''S q Bring the mAJshaips Of mem the day
Bat l. ma gE6csptly stem array
LATER STILL
From Ths Lexington Ezpsea, sA -.
LAwRERcE, 1bursdAy, Dec 3, 1893.
To Cor. DAN. A. NEITCH: Our Ices eonVeLea a.
Rankin aEd IeoompGon are !, 200 Pio-SaveIy men,
eacer 70 6emolsh Lawrence, and are nar1y Test
nv Gov Shannon who is on the grouad. "a uoieSs
their arms ana provisions are surrendered ths even
A.. ,stV,Ek TO n