Weekly hawk-eye and telegraph. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1855-1857, 1856-10-08

home. not thinking of such an affair happening
until they were entrapped. The plea for arrest
was tresspass. e..
Camp near Lecompton, Sept. l8.
am now surrounded with as forlorn a look
ing set of fellows as would wish to see, ll5 OF
those whom have stood beside when the bull
lets were whistling aud when we had to march
all day and ali night, sometimes without any,
thing to eat for "a or SO hours, and they way
marked with blood from the feet of those WHO
were sholess. As came into the camp this
morning, the boys all eagerly surrounded me
and were anxious to learn what was to be their
fate But alas could give them no satisfac-
ton, for knew no more than they. We spent
the time until noon listening to the wants ofthe
prisoners and making memoranda of things
needed by them to render their situation more
comfortable.
They told me that when they were brought
across the river, at Lecompton, that Marshal
Postscript Donelson took many of their blankets
and even their overcoats which they had placed
in the wagons when they were marching and
last night it rained very hard and was SO cold
this morning that not only put on thick coat
but also a cloak and gloves to keep me comfort
able. I found the boys with nothing but linnen
pants, shirt and hat, and they had been all night
shivering as if they had an ague fit. 1 never
felt such compassion for any body in my life as
did for those poor persons and had l the
means for relieving their sufferings would have
done it even at my own expense and with my
last dollar.
do think that if the people of the North who
are living in luxury at home and have an abun-
dance around them could see our men in their
present condition that they would not rest day
or night until they were relieved. The fact that
Marion and his men lived upon sweet poatoes
roasted by their camp fires has often been spo-
ken of to their praise but Kansas soldiers have
worse fare. l have known them to have been
obliged to eat mush that had been made for sew
eral days and was sour and mouldy and at other
times nothing but roasted corn and but one ear
at that. Yet these men are fighting not alone
for Their own liberties but the liberties of the
whole North.
We have for dinner to-day for each man 8
or crackers few beans and strong bacon
boiled together for soup. made two inefect
ual efforts to cat some of it but although hun
CRY could not go it. 1t smelt and tasted rath-
er too ancient.
When our boys we're taken they had about
10 horses to-day they have about eleven. The
plea of the cut throat rowdics is this: Donelson
says that whoever can take oath before magis-
trate that certain horse is his, can take it; and
some of the horses which have been identified
and sworn to, were purchased by Eldridge and
Lane at Iowa City, for the purpose of bringing
the first train of emigrants through.
Old Tituss men come around occasionally and
this afternoon the corporal of the guards had to
drive them away to prevent muss as o.r boys
had about concluded to pitch into them. The
Gov. is up at Topeka and We shall have to avail
his return to know what comes next. .
s-.. Lawrence, Sept. 19.
To-day we sent up some things to the boy
and the officers refused to let them into tn
camp, but by little hocus pocus they got i,
and gave the boys something to eat for once.
Col. johnson told Donelson that he shoul
give no more food out of the .. S. depot to th
| prisoners and that he must provide some othe
| means for their support. Donelson replied tha
he had nothing for them and nothing to provid
| ,cd bo should mt ko pOch DaiDa n foe
abolitionists. Several boys left last night an
they say as there was fair prospect of gettin
nothing to eat they concluded to come home.-
Some started but were taken back being rathe
unlucky in their attempt. Those who did con
brought United States soldier with them
He also concluded that freedom was better tha
serfdom at IS month.
so of the prisoners were taken to Lecompte
to-day and placed all around the room whe
court is usually held, and the pro-slavery houn
let in to them in order that they might pick
those of them who had been engaged in acts
violence and had been breaking the laws durii
| the past six or eight weeks.
Is out of the so were recognized as beil
participators in murders, house burnings, al
there being none to recognize the rest tn
were ordered back to the camp to await ano'
f er day to appear for being identified. Wo
has been sent out all over the territory for
r to come on Monday next to Lecompton to
: cognize those who had trespassed on their pl
e perty, and doubt not but every one who
mains in camp till that time will be accused, a
+ the accusation substantiated by no less cri
y than that of robbery, while the majority
o have the crimes of arson and murder mpu'
9 to them. What, then, will be the next seen
The bogus laws provide for the punishment
such offences, and the Gov. has declared t
all laws shall be enforced and he has called
1000 additional troops. What does all this
my mean, ifit is not to force us into submissit
e 1t means that. It cannot mean anything e.
The election, which will be held next mon
, will be carried by the pro-slayery party, for
II free state men will not 60 to the polls.
Il consequence is the present laws will be sustain
! The Territory will be organized under s
i. constitution and during the coming winter Z
!. sas will be admitted as a slave state and our
forts for freedom will have an inglorious end
e-I To prevent this, the North have to be wi
awake than ever before, and even now, Il