Weekly hawk-eye and telegraph. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1855-1857, 1856-12-10
FROM our s~n Cafrs-pontl'
FROM KANSAS. s

LAwKEscE, Nov. gath, '56.
Il Although comparative quiet still reigns, there
q is occasionally scene enacted that deserves
passing notice. Last "Wednesday night s'ua
i party Of Free State men, ten or twelve IN nun
i bcr, made descent on Little Santa Fe, and sent
the inhabitants fsing IN every direction. They
then proceeded 10 search of the town for arms,
and destroyed all they could find, (which. vas !
good many, number unknown,l took . few hor-
ses, and made good their retreat The party
WAS headed by Capt. Cones, who has had his
house burned, and farm stripped OF everything,
both cattle and horses and this is the way he Is
getting sssaiae received" for the same. do mt
think that he takes the best course, but the peo-
/ pie are driven to desperation by the ssourians
| and they must now take the consequences.
+ Little Santa fe has been made the grand rem
dezvous Of the Border Army on two occasions,
when they have made descent on the citizens
4 Of this Territory. In June, when they. sacked
ossawattomie, and again in August, when they
burned the same place. A
1t is situated close to the line Of the State OF
| Missouri, and consequently borders on Kansas,
! and has always been noted for the laxless char-
| ac.er of its inhabitants.
have no doubt but every man who led OH
ers against US will meet the reward he so well de-
serves. Idesire peace, but it is necessary that
men should be made to remember their sins and
taught that all have rights. d. eao Ella &
Last Thursday, while Gov. Geary was attend
ing the land sales at Fort Leavenworth, Wood.
son. Secretary Of the Territory, served warrant
upon hun ISSUED by Lecompte,) for his arrest,
tor contempt OF Court. The case aedged was
that he had intertcred with the Judiciary, and
attempted to rule the Court. Geary give bail
tor his appearance to answer the charges, and
Immediately sent McAllister, this privy counsel
lor) to Washington. 1 do not apprehend any
difficulty SO long as the officials are qiarrelling
among themselves, as they have no time for any
thing else While thus engaged, and lwould like
to have them keep it up all winter, for their own
amusement and our benefit. The Ruffians in lie
compton are "down on Geary'' in strong Ian.
guage and ominous looks s-4
Last Friday morning, Titus sent word into the
prison to the convicted ones, that if they woald
agree to 90 with him to Nicaragua to join Wal
ker, he would procure their pardon. 3
Capt Mitchell, from Topeka, told the n,essen
ger to tell Titus 10 goto hell. AT this Titus
took offence. and made it a pretext to gag and
tie Mitchell, and (olily taking off the gag for
him to eat) kept him in that position for two
days. a
Mitchell is Of a fiery, impetuous nature, and
will, no doubt, recollec, the treatment of those
two days as long as he lives and will also re-
collect the author of the deed. l ... q
The citizens of Lecompton are continually in
hot water; and, during the cold and stormy
nights, keep sentinels posted out about town,
fearing n visi. from the aboiitionists to destroy
the town. and rescue the prisoners. t ta..
Last Saturday night at ten O'Clock, SO OF the
prisoners who had been n owed to Tecumseh, for
trial, csc. ped They did it by making hole
through Il brick wall which confined them, aud
crawling out. The sentinels saw them, and in
stead of firing their guns gave chase. f,.. s.-.
The night was exceedingly dark, with slight
drlzzly rain, and more poverty stricken or dir
tier crew never saw than they were when we
got them altogether However, we can hardly
recognize them now, as they are all we'll supp-
ed with clothing from that sent here from the
Northern States by the National Kansas commit
tee, and it is great help at this time, for the
boys could not have possibly gotten along with
out aid from some source. go s-s '4.
The same night also, two of those convicted,
and who were still at Lrcompton, were enabled
to make their escape, how they did it l am un-
able to say, for l have not seen them, so that
out of the twenty convicted, but fifteen remain
suppose that they were put in irons to-day, and
the question arises shall we suffer them to re
main in such position? ~" 4y.-". .f2 ~ ="
think that before long the Lecompton peo-
pie can answer the question in the negative.
am now, and have been, ready for several weeks
to render them little ass stance, and with one
word can get fifty volunteers to assist me in
such all undertaking, andI believe something
will be done. 5a s. Il yt ' U. b.