Meigs County telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy [Ohio]) 1848-1859, 1856-09-12


after being detained DIST o. two in cap
tivity, were conducted D Westport, and
there placed on board the steamer TO b,
taken out Of the State of Missouri, and &C.
companied with the threst that If they eyeI
yentured back to the territory OF Kansas,
and were caught, they sI'ould Instantly b
hung or shot. hs slR sif
Learning Of the arriyaI Of this party, We
had an interview with thS men On board
the steamer Baltimore, q which they had
taken passage for Alton Illinois. Their
several accounts agree so pefleeily. thai
we have condensed and sp;bodied all tbeil
statements that we NIGH present our rea'
ders with 4 complete and reliable narrative
Of the conflict y QssaVs'knnid. Il
The toEn0f 0ssaNa'10|'e Nas composed
|of nom thirty q forty n |.ses, and Nag 4
7. a4ss y, y tsss 4 \. .sr)' 8 4
saes, ane nag = popualon q apo1s .Wo
hundred. = = siiuated immeqla'ely neT
tween tne iolEs OF . nfanca OF tne Usage
river D' ana tne rot,aWatomie rive5s inc dis,
tracted staee OF me country nad occasloned .s
an aimos. total desertion q tne town py
tne lamiiies hymg IN IL, ana ~ tne ume oi
sne ngnt u was occupied ncy, ABOUT my
armed nee o'ase 't men ana are" women lalan anq
cnnoren. ~, nsa at.l y
AT si1o'ciock on last SATURDAY morning,
las. aissr aao sunrise, : pro-slsvery parry q
ABOUT 4oomen unoer uen, neia, mace .neir
appearance before tae to%n' naving IN their
commano - q piece @ 9, arSllery, ana mcsS 2,
tneln mcun'ed, ney nau Aa ;, ,haue Alorced
march q sn,rIy OF lorty miies IRON tneir
camp on pun oiesk., Assoon as .hs M rree
o'ale men oescrlea .ne Plo-siaseIy iofce,
tney put themselves under command Oh
Captains brown ana Updegan' formerly Of
OHIO, and sought shelter ina growth OF un-
dernrush about three hundred yards dis
tant from the town. Thepro- slavery force
maintained their ground at about hall a
mile and commenced trlng with their can
non' which was loaded with grape and can
ister shot ana slugs' fney had an advan-
tageous position' ana eacn discharge oithe
gun raked the ambush OF the Free State
men with fearful effect. One OF our urlnfor-
mants states that ne saw three OF his com
races 1ali AZ once; sui ,ney returned as
brisk iire as they could, and succeeded
In woundlng several OF their enemies. Al
ter some ten or dozen discnarges irom
the artillery, company OF about eighty of
the pro-slayery force dismounted from their
horses ana having surrounded the place
Of fe1reat made charge ana competed the
enure rout Oh the free o1aee men, seVefal
OF whom' IN attempting 70 cross the ssream
along whicn tne nght raged, We're shot IN
the water ana were either instantly kllied
orso m 1ea' Mouhasa AZ .natsIo' '9a able 10
save 'nemselses fion usasn ~ .,a. ulomnins.
vne u o1. ignAl': % s..,.es .l'ss ''o snm
che uouy " lCeps' Dio"n IA VAC ""'ei' .e
knew X II was nlm oy nus eoI ala na'; Ian, ne y
eninhs 'eele iS NO S.. uoaDlol n,s Deig sa.ed'
osyen ~ shs = TIE ou''e h,eh mere Captured,
ai.er mniUn 1le ssn "rS Soy on A'e anu
enttte,y es ues:oySu. S., A.. 49,, =, Ip,,n
In marcmng an DacA 70 sne Ismp. On pq,l %
oreeA. .ne P.lsonelSme.e NJ. 81 sSyIeca !. .t 70 very
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,lnneu 1n "o anu ,e o.no' DuUot1
GnMEys me!e .aHen G.sol :ne 'HirP r Hnu any
snoS " sngir in,uIla'eIei,elss, E Sa s,. .ne ,aS
W.s SS1 ~aS %Io ~u rnu,nu.S ,uu ~ u I.S;.
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