The Ashland union. [volume] (Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1856-10-01


expecting an attack,) they completed.
sacked the town. They had five wagon
which they filed from the provision an'
other stores of the town, of great value
The stock of Mr.. A. J. Vaue hn, form
| cry of Liberty, No, amounted to abou
/ 50 5eee.-77FFih company returned to Law
renee with their booty. -
On the 5th Of September, Lane, will
about five hundred men, marched to the
town of Lecompton, the capital of thu
1 Territory and in line, and planted fv.
cannon and one mortar in range of the
town, aud then demanded the surrender
Of 1.-THE 9prisQperss Robinsons Brown and
others, who ARE under Indictment fol
/ Treason; at which time. a company o.
Upited States traepsl Chen stationed ipe5.ia a.
Lecompton,) marched out in protection
of the town, and Lanes party retreated
A company of about one hundred men
of Lane's party, marched from Law
renee to the town of Easton, about
twelve miles from Fort Leavenworth
on the 9Th day Of September, aud rob
| bed the citizens of the town of all their
property, consisting of groceries, dry
goods, clothing, horses, mules, and eve
rythipg of value that was in. the town
even stripped some of the Inhabitants ol
the clothes they had ons and immedia e,
| Iy returned to Lawrence, q, -.J--ss
And the, next night a company .oi
about, fifty men FROM Lawrence rob.
bed the town of Osawkee, about thirty.
FIVE miles from Leayenworth, 10 the
s1me manner as the town of Easton; and
either the same company or another Of
about the same mum Der murdered pro,
slavery man in his own house, and rob.
bed the house, near Osawkee, the next
morning. A company of men were be-
ing raised at Leavenworth City to go in
pursuit of the marauders, but whe tbeI
they succeeded in overtaking them we
have not learned.
The people of Leavenworth City were
| thrown into state of excitement abcat
the 30sh of August, at the discovery Of
o plan of Lanes party to murder the
citizens of that towe5=aad then -saok assd
burn the town. The plan was discover
ed by some letters and other documents
found in possession of some men from
Lawrence, who had come into .Leaven-
worth in disguise, and who were imme-
diately arrested on suspicion. The plan
was, that on certain day large com
pany from Lawrence should attack the
town, preViors to which they would
smuggle as many Freesoilers as they
could into the town, who were to be
lodged and secreted by the Freesoil citi-
gems of the town and furnished with
arms, and when the assault was com
menced By the invadrrs, aud the pro-
slavery men engaged against them,
thsse sccretcd Freesoilers were to leave
their hiding Places in the city ana at
btack The pro-slayery neu iu the rear, and
thus ,}es.reysthern.s s-ss sGa sE.z-. .-z
Z When this plan was discoyorod, the
citizens heidEa meeting. and resolved to
.disarm all. those Ereesoilerss who had
] 1bean;,implieated IN. the plan. twelve in
1ialkgsCaptaia Emory, vas appointed 70
i carly out the resolution. lie. succeed
ed in disal ming, the first eleven without
difficulty, but the twelfth one, man by
Fthername7of W-m. Phillips, was prepared
| for Fl fghtz-had his doors -boltea, ard sew
/ eral, men ip tie house with him, all ara
ed; Aad, when Capt. EmoTy and his
| comp came il. trout Of tie house,
| Philips fred upon them from the wind
Of the-seeopd foor, and killed one man
/ aad then, he, or some other. man With
| htp, fred again, woppding another man.
Captaias Emory then fred on Philips
and killed him, and wounded his broth.
er.. The others in The house were taken
prisoners aud sent away without injury.
I This Philli. was = layer and kLad
OF laLd agent. lie was tarred s'.d
featherei and rode on rail about year
ago, for crimes imputed to him, He is
generally known there to have been .
regular reporter in relation 20 kansa:
difficulties for tue New York Tribune
the Chicago Tribune, and the Missouri
Democrat. In consequence of all these
outrages, and many other enormities o.
a more private character, or in which
cases few persons we're the sufferers
many worthy families have been turned
out of their homes to seek shelter, fooG
and protection as best they might; and
many of the citizens of the river tows il
Kansas have contributed to the full ex
tent of their means in rendering the
needed assistance to them, and mucl
more is necessary to be done, and be
yoni what the people of Kansas are abl'
to do. We do therefore recommend t.
the citizens of st. Louis to COLLECT meanl
and forward to Wm. Fl. Russell, o
Leavenworth City, or to A. G.. Boone
of Westport, or to such other pcrsonI
as they may think proper. - .'
1t may be said by some that repe
tition of these outrages and consequent
suffering proceeding from the same vii
not again happen, as the new Governor
has taken, measures to put an end tC