The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1856-02-07


morning. 1t lasted about twenty minutes. :
Sew efal of the border men were wounded
and Two Of them were expected to die ey
ery moment. One Free State mana
son ofMr, Sparks was slightly wounded /,
in the forehead and arm. but not disa- ,
kbled. -~-es>ee-
/ fThisimportant news was brought here
about midnight by a special messenger
from Beas senworth, from whom Ireceived
the subjoined account of'the origin of the ,
difficulty and the particulars of the en-
l5gasement: :assa isas sss ass;s atsis a'Slsa
/ After returning from lawrence with
out accomplishing their openly avowed
determination OF discriminating the North
ern emigrats and Free State sguatters,
they avenged themselves by destroying
the ballot box at Leavenwerth and throw
ing the press ofthe Territorial Register, in
to the Missouri River. They afcned +
also to lynch several of the Free State /
men, and hang two obnoxious individu-
4 ais, Mr.. Warren, a member OF the Kan
j sas Legion, and another person whom
they callthe Odd correspondent Of the /
i 4Nissolsfi Demoerat' ss'ass 'fisi' ifssr'' es
Since that time ruffianism has ruled
i Leavenworth. Her Free State men there
are unarmed, and without an experienced
leader while their proximity to Platte
County rehders an undisciplined oppo- /
3sition to the nobocrats unavailable. ueJ
i, MIR. Slocum. the Free State Mayor of
Leavenworth, seeing the impossibility of
restoringaorder, resigned his Office some
) time ago. A Pro-slavery Mayor was
a elected. sls8i .ss9zl sssas rs {ssss s.
al The election for State officers was to be
D held throughout the Territory on Tues
= Eday last. AT Leavenworth,I / am inform
. ed, the May or issued proclamation for
# bidding the opening of the polls. This
e sdespotic mandate excited great indignas
Y tion.h The Judges adjourned the election
Q till Thursday, and appointed tito be held
at EaStOD. Il ssse
An armed force was ssraised at Leaven.
n worth or in that vicinity, to seizetthe bal,
,r lot-box. The Free State men were in
formed Of their dan ger and prepared to
re meet it. Spies brought the intelligence
,e to Leavenworth that the Free State men
A. were arming. rbey then determined te
l. take them by surprise, and therefore
" postponed an attack until the evening,
when they expected to find the Free
sc State men unprepared and to seize th'
at ballot box without any difficulty.
n At twilight the Pro-slavery men made
so charge. About dozen Free Stat
a. men stood awaiting them, but there wer,
a. twenty others concealed. They ther
or halted at about one hundred yards from
if the house. They were thirty five OF for
n ty strong, the majority on horseback, ant
p, all of them well armed.
Some of the Free State men in th
"a. fhouse got excited and rushed QUIT
Il. charge on the enemy. AS soon as th
-. Pro-Slavery m en- saw their force, the
&C.. wheeled about and withdrew to some dis
, ,, tance.
ad They then placed picket guard in til
80. lane that led to the house, and disarme
ke one or two Free State men who attempte
or to pass it some time after.
hat1 j Mr.. T.. P. Brown, a KeDtuckian, dc
led terminedto put assfop to their intertal
A ences. With. an equal number of Ere
um State men lie marched up to the piekt
nst guard. Both. parties presented arms.-
his Mr.. Brown told them to surrender or 1
of shot. They surrendered -Four of the
led were. disarmed; the other, a friend
one of the Free State guard, was perml
the ted TO retain his arms. z
hat j After this exploit several Of the Fr
eetf State men. retarned,to their homes, III
lth' thought that the Pro Slavery men, b
toE left. A bout two o clock, as Mr.. StePh
IN Sparks, of Rush County, Indiana. was M
ting his way home in company with h his s
lese and nephew, they were pursued by a co
len n pany of fifteen mounted men, mfens who ord
led, ed them to halt and surrender. They /
ner, fused to do SO, retreated to a fence a
SON som prepared to defend themselves. The ]
'sed phew, who was on on !, horseback, ggalloE
nant aitT back to Easton and informed II Mr. Bro
'ols7 Of the. situation Of his friends. snd
able able Brown. with IL, fifteen men, marched rap
the " .torescue them, anu arrived before tn
'url- were arrested. Both parties. moved move /.
that to- cross road where the Pro-7s,ay'
,ula- men Were reinforced. .,s.s.ns tI.#
nei5 They parted, but before they had g
/" far several shots were fred into the RAJ
our ofthe Free State company An enga
was ment .ensued. Yolley after volleys'
nst.. rapidly exchanged. The com mbatants Il
'oys, retreated TO two houses, at riaershet 4
York tance, and kept up5a constant FIRE for
some or ten minutes. Que, Free State m
were with Sharps rife, lay down behint
eyo- snow bank and fred at every man Of
dinp opposite party who dared to show h