Daily Iowa State Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1856-1859, 1856-09-10
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On Saturday. the 23rd
o. Angnst, Ne lift oar camp al wes'po,t,
end too6 - cor 6ns Vi Marcia Cor Mes
Ssnta Fe, q Whtoh pooes We arrived the
same day. We found sbout y " pro -s'sv-.
~ men snesmped. O. the 2.thw formed
= Reeimens, and selected Col. p. n. X ..
ser, ct Virginia, % Temporary commander
10. chief. On The 26lh. our forces had n
creased TO 1850, rank and file. We then
wet into . permanent organ z.tioh. and se-
lec;ed Atchison ~ M.j,s Ge.rrai, Rid -
Drisadier General, Brown - ColoI.i VI the
ls,, and Rosser u the 2nd Kgim ut, and
rave the name 81 our forces " The Army
or Law ard OtGer Of Kansas 1eisi ory."-
On The 26,h, We took up lse Of March
for Ossawsiofnis, aud sncsmr-d 'Ls' night
al Cedar Creek. On the % b, We RESUMED
our march, and sncamped At But! Creek. -
Ga the evening OF the 28ih, & n. kcm s.-
Iec;e. go men and one piece u artillery,
and moved on 10 attack O,sswaioni~, On
the morning OF the 2yth, he arrived near
that place, and was a. acked by two hun
dred Abolitionis's, under the command Of
tho notorious Capt J9hn Brown who com
menced firing upon Re from thick chap
parei four hundre yards of. 10 eral Rid
then formed his men in IN open pr"irI~, and
Major Bell fired upon ,he Abolll,onis's " III
The Artillery loaded with gaze. Grnetsl
Reid then made . successful charge upon
them, killing 81 and took 7 prison ers. -
Amongst the killed was Frederick Brown.
Ths motor ,oas John Brown was also kill
ed b, a pro Il very man NAMED WHIT, in
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Among tho prisoners takes 10 the son Of
q. G. Blown, Of Laurence no'urie'y he
will be humaneiy treated, aud sci At liberty
when the war Ia over.
The sther prisoners taken were shipped
on the Polar Siar. and pledge 'xAc'.d Of
them never TO return again 10 Kansas.
In. rro.slsvery party had five wounded,
none believed 10 be datg.iot,. Capt.
Faux Gordon 10 the !. n shoulder, Jacks
IN the mouth John Gordon ia the thigh,
and Parker III the TX.
The pro slavery men, contrary to the CT
doris OF Con Red, burned nearly all the
houses in Oss ,wa'ornio.
They took some forty head Of cattle, q
part OF them being the same 'hrt Brown
and his party had stolen from ii" G.org
S''oiyD 80 ''Ns-Ss3 WV ~"S o'tA S''
carriage.
On the same day, Capt. II "a, with forty
men, attacked the house OF the no orlous
Ottawa Jones, burtei his hous' AID killed
two a5oiitionist<. Jones f-I 10 the corn
field, was shot at by jones, an is suppos-
Cd 10 be dead.
Abou, r. NJ on the 2a'h, the Adolf
'ioni't', number ng about 230 mcn. cane
IN about three quarters OF mile OF oar
camp, md attempted 10 surprise -, tnsy no
doubt h'ik king hat our forces had been so
much weakened by Reds IN irch on Ossa
watomie. Ii we would retr'at and leave
our baggage. Bltno 20. Til drum beat.
and soon every mn was ready f,r battle
S4ein. 'hA; we we're ready To- meet them,
they fed. h. most OF the in"u were in
fav"r Of p9rsuu 2 them. hut We prevented
from doinss' b. Gen A'cti son.
On the 3l'' III" Army leok Up The line
ofmlrch aul enc .mprI al { dar Creek for
the night
On the Isl OF September, G. n. A'chison
resigned his commission, aud Gen. Reid
was selected IN his stead.
Our army which had consisted 81 300
men, hal now been reduced o half that
amount, and are now stationed at Indian
Creek sni from tn. last information |
could get, the pio-siav-ry psr'y only num-
Der about lt00 men in the Territory, OF
which 600 are encamped al ] dian Creek.
and loo on the no.. b side OF The Kansas
river, near Lsconp'rn.
The p'o-sAspry parry have eight pieces
of artillery and plenty Of 10 SIS for caval.
~. bnt they nce an efficient regiment Of In
fanny.
The abolition forces in the Territory do
not exceed 1900 men; they are we'll drilled
and each one 1t them - armed with a
Beecher B bic snd G d iin-s Prayer Book
They have two pieces OF artillery, ne that
they took at Franklin and tie other they
got al L"compton, in exchange for the
brave 1iru:, Donad,on and others.
Ammunition snd provisions are needed.
and number OF Infantry men that will en-
list for the war-ihose hat are willing 10
do their daty as soldiers, and no others.
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BIZ II REksNBERKD.-Tbst immediate
" s'ter the passage Of tn, Army B II,
Mr.. Whitney, OF New York, offered res.
olution repeating tie territorial laws Of
Kansas, which resolution our Black Rs.
publican Congress refused to consider.
They might have passed it 10 twenty
minutes had they choseD to do so; but
30, they do not want those laws repeal
ed; they afford them half their election.
esripe stock and capital, and without
listening to Mr. Witney's molten. the
friends Of "ni1ger freedom" ali urn ed
c onpress sine die! So much for profess
,ion vs.. practice.
The Federdlism Of 1871 and the "re-
pu5hcanism" of 1856 Identical.