The Davenport daily gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1856-1869, 1856-09-16

Moro KanDAe uoVo.
The following Is not 40 late "from the
seat of war" a. that which we have already
published. but it gives some particulars Of
three fights, ,ha, VIC have notyet placed be-
fore our readers
LAWRENCE, Sept, 3, 1886.
wrote You in my last about the efforts
Of Atchison and his cotApeers to raise an in
yadng army, and Of the means employed by
them to effect this object. OF one thing
am quite certain, and that is that the num-
/ Der Of men raised was not so large ~ they
hoped for. Platte. county did not contribute
more than Eve hundred men, perhaps not
quite 80 many as that, even; and there
could not have been more th-- ono thousand
raised in Jackson, Csss and Clay counties.
These, with about Eve hundred men aires
div in the Tesritery, Of all ranks and condi-
tons OF men, from the official down to the
starving gentlemen who 1.-Two on their
neiehber's plumber and Ruiord's promises.
made the entire army Two thousand aimed
mea. These were distributed over the ter
. r,terv into which they marched, lsll excep'
about Eve hundred at Leayenworth who
marched to Lecempton) from New Santa
Fe, Nc, - a siarti.s point.
Ii is pretty certain that some, IL not the
entire southern division Of the pro.slavery
) army, entered the territory from New San
ia Re, and encamped at Bull Creek, be-
tween the o0th and 25th OF August. From
this point ii was sent in different directions
aad the fret active service il Got into after
coming in was st the
ssTTLE OF SOUTH MIDDLE CREEK.
Il a AZ. ek.,. h u 81
Georgisns on Sugar Greek, who had been
Tor come time msking preparations. by ap-
propEiatinS for the use Of the army any
quantity Of cattle. Capt Brown and Capt
D Shore, with about six,y men in all. started
10 the Sugar Creek camp to see about it,
When they had get as far as South Middle
Creek, they were told BY Free State man
that there was a camp of the enemy about
q mile distant, and pointed out the direction.
Scouts were sent, and so suddenly did they
: approach, that they took the sentnels oil
: the Missourisns--eight in number-prison'
ers al the Free State camp. The Free State
| men were satisfied tina, they were unob
I served BY the Missourians, and it wa.
i. thought best to attack them on both sides
! To this end a small party was sent over
+. ravne which divided them, with instructions
| TO FIRE when the main body made the attack
1t was ascertained from the prisoners ths
the Missourians numbered about one hun
dred and tweny-six, all told. This wa.
| more than two to one, but there was moth
|. inc else for il but a,tack--defence woult
. have been worse.
. About noon, Tuesday, August 26,l thu
free State men, under command OF Captain
, Shore, charged into the camp, and demand
ed OF them 10 surrender. To this they re
: Piled By firing, and a general melee ensued
n After few minutes The Missourians threw
down their arms and ran-thi:teen wer
taken prisoners, and two killed. No iRiur.
n s4e the free State men whatever. They too
!. three wagon loads of stores, and about on
Y hundred stand of arms, some ammunition
|. and twenty.nine horses The next day the
d went down TO Sugar Creek, the souther
J. guerilla headquarters, and took sevent
,e head of cattle, supposed to have belenge
St 10 men Of all shades OF politics, but presse
IN into the service of the chivalry on Says
7f Greek, for winter use probably.
~ BATTLE OF PRAIRIE CITY.
g On the same morning. about Il II or
. O'Clock A. H., company numbering abou
twenty-stx Of the rudians, went TO the hous
of Dir. Jones, an Indian on Ottawa Greek
drove him and his wife and sick ma
- named Parker, into the woods in their nigh
clothes, deprived Dir. Jones of about $50
: 10 gold, robbed the house Of lite most vslu
= able treasures, and then set it on fire an
burned it to the ground. Mr.. Jones was az
ant-slavesy extension Indian, and go ha
10 suffer for it. An Indian has no more rig
4 to such opinions than Yankee.
r. The next morning, these seyenty-si
II men rode up to Prairie City, and fred into
= log house, in which were FIVE men, thre
;. boys and woman. One of the Free Stat
9 men, DIR. Graham, was wounded in tn
n cheek and ear This makes the fourt
o wound he has received in the cause of squat
n ter's rights. The lady sought place Q
n safety in another house, and the remainin!
4 sight intended to defend the house to tn
: Iast. While the lady was going TO anothe
= house, she was hailed By the question
e E"How many men are in the hoase'" He
q reply was, "a hundred and fifty cure
don't know how many more" They theI
Turned their horses and left, but we're over
II taken by parting salute from the hous
. which wounded one of them
That same day. Saturday, Gen. Lane viii
= four hundred men marched TO Bull Creek
in hopes of.frding the Richardson inrasior
camp. On Sunday he came in sight of it
| drew bis men into line of battle. The enc
/. my reuea,ed, and he followed them nearly
d to the Missouri line, beyond which It is Il
: be hoped they will stay.