The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1856-09-11

her person She had sv -ooned tom fear. and
had not returned to a state OF entire con-
sciousRess when this Inhuman assault was
made upon her person
After completing their infamy, they kicked
herin the side and abdomen. ana left her, j.
Is supposed, TO die How. iors she remained
N state a in>ensibility. she does isot know,
bur she was enabled 10 stagger IN the dlree-
ton of the house On rea ching II she was
unable TO open the door, her hands beng
lied behind her back. and she was unable 70
speak, her tongue being tied with string
and now swollen TO an alarming s. ze- Size
was TOO weak 10 shout. and IL the effort 10
do so she tainted. In falling she oN erturEed
an empty ehurn which stood near lie door,
and the noise made BY the churn 3 alnst the
siding Of the house awcke Mr.. II 7att and
his family, who found her III the condition
described.
On Sunday last. the Esd, she TOO (, at the
request ot DIR Avery- some nourlshl ng food
at the request Of Dr. Avery. some no urshlng
food bur her case Is nearly hopeles 5 She
has had several frs Of commissions. md tho
her friends believed last night that 81 would
die before this morning. she Still live : Ii IS
supposed that the pro-slavery hired / IAN and
three Of his associates were the perpt traitors
Of this villains-
ne by DIR. Avery, who attended the lady
profession ally. and Who accompanied the
Richmond company into this Territory. on
his statement | have the most III olicit rel-
ance. He is spoken OF by the Bt.ialo Con
vention Committee in their report. as being
"a wise, discreet aul accomplished PIysi-
clan and as he made professional visit Ia
the lady. he knows all about the case And
vet. with all these most inhulnan ourragrs
before their eyes there IL a class of men,
even inthe North. who profess Ia bsliev e thaf
negro slavery elevates the character II the
whites.
1t Is needles. to say that these Villains are
at large. and, like the murderers OF Hoyf
and others, always will be, the bogus laws
having been made for the punishme mt of + rec
State men enl v
Reliable information reaches II. tha- the
northern wing of -Atchison's army has feen
divided up into three or four companies Of
over one hundred each, and that they 9.re
securing the Territory from Easton to Deia-
ware on the river; that they are driving rec
State settlers from their claims, and putting
men on them TO hold them It'll after the
war" This Iunor vas corrohorated by the
arrival Yesterday of seventy Free State men
from the waters Of Big Stranger Creek, some
Of whola had been driven from their ella mas;
This morning huudred men volunteered tn
20 back with them aud seem them right ID
The fact that the leading Rutfians have t cfI'
1lN;ag tand ruuor says that they h;t'-e sltr-
ceedcd to 1-ce eXteTt,l to induce the differ
ent tribes Ct slaveio,.ling Indians to JON
them. wl.ile il 1t al evidence of the deep de
termination to make this terrible and final
struggle for Slavery supremacy, also shows
that the border coHnties are not 81 4 I'VE to
their appeals as they were last winter. during
this determination is the tone of the border
newspapers. Take. for example. the follow
ing paragraph from the Kansas City (Mo)
Enterprise, August 23d.
There las been no time since the com
mercemcnt Of the Kansas troubles wherein
we have noticed 50 deep and set*lsd a pur-
pose in the public mind has been mani
tested for the past ten days. There seems
to he a settled determination to stop the oc-
currence Of oU;rages for the future. The
fact that Z small army Of hnc@ soldicrS have
been sent from distant States AID :ignahzed
tiseir entry INTO the Territory, ny robbery,
murder and house burning, has aroused a
feeling in the border counties that will brook
no conlpromise short OF their complete and
permanent eNpulsion-aNd Il 'etL De done!
The np5lrder Of Mr.. Hupp caus es great eX-
citomcrt here The volunteers who went 10
gleaveuxecrth to-day, Will investigate the
circumstances of the murder, and II It Is
fouud that lie was scalped alive, then the
murdcIers Will be brought to justice at any
risk
Gen Lane has entire con mand Of the
Free State forces. POTTER.