The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1856-09-13
THE KANSAS " AR.

The accounts which reach Us OF the war III
Kansas are Of most exciting character -
We condcnse from the mass the following
items:
The news from Kansas for some DAYS has
been of very serious character. About -
Free State men. AZ O->awat0nic have tr.n
driven away hy ~" invaders. and the place
burnt. Several Free State men w.1c killed.
and taken prisoners. of whom rrl'or, saws
that two were afterwards shot. AZ Ica,tn-
worth. all the Free Solrr> had been driven
away at the l.oint OF the ha,"n,.t. and rhcii
propcrt, >trovcd lN Southtrncr>. THIS i
reported At 81, LOUIS hy large number of
the sufferers. who arrived There on The 5rh.
AID dispatch dated at Chicago. Friday.
saws: Private ad,iccs from Kansas. VIA Ne
tra>ka CITY. report the Iowa road entirely
closed bv armed bands o! M>>ourian>, under
command OF Gen. Richardson, who wa sta
toned rear he. boundary line o. Il sn>a> and
\thia>Sa
In the Indianapolis J 'nrnal We find some
arroun, o: IN. arrest OF Mr.. Mute. As we'll As
OF the murder OF Mr. Hops. furnished l., Mr.
$ :. llouohfon OF that ri,v. who LETT L-a,en-
worth on the 29th ult. and Tho WAS captured
IN company with Mr.. Mute. Mir. lIou.htou
relates the particulars OF the murder ot Mr.
Hops. WHO was brother in law of Mr. Mute
and formerly resided in Somcrvll.c, as fol-
lows:
Mr. Hops had been on visit to Mr.
Mute, and was returning 70 Lcavrnwor,h
when killed His murderer wa, named Fu
gate. He. Fugtfe. went Ia the house of
gentleman named Wallace on the Lawrrnr.
road. about two miles from Lra,enworth ana
stopped about AN hour. lie used most oil,.nsiv.
and indecent language To the lady. who wa
alone al the time. and f1ally started oil
swearing that he meart to Kill and scalp
Free State man before dark lie went I,
the corner OF field fence, some distance iron
the house. and had been gone but short tins,
when Mrs. Wallace heard the report of In
gun. She didn't know at that time hat hat
occurred In a few moments a tram>trr. dri
wing one of the United States fransporratio,
wagons. came up aud saw the body, whicl
was recognized as that of MIR. Hops. l;ln:
III the road il had been sralped The mur
drrer had apparently attempted 10 rob In
victim. As the watch was found with bloc,
marks on it. lyir" on the ground l., the body
tut was scared oil hv tn. arrival of rhe i-, an,
ster. The corpse wa taken TO Mr. Wallace.
and buried. The murderer went into Ieav
enworrh, and flo"rn>hcd the scalp about III
streets. hosting thar he had killed an .Ahol
lIoI,i>t,' tut nobody raised finger TO arre>
him"
Mr. Mute, in his. last letter from Lawrence
stated that he Was about leaving that lilac
in company with a small number of ,oiur,
tttrs tor the purpose OF recovering the tod
OF Mr.. Hops, together with his property. am
it was While on tins brorherly e,rand that h
party OF men headed by Mr.. Emery, VIII
is a Cni'td States mail agent. In compan
with Mr.. Mute, were some fifteen or twert
persons. among whom was Mrs Hops. "
quote from the journal
MIR lloughtun and the company with him
some fifteen persons, were captured bv ban
of rutanS under the command ~ Mr. Euer,
Tni'ed Safes .Und .iy.n,. or some other off.
Ger, OF the day after leaving Lawrence, It's
Thur>da, aud were taken 10 L-avrnwor,t
In the company were Mr. Mute, and the wit
OF the murdered Hops. who were going +,
LeavenwOrth 10 ascertain the facts i'm r.oar
to the murder and to take possession OF III
decrased's goods in that PLACE When III
company arrived al the place OF the mnr,l..,
the gallant ruliian captain refused to let IN
widow see the grave OF her murdered hushar
but sent her, with the OF her ladies of the com
pany. End the men in whose charge they w.r
traytllnU into Tpavpuwor,b IT,. -, =,
the company were held prisoners. and take.
TO the rufli'n camp Among them was ID
Avery. OF Richmond. in THIS State. a gentle
man OF sixty wears of age. who had yo>>r>>io
OF the papers OF the murdered Henry Shon
hre. which he was bringing home. Nj
Hough:on says that the Doctor happened t
drop little diary or memorandum book, i