Indiana American. [volume] (Brookville, Ind.) 1833-1861, 1856-08-29
LATEST FROM KANSAS.
VAL lElIlILY BlEII,

Great Loss Of Life and Property.
The Ohio STATE Journal has 4 letter
rom Leavrnwosth. X. T, written on
9Th Inst. from which We extract the col.
loving;
Asa specimen Of the way they do
IhIngz here. frIve the following. related
10 me by q isiend, an aid peIghbor, who
occupies an adjoining "claIm." Two
men, one a pro slavery. aud the other q
Free State man, had taken "elaIms' side
BY side. The propaganda wanted both
claims. lie accordingly procured tool
zone Of the immortal "iIye hundred, !"
to came aud occupy the Free State
mans claim. and receive and convey II
to him when II should come Into uar-
bet. The "chlvalry.r was on hand. az
per agreement. They tried 10 pick a
quarrel with The Free State man. but
he avoided them. They watched his
premises, and In his absence, one day
they went ON his "claim." and pulled
down his "cabin." The man returning
after they had gone, finding his cabin
tore down. got help and rebuilt II. Prop
agandlst was a stout. athletic man, and
Free State a small. spare man, not very
we'll informed and In q pro.SlAvesy
neighborhood. The next dav, the prop
agandist and his tool went on his neigh
bor's claim again, and finding him At
home. ordered him of. lie rsfused.--
Thereupon propagandist Tell upon him
and gave him severe beating; and then
kept him away. while "Chivairy" burn
ed up the cabin. The Free State man
was then ordered never 10 appear on the
premises again. on pain OF something
that would give him "setsler." He
went 10 the authorities OF the "Bordcr
Rufiian" party. but could get no redress.
lie called on shannon. shannon told
him he had no power 10 protect him. -
lie complained bitterly ofhis treatment.
"What In hell are you Free State
man for. thenl' said shannon. The
poor fellow was obliged to give up his
"eIaIu'." and seek elsewhere for a new
opening.
| saw the noted Sheriff Jones the
other dsy--one sight Il enough. An
old, feeble looking man. came aud enter
ed complaint 10 Jones. that some armed
men had come and stolen his horse; or
rather forcibIy tsken him away. and
wanted help ~ recover bin. Jones'
very modest and feeling reply was: IA
man must be God damn fool to lot a
parcel Of mea steal his horse before his
eyes. without shooting them. don't
PITY any such man. lie ought not to
have his horse again" The man was
evidently unable to protect himself
against one rcsoiute rufiian. I was told
they were all pro.Slavery men. But
why relate these things. when disorder
AMI riotlag. and stealing. are the order
Of the day. all over the Territory.
From the 81. Louis Democrat, August 10.
LAWRENCE, KANSAS. Aug. IA, 1856.
For some time past some Of the young
gen tlemen imported into the territory
by Col. Buford, have been gathering to,
gether, at a camp on Washington Creek
one OF the tributaries Of the Wakarusa
and have been committing depred lions
upon tie neighboring cornfeds and
poultry yards OF the settlers in that 10.
cality. AS II was soon seen that theil
intentions were not TO make claims, ans
become actual settlers. the people there
began TO object to this order OF things
At length the people sent over to Law
renee. n distance OF twelve miles. ant
asked the citizens OF that town to asss
In driving them AWAY. A messenger
was sent to Major Sedgwick asking hiu
10 send company OF troops TO shal
camp. aud investigate the patter, and l
the charges Of pillaging were true, &c
use the troops In driving them away, an,
projecting the actual settlers in ,theil
rights. Major Sedgwick replied, tha
these people were peaceable and peace
full; that this time the Free State mer
had been hoaxed; that it would be per
Iectly safe for any Freesoiler to 90 int,
the camp at Washington Creek.
The messenger returned to Lawrenc Q
aud on the afternoon of the same day
another messenger was despatched &c
Washington Creek, to ascertain, II poss
ible. the truth Of the statements made
30 that the people Of Lawrence wouI.
know how to act. Mr.. Hoyt who wa
selected to go. Ia already known to IN.
public as the gentleman who lost abou
one hundred Shapes rifles at Lexlng
ton. He was naturally very quiet an,
gentlemanly in his demeanor, courteou
10 strangers, aud respected here by ev
erybody, Cor his persevering brsvely Il
behalf of freedom in Kansas. He wa
sent TO the Washington creck pro sla
very imp, entirely unarmed. lie wa
to have returned that same night, witt
reiub 10 information us to The truth o
the ch argos alleged against this baud O
Georgians. He did not come back. Tn
next day negligence reached US, that h
bad been hrsl taken prisoner by then
end then shot.
That same eyening--the l2ih inst
about one hundred OF the young men o
Lawrence volunteered To go to cam
OF the Georgians at Franklin n. hnd to re
cover some of the arms whic h had bee
stole during the sack OF this city Ia Ma,
last. From thence they intended {
march to Washington creek, dispers
the-mob. and take away Mr.. Hoyt's boz,
and return. II was beautiful moon
ight-slghtly hazy- The thought a
redressina wrong by force OF arms I
the truly intelIir ent American citizen
sIwsys sad thought; but when redres
Of grievances can be had in no othe
way, and when the dearest rights Of M a
are trampied uncer foot, then the relres
of wrongs by arms becomes necessary
bat still sad duty. Such was the fee
ing Of most OF the young men VIII
marched along the road to Frsnkl lin =
On arriving there they found that tn
news Of their coming had gone befor
them, and that the Georgians were &C
Ing TO fight. They were gathered L
gether IN large block house, whic
was barricaded like fort, through I'll
chinks between the logs Of which the
pointed their rifles. They were aske
ut first to give up oil their arms. whic
they refused to do. They were suppose
20 number about eighty. The Ere
State men drew close up and determine
TO "storm the garrison, or die in the a
tempt" The struggle lasted for abo,
three hours, when the Georgians surrel
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