The Davenport daily gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1856-1869, 1856-09-10

Ii he situated f#neutatelv v~s~cSH ae 'oths \
Oh branch OF The Usage river and the Pot
ID astemie river. The distracted state o.
he country had accustomed an slaost totsl /
ii sertian Of the town by lhe families diving |
in il; and al The time % the tight, il MAS oe- !
eamed by about 30 armed Free State Gsr, |
aud few wemen and children
Atsis o'clock on les, SATURDAY motaihg
last sitter sGnsise, pro-slayery party Of
: aeot eco men, under Gen, Reid, aeae their
appearance before the town, having in theis
command a piece Of artillery, and mess ..
them moanted They bad made g forced
march Of 90 or 20 miles from their camp on /
Bull creek. As soon as the free State men
deserted the pro-slsvery force they pes
themselves under commaad OF SattA'a
Brown aud updegraf formerly y os's' /
and sought shelter in erosth . aaas.
brush. about three hundred yatds distant
from the Town. The pro-siaseFt teFee man.
tanned their ground at about a bait niue ana /
commenced ffiag with their cannon. @hieh /
an. loaded With grape and canister SHOT |
sn5 slur.. The, had an Advantageous pasi. /
,,en. ana each discharge q the gun rakei |
The ambush OF the Free State force with |
fearful effect, One ei eur ielurmants
states that he saw three vi has comrades |
isii at once; stu they retnrned IS orisk I
ire a. they could, and sueceeded 10 wound |
ms several Of their enemies. After some |
lea or a dozen discharges from the artillery,
a company Of abeut eighty oil the pro-sia'
very force dismeunted irom their horses,
snd hsslag surrounded the place Of retreai
made a charge ana completed the entire
tou, Of the Free Sia,e men. several OF
b,. stream
along which tue tight ragged, were shot IA
the water, ana were either instantly slitsa
or so badly wounded as net 70 be able 70
save themselves from ieslh BY drowalng
one I'll our informants states inst ne saw
he body OF Capt. Brown ia The water ne
knew il was him By has coat and hat ne
thinks there il nc doubt OF his being killed.
Seven Of the Free STATE men were cap
,ured, sf,er which the town was SCI On nFe
and ertirel. destroyed. :, !,
In marching back to the camp on boii
creek, the prisoners were subjected - very
crae, treatment, and two OF them. me ohs
named Williams and the other "puteh
| ch.rley.n were taken out Of the camp ana
| .bot bv their Infatuated enemies. The isttef
Sss q Hungarian who had Tough! under
Rassutb. and since his removal to this eoah-
| nv had lived ID Kansas aud taken very
..f,ys bar, with the Free State party, he
"a. uresent al the battle Of Black Jack and
afte, the capture Of the pro-slsFeFy party
vas appointed to guard the prisoners one
| Of whom was = g1sn named Coleman. ms
Coleman was at the battle OF Ossswasohis,
| and after the capture VI the Free state aleil
recognized Dutch Charley, He demanded
lhst Dutch Charley be delivered up 10 him
ana taking him cut shot Rim dead
F,sasrick Brown, son u Capt Bros
ras also BILLED. Hewas one OF me Plchei
guards Of The Fres State camp al ossaEa'
tonic, and being surprised he was she.
through the heart BY preacher nathso
Marin White. After being killed and while
lying on The ground with me mouth relax
, ed aud open il death, another shot was hset
down his throat.
The above is The suaighsioI ssId tale 9
this party OF men, and bears upon us tac'
the impress Of truth.
Murder Of PhiIlips Ell LeavenwsTth Cit,
OurRAsEs or THE Mos SoLDIERY uspEl
Carr. EaEEy-FSEE STATE MFs DE1sE'
: FgoH THEIR HosEs-THE CRY DESERT
Ed, Sc, &c.
+ 1 LASt M0Ed4N WAS C4ENAANA l9f a. L@Nnh -
worth for municipAl Officers The Ere
State men anticipating difficulty had e
| solved not TO vote al all. PailliPs. himself
said that be u as not gong 10 the election
and would have nothing TO DO with Il On
{ Fee State man who S.3 attempt to vote
{ cur informant states, he Understood VS.
! 6red At four tunes by the crowd around u
!. the polls.
Towards noon, about fifty msH undt
"a Euery, but very few Of " nom were disso'
. rians-the company being made up Of
mixed crowd Of dssperadoes, VINO had mus
" come from South Carolina and GeoIg
/. marched up TO The house Of a irother
Mr.. Philips, on Shawnee ct, where he va
: boarding, AMI demanded his arms snd hin
T. sell as prisoner. The doors Of the hous
II sere bolted, and he replied 10 them out of
:. indaw, That be wouldn't give up bis arm
:, and that Il they attempted to force the
way in, /, would be 81 the peril OF me
u lives. They then rushed up, and two {
n them ~ere immediately shot dad BY %
!. Of s,ols Ia his hands. The house y - SOD
broken OPEN, and 10 moment Phillips teI
a CORPSE pierced By ahalfa dozen pullets.-
4 HIS brother Nhg was also defending Ii
house, was wounded 10 The arm. The mo
~ II en- removed the BODY mad all the thing
d oat VI the house, and @sfe shout selling 81
Il 20 tie premises. when ihsF were stayed D
A leader OF The pfe.sl4sefy party named "
II. Russell.
When night came 90, The mob set fre
llres Offices owned by Mr. Philips, whic
= we're ali Consumed, together with grocer
: store, occupied BY man named Georg
= Wetheriil, who, though very peaceir
n ant quiet man, had iaeurred the hatred {
4 The pro-slavery party, By acting a. one {
tie Judges At the free Stare election.
Our informant states that another muTdC
c vac committed in Leavcn worth on Fr5ta
II last A butcher, whose name we could u
m learn, who hsd family OF SIX Children, 81
lived in Lec3mplon, Was taken last weei
% while in ,compssy Ssh slI wagons ghic
. we're going 20 LesvenNorth Although
prisoner, he had been q i a cd 10 wa TX abUl
the city rs much as ne pleased Or Fri1Gl
b. y lille IN the Office Of Philips, Csptsl
Emery approached and asked him u :
:, along with him, The couple walked up Ii
u street, and on reaching the Ieavenw OFT
D. Hotel Emery walked up the steps and n
HI man walked ahead He mad gone about Il 4
l. yards when he was fired at b. some one
4, the street. He knew not from whence Il
shot CAN'T and tegan 10 run, and hsd q
o. about one hundred yards further, when !
a. wac shot dead. -Four shots had been fir,
Is Al him.
ri After his death, Phillips came up and =
" dressing himself 10 those standing By, sai
ie aUhst WAS this msn kllCd fore lie "
y found in bad company" was the only a
swer.
Our informant says The city vas near
e deserted, no business is doing Many Of q
stores have been closed for weeks and Il
eiiiEsns were all aagicas t. get a8sy
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LATEK PARTICULARS From IEGyEsBoETI
The steamer Emma, which arrived lel
| Yesterday with later news than that by u
Po.ar Star, brought dp~ . quite number
| The citizens OF Leavenwonh, who had bGe
compelled to give up they homes and Fly f
E | their lives We heard several Of the name
d Of these persons, but d. not feel al heert
4 10 publish them. There ID nc doubt, hoS
|. ever, of the fact Of their hAyihg been drive
from then homes, sud ne hope some u ~
gentlemen who are now ID the citg may b
induced 10 give the public fall and exple q
statement ofthe conditiyp u things al Lea
i yenworlh City, over their own signatures
!. 90 thai there may be no mistake OF possibi
iily of error. IL 10 tine that the trgth an
2 the whole truth should be known b. our cit
Iens We learn that the mob under Emerl
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