Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1856-08-23

Matters and Things in kauZas.
LAWRENCE. August 81. = [Cor. N. Y.
Times. lanes party are all safe, and will
be in Topeka on Wednesday night. They
have met no opposition, have seen no Nilsson
rians nor soliiers, and have built good road
all the way. They are in good health and
spirits, well provided with teams and farming
utensils. They have located two towns OF
the way, on pleasant sites, and left party of
the men to settle them. DIR. Cutters party
are with them.
Mr.. Whitman has just arrived in Topeka
all safe, with funds.
DIR. Howe has returned.
They report the settlements through which
they passed as nearly all free State, not one in
hundred be pro-slavery.
A pro- slavery camp, mostly recent adven-
turers from the South, numbering about so
was broken up last Saturday near Ossawato-
mic, Just before our men arrived, SO there was
no bloodshed. This camp has been the
storehouse for all the plGnder in the vicinity,
but most of it was carried away by the plum
dereIs.
An attack is now meditated upon another
camp ofa similar character, upon Washington
Creek, some ten miles southwest of this
place.
The following dispatch must be received
with great caution, in consideration of the
source from which it comes, as well as the
improbabihty of some of the statements con-
tanned in it.
st. Louis, Aug. 2l.-The Leavenworth
City eKanzas) Journal, of the 18th inst, con-
!. tains an account Of another outbreak which
occurred in Kanzas that day.
Mr.. Brown, at the head of 800 Free Soil
ers, attacked and drove into Missouri colony
of Georgians, who were near Ossawatomie,
burning houses and destroying tie property
of the Free State men.
On the 10Th the Tleadwell settlement in
Douglas county, numbering so men, were
attacked by 400 Free. Sellers, armed and
mounted. under Messrs. Brown and Walker.
The Ireadwel party were on foot, and they
sent to Gov. Shannon for aid. He called on
the U. 5. troops to go to their assistance, but
they refused to do So
The anti-slavery men are driving, as fast as
they can, all the ro,slavery men out of
Douglas county.
fight occurred on the 18th, near ;Ossa,
wattomie, between 200 Free Sellers and II
Pro- Slavery men. The latter were in the
fort. IA Free Sellers were killed and 6
wounded.
On the morning of the 10Th, Lecompton
was attacked and taken by 800 of Gen.
Lanes men. The U. S. troops, having
charge of Messrs. Brown, Robinson, and
others, surrendered without firing gun.
Col. Titus was absent at the time, having
gone to the assistance of the pro- slavery party
at Treadwell. His house, about a mile from
Lecompton, was burned. Mr.. Cloves, the
editor of the Southern AduocGte, and Mr..
Systarre, were killed.
large body Of men were organizing in
the border counties Of Missouri, for the pur-
pose of entering Kanzas.
1t is reported that it is the purpose of the
pro-slavery party to burn Lawrence on the
goth, for which place large force had left
Leavenworth.
The force under Gen. Lane, 1T is said, num-
bers from 800 to 500.
STILL LATER.
The New York Times special correspondent
telegraphs the following, dated Lawrence, K. t.,
August 2lst, at O'Clock, P. NJ, evidently an
error in the date,) which confirms the above re-
sort.
Yesterday about 400 Free State men, in
Guiding 100 from Lanes party, attacked the
Rufian's camp at Washington Creek, but the
towards ran before we got within mile of
them. They were strongly fortified. They
left their provisions and we burned their fort.
We took two prisoners near by, who say they
had about so men at O. clock this morning.
Our camp marched toward Lecompton, and
at this moment can distinctly hear the boom
ing of cannon. A large company of Nilsson.
rians are there, but victory * sure. Dragons
don't interfere. hasten to V1e scene.