Republican vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1857, 1856-08-30
From Kausas.

graph accounts received to be IN many par
ticulars reliable. The following is an ex-
tract from the Leavenworth Journal (pro.
slavery, which shows the excitement reign
ing in that city:
Citizens, to arms! Our country is in
vaded, and hired minions are massacreing
our people in all parts! No quarter is Civ
EN- Neither age nor sex is exempt from
the merciless savages who are laying waste
our Territory.
Expresses arrive hourelly, bringing addi-
t,onal news of fresh outrages perpetrated by
these abolition miscreants.
Women and children are arriving hourer-
ly from the interior. Our houses are full,
and every endeavor is made to make them
comfortable. Col. Payne has issued call
tor the assembling tomorrow Sunday at 8
o'clock, Of the Fourth Regiment Kansas mi
litia. New companies are being enrolled,
and by tomorrow evening 500 men will be
en- route to the seat of war.
Now that the Government troops have
turned traitors and towards, we are forced to
act tor ourselves. Let us, then, be up and
doing. Let there be universal uprising of
the law and order party, Let no quarter be
given, but let the entire abolition horde be
swept from the Territory.
We trust that our patrons will excuse
scarcity Of matter in this weeks issue. We
are compelled to put the paper to press on
Sunday instead Of Wednesday, as the Office,
en- n'asse, leave for the seat Of war immedi-
ately.
We will not be able to get paper out the
coming week, but just as soon as the war is
ended the Journal will be issued regularly.
The following is dispatch from Lecomp-
ton, dated Aug. So P. M:
Ceptain TreadwelPs company, of 10 men,
are surrounded by 1856 abnlitionists, who
swear that no quarters shall be given
Capt. TreadwelPs men are in log building,
and have SO far held out manfully. They
managed to get woman to carry a message
to Governor Shannon asking aid. Gov.
Shannon Immediately called upon the Uni
ted States forces, who refused to act.
The whole country is overrun by Lanes
marauders. The express rider met As of
Walkers men, drilling at his house. Six
of Lanes spies were captured at Lecompton
who state their orders are to spare none, but
to exterminate the pro-slavery party. On
the arrival Of the news of the surrounding of
Captain Treadwells company at Lecompton
Colonel Titus and twenty men started to
his assistance, since which time nothing has
been heard.
Now that the issue has been forced upon
US, let us be up and doing. Let no quarter
be given, but let the laws be enforced, and
drive these Hessians from our soil.
The Kansas city Enterprise says:
About 10 o'clock on the morning of the
10Th instant, a party of eighteen pro-slayery
men were surrounded by Gen. Lanes whole
army, 800 strong, and cut their way through
with the less of two men killed and ten
wounded. The same men, about 500 or
abolitlonists, surrounded Col. Titus house,
having with them piece of cannon; after an
hours defence, and when most of his men
were killed, Titus surrendered It is fear
ed that as he was not summoned to surren-
der that he was executed on the spot. Gen.
Clark escaped with his family across the
river before Lanes army reached that point,
and are now at Col. McCarty's, in this city.
Gov. Shannon and nearly all the citizens Of
Lecompton escaped Lieut.. Woodson, be-
ing forted up in the house with his family.
were taken. Woodson is prisoner and bis
house burned down.
A fight took place on the 18th near Ossa-
wattomis, between 200 abolitionists aud
twelve pro-slavery men, who were forted
up. Fourteen abolitionists were killed, and
sixteen wounded. The abolitionists were
repulsed. Lecompton is to be destroyed to-
night.
The same paper states that in the ARRAY
at Col. Titus house, the editor of the South
ern Advocate, Mr.. Sisterre, and Mr.. Cucos,
were killed and Andrew Preston, wounded.
On Sunday, the II, Leavenworth city
was alive with the preparations for another
incursion into the Territory Dispatches
were being sent to Liberty, Platte city,
Delaware, &c, with the offer Of al. so per
day for men. The excitement was passing
all bounds, and one thousand recruits were
expected to arrive in the place by the
morning of the 18th.
The Kansas City Enterprise of Aug. 9th,
says:
A company of thirty-fve Virginians ar
rived this morning on the Jas. II. Lucas.
They are as fine losking body of men as
we have yet seen-real bona fde substantial
sons of the Old Dominion. Many of them
brought their families, and will at once en-
gage in the development of the resources of
the rich praires. We bid them cordial
welcome. They inform us that two hun
dred more will be here in few days, This
company is fitted out with wagons and agri-
cultural implements. How different the
spectacle between this and Lanes ragged
regiment.
A dispatch dated St. Louis. August 25th,
says:
Information has been received that four
hundred volunteers from jackson county
went to Kansas on Thursday Two hun
dred have been raised in Lafayette, and a
large force is being raised in Clay Tewes'
regiment are said to be fortifying WakInsa.
Robinson and brown are still IN the GUS
tody Of the U. s. troops.
One hundred and twenty recruits from
Carlisle Barracks arrived here yesterday,
and were Immediately forwarded to Leaven-
worth also seventy from Jefferson Bar
racks. Gen. Smith had made requisition
for all the disposablc force at Lecompton,
and orders have been handed to the COM
manding officers at Fort Riley to have the
trOODS in raadinncs