Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes County, Ohio) 1856-1865, 1856-10-16
To the Editor of The Ohio State Journal.
More Of the Kansas Outra-
geS.

GENTS: through your columns We WISH
to call the attention Of the citizens of Hi
nois to plain statement of the facts in re-
lation to the treatment received at the
hands of Missouri and Georgia mob in
Kansas Territory, by three highly respect
able and peaceable families, who emigrated
from Mclean County about eighteen
months ago, and settled near Wakerusa, K.
T., viz: Mr.. Ebenezer Barnes, Isaac Dem
ent, and VIM. Hobson. These men were
not politicians, but farmers, and all sold
good farms in Illinois and went to Kansas
Territory with the view Of bettering their
worldly condition and aiding in the i'm
provement Of that new country; and
through their industry and their practical
knowledge of their business, they were be-
ginning to reap the reward of their labor.
Mr.. Barnes purchased claim on Sugar
Creek, for which he paid $500 in cash, had
100 acres in cultivation and was Post Mas
ter at Sugar Mound. Mr.. Demont was en-
gagged in in merchandising at the place,
and was doing good business. Mr.. Hob
son had good farm in the same settle
ment, had just put in operation a steam
saw mill, and had all the machinery for
wool carding nearly ready for business
During the month of August these men
were several times called on to assist in dri-
wing out the .Abolitionists, but refused to
take any part in the Slavery controversy,
thinking that they would thus be permit
ted to enjoy their homes in peace. But
this did not satisfy the claw and order
men," who intimated that if they did not
render the required assistance they would
be driven out of the Territory.
About the LIST of September man enter
ed the house of Mr.. Barnes, and told him
in the presence of his wife that he must
leave before Saturday night or die. Know
ing the character of the men, and the i'm
potency of the law to protect them in their
homes, they Immediately commenced max
ing preparations to leave their homes and
property, and wander in destitution back to
the land of humanity. Mr.. Barnes went
with lad to the prairie to drive up the
oxen, while his wife gathered a few neces-
sary articles for their flight. While he was
thus engaged the house was surrounded by
four or five hundred Missourians and Geor-
gians, armed with muskets and bayonets,
and commanded by man named Fox.
The mob Immediately commenced the
work of destruction. The poultry and cat
tie were shot down, the Post Office robbed,
and the letters destroyed. Dement'S store
was robbed and burned to the ground, and
what became of him is yet a mystery
Mrs. Barnes heard them swear they would
follow him and take his life, and as he has
not been heard from, it is more than prob
able that they have all perished. Mr..
Barnes, seeing his house thus surrounded,
sent the boy to tell his wife to leave as
quickly as she could, and he would try TO
meet her at a certain point on the road
After questioning Mrs. Barnes as 10 the
whereabouts of her husband, the mob per-
mitted Mr.. HUDSON to take his log wagon
and broken-down yoke of steers, and start
with his own and Mr.. Barnes family back
to Illinois, without change of clothing,
giving him written "permit" to pass
through Missouri. While in Missouri, Mrs.
Barnes saw man soeayaeg her husbands
coat! ~
After painful journey Of about three
weeks, this party, composed of seventeen
persons, arrived on Tuesday last in this
city, and the condition of Mrs. Barnes and
the children can scarcely be imagined, much
described; without money, without clothes,
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and painful apprehension that the husband
and father has been brutality murdered by
a reckless mob of demons in human form
sent into the Territory by unprincipled dem:
agogues, and their nefarious acts permitted
and encouraged by the officers Of the Gen
eral Government.
We know that the corrupt, servile sheets
devoted to the interests of The Slave Power
are In the habit of denouncing every state.
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