Daily Iowa State Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1856-1859, 1856-08-23
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bHoODY WORK IN KANSAS!
ytsaklin, Treadwell and Georgia Col
esies attacked by Free State Men.
IDCOoGPT0N TAkEN ny COL. LANES MEN.
Robinson, Brown and other Free State
PTisonefx Rescued
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Y. STATES TROOPS DEFEATED.
II Louis. Aug. u.


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u Louis, Aug. 81.
The Lravenwosth City Journal nth, con
Gins leugtky sccounts og sno'icg outbreak
In Kansas. On tho 7,h, Brown At the head
~ 3Np Free State p.n attacked y colony
~ OeNggtas near Osssw atomic, and drove
then into Missouri, unaumed the cotcay,
harmed sheis houses end destroy ed Al tAeH
l3ih.-Ftankiin sirarh~d by foe men
rom. Lawrence, who, after. dislodg'ng IL
so.s!Avery men by setting fire W Heir hoc-
~, v,hbe,t the Post Office q SD, hok 80
II ) msskets, one piece artillery IRON M
Buck-r then took $50 woTtn Ok cIoth,ng
from M Barnes, lot Of clothing froM Mr.
cane. between 800 and 81 1000 % sc-
counts and notes, aud &I25 worth Of cloth
ing, aud from Judge Fame valuable horse.
I5th.--Tresdwell Settlement, Douglas
County, nun bering ~ mch, attacked by 100
Abolilon,s,s under Brown aud Walker well
armed aud. mounted. TrcadwelPs party
were on foot, and it is feared that most OF
them have fallen Tteadwell sent to Gov
Shannon for aid, who called The u 5 troops
b.N thy refusal to act. Anti Slavery men
are driving all pro'slavery men out OF Dou.
xlss County, aud destroying their property.
4 fight took place an the ~ l., near sssa-
watornie, between p o Abolit.onists and r.
pso.siasrry men, the latter On foot. which
resulting in killing fourteen AbOli'iohlst',
an., wounding q others. On the morning
az TIE 18th I.ecompton was attacked and Ia
ken by 500 Of Lanes men.
The u $ troops, having Robinson, Brown
and o,he: pri oners IN charge. surrendered
without firing a gun, durin, the absence of
Iol Titus. who sent assistance TO Tread
well. HE HON about onn mile from lie.
compton wa. burned, and Mr. Dow s,edi'or
~ NE Syuilern Advocate, and Mr. Si5teign
wounded
Large bodies are organizing in the border
counties Of NJ ssoms for the purpose " Ell
teVina Kansas.
Alch,son made speeches at Independence,
and S,ringfeiIow at Weston. Circulars
sixned by A,chison, Rn..el, Anderson and
Brown, are freely circulated IN the rive'
towns, aeking aid 10 drive anii'sluvery men
ont Of Kansas.
The reported purpose Of the pro'slavery
men was 10 burn Lawrence on the goth, foi
which place large forces had let.
1Iaavenw 0rth.--I aness forces various y
reported from 3O0 to $40. Bloody worl
hooked for.
Washington, Aug. q.
SsNArR.-Ths Presidents message
Vas received and rad. II ia az follow
"Fsllow citizens OF the Senate ant
House Of Representatives In eonse
auenco Of the failure OF Congress at It!
seosns Session to mako provision fol
she support Of the army, il became i'm.
povatively incumbent on me TO exercise
She power which tho Constitution cofers
on tho Executive on this extraordinary
occasion, ana promptly to convene tn
two Houses, in order to afford them an
opportunity Of reoonciling subject Of
such vital interest to tho psaoe and wei.
fare OF the uniOn. With tho exception
OF partial authority vested by law on
Tho Secretary Of War 10 contract for a
supply OF clothing and subsist ence, the
army is wholly dependant on tho appro-
priations annually made by Congress-
Tho omission OF { Congress-. The omis-
sion Of Congress to not in this respect
before tho termination Of tho present
fiscal year, had already caused embar-
assmcnts which wero overcome only in
expectation Of appropriations before tho
close Of the present month. n the re-
quisite funds DO not speedily provided,
The Executive will no longer be able to
furnish for transportation the equip
mebts and munitions which are essen
tlsl to the effectiveness Of military force
10 the field.
With no,prcxi.ion ~ the paw OF the
roops. the contract # enlistment would be
bfvken and the army rnssst 10 effect be dis
banded, the consequences of which would
be so dlsastIeas- "a tor ou,naId all possible
r8,r's 10 avert The cAiain,ty. II l. no'
merely that !be officers AL cali. .el men Of
tie al NY sre Ia bc thus deprived OF their
paw att en- o'unsii,. T. Which they are en-
il,re,. bv Sta III. laws biz thst Nh. con.
s'ruciion # ,rIns a the pubic. armcries.
tie repairs ami RI s'r,f~siori-of a-rns A the
s-senals ant the mangfsc'ure ~ military
clothing and carp .qaipage mlt be d'-
a.t tie p.Is"n connec ed
with ,h'. branch of he p.pI.c service thus
be deprived - ~ i,i. # emp o. rnent es-
..r:ial 10 their subsistence. Nor !, j. m.re-
w. the waste cons. Grent upon the forced
abandonment Of The -saboari Notifications,
and # the INTERIOR MIL AIRY port and Other
establishments, an the enormous expense
1t recruiting ard re-orga izing the army
and scsm distributing il over the vast re-
gion which 4 now occupi-s.
These are evils which it is may be re-
psired hereafter by taxes imp osed upon
the cNeptry, but other evils are involved
which no expenditure however lavisbed
could remedy, in comparison with which
local and personal inquiries or interests
sink into ms gniicance. 4 great part
Ut the Army as situated on the remote
frontier.
The Eastern line beyond Buffalo re-
fuses to bring the balance of the Mes
sage.
Nenphis, August 2lst.
Letters received here todav mentions
that Lynn Boyd, shot Geo. T. Blakcly,
Republican.
There had been discussion between
them when, Bakeiv drew q pistol, and
Boyd turned about aud saot him. No
Susther particulars.
STATE NEWS.
Apsl.-The Ship of State, one Of our
spiciest exchanges, says Of its thriving To-
caliiy. the comfy seat Of Dallas.
"Om village continues h improve rapid
", and bids fair Ia become one II the larg-
est places in Western Iowa. Houses are
,!ang W ~ II BY nasiF, sna NE continual