New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1856-09-15
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battles of Osawattamie and South Middle Creek,
given by the ProSavery party and also the dispatches
Of Gen. Reid and Others, containing their version of
the matter. To-day we have received from an INTEL
hgent correspondent in the Territory de- aled
statement of the events of the INVASION which presents
,be Free-State story understood at Lawrence. We
have found BY experience that the only mode OF arrv-
ing the truth in regard TO the sad state of civil strife
on borders is TO colae closely the narratives on
each side and make large deductions for partisan
bias from both. Having, therefore, given previously
the bulletins of the MissOurians, here suboin the
reports that are credited with the FreeStae men of the
Territory and leave our readers to make their own
deductions. We shall only add that whatever our
correspondent states his own knowledge, can be
relied on-whatever he states as hearsay must be re-
ceived az such.
IMPORTANT MISREPRESENTATION DE-
CLARED IN OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES OF
THREE BATTLES.
Sp, eisl Correspondence OF The Democrat 800
LAWRENCE, Sept. 3, 1856.
wrote YOU in my last about the efforts Of Atchson
and his compeers TO raise invading army, and of the
means employed by them TO effect tins object. wrote
you of their earnest and patriotic appeals, and showed
your readers the distorted facts which they presented
10 fan into burning fame the easily aroused passions
q. mob also .33se1a YOU Mr. Atchsons address,
which carries its refutaton upon its face Since
-rno,e Won new facts have been manufactured Tor con-
sumption in Western Missouri, as for example, the tax
ing of Iecompton, which has not come OIL yet wv
which nay happen very sOOn Then there was the
rescue OF the high treason prisoners and the surrender,
without firing gum OF the United States troops, all
OF which is extremely funny when we take into consd-
Grafton the very funny fact that these funny things
which Atchson and his funny newspapers made such
blow about, never happened yet, and don't believe
any one of them ever will happen.
But Atchson and his compeers gained their object,
and that all they cared about. Whether the meet
ing at Lexington the 10Th ult. satisfactory
Stheiwise am unable to say. OF thing am
quite certain and that is, that the number OF men
raised was not 81 large they hoped for. Platte
County did not contribute more than fve hundred
men, perhaps not quite rs many ~ that, even; and
shere could not have been more than one thousand
-aised in Jackson Cass, and Clay Counties. These,
with about five hundred already in the Territory,
Of all ranks and conditions Of men, from the official
down TO the wing gentlemen, who live on their
neighbours plumber and Bufords promises, made the
entire army about Two Thousand armed men, These
were distributed over the Territory into which they
marched fall except about five hundred at Levenworth
who marched to Lecomp,on) from New Santa Fe, No.
~ starting point
Previous to this, however, the Carolina troop-per-
haps it was q part OF Days programme-kept Up the
work OF building forts, passing among themselves for
Colonial Government ~ articles OF Consideration
binding them in unity till till after the election or the
var This Is the language Of model specimens of
,y,boeraphy found their rendezvous) living upon
fber ncsrest neighborsif Pro-Slsvery by LorrorIne
81 Free State by taking whatever they might want--t
both partes grew sick of them varying the exercises
by occasionally numbering Free State man, merely
10 Keep up the hearts of the falterng and home-sck
Sncb Was the game whether down In the programme
or mot These are the facts known TO the world Some
1 them are sad facts when viewed IN the light Of civ
Lization.
parties got sick Of them, and general cleaning out
was recommended. There was no nonsense about ex'
termination or quarter, or such talk. People, when
1beT found their best citizens being murdered resolved
70 art. They did act every time 20 far with the oes
success. Sometimes they wee ovePowerea ~ nun