Weekly hawk-eye and telegraph. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1855-1857, 1856-01-09

been obliged to fight or been, arrested. The
thing was talked about. Two ladies, editors
wives, both Of them-Mrs. G. w. Brown and
Mrs. Samuel n. Observation-Disclosures to go and
fetch it. They were permitted to 60. They
reached the cabin; the powder was put in pillow
cases; and ''people do say"-but they ,cH talk
nonsence, you know-that the pillow cases were
concealed beneath petticoats and that said petit
coats were attached to other garments feminine
of saii ladies aforesaid. 1t is rumored, too, that
the purcussion caps were concealed in their Ia
dies stockings don't pretend to vouch for the
truth of this rumor, for I was not present when
the ladies made their toilet. One gentlemen who
saw the ladies lifted out of the wagon--forthcy
could not rise themselves---said that he thought
bnstles had come into fashion again! Another
said, good; Kansas is thinly settled. What he
ment by saying SO, I can't imagine. sisspas ji4.
The ladies in returning home were pursued by
one of the enemy's scouts On coming up to
them he politely lifted his hat and said, "ladies,
I thought you were gentlemen"
THANK you for the compliment, said one Of
the ladies, smiling. go. 500. s.
The scout looked into the wagon and saw only
a work hasket, which had purposely been filled
with sewing materials. eF. ~ ssl,
1--WE were ordered" he said, s'to arrest all
gentleman, but / suppose you can CO.. y.sss,
sosaying he gallopped of. .l .a.Eea ..i
The powder and ladies reached Lawrence safe
ly. AT the mass meeting on Monday night, six
loud and long protracted cheers were given for
these gallant ladies. So
DELIVER Up YOUR ARMs.' NOT QUITE! Sc
am informed by a gentleman who was pres.
ent at the time, that Col. A. G. Boone, of the
camp ofthe invaders, said to Col. Lane, when
ON the hill overlooking Lawrence, .'Colonel,
am instructed to demand your rifles. / do SO
now" Col. Lane, pointing to the city, said;
"Col. Boone, you see those men at work in
the trenches. Not one Of them, if he had ten
thousand lives, but would sacrifice them all
rather than delivera single gum a7ai a q
1 call that reply emphatic language rather.
Emphatic as it was, it was not more emphatic
than the determination of the people of Law
renee. $50. ;.....ss
& Gen Robinson was asked some days before
what he would do If such a demand should be
made. "Why," said the General, ~ would pro-
pose another Missouri Compromise; we would be
willing to keep the rifles and give the invaders
their contents" ess % 81 fa
When the subject was limited at by 'the en-
envy" the General quietly said-"Well, you'll
have to take them by installments" a@sa
ILLUMINATION, GRAND SUPPER PARTY AND DANCE.
You know what prevented me from leaving
Leavenworth when the first intelligence of inva-
sion arrived. 1t would be useful now to write
out complete history of the week.
The Atchison papers up here are perfectly
crawling with lies Even their predictions are
utterly false; for Lawrence is not yet number
ed with Pompeii, Troy and Herculaneum!" On
ly one of its citizens was killed-the brave and
generous Mr.. Barber, who was murdered by the
invaders scouts in cold blood, in broad daylight,
for no offence save coming out of Lawrence, and
refusing to stop when the ruf1ians ordered him to
halt. His blood sealed the fate of slavery in
Kansas; for as long as his twelve hundred armed
friends live here slavery never exist in safe
tv, whether Congress admits us as a slave State
or not l say this advisedly. Shareholders had
better think twice before they bring their ne
groes into Kansas now. Before this outrageous
invasion, 'slave property" was perfectly safe; it
isnot so now in our territory. have good rea-
son to believe or rather to know this fact There
has been moral revolution in Kansas within the
past ten DAYS liberation has left for parts un-
known. 4.ee9-,a s..sp sss sag sss
On Monday evening the Free State Hotel was
Illuminated, and grand supper and ball came
of. Speeches were delivered by Robinson and
Lane, Phillips, Christian, Pomroy, Holiday
Schuyler and others. Sheriff Jones was there
but did not attend the supper, as three compa-
MES refused to come if he did The murder of
Mr.. Barber was the occasion of this meeting.
DAVID R. rArCHisoN--A GOOD SCHEME DEFEATED.
On Monday afternoon a messenger came in
with the news that David R. Atchison was en-
camped ON the Waukarusa with only twenty-five
men, The captain of the Free State cavalry en-
treated Gen. Robinson for permission togo with
his men to capture him. The General refused to
let him go. The cavalry expostulated; promised
to bring him into Lawrence within four or five
hours but the General was immovable. He
said he had buried the Ratchet and meant to keep
it buried This decision created good deal Of
dissatisfaction but of course had to be submitted
to. -A
General Robinson has prevented the two forces
from coming to an engagement several times |
am told II Col. Lane had been at the head of
affairs, there would have been many heavy hearts
to-day in the border counties of Missouri He
would have promptly acted on the offensive, and
defeated the various companies before they had
time to organize General Robinson determined
to act strictly on the defensive, and adhered to
this policy. sssl's
General Robinson is warmly loved by the citi-
zens; Colonel Lane is very popular with the sol
diers. q So s5sstss 2 80
~ GOV. SHANNON IN LAWRENCE!
Gov. Shannon arrived in Lawrence on Sunday
afternoon, with Sheriff Jones and few other
friends He was extremely slight in the evening,
and many humorous stories are told of him. /
will not do him the injustice, however, to report
all he said and did when, in that condition.
have it from the best authority that he was in IA
yor Of a Free State and would vote for the Con-
stitution He enrolled the defenders of Lawrence
as the regular militia Of Kansas and promised to
use his influence to have them paid for their ser
vices by Congress He enrolled them however,
before he knew how their whisky tasted.
" He was offered the nse oftwo rooms in the Free
State Hotel if he would remove his head quarters
from the Shawnee Mission to Lawrence. He ac-
cep,ed the offer and promised to remove there at
once. as ii -
u RI saw Secretary woodson to-day, and he, says
he intends to remove to the other side Of Lawr
hence 49,. ssa.a.f So &. =.
GOV. Shannon left on Monday morning and viii
probably have settled in Yankee Town ere this
THE FREE STATE AxD rRo-sLAvERr roRcEs
There were only three hundred Sharpe's rifles
in Lawrence at any time, and never more than
four hundred and ffty armed men. They had
only one piece Of cannon, and that was brought.
through the camp of the invaders ga =
Mr. Ssea-ns told nae on Sunday morning that
there were eight hundred men in one camp and
ere hundred I'M another Of the invading armies.
They had eleven pieces Of cannon yet they did
not dare 70 attack the sAboIi,ionists as they
called tho friends of freedom in Lawrence, and
as they can every man ap here who does not be-
Eeve in she inisiihihsy Of Odd Dave Atehison's
creed q @sea Y ~ sfssg ss'ssk
N rHE sxoHD on raR iaRp AxD Glpxoxs 81
We SIhere are no SAbhAtAs iassyolutionary tines,