Indiana American. [volume] (Brookville, Ind.) 1833-1861, 1856-10-10


that. err ,his, uews frsm Kansas wonId
have been o. Z more encouraging and
brixhtening character; but as Il has been
again aud spain. disappointment u the
drstiny---at lsast for "a tim~--to the poor
librr,y.ioving, d',wntroddsn, aud bleed
ing citixrns IT Kansas.
Very confidently had the friends. OF
freedom circulated the report, that
whenever L wss necessary proper help
shauId al once be furnished. But II u
| stsrtiiugIy strange thar such Wholesale,
legaIiz ID, eonlinu "a, and 'peatej invs-
Sims. opprrssi,ns. outrsg-s. and rob
beri, are permitted; an 4 the IN, that
NAV do In the va ious rec statesis ~ ~
mark frequently like the 20 l'winr;
Whats sh ,me Il 10 that such things are
permitted to Y, oar sC-,tainiy they
on rht to be stopps.is" Nv ~, th-y had
better n,s 20 much farthrfi" "ltis to''
bad tor The poor se,tl-r~ 81 the territ,-
rys' "it is to be hoped these things
will not continue much Ipn9eri"
Remarks Ike ths above nigh, be con.
tinu-d al iafaifam; AMI the papers arr
tre,ning with the chssring intelligence
that 80 n nv thousands attended certain
mass meetings. All that al are a~ AXE,
aud every th'nx u maving Ia the proper
direction. Under certain circu Instances
some Of Us might be pleased quite con.
Siderable to hear and read of such lhIngs.
But am frank To confess. that while
our horses are taken In open daylight
right beiors our eyes-snd preachers,
tho. that have taken no part In th> var;
our hou>es burned down. soms,imrs
hardly giving the wumsn aud On lfen
time Tor escape; our property oi every
kind destroyed; our wives and children
compelled lie in ths brush along tn
creeks in hail. rain. AMI wind for dsys,
without ANYTHING 20 eat. and many oI
them suffering severely with chiIls and
levers. u " pretty hard TO b. much CON
icrted with such reports. with such re-
marks
On you- floating banners may DO In.
scribed. = ~ K ,nsss, free speech, free
preset" but ! ask. In the name Of God
and my country. what comet istion eau
| Il s65rd usI I. mited, INDEED, must b
that now have neither h,mss nor hue
bsnds. AppsaIs have bsen n sds 10 the
Somth. AID. 70 very great extent, have
been respoaesd to. both by mon and
mssss; and 70 seems Z. re that ain ,s'
any ops euuh have convinced Of that
'sct. ifshsy had snrveyed the army Of III,
snsmy % they spread out over the bssu-
ti'ui pIsIns near FrsnkIIa. on last MN
day m.snIng. to the number Of twenty.
eight hundred.
There have been 90 many threats
against L,wssncs. our psopIe became
rather indi6~r~nt. and began To think
there WA q, dan GER. Several isys lssi
week there wers larger and Isss bodies
Of the enemy presenting themselves In
different directions from Ltwrsncr. I'LL
they had we'll nigh drawn all our mn
irom tows. little suspscsing that IN
grand army wss 90 nssr. Ssbba'h
nosniny everything We peace an
quirtnsss, and went ten miles l..
Bloomington 10 flI "a app nntms mt; bur
before service had IN led mssssns "
from lawrence came In haste, calling
for help, and before reached toSn
they were swssming up and down the
Waukssuss. and In sigpt of ths l"nS'
hated aud curs I'd plsc-; aud. 10 our m "
fIncsiion. We found there ware not two
hunir-d men In L.Srencs. But nus
ir,~nds from the c'un,ry were ann an
hands. and every mn WA called upon
u help; aud | am glad o. Inform v u,
there YVES but little backing out. Fn
the 6rst tims--snd what I never Expect.
ed 10 dol appeared IN the fart ~ .
soldier. Either fortuu st-ly or other.
Wise fo- me. was 80 IN rrq,es'.d Ia
bear me-sags To his rxcellency. Gov.
Grsry. which | immediately CON plis
with. aud pssssd over some ten males
in sb 'ut & ~ mimufss. The @ 'v-rnur
very promptly c.mp piled with our request,
and torshwith ordered between hour sn.I
iv-. HUNDRED trs,ps to our relief. A few
minutes after my departure th.re was
quite q skirmish between the scouts but
a shsst dist-ncs frsm tswn. Atrr few
fires. The enrmv Tell back o. Frsn<Iin
and ih-rs emain. 4 ill morninS. Ev 'ry
thing wss IL mssin early oa 81 ,nday
moving. Col ! .snson. WIN was in
command o. thu United states troops,
s~nt Capt. 8 ,ck-t aud Walk r.. with
their companies, quite early L, the rdr-
h,n camp 10 knpw their intsntsntion>.
they sttll threatened d-sfructisn To
L,wreuce. The tropps were calm, de-
l,bersts. dsternin.d. An attack was
| ,a"messariIv expected. Near ten
o'clocx, A NJ. thy made their APPEAR
sncr. hut j's. at that time g vsrno'
Geary made his app .srsnce, aud "fh q
small escort oi soldiers immediately
p,ocevdrd 10 meet them After and ab.
srnce OF spme five hours h. returned
having rurcseded. T., some extent. % ~
'hough'. in making pace AMI the
same evening s,me two or three hun.
dsrd OF them passed near Lsxrencr; the
q ,v-rnor ordered thsm a. slop Tor IN
uis 1t, which they did about ons hundred
r,ds from our c,bin. Their whit fiy,
were a ,ating numsrausiy along the lin.
t:esrIy mkt mornins they moved Tor,
a'ard. Tnsy had MT gons six niles iii
they had ssol~n s~versl horses. anil shut
q man, Mr. n ffiu, WIN did this murninu
q seven O'clock. The q vernbr WI.
ciusr behind, soon learned the facts, sne
immediately ordered the arrest Of IN,
murderer. The srrrst was strongly OBJ,
jecssd Ia, but the G"vrsnor again Or,
ds'red the troops. and at I'll, pres-n, wri'
ling there has been nothing definite .,
." how the adssy has Terminated. =
much i"r thc'r psoni'se ol peace. The
prevalent vpinIon 10. that G,veruol
ti-sry 10 going TO ply no respects T.
party, hut st"p shis "a rauding. plund
nag. and bu,chsring just ss fat ~ h.
eau; aud msy oil the psopls say. amen
There have been several srvrre sklr
,nIshes In thu last 'sw Jsys. Some hav,
been killed on b .th siiss. but as ~,
ain not 10 purs 'ssisn OF al tina facts.
| Issw ~ this IN ,rnIng th,t was a.
ken lev da, . sncs from a Company o
South CsrvIinians. Il was q deep red
With . white stsr IN the center. a l, n,
state. Ga one side. In large white Let
terr. wss writtsn q. ~ Southern Rights,
on the opposite eide W 70 written. "Soutl
Carolina" This l. the very dag IN f,
h,a,sd uvss the oflee VI the Herald Q
Freedom the day that lie prrs~ and IN
Fres.State tloteI were destroyed, an