New-York daily tribune., 1856-08-20
STATEMENT Or A NAN IMPRISONED =,
THE BORDER RUfFIASs FOR RlGH
TREASON.

IhEdbONs
On Wednesday the aist u May, received n n.
residence on tho Potawc.amie Creek a message .too
Lawrence TO the effect that . large company OF Br.
der Rufars wcrc copgregsted near that psee cor he
avowed puIpose Of destroying the town. / mued.
ately mounted q horse and rode ten niles np As
Greek TO arouse the Potawstames,' and ty q
o'clock in the evening thirty four men, armed I'd
eouipped. met at the rendezvous at the junction %
the O.awsttamie with the Cslisopia road. rhe
Marion Rifles" and " Pomeroy Guards" rom Oes
wattamie, had promised 10 meet us here By agree
meut, but only two men came, who reported that
another messenger from Lawrence had arrived sud
contradict.d the former report and that, thsreiosA
the Osawettsmie comp aDies would await further qf.
ders. The Potawatsnies, however, agreed 20 pub
on 10 Lawrence and ascertain the facts for themseye
Accordingly, we moved on aud two miles hom TIE
Meridezene we met q messei from near La sreDce
who reported that the Border Ruians hsd taken the
town without any resistance, and were raziDg 20 tie
ground. This startling news was received 10 sisDs
by the con pany. Then the word Onward" We.
passed sloIg the line, ard although scarcely
word was spoken, the thoughts OF every man
could be read in his countenapce. We pushed on,
and mesSer ger was opatched 10 arouse the selters
az Osawattamie. At Pr-ifie City we learned that
there was 10 orga, Used trceStse force 10 Lswrence,
and that the Border Rsfians were in possession OF
Blantons Brdge, and had assembled IN force a. l.e-
and await reinforcement. On TIE 23d We were
ioined by Compsny oi Kansas No!unteers, under
lie command oi Capt. Shores and Major Menhinny,
ana the Pomeroy Gdarcs, Capt: Dayton. On the
1v,ninc of the 23d bearing that Gov. Robinson wa,
ON his way from Neetport 20 Locompton prisoner,
guarded by Border Ruffians, we Immediately srack
our tents and moved to PamyIa, intending 70 rescue
him i he passed that way o hsrs we were joined OS
On the 95th, Capt John Brown, Jr, of The "Po.a.
vatamie Rifles with scouting party went iuto Law.
renee aud on his return reported the Hotel
and GOV RobiDsous house burned 10 the ground,
and the Herald" and Frees ate presses destroyed,
ana the town sacked according TO Law and Oder"
by a posse of 400 South Carol mans, Georgans and
Border Rpffians headed by L. S. Marshal Doaaldsou
ana "Sherf Jones. pon t,e iscelps % seis ness,
renee citzeps could not unite in defending Themselves
against the common enemy that we could not hgh.then
battles alone. Accordingly we broke up Oh; camp,
each company returning 10 IT. respective ocaL,y Tue
men dispensing 10 their bones.
On our return from Palmyra We received intelligence
of disturbance on Potswatame Creek, IN Hhich
FIVE men were killed. On arriving we found The se,'
Element in terrible state OF excitement. nunnoer
of fami.s hac left for the States and those remaining
had called meeting will out dstnc ion of party, and
passed r, solutions pedgng themselves 70 use al the
influence in their power 10 pIo'ect each 91nei irom
these pledges were kept by tie Pro Slavery seters
will eIdeavcr to show. ON wednesday, the aeth OF
Nav l obtained information from reliable sodrce,
n at cOmpany OF 100 mounted men was coming INTO
the settlement. started Immediately in company
with two il ntial Pro Slavery settlers to NEE; tbon
We found them to be company OF Pro, slavery men
from Sugar Creek, Bull Creek, and stanton, COM
manded by Capt Arbuckle and General Coffee nom
near Westport. Their svowed purpose IN coming
was TO airest the men that had killed the i've men
before spoken Of. They immediately arrested me fos
witnese, as they said, without areGonstience or
any interference on the part Of my ProslAvery
friends. On the contrary, they accompanied
the mob and assisted TO arrest all sixteen the Free
State men that they could find in that vicinity, and
take their arms. We were then marched twenty
miles in the heat Of the day TO PaOl, the ProSlevery
headquarters Of that part Of the Territory, where
we arrived on the evening Of the 29th, and pissed
il revi ew before and subject to the taunts snd in.
suits Of two companies OF " Border Ruflans" lone
from Westport and one from Hunts vtl-) which
orawp up to receive us. We were then placed in .he
charge OF Deputy United States Aarhal Hayes who
ruffians' pight and day. 1t may be proper for ne
to state here that up to this time, and during oil the
time in custody, not one Of those in custody
was served with any warrants or writs Of any kind.
We found at PaoE Capt John Brown, jun, an Jason
his brother, who had been arrested dey two be-
fore, Osawattsme, and had their houses burGed
Capt. Brown was then insane on account OF the
iety and troubles of the past two weeks Oi tho 3ist
Capt. Brown was delivered into the charge of Capt
Wood of the United States srmy who pinioned his
behind bis back, and tied rope to his hands, one
end of which was given to a soldier on horse back,
and he was obliged TO keep ahead Of the horses in
march of eight miles, under brOiling The cords
which bound his arms were drawn so tight IA A. he
will probably csny the scars to the grave. On the
lat of JoDe Elk Of the remaining prisoners viz: a-v
Brown, VIM. Partridge, S. Is. Morse, WIN. Kil9ourn,
p. Names, and myself, were taken to OsAwa tamie
and placed in the charge Of the United State, troops
under the command OF Capt. Wood. The rest oft6e
prisoners discharged, ofthem losing
horse which he was noing when lie was taken prisoner
Capt. Wood, after receiving in his charge Led our
hanos behind us with strong cord, for one day and
night. lie then procured chains, and fastened two
nEada
Capt Brown by this iae was q rsving ma sc. We
passed the first night in tent on the damn Ground
without any blankets, and, 10 fact, while in charge Of
Capt W.Od would have lad to do so all the time had
not our friends supplied us with what we needed. On
TUESDAY, the sd June j. Benjamin from Po.a ysamie
Creek was arrested blythe company Of Border Raiians
worth of dry eoods, groceries and provisions and then
delivered him into the charge OF Capt. Wood who
coptLed him IL the same way and in the sase tent
with the rect Of the prisoners. After remaining Q.
minutes notice. ordered into line chained together ss
ufua and marched 20 miles under a scorchipg sun.
without any thing being furnished for to eat from an
early ore akiast Until We arrived at Prairie City, the
end OF our journey Some Of the prisoners en,reated
Lieut.. lvefson who had US in charge during the
march, TO take the chains of while we were on the
road, but were sterny refused AT Prairie City,
orders were given 10 guards, If our srien1s
and the guard prepared their arms accordingly.
After ten Gays confinement at Prairie City, were
compton, escorted by a guard, and there delivered
into the hands Of Deputy Marshal Cramer and con.
lined all nieh in the second story of huliin9.
Our guard told us that If our friends attempted TO re
cue US he should blow up the building, as he k,d a
Aeg OF powder placed there for that purpose In the
noinrg we were again placed in a Government
wagon, drawn by six villa mules, and driven by a
dlmken driver We started for Tecumseh-s dozen
d d. beauiorts 8 men accompanying us as guard. At
Big SPr'nes tie mules could not DO controlled by their
liunAcn oi'er, and ran Gway and dashed with fright
ul iarioity toward deep aud dangerous rayine.
ucct eded in forcing my boot from my foot and being
hns cea, Of the chain, jumped from the wagon, being