The Hillsdale standard. [volume] (Hillsdale, Mich.) 1851-1909, 1856-06-17
NO. 5O4.

! On Thursday afternoon they presented the
Committee with a list Of my nanisp, and told
them that f they wished to examine any per-
son on the list, to do 30 Immediately a they
intended to drive them out ofihe Territory y
AS the boy said,-"Squatter Sovereignty is
some pumpkins "Well. it is."
Phillips, after long and irritating journey
among bushes and along the muddy banks Of
creeks-for he was forced TO avoid the regular
road--arriycd at secluded cabin in the vicin-
ity Of the Stranger, and rested there till mid
night. a.
There was party there before him. { II
consisted Of two or three Young men, lady
and several children.
One of the gentlemen began to talk about
! the affairs in Kansas.
"Wc!," said he, Il begin to believe Tia.
Kansas correspondents are truthtelers, after
all, only they don't tell one half of the truth.
hadn't landed in Kansas foe minutes be-
fore fellow with gun and bayonet came
up to me and syid: :, -
"D-n you, I've got you at last. You're
my prisoner" NJ.
asked him what forl
He said, "Shut up, d--n you; you'll find
out soon enough"
asked him again what was arrested for,
and asked for his writ.
He said, "Writs be damned; am under
order and don't want any writs."
SWELL" says /, 'what is my offence?" -,
"Lsnt your name Phillips 7" says he, "G-d
IN you,i don't you write for Greeley's aboli-
ton paperl'
Well, denied it, but he wouldn't believe
me, and tell you | had work to get awoy.--
had 70 get my wife to hunt up passengers
who came up on the same boat WAS on and
prove that l wasn't the man.
The gentleman wos not aware that he was
telling the story to Mr.. Phillips. I met him
in Lawrence yesterday. The description Civ
en- Of the Tribunc's correspondent wns doubt
less vague enough to justify the mistoke.
At midnight Mr. Phillips resumed his jour
ney, but was nearly captured five miles from
Lawrence--for his pursuers saw him at dis.
tance ond gave chase. But before they could
ride up to the place where he darted into the
wooks, and tie up their horses, he had reach
ed place of safety, and was soon in Law
renee. t al
| have not space nor time to give you q
sufficiently detailed account of this hunt; TO
do justice to shrewdness of the journalists, or
tell how many hair breadth escapes he made.
fully syinpathise with hinij, for it is not
improbable that may some day be in the
same predicament.
The ruff flians were boasting in Leavenworth
on Saturday, that although we had cluded
them this time, the hemp was grown that
would hang Ills both. Well, perhaps the typo
is moulded into bullets,that may sever tho
rope. That's one consolation. In the famil-
lar interrogation, "Don't you wish you may
catch 2" and in the trite but pithy phrase,
at can't be did," still another philosophical
consolation is implied!
CAPT. JENNIGAN CAPTURED.
Mr. Storrsuis Free State man, but has
never yet taken active part in the Free State
movement. He has a fine claim, eight miles
from Lawrence, and upwards of thirty head
of cattle. He is one Of the most unobtrusive
men in Kansas. But he has thirty head Of
cattle, fine claim, and then he is North
ern man. ,~S
For these henous crimes, the Georgia or
Missouri gucrrillas resolved to burn down his
house, and drive him of. his claim.
They made two attempts on Saturday and
threatened 10 execute them on Sunday morn
ing. ~,
AT nine o'clock on Sunday morning guer-
lila of twelve men came down, and ordered
one of Mr.. Storr's assistants, who was riding
on horse, to halt. He rode on. They
shouted-"IIalt Cd d-n you or we'n
fire." Sire and be d-------d," said the
Hooser, ss he rode away. A volley was dis
charged Mt him; bullets whistled about his
cars in aK directions; but he spurred up his
horse and escaped uninjurcd.
They then entered Storrs house and wero
proceeding to plunder it, when company Of
our boys were seen approaching. The ruff
ans fed in a great hurry, but told Mrs. Storrs
before going, that they intended to return,
hang her husband, and burn down the house,
A widow lady named Hubbard when she
saw them approaching, mounted horse, and
rode under spur to Lawrence, to apprzc our
boys of the contemplated attack
Col. Topliffe, the commander of tho FREQ
State forccs--,a graduate Of West Point, and
an officer in the regular army during our war
soldiery, and obtained permission To- take oui
tnree uragoohs 10 ih'estlg"Is Ii-e aiiaif, auo
seize the guerilla. T
He rode up to the house about three O..
clock. A volley from the cabin wounded
ono of the soldiers and killed two of tho hor-
ses f ...e
The volley was fred by Free State men,.
They were not known and would never have
been suspected; but they promptly walked
down to the camp, and gave themselves up
to the officer in command, ss soon as they
found out that they had fred at the soldiery
instead Of a guerila.rs 80
The mistake occurred in this way. At
Twelve o'clock guerilla party marched down
toward the house, seized horse, were fired at
by five men inside, and then ran off. Two.
of them were United States uniforms. -
The party who had assembled 10 protect
he house., seeing party galloping down to-
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