Indiana American. [volume] (Brookville, Ind.) 1833-1861, 1856-10-03

cofrcspsndencs OF Mo n. y.Tnbane.
ILAwnENcn X T. Sept 5. SO.

80 LAwREscE X T., Sept 8. $50.
On Friday night. the Goth Of 'Au-'
/ gust. company Of the new Santa
10 army Of Ruilians. numbering about
seventy-six. rode up TO the house Of
Mr.. Jones, an otew, Indian. who lives
about half way between Lawrence and
osawnttamic, on Ottawa Creek.
This gentleman and his wife are very
intelligent people, the latter being
white and n native Of Maine. The
people OF this TRIBE ara all imbued
with Free State principles aud feelings
and Mr.. Jones, who kept kind Of
hotel. was. for that reason, very OBJ
noxious 70 them. Perhaps Il was
Mrs. jones who took with her 70 the
wilds OF Kansas all her native love OF
Liberty. and Who never let an oppor-
tunity pass in which she could pro-
mulgate T.. advantage her own opin-
ions-perbapsit was she who was Of.
fensive. Be that as il may. some
thin { very obnoxious indeed. drew
from ihcse RuliiAns a midnight visit 10
Ottawa Greek. .a a .. r,
After dismounling and approaching
the Rullians were met at the door by
Mrs. Jones, who stood IN her night
dress and demanded what their basi.
ness was. They tcld her they won't
ed Mr.. Jones. In the meantime he
had made his escape from another door
and had got into u field OF corn. lie
WAS fred az bat not followed by the
party, they supposlng IL was Mrs.
Jones who had left the door and gone
back into the house. While they
were disputing about whether II was
he or she had escaped. Mrs. Jones
had conc into her house and secured
u bag containing about 500 in gold.
She then threw around her blanket,
and went TO the door. The leader
told her she should not be injured,
and the mouse was then set on Ore on
The outside. As soon as this was
done the crowd rushed into the house.
some remaining on the outside, 10
i guard against attack The crowd
rushed out and somelof them fred
4 their guns and frighten Mrs. Jones so
that she dropped her money and fed.
They got that and $500 more In the
: drawer OF a bureau or secretary which
was ia room. They then took from
the house everything that was valua'
BILE. and set Gre 10 IL, and mounled
with some haste and left. vis Il
There Is ~ curious incident connec.
ted with this burning aifsir. In the
) house was man named Parker. who
il was feared by the Jonses. mus
have perished In the flames. because
he was sick and unable TO leave his
bedao The next morning. when Mr..
! Jones. his wife and some neighbon
, went 10. the premises; they found
Parker in the barn. He stated thai
! he bad been taken about hundred
yards from the house, where an at
tempt was made TO cut bis throat with
sword, which they believed had beer
successful, but which were only deeI
iiesh cuts on each side of the neck
; lie had then been thrown down, a raw
I inc about eight feet deep. and as soor
as consciousness returned, he crawles
to the barn where he was found tn,
Z next morning. The loss of Mr.
Jones was very great, say $40 600
including cash. house, goods aud fur
+, niture. -''l -kn'r go rAHW .laeN"
, There was o meeting OF The brave
! of the tribe on Saturday. when il wa
{. resolved that il any more dypreda
a tons were committed on the tribe d
3 any of its members, they would JON
the Free State army, and 6ght tnei
enemies the Missourians. Several o
: the braves wanted TO join immediate
: ly, but older men were in the council
and they remain neutral yet. but n
i more outrages must be committed o
a them. ~ ,..
}. The next morning about sunrise
d these 70 Rhtians rode into Prairi
! Cny and halted. The principal bous
in the town is log house. and aprel
:, " large one il IL. A woman happen
) ed to be going from it TO anoihe
:, house on an errand when the Ruffian
e rode there. Suddenly the door wa
&. shut and five men and three boys fire
T at,he invaders, woundiug one Of them
. "How many men are in that house?
, shouted the captain Of the Ruflia
I I band TO the lady in the street. Q "
- - know there are one hundred and fifts
+. batnhow many more 1 do not know.
!. replied The LADY. This falsehooi W.
J. SO yety palpable, that the lady wa
Is surprised to see the Ruifians ecu. an
rum" and the men in the house wei
. very much surprised till they hear
J" the reason for II. f"Discretion Is n
= :. ways the better part Of valor." sn
l. the Ruffisns seem to like the adag,
>. for the practice il often enough. The
,c also like the Hudibrastic idea OF Ii,
IS ing 80 fight another day." becaus
re they always. run away when the nun
! bers are anything like equal. sa@
- :, 1t was thought that these Raflian
would come back with an increase
i force, so u messenger was sent to Gel
i Lane at Lawrence. asking a reenforc,
% ment for protection. Lane, instea
k Of sending small protective fore
Is marched Immediately TO the seem
OF hoping to get a chance al the entil
= army. He took with him from Law
>. renee about three hundred men, and
n me Of the hottest days Ia Augu
.. marched without food forty We mile
y IN order to reach the camp Of the Mi
5. sourians. The teams with the pr
'ir visions did not go the same road. AZ
~ lid not reach their camp ill the ne,
le lay in the morning. Although ih,
y. had marched an nuhearu-of ydist,n
-. for soldiers. although they had sic
an on the wet grass Of the wide prairl
ii although bodily they were stlifvn,
to from exposure andluuusual exerlio
e; and although they had been witho
food for twenty -four hours: yet the