Weekly hawk-eye and telegraph. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1855-1857, 1856-10-08

/ do not intend TO enter INTO o lengthy appea
to northern men at the present time, but woul'
ask Of them, as Ihave heretofore often done, y
do their duty. Let their voices be heard lie
them spend their time, their money, their infiu
ence, and if needs be, their lives for the pur
pose ofmaking Kansas free and arresting thu
march Of tyranny.
| Lawrence, Sept. 20.
/ Deserters from the camp last night bring the
| intelligence that Col. johnson sent word down
to the prisoners that they would have no rations
| to-day, consequently they must 60 hungry. We
can get nothing more to them to-day, for before
| this they have found out our trick Of yesterday,
and as there has been good many escapes they
| will watch closer than ever. The free state peo-
pie on Stranger Creek are still annoyed by the
pro slavery men, and many Of them have been
arrested and are now in Jail at Leavenworth fot
ROBBERY, murder and arson. @ga
The land comes in market in that portion OF
the Territory on the goth of next month, and
it is supposed that it is the intention to drive
out the free state settlers SO that they can not
attend the sales at Fl. Leavenworth; and this Is
well known also that but few of them are pre-
pared for entering their lands being rendered
almost penniless by the wars. The land in that
region is called the Delaware Tract land and is
sold at the Fort under military force to the
highest bidder and has been apprised at an av'
erage of 2Os an acre. If it should all fall into the
pro-slavery hands, we may say good bye to that
portion of the Territory
.....-.. .--. Lawrence, Sept. 81.
Deserters from the camp say that the prison
ers had but one cracker apiece for the last "a
hours and that was what they saved from the
rations of the day before. / can hardly think
they intend 20 let them starve but it appears
very probable that they are hungry or will DO
soon No doubt Geary thinks he is bringing
US to submission by starvation, since he could not
or the Missourians could not by bullets. Let the
treatment of these prisoners be remembered to
the infamy and disgrace of Geary forever. He
might have had the confidence of the settlers
and their aid had he done as justice would die
tate but now he has gone too far for that He
should be disgraced before the world, his name
written with tyrants. This was the man who was
said to be recommended by W. Y. Roberts, our
free state lieutenant governor, and who was
sent as the democratic party claim to show that
the policy towards Kansas was just one, but
in my opinion darker period never existed
Shannon was harmless because Of his Ignorance
Geary tyrant because Of his knowledge. He
has already made his brags that he is going to
adoptthe California plan of taking the power in
to his own hands and executing every tresspass-
er of the law.
One thing he seems determined on doing, that
is to enforce the enactments of the bogus legs.
lature lie says he has come here as the Gov
ernor of Kansas and he finds certain laws ex-
isting which must be obeyed.
He told the people of Topeka to choose their
own magistrates and he would confirm their ap-
pointments enter their complaints before them
and he would see the laws executed, or come to
him with their complaints and he would do what
he could.
Yesterday John Wright of Stranger Creek
went to Lecompton to get the interference of
the Gov. in that region to protect the settlers
and the result was that no protection was offer
ed and Wright was taken prisoner and placed
with the other boys in the camp.
This is what is called Justice before the Kan
sas courts and it is what may be expected for
us in the future.
The troops with D. Marshall Cramer at their
head and led by or Ruffans, passed through
this place to Ottawa Creek, to arrest a number
of the settlers in that direction. 1t is claimed
that they robbed the store of pro-slavery man
at Sac Agency during the last war. No notice,
however, is taken of the stores which were
robbed and burned at Leavenworth City and
Ossawatomie. No account is taken of the muir
ders committed by Pro-Slavery men in cold
blood, but Free State men are arrested because
they were in the ranks when civil war existed
and some of the Pro-Slavery party were killed
in battle and they were charged with murder
and will no doubt be tried before Judge Le-
compt or some other unprincipled man.
0. B.