Weekly hawk-eye and telegraph. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1855-1857, 1856-10-01

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d..tely dispatched Secretary woodson snd e.
Stricler with two u $. troops, 80 go and dishs
them. In the meantime, he ordered ssS 2.
tro,pa md 6us hassery OF six feld pieces -
aad take position between the two parties
| Before this vas accomplished, the Aisseu
forces came mp wishin one mile Of town and %
ted. About 900 haesemen advanced 70 with
half mile of our little band and 50 Of our shaI
shooters went out 70 meet Them. The horsenpe
Immediately reircatei and ucnt into . ravir
east of town. Our scys tsen shsaged their p
sition to = hill about ons Gce,ser Of mile ffol
them and opened a fire. A sort Of random n
! ing was kept mp for three or fonr hours, but r
suited in but little success not killing more tina
four of the enemy, However, they kept ther
from coming nearer. At dark they retired an
camped in Franklin. There they received III
Governors message from Woodson Many 0
them declared they'd fight any thing that opposes
them, whether g. S, troops or abohtionists.---
That they had force enough to do it and neve
would go home till they had accomplished thei
purpose. Their curses (sosaid one Of the soldier
who went with Woodson) we're long and loud.
never saw men in better spirits than oal
people were, all this afternoon; the cry. was, lei
them come, We are not afraid, and believe
they felt what they said. We did not know un
till sundown, whether the troops would come to
protect us or not; and more than two thirds oi
our men did not care, for, having been driven to
desperation, they have a,strong desire to be re-
yenged Col johnson arrived with his forces
about sundown, and took his positiea with his
cavalry south OF, the town towards Franklin,
and placed his battery on Capitol hill. ssia s-as
!, In the evening, went about among the. sol
diers, and they were very anxious to learn an
account Of the transactions OF the afterroon.-
They would frequently reply to my remarks,
that they hoped that they might get chance
at them. They seemed disposed to fight, and
their officers feel pretty much as they did. 81.
Two houses are now burning in the town of
Franklin, and it is feared that the whole place
will be destroyed. All Of the inhabitants are
leaving, a few seeking refuge here, the major
ity have gone south upon the Wachrausa. ~
Mr.. Adams, a friend Of Gov. Geary who came
out with him, went into the enemy's camp last
night. He reports that they have over 400 tents
and thinks their force is at least 1900 and they
claim $500. g.s..a .z.-s r.,s ), ~ s-s ISL
Il :. Lawrence, Sept. 10Th, 1856.
The Governor (Geary) arrived early this morn
ng, and soon after his arrival we beheld from
below that the Missouri army was approaching.
The troops formed into line and the Governor
'ode forward in company with Col. Cook and
some other officers, ordered them to retire and
hen, calling together the leaders of the mob,
held a conference, the result of which was they
agreed to go home. He made speech, telling
hem that he should, as Governor Of the Terri
;ory, never allow them to go into Lawrence ex-
,ept they went over his dead body; and some
N the crowd cried out -" shoot him !" shoot
him! he's damned aboiitionst!" Col Cook
also told them that so long as one man of. his
was alive, he would try to prevent
ther entrance, and also told them. with the bat
terry he had placed on Capitol Hill, he could pro-
,ect Lawrence against 10000. The soldiers who
were with the Governor say they never saw so
crazy crowd in their lives; so mad, so excited
They also said they expected every minute to
zee Geary shot. t.. = ........,.... .- ., ..s-
About 4 o'clock, Geary returned and told US
hat he found the crowd regularly enrolled as
Kansas militia; consequently he could not dis
.rm them, and also stated that he believed from
he best authority he could get, that they had
J, 500 men. Just at sunset about two hundred
If them passed up the California road, and are
low encamped about two miles from here. The
roops all remain. on duty and will prevent any
through the night. % '- '- r,
News from Col. Harvey, who went out to re-
nforce Lane, came in tonight, and the state.
nent is that Lane received the Governors pro-
,lamation a few hours after he despatched
to us, and he Immediately changed
lis position and went towards Iowa Point; at
The same time sending to meet the reinforce
nents and order them back. But the messen-
ger taking another route, passed Harvey, who
arrived at the FORT and after skermish of seve-
al hours, during which time Capt. Bickerton
sent twenty editions of the Herald of Freedom
rom the mouth of Sacramento,) and the attempt
vas made to run load of hay down upon them,
out they shot under and struck our men in the
cgs; so they had to abandon it and flag of
ruce was sent out from the fort and q treaty
made that the beseiged should retire with all
hey had, and our men were Immediately to go
home, and while on their way, having proceeded
about five miles, they were overhauled by three
of United States troops, and by them
aiken prisoners to Lecompton, where they are
70 have partial investigation of the affair, and
We have the assurance they will be a. home be-
fore tomorrow night. They number about one
hundred. t.o5' '' 81 A'5+-
' The report is that a party of fifty men are
burning and laying waste the settlements south
Of Franklin, and the Governor has just given US
PERMISSION u enrOu one NuuUreQ ulen anu bO
down there. presume we shall start within an
hour, and should we meet with the enemy we
shall have good time. have now more con.
fdence in the Governor than ever before and
believe he viii do as much for us as it is in his
power to do. .tsas., s.5.. -.azzsss 20! .z}5H
Another party of $50 report states) 600 is at
Topeka, on their way into the territory, under
the guidance of Mr.. Morrow, one of the State
Central Committee who went to Chicago several
weeks ago to see if something could not be done
to better the condition of our finances, which
are in "peculiar condition" at present. We
have not provision enough to last us two days,
and have not ammunition for fifteen hours fight
ing. s ...-lt ,.s mi az&,a a5 ass,a
Had it not been for the timely interpositien
of the federal forces Lawrence would not now
exist, and the blackness Of ashes would mark
the place where it now stands. We never be-
fore could get their DrotecriOn and now we can