Weekly hawk-eye and telegraph. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1855-1857, 1856-09-03

y Heveasy-sve nuskets were sakea. qsan
= - AMMUNITION, ZEN horssa, md ssrense<u me
e among the lastes ~ s')ld Titns- himssH the
& who bad commaad Of the cavalry It the Il
Lawrence WAS sscked, aud be has been the {,
maader Of gang Of desperadoes ever sin
!, psundering and shooung al over the count
and one Of the mcanest of the human specie,
and Donaldson the captain Of the Leeompt
suafds who had command Of the South Gar,
ma company when Lawrence vas sacked, {,
company that claimed the ho~itzer taken
, their trophy, and have held 1t ever since
ever two men shook in their boots, it Was the
and they had good cause for fear to, for they a
wen known and hare been marked By more tn
one free state man as fit recipients for Galcl
pills, They begged like dogs for their hive
and Donaldson says that if they would only |.
him 60 that he would never be heard Of in Il
Territory again.
The cannon balls fred against Titus hon,
! were made ont of the remains of the type frol
the Herald of Freedom and Free State presse
aud was about as effcctual an edition from thos
Offices as was ever issued. Two pro-slavery me
were killed, and two wounded. On the fire.
state side 8 were wounded, one Capt Shambre,
OF Indiana, who has just arrived in the Territory
Is not expected to i've being dangerously wound
ed.
r. As soon as the house was burned down ",
were marched into the road, and a scout cam,
In stating that the troops had formed on the road
just out side of Lecompton and we would be un
able to 60 into the town without having an en-.
gagement with them, aud not desiring this we
we're commanded to march to Lawrence, where
we were received by the citizens with great en-.
thnsiasm. The whole battalion was escorted in
to town by the Stubs, Capt. Cutter command
ing.
The companies present are the Wacfarusa
Company, Topeka Company, Chicago Company,
Mass. Company and Lawrence Company (the
stubbs). There is good deal of excitement
about town concerning tie prisoners. The Wig
lance Committee met and decided they could
not act in the matter but il must be left to Off
GERS OF Co panies engaged in their capture /
10 not think they will execute them for the pres
snt, but they will not be kept as prisoners of
War, but for higher crimes-tor murder, &c
SUNDAY NIGHT, Aug. H.
1t rained hard last night and all the forenoon,
tut the forces had good quarters in buildings
\ good deal of excitement in town all morning.
1t noon Maj. Sedgwick, Gov Shannon, and DR..
sodrigue, made their appearance, and Com
littce of the pr ncipal men and the Captains
+ Companies waited upon them, to hear what
ley had to say. Sedgwick was along with
w soldiers to give Shannon protection.
After consulting together all the afternoon,
hannon agreed to dispense all bodies of Ruffians
! the territory, restore to us our howitzer, re-
ase all the prisoners in their possession, except
lose held at the q. S. Camp, and after all that
as done, we would agree to release our prison.
IS, but would not agree to dispense our compa-
les. and should fight when we considered it
! guess We shall deem it neces-
ry in few days to go to Bull Creek and
agar Creek, about 40 miles south of here, and
nut few hundred down there. When the
rms OF the treaty were made known, three
mes three cheers went up far our success, and
me called on Gov. Shannon to speak, when one
i'd, "Gor. Shannon shall not speak here, but
r. Shannon may" Shannon got up and Told
If men ''Aey had every thing in their own hands,
I'd that he 'cds rery sorry that the taco parties
I'd leone to s,cords points, and he hoped hereafter
ace could reign"
The Pro slavery party have now done what we
We always been determined they should do,
at is, back down from the territorial laws This
cy do by releasing the prisoners, who have
en- regularly taken by the Territorial authori
IS, under the bogus laws; and they give them
thus showing to the world, that freedom has
last gained one foot hold in Kansas, and if all
ings work right, we all make larger breach
the bogus laws, than we have yet DONE
ere is no mistake, the movements of the last
elk have been rather unexpected, and have
uck terror TO the hearts of every pre-slavery
IN, and they are scattering in every direction;
, tune is changed--it is played on another
ing, and played efectuay Although it is
, Sabbath, cannot close without giving three
GERS for the success of treemen in Kansas, and
zee times three for Fremont and Dayton.
OBJ II
List of the names of the prisoners taken by
!, Free State forces during the past week: {
Col. H. T. Titus, NJ. NJ. Holsey, VIM. Donald
!, W. G. Wemberly, David Kende, E. F. Da
, T. l.. Bradford, w. Ii. Cloves, S. B. Brad Q
d, NJ II. Doycer, A. D. Clifton, Joseph Smith ,
Chas Lyoaaiger, Martin .Jecharter, Peter A.
me, Nm. Englcs, -4ndrew Dell, John Dell, ,
ank Strass,
Those in italicsare Germans and say they were |
work on the capitol building, and had made J
trike for wages, when Col. Titus pressed them ,
o service, and they not knowing better went $
ii him. c
LAWRENCE, Aug. Is.
Considerable excitement was manifest in town
5 morning, consequent on the treaty made
'terdav, but think it will subside soon. At s
on company of U. S. troops brought the five {
soners into town that were taken at Franklin
; other day, for being engaged in the battle
IRE, and exchanged them for our prisoners ,
company has gone up this afternoon for our
witzer and will be here with it SOON.
Two men came in from Leavenworth this eve.
* and say that tremendous excitement ex
J there, that some of the public men were ma
lr sppeches and rouSinp the nconle to action | I