Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1856-09-19
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which he is member Also to ask Wood.
son to send protective escort TO l.eayor.
worth, 10 see the goods safe through To Io,y
renee. On the return oi these two genilo
men, they we're arrested lew rods from An,
door OF the Governors office by an armed
mob and held IN prison ever since. Il wIl
be remembered that that very same dsv
hundred OF The United States troops woro
employed to set two of their own BorJe,
Ruiian spies at liberty, 10 case they found
them arrested as they supposed they would
be but le' 1t be hurno 100 mind that peoro
able citizens who % TO do business with The
Governor are arrested by a mob close 10 b,s
Office, aud he offers not even single doo.
rccatory syllable Wise Governor! Pierce
and Douglas will rise up, and call thee bless.
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Slapery and Kansas The Sguaiier Sor.
ereigH the organ of the pro.slavery party IN
Kansas, thus exposes the fixed purpose of
those who have made Kansas "a field OF strife
and bloodshed .--' We are determined 10 re-
pei tins N"rhern Invasion, and make Kan
sas Stare STATE, though our rivers should be
colored with the blood OF the victims. md the
carcoses OF dead abon,ousts should be so
numerous 90 the Territory, AS 90 breed dis.
ease and sickness, we Will not be- deferred In
our purpose. Let those who desire graves
300 hansa-, engage in this uuhuly and unjust
war against the crieHson Of our beloved n-
suuuun thatls now being waped against the
South by the fanatics Of the North
Better .Niirs from Kansas st Lo,e,
Sept, ~ Mr. Irish arrived here to-day from,
Fou Leavenwor,h which place he lefi S. pt
o. lie states that lev days before his de-.
partuse, Gen Richardson commander Of the
Northern division Of the Kansas militia. had
been captured by squad of Lanes troops.
The particulars of the capture he had no,
heard. Richardson was conveyed 10 Law.
renee, and delivered over 10 Gen Lane who
al once restored bis arms, and calling on a
small guard, escorted him with much coure.
~ and many expression % regret a, his mis-.
fortune.
Mr.. IRISH learned lhat Gen. Richardson
WINS so pleased Eiih the generosity of his
captors that he has decIafgd bus intention TO
wage no more war against ihem
be- Nlabamiaus wioafo under arms. are
exceedingly SICK ofthe county, and are deter
mined 20 leave. They soy they must have
money 20 get away With, atd will have o., e
they have 20 steal H.
Atchson and DouIplan had become ds-
Custed and returned o. Missouri. The pro-
slavery forces under Gem Reid we're very
small.
Gov. Geary reached L.ayenwouh CITY ON
Tuesday evening. Quite number ofthe
citizens and men uultr arms were on the
banks, ready 20 receive some two or three
companies Of MissounHut which were ex-
pected. When thes lcifned that Gov.
Geary was ON board ihcY called him out.
lie appeared on the guard and made them
speech OF about ten minutes length saving,
among other things with qualifications al,
taiched he would enforce 40 the territorial
laws that we're constitutional. y he Govern.
or then proceeded up ihe ryer and landed at
the for, where be bad immediate coasultr.
ton with Gen. Smith. Ne stated his iuteu.
ton to proceed to Lawfence IN few days,
without any troops than would suffice Tor a
body guard.
Ereiilng Mus from bfnsas.-.Niio York
Sept. l5.-Chicago aud S Louis papers Of
lin contain details OF Toe more recent out
RACES IN Kansas.
The Chicago Pres Dem) says. We
have trighnul Intelligent hat SO Free Stute
men, women end Children were massacfed
by the Tuiians At Sirauu Greek on the 30
inst. Stranger Creek IS about 80 or 80 miles
northwest OF Lawrence, towards the Nebrss-
ka line, and lies upon iha route established
by the late compauie- q emirrsnls, who
passed to The Territory through Iowa.
From the st. Loui. Democrat. Sept III
The latest we have lruu The Territory arc
the following items frt he'd the jefferson
'lty Enquirer, by The OF ors Of the steamer
Geno "a party Of $50 &, Gen Lanes men,
uDder command of mu By ,he name Of
Stoweil entered Tecuuseh on THURSDAY.
4th, and completely sacked the town Of oil
the provisions aud clothing il contained
When our informant lrt they were sui at
work plunderng the town
On Tuesday, ID, Mckmncy's whole train
vas captured by party headed bv the noto-
rlous Known, 10 person, Who was not killed at
O.sawaiiomie, as reported
Judge Lecompie, who IS not now nj the
fort, had issued an order 10 the Marshal Of
the Territory 10 arrest Lanr. and other agiia-
tors. Gen. smith hes s wise issued orders
10 Col. Cook, commanding fourteen compa.
MES at Fort Riley, TO give every assistance
and aid 10 the Marshal ln the execution Of
this writ.
In addition to the above, We received in
ielhgence yesterday evening by a gentlemen
who came down the Missouri river on The
steamer Australia, which boat reached JEFF
terson City from above yesterday morning,
thut the pro-slaveFv forces had been quarrel.
ing among themselves, aud were almost en-
urely disbanded. Leavenworh was desolate
--ner stores were closed. dwelling houses
deserted, and business entirely suspended
The present disposition OF the pro-sayery
party m Kansas, Is us follows: Gen. Rich
ardson occupies a strong position uboye
Lawrence, on the north side OF Kansas river,
with not less than 800 or GOO men. Gen.
lark Is IN the southeast with 400 men, oh
Kansas and herokoo Rangers. The pro-
slavery men on tie south side of the Kansas
river are with Gen. REID, who is now EN-.
pIoyed IN protecting our Western frontier
81 Louis S'pt. / John Mcclure, mem
Der of the Boaro Of Delegates, and Mr.. John
Day, leii our city yesterday afternoon by the
Pacific Railroad for Kansas Territory, hay-
ing IN possession about $4,000, which sum
was the result of the lal ors of the Kansas
AID Committee, appointed an this CT y. The
manner IN which this " aid and comfort" is TO
be distributed we have not learned, bIt the
report goes that fair share Of II will be ex
pended for powder and bullets to be dislrIbu-
ted amongst the pro-slayery forces.
.Nsi0 YORK, Sept Is. Capt Brown. who
was reported to have been killed at the battle
of Ossawattamie, managed to escape and
reach Lawrence. He writes from that place
10 his wife, in Utica, N. Y, as follows
Laurence Sept. ?, My dear wife, Ossa-
waltomle is all IN ashes. fhe boys are safe,
but the houses Is burned, end he safe broken
open aud robbed. hree Free State men
were killed and there were three wagon LOADS
OF killed and wounded among the pro slavery
party.
Il was desperate fight Between thirty
or forty Free State men agains three hun
dred Missourlans. The whole country is
now one desperate scene Of fighting, plumber
robbery, murder and sealping OF the Free
State men.
Nearly 1000 Free State men are in the
ield, and giving the border rufians fight
where they can find them, but like oil cow
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