New-York daily tribune., 1856-09-01

been styled the Burning ofa Georuisn Col,.-
| &C., and driving out women and chijd,.'I'
| Of which 10 barefacedy false. No woms,
children were with them, nor did they hay. W W
| town to burn.
| This affair had blown over, several d,v,i..
yeIiDg before anything else occurred, and a. -
GeOrgans had gone back 10 Missouri, wh.r. 20
| had been most Of the Summer it was thougbt ~
| there would be- no more Of il. Even bef,,s .s
dispersion of the camp below Osawsttsme s,...
| complaints had been made Of the camp on W.
| iDgton Greek. 1t will be remembered .h.ty.s
among their other operations, drove seyer,I =.
| tiers from Illinois from their homes. bu,,.'
| down their houses. They had made ,e,..i
threats Of determination against Free.Stax a,
tiers generally, and the settlers al A..
the Nskerusa, and its lower tributar-
of which Washington Creek is one. were kep,
state Of alarm. Messenger after messenger k,i
been sent to Lawrence and to other points 70, ksI.
to drive sbem out, in order 10 put stop 10 H.,
lswless conduct and pilIsge. Under these circur.
stances the Free State men of Lawrence se,l
with as much prudence as could be desired ",
eral appeals were made "a the troops but MAJ,
Sedgwick invariably declined 10 interfere. satr,
that he had no authority to do so He on nt,s
than one occasion said that be thought the settl,n
would be- justified in defending themselves acaius,
any of their aggressions; and a. the military arm
was thus powerless TO protect the Territory, and
the farce of law altogether pOweress against them
there did not appear to be any other remedy left
ON the lltb and l2th messengers had gone 10
Major Sedgwck's camp from Lawrence 10 urge
on that officer the necessity of something being
promptly done in the case. Major Sedgwick, IN
reply gave assurance that the camp IN question
was peaceable one, and that Free state men
could 90 TO it safely with any complaint they might
have TO make. Major Sedawick, who 10 an impar
tial and gentlemanly officer, had doubtless been
grossly deceived by these fellows.
In compliance with the request Of citizens Of
Lawrence, Major D. s. HOyt went over " the
Georgian camp, intending to inform them Of the
complaints made against them, and 10 see what
they bad TO say about it. As bis mission was q
peaceful one, il was deemed better that be should
90 perfectly unarmed He was received by the
Georgians cOurteOusly at first, but was subse.
ouently taken prisoner and basely shot-bis body
when found being riddled with bullets. Major
HOyt was man of some 81 or 33 years. lis
family connections live in Deerfeld Mass Pre-
yious to Kansas difficulties he was strong Ad
mipstration Democrat. He served in Mexico un.
der Gen. Scott. lie has been an active Free
State maD and was generally esteemed
1t would be needless to say that the account Of
this outrage, which was not long in reaching Law.
renee. pointed to the remedy of arms as inexors-
bly, indispensable. And here it would be necessary
TO explain Why the attack was fret made on
Franklin The GeOrgians had also camp 81
Franklin This WAS their first regular station out
of Westport This point they have always held
with the utmost tenacity during difficulties. A
msjOIity of the residents of the town, and BY far
the larger portion of those in the surrounding
country Free-State men; so the idea OF attack
ing the tora itself is Of course out of the question
The camp of Georgians ard Carolnians (all Of
these SOutberners 20 under these heads, although
numbers of them are, in point OF fact, Wild MS
souri, bOrderers) was in full communion aud daily
intercourse with that on Washington Creek. Those
at Franklin chiefly occupied bOckhouse, or fort
the same that was stOrmed at the battle OF
Franklin last 4th Of June, and which was spared
then, as there were several wounded CaroiiDlans
in it They had made it stronger, and beside u
considerable quantity of small arms. hsd six
FOUNDER brass common stored IN 1t. HE piece
belongs TO the State of Missouri, nearly all the
cannon in the hands of that doughty Common.
wealth b. ing in OF about Kansas IL was one Of
the pieces brought over by Gen. AtchisoD in May
last, and left by him at that time so as 10 be con-
yenent for future operations. II was not really
as much the object to secure these arms as 10 pre-
vent part Of the enemy from acting in their rear,
and it was accordingly resolved to attack the fort
at Franklin first 1t was merely piece of mill.
tary strategy actually indispensable-the camp at
Franklin being fully identified with the same
troubles, the men there having played their part
in them.
At Franklin, as you have been informed, the en-.
emy resisted, and being securely posted it wss
found almost impossible to dislodge them. They
we're enabled to fire on the Free-Stste men with
out being themselves exposed. Before sn attack
was made, they were summoned to surrender
/ his preliminary proceeding merely enabled them
to be on their guard and more fully prepared for
resistance. After three hours hard firing, the
Free-State men succeeded in getting some combut
tibes against the building, and as it was soon on
fire, the occupants Of the fort threw down their
arms and fed. No efforts were made to prevent
their escape. The Free State men had neither
use nor desire for prisoners, whom they did not
want to abuse and would only be burdened in keep.
ing: lhe orders were, not to make prisoners, but
to fight them as long az they were willing 70 6gh!,
and when they threw down their arms and ran, tc
let them 90.
The fort at Franklin having been thus demol.
ished, and the cannon and large quantity Of small
arms being taken, the Free-State volunteers, unde
TERED by the fatigue of several hours fighting,
marched direct on Washington Creek that night,
taking the cannon with them. The Georgian camp
was eight miles distant up and across the Wake
rusa. Ihe news Of their coming preceded them,
and before the brave and stern band Of outraged
Kansas freemen reached their harassing enemy,
that enemy, panic struck, had fed. The demoli.
ton Of their deserted and unfinished fort and the
recovery of HOyts body, which was not at frst
recognized, completed the nights work.
The next attack was made on the camp close 10
the house of Col. Titus To this a part of those
who had fed from the camp on Washington Greek,
had gone. Of the past conduct of this infamous
Floridian, it would be useless to speak. Suffice
it to say that he has been as active as he has
been INSCRIPTIONS and remorseless. As / stated
in my letters, when he robbed young Mr.. Smith of
bis claim burning bis house and maltreatng m
which eveEt your readers will remember oc.