Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1856-11-12
suEnpEE.s m KANSAS.

sufTgEEE,s IL KANSAS.
some hundreds Of Free State prisoners ar
rested By Cor Geary for defending ihenSei-
YES. gives the foIIowing details Of theiE treat
ment in prison by that individual:
4 portion OF orr Numbers have families de- /
pending upon our earnings for support We
have also. many Of us, outstanding crops OF
great value going to waste, or suffering heavy |
loss.
We come now to speak Of subject too vital
to admit Of our passing il unnoiiced, get too
full of horror TO dwell upon- We aiigde to
our treatment and condition since our cOnine-
ment here, any description Of which must
come far short OF the terrible reality few
of our guard viii ever be remembered By rs
with emotions Of the deepest gratitude for
their kindness, but the greatest portion Of
them are drunken, brawling demons, too vic
and wicked for portrayal. Times without
number have they threatened to shoot rs or
stab rs and not unfrequentIy have they attemp-
ted 10 carry out their heIlish threats Several
nights have the guards amused themselves
throughout their different watches By cursing
us, throwing stones al the house. and breaking
glass, sash, &c. Two large cannon stand plan
ted but few yards from our prison, and two
nights has the match been swung several hours
in the hands of the Eunners with orders toire
both cannon CIoaded with shot and slugs) upon
US in case our friends should come in sufficient
force to avenge our wrongs. These, however,
are ony slight, compared with other insults
and suTerings heaped upon US daily Most of
us are poorly clad-few have any bcdding-Our
prison is open and exposed. and is surrounded
with filth. Within all iscovered with ycrmin,
and everything is mixed with misery In child
hood we listened with doubt to the dark stor-
les Of the Jersey prison ships and the Black
Hole of Calcutta, never dreaming that We
should at last be actual prisoners in their coun-
I terpart. More than once have we pruphecied
to each other that all would not leave this
charnaI house alive. Our assertions have been
verified. Several have been sick-dangcrous-
Is sick-one has died. His name was Wm-
Bow,cs, formerly from ST. Charles, Missouri.
He labored with US nobly in defending our
| God given rights, and it was with feelings Of
uuu;terable sorrow that we parted with him.
After an Illness of two days he left his suffer-
| ings this morning at ! o'clock. Before his
death we requested the officer of the guard TO
have him removed TO a place of quiet. We
talked anu became tired, yet nothing was done.
Last night all the physicians in town were
sent for, and each refused TO come. DR.. John
| P. Wood, who is Justice of the Peace and a
| Judge of Probate. could not come s.becaUse
he was sick - yet he was seen that evening,
as we'll as the following morning, doing hard
lLbor. Others had reasons, We know not vi a
| DR.. Brooks was sent for FIVE times, but as he
was at card table playing poker, he sworc
1 that he s.woull not leave the game TO save cy-
| cry Cd id abolitionst in the Territory
Many thanks are due, however, to Mr.. Cald-
well, pro- slavery man, and Mr.. Marshall, of
the town Of Lecompton for the kind aid they
| gave us.
| The Governor paid US visit yesterday
| morning, which is the third since our iucar-
ceration. We showed him young Bowles and
| told him we feared this was a beginning os an
| epidemic which would prove fatal to not a few.
! We showed him our scanty clothing. He said
! that the Grand Jury which was in session all
last week would probably finish its business by
| night, that all against whom no bills were
| found would be Immediately released, and that
although he was going away anG should be
absent several days, yet he should leave orders
that all those retained should be provided with
every comfort that could be procurcd But
the Grand Jury has not ended its examination
and none can tell when il Will. Sickness and
death of the most horrid forms are in our midst
the scrapings Of pandemonium surround us.
We can see nothing left us but an appeal to
the last Tribunal with God as our Judge. and
our Jury the great American people. We are
willing to suffer if necessary for the causc of
Liberty and Kansas, but is it necessary viii
You answer to God and let us hear your decls-
| ion
| ELECTION SCEyEs.-The Tribune, speaking
] of the election scenes in New York saws =