Indiana American. [volume] (Brookville, Ind.) 1833-1861, 1856-08-29

gold watch and &4ao worth ofcloihlng.
From Mr.. Barneaa large LOT VI clothing.
From Mr.. Crane betwesn 5000 and Si.-
400 In accounts aud notes. and elab
worth Of clothing, and from Judge Fame
valupble horse. 4 I14 iii II
On the 10Th Inst, Treadwell's party
were on foot, Iliateared most OF them
have fsIlen. ~ O. ~
Treadwell sent 10 shannon Tor all.
who called on the United States troops.
but they refused 10 yet.
The AntI-sIayary men arc driving all
the Pro-slavefy men out OF Douglas
County. and destroying their property.
A iighs took place near ossawstomIe.
on the lAth Inst between two hundred
Anti Slavery and twelve Pro,slavery
men. tho lalter In afort. sshif snf'f
Fourteen Free-State men were killed
and ak wounded. fs a"
On the msrning OF the 10th Inst. Le-
compton was attacked and taken BY
eight hundred Of Lanes men. III
The Unitsd states treops. having
Robinson, Brown. Williams and otter
prisoners In charge, surrendered With
out urlnR gun. M - t
During the absence Of Colonel Titus.
who went for assistance to TreadwelI,
bis house, about mile from Lecompson,
was burnt, and Mr., Cloves, editor fof
the 3 uthern Advocate, and Mr.. Systerre
were killed, and Andrew Preston woun.
ded. se.
Large bodies Of men are organizing In
the border counties Of Independence
and Sringfellow.
Circulars signed by AtchIson. Rus
seli, Anderson aud Boone are being
freely circulated In the river towns, ask
ing for aid TO drive the Anli.slavsry
mon, and to burn Lawrence on the goth
lust. for which place a large force had
lett Leavcnworlh. ~. ~ q
Lanes force Il variousIy estimated ut
from three to eight hundred men.
Bloody work Is looked for.
ST. Louis, Friday, August %. {
Letters from Kansas In the Rspubli.
@ an, dated the 18th, 18th aud 10Th. add
very little TO tho Information received
yesterday from Kansas Territory.
Shannon and nearly all toe .citizsns
Of Lecompton had leit that town. Sec
rotary Woodson was taken prlson and
his house burnt. Sheriff Jones was also
in the hands Of The assaIlants, who
threatened to hang hin. 81
The house OF General Clarke. Indian
Agent. was burnt, himself and lamily
escaped.
Leavenworth couriers are rIdIn q
through the river aud border counties
enlIstlng forces and raising supplies.
Every where speedy preperaiions'sre
being made for war. A desperate con.
lict is anticipated. ltlt affaA
General Richardson had gone 70 Fort
Leavenworth to ascertain II General
Smith acts by authority. IL not. he,
Richardson, will call HE militia Into the
tield at once. ~ f4.444n
The steamer Polar Star. down last
night reports that six companies Of vol.
unteers vera ready for the field, three
OF which were cavalry and one artillery
They were 10 have left Leavenworth
City on the 10Th.
] CHcAoo. Friday. August ~.
The Leavenworth Journal and Her
aid. the West port Border R46ian. the
Independence Dispatch, and other Wes'
tern Missouri papers are full Of startling
and conflicting accounts ind flying ru
mo 70 from Kansas. generally agreeing
however, that the Free-State men hat
been successful In the recent battles al
Lecompt and Ossawatomle. II wal
generally believed that the block fort a
Lecompton, occupied by Colonel Titu'
Woodson with thirty OF Buford's men
was captured, and the Fres-State pris
oners relieved, though no positive state
ments had been received confirmation,
of this.
Circular extras and handbills, signe,
by Atchlson. Stringfellow and othe
Pro-slavery leaders. were circulating
through Platte, Jackson, Lafayette
Johnson, Clay, Buchanan, Saline an
Carroll Counties, urging a rally and rem
devious at New Santa Fe, Jackson
County, on the goth, to march instantly
INTO the Territory, with the motto IN
; quarter" Captain Russell dispatches
messenger to Lexington. s. -.
The st. Louis Republican says II !
not conceded that the border countie
make common cause with the Pro-sla
very men In the Territory, and this wee
thousand armed men will be in pursui
of the Abolitionists. No accounts hav
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