The Davenport daily gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1856-1869, 1856-02-22
LOCAL MATTERS.


bnying re ceiyed regular commission from
-, shannon to that effect, addressed al
many of our citizens as could crowd in''
Il, court House ON Wednesday evening
n. NJ is not fluent speaker but occasion
,ly the recital Of his wrongs would make
linn eloquent. He is very fair sample Of
western, seli-made, energetic man, and
bears the impress ola man who would nghs
Nearly two years ago Mr.. NJ, in compa'
with a few others, stuck his stake where
,hs Town of Lawrence, in Kansas, now
.,auds. He had been there but three days
.,hsu there came a message from the State
# Missouri that he must leave, or by flx-
"A time he would be driven away. Cen
.ilsrinp his right to pre-empt the domain OF
rocle Sam quite as good as that OF any
o,hsr man he refused to do SO, unless the
o,as, came from the President or higher
0ower. Twice, a body OF Missourians came
- attack him and his friends, but each time
deemed it prudent to retire without molest-
ing them.
We have not the space to recou mt 1.-THE
Of the petty grievances this little band oil
.,,rsoeous men suffered from the Missouri
ans. They hemmed them in on three
,ides. cut of their supplies and annoyed
them in every conceivable manner. His
asscriotion of the last invasion Of their
rights by some fifteen hundred armed MIS-
so,rians led by the interchangeable Wilson
Shannon, was quite interesting. To de-
f.,d themselves gainst the forcewhich they
n were threatened the people OF Lawrence
were obliged to fortify themselves, by throw
inn up barbados and to call in all OF the
Free State men in the surrounding country.
A. the Mssourians increased their forces
the people of Lawrence strengthened their
deiences. They hauled corn into the town
and drove in their cattle and prepared tor
general siege Day and night guard was
putroled and men were constantly employ
ed in throwing up entertainments and prepa-
ring for the attack Of the Mlssonrians' But
the cowsrdly men, knowing themselves in
the wrong did not dare to make the attack
although they were well armed with guns
and cannon
Perceiving the determination OF the Peo-
pie to fight, and never to surrender their
ri.rhts, treaty of peace was offered
Shannon and two others came into Law
renee and made the offer that if they would
give up their Shapes rifles, the enemy
would retire. Their reply was characters
tic of the men-,hey would die before they
would sure nder single one Of their rights.
They finally expressed to his Honor Will
in gness 10 compromise the matter-to give
him the contents of their rifles! Without
resorting to either alternative, however
ne ace was effec ted aud the Governor order
"a the Missourians to dsband. Instead oil
doing which they declared that Shannon
had betrayed them and passed resolution
to hang him. The worthy Governor now
had to fee to Lawrence and place himself
under the protection OF the very men against
whom he as so recently arrayed. This he
aid with many confessions Of his error IN
having been so deceived by the rascaliy
Missourians. The peoph of Kansas now
found themselves rebels I'D longer, but as
thew should have been from the first, under
the protection of their gov'rnmsnt.
These events transpiret this winter, and
even now the Mssouriansare arming and
drilling themselves with TIL declared deter
mination to make an onslaught upon the
Free State people of kansa before the fth
day of March, the time of oe meeting OF
their Legislature.
II is for the purpose of requesting our cit
icons to raise fund to be lsed by these
men in case the attack shout be made and
to rouse up feeling in favor # the perse-
cuted Free State men of Kansas, that Mr..
Mallory has visited US. In viw of the or
der recently issued by the PRECEDENT for the
Government to call out the us. troops if
required and the favor able poslion In wh'ch
Gov. Shannon stands with reerd to these
settlers, we doubt if the fund vii ev,r De re-
qairsd, but in case of such contingency II
were well to be provided.
GAs.-We are requested 10 sy 10 our
citizens that if they will commerce burning
the gas in the pipes, they VIII SNORT
time have good article.
HONE INSURANCE CoMPASr.-y refer
ence 10 our advertising columns wiz DC
seen that the "Hawkaye INSURANCE Com
pany" OF this city is now fairl y uner way,
g aud from the vel! known caution omahy Vi
the directors we predict successil issue,
for said company We understnd that
they have now upwards of one hunVed and
twenty five members, who have maifested
their confidence by insuring their p'per'y
therein, many Of whom are from amqg 'ne
most prominent and wealthy busme' men
s,b;s c;ty and surrounding country.