The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1856-08-22
News fr01n Kansas.

Ths Fresh Msssovri Rsid--Esets for the
People. The Free State 11sn 10 be
Murdered Or driven out az Kansas, al
| al h0sards.
| We know that the report Of the st. Louis
Republican, which we published Yesterday,
had secret meaning in it which . day or
| few days at most would reveal. That reve-
lation has come. Hear it, Freemen, and
act.
For some two months or 80, the Border
Rufiians have been seemingly quiet. ssAll is
peaceful in Kansas" they said. .sWe have
news Of order and quiet in the Territory -
repeated the St. Louis Republican. This
was blind all this while, the Border Ruff
ans were preparing to make grand sweep
over the Territory, to band themselves to.
gcthcr, and by one descent, murder, or drive
| out of Kansas, the white Free State Popula-
ton
/. Bu&ord's men and tho Georrians and
Tenneseeans remained in Kansas with the
Missourians and erected Notifications, call
ing them colonies, in different parts OF the
Territory. These Notifications number
some ten or twelve. There are three in
Douglass County, two ut Ossawatimie one
OF them commanded by Coleman who muir
dered Dow, and the rest extend along the
Missouri river.
| 2. The Missoufians have been furnishing
the Carolinians, Georgians and their own
men with provisions, ammunition, &c.
5. When all was ready, the Rufians made
no secret OF their plan; they thought that
they had the Free State men in their power !;
they resolved to exert it. The question ms
to the time of attack was the only point,
and this was to be Immediately after the ad.
journment of Congress.
4. The river meanwhile was guarded at
every point, and no Free State men reached
Kansas up the Missouri or through the State
of Missouri.
s. SO certain were the Rufians of success,
that on the 18th MIR. Hoyt of Mass was shot
down On the Prairie by the Ruf6nns nt thu.
Block House near Washington Creek, and on
the same day, another Free State man was
Killed by these brutal murdcrers.
Seeing this state Of things, knowing that
life or death hung upon the issue. the Free
State men resolved to meet the crisis like
men, They could not wait--for to do tina,
would be to insure the success Of the Ruff
ans. They dared not do it-for, not only
would their property be sacrificed, but their
wives and children ruthlessly violated and
they murdered. They concluded, rightly as
we think, to meet the foe, and to show him
that he was not feared, they determined 70
attack him in one Of his strongholds.
LIST. Franklin was one of the dens OF the
HUMANS. They occupied. block house in
the town. This block house the Free State
men attacked and carried, who had one man
Killed, Edward Sackett, from Detroit. and
two more badly woundod--Jaek Brooks and
- Gunther. Five others were slightly
woundcd-but they cried for quarter and
surrendered: the body Of them ran ike
troopers the Free State men took sixtv
stand OF arms, one cannon, powder, and a
large amount Of stores these arms had been
mostly stolen from Lawrence, and were iden.
tihed-though among them were few United
States muskets.
The story Of the st. Louis Republican as
TO the robbing Of the Post Office or the sack.
ing OF Franklin, is all lie. Not building
not citizen, nor the property Of any citizen,
was destroyed or disturbed the assault vas
confined to the marauders' dent began
there and ended there. No people know
better how to respect personal and private
rights than the freemen OF Kansas.
This il the true state of affairs in Kansas.
special messenger whose veracisy canno,
be questioned reached st. Louis Morday
morning, and furnished these details: the
looked for with deep interest. Our belief
is, that the Free State men will be true.
and II so, God and the country will be with
them Chicago Tribune.
Down the Missouri,
/ Lights Seen There 4fchison and Sfrino
| tsHop- What Occurred-A Bloody Re
| treat.
ST. LorIs, Aug. Is.
| MEssRs. EDIToRs: arrived here this
morning, and hasten to give you nv expert
snce OF a trip dewn the Missouri.
| left Leavenworth FRIDAY afternoon) on
the 10Th. Very little was known there of
the difficulty at Franklin: tho Pro- Slavery
men supposed that tie Abolitionists had been
routed, and were content.
AT Kansas City the case was different.
4 Some OF the 8 runaways" had told the truth.
A large meeting was called on Friday after
noon, lthe l5th), and the citizens agreed to
send their quota Of 1000 men to overcome
Kansas. Atchison and Stringfellow we're
on the boat: they got OF the boat at Kansas
/ City.
Next afternoon, (the l6th), we reached
Lexington: there, too, the news Of the de-
Feat OF the Humans At Franklin was full and
accurate. On the 18th, a large meeting was
/ ~s "sA~ s"o SNAASuS VI ACAIuKtOu IeSOtveO
70 send their quota Of men to subdue the
freemen of Kansas.
From ST. Joseph to jefferson City meet.
ings were held and men raised.
No secret is made Of the design by the
Humans: the say they are ready, have men
and money enough, and will sweep Kansas
with the fire and the sword they do not talk
OF any thing but blood they swear that they
will kill the damned Abolitionists, or drive
them out OF the territory and are prepaid to
do SO. Look out, then, for wild, murder
Gus foray. God be with the right
/ The Ruihans cry, war to tho knife. l
quote one paragraph Of the Lcavenworth
journal to show their spirit:
Let US be up and doing--let no quarter
be given, but war to the determination OF
the mscreants, be the word.a-[ Chicago
Tribune.
OPEN FiELD AND FAIR FloHr.- Sr.
LOUIS, Aug. l9.-The steamer Lucas arrived
here to-day, bringing intelligence that
party Southerners who left here two weeks
ago for Kansas, were attacked while on their
way from Kansas City to Lecompton, by
large body Of Aboiitionists. A desperate
conflict ensusd, and many were killed and
/ woundad m hath u.dne