M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1856-08-28
From the st. Louis Republican, Angus. al
Exciting News from II KsnsaG.

In the Leavenworth City Journal Of tht
l7th-last Saturday moming-we find nu.
merous articles on the subject Of recent out.
nges committed by Lane men upon tht
people Of Kansas, but they ave in o very
disjointed shape.
Before proceeding TO give the news furnish
ed By the Journal, il may be well TO alludC
10 The account Of the capture of franklin
contained in the Lecompton Union OF the
18th. According TO this account party o
Lawrence outlaws. aided by some Of Lane ,:
men, attacked the town Of franklin Oh Tues
day night, about ten O'Clock.
They numbered some two hundred aud
fifty strong and kept up the attack for abou.
four hours. The citizens of Frank.
lin collected in log house and defended
themselves brayely for this length Of time
against superior numbers. Finding that
Tt6ey could not dislodge them, the assailants
filled wagon with hay, and, settling il on
fire, hacked it up to the house, wheTeupon
the inmates had to leave it to escape lhe
flames. The scoundrels then entered the p.
office, and robbed it OF about $50 in cash, all
the bed d-blankets and clothing which they
could find, ana many other things; in fact,
Everything they could lay their hands on.
| They first weGt TO franklin and deman-
ded Judge Fane, the County Assessor for
Douglas County, and another man By the
name Of Ruggles. II will be remembered
that these Lawnnceites held eeting so Inc
time since and declared that the Assessor
could not make assessments in Lawrence
and il he attempted il would be at the peril
Of his own lille, and as soon as Lane s party
arrived at Lawrence they Immediately pro-
ceeded to franklin and demanded the Asses.
sor. There were only about fifteen men
in franklin at the time of the attack, and
they fought successfully two hundred anil
fifty Of their enemies, and when the assallanls
lellt they had sustained loss of some sixteen
killed & wounded There were only two of the
citizsns Of franklin wounded, and that very
slightly.
Captain Andeison, United States Army
who had three prisoners in his custody,
charged with breaking open the PoStottice
at Fnnklin, is said to have been notified
that If he did not give them up he would be
attacked, but this does not seem to have
been done.
The Journal, under the head OF "The
Bloody Issue Begun" states that auexpress.
man had arrived from Lecompton, which
place he left the afternoon of the 10, who
states that Captain Treadwell's company OF
forty men were surrounded by three hundred
and eighty-fve Abolitonists, who had sworn
that no quarter should be given to them.--
Captain Treadwell's men were in log build
ing. and held out manfuly. They managed
to get woman 10 carry message TO &. Shan
non, asking for aid The Governor, it is said
called upon United States military force, but
they refused TO act.
On the arrival of the news OF the situation
OF Captain Treadwell's company at Lecomp,
ton, Colonel Titus and twenty men started
to his assistance. Afterward it is said that
Col. Titus house was surrounded By large
number of men, and il is added the Colonel
Titus house was subsequently destroyed,
many Of his men being killed. Andrew
Preston was wounded MreSisterre was Kill
led, and Mr.. Cloves, editor OF the Southern
Advocate, was also killed,
1t seems to be we'll ascertained that the
company of United Slateo troopo having
charge OF Robinson Brown and other prs.
oners surrendered them to Lanes men with.
out firing gun. This report is.to us almost
incredible, and we shall hesitate to believe
ituntil we have assurance OF it.
The Anli-slavery men are driving all the
Pro-slavery men out of Douglas Country,
destroying their property.
On the l5th party of eighteen Pro-slave-
ry men, being surrounded by Lanes men, cut
their way through with the loss Of two men
killed and ten wounded.
General Clark, United States Agent for
the Pottawatomies, escaped with his family
across the river before Lanes men reached
that point, and are at Leavenworth City,
Governor Shannon and nearly all the citi.
zens al LecOmptOn had abandoned that place.
Lieutensnat Woodson, who was tortsd in
a house with his family, was taken prisoner
and his house burnt down.
A fight took place on the l4th, near 0ssawa-
tonne, between two hundred AboltioniSls
and twelve o.slavery men--the latter is q
fort-and The result was the killing Of four
teen Aboitionis is and the wounding of SIX
others.
LATER.
We have the Border Rufidn of Saturday
last, in which we find detaIled statements OF
several of the affairs to which allusion has
been made. and we proceed to give them at
lul! length.
The first is letter from Mr.. r. S. Crane,
a citizen Of franklin:
FRANKLIN, X. T., Wednesday, Aug. l3
EDITOR BORDER RUFFIAN.-Dear Sir: About |
eleven o'clock, on the night or the 18th inst. |
we were attacked here by about two hundred
and fifty Abolitionists from Lawrence e.
They sent one Of their men up to demand
onr arms. Our Captain, MIR. Ruckles, replied
that he would not give them rp, and called
his men up-numbering fourteen--and they
all said they would die before the Abolition |
thieves should have them. The Abolition |
lists then surrounded the house and cOmmen-
ced to fire upon it, which our men returned.
The Abolitionists, finding it too hot for them
retreuted for about thirty minutes, when they
made another attack, without any Effect
They khen retreated second time, to hold |
consultation, and concluded that the only
chance for them was to burn the house and |
pn us out, which they did. We then called !
for quarter which they at once gave by dis
afming US Of our United States muskels and
small arms, and let us go after threatening us
very hard. e.-l~-
Plumber was the next in order. They first
demanded the key Of the Postoffice of Samuel
Crane, which he gave them. They hunted
from top to bottom for arms. taking what was
there. They then robbed the Posloffice Of
ahotlt A70 worth stamnod o m relonas aud 9th