Daily Iowa State Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1856-1859, 1856-09-13

We have the latest newspaper dates from
the border The Platte Argus, Of Satur-
day, has the following account OF the affair
at Leavenworih -
The truth OF the attacI~n precisely as
follows C..,p. Emery was ordered TO serve
notices on oil the armed rebels TO leave he
| proceeded H. discharge the duty with ten
men. He went 10 VAR US places and quiz
| city notified the men TO leave IN the first
| boat. There was no disturbance on either
| side until he came 10 the house of George
| II. Keller, formerly of this vicinity. As
soon as they app, cached his house, a volley
| Of fire arms was disch rged from the Sec
| ond story, killing Mr.. Highter, formally Of
Barry, and MORALLY wounding Mr. Stewart.
The fire was returned, and one OF the Phil
| lips, a notorious character, was Instantly
killed and hls brother wounded. Upon Ia
| king possession Of the house il was found
| TO be complete arsenal and fort combined.
Guns, cartridges and munitions Of war were
there in abundance, ready for use. Keller
made his escape aud reached this place,
where he was lodged in the calaboose at his
own request, to avoid meried punishment,
by ar enrsged community. II is thought
that Stewart will recover. Keller has been
|edscharged, having agreed to leave kansa.
and Missouri forever.
The Leavenworth Herald tells the story
thus:
II was understood there were quite mum.
Der of arms stored al certain houses in tins
place, Capt. Emery, wth his company, was
ordered 10 go and examine among ott er
houses, that of VIM. Philips. They went
for that purpose, avowing II al the time and
place. Bu no sooner had the company
formed in front OF the house than rh- Phi.
lips commenced firing out OF The windows,
and killing a Mr.. Hayter Of Plat CITY,
Mo. Thomas Stewart, of this ouniy, wa
wounded on entering The house. WIN
Phillips was shot dead while he was frng
aud his brother was wounded in the arm
His arm has since been taken off to save
his life. This affair is deeply TO be regret
ted but the Phillips brought it on No Vi.
olence was intended them, and neither OF
them would have been hurt had they not
commeno ed the rash act of shooting and
killing our men. After our men had the
wounded Phillips, and another man who
begged for his life, perfectly in their pow
er, they saved their lives They could have
killed them all but did not This shows the
HdSHdiiHlty dUu >pUt MAT dCtudits our
party. We are Iaw abiding people, and as
such will keep ourselves in the right, and
MAINTAIN II to the last
The editor Of the Lexington Citizen writes
from Westpor, 10 his paper:
Lane is unquesiionably in Lawrence. He
can on short notice collect at least 2OOO
fighting men, well.trained. and the only
way they can BE- dispersed is either to drive
them out or starve them out; aud when re-
Inducements are sent let them 90 prepared
to stay I'LL the matter is ended
II was the opinion of many Of ovr cit-
zens that the Abolition Is would not fight
This has been discovered TO be a mistake
Trey are well'armed, wet.trained. and full
of courage.
On Saturday ESQ of them came in full
view OF the camp, formed line in fine or
de-, and after .aviag Looked over the camp
retired to Prairie City. Their force is much
greater than II was estimated 10 be, aud TO
attack Lawrence with less force than
1000 or , 800 would BE- madness There
Is no discipline among the volunteers. and
the officers having no authority to enforce
obedience, they can do but little. For these
reasons i, was deemed rxpedient to fall
back to Cedar Creek, 10 rc-orpanize the
force and wait for reinfurcements TO swell
the number TO AZ lea II 2 600