Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1856-09-12
Later from Kansas.

iAwRENCE, aug. u, 1910.
In my last communication | gave you nn
accoun of our entry upon Kansas wlll
now tell you something OF what We are do
ing and OF what have seen. After the at
tack upon Col Titus and hls gang, we pro-
ceeded Immediately to Lawrence. As a
specimen Of the way the troops keep the
peace out here, Jet me say that they obser-
ed the first mau OF our party that entered the
valley "a make the assault and Witnessed the
whole utiiT from distant heightiwithout d q
tempting to interfere. The soldiers are
mostly Free State men, aud they do not hes
ltate To leo Us know DO; many Of them have
ialeiy deserted because they expected 20 bee
ordered 10 hre upon Free >tste men. There
is. however, one company tnat De- ready and
well-litted 90 do the dirty work OF The slave
holders % Is sand they are principally Geor-
glaus and Alabamnaus, who have enlisted ou
purpose 10 harrass the " Ab0ltIunsts." IL
was this Company that undertook TO protect
The murderers and roboers 10 Saunders fort,
which we demolished some days since. Our
boys would Fight lnis company with right
good viii # they had chance. Lawrence
ls at present 90 a condition 20 defend herself
against a large iurce. We have been pre-
paung for aud daily expecting a big tight.
tor the Ruihaus are doing every thing possi-
bic TO raise large iorce--large enough TO
wipe us all out They are encamped, Ia
part Of themL about eight or ten miles from
Leayenw0rlh. They have taken every horse
10 the vicinity ] saw man to -day that has
lost two horses by tins party, aud he bad to
flee for his life. The father of the same
man had some FIVE horses which he caused
TO be secreted IN a raylne by ms daughter I,
the RutIians, disappointed 10 not finding them
presented their pistols To- his head and threat.
ed to murder hlm on the spot # he did not
tell where they were aud he, 10 save his
life, was obliged to do it. Since We came
here many OF the Free State men have been
obliged to leave LeayenwOrih and come here
for protection. 1t is reported that the ruff
hans say that it they do not whip rs this
time they shall give up the struggle, and
we are inclined to think that 1t would be bet
ter for them to do 80 before the fight comes
off We do not believe tho God Of battles
will sustain 20 unholy cause as theirs.
Many OF the pro.slayery men, in Tocum-
Sch little town about five miles from To
peka, have gone over TO their Missouri
friends swearing that the " Abohtionlsts F"
were getting too numerous and impudent, for
some Of our men called upon them them TO
ascertain whether OF no the citizens endors-
ed the action of some fellows that had been
searching our people as they passed their
town.
Col, jim Lane has made his appearance
and taken command. lie Is a good fighter
and will unite oil the companies, which no
other man except Gov. Robinson could do,
aud will call ont more men, for all have con
tidence in his military ability. The Nilsson
rams begin TO think he is almost omnipres-
ent, from the fact that heseens TO tufn up
at every fight, even while he Is occurring in
Indiana. So a spy that we took this morn
ing informed me.
DR.. Gutter and some Of our party visited
Gov. Robinson and The other prisoners
They are all IN good health
The Rutfians expect to raise two thousand
men, and they entertain themselves with the
pleasing notion that the Aboltionlsts "
won't fight because they once Sucked this
place but venture to predict that there
will be bloody work before Lawrence is
again entered by them. Knight weary you
with a recital Of the wrongs Of the Free
State men. There have come in, tonight,
about sixty scttlers who have been driven
from their homes upon Stranger Creek, about
twelve miles from Leavenworth. | will write
no more at this time, for ! am tired of sitting
on the ground. | have nothing higher to SIT
or write upon while IN camp. II. G. A.
Matters and Things In Kansas.
.Neio York, Sept. 9 Tribune Couespon-
deuce) -"Levenworth, both. -Ex-Goyernor
shannon is 10 town today, on his way east
ward. lie says that Gen Lane can COM /
mand nearly 1000 men, and lac warns pro-
slavery men from any attempt, with their .
present force, TO subdIe the Free State men /
Of Kansas. It is reported on every hand I
that Lane has force sufficient for any emer-
gency."
Too good to be true.