The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1856-06-28

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fore there was battle at Franklin, three
miles east OF Lawrence, between some
Free State and pro-slavery men. |,
was dark at the time, and but few per-
sons were killed One man came out of
cabin and touched off cannon. As
soon as the fash was seen he was NOR
| tally wounded. A Mr.. McGee, of
| Nestport, Missouri, was badly wounded;
few others were wounded. None were
killed or wounded among the Free State
men, A few days before battle came
OFT at Palmyra. Five pro-slavery men
reported killed; some wounded. Two or
three free state men wounded: none kill
lex. Your special correspondent was IN
this city at the time, and has doubtless
furnished you with all the particulars.
Two wagons were stopped in West
port, No., a few days ago, while OH their
way to this city, searched and stripped OF
their contents, by persons not citizens OF
that town. The Congressional Commit
tee were in session there at the time, and
witnessed the whole affair. Governor
King was IN attendance as council for
Whitfield at the time, and was very in
dignant at the outage, and asked the
perpetrators why they did not repeal the
Constitution and be done with i,a Scve-
raj wagons have been stripped in the
came TOR few days past.
News has just been received that Gen.
Whitfield, with two hundred Missouri.
ans, made an attack upon Osawa,tomie.
sacked "a houses and burned. The wo.
men were deprived of their property,
rings aiken from their fingers, etc.
Col Sumner was in town Yesterday,
and said that be had tisbanded Whit.
fields crowd. They had started to go
back to Missouri, and had promised rot
to molest the settlers. Instead Of going
to Nestport they wont to OSuwattomie
and sacked tho town. Col, Sumner said
Whitfield promised, as gentleman, and
as member Of Congress, that he would
dlsband his men and send them home
the Col, took his word aud believed it
fhe Col. also said they hat right to as
senble together, for they cid it as the MIL
tia OF the Territory; organized according
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to the Territorial laws; and il our men
met together with arms in their hands,
they were an illegal body--a mob--for
we were not recognized by the law as
military force, and consequently every
thing we did was an outrage. He said
that we had right 10 defend our proper
" and call our neighhars il to assist, but
Just sn soon MS our people met on the
highway with arms in their hands, they
were a taob-we have no right to assem-
bic for the protection OF each other.
He also informed US that the Presi-
dent had declared the Territorial laws le-
gal, ard must be enforced, which would
certainly be dofe. The Dragons had Or
iers 10 enforce them, and they should
obey all orders received from Washing.
ton.
A printing press was destroyed by the
mob at Osawattome. A paper was
about to he published there. The press
had jus, been brought In.
Al four o'clock this morning Shannon
lei. Lecomp,on for Kansas city en- route
for St. Louis. Marshal Donaldson left
few days since. 1t is supposed these
two worthless are on their way to Wash
lngton to hold a conference with Pierce,
JEFF. Davis & Co, and cgncoct a plan for
the more ellectuai suhiucation of the
people, the destruction of every vrstige
of constitutional liberty ia Kansas, and
the perversion Of the testimony coll
lected by the Congress Investigating
Committec.
An old gentleman, resident OF
Franklin, is reported to have said that he
was in the Post Office IN that town few
days since, ard saw The Postmaster, Mr..
Crane, give the KEYS OF the office to some
strangers. They entered the office and
searched the mails. In that mail was a
letter directed to you, which, 1t is presu-
med will never reach your office. Il
contained an account Of the arrest OF Mr..
Upton, Sergeant-at- Arms for the Con-
gross committee, by a party Of Shannon's
footpads. He was finally released by
the inlerposilion Of Mr.. Oliver, one Of
the committee.