Weekly hawk-eye and telegraph. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1855-1857, 1856-09-10

! and aiter being detaiaed Aday or tvO in captiv
}sy. wefe conducted - Wes1port, and there plal
ed on b0ard the steamer - be taken out Of ID
State Of Missouri, and accompanied With Ii
threat haiti they ever vensured back to the te
ritory OF Kansas, and we're caught, they Shout
Instantly be hung or shot
Learning Of the arrival Of this party, we ha
an interview with It's men on hoard the steame
! Baltimore, on which they had taken passage 70
Alton, Illinois. Their several accounts agree 8
perfectly, that We have condensed Rnd embodie
al their statements that We might present on
readers with complete and reliable narratiy
of the terrible conflict at Ossawattomie.
The town Of Ossawaitomic was composed q
from thirty 10 forty houses, and was . thrivin
place before the Kansas difficulties; and had
population Of about two hundred. It Il situatct
immediately between the forks Of bFanch 0
the Osagc river and the Pottawattomie river
The distracted state ofthe country had occasion
ed an almost total desertion Of the town by th,
families living in It. and at the time Of the igh
1t was occupied by about fifty armed free Stat,
men and u few women and children.
At six o'clock on last Saturday morning, jus
after sunrise, prc-slavery party of ABOUT 40t
men, under General Reid, made their appearance.
before the town, having in their command ,
piece Of artillery, and most Of them mounted
They had made forced march ofthirty or forty
miles from their camp on Bull creek. As soor
~ the free State men deserted the pro-siayery
force, they put themselves under command Of
Captains Brown and Updegraf, formerly Of
i Ohio, and sought shelter in growth Of under.
brush about three hundred yards distant from
| the town. The pro-slavery force maintained
their ground at about half MILE and commenc-
ed firing with their cannon, which was loaded
with grape and canister shot and slugs. They
| had an advantageous position, and each dis
charge of the gun raked the ambush of the Free
State force with fearful effect. One Of our in
formants states that he saw three ofhis comrades
fall at once still they returned as brisk fire
| they could, and succeeded in wounding several
of their enemies. After some ten or dozen
discharges from the artillery, company of
| about eighty of the pro-slavcry force djsmount-
ed from their horses and having surrounded the
place ofretreat, made charge and completed
the entire rout of the Free State men, several of
whom, in attempting to cross the stream along
which the fight ragged, we're shot in the water,
and were either instantly killed or so badly
wounded as not to be able to save themselves
from death by drowning.
One Of our informants states that he saw the
body of Capt. Brown in the water. He knew it
was him by his coat and hat He thinks there
is no doubt of his being killed. Seven Of the
town was set on fire and entirely destroyed.
In marching back to the camp on Bull creek,
the prisoners we're subjected to very cruel treat
ment. and two Of them, the one named Williams
and the other Dutch Charley" were taken out
of the camp and shot by their Infatuated enemies
The latter was Hungarian who had fought un-
der Kossuth, and since his removal to this coun-
try, had lived in Kansas and taken very active
part with the free State party. he was present
at the battle of Black Jack, and after the cap
ture of the pro-slavery party, was appointed to
guard the prisoners, one Of whom was man
named Coleman. This Coleman was at the bat
tie of Ossawattomie, and after the capture of the
free State men recognized Dutch Charley. He
demanded that Dutch Charley should be deliv-
cred up to him, and taking him out, shot him
dead.
Frederick Brown, son Of Capt. Brown, was al
so killed. He was one of the picket guards of
the free State camp at Ossawattomie, and being
surprised, he was shot through the heart by
preacher named Martin White. After being kill
ed, and while lying on the ground, with the
mouth relaxed and open in death, another shot
was fired down his throat.
The above is the Straightforward tale of this
party of men, and bears upon its face the i'm
press of truth.
City.
Outragcs Of the mob sold;ery under Capt. Emery
Free State men driven from their homes
Tile citv deserted. dc. dc.
A gentleman whose name we are not at liberty
to publish, but who has been engaged in bus
mess at Leavenwortn city for more than year 4
past, reached this city yesterday on the Polar
Star, and calling at our Office, obliged US with
the following statement of the murder of Mr..
William Phillips at that place on Wednesday
last. Mr.. Phillips it will be remember.
ed was a lawyer at Leavenworth, and during the
disturbances in Kansas last winter, was subject
ed to coat of tar and feathers at the hand of
mob Of pro-slavcry men. He has always been
staunch free State man, and having great cour-
age and determination Of character, boldly avow-
ed his sentiments on all occasions and thus
made himself extremely obnoxious to his pro-
slavery antagonists He was. however, very
much liked by his free State friends, and seems
by his manly course, had gained considerable
favor with many of the more law-abiding and
conservative men of the opposite party. For
the rest we give our informant's language as we
could write it down:
Last Monday was election day in Leavenworth
for municipal officers. The Free State men an.
ticipating difficulty, had resolved not to vote
at all. Phillips, himself, said tina: he was not
going to the election, and would have nothing
to do with it. One free State man who did at
tempt to vote, our informant states, he under
stood was fred at four times by the crowd
around the polls.
Towards noon, about fifty men under Emery,
but very few Of whom were Mssourians-the
company being made up Of mixed crowd of
desperadoes who had mostly come from South
Carolina and Georgia-marched up to the house
of a brother of Mr.. Phillips, on Shawnee ST.,
where he was boarding, and demanded his arms
and himself as prisoner. The doors Of the
house were bolted, and he replied to them out Of
o window, that he wouldn't give up his arms,
and that if they attempted to force their way in
it would be at the peril of their lives. They then
rushed up, and two Of them were Immediately
shot dead by pistols in his hands. The house
was soon broken open, and in moment Phillips
fell corpse pierced by halfa-dozen bullets.
His brother, who was also defending the house,
was wounded in the arm. The mob then remov-
and were about setting fire to the premises, when
they we're staid by a leader of the pro slavery
party named W. H. Russell.
After his death, Phillips came up and address
sing himself to those standing by, said: "What
was this man killed for?" stHe was found in
bad company" was the only answer.
Our informant says the city is nearly deserted
no business is doing. Many of the stores have
been closed for weeks, and the citizens were all
anxious to get away.
Later Particulars from LeavenSgOrth
/, The Steamer Emma, which arrived here yes
terday with later news than that by the Polar
Star, brought down quite number of the citi-
gems of Leavenworth, who had been compelled
TO give up their homes aud fly for their lives
We heard several Of the names of these persons,
but do not feel at liberty to publish them -
There is no doubt however, of the fact of their
having been driven from their homes, and we
| hope some of the gentlemen who are now in the
city may be induced to give the public a full and
explicit statement of the condition of things at
Lcavenworth city, over their own signatures, SO
that there may be no mistake or possibility OF
error. 1t is time that the truth and the
whole truth should be known by our citizens
| We learn that the mob under Emery have full
possession Of Leavenworth, and have put every
man Of the Free State party, and many who are
but moderate pro-slavery men, to the test, as fol
lows: "Will you take up arms and fight the
id aboltionists, or win you quit the Terri
tory" The alternatives are terrible, and ma
jority have adopted the latter, some of whom
So Ia A.. a. 49,