Daily Iowa State Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1856-1859, 1858-06-08

HemiIton rode. Jhay Aeo yee toward The
river. Hamiltoa and Me GlDevs followed,
took Gvs psisoases. kille1 IN msa sad
wounded I'VE s>hsN ~ I've pgiseasss
were then taksN tatqtke pavihs sd, least
they ahoald be vesessd, sAst BY ~ order
Of Judge Iyaat.
This doas there wss . general r:ssag Of
the free Htsts msn, The sNsisAt tsud ives
revived The sheriff II Lima eeunty, by
name Oaivln Mechanical who u bsigadisr
General of Militia a1deg Jim Lane. called
upon the ,aiiitia 10 tarn out and toy ether :
ioree VI sGeat Gus huadyed aud tify msn
Was gaise,i
Hssa,i.oa sli his mea usds the best speed
they could IA West Point, Missouri, width
eg lhsy wers foliowed by the aboys men
tiaasd nsH, who ssttiay there found them
with numbers Increased ~ between thirty
and forty easconced IN houses, baTricadei
ana ready to resist. Demand was made Tor
the delivery Of the party, TO which answer
was returned that they should be delivered
~ the proper authorities n any time when
they were demanded by them, but that tue
authority Of men acting under and Ia eoa-
cert with Montgomery would not be reeog
nized.
themselves, then retired to Bsrnesyiile,
where they arrested Deputy United ststes
Marshal Stewart. from whom they took al
his papers. and copied them. Keeping the
originals, sew erai being orders for their own
arrest, they enclosed the eopies In letter
written by Montgomery, gave them back to
him, and ordered him on the peril Of his
| lite, 10 go by way Of Lawrence and deliver
them TO Gov. Denver. The letter writ
ten by Montgomery was ono Offering 10 lay
| down his arms upon certain conditions. and
was, as near as ! can CLEAN. as follows:
you will withdraw oil the troops from
Kansas territory, and plaza Fort Scott un-
der the rule Of the Fas So party on the
Marmiton. and my men will lay down our
arms and surrender. But II you don't, the
United States troops cannot resist M, and
we will burn Fort Scott
This communication he signed In full.
The Deputy Marshal, closely followed BY
some of the men detailed for that purpose,
left with this communication and its enclo-
| sures, and was ut Lawrence on Friday last,
upon which day he left that town, followed
by the men mentioned. Although that
place is but thirty miles from this that
Marshal has not since been heard Of
While he was at Lawrence pursued by
those ruffians, friend of his pointed them
out to Mayor Babcock Of that city, especial
ly remarking upon the character of Pick
les" who WIS Of the crowd.
Capt Hamilton says that his party is
raised for the purpose of putting Montgom
cry down, and he is bound to do it. He
promises not to interfere with private prop
erty nor to modest peaceable citizens. but
adds that Montgomery and his band must
be delivered to the authorities, and all hell
can't prevent it.
A compromise has since been proposed
by the Free State men, as they term them
selves, to the effect that they will restore all
property stolen by Montgomery and his
men, excepting such as may have been OF
such as they cannot prevent the men from
running off, but they are unwilling that the
men engaged in the affair shall be punished
remarking that they have only paid off the
old grudge owing since 1855.