Daily Iowa State Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1856-1859, 1858-01-09

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may expect for the nsxt two or three
weeks . series Of accounts Of bloody
battles, imminent scrapes, and horrible
outrages in Kansas, which for extrava-
gance will rival the tales Of Baron Nun
chausen. The Missouri Republican,
the best posted paper in relation to
Kansas affairs, gives the frames Of sew.
cral astounding Roorbacks, which will
soon be put in circulation! 1t is need
less to say that the object Of these new
fabrications is to complicste affairs at
Washington, and delay the admission
Of Kansas. We call particular atten-
ton to the following:
The Developments v hich have been made
within a week past, in regard to events in
Kanaas must satisfy any senible man that
there has been. for long while, . concert
ed effort on the part Of the Black Republi,
can agitators in the Territory to fabricste al
manner Of falsehoods, and to send them oil
over the Union. In order 10 keep up q con-
troversy upon the question of the sdmission
Of Kansas % one Of the States Of the Confed-
erscv. II is not pretended any where. 50 far
IS We know, that the Free State men there
had not full and fair chance. and the mum
bers, to make Kansas . Free State, if they
had chosen TO do it; but time and again
they refused to 90 to the polls, or 10 partic
ipate in either Of the elections that vas TO
fix the destiny of the State. They did 30
far commit themselves, in October, as to 20
into An election for members Of the Legisla-
ture, and we're successful in sending ma
iority of their numbe. 70 each branch oi
that body; but this success. instead Of in
spring them with desire to get possession
Of the entire government, seems to have had
the effect Of lettering them from any fur
ther effort to settle the political question. in
which nearly the whole country had become
enlisted. So far from presevering in so
praisewOrthy course, they commenced to
agitate. Penny -a-liners were employed to
send abroad all manner of fabulous stories.
The whole Territory was described as in a
tumult of excitement. Lanes ragamnffint
were represented as scouting all over the
Territory, and Lane himself was visible a.
Fort Scott and At Lawrence City onthe same
day vide the Democrat cutting up all
manner Of shines On one occasion, they
had it that great battle had taken place at
or near Fort Scott that five pro slavery
men were killed, and other equally marvel
Gus falsehoods were told. Then, again,
Lane had been killed in another section OF
the Territory, but when it became necessary
to resurrect him-to put new life into him
they found out that it was not Lane, but
n man whose name bore remarkably sini.
larity TO his, called Lathsn-who was, it ia
true. for wonder killed by man named
McVsy, to whose land he had taken lik-
ing. Then, going back to Fort Scott, they
got up fight between Lanes ragamuffins
and company Of United States troops, who
were present there to preserve the peace,
and, to carry out the joke, the ragamuffins
were made to kin three dragons, without
being harmed themselves. Not content
with this, one Of tho three thousand" a
Rev. M. Stewart, was hang by the Nilsson
rians somewhere about Fort Scott, but at
the proper time he was brought to life un.
harmed, with all those who had been taken
prisoners. And, once more, still further to
play upon the crsdulity of Eastern fanatics
and Of silly gentlemen who represent equal
ly silly condtituents in Congress, we are
advised that a report will be here probably
o-day, that Westportletter in the Lexing
ton Express CONVEYS the starting intelli
gence, that there had been the devil to pay
ut Fort Scott-that in a battle between I'm
Gle Sam and the Yankees fourteen had beer
killed-that Yankees had arrived at Law
renee the day before killed by the troop.
! mot the ragamufiins) seven United
States Dragons, wounded In the fight, pas
sed through Oxford for Fort Leay en- " orth
in wagons-that 500 men were on their wa,
to Fort Scott. and that it was dangerou
travelling. etc, etc. As we paid five dol
lars for dispatch Of this tenor, we have
right to make known to the over anxious
what is forthcoming in the way Of mons
trosities. for the nee Of the Black Republi
cans. For the benefit of the country, how
ever, We have to state that the Z. T. Tut il
in from Levcnworth City. that she left ther,
Friday Light. that her officers heard of non,
| Of these terrible stories, and the probability
is that they were made out of whole cloth
not having the semblance of foundation.
We make these references to the charac
ter OF the news from Kansas, for the purpose
of putting the public upon their guart
against the countless fabrications that ar,
deliberately sent abroad from the Territory
for the purpose Of deceiving the country Al
to the real condition of things in Kansas l,
is time that all credence should be withheld
from the false and scandalous reports eman
atiny from that quarter, aad found in til.
Black Republican papers.
~ A. Brewer Longaker, Esq. has
been elected speaker Of the House o
Representatives of Pennsylvania
We congratulate Mr.. Longakcr on hi
we'll deserved elevation. It was oul
pleasure to know him before his adj
mission to the bar, as high tonet
gentleman and Democrat of tn.
Jackson and Buchanan school. Woin