Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1858-01-07
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Lawrence. X. T., Dec 81, 1851
have already forwarded to you an account OF the
Fort Scott difficulties. BY the arrival Col Phil
lips, we have full particulars. The Colonel lc.t
here on Friday ut 5 \. NJ, and arrived ut the camp
of Abbott, Sugar Mound. 30 miles rom Lawrcnca
in the evening, having ridden that distance ia ccv-
Ell hours. He found about 100 men in camp, and
on Sunday lS3 were assembled. Instead OF the
Free State men committing OutrageS, it was the
Ru;ianS who had done them. Under prctcnce o.
collecting taxes Nc, cattle corn and horses were
stolen. To stop these dcwedatons the Free State
men organized Il Vigilance Committee. No acts Of
violence were committed, AMI one man who had
stolen hog WAS ordered TO replace it, This Wss
the only act of punishment inflicted by the Com
m;ttce. The Rev. Mr. Stewart and two others were
taken prisoners while acting scouts, and taken
into Fort Scott. On TUESDAY, the 18th inst Capt.
Balm and If men were hunting for Stewart, and an
preached GAINESVILLE about eight miles from the
Fort. 4 citizen ofthe place invited Balm ami his
men, informing them that he knew where S;cwai {
WAS, but ut that moment the Captain caught s;4ht
of large body of horscmea deIlo, i.g ut the end
OF the street. Tie imm d:atcly gave orders 70 re-
treat, which soon became flight, they being pur-
sued 10y - Ruiilns. Five of Buns men ere IA
ken prisoners, the rest escaped. Ca c,incs,iav
the fight occurred between the Ruff ms, headed by
Deputy Marshal Little, and Gen. Abbott, the par
ticulars OF which you have already received. The
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in the Free Stlte camp in log house on the Little
Usage River, half mile from the INK thercwer,.
~ OF the posse. The Marshall dem nlc,i their IN
conditional surrender, which was OF course refused
The firing commenced and lasted an hour
After the MiSSourians rctrcatcd. the Free State
men fell back 70 Sugar Mound sHcre Col. Phillins
found them, and on Sunday the forces numbered
lS3 men. Phillips, who took command. was direct
ed to release the smcn held in dureSs without anv
prctenSe of law, lift was possible thing. and to
avoid collision with the TROOPS, two hundred of
whom were encamped near Fort Scott. but in no
case To allow his command to be ,iisaned or ,sar,,
ed. He had difficulty in preventing his men from,
attacking the troops much they cmbittcrcd
by the outrages perpetratcd against them. Ii must
be remembered that these wrtS under the rebellion
act Illegal, that act having been repealed bv the
late Territorial Legislature and all proceedings UNI
der il quaShed. On Sunday morning movement
made on Fort Scott, with view of rcscrinc
the prisoners, but the troops being but four miles
distant it was not deemed advisable to risk an at
tack from them as ammunition was scarce and the
troops were poorly armed. \ retreat was ordered
to Sugar Mound. thirty miles distant 4 binding
snow storm came up and the cold was extreme
The men bore il braycly and without a murmur-
Gen. Lane arrived in camp on Monday noon AMI
assumed command He commenced orr AIMING the
IerTltoriai militia and issued 4 proclaim ition Ia
the citizens stating that his object was to preserve
the peace and granting protection Ia all real inlab-
tants OF Kansas, but the time. declaring his
intention of hanging every Misso rian caught in
arms after drum head court martial There are
about 23o Missouri Rulians assembled at Fort Scott
and Bimesyillc.