The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1858-06-18
Important from Kansas.-Linn County
in Arms.
LAWRENCE, June 4, 1858

LAWRENCE, June 4, 1898.
Last Monday | started for Linn
county to ascertain the condition o
the wounded men who were shot by
the Missouri assassins on the 10th
ult. reached the neighborhood
where the murders were committed
on Tuesday night, and found the
whole country in arms At the first
house where ! called, eight or ten OF
the neighbors had collected with such
arms as they had, and were consult.
ing upon the best mode Of self.pro-
lection. The news had reached that
settlement less than an hour before
my arrival. that about twenty
mounted men had been seen moving
rs scouting party near the State
line, and runners were sent over the
whole country for ten or fifteen
miles that night. The result was,
all the settlers gathered together in
companies as large rs possible, and
in no case did one or two remain
alone on their claims. The women.
IA we'll as the mon. travelled two or
three miles to some general place Of
rendezvous, and then some OF the
party stood on guard all night. At
The house Of Mr.. llurclins. at the
confluence of the Osago with the
n nth Middle Creek, W ere | stop
ped, about twenty more thus assem-.
bIcd. On going to bed, Mrs Hutch
ins superintcnded the equipping of
all the household. especially her
children. and saw that the powder
horn, the caps, the shot, and balls
and guns were all just in their pro-
per places. 1t was said that che and
all of her girls had been practicing
shooting. They appeared rs famil
lar and skilliul at the art, as any of
he family. Mrs. ii. said she had
onlv had two nights OF rest since the
murders we're committed two weeks
before. She, like all the inhabitants
in that country, were growing weary
of sncli life, and assured ne that they
could not hol,i out much longer
They had the finest improved field !
have ever seen in Kansas. Two
hundred acres were fenced in ore
enclosure, and all in grain. that look
cd very promising. Mr.. ii. also had
eighty head Of cattle, many Of them
| Durham and other improved breeds
that he had brought from Illinois
twelve horses, one hundred and fifty
hogs, besides sheep and poultry that
could not be counted. A bout the
time the murders were committed
he had got ground Tor family use
twenty-five bushels of wheat and
seventeen bushels of corn, but all he
had left would not last two days
longer. His house had been a gen
eral hospital for the neighborhood
and he led freely all who came there
for protection. A large crib OF corn
had also been emptied for the horsel
in service.
Yet, with all these means ofworld
ly enjoyment, MIR, IL. says he mus
give up soon; unless aid is sent in t.
sustain them, He says they mus
have a volunteer force of at least ont
hundred men, to relieve The country
in a short time. They had received
information that would appear su,
thentic, that a Missouri force had
already corgregated on the border
They believe the invaders contem
plate general war upon that par
Of Kansas. l have been thus fa
particular as to what ! saw an,
heard in this family, as it will serv,
to represent the general condition o
our people in Linn and Bourboul
counties.
The Committee appointed in thi
place to confer with Gen. Denver, il
company with the wounded mel
now here, will 60 to Lecompton to
day, for that purpose. MI. Rea'
and others who came from there yes
terdsy, represent that the Governo
told them, virtually, that they mus
90 homo and protect themselsss.-
This sounds like "cold comfort" +
that over ridden people. ls sucl
the protection q republican govern
ment gives to the peoplel
-(Cor. Oaicago Tribune.