The Iowa transcript. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1858-1866, 1859-02-17
Correspondence Of the Mosouri Democrat.
More saigh!;Rg i'll Kansas.

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LAWRENCE, X r., Jan, 80 1850.
Marshal Russell and his men have
succeeded III again letting loose tie dogs
Of war in Lynn and Bourbon counties,
It appears that qnite force has been
stationed by your august Governor ali
along the border. | is said ,hcy Get
or are to get, S. per day. am not
certain whether you or Uuele sam j. ex
pcctcd to pay for this, not to mention
the ra'ions they consume, and the w'lis-
Ky they drink. 1t is even stated that
Gov. Me,lary is aware that the force in
question has been so stationed, and that
there is some understanding on the sub
/ iect between them BE that as it may,
| it is very certain that the border heroes
aforesaid are not very certain to which
side Of the border their services are to
be confined Having had nothing to
do on your siue, they CT is an old hub
7 It with thom) have in many eases stray
| rled over to this. Three iourths Of the
posse Of Marshal Russell are OF these tor
ccs, They are now at Paris, Lynn coun
ty, and were fortify ing against an cx
pceted attack from Montgomery, who
found the country again in a blaze when
he got home.
! These fellows have been goin. about
lynn county on the pretensc of OF MA
king arrests, and have not serupled to
shoot people, or even plumber them. |
saw letter from Sheriff. or some
ching OF that kind, down there, and in
the letter it was stated that they were
strongly posted at Paris, and could give
any party '.iits.' The same oihcial
scribe amusinsly describes shooting
scene: The pose" came across "iel-
low" they fired al him, IS they said he
..was jayhawker.' lie ad!e! The
fellow has no less than thirty balls il
him, and you may set him down as a
goncr.' This was very amiab,o, but not
all of the truth. The fellow in qucs
ton, learn from dispatches from the
other side, was, indeed, shot at. Not
less than thirty shots were fred at him
/ from pistols and rifles, and most Of them
at the distance If only a few yards bat
\ by one Of the singular circumstances
| that only Providence understands, only
one Of them wounded him seriously It
was rifle ball which HI lin in front,
in the upper part Of the abdomen, and
went clear through his body. The
wound would generally be considered
mortal. After lie received it, and had
fallen, lie raised himself on his elbow,
and coolly discharged his gun at his as
sai!ants. In addition to the shooting,
the Sheriff did not mention that they
had stolen his coat, hat and boots, and
] thatin addition they kicked the body oy
or and over several times before they left
hin, FOR dead This was certainly very
official. The returns were very incor-
rect, however, for nei.hbor found him;
he was carried to a place where the Free
State sqatters, or "Jay hawkcrs' had as
sembled for defence, and at last adyices
was expected to recover. Several other
ayhawkers had been shot, and it APP
pears that the intention is to make coed
! the threat Of man from Kansas City,
i No., who wrote back letter to the Jow
nal Of Commerce Of that place, saying
that they would "make the Jayhawkers
swing or leave the country | think
the chances Of their succeeding in al
that is very doubtful. The Marshal
finding that he had rather a Grge army
on his hands applied to the County Com
missioners for supplies. The County
Board Of Supervisors not seeing any
particular necessity for Missouri army
in Kansas, refused, whercat the Mar
shai,,.nd his army have gone to "press
ing." They arc helping themselves t.
-four, bacon, corn, arms, horses, dc.
from the settlers. They have got scvc
raj free State prisoners in chains at Par
is One Of these, named Corbin, it il
asserted, is quiet, inoif,nsiv person