Daily Democrat and news. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1859-1864, 1860-01-09
Kansas Still Blceds.

The neutrality-suspicious., through
their instruments. the jayhawkers-tho
successors of John Browns band-are
making Kansas bleed in true Abolition
style. We clip the following from the
Muscatine journal, authority which
would be considered good in the "nlg-
ger colony" in Canada.
NouE TROUBLE At FoRT ScoT-The kansas
CITY Journal of Commerce mot the best author
ity) saws that week before last party OF jay,
hawkers, as they ar, called, went to an Old
man's house, in the vicinity of Fort Scott en-
tered his dwelling. tied the women and chill
dren, and took the old man out some nifty
ward. from the house and shot him. II also
adds that Judge Williams had been compelled
to adjourn his Court in Fort Scott, and that tie
Who'll. town was in arms to prevent the stores
from being plundsred
Another glorious act in the great
.sKansas work" is thus described in the
Bates county Standard. After having
rescued a fugitive slave, the scene that
followed is thus represented
Then cornrnsrced series of humiliating in
sul,s. pilla sing and robbery by the "Jayhawk-
ers." They brought the very negro whom
their prisoners were in search Of and made
him confront them and cast the lie IN their
teeth their hats and coats were taken on ana
given to him, and one of the men was COM
PEELED TO wear the black rascal's hat; then the
unfortunate men were deprived Of their arms
| ~ -l.f. naCh-and a
of fifty dollars in money was assessed to pay
tha neyro's expense to Canada The horse OF
enc Of them was given to the negro and those
of the other two taken to be sold, and the pro-
cseds, we suppose, applied to the "Jahawk
fund About seven or eight hundred dollars
worth of property was taken. Then caucus
was held as to what should he done with IT, e
prisoners, part of the band being IN favor OF
hanging indeed some violent threats and
loud talking took place between Snyder and
ono or two Of the most blood thirsty of his men
"a to whether the prisoners should be hung or
liberated. Snyders council. however. pre-
vailed-he said he had given his word that
they should not be hurt, and he would be
| id il he didn't stick to it.. so they were
marched off before the muzzes OF twenty load
ed rifles, four miles from the scene OF the out
rage. and there abandoned to their fate. They
walked that nlSHt 10 Allh'fii hlssioh, oho s"e'
procured conveyance to West Point.
Pure, immaculate, Jayhawk Repnbli-
cans The liberties Of country are safe
in your holy keeping. Go on. You
will iniuse new life into the languishing
body of Republcanism, and enable it to
make a good fight in the coming con
test. Let Republicans, one and all, OK
claim
Thus is the Winter Of our discomfort
Made glorious Summer BY the Jahamk."
But alas! for the memory of poor ole
Brown. These are the heroes that were
to spring up, as it were by cnchantment
from the earth, crimsoned by the blood
of the martyr. Yet how soon will the
great prototype be forgotten in the
fresher, and, therefore, more dazzling
glory Of the Jayhawk. Yet such is glo-
ry. The Jayhawk will have his day,
and then he, too, will be supplanted in
the affections of his prompters and
friends.
GLORY is like circle in the water
Which never ceasetn to enlarge itself,
Till, by broad spreading, it dispense to nought.'