Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1860-11-22
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WAnsAw. Mo. NOV. 81.

WAHhANi NO. NOV. ".
messenger reached here to-day bringing the FOL
lowing dispatch, witch has been forwarded TO thu Ad-
CtISroS' Ma. Nov. a.@Ths Abolltionists with
srms newly imported from Boston or the East, NM
TO hOh and Increasing. have attacked fsrt Scott, Kan
sas, broken no the Court. rempelliug myself and AL
the officers Of the Q s. District Court 20 ~ for our
lives. They have taken tho town and the fort scott
Land once and they intend to lpyade Missogri.
tSigned) :. WILLIAMS
O.. &. Judge, Sd Judicial DIST. X. T.
A military company will Be organized IN this city
tomorrow 70 aid IN the suppression OF this out
break.
Missouri, to-day, a. was resolved 70 raj . a Volun-
teer Company 10 defend their homsa. and II me- essa
~ the western border Of the. State,
A committee was appointed to wait on the Gyvern-
or Of Missouri and lay the facts before him, and ro-
quest a supply Of arms.
Stewart;
CLINTON, Mo-, Nov. p, 1850.
Sir, / an here to inform the citizens of this
place Of the following facts, and I have been re
Quested to present them to you as Governor Of
the State. The abolitiOnists under the m
Of Montgomery and DR.. Penneson, TO the mum
Der of from three to four hundred, armed with
Sharp's rifles, Dragon sabers, navy r~evOlVers
and Bowie knives, have suddenly commenced a
war Of extreme ferocity on the law abiding citt-
zens Of Southern Kansas, In the counties OfLinn
and Boubon. These Rrmes arrived by the wagon
load at or near Mound City about q month since,
In boxes marked as donations for the Kansas SUI
ierers, They are all new and have been shipped
during the past summer and autumn, with pien,
ty ofmOney % enlist recruits.
Many Of his men are newly imported, He has
taken possession of fort Scott and other towns on
the borders Of the Missouri line. lie has murder
ed Mr.. Moore, n grand juror, Messrs. Harrison,
Scots, Hind, and obliged all the U. s. officers, in
Guiding myselfto fly for our lives.
His own expressed designs rs he said in q pub
lie speech. is to keep possession Of Fort Scott and
other places near the Missouri line, TO prevent a
fire in the rear while he cleaned out southwest
Missouri Of the slaves, and so far he has liter
ally carried out his declared programme.
The citizens of Missouri, on the Usage and Mir
nation rivers, in Bates and Vernon are flying from
their homes into the interior.
He boasts that he has money and arms enough
TO sustain a 1000 men. My court was broken up
by them, and also the U. 5. Court for the South
ern District, and l suspect that they have seized
the court and land office records, US he publicly
Yours etc.
s. WILLIAMS,
U. 5. District Judge, Of Sd Judicial District of
Kansas Territory.
KANSAS, Nov. q.
NJ. S. Marshal, p T. Colby and party, of X.
T, arrived here this evening. They left TT. Scott
Monday. the 18th, and bring the following par
ticulars relative 20 the operations of Montgomery
and his gang of Jay Hawkers, numbering nearly
200.
Font Scott, Nov. Ie.-U. s. Judge williams
and the officers of the Court were obliged to fee
10 Missouri, fearing an attack. Sam'l Scott of
Linn county was taken from his house on the
morning Of the 18th and hung.
Many prominent citizens have been arrested,
but their fate is yet unknown.
ReynOld & Co, of Fit, Scott, and Crawford &
Co, Of ChOutean's trading post, and other mer-
chants of the territory have removed their goods
to Missouri.
The roads are lined with teams leaving the ter
ritOry. Mr.. HOfTnakle, postmaster at Napoleon,
was arrested and threatened with hanging, but
succeeded in making escape.
Kansas City, Nov. 2l.-RumOrs are in circula-
ton here Of the burning of Fort Scott, but are not
generally credited.