The weekly Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1860-1863, 1861-10-17
Cen. lin Lane in Missouri.

A few additional particulars touching
the expedition to osceolaare given us;
The battle at the town was very short,
Not over two hundred Of the enemy were
there and they soon fled, leaving the IN
habitsnts. 10 continue the fight, which
they did by firing from their honses with
some effect, Before Lane ordered the1
Town to he burned, he made an estimate
of the quantity Of rebel stores in the place
FTbrce t65usand sacks Of -four, I'VE hun
dred barrels ofsugarp au,pmohSsesi MY /
sacks of coffee, quantity Of bacon and a
great stock Of camp u,sHsils were ldeS-
troyed and. with them, every house save I
enough 10 shelter the w0mcu until they
could get away. ''.d AkhS'( T.
| A lsrue number of negroes improved
the opportunity 10 assert their inalienable
rights. and Missouri "a poorer bJI
least two hundred cbatteis. Lane, be
| lIieyes in the lex talionis-in hitting. the
reEcls in the tendOrest places in ample
rep, isals on property, and life for life. A
lew days before the OsceolA expedition.
hs took nine men who had sworn allegt-
ance. organized a drum head court mar
tial, an shot seven Of them without de.
iay. Two boys Of the party wersreieas-
| ed. This terrible example has hal a sal
utary effect. Tie day tefoe our inform,
ahtlcf., there came rebel messenger inta
camp with Dag Of truce, having 4 prop;
osi ion to shoot no more Union men y
Lane would desist. The agreement wds
made, and now The friehds Of the govern
nient can live without perPeloal ,lear ipf i
being bunled TO death" Give General
Jim lis way, and 10 a month. he w6ald
paciiy Western Missouri 80 eGectually
that rebelion would be heard bf no more
His arqapsentups al homintim Is 'ircsisti
JL. A Niger fora Morse IS his role ot
compensstion'ip matters ofpropett{, lite
, Iror iife in what relates l6 men The kil'
ling is not hereafter to be all ON, ono site
, lie asks, Of the government only arms
aour, coffee, sugar, and ahilhhnf ion. and
hswill provide the rest, He has l,7ot
9 mounted men, most OF whom, have Sapdp
, ped horses since they took the ,6eH, nva
riably making good trades. lie has or
: ganised and fitted out Ms supply trsih,
with little expense 10 Uncle Sam, and a.
}. Tor meat and forage, be has an abundance
seized as contaband Of war. He Is .liy
!, ing upon tie enemies ofhis country; anC
!, they are getting sick d uie discipline I
: which they are subjected" y, ,,.t..., p,
A correspondent Of the Cincinnati Com
y mercial also writes as follows. bra -,ro,
y Our ensmies here make sveryieffnrs I
j. present. Rdmors come TO US ever
II day OF our forces being cut TO pieces
d which. when investigated, meanstbat ou
a BOYS attacked aud theyuan awav. Tho
ionrtbs of the men ,of3all' this part
> Missouri, are rebel soldiers in one way o
). another They plough during the da,
e and do pickle. dutyat night One thous
"a aud uf the men who fought at Lexington
, are now engaged in their ordinary avora
- ,iuns, Watching on opportunity TO stria
D. another blow at the call Of their rleaderi
ut Their horses one day draw cannon
n. Slaughter us with, aud another day pot
), toes to feed us ard get money for moi
: powder. One barrel oflheir guns ma
y be used for prairie chicken. but the 9th
On is tlways reserved for the blood OF son
hs Fm,n VINO has not baHered his inheritanc
III Not one tine in twenty can you get an
evidence against these men ii arresie
They can prove anything Ivy their frient
Id and Union men keep in the back groun'
of kno wing that so soon as we leave, deaf
OF banishmvnt viii be their portion
They hold importau, positions in our a
VI my. and are Ecalous Union men until Il
ed proper time they play the traitor. i q
II! In fact, there is no civiliEstion IN q Il
Ar, warfare they are waging L think Z
- Ohio regiments should be Withdrawn fro
y this section. and give northern and we
'"' tern Missouri up to Lane and Montgo
on CIV. These notorious secesslonists
Ss roel perfectly safe here while tho gen,
nd msnly and brave Sturgis Is here Tn
are very cautious how they act towo
Vee him and his men, and they know his wi
ned fare to bo civilized
10 When our troops arrived here busiu'
er. was almost entirely suspended. In {
- weeks lime the thoroughfares are Gro
= de and business brisk, and tie peo
10 say tho good times have almost rctura'
bill Yrt those who livs hete and know n
o. here t, ne anarchy will reign ia tive
os hours after Gen Slurgis' column move
The Ohio hoys are the especial fav
tics here. With two or three exoep,io
not their conduct has been such thai the 0
ody residents at this pace say they are hal
& Of that they are likewise Buckeyes, M
,sm of the soldiers enlisted here have
scores TO sellls--,have felt the clutch
"' these ruflians at their throats have
and their wives and families turned out
hat house and home by the same men n
D of opposed 10 them and now Ia their day
= IN vrLaliaton and revenge. II is not to
-, wondered at that many thiugs have b
'o'0 ' done by Home Guards and State tro
ting here that ara lawless--yet nothing
/ be have heard equals the meanness OF
tho rebels, Gen. Jim Lane, is their teri
mi, He AMI Montgomery arc both here,
~, ~ wears an old chip hat, n shirt that
w" washed the last Of August. very apcl
lion coat with tho end Of u yellow cotton ha
men Lerohiei ptotrading from the tail poe
tber lie 10 well uish worshipped by his m
IN. His mcu have averaged in travel eight
'"' miles per day for tho last month, I
sent into their las. 6ght after march
Al! day aud night attacking the euem!
Hers four in the nIorning One Of his ofh'