New-York daily tribune., 1863-09-14
n, A. oo,h Of Arcust went TO Ieavenworth on OFF,

s6n, ~ coycnworth until a. M on Tie morning Of tie
2ls because the telegraph offices at Leayenworth City
and Fort IoavcnwoIth close at II for want Of re-
lief of operators. l received those dispatches and the
ono aurouning that QnaDtrcll lad passed through
Gardner going toNId Lawrcneo. not until quarter to
III A. ~ on the 2lst There was 10 cavalry stationed AZ
Tort LeavenwoIth though five companies Of The llih
OHIO were Quitting for Fort Laramie. but without
! arms.
There was one comIln at Ieavenworth City Just re-
ceiying horse equipments. Arms and horse coup.
meLtS were issued once. and at p L., started fon
Fort leoyerWOith VITA near so men 81 ticso com.
Valics. News reached me at LoavonwoTth CITY ~ tne
burning of Lawrence and Of the ayowcd purpose OF TIE
Rebels " go thence Topeka, thought II Ds 10 20
10 De Soto and thence, after an roidab'e ac 3 81
five hours in crossing the Kansas River, TO Lhhushe
Finding there al daybrcnk, that cuanirc had p'sst'
eaS left the commend TO follow as rapidly as Iossihe
and pushed on, reaching. soon after dark the point on
Grand River whore ttuanrols force lac sc'ilSi.u
/ Lieut. Col. Lazcar with the dcaclmenis 81 the ISL
Missour'from WarTe1shurg and Pleasant III hhnuc.
ing about 200 men, at!or failing 10 ind Gu"hlt. "a
Blactwaror on tle o2d encountered him a noon OF he
s3d Big Greek, broke up his force ana mas siVc i
five very successful engagements with deEeit p"'''
Tic pnis,it Of Quautrel after forces had canghi
up with lin at Brooklyn, was so close that ne was M M
able to commit az! ial iheI damage - otmnrt eI his
horses. and much Of the pundcr from the Lawrence
stofcs and since he reached Missouri large pa pi
his men have abandoned their horses ara tnhch 10 INC
I hrnsh atoo. The number Of equipments so far cap
tn1cd exceeds TO- AID tie number OF participants IN
ihc massaere already killed is fully as gldf lhe most
uurClltflny fltlfs tlt UfllE Iuut' I" N'""
remainder Of tho band before they recover foih the
pursuit. 81, -
,r,ig;esunobstrucfed os 10 course By any roads or
iords-with rolling country 10 isGIcrse as open as hc
sea-to lead oil his well mounted. compact and wen
disciplined force. w0s extremely difficult. lhe troops
w ioh followed and overlook Lin south of Lawrence,
without cooperating force 81 stop him. were piacil,
caly useless from oxhaus;ion and c forces Wlch diG
not follow, but undertook 10 head HIN. failed, though
III ey nearly all eNctcd themselves 70 The utmost 20 &c.
2 t.Itahs "a "a N
ot ira, 100 miles in the hTst - honIs oi the pursuit
Many horses killed. -Four men OF the lth ONO
were sun.strickcn. among them Lieut.. Dick WHO ac.
compaied me- iell dead On disinouEi!nS 10 iest ne
citizens engaged IN pursuit, though tiey were ei.c
generally 20 keep close upon The enemy between Brook.
lyn ana paoa, killing and WounGlig man! sNdttItlS
and men In the rear guard without tie requisite
arms organization, oT numbers 10 successfully encounter
the enemy. - -
before reacliug Lawrence no information 81 lis ap-
uroach was conveyed 10 the people II that town capt
PIKE at Aubrey. sent 10 messenger ctAeT 70 nv.A
Olaihe or Lawrence one or Tie oAcr "i ".ica to"Ls
IL was plain WAS 10 he attacked. Capt Coleman, on
ceitn: the a, Little Santa te, al once dsnlrA'd
messenger 70 Oltho. asking tie commanding orcer
there 10 speed IL westward. That officer. not knowing
in what direction tho gucrril.as were moving. cent
messenger out the Santa Re road, Who when nearly ~
Gardler hearing that QnantIeL ha0 yusi passed tVsh
there. IciufrcG 70 O!aiAc.
With one exception. citizens along 'he route. who
could well have given The alarm did not even attempt
II. one excused himself !or lis neG.ect On We
plea that lis horses lad been working hard he Cay tc
iirc A boy living twelve miles nom Lawrence
legged hs father TO Jet LIN Muuri As pony anu c"lhs
n al alarm ihe town. but Ae was not allowed i0
90 Mr. ), Reed living in the "HctIer lgltofiood"
near Eudosa started ahead Of QuHn'reil from Tat
p.ace 10 carry tie waning 10 Lawrence, but wllo
I'd nc n, fun speed his horse fc and killed ard 10
himself so injured that he died next day
Thus surprised Nc Iels .i LSn4Sao. .t were I%E,I
20 above thought attack probable and feeling strong
in their preparations, never even then. asked ior
troops TO garrison the town They had an nnt u,ance
81. could haY. lJvaf
ltrll OIL half an hours notice With i've hundred men
The cuerrilas reaching tho town at sunrise, caught
most Of the inhabitants asleep and fcaite.ed to tie
various houses so lrohIl! As 20 pIrNtAt tHo o"a,ol
tration of any considerable number u tie men. They
robbed the most Of the ard banks and burned
one hundred aud eighty ave buildings. lnclrdlng olo
fourth o. the private Tcsdences aud HcTy al TIE but.
less Houses u the town ana with Circumstance o. 80
most lendlsh airocty murdered one hundred az iufy
unarrcd men. au4olc them fourteen Ieeiit5 q! t+e
Fourteenth regiment ana twenty q. i1e seeoaa u .iihs
ColoIed Volunteers. About twenty four persons were
wounded. -
large parts Of Prices and Mafmadufe's arrnsA great
numb OF Rebel soldiers whose families L'o IA eel
ern Missouri have returned. and being unable or III
Wiling 10 Ave ut home have Joined the bands q ruer
rilns infesiing tie boldcr. Companies, wieh bohfo
this Summer mustered but - % have now grown %
10 or 100 All tho people Of the country through
fear or favor feed them. and rnr,ly any sl'o iiioTa
ton as 20 their movements Having al Tia .nAaoiiahis
by good VIII or cOfnpulsiOn. thus iracfcn.ly tAen
friends anu boiug familiar with tho iAinessos 81 "A
couliry wonderfully adapted by nature u tvcHi! 70
warfare they have been generally aise TO e'uae ii.
mOst energetic pursul " hen assembled IN bt-J "i
seyora hundred they scatter before al nrsoT ioTcc
and when our troop scatter ia pursuit they feafr
bic 10 fail on AZ poted 1Ad, or weakened post OF
a se.ess silip cf tie border. have lad sticl
stations on tie .re rom which patrols have cnh igi
and each day trGvcrsed ever, foot Of tie ofdef or ~
miles Tie troops you have been tlie 10 are No olt
OF Tie small forces w.hhcd ly you from To erns oi
/ Gems Grant Steel and Bunt, numbering Ies than
! 80 officers aud Zen iOI duiy' ana having over -
separate stations or Holds oi operation thfougay i'
district hive worked hard and (unl THIS Tnd) sue
cessfuy IN hunting down the fnerres and protecting
tie stations and the border. They have killed. moTc
i than hundred o. lem in petty skruisfcs ara en-
gagemenis between Tie leih o! June gd The zb hni.
On tie 18th inst. sucd an order rcjurins a. fsa..
denis 81 the counties 81 Jackfon tas- Bles ana tht
part Of Vernon included IN this District except ihose
within .Ac " Tie limits Of tie military ii4I.Is aAd
the garrisOlcd towns and those nniih oi bltA tic'L
and wet Of Big Blue 10 remove from theI Ii'scht
places If ro.dcnCe within fifteen days nom Tai aAie
those Who proved tlcr loyalty 70 be allowed 10 Ilc,c
out of the Dhtrct to any military station m H. Or 20
any part Of Kansas west ol the DoELeT cOlAtcS-aii
otiefs TO remove out of tie District ~
! When the war broke out tie district 20 which tbs
or!er applies was peoped by community thfee ioui
OF whom were Intensely dls0yd The GYO"ed ol a.lsa
have been driven from their farms long since ana tcT
houses aid imITOi emcnts generally Destroyed. Ihey
are living ia AHLgas, and al military histoAA ID bis
souri, unable 10 return 70 their homes. None remain
Oh u cir firms but Rebel and neutral iUnincn ana pac
tcaly the condition of their tenure j. tl9t they ana.
feed. cosAe, and shelter the ggeI'a iufnHh ,eu ~
formation and deceive or withhold information rom U.s.
Tho exceptions are eH-pc!hnis twenty iH3AlHcs !n
those paT.s Of the counties y when tAe % !c! n'i
Iyotlrds Of those WHO eft their families On tho boz
der and weI 10 tie Rebel armies have returned. 1Lcy
dare not stay at home. and matter what terms of
amnesty may be granted. they can never I've N me
country except M bricands and long as their ini
lee aud associates remain, they VII stay until the last
man Is Killed. % rayGge every ncglbohood 0! tie Dor
deg. With your approval was about adopting beofc
this raid measures for tie removal OF the families oi
tho cuerrias and Of known Rebels, under which two
thirds Of the families affected by ts order would have
i been compelled 10 go. That order would have been
most difficult Of execution, and lot half oectual na
this though this measure may seem too severe DO
eye Il Will prove not inhuInane bat meroiful 70 the
non comb baisnts affected by IT, Those who prove their