, 1863-08-25

I! Qunntre1, who offered him battle.
At one point near Ottawa, Lane hcsded o
Quant1eL The rebels turned and charged o
; Plumb, and drove him for aboRt mile.
Ewing had telegraph from his Adjutanta 3
Kansas City the night before tho attack O
| Lawrence, but did not lea7e here until
o'clock p. N. the next day. He then went t.
Desoto Ferry, about twenty miles south O
this place and twenty miles east Of Lawrence
At npon Of Saturday he was only ten mile
south Of Desoto. He ought to have take.
the steamer Emelie which was at our ,1eree
and then leaving at the late hour he did, h
could have oyertaken Quantrel, and with 30
fresh men and horses he could hare captured
him.
This awful loss Of life and property is uni
yersally attributed to the incompetency AMI
inability Of schoaeld and Ewing.
We were promised security to our lives AMI
property. Our people. have been murdered
and our property destroyed. =. go
Will the Government protect us, or permit
us to protect onrselyesp
The telegraph dispatches to the associated
press have been muti1ated, and the military
authorities dare t1et the truth be told.
Our citizens hare sent to Lawrence long
train, taking.provision and clothing. $a0,0o(
las been subscribed by our people for the i'm
mediate relief Of the sufferers who we're lefl
without clothing or food.
Persons Just from Lawrence report TINT the
number Of dead will reach one hundred and
turn k-%-1 I.I
constantly being found.
The excitement throughout the State is in,
teuee, and our citizens unanimously regard
the Lawrence massacre IS TIC legitimate result
cf the Sehefeld- -Etsing policy in Missouri and
EdnSds.
When last heard from, Gen. Lane was at
Heckman's Mills, in Missouri, with his half:
clothed, halEarmed men In pursuit. He at.
tackled Quantrcl shout ten miles south oi
Lawrence, and kept up running fight with
him to Missouri, killing, up to this time, nine.
teen Of the rebels.
Up to this morning, 1os bodies have been
buried, but it is still utterly impossible to OBJ
tain complete list of their names, as many
are so much disfgured as to prevent recog-
nizipg them, while others arc still missing,
end are supposed to be concealed in the woods
Fear BY, or they may be in the ruins Of the
buildings; besides many left with Lane
In pursuit Of the murderers, and have not yet
returned.
Citizens are continually passing back and
forth between this place and Lawrence, and
the details they bring Of scenes that occurred
in the streets and houses Of the doomed city
are heart-rending aud soul-sictenfng.
The last accounts We have Of Quantre1 and
his men is up to Saturday night, At which
time he Has being closely pursued by Lane,
who had been skirmishiDg with him constant
IL since he left Lawrence.
Lanes force is being Increased rapidly by
farmers: who Were focking to him with their
arms, and it was tho determination to follow
him into Missouri, and If he disbanded his
gang, they would hunt them down like wolves
and shoot them.
One Of their number WIS captured near
Olathe and gave the names Of fifty of Quan.
trel's gang, who ara citizens Of jackson
county, Missouri, end nre well known here,
and hare always been considered Union men.
The best informed citizens Of Lawrence are
Of the opinion that Qaantrel's troops arc
mainly composed Of rebel prisoners from
Pemberton's army, and some Of them from
P1ico's command, from the fact that they are
much sunburEed and haye tho appearance Of
having been long in the service.
After they had accomplished the dcstruc-
ton Of Lawrence, some Of them became
most intoxicated, but being strapped to their
horses there we1e none left behind to give in.
formation as to Who they we're or wh=ra they
were from.
We learn from 4 gentleman who arrived by
coach this evening, that Quantrel was orer.
taken near the State line, and twenty Of his
men Killed.
Further details arc looked for hourly.