The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1863-08-29

| ing at the late hour he did, he could have
overtaken Quantrel, and with 800 fresh
men and horses he could have captured
him.
This awful loss of life and property is
universally attributed to the inoompetency
and inability Of Schofield and Ewing.
We were promised security to our lives
and property. Our people have been muir
oered and our property destroyed.
VIII our Government protect us, or per-
mt us to protect onrselves7
Inc telegraph dispatches to the associa-
tea press have been mutilated, and the
military authorities dare not let the truth
be told.
Our citizens have sent to Lawrence a
long train, taking provision and clothing.
szo,o0O has been subscribed by our people
lor the immediate relief of the sufferers
VINO were left without clot hing or food.
PERSONS just from Lawrence report that
Inc NUMBER of dead will reach one hum
dred and seventy, perhaps two hundred, as
Do0les are constantly being found.
The excitement throughout the State is
intense, and our citizens unanimously
gard the Lawrence massacre as the leoa,i-
mate result of the ScAofeld Etci,ao policv Is,
Missouri and Kansas.
When last heard from, Gen. Lane was at
Heckman's Mills, in Missouri. with his
half-clOthed, half-armed men in nursnit
of Lawrence, and kept up a running fight
with him to Missouri, killing, up to this
time, nineteen Of the rebels.
Up to this morning l28 bodies have been
buried, but it is still utterly impossible to
obtain complete list of their names, as
many are so much disfgured as to prevent
recognition, while others are still missing
and are supposed to be concealed in the
woods near by, or they may be in the
ruins of buildings.
Many left with Lane in pursuit OF the
murderers and had not yet returned. Cit
liens continually passing back andnfOrth
between this place and Lawrence, bring
the details Of scenes that occurred in the
streets and houses of the doomed city,
which are heart-rendlng and sickening.
The last account we have of Quantrel
and his men is up to Saturday night, at
which time he was being pursued closely
by Lane, who had been skirmishing with
him constantly since he left Lawrence.
! Lanes force is being increased rapidly by
| farmers, who were focking to him with
heir arms.
1t was the 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 cap
| tured, gave the names of fifty of Quantrell's
gang, who are citizens of Jackson county,
Mo-, and are well known here. and have
| always been considered good Union men.
The best informed citizens OF Lawrence
are of opinion that Quantrelrs troops are
mostly composed of paroled prisoners from
the Penitentiary army, and some from
Prices command, from the fact that they
are much sun-burnt, and have the appear
ance of being long in the service.
After they had accomplished the destruc-
ton of Lawrence some Of those became
most intoxicated, but being strapped to
their horses there were none left behind to
| give information as to what they were OF
| where they were from.
We learn from gentleman who arrived
by coach this evening, that Quantrell was
| oyertaken near the State line, and 20 of his
| men killed. Further details are looked for
hourly.