Daily Democrat and news. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1859-1864, 1863-10-13
ST. JosRPH. Mo-. Oct.


are checked" in this State Ut the pres
ent time. Riot and boodshed arc the
order OF the day. No person is safe in
the enjoyment Of the rights guaranteed
him under the Constitution of our coun-
try. There is not day but what we
hear OF deeds Of violence and blood
shed along the border. Peaceable citi
zens, gray haired men, and even upof-
Tending women and children fall by the
hand Of the assassin. Cattle and all
other kinds Of property are stolen and
driven over to Kansas, and the people
have no remedy. If q man has horse
stolen and he traces it to Kansas, aud
attempt. to recover his property in that
patriotic State, he is Immediately Get
down as rebel sympathizer and trai.
tor, and is murdered in cold blood. 1t
is positive fact that at LeavenWoIth,
they have Carol where they keep the
horses that are stolen from Missouri. A
party Of Kansas men organize them
selvds into company, and make q raid
into Missouri, rob the inhabitants indis-
crimiuately, recross into Kansas, take
the spoils to this carrol, where they are
sold, aud the proceeds are divided up
among the members Of these loyal
hands of cut-throats. A man who does
not cheer for Lane and Jennisou, and
help them to run of niggsrs, is imme-
diately set down as a rebel sympa
thizer, and away goes his stock, his
house burned, crops destroyed, and him
self probably murdered.
Gen. Scofield. in order to put stop
to there proceedings, issued an order
armng all loyal citizens aud organizing
them into companies for self protection.
Over this order the radicals have been
raising tremendous how, claiming that
it's object wac to arm rebels 90 as to
drive Union men from the State, and
have been trying to arouse tho people
against it, and telling the soldiers that
by arming their men, they would just
have so many MOTE rebels to fight in the
bush. Their arguments have had no
effect until last Saturday when they
went around among number Of dis
charged soldiers furnishing them with
liquor and telling them . company had
just come ia to be armed who had all
been in the rebel army. The soldier.
became greatly excited at this informa-
ton, and went up in q large body to
headquarters, where the company was
being sworn in aud commenced insult.
ing the men, calling them the the pow
pow militia, aud At last they made .
rush and took their colors from them,
when M.j. Grath commander Of the post
Immediately gave them their nuskets
and ammunition, and told them to de-
fend themselves, by this time the mob
was reinforced BY number Of Kansas
soldiers, aue the commenced throwing
stones at tho militia and fouriahiDg
their revolvers, saying that bells should
not be armed to shoot them down
When one Of tho soldiers stopped down
to pick up come stones, Col. Scott made
. sudden attack npon his rear while in
. STOPPING conditios, giving hin . kick
that made chair On unnecessary ap-
pendags to his household farniture, a
the same time Maj. Magrath drew bic
revolver, and told them that the next
man who threw stone he would shoot
down like . deg.
10 the meantime the 9th, Gen. Gris.
tsr's regiment, had been cent for, and
they arrived at this moment, and we're
ordered to charge on the mob with 6x.
cd bayonets, which they did, scattering
them in every direction. 1t is expected
that further trouble will occur, 20 the
radicals are unceasing in their efforts e
get up riot here, 5sfors their dslera-
ton leaves w ashington. Two compa.
MES Of Jsnnises's sseinsnt wsrs in
readiness to assiSt ths msb whsa thsv
were called upon, but the fesry boat ~
detained on thin side uDtife6ipn were
qsistsd down. N that ~ al - - ]
cklnse Mic time to attash ~ pooeu6hlS
citisono Of Mineonri.