Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1863-08-26
1ELRGRAfHiC NEWq.
tAfSSUCIhTEJ PRESS pIsPAT,E Ea
THE MASSACRE ArLAwks.c.

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| twenty Eight oeGies have been found. but r. =
| S.h' utterly impossible 10 Obtain a com nle,n
| p' e o. ''.fir names, as many are so much dis
Ef"fo as 10 prevent recognition: whiIst other.
| are s'ii missing, ana are supposed 10 hs Coz
! csa!ec III Tie woods mar by, or they ,ns y he.
N nc runs Of the buildings. Bnsidrs may
| "hd nave nct yst.elprned
! &c iast ac2ounts We have OF Quen,reli am,
his men are uP TO Saturday night a. whi.n
1!ne ne S.s beins pursued closely by Geo.
| Lane, VINO rad been skirnshins with him
constantly since he LEFT Lawrence General
| lanes 1prce is being increased rani6lv nv
Iair.'rf, VINO were hooking 10 hiIa with sae.T
| arms, ano " was the Determination TO follow
| Elm INTO missouri; and If he disbanc.d h-a
gang, thry would hunt them down like W o,yes.
and shoot them.
C4oaiha, and gave the names of ffty of Onsn
IIeIi anR, W no aTp citizcne of jackson eonnty.
no, ard are well known here. and have
always bsen considered Union I,au
I lie best Informed citizens of Lawrence are
OF opinion that q uantrelPs troops are mainly
composed OF paroled prisoners from the peui-
tentIary and army, and some OF them rrou.
fFics'S command, from the fact that they are so
much sun-huIned, and have the appearance OF
LtVinS been long in the service.
AfieI they had accomplished the destruction
o. Lawrence, some OF them becaIr . intoxicated
put heins strapped 70 their horses there were
none ieit u hlnd TO give information as TO who
they were or whence they came.
We learn from gentlemen who arri yed hv .ha
coaca this evening, that Quautrell was over
taken near the State line and twenty Of hss
men were killed. Further details are looked
for hourly.
Quaatrel's Forces Pursued
KANSAS CITY, Aug. 2l.-GeueraI Ewing has
JUST returned from the pursuit OF Quantreu.
The rebel forcs at Lawrence was estimatad 10
DC hot over three hundred strong. They dis
banded at the head OF Grand river, some going
northeast and others scattering into the hr ush
Our forces have been divided accordingly
and are closely pursuing Continual skirmlsh-
ing Is going on Lieut.. Colonel Lazzer, with
twosquadrons of the First cavalry of the Me
souri, State militia, had an engagement with
one hundred guerrillas On Big Creek near
Hamsonvlle, NO, killing five and Capturing
fsssn a. anants OF goods and horses
have been killed as far as heard from.
kAHsAs CITY, August 25.-7 p. m-luan-
trelfs forces reached the head waters OF Grand
RIVER, Cars county, about noon the day after
burning Lawrence, and there divided ip
squads OF forty and sixty, and scattered in
'srious directions Our troops were half an
fsur benInS, and were also divided, and con-
inued the pursuit.
A Getachsnent ord red from Leading met g.
part OF the rebel force near Pleasant H!n;
killed seven, and recovered a consiaerap,e
amount OF goods taken at Lawrence Rao1~a
jnst received state that Major PLUMB and
Major Thacker overlook company in Lafay
ette, killing thirty. The total killed accord
ing TO the last report, is between sixty ana
seventy.
Our detachments are still in pursuit. No
damage was done by Quantrsi ii from the time
our .ofces came up with him unt til he got ont
OF hansas. Ihe pursuit was ,ose tEsst he
was compelled TO abandon most of the horses
they were leading and the goods stolen from
Lawrence.
1t is ascertained that Quautreu's whole fo-oe
was three hundred selected men, who assam
bledfrpm Lafayette, Salem, Clay, Johfvon and
the border counties, on Thursday noon. at ih4
head OF the Middle Ford of Grand river fifteen
miles from the Kansas line, and the same day
started for Kansas. Our outs brought vort
that AFTERNOON TO the military station a. AubFy
SIX miles north OF the place where they crossed
The line, OF the assembling on Grand River and
a. hour alter their entrance ints Kansas other
scouts brought word to that effect The iur1y.
nation Was at once communicated TO all ,he
stations On the border and 10 the district head
quarters al Kansas City, thirty five miles nor,b
of Autry.
a delay of three or four hours. occurred -
each station TO gather in part of the patrnli.,f
aAu scouting parties, when the pursuit wis ne
gun. from each station separately, leaving a
rofIon OF the troops 10 watch the borders and
snceavor 10 prevent uantrell's return % dis
SCUM.
Qnantrens men told many persons before
reaching Law renee that they were going lheYp
to destroy the town. bat by some straur,s fat,i
ity The people along the route, who Nigh. cas-
II have got word to Lawrence, did no; Try
messenger ssnt by Captain Coleman, %
notify he people OF Lawrence of OrantrarIS
cpproaCh. tlled 10 get through.
oua1tTell obtained supply of .rpsh horses Al
Lawrence, " hIch anableu him 10 outssrip and
e!uGe the pursuit or our soldiers, whose horses
We're nearly exhausted when they reached
him, six miles south of Lawrence The citi.ers
who Joined III the pursuit were able 10 keep m
with The enemy, and often compelled him 20
halt and form Il lire OF battle, but the soId,nrs
could not forc" their iaded horses 10 q gallon
for charge and pursuit, and went in inefe,-
lively.
At night q uantrell broke his trail near Paofi,
and our troops were delayed all night in fiEd-
ing 1t. No damage was done by OuantreIi
from the time our forces came up with him
until he got into Kansas. The pursuit was so
close he was compelled to abandon most of the
horses they were loading, and goods stolen
frCm Lawrence