The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1866-09-24
THE RIOT IN MISSOURI.


War Inaugurated
LRAvENwoRTH, Kansas September ls.-Tbe
fruits OF my Policy" have already been reaped
In Missouri bloody and fearful conflict mas
commenced, which VIII continue up 10 the day
of election. The folio wing is the
REBEL ACCOUNT.
To-day (Septem DER 15) the radicals held a
County Convention in this city for the purpose
OF nominating county officers. Every hing
passed of quietly during the day, up till the
adjournment of the meeting, with the exception
OF some boisterous conduct on the part OF
drunken men. Alter the meeting, however,
several men became boeterous, and fourished
pistols with reckless disregard Tor the peace
and quiet OF the city; and II became evident that
unless stop was put TO l. serious consequences
would ensue.
>. Accordingly, Sheriff Ogden an Constable H.
L. Gala nan teX-eifcIo Marsnal OF the city) re-
monstrated with man nameI Donnegan, who
was parading the streets with his y stoi in hand,
and attempting to create disturbance. Their
remOnstIanCes were, no Uever, Intellectual, and
Donnegan rudely pushed the officers OF the law
aside, and cooked his p sto. Constable Gala.
han called upon the oystanders to assist HIM IN
alresuno the man. DUnnegan raised HIS pistol
and fired into the crowd. The firing tnen began
In earnest. Probably fifty men or more were
engaged in the affair.
The difficulty arose in the attempt to resist the
officers OF the law IN the discharge Of their duty
Let no man be deceived by other reports. 1t is
most painful affair, and we have attempted TO
detail the origin and the consequences in their
correct ngnJ, AT InlS time the cltlZe0S OF Platte
City and the surrounding country, irrespective
OF party, are under arms, under the command
OF the officers of the law deter mined to enforce
the law and keep the peace. All law-abdng
citizens OF the county are requested to lend their
assistance.
THIS was the tirst report received in Kansas.
Platte CITY is one of the noted places OF the Re
belliOn in the West, infested as 1t has been with
a large band OF outlaws desperadoes, bush
whackeIs, and guerilla9. II mas been the head
quarters OF all nepredators in North vest Mis-
souri,. Coon Thornton, the noted guerilla, here
organized the Paw-Paw militia as bushwhackers
and 1t has been the scene of many battles as
well MS hot bed OF rebellion. The nlOduS ODe.
randi followed by the Rebels and bushwhack 3rs
who have returned 20 their former homes in the
Southern States, Is as the following bogus cir.
cular will shoW:--
LOAN Who Were Rebels Traitors sympathizers,
and I0eir Fnenus Durlng the War:-We, the L &
u. A. OF the otate of Alssourl IN Grand Council as
sembled, make the following propostons;-
Whereds, You II anjy plunged the country into
fIatricida war OF uuparal ed severity, without
cause or provocation, to perpetuate a system of
anything the word ever saw; and
Whereds, 1ou drovetron the southern and Border
States tarred, feathered and murdered, hundreds of
innocent men who had never lntertered with even
preteh0ed ngnt OF yours, merely on account OF a
supL osoO bene!; and
with the most atrOcious and fendish brutality
ever disgraced conflict OF arms, Gu minang i'll the
absolute sta wing TO death in the slaughter pens of
Belle Isle, AndersoL vile, and Salisbury 100000 of
our gallant comrades in arms whose only cIIme was
ment, ana Willingness 10 die in ITS defense; and
WheredS, You have made an indebtedness of over
$2,000000 600 TO hang like aU incubus upon the
ges OF the nation resu ting IN an inexorabV burden
some taNauon; and
100000 orpnaIs dependent upon the cold charities
OF the ord Tor the necessaries OF life by the late
Whereas Since you we're fairly whipped in the
field. and the Government gave You tue most mag
unanimous terms ever extended to beaten Zoe, you
have continued 10 persecIIe, driven from their
homes and abused Union men who CHANGED to
IesIde where you were IN the majority, killing men
IN Missouri, Kentucky, Arkansas, and all the
Southern States, frequently wIh the most atrocioUs
baIbarity, butcherng and burning innocent women
and children IN Memphis and New Orleans;
Therefore this circular Is published to notify you.
your friends and all concerned III this atrOciousy
wicked cruelty that we are not now, nor ever have
been, vlolators OF the law.
That We desire the peace, prosperity, and happi-
ness OF the whole country. the North. the South,
the East the West; and this desire has led us 70
bear up under WRONGS and injustice that no other
set of men ever would have borne.
That we shall hereafter no every one OF you
accountable for the murders and atrocities that any
Of your party may commit
That II Union men cannot live in peace and quiet
where you are In NTH the majority, you cannot . enjoy
stand the situation. We deprecate the which
have made tins step necessary, but you know that
we cannot, we win not, see our Union brethren who
have periled their lives IN the defense OF liberty
iustlce and GOOD government massacred by a
traitorous set OF hell-hounds whom you pat on the
backs, without ayenging their blood.
Ihat the matter is in your hands, and you Will
please take notice that bitter experence has taught
which vou may bring upon us. The mine : laid in
slxty counties OF this State, and il you spring it we
will burst you into atoms and give YOU q little by
way of interest on the old score. Remember 1861:
be warned, and control the uciousness Of your
fendlsh party. death and desolation will fOllo
the L. and u. A. Avengers. Done by order Grand
Council OF L. and U. A: A., state of Missouri:
Approved by Leader-in-C Chief District of Missouri
The fol OWING line is written on the margin :-"DO
YOU use your wealth for Rebels"
Not content with advising their friends to
arm, organize, and drill, they are resorting to
the lowest depths OF meanness and crime to in
augurate another war IN the Southern States.
This last attempt is failure upon its very face,
there being no such organization in Missouri,
and not the slightest shadow OF chance fol-
one as Union men are in too great danger to
operate thus publicly. This circular has been
extensively circulated throughout the South
and one OF the grand results is the attack made
nnon few remaining delegates to q Radical
County Convention in Platte county. The dele
rates who had left, hearing shooting, returned
and were shot down while riding through the
streets by Rebels, hid in houses AID firing from
windows and Eousetops.
The Rebels seized upon the threats of a
drunken soldier as preteXt Tor their bloody
war and commenced an indiscrininate warfare
nnon ali Union men. They then, after killing
four and wounding twelve, drove the UnioI
men out of town, taking possession, anC
nlacing a line OF plckets all around the city
Union man and delegate having had one O
his relatives killed, procured conveyance
IVherewith TO remove the dead body, but wa
asfurplshed instead with pass through tn
#ricket lines, and upon his forfeiture of life u
leave Immediately. Four thousand returpe
#bushwhackers, armed TO the deetn, nave ave 'aH ~
commenced the work OF c0ncutdtOn ana IN
pOlicy of A. johnson.
The Sheriff, the highest officer or the county
while in the performance OF his duties was snc
at by posse of bushwhackers under the LEAD