The Van Buren press., 1869-11-30

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4 The Davenport lIowa) Gazetts has .
correspondents who, has been, writing
earnedy Of Qusntrsll, and who says that
he wnsrcared and sehooledy and probably
born alse,. 'eia n Atf1e hAlf.M Morsviass.
half Quaker town Of the old Buck k-eys
State, = where be developed no ramarkr
able qualitieS, but was rather popular
with his playmatcs, and when be last yis.
itod them, after he had been soms time
absent IN the wilder West, hs was i" q tsll
well-formsd youth cftwehy or %, with
frank, open face, q kindly smile, ssd
easy ways that quickly won the heart. or
4: lcss: The stssa.:os..." TIE sss.er cca~
tinues.. 4Wi aa g as&3e sii iAtaA1sla{
There must have boon some weakness.
to have led him ipts and onin tbs fuarfuts
career he ran. and 1t hardly came FROM
the thoughtful, decided father The soft,
4 yielding, womanly nature of the mstAer
in the son could not say No to the
/ Come with us Of his comrades Of the
moment, and his ssheediessilsss and rec1.
lessness of the future did the reskso We
give hian credit for not one grain OF
/ Southern sentiment. Had he been slain,
! he had 'tilled no martyrs grave Like
the Free lance Of the imitide sges.. iirf
simply threw his sword into the scale of
present inducement. He thought onlyii
Of to day he regarded not the morraw.sl
."Oncc launched, the knowledge that,
after ail he was Yankee, born and bred,
doubtless led him to a display Of SeaE
and daring 10 prove his devotion, that
speedily excited admimtioH md tnAAsl
him leader. among them. Wesay leader,
designedly, for We doubt II he ever ruled
or commanded his uacn It was not IN
him; aud had &c been, hc mi she ~ WsMs
have tried to- fetter tho sea a. bind to law
and obedience the fierce, lawlsss, reck-
less desperadocs who formed bis foyee.s
Border rufllans from Missouri, back
| woodsrnen from. Arkansas, rangers from
Tsxas-.ttie scum OF even tho wSrse pastsl
Of the South surely the suhnsvsr shoneIl
on = more abandoned set Of blopdthiryty<
| wrctches; and the sins, and. crimes, and
vilfaines of each and every one o. thsss'
hare been heAped on this one mars hcads
the nominal eommandsr, u No wUudsSF
that, Cain-likc, he hisles from the face Of
man, IL still he lives, or that his punish.
ment has proved too terrible tobs hprne,
il so be that he has perished,, Dead ~
alive, we say that in his case, an ia most
Of like nature. the devil has been painted
I very much blacker than he is''
Quantrell, so far from being an Ohioan9
by birth, was born and f~ised II Mary
land, wharo his mother and two sisters
now reside. Several year, before The yasy
we do not know how many Qpantreil
and his brother, with q wagon load or
goods, and some moving iinplsmcnts,
jarss tc ssan kss .ssk xSs sssIacss talAas
10 get to Pixies Peak it was necessary
/ to 90 through Kansas, and Kansas has
always been proverbial for taking pretty
heavy toll from those tmvelerS whs did
not happen 70 suit her In those days--
for it was the days Of pro- slavery Ssd-
shirts and free Stats Shapes rises.
Quantrell and his brother were followed
by band Of men, half settlers asd half
high waymcn. who killed the ON, aud Ne.
verely wounded the other. The brother
fell dead the Arst FIRE. and with . bullet
through his thigh, Quantrcll crsvled into
q ravine to die His property was al
taken, his wagon, his oxen, his mining
outfit, and even his clothes; snd thsSe ON
q dssolatc land ocean with no hepee savss
the stars and no companions but the.
cayotes, he watched FOR day and night
the living by the dead. Retaining
enigrants buried the murdered boy rej!e
srcntly. and the brother came back 10 rer.l
member and ayenge.. ta,,s adt vassff
How well he did, ponc knew better,
than those who live ii Jackson county
His flag was a black flag, ana his war cry
was death. Attracted by the iordship Of
liberty and the license OF the guerrills,si
life, desperate men did come to him who,
brought only superb audacity., 'matcklcss
horssnanship, unerring skin With weap'
ons and hands which carried their livcsl
as gifts to be given naway& Perhaps in I'll
his ar-life Q,lantrell never sparsda Fed
erui soldier; icertaiDly nescr a. Federal
soldier, showed mercy rtos Quo VI lluauai
trell,s band 1T was death against DEATH.
and in the struggle that followed the,
guerrllas killed fifty to one '"s ''V'' 80,
The war Is over and Quantreli 10 dead.
lie was shot in skirmish In kentucky
carried 10 a hospital in Louisville. disd
after weeks OF suffering, and wssbnriedsi
III Jackson county to day there is a. man
who was with him when he died. who
who had watched over him, and who took
his watch, his money, hfs effects and car.
red them to his family in Maryland. 4e
fought fer cause which was, oyssceMes
and no fought under the black aag partly,
from choice and partly fron necessity,
He dared to do simply what that caliOif'
ixed saint Of the Soutk 6tonswAll Jack.
son, wanted -dsue, sutl on ; small ueals
he simply did what Beaurtg garss, withfthss
inimitablo sany Jroid efshis French 'nass
tarc, desired to lbo done,' when he saad:
!" Let us cover our followers with sueh q
mantle Of blood that surrender will bsineI
no respite and defeat nothing bat atdesarsc-
ton" ln7 pnii 9Anpsf1feN ~ ja %
In the days that arc 10 come sftWssy
Qaantrell will be held up to sxscrstioA
and denounced by history ~ atsoids
bloodcd robber and murderer. Yet he
never betrayed his cause; was bfavsAas
the best Of them; was .stesdfasts nat0 TIE
end; aud died a. he bad lived q dsspelAte
guerrilla, knowing very little absut God
and carrying very little about man
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