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the government for their extermination, their friendly feelings will 
go far towards sustaining the courage of any who might falter. 
Several gentlemen from Lawrence have been down to the ene¬ 
my’s camp to-day, as they have, in fact, every previous day. They 
found some of the men in the camp quite communicative. They 
say that “ a good many are on the way ; ” that they are coming 
“ to help the governor.” It is estimated that not more than one 
hundred and fifty are now in camp at Franklin, and on the Waka- 
rusa, two or three miles below. At the former place, to-day, 
about fifty of these barbarians were shooting at a mark. Two 
covered wagons, with flags flying, were standing in the centre of 
the town. Some horses were fastened near. 
As one of these gentlemen from Lawrence went below the Wa- 
karusa, where some half a dozen of humanity’s roughest specimens 
guard the ford, on his return, their anxiety was expressed in the 
question, “Have you seen many coming?” At one point he 
overtook a covered wagon, with two men and boxes of provisions 
and ammunition, with an escort of a dozen horsemen. A large 
flag, of singular appearance, waved over the wagon. It was a 
“ lone star,” of deep crimson, upon a white ground. As one of 
the emblems of their secret oaths, as members of the Blue Lodge, 
it was hailed with loud shouts by those already in camp. 
Business is nearly given up here. Men gather in groups to 
talk of the probabilities of flying rumors. Never were there more 
in circulation. A committee of safety, also the leaders in this 
emergency, have been appointed. They are taking all possible 
steps for the defence, learning as much as they can of the move- 
merits of the enemy. It is rumored, also, that Gov. Shannon has 
telegraphed to President Pierce for the military force at Fort 
Leavenworth. The poor people of the territory would wonder 
what it’s for, were it not explained by the following despatch from 
Missouri: 
“ Weston, Mo., JVba. 30. 
“ The greatest excitement continues to exist in Kansas. The 
officers have been resisted by the mobocrats, and the interposition 
of the militia has been called for. A secret letter from Secretary 
Woodson to Gen. Easton has been written, in which the writer 
