Clearfield Republican

From the Leavenworth Ledger.

Bloody Affair in Kansas.—Reliable information reached here yesterday that a posse of men who represented themselves to be in search of deserters from the U. S. army, went to the house of Mr. Denton, on the creek about one hundred miles south of this city, on the night of the 6th of May last, and, after inquiring whether any deserters were concealed within, and receiving a negative answer, insisted on searching the premises. Mr. Denton arose from his bed and let the posse in, and without further ceremony he was shot dead. They next proceeded to the residence of Abraham Hedrick, and after making the same inquiry, and receiving the same treatment as at Denton's, he was shot dead. They then proceeded to the residence of Newton Davis, and forcing an entrance, shot at him while sitting up in bed one buckshot hitting him in the hand, the residue of the charge lodged in the headboard of the bedstead. There was but one of the party recognized—his name is Brockett. The neighbors in the vicinity despatched an express to Lawrence for assistance, which has gone down. These are all the particulars we have, and give them substantially as related to us by a gentleman just from Lawrence, and whose veracity can be relied on. We hope that the Federal authorities of the Territory will take this matter in hand, and, if possible, arrest the guilty parties, in order that they may be properly punished.