Minnesota weekly times. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1854-1859, 1856-06-07
Sackins and Burning of Lawrence.

lOPEkA, way ~, lSCO.
Dear Brother Your wife is very unwell-
will probably not recover. She was injured
in travelling the other day from here to my
house. A party fired upon US. and a ball
passed through her. Come here Immediately.
| will send this by Mr.. Dunn, as there is no
dependence to be placed upon the mails.
Yours affectionately,
GEO. H. WOODS.
There are five hundred men here in arms
Free State men.
KANSAS CRY, May %, 1856.
To the Editor of the Missouri Democrats;
l suppose you will have already published
the general facts of the sacking of Lawrence,
before this reaches you. A town given up to
desoaion and partial destruction--balls whist
ling in every direction, before the women and
children had an opportunity to make their es-
cape-chldren separated from their parents
in the dismal confusion -mothers rushing
through the streets with infants in their arms
mining and firing Of the Free State Hotel--.it
is picture of the miseries and barbarties of
war---the worst of all wars, intestine and fra
tricdal war.
During the attack on the Free State printing
office, valuable library of some four or five
hundred volumes, belonging to Mr.. Brown
the editor. was several times set on fire by
portion OF the posse, and as often extingushed
by the citizens. Had it been destroyed, the
flames would have laid in ashes the whole Of
the eastern part of the town.
CHARACTER OF THE UNCLE OF THE SNEAEING
DRooKs.--The true character of this ''considerate
and heightened Southern gentleman" and the
sort of provocation he has ten times over given
to Mr.. Sumner, will appear from the following
anecdote given by the Louisville Journal, print
friendly to Butler, but not disposed to pass him
off in the character asc-ibed to him by the Journal
Of Commerce:
We happened to be in the Senate Cham Ter near
the close Of the last session Of Congress during
one of the night discussions of all manner of
Slavery questions. Judge Butler, who is really
gentleman of many fine and generous personal
qualities, had become exceedingly elated from
frequent visits to the Senatorial restaurant.
Sumner was making a severe speech that evil
IDENTIFY had reference to the forcibe expulsion of
Mr.. lIoar, venerable citizen of Massachusetts,
from the limits of South Carolina, but he did
not mention South Cardinals name. Mr.. Butler
interrupted him by asking in a fierce tone, ''Does
he mean South Carolina ?'' Sumner proceeded
without noticing the interruption. 81 demand,''
exclaimed Butler, starting again to his feet,
does, let him say so, and will give him some
thing to remember me and South Carolina
long as he lives.'' Sumner still proceeded quite
mperturbablv, bestowing attention upon his
excited opponent just in froat of him. ssDOes
he mean South Carona?'' calculated Butler for
the third time eyes, | do mean South Caro-
lima =, Numbered Sumner, with more spirit than
we thous hit an Aboltionist could possess. lie
finished his speech without any further Interrupt
It'll CO M n ne q
South Carolina gentleman was too far gone to be
half equal to the tremendous occasion.
The Tribune adds-''It is common case with
drunken persons, when guilty of the most insult
ing and provoking conduct, to imagine that other
persons are picking quarrel with them-a sort
of delusion to which Butler appears to be liable,
not only when 'selated by frequent visits to the
Senatorial restaurant" but even early in the
morning when it is reasonable to suppose he may
be sober.''