The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1856-05-30
LATER FROM KANSAS.

The steamer Star OF the West arrived yester-
day from the Missouri, bringing US a number
of papers and extras from offices in that region,
referring mainly to events of recent occurrence
in Lawrence and thereabouts. We have also
seen Judge Fain, who acted as United States
Deputy Marshal and as Deputy Sheriff, in
Lawrence, and who has given us some addi-
tional items of news. The Judge is on his
way to Georgia, for his family, intending to re-
turn Immediately to Kansas, to take up his
permanent resden in I.ecompton.
According to the reports before us, early on
Wednesday morning, the United States Mar
shall, with the men who had obeyed his procla-
nation calling for aid to assist in the execution
of certain writs in his hands, took possession
of the Mound in front of Lawrence. They
numbered from four hundred to five hundred
men. Between ten and eleven O'Clock, the
Marshal sent his Deputy, Judge Fam, into the
town, with posse Of eight men, to execute
the writs. They made four arrest, returned
and delivered the prisoners to the Marshal and
he dismissed his force. The Lawrence people
were disposed to exult over this result decar-
ing that they did not intend to resist his au-
thority, although Reeder had set them the ex-
ample of contemning it and that of the U. S.
Judge of the Lecompton District. But when
Marshal Donaldson had performed his duty,
Sheriff Jones', who had recovered from the
wound received in the attempt to assassinate
him in Lawrence, appeared on the scene, and
summoned the same men to aid him in like
service. He took about twenty men with him
and rode into Lawrence. He stopped in front
of the Free State Hotel-itted up, as is we'll
known. as fortification-and calling for Gen.
Pomerov, demanded from him all the Sharpe's
- &c Oh %l,of e.,
hotel, giving him five minutes to decide Wheth-
err he would surrender them or not, saying
that he desired to effect this purpose peaceably
and quietly. Pomeroy having consulted with
others, agreed to deliver up the arms, and fif-
teen minutes further time was allowed to
stack them in the street.
Col. Eldridge, who keeps the hotel, was then
requested by Sheriff Jones, to move his furni-
ture from the building, giving him two hours
to do it in. But this he refused to do, and the
posse entered and removed the most of the
furniture into the street. The Artillery was
then placed in front of the hotel, and fired upon
it until the walls began to fall, when fire was
put to it and it was left in ruins
The printing materials of the Herald of Free
dom Office, and of the Kansas Free State Office,
were then taken and thrown into the river
1t was the express order of Sheriff ones, that
no private property should be injured, and par
ticularly that Gov. Robinsons house should
not be touched, but it became impossible to
restrain the crowd, and the presses, &C., were
destroyed, and after portion of the posse ha6
left the town, Robinson's house was fired, put
out, and again set on fire and burned down.
1t was two story frame. This was the ex-
tent of the damage property. One man, who
was observed attempting to make his escape
from house, during the heat of the excite
ment, was fired upon and killed; and pro-
slavery man was dangerously injured by the
falling of brick from the hotel walls. An
other pro-slavery man was accidentally shot,
but he will probably get well.
Sheriff Jones gave Gen. Pomeroy receipt
for all the rifles and cannon surrended by him