Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1856-06-14
THE sAcKINe OF LAwRENcE.

We give the account furnished 10 Missou-
; n paper Read, and rememberl The lives
and property Of honest Freemen find no pro-
lection from the Government of the United
States. U. s. toops--w hose services Won nav
for, freemen Of Vermont ARE on the ground;
they could stay the hands of incendaries, rob
bers aud murderers but your President has pu,
them under the control Of The tool Of the Dri-
gands--your Secretary Of War has ordered
them only to put down The true people Of Kan
sas, not the Rnlians from the South Shannon
will not inierfere-and so your troops permit
the scoundrels TO do their worst. What think
you Of your Rulers, and of their ioadies at the
North who support them What think you is
your daty'
4 An eye witness writes TO the Missouri Dem.
ocrat n graphic and detailed account of the do
ings of the claw and order'' mob at Lawrence.
on lhe 2lsi. We copy il entire:
"a little before sunrise on Wednesday
morning, May 2is,, body Of men, armed with
U. 5. muskeis and cannon, appeared upon the
hill, about three-fuurihs Of mile southeast
from the town Of Lawrence. Additional forces
continued TO arrive for several hours from the
direction Of Lecompion, and also from Frank
lin. Between eight and nine o'clock part Of
the troops moved down 10 The north by Gov,
RObinson's house to hill Immediately over
looking the town. About II o'clOck, the U
S. Deputy Marshal w. p. Fain-tbrec weeks
from Georgia-wirh a posse Of eight men.
cane into Lawrence. They were respecifuIly
received at the Eldridae House. The Marshal
I 6fsi summoned several prominent citizens to aid
l. II
Smith and Colonel Die,zler on a ebarge of hieb
treason. Judge Smith was sitting in the read
ing room Of the Hotel. and when informed that
the Marshal wished 10 see him. he cheerfullv
went inio his roorn and suhui,,ed b;mssIf ~
the arrest. During ,hese n,oceed;ncs ,L.,o
was so stir or exci,emen, In The town and No,
more Than ,wen,v or ,h;,,v men ,,.ere ,hon, ,la
streets. The Marshal and bis oos.. tool d;,.
per a, the Hotel amer ,,h;cb coI EIdrdro
wen, with his back and corvsv.d ,,,o ,,r;.ons,.
and n mar, of ,be no..e ~ Tho c,un
The u,,.h,i ,a,,, ,l;.,,;..,,,l 49,, .,.,;,. n
4 and Sheriff lone. ip,n,,dia,.lv s,,,nmorea ~
all AL -. r,,,,,,..,,..3 ~, -. ,,;-, ~.
6,I g.. ,.,,n,n;,, d.,.,r,,,,;,.,. =, V...-. ZI,S
end al wbicb Ca onIy too,s
] Ab,,,. o.. o,.io.t u N L.. -. ;..,.
The town with a po,.s Of ,,rea,v-Gvs nonn,os
meu. a,,nsA with ,nu.Le,s s,d h,vans,s Ths,,
proceeded 10 The Uo,eI and lane. c,,,.d 81,
y General Pomerov Ue cam. 40 ~, aoa.
Tones stated he h,d s.y.r,,t ,;r,ss hon ss.;.,.d
in ina, nlaco---a,,emn,. h,d beor ,0.ds 80 ..-
sas.ipn,e him-and no now decl,red ,b,, La
was determined 70 execute ,hs Law IL be Ios,
I his life And no,y s,id h. d.,o,,d re ,.,,,,
a. the mos, nroro;oar, ,,ao j., ~. -. ~
s,,reD,,o, ~ IN ,L, .,,ra, 49,. So. r'
that yo, hava and nv. 90, g., .'.;,.,..',
decide ,vhe,h., vo, viii oi,, ,,'a,, 49,,
I out b;a watch and no,;no ,ba ,;,,,a n. &c
eral wen, IN 10 the commit,sa ,oon and r.,n,n-
ed in few minutes. and renlied ,b,, Tho can-
non would be Oiyen mn. but ,b., ,be,e ,vcro ~
Shapes rifles in the place. excen, sucb as
were private property. and tba, those conId No,
be surrendered Jones seemed 70 be Of on;n'
ion ,ha, ,bey had riass ubicb wer. M, n,;ra,a
property. and reones,ed him IN s,.cL III ,hov
had in the stree, and said ,b,, .nch =. III
be proved 10 be private propertv would be "a.
turned Nv This time ,ho x,h.,is 49,. -;
ously estimated at from 6ve 10 ei,b, lsnd-rs
men. were marching down the h;l, and c,,,,;u,
into town on the south side.
The cannon flour pieces) were p,oduced and
carried through The street, One was br,ss
o FOUNDER the others little poppuns. which a
man could carry on his shoulders No r;aos
were delivered up. Jones now told Col. Fl.
dridge, who occupied the hotel and owned The
furniture, that the hotel mus, be DESTROYED
that he was acting strictly under orders TDe
grand jury al Lecompton had declared The hotel
and presses al Lairyence a nuisance and oy5,,,5
him 10 destroy than. He would give Col n.
bridge an opportunity to remove his furniture.
and for that purpose he nigh, have until five
o'clock. 1t was then fnesn minutes pas, three.
Col. Eldridge replied that the furniture could
not be removed in less than half day. IA de.
sired longer time. Jones refused. Then.
said Eldrdge, give me time 10 remove NV fam.
lily. that is all l ask. A part of the furniture
was afterwards removed by the oos.e as n,un-
der, but most of ii was burned with the house.
By this time the law and order mob was pour-