The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1856-06-07

The y. Y. Tribune, of Satu, day. furnish
es an authentic and connected account Of tho
destruction Of property in Lawrence. The
sack OF the place was not SO complete a. wa,
at first reported bat the atrocities actually
pery,etra'ed are sufficient TO make cooler
blood than ours boil with Indignation al Their
peru>al. Let the following plain Statement,
of facts re well considered by . candid put-
lie:
The ha:! vas put in motion by Judge le-
ronpfe in his charge To the Cram jury. ai-
vi>inc them 10 find bulls for high treason 4,
cein>t all those who had been connected with
the Free State movement. In contempt Of
Congress. and with an evident view of oi,-
Stru,in. the inquiry which they had or'i-r-
ed Gov. R-rder was summoned to appear
before this Grand jury, and when he neglect
ed this summons, process vas ISSUED against
him for contempt. SUP ported by the opinion
of the Committee he INSISTED upon his priv
lrre as contestant Tor a seat in Congress. and
refused To submit to arrest. wherrupon. Don
s!i-on, the Marshal issued his famous pro-la
nation. declaring Lawrence in state a: in
sure ZION, md Ealing upon all law abiding
citizens To assist him ir serving processes.
The secret Blue LGd.e OF Border Rutians
had long been IN anticipation of this call,
an.i horl"> oi armed men were sooI on the
march Tor lawrence. day having been fixed
a week or more ahead when that town wa. TO
be DESTROYED.
As these hands Of armed rutiians approach
-d that devoted town. they p"rletrated along
The road and IN the vicinity. all the outra-.>
of ;he previous in,a>i"n-s'oppIn" travellers
rn,rrin, houses. s-izins arms. stealing pro
visions. aud committing occasional murders
Mean whil.- the cItizrnS of Iawrence-no,
wiling to come into collision with All offer
ar.irn IN IA. name Of The nitei States, AMI
under Irctencp Of serving the process ot
Coul: organized under an act of Congress
sent repeated m,.>>i. ,> 10 Donaldson. i..clar-
M their reallne>> TO ASSIST hun IN serving
his warrants. bat 4, preratinI the entr, mt
the town OF an armed and furious mob.
70 these representations they got no ar
s,yrr tgt >ricrr> aud an expression OF IT,
M.r,..a!'s !.t. rminaion not m-reiv 70 d.
arm th, inhabitants but 10 compel them -
promise Implicit Submission to the author;ty
., the BOGUS LEGISLATURE.
They then appealed TO Colonel Sumner,
who was in .he vicinity w':h his dragons
making II utterly unnecessary, except forp u-
poses of mischief. for donaldson 10 summon
ilis border rui'isn posse; but Sumner 81.
>tric.ly bound 10 at only under the orders
Of shannon and Shannon. upon beng al
tiied 10. refused TO do AN, tlinc. la IA. b..
had taken an active part in getting NJ the
attack on Lawrence, hy distributing til l.
: arm. furnished to the Territory anon.
the bands ot South Caroinians and Gc0rr-
ans, recently arrived la the Territory. who
were thus orrariz,d a. a part OF the .l.,.
force. and who. Shannon sad. would be- sa'i-
lied with nothing h III OF the destruction O.;
the hotel and the surrender OF all arms into
heir hands.
As.he forces of Donaldson era iuallv drew
=, upon the town. the larger part of the mae
inhabitants retired. leaving The women sni
-hilir-n behind wit. Gen. Pomerov and
i..w men. Early on The morning OF Nrin".-
Law. the 2l,t OF Nav large force al the IN
.a,itrs occupied a hill ,o>t. 10 the town, ana
IN the course of the forenoon. deputy mar
>hal. with eight men. came in. and having
I'd to make two arr,>,. for hich treason. Tie
prisoners submitting without anv a;tem,,; n
resistance. conreaiment or escape. HIS a.
rests made. the Marshal had no longer a'r
warrant tor keel ING up posse. Tie di.ml>,
II them: whcreupon " Sheriff Jones al
Iear"d upon The scene. summoned the Assem-
Died Border Huiiian> 10 act a his pose. All
rode into the town with body OF arnl..i men.
the whole seven or eight hundred soon .ollow-
ING him. 1t does not ai,,ear that he had afv
warrants 10 serve. and If he hal. as there VAS
no resistance nor show of resistance. there
was no occasion nor authority for his en,.--
INC the town with an armed posse.
We >nrrr>t.i At the first. thai the alln-.i
shooting ot Jones was a sham AMI ,rik |.
now appears that his preterI,ic mJrts woGui
and paralysis OF his lower eXtrtm'ti., we
all moon>hlne. Here he Wa. lively As eyer,
a; hl> Old business. He rode VI 10 t.-n
Pomrr"v. and gave him ti,t m.uu'es IN VIII D
10 surrender all the arms IN The town. tax n
ont his watch; As he did when he gave tie
Judge of Election (i> testified 10 before the
COmmttee) five minutes WITHIN winch 10 Re
>ign or he shot. The arms having been DE-
liv"r"d up, he ordered Col Eliril-- 20 re
move his furniture out OF the hotel. A ! lis.
Lerompte's Grand jury. the same that found
the indictments tor high treas IN. had li,.cia--
cd II. As well As the printing offices. NUS
ance. and on that ground h. was Determined
10 DESTROY II and them. The hotel w.- hat
tered with cannon and aiterward set on hr-.
and IN the meantime was entered aud plum
dered by the assembled ruff ans The print
ing offices were also DESTROYED the types be-
ing thrown into the river. and the house Of
the editor of one OF the papers SET on fire as
also the house of Gov. Robinson. The W
men and children fled for their lives. al the
houses In the town were entered and plpn-
dered. and 1, was with great difficulty that
some of the more discreet among the leaders
of the moi prevented the destruction OF eve
~ house
IA the nine 'iavs' operations OF this Law
Al -"ri"r posse, exclusive of the ou,ra-es
AT L.wr' n e. fourteen men have been sho.
AT. two Killed. and two desperately wounded
Horses. rifles. guns an4 knives have been IA
ken from travellers met on the road. oxen
f'iowing IN the field have been s-ize,i and
slaughtered, houses entered and rifled, AMI
women treated with shocking barbaritv
The Washington mon con graduates II
self upon this state OF things. " that the law.
were ta.lg and d.'Y enforced in Lawrence"
including the destruction OF h tells and print
ING offices as nuiSanceS. without any los.
OF life. and with less destruction of PROPERTY
man attends the suppression of a serious rot
IN one of our large cities" Indeed says
that exnflns organ of the Adminis,raton,
" the difficulties at Lawrence sink into ,s.'-r
m"q"'Hca"re. compared with the kno~
Nothing riots and massarrrS at Cincinnati,