The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1856-06-08

the march TO csstroyyTecurlss;. Tss Governor
asnt osder TO Col Sumner TO send h troops at
TO this q 10 preserve order.
The citizens Of the threatened town stood .embngy
through the night, expecting hard 6gnt Bat tas
morning csme--ihs Gun Arose as usuai--ths To I'll
cent TO the enun ny OF thu isct
and in the party who had rs,reatsd ths timber
the evening be ore, and all well.
They snop after sent commttee OF three Of their most
prominent men to this city to confer with our people,
and to counsel peace saw them Is they IT, and
they went about pretending to the
influence 70 prevent attack upon this city At the
same time one Cd the committee in p,sse that
made IN attack upon lawrence but an attack by tree
State meL upon his own 20 wn he feared very much.
The boys that had occssioned the trouble stood by
and ~ jcyed the Jun very much.
The Kansas Committee are stu in session In Leaven-
worth aid de'e, mined 70 into all the
relative to the recent attack upoa La srence.
General Poneroy has left for Washington. He is .
celega from this State 10 The Republican Convention
IN fhiisdephia snd will be there when the Convention
opens
upon Lswencs has been mated cost the CT liz In
The loss OF property s,ou 500 900. The hotel cost
S3S OO0 the furniture SO 600 Gov Robinsous house
and contents s. 900 The two printing establish
nens DIS stolen from the ht and stores horses
cap and stolen bv the stock shot and damage
to othe property will amount TO much more In ALL
the amount stolen The citizens Of Lawrence
III afford to lose 30 much property at this time. The
oses OF ass ana OF carrying On ths
Unless assistance is rendered by Congress the people,
1t will BE- long time before the ossrs viii be able to
able to stand against the powerful
ed against them.
1t Is 10 be hoped that the editors who have lost
will receive material aid to enable them to with
the publication Of their p.pers The freedom Of the
successful accomplishment Of such objsct must In
sure the OF every lover Of freedom throughout
the land The life Of an editor in any country and
pecay Kansas is indeed hard one. and It is hoped
that The unfortunate editors Of Kansas will be remem
bered by editorial corps through out the country
of this ita av
advised to keep cool and say but little, they want to
keep their press and Material from susriog the tate
of the Herald of Freedom and Free State Bat its edi
viii not keep still he persists in rebuking the dArk spirit
OF the border rufian democracy Of the country anc
cate The freedom and dsnit, Of the American press His
paper Of yesterday will insure its by tho
Pierce admnistrston party ct an early Day which hss
will declare the Tribune Establishment q nuisance and
Marshals posse will proceed to destroy lift they
The following Gov shsnnons letter to the people Of
Topeka
Executive OFFICE, LEcoMproS, May %, 1856.
GENTEMES-Your memorial, which IS not dated, has
inst been received. In reply, would beg leave to say
that have no doubt that the outrEges Of which you
speak have been greatly exaggerated and highly cooed
sirous to coDpcate the present difficulties in this Terri
tory and wht feel particular interest In avoiding the
evils Of civil war Under these it beco mes
the Jaw abcirg citizens to act with caution and not to
through the country.
county as doubtless aware, have each been
sisted In the execution Of wr in their hands BY citizens
has been .ttenptsa and that Of tSe other
under circumstances to justify the serious apprs
pensions IS to safety he should again attemps
the service Of writs In that place Under those circu-
Stances each OF these ccers by virtue OF the power
which the law invests in them ASSEMBLIES pof SO large
enough to insure the service of process.
They have got through serving the ~rts in their hand
as tar as practicable at present. and each has dismissed
bis posae Nearly al who have belonged these posses
hou ofir aoEc
of your being assaied, or In any way mosssed unless
prvae and personal ourages should
public feeling which would again bring into toe field
wrongs Is useless to disguise the fact that there
this moment irnminen. danger Of this result which
and all good citizens would deeply deplore Mr.
Cox and vie were fred upon last evening" when riding
out of Lawrence tue bali passing between them 1t is
oursges Of this hind that Is cacua ted to bring on civil
var which could not be controlled by the pu bic author
ties ard which would end only the entire destruction of
or the other of thu parties Let appeal to and
attempt to redress his wrongs but appeal to the law
in all cases. II is the only sety for ell paeies, and
perry be as we'll secured in the Territory IS any OF
the States the ctizens would In good faith unite in aid
Ing the officers OF the law in arrestng and bringing
tcs ell persons who violate The law 1t to Dc regretted
that there ia party In the Territory whe refuse
cegnize the validity Of the territorial laws and
quenty take part in bringing offenders justice,
In furnishing to the law officers the OF witnesses
whose testimony would be in order to ferret out
crime would most respectfully solicit the aid and
sstance OF the citizens Of Topeka estabs hing s,und
aud healthy administration Of the law, the best
to the ana good order Of society With the
view OF securing all their rights and preserving peace
anc good Order and the just sutton OF the laws,
have made requition COL Sumner for three compa-
MES Of United states toopsone TO be stationed a. Law
thought advisable to have troops stationed 1T other
points will make an'additional req oison Col Sum-
He will be In Lawren this evening" with his
mAnd and viii lose time in ordering the troops to
Topeka. viii you that will exert ali the pow
vested in me to law and order and to
and he
tory but wish the citizens to reflect that much depends
on their own action, especially at Thu moment Yours,
Messrs. G. r. HOLIDAY D. n. HOVE, and others.
THE HOTEL AT LAWRENCE TO BE REBUILT.
We understand that the New England Emigrant Aid
Company have resolved to rebuild the hotel at
GOVERNOR FEEDERS SPEECH IN DETROIT, MICHIGAN.
Ex Governor REFDER addressed Kansas meeting in
Detroit, on the ID inst
He said that he felt very grateful at resolving
dia and generous welcome among city of strangers,
but nevertheless realized that it was for the
OF Kansas that the assembly had gathered than from
thing personal to hmsel He hoped that these feelings
would grow and become general all over the North,
and result IN making Kansas free state. He then
rasted the peaceful prosperous and happy condition of
people in the f1ee States with the condition OF tbs op
pressed and down rodden people of Kansas where they
bad netherthe freedom OF speech OF suffrage opinion,
ror the right to make laws by which they should b
governed He said all the rights guaranteed by the
stution to the citizens of the United States had been
stripped from the free settlers OF Kansas The rights
blood to secure the rights which made our government
the model republic Of the world all which makes life
dear, al for which we claim pre.eminencs had been
desecra.sd, and the citizens of Kansas were now
holding out their hands their friends OF the North
for resistance and protection. lie asked If the cit
# the North would stand calmly by and see
them robbed Of life and liberty, give them the sup
port which they craved He said that the acts Of the ruff
bans in Kansas had been ruthless far beyond all
PRECEDENT, that exsggeration Of the facts was i'm
possible. Murder rapDe and plumber had stalksd
through the land, and the condition Of things there
difficult to be realized He asked the attention of the
assembly He not to make political capital for any
party the orator of any candidate but simply
The relator Of the wrongs Of and promising land
He said he hoped to awake the sympathy Of al classes
and al parties in behalf of that Territory. 10 his poi
cal life it was well known that he had been working
democrat and that he helped Che hoped God would for
give him to elect the present administration He found
many Of those now working against him who formerly
had stood shoulder to shoulder with him in the same
party. He said Of them of slow faith In
~ropgs which had been heaped upon that Territory he
asked their attt ion while he woud give them the evil
denee of eye Witness He said he had motive to
mrepresent the affairs that had there transpired and
thing requiring explanation he ready
all pernent questions which should be PROFOUND