Weekly hawk-eye and telegraph. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1855-1857, 1856-06-04

LATEn FROM KANSAS.

l6OA KANSAS.
LATER FROM KANSAS.
Moboevsey and he FEDERAL Gareyauxnx In
Leagse--Cifissas Feeing be;ore s6e Aliaaee
-1As "AMiaae Atehisoa1 and his Big
GHss'-- Whitfield leading Mlssoarians againss
the Peopfe Of Ransas--Gor. iSaaaon g;riaq
draax 70 the Mob 10 Shoot dorm his orssl
Feopte.
The following are al the particulars Of the
destruction Of Lawrence, received since our issue
Of yesterday morning:
On "Wednesday, Nay 81. the posse that had
assenbled It Lccompton. in accordance with the
United States Marshafs proclamation, made
their appearance On the nights that overlook the
town Of Lawrence, about sunrise. The FIRST
company we're mounted on horses, and number
ed from 81 TO 100. They were reinforced until
the whole amounted to about 400. They took
possession Of the roads leading to and from
Lawrence, so that the citizens in town could not
get any communication to those in the country,
or even travellers, that wished to pursue their
journey, we're prohibited from leaving. They
marshaled their command in battle array, dis
playing flags, Of various kinds and colors.-
One ] noticed in particular was red and
white, with lone star on the border; others
black and white, green and white, and most all
colors and kinds except the national flag OF stars
and stripes. During the forenoon the Committee
Of Public Safety that was appointed by the citi
zens OF Lawrence addressed q .,ote to the Mar.
shal, assuring him that the citizens would make
no resistance to the ferving of any writ and at
the same time. as citizens of the United States
and of the Territory Of Kansas, asking Of him
protection of their lives and properly, but he
(the United States MarshaD took no notice of
the same. About II A. N. the Deputy Marshal,
with posse of nine or ten made his appearance
in the streets. They were unarmed save small
arms The Deputy Marshal then summoned
four OF our citizens to assist in making arrests
They went with him and his posse and made tive
arrests of our fellow townsmen, G. w. Dietzlen
and G. W. Smith. The posse then took dinner
at :he Free State Hotel.
After dinner the two prisoners were conveyed
out of town, and sheriff Jones made his appear
ance with party of eighteen armed men; did
not attempt to make any arrest, but in an in
sulting manner demanded the arms both private
and public, and said that he would give them
FIVE minutes to accede to the demand. If they
refused to comply he would storm the town
The public arms we're given up, and in one half
hour after he made the demand, he and his whole
posse, to the number of three hundred ard up
wards were in the streets with two pieces of artil
lery, yelling like savages
They commenced their work of destruction
Immediately by throwing the two printing press
es and type in the river. This being done, they
began to canonade the hotel and fire by pla.
toous at the same time at the windows; in the
mean time the woman and children fleeing in
every direction, the Sheriff having refused any
time to remove them or their property to place
Of safety, as he said they might have done so be-
fore had they wanted to do so.
ASH was leaving town, there were several who
wanted to know where they could find place of
safety, but could afford them no consolation
being mounted, succeeded in getting away af.
ter long chase. l left the vicinity about p
N. When was fifteen miles distant, could see
the fame of what appeared to be large fire in
the direction of Lawrence, and have no doubt but
that the town is in ashes, and many of its inhab-
itants butchered.
Gen. Whitfield led the Ruffians.
Shannon was distributing United States mus
kets to the Missouri Enthusiastically they had
received near three thousand stand of Govern
ment arms.
The St. Louis Republican says:
To the politeness of Capt. Eastlin, editor of
the Kansas Herald, we arc obliged for the fol-
lowing corroborative statement:
Lawrence was destroyed on Wednesday eve
ming The artillery opened on the Free State
set fire to the hotels destroyed the printing press
es and set fire to the offices which were in the
midst of the buildings
The people of Topeka had resolved to fight the
INVADERS The next arrival may bring news of
bloody work at Topeka. The Sherff's posse
were chiefly Missourians
A later messenger from Lawrence who arrived
at Leavenworth just before the starting of the
boat, reports that the dead bodies OF several cit.
liens were lying in the streets of Lawrence. 1t
is supposed that Gen. Pomeroy has been hung
by the mob. He was last seen in front of the
Free State Hotel in Lawrence
The Congressional Committee is threatened
by the mob, and they are preparing to leave to
insure their own safety.
Gov. Robinson had been taken up to Lecomp-
ton. The mob threatened to hang him, as well
as Z. w. Brown, editor Of the Herald of Free
dom, and G. W. Deitzler, member of the Com.
mittee of Public Safety-all on one tree!
Shannon is virtually prisoner in the hands of
the Rufiians, and is used merely as an instrument
to snrve their purposes.
The Free State men driven to last resor-
will make last stand at Topeka, and g
QUIZ NJ r ..ght it
leave their quarters, though mt allowed to
"us' arc turning :. they and their COM
IVY SHe n!ep. ,avenge the wrongs of the
NJ. War;
,dent of en met Atchison, late the Vice Pres
Two the United States, near Lawrence, with
= pieces Of cannon and sixty men, making
their way to the beleagured city, swearing
vengeance upon the id Yankees.
Cattle are shot down in the fields, and oxen on
the ploughs.
A civil war RACES in the Territory. The blood
of innocent men cries aloud from the ground,
Men of the North! Men Of the North!
SHANNON FOR DESTROYING LAWRENCE
Mr. Eldridgc, lessee of the Free State Hotel,
went up to Lecompton on Saturday and tried to
induce him to put a stop to the outrages to
which the people of Lawrence are daily subject
ed. Mr.. Shannon said she would see about it, v
and promised, before Mr.. EldriIge left, TO call
on the United States soldiers.
Mr. EIdridgc, on behalf of the Safety Valve,
offered to deliverall arms upto the United States
soldiers, if Mr.. Shannon would stations company
of them in Lawrence to protect it from the mob.
Mr. Shannon refused TO give an immediate an
swer to this offer. On the morning following he
said to Mr.. Eldridge that he believed a civil war
inevitable that the only terms the South Caro-
imians would consent to wcre-the surrender of
all arms in Lawrence and the destruction of the
printing offices and other Objectionable buildings!
In justice to the Safety Valve, it is proper to
add that these terms offered by Mr.. Eidridge, had
been put by Mr. Shannon in conference with a
previous deputation. When that deputation re-
turned and presented the Governors terms the
committee held meeting, discussed and accep-
ted them. Shannon now declined to ratify the
terms: No. The squattcrs must be crushed
and conquered" and "subdued;" and the tools
Of the Pierce Administration must find a pretext
to begin the subsection
MURDERS THICKENlNG.
Mr. Stuart, young man, the only son of an
eminent lawyer of New York, was murdered on
the highway by band of the law and order
posse, yesterday forenoon, when riding toward
Lawrence. He was one of the officers of the
Topeka House Of Representatives.
Another northern squatter, named Jones, for
mery from Illinois, was shot dead near Blanton's
bridge, by party of mauraders from the camp
near Franklin.
A Delaware Indian was shot, and supposed to
be MORALLY wounded, near Sarcoxie's, by another
law and order detail; rumor has it that they were
part of the Platte company who started from
Delaware on Sunday.
Another squatter, who lives a few miles up the
kaw from Lawrence, was shot on his claim on
Monday night