Meigs County telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy [Ohio]) 1848-1859, 1856-06-10
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county, JqN |l |ed told her mat Their
Iwould be S1c> inis Lawrence, iha
lprivnse pro 8nofending person
should suii <'1'sI'ce. Bu, whenah,
leave her .Es demonstrations weY,
mad0 town. .|aE ~ She sought ant
Hound Jone>. iniofgiew between then
Twas witnessed 11r ii|orrnan,. She "a,
minded him th 1tomis6d her proiec
lion Of pornon u 'hot her husband
had been pfFe @as ID prison. hel
brother was 81 za1 'nd she was alone
with her child a onl she had three
| II she was % b |pn6less TOO whatir
the name Of Mo dol She n1ket
Jones ifIho and Jones simply
| said Eyes" b1 moved, and gave heI
no advice, and 81 offer Of ofproleciion
She retired @ t1se, weeping as ahs
went, and yowiI hhe would neYerleayt
II, bu. while she 0aen implorine the pro-
tection Of the 8 some Of che posse M
been engagedin ing her house, and had
80 gutted i, aut such language toward
her, that she fiee PEE me prairie with heI
children 10 a ,hit # ' II Ny,
WHY THE LAVA sOys DIN NOT EIeaT,
Inihe flst pls ihey did moi believe i
would 'be possible kpughshey had counteal
warnings, thai iiI8 Missouri ruffians would
at thar seasop, WlliIo ihe Congressional com.
mIssionsvas 10 iho tarri.ory, when ,he Free
State men were oibring no resisiance 10 the
oficers---the only case Of resistance being
that Of Reeder, who plead a special "priyi,
lege'--absolutely Invade. The Free State
settlements. And ,hey had work 70 do, and
SO had their neiehkorB, and tho aversion
with which they contemplated the idea ol
abandoning their farms and shops, and s,and,
Ing q drepry siege. was almost insurmouni-
able. Those within and abou, Lawrence did
not wish 10 appear simid BY sending for aid.
The Committee Of Safeiy were for submls
sion and perfect GOODNESS and obedience,
that no excuse for. violence might be affor.
ded. They told Shannon that they were
law-nbiding citizens, and that those Of them
against whom there were writa would make
no resistance. They appealed TO the U.S
Marshal 70 dlsband bis men, offering them-
selves 10 act as b posse TO make arrests.
And Il was impossible 70 believe, alier this,
citizens Of the United States would demand
more Ct them, so twas not mill Lawrence
was surrounded BY an overwhelming force
ofmoun,ed men that tits people realized their
danger. Thoyopfe mel, il The town then
wanted 70 fight, bti Ihe GommIlsee Of Safety
|snii nc "a H1<'| * # e r'rs l'o rn(inns
"a exc0oo % desr6y lifs and pFopefty. fhe
Marshal IVES assisled by ciiizens Of Law.
renee In making arrests, Col Topliffa netting
as one Of the posse. When the prisoners
were escorted 10 the camp Of the ruflians
Toplife was assailed, and a muske. presen.
ted at his breasi, but he appealed 10 the Mar
shal for protection. as he had been engaged
In making arrests, and was sayed, but while
he had been out oftown Jonsa had galloped
In and taken posseSsion, and Topliffe's room
had been broken open, md a brace of re-
volvers, q gold watch, and $500 In gold,
stolen. When Jones said thar the arms
mus, be surrendered 10 iye minutes, some
of the young men were burning 10 lake po.
silioDs al the windows Of the holel, and de.
fend themselves. There were only about
forty Of them, but they were confident .ha.
they could slaughter all who attempted TO
come near the holel, but the Committee ol
Safety said no, and the arms were given UP
that is, the cannon and about forty Of the
ShaTp6's rifles. 6cr- tt's ~ ,is Hs1t
arHE coMtIrrsE OF sAsErT DENOUNCED.
Mr.. Nichols says tha, the Free State
young men talk Of their Committee with
great bitterness, and ihTeateHed 10 ohOngthe1nl
and thar fiery dissatisfaction was spreading:
They wanted 70 know when the time would
come 10 Eight, II not nowJ II il would NOT
be self defense, 10 fight for their homes and
houses and the right 70 shink and say what
they pleased, when wonldhhe lime for sell
defense comet The telegraph tells Us that
since the destruction of ihe hotel and print
ing Offices, al Lawrence. abou, FIVE hundred
Of the Free Stale boys had gathered there,
They are exaspsraied immeasurablys and
think thatit issnow their turn 10 mako war,
and |, wonlanot Be sdfprising 70 hear that
they had assumed the aggressive. ltis mol
likely that all the mnrdeFs win be on one
side alter this. Bloody encounters may be
apprShendsd any or every day. When
Sheriff Jones 81 any oiherFufiian vagabond
ls sho, next ilne, 4 ID fnors ihan probable
shat daylight will shine through him, and
thar the Border rnfian journals may howl
In earnest and fsrsomeihiDg. We are a..