New-York daily tribune., 1856-06-04
KANSAS.
A ORDEl1RUFFIAN VIEW.
TEE BURNING OF LAWRENCE, &c.
From The s.. Losh Republican.


paDy Of AbOlitiOIists on Pottawatomie Creek II Il
said that they were organized band who did the
deed and have determined for time psst 10 wreak
their vengeance upon any opponent of their vleEs
Three Of the men killed were named Doyle, three
Sherman, and Of the other two, was named Whit
man. W That the immediate exciting We have
not learned We had sincerely hoped that after the
little violence necessarily attendant upon the execution
Of the laws in and around Lawrence, Of which yoi have
already been apprised, that we should hear nothing
further Of bloodshed but the spirit of revenge and OPP
poson TO good order and the peacabe enforcement of
the law, not easily queled, ard we may yet have TO
rcori acts of nature similar TO the above. The In
habitants Of PeitawatOmie Creek have sent up To
Gov Shannon FOR aid to protect Themselves and prop
erty from fuithfr r violence.
From an Authentic source we learn that all is quiet
in ard around Lawrence, LecOmpton aud Franklin.
United States troops have been sent to each OF these
places. and We apprelend no further violence. The
lows will be enforced and the prisoners detained
at LecOmpton have the benefit OF fair trial The
great Of the people disposed to attend to the
regular avOcatiOns of life if let alone, and We trust
that the agators who 70 ngOriousy fled at the time
Of danger and left those duped by them to suffer will
be kept away forever by the fear of tn, punishment
they so richly deserve.
PARTICULARS OF THE SIEGE OF LAWRENCE.
IL CAMP OS THE WAgARusA,(
9o'cock, May %, 1856. !
You will sec by the manner in which the Abolition.
sts gave up thsr guns and ran away how much good
their Sharps rifles do them.
lLe forces received orders on tue eNchpS vi us
day the ooh inst to be in readiness TO march at day
light, and occupy the bights Lawrence, which are
a brarch Of what is called the backbone =,
The troops were divided into two divisions-those
encamped above Lawrence, in and around Leconp-
ton were the Upper Division, and those encamped IN
aid around Franklin, the Lower. Col Buord Tempo
iaIy commanded the latter. Col l. Titus, late OF fior-
ida and now of LecOmpton bad charge OF the caVai,
ry amounting to at least two hundred men, mounted
on fine horses, while the United States Marshal con-
trolled the whole. DIR. j. II. Stringfellow acted as
Colonel Of a giment. Among the cavalry noticed
Gen. G. w. Clarks company. the Doniphan Tigers
and KckapoO Rangers.
The company from Fort Leavenworth made good
show in the lines.
When the Lower Division arrived on the Heights
they found them occupied by the cavalry, which had
take possession Of them at O'Clock in the morning.
They were relieved by the infantry and marched to
breakfast.
Itwa. near four in the afternoon when Jones, though
quite weak and much bent from the fatal effects of his
wounds entered the town with twenty five soldiers as
an escort. Going up to the ." Aid Hotel, Gen. Pom
eroy was called for, and appearing Jones told him
that he had to demand the in town, and to
destroy the hotel and printing Offices, saying that he
had five minutes to answer if he would give up the
and submit to the destruction mentioned Which
saying" you have five inmates to give up fight.
lie yielded without much hesitation, aud what he said
were an the they had of which he knew anything;
they were twelve FOUNDER howiizer and ,hree swveis
Two hours were then given the propHetors to re,
move the furniture from the hotel they refused, and
Il was taken out by oui men. Meanwhile, the Sheriff
proceeded TO demoish the two printing offices, which
was efectualy done in very short time. Most OF the
,pe was thrown in Kansas River, and the csses and
resse e. smashed. This doIe with less excitement
than could have been expected. Indeed few excesses
were committed. Private property was ordered to be
ietpeced. There no liquor in the ranks and that
accounts for the cooness of the cLensodlers IL Il
tue that Robnsons house was burned, but 1t was con-
ary to expiess orders and done by irresponsible
mC Other things were also DONE but they We're fewer
far Il an il vas reasonable to expect.
At the expiration of two hours, the artillery was
dawn up in front of the public entrance to the hotel
and dozen or fifteen shots fired into IL, completely
ddling the inside and breaking holes In the walls; and
after shaking the walls with two or three blasts the
structure was fired, and before tue sun went down ali
that remained of the said hotel was solitary wall
holding itself up solitary warning to the law-break-
ers and eemiDg to say, Look at me and bewarer
INCIDENTS.
Not life of the Aboltionists was lost; but two of
the ProSavery ranks lost theirs accidentally. young
man by the name of Kirget shot himself accidentally
throulh the shoulder; and another from Hickory Point
was luIt by the falling OF brick from chimney so
that he died. This case was singular: the South Car.
olina company, whose tsg was blood with single
stnr bad planted il on of the small chime vs. on
ton of the hotel; the breeze being brisk, the banner
whipped off brick, which fell on poor young mans
be ed, breaking the skull. He died that night in our
cslnp.
Nav day; the suu scarcely shone moe brilliantly
suo all save Lawrence locke fresh and glorious But
the Inflated town appeared deserted-doomed. Tne
women arc children had been removed for safety and
the men had run away for cowardce.
The Bloom ington Qll.) PentOgrapl has the follow
inc account of the sack OF Lawr nee from Mr.. Hin.
man, an ey witness:
"The recent news from Kansas is intensely interest,
ing The details Of the destruction of Lawrence have
ROT vet come to hand-but enoogh Is known TO cover
the perpetrators with eternal afamy. Just A., ~.
=, a
HlumaN of Farm Ridge, this State, came into oar
room and was introduced as fresh from Lawrence
bay, left there on Friday last AMI having been nre.
eL al the destruction Of that glee and losing ali his
esbv possessions by the hands of the robber.ru,ns
ard escaping with his life by having accdentaIly
leaned tie pass word, and thereby obtained p,s;
Mr. Human was present when the United Sta,es
MarsLal Mr. Donaldson, visited Lawrence aud i |
reefv 10 pedpe his life ON tse truth Of the statennn
that no oppoeition was made to his making ayress
tLat he an bis posse kindly treated ~ free din
p,r nj tb. Lawr,nce UOtel-tat the persons ybero h.
named a. subject 10 srest voluntarily pre,eoted them
s.y,s. aud When this was done, the Marshal told ,b
pecpe that be tLen surrendered them into the han3
Of Sheriff JoDes, who was encamped on he high groand
rear by with eight hundred armed men. Jones cam
INTO tie town with a small crowd, AID dem md |
evSry N'C IS sharp. rife ia the place. 'e" 'naea
1Le peoule told him that the rifles We're u,-v..
proptrtv, and that he could not take them wlthou,
MET taking their contents-that they did pot and
would not recognize the bogus laws of the Territorial
Legislature He ihereupon demanded tie cannon
and was told that be could have them if be wouIi
p 20 then the safety of the lives and property of
the people OF Lawrence. With TINS Jones professei |
him ELF content, and the cannon were slrendered In
the mean time the crowds of shouting lwlln, devil
in human shape came rushng into town, tie cqnnon
were TUNED upon the principal buildings, aud t1e
yUk of robbery and destruction Commenced. Eyerv |
tore shop ana house supposed to con'au vAluabics
was pllseed. Most of tie inhabitants escaped 10 the
.uIrcuncipg country.
But a short time before the alta * was na5a
,snce and told the Committee OF Safety that II was
srir suty TO send mesengers to shannon reqaestjpr