Bradford reporter. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1844-1884, 1856-06-21


coming and serving them, spent a week Or tv,
in collecting posse, consisting chiefly Of Sor,,
Carolina and Georgia men and Border Rufo,
and one evening came and encamped hear III,
place. The next morning he came into ,o,n.
and arrested several Of the citizens Some oon
Border-Ruifians appeared on the hill and forn
ed and marched into town Here thew ,.o.
addressed by Atchison and some Others n
Alison also made speech delivering them or..
into the hands Of Sheriff Jones, who sail i.
authority had been defied in this nIoco a.,
now he would execute the laws that the Proo
State Hotel had been declared a puic,noo
the Grand Jury, and he would destrovit u
gave the proprietor l5 minutes to movo l.
things out he of course could not 90 l..
fastened it up and left. Jones planted h,
cannon, three in number, about lao fo+ :;
front of it, and commenced firing. aftor 6.
ing ~ shots, aud only making a few holes n
the wall, they went at the door with ,bo:.
hatchets and broke it in; they then carr.l
l-2 kegs Of powder into the cellar and nrt
slow match to it. BY the explosion, the bniId
ing was badly shattered, and set on fire and
| burned down
This Hotel was the finest and best furnished
building west Of st. Louis built of stone =
stories high, aud cost furnished about $40 ooo
The mob then commenced to break Omen tbo
stores and search for plunder, and Sharps r.
Hes, money, goods and provisions were freely
taken. About Il or Is of Sharps rifles va.
all they could find The cannon had preyions
ly been delivered up to L. S. Marshal. After
staying about until night, some of them SET fro
to Gov. RobinSon's house, which with ar t.,
contents was consumed. The type of the print.
ing Offices were scattered in the street and
| presses thrown into the river. Most Of t.,
citizens left the town and found shelter un5cr
the neighboring trees and the rayines ,b.;,
leaders had just been arrested and taken away
and no one fit for a head could be found Tie
place is fortified by eight carthen redouIts Or
forts, and no , or 900 men could have taken
1t had they tried to defend it,
1t appears to be the policy Of the Rufans
to worry and harraSs the FrceState men ont
After they went from here, about 80 of them
got together near Palmyra aud Prairie and
formed camp ; took prisoner the foremost Of
the Free-State men, and took their horses and
wagons, and ordered their families to lcaye-
The Free-State men organized into cornapy
and sent scouts over the country to find the
thieves camp. On Sunday night they found
it in deep ravine ; it consisted of wagons
10 or Ii horses and lot of provisions, mostly
stolen (prcssed they call it, from the Free
State men, and some 80 OF 81 mcnpoorlyan
ed with muskets, six or eight Sharp> rifles and
lot of ReyolvcrS The FrceState men nnm
bcred about 80, armed with SharpS rfc>-a
regular little battle cnsued the FreeState
men were victorious, severely, if not mortaIy
wounding e of the enemy and taking q PR
SonerS, beside rctaking Of their mcu that bail
been held as prisoners. One Frcc-StatC man
was badly wounded, and three Others partially.
Ny friend and | went down there the day al
ter the battle Some of the soldiers are I'D
friends of ours, so we were invited into camp
talked Il good deal with them their grit i
up, and whose would not he? Their prisoners
are some of them Col BuforlS men, >Omr Ms
sourans and two Wyandatt luiians
The Border Rfiian> not pretend to dcr!tht
they came here for the purpose Of pInndeHF
the Frec-Statc people Some of their |oH"F
ed they got away. One of whom We hear h''
since died Five of their horses were shot deai
the rest with all the stores and arms iciItoM
victors Two of the wounded prisoners saw
one is shot in the mouth with 4 ml>ke' oa1
tearing the tongue and tonSilS of the tlrOa
entirely to pieces and lodging beneath the caf'
It'd artery The surgeon has not yef Oo'
able to extract it. If he lives, he Will nFo
speak again The other received shot IFol
one of Sharp's rifles, the ball entering Tue 0"'
between the shoulder blades aud coming oa'
in the front part of the neck The OH! "
geon in the place, DR.. Graham, was pm"
er in their camp at the time Of their ac'oA
As soon as they saw the day was lost one N
them seized revolver and said he would ~
the id old AbotioniSt, aud trcd al II"
he ran, but was wounded three times WI"
all were prisoners, the Or. took the two 'O"''
ed men to his house and provided of 'T'
After having a good time among the v.
and soldiers we gave them some hla''''"
and come home
The whole country is up in arms aH
a regular guerrilla war. About 'o nEn ,r
gone from here to-day to meet bod! "
sourians that are coming up from W Nrsl""
! The L S. TrnonS are encamncd here, Uu'