Meigs County telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy [Ohio]) 1848-1859, 1856-03-04

much exci.emenI throughout The lerrigory.l
and also Ia The uhper pbf,ionssol Missoqfi,
where I'll. ives wofkedpp he Utmost point
Iofinlensiiy. In iheanDexedPassage from
Shannon's letter snlhe PresideU,' dsssd Dec
f1,h. Is q confession Of ihe wrdknsss-o Of The
Pro Slavery menjn lhe TERRITORY: ysse
5rhe orders lhadissued 80 Major General
Richardson and General S,rickler had
Ibrou ktio the Sheriff Of Dougiass county q /
yery Inadequate force for his protection !
when compared with iheforcss IN the iown
oi LAWRENCE which amoun,ed at thatiime
10 sJme 800 men, oil remarkably we'll arm
ed wnh Sharp's rifles and ether weapons.
/ These facts becoming known across ihe
| line in ,he Sta,e OF Missouri. largo numbers
ot men iisomahate State. in regular bodies
rushed 10 the county o. Douglass, and manv
4 or .lhem enrolled themselves ir the Sheriff's
posse.1 se = ia9qes tselass ll. - y
T. Shannon iosaifes shis enlistment Of Mis-
!; soufians indirect terms, saying ,ha, Gcner-
4 ais Snickler and Richardson chad very ju.
u liciously adopiedlhs policy ofincorpoi a.ing
K aZiniol their respective command ul'lhe irreg'
. ular forces .hol4had arrived" !" Busihis, we
! are iold, ,was done in orderio prevent out
1 breaks.a .Thesnllnber Of hostile forces and,
! the designs of i"ihe law AMI order pnriy."
are thus iod::1g.t.9 & 'la
II The greai 7cai,gar 10 be appfehended wqs
II 60 M al, unanlharized auack on The snwn oil
9| lLawFe nee, which was,b being strongly doni.l
, lied. and had aabout 1000 men, we'll pFrfeds
!. ta. X. ,s;,t q .1ieces IN hflllsrt II
Hound in ihe camp al Waksrpsa "a deep ard
sel,led feeling Of hostility against lhe opposr
i ingi6 Lawrence. and apparenilya fxedde-
s ,erminaiion p dliack that place and demoEt
4 fish itand ihs presses. aud take possession
. Eof their arms Il seemed 10 bp q universal
, opinion in ahe9camp THAI hhcfe was nossafe-
Is ID rho w:a,id.order party in,he Terri
e tory, while The oihef epary were, permitted
! n.lheirs sShnrD's rifles, an Instrument
1 used onl forwas purposes. " 'al s1e-
Shunpon, uPprebended .ia.,he Free State
men would hotgive dpabeir guns and was
l. very solicilous fpf ,hepresence Of Col. Sum-
e lsner with the U, s. iroopssio prevent ,oul.
!. breaks Of the .Iaw and order" lolks, as he
I saws but evidently 10 assist In The conqaes
: loo Lawrence, which was TOO strong for Ihs
v shot guns, even assisted by The artillery bur
4 slariously} obtained from ANUS. Arsenal
5. no. d word of the robbery Of which Is sou
n chsafet us in these .oficial communication
2 When Shannon comes olell Of The Law
+, renee treaty his style drops percepdbly
al lie con(esses that he was ..entirely satisfied
in shat no one agains, whom d wyl, was issued
d was ihcn in Lawrence. ,falihey had al
. fled, ,Cnnd .ha. they Che peopleof Lawrence
/, were hnrboring, noncealing ordefepding nj
y one ugains, whom a wfit-had been iss1ed.' :
De EInIhis connection remember the modes
l. demand Of The Sheriff Tor three ibcusant
"a men, When Col. Sumnc, was first aappli
cd 10 for ihc services Of his regiment, h
u promised his immediate assislance. bu
er though, better ofi,. tShannoo urged him il
st pileops terms ,o.eeme on wilhhis men, bu
Ill ho replied.sensibly as fpl'ows: '2Faa 'lg
,d Headquarters FIRST CAvALRY.1
:, Fort LEAvENwoRTH. Dec. 7, 1865
=, Governor: | have received your two lie,
: ters Of The 5h and 9Th inst. Iregrei ex
&c i,emely 10 dissppoirl you, bu, the more ] re
20 fec upon it The more am convinced ihr
he | ought moi 10 interfere my, command be
,c tween lhe two hostile parties in this Terri
Z, - tory unyii receive orders from ,he Govern
~ men,. We know ,bn, The whole matter
OF now in the hahds OF the Executive, and
is an affair of 100 much importance for an
Oh ene 10 anticipate The action OF The Govern
il meni. am momeusarily expecting 10 n
nv ceive orders. and whenever they come
an shall move Instantly, by might or by day
h, If you find those people benz on auackin
el- The town. would respectfully Suggest tb'
tn they nigh, be induced 10 pause fol a lin
~ y, on being told thar The orders Of The Gener,
III Government were expected every momen
lot and that there was no doubt but tha, ,hef
tie orders, framed from m enlarged view Of III
,r- whole difficulty would give general sa,isla'
ron andrseuls the matter honorably {,
I. both parties, XIV -, TX.
81 am, Governor, with much respect, you
ice obedient servant az. F. SUMNER, {
Is. u Colonel Isl Cavalry, Commanding.
At When Shannon became satisfied that ii
men Of Lawrence were neither devils fool
or towards, he stated lha, the great difficU
lst ty was 10 restrain thea ''Iaw and order" parl
frpmmaking almob attack on ,be town. 1
in order4o call off his dogs, be- had top1u
false te,ihem, He assures the. Preside
,ha, ii will do no good 10 call lout. t.hemilili
he Jas lba, willenll bring The hostile parties in
\ The 6eld--lho. Is. ihe militia oil The TER
ale tory on one. side and the Mssourians on Il
ilh other, and the ability Of the lauer to col
Ihe guerlhe former heyery much doubls-
NE hence ha wants the1U. s. forces. Amor
on The documenlVin in the list before as Is the e
nd ler Of inaruc,ion from the Secretary Of WI
ledl 10 Coloaels Sumner and Copke 81 For
ms Leavenwos,h snd Riley. Tho Secrelar
lor speaks Of The Presidents message, urg
IL! cautious actonffn dealing "evcn wiIh3ihsu
ae gent ciiiz4ns," ETC, bu. The point of his lie
ST., ter is as follows: .sl !atos4 aliv.ts1,
hei iGaherefore, the Governor Of theiIerr
nyl tory; finding tho ordinary course OF judici
~ proceeding and the powers yesed 10 Unilt
ed States Morshals inadequate for the suppre
,ds1 sion los insurrecIionury. combinations 4,
lolt armed resistance TO the execution Of Il
ab,i law, should make requisition Upon you
,ol furnish asriiiiafv force 10 aid him in u
r. - r.. n. ~ 1 ffxi- 4 L.