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LATER FROM KANSAS.
Particulars Of the Attack on Lawrence.
The TOWN SACKED AND PLUNDRRED
DESTRUCTION or TOPEKA.
IBy Telesfsph.I


ST. LOUIS, Tuesday. May "a, 1856.
The Kansas correspondents Of The 81. Louis Re-
publican Pro-Slsvery) and Democrat furnish tho
following additional items relative TO the attack %
Lawrence:
The Democrat correspondent Gays stores and
dwellings were Unfortunately broken open and
robbed by the invaders. A Mr.. johnson had 81, 900
in draftr, checks and land taken from him.
Col. Toplife. who was appointed colonel Of the
militia by Gov Shannon last Fall, was forcibly dis
possessed of bis com mission, private papers, watch.
and money to the amount Of $500. His trunk was
also broken open, and his clothing carried away.
He had no means of defense, and was obliged to
submit to see his property taken away. After de-
stroyiDg the Office of The Herald Of FREEDOM, the
forces under Jones set fire to the house and library
Of the editor, Mr.. Brown, but the FIRE was extu-
guished by citizens-some Of Browns friends.
Col. Beaverton writes to The Republicans that
two hundred Free State men had collected at Law
r. nee on the day the place was entered by Jones.
and it was thought that the garrison at Frankli0,
where the Free-State arms bad been stored BY
Jones, would be attacked on the night Of the ia
for the purpose Of recovering them. He alec
writes that il is understood that Gov. Shannon Will
order one hundred United States troops to Dc W.
toned at Lawrence, one hundred at Topeka, ana
one hundred at Osawatame. AZ the latter p'sce
Judge Cato of the District Court had been pre-.
vented from holding Court in consequence %
threats of violence to the Grand Jury which ID
been made by Free State men.
Judge Train had passed through Leavenwe"i
on bis way to Georgia.
CHICAGO, Wednesday, May %, 1850
The 81. Louis Democrat learns from passenger
who arrived from Kansas In the Morning STAR ID"
it ia the intention Of Sheriff Jones to proceed in'
medately to Topeka, which is also TO be destroyed'
or tie inhabitants forced TO submission.
The Democrat also contains accounts OF iour ~
ditional public murders Of citizens Of Kansas ''e
facts concerning which have just been made kno"@
CHICAGO, Wednesday, May %, ls*,
Tile Wsstport No Times Of the I'D, ststes ths. '''
investigating Committee were still at Leavenwonh'
Gen. Schuyler writes that Mr.. Conway and hins..
were st at liberty on the Goth. Mr. Brown SUI
prisoner at Lecompton, and Gov. Robinson 10 . '"'
lar situation.
No account has been received OF the movements
the pose" since the atteck on Lawrence On 'ne
After the arms in Lawrence had been delivered, W.
81 arnon was requested by the citizens to nter'e'e
pre- vent the outrages threatened by the poSse oas
Decline. Mr. Schuyler then called upon M. oH.
TO duce him 10 his influence with Gov Sns
Mr. Sherman made similar request, and NJ ",.s
prouised swer in fifteen minutes, bat nes.,
to do so, until too late. Previous to the pos -,
ing Lawrence, Gov. Shannon agreed in wr'tos '..,,
if the arms were delivered TO Sumner Only ss~
lumber would be allowed 10 enter 10 maAe
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on board atkAssss CITY 70 20 down TO 81. LouT 'n''
N en- were under the Iesd Of Mr. Lincoln Oh u '''A
chuset,s, who vas ther chief; they came nom Aa'sa
chusetts; they .old witness that the Emlsrant sid
Society had brought them out, end PROMISED them
81 80 a day after they got TO Lawrence and voted
they cuI.ed the Emigrant Aid Society for not rea'ns
them wel they out 10 vote the Free Soil ticket
they swore that they did not care d-n whether
Kansss was Free OF Slave State, but they did not
ike TO be chousled out Of their mesns in that way;
they cursed and abused Lincoln for making speech
in Massachusetts, and misleading them; they had been
up into the Territory and voted and were going home
Lincoln himself told witness that he going down
TO ST. Louis after q new batch, as the Governor had
ordered new election for Lawrence in May This
testimony Of the most loose description and requires
70 elaborate argument to prove its utter inconsistency
ard inprobability 10 an Eastern man.
JosyrH PARKER, sworn-Lives in AtchIson County;
came from Buchanan County No, in 1854; was at the
March 81, cton 1885, residents OF the district,
whom he had known "a residents Of Buchanan County.
and who have been re.dents of that county since and
still are re sidents of Mo. Witness here gave the
names Of a number of those he thee knew who were
there with the company-among them Major Oliver OF
the Commission. There nearly 300 OF these men
there; Msjor Oliver made speech to them-a hrst'
rate speech
To Ol.rer-You made fine speech, and peace,
or compromising one that you thought that all parties
there had an equal right to vote Here Oliver inter-
posed and said: Witness, did not justify men CON-
ing to vote from Missouri an distract proposition,
but merely as q corrective TO the Emigrant Aid So
cetyil did not hear you explain it just exactly IN
that way, but you justified them in some way Here
Mr.. Oliver gave some liberal recitations OF bus own
speech asking witness if he had not said so and so,
and he had not offered to guarantee the Free.State
people protection. Some Of these "reminiscences the
witness recognized; Others he did not remember to
have heard him make; the witness was ProSlavery
man when he came to the Territory and has still an
interest in considerable number of slaves belonging
to his father estate in Kentucky. To question from
Oliver about his politics he replied that he had been
PIo-Slavery man but he fell over the fence that day;
that this Free soil conversion was attributable to Mr.
divers eloquence is only partially probable, the
witness sat that he thought that the people OF the
Territory ought to manage their own affairs, and he
was SO disguised with the course pursued, and the
party pursuing it, that he could not stay with then
Here Groves again resumed his formdsbly tedious
cross examination in the same insulting and ntimidst
ing tone. He elected nothing new.
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u. The ipvs ron Of he. November showed tAss Shee-
non "s. united FOR bis station. THIS rp1 nnhs
Lea dson to the ssme level. II this reply nesos
considers the people Of Lawrence har, lsw. brsskee
aud asssssns and against them be not only u going
10 enforce the Territorial la~s, ont h. 10 TO b vsvsxssd
American citizens hoee nights have been robbed from
them, by the people from foreign State, may sobmit
10 this
While Messrs. Roberts, Bsbcock and Miller a.
Lecomptop, Miller was accosted by Major CLARK.
Miller extened bis had to him. Clark ssid, "D-n
"you. won't shake hands With 700. believe you
published an article in your paper about noe. viii
settle with you opight." On their r. turn party
Of horse men came out upon them, asfedfor Miller and
If he was from South Carolina Muller said be vas;
ore OF them then sad Come With Us, am from
South Carolina, and have got account 70 settle
"with you." They then seized Miller and drsgges
him awsy-what they may do with him we know not
Last night box OF arms was seized At Frankhni
the driver Of the team was taken prisoner and very
badly treated. This ms rning they let him 60.
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THE CONGRESSIONAL INVESTIGATION

From Our Special Correspondent
LEAyENwoRTH CITY, K. T., May 10, le56.
proceed with my report OF the testimony taken
before the Investigating Committee
R.R. RES, sworn-He was questioned relstiye TO
the meeting held April 30, less, at which resolutions
were passed ndorsing the lynching of Phillip, a, that
time. The Committee had copy of the proceeding,
of the meeting. stated, in letter from Lawrence
testimony having been given On the point there III At
neatly all of those engaged in thus ndorsing this IA q
less affair then held have since held responsible
Offices. gave the names and offices then. and would
now merely repeat that they Were members of the
Bogus Legislature, Justices Of the Peace JUDGES NJ
Elections County Officers, Grand Juror. Denutv.
Nsrshals the person since appointed Postmaster and
in fact that these mob law men firm considerable
portion Of the officers to administer the law Judya
Lecompte among the number. Witness. himself
member Of the Bogus Council, himself particinsn,
in the meeting, gave testimony examination.
to prove these facts s. of the sgnc-s were re-dn
Of Missouri.
To Olirer-Was present at the election in March
less; cid not know what was the reason y-ly one ~
the Judges of Election resi- gned could not ten VIVA,
was the comparative strength o: the Free-Soi and
Pro-Slavtry parties at that time d know Of him
self but on d conversation with othe.s thought tn,
I'VE" the Pro Slavery party had majority in the
Leay,lworth District; it in the papers, s9d heard
il IL ported that the Abolition Emsran. Aid Society"
were sending on crowds OF men 10 vote il the Tertitorv
in spnrgof 1855; a, the election 'oth March saw
,,re. numbers of men, many Of whom be recoyniz "a
as having been citizens of Missouri before that tune
Gui,pe.. came from Missouri; and many Of them he
tnew 20 reside IN Missouri since couversed with
u,,v Of th.ss men; the reason they gave %,
over :, ths tine 70 vote was 20 ecu.;ers2.
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LATEST FROM LAWRENCE.
LEAvENwoRTH, Monday Evening, May

LEAyENWORTH, Monday Evening May ~.
have Just heard from Lawrence. This morn
ing the city perfectly quiet, and to great ex-
tent deserted. The gallant "Stubbs had marched
out, under orders, and had cOnrived to get through
the besiegDg parties. A boat left on Saturday aud
carried a considerable number of persons down the
river to Kansas City. There was no preparation
for resistance. The leaders were gone, the yolun
teer company Of the town gone, and Lawrence-the
proud city Of Freedom, the spot Of Kansas soil
where could always say what he pleased on
politics without fear Of being mobbed; Lawrence
that the Border Ruflians hated and feared Law
renee, the home of intelligence and beauty-was
solitary. A few citizens remained, and there were
womtn and children there but the town was a. the
mercy of the rsbble of Williams whom Postscript
Donaldson pretends to lead.
What gIieyous outrage is this already. At the
eminent peril OF life the citizens ola quiettown
thus compelled 10 flee from their homes and prop
erty before mob, most of whom are from Mis-
souri,, armed 10 great extent by United States arms,
banded together under Federal authority, and act
ing under Federal authority. Such is the viIlainous
mi.poverpment Of Franklin Pierce.
To night the Border Rufians mean to destroy
Lawrence; they have made such statements them
selves. AID such, no doubt, is their ntentlor but
I do rot think they will to night. | believe that
when they find the city thus deserted, they VIII
suspect come trick, and defer their purpose. But
il remains 10 be seen how tar their ruthless VII
aipy win carry them in the destruction OF peace
full town and its defenseless inhabitants.
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Ly,yESwoRTH, Tuesday, May 20, l856.

have just received intelligence from Lawrence
by special messenger who arrived last night 1 ne
attack had not yet been made upon the town. ou'
the war RACES around it acer guerrilla fashion
Dcfenseless although Lawrenceis, the suspicious
beseieers fear to attack it. Awful stories about
mines ia the streets, and secret means of defense
rise up before their cowardly and blocdth'rs'y
visiOu. and half suspect that the attack upon tie
town viii be made by eannOpsde. They ksEe sot
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LravrSwORrH CRY, X. T., May 90 1856.
=. NICHOLSON, sworp-Is resident Of Platte City,
Mo was going down the Missouri River after the
Territorial March election. twenty passenger. came
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GOING OYER FROM MISSOURI.

DR.. Bayiss, a wealthy STAKEHOLDER in Platte County,
was at Fort Leavenwofth on Friday, and informed q
son-in.law Of Col. Sumner that he was bis way to
Lawrence with company Of forty men from Platte
City. He told Col Sumner that great deal Of eI-
element had been raised against him in the border
counties by reason Of his alleged sympathy with the
Northerners in the Territory He stated the determi
nation Of the bordersrs to compel the men Of Law
renee to deliver up their arms. That's Squatter
Sovereignty.
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LAwREycE. Thursday. Nav Is. Is56.

LAWRENCE, Thursday, May Is, l-56.
To-day, Mr.. Roberts, Lieutep ant Governor Mr..
Babcock, Postmaster, and NJ Miller formerly asso
ciate editor Of The Free State visited Lecompton, for
the pupose Of converting with Gov. Shannon and the
Marshal upon troubles and see if something could
not be done to prevent collision. They say shannon
trea:ed them coldy, and would say nothing to them
about it, but they finally succeeded in getting reply
was Iot written by the Marshal be appended bis name
TO simply. The author epdeayois to be very roni-
cal and revere. He does more-he introduces words
and references calculated to iname beyond control
the already excited feelings Of too much outraged
people. Marshal DonaldsOn in his reply has shown
bimtef incapacits,sd to I'll the important position he
now holds. Kansas is now on the verge Of civil war;
Kind words cool heads, and wise officials can prevent
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NICHOLAS HorsE, TOPEKA, KANSAS, May IL.
Tie settlers at Vanbonsa, recently from New
Haven, Conn., have sent committee TO Lawrence to
if there is to be fight if go to return and let
them know imme diately. The New-Haven company,
numbering about 100, are al armed with Snaps
ries ard out drilling nearly every day, until the re-
turn of their committee. II called to the protection
Of Lawrt nee, they will start at for the post Of
duty and danger. About the same number will
port themselves from Manhattan, and 400 from this
vicinity in case of an attack upon the city threatened
with destruction. T.
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IMPORTANT FROM KANSAS.

LAWRENCE OEFENsELEss.
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,wc1ppnrs OF WARFARE
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Of the Western n. C. r. R., in the midst of an
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one of the most healthy portions of the country.
It offers every advantage, both of the College and
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the Collegiate studies, with special attention to the
higher Mathematics and Modern Languages
Every effort will be made to give young men a
thorough education, to prepare them for business,
or for admission to other colleges.
A new and valuable Philosophical Apparatus
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more will be added until The College is completely
supplied. This institution was founded in a spirit
of beneyolence to extend the means of education
to those who were debarred from more expensive
institutions. Attention is requested to the rates O.
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The past success of this institution, as we'll a
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promise a successful future, and warrant the Trus
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A T the Annual meeting of the North Carolina
18th ult., the following persons were elected
Directors and Officers for the ensuing year:
DIRECTORS Jos. G. B. Roulhac, H. d. Tur-
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Hutchines, James F. Jordan, James NJ. fowles,
Raleigh James E Hoyt, Washington Alex
ander Mitchell, Newborn; Joshua G. Wright,
Wilmington John NJ. Jones, Edenton; w. w.
Griffin, Elizabeth City F. +. Pagan, Plymouth;
w. N. II. Smith, Murfreesboro'; Il. b. Will
liams, Charlotte George A. Smith, Miltol. ;
0. F. Long, Hillsboro'; Joseph White, Arson
county Joshua Boner, Salem; A. /. Sunny,
Asheville.
OFFICERS OF THE COMPANY:
Hon. Chas. Manly, President.
Henry D.. Turner, Vice President,
J.. G. Partridge, Secretary,
John H.. Bryan, Attorney,
J. Hersman, General Agent.
Jno. R. Williams,
I. II. Selby, Executive Committee.
C. w. D. Hutchings,
This Company has been in successful oper-
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risks upon all classes of property in the State
Except steam mills and turpentine distilleries,
upon favorable terms. Its Policies now cover
property am o%unting to 81 500, 900, a largepor
ton of which is in country risks; and its pres
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The average cost of insurance upon the plal
of Thu Company has been less than one thirC
of one per cent per annum, on all grades o
property embraced in its operations.
All communications in reference toinsuranc
should be addressed to the Secretary, post pal
j, C. PARTRIDGE, Sec'y.
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