Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1856-05-26
IA y L NEWS.
DxoIclNa News FROM KANsAs
Rt,ga q Te,ror throughout ths Territory the
tine frtd for an Attack on Laursnrs fhs ab
o'nionisis rdrsr- Psumptoru Demands affb,


Re,ga Of Te'ro- throughout fhs Ttrri.orv--ths
a"s frtd for an Attack on Lowr,nce- ihs Ab
o'fion'sts trdrt'- Psrtmptorg Demands ofths
L. States Marshal. eic.. eie.
tlucAao.M May 81. 1856
Oates from LcaVenwofth. Kansas, to Saturday
las' ARE received. Wednesday ITO day had been
h'ed hpon Tor The attack on Lawrence. There
Is general reign OF terror in the Tertiary
i"n cannnns had crossed the river at Chison
d s,lned ior Lawrence Buford's oompanv ere
enrolled IN the militia aud furnish, with United
STATES AIMS by Gov. Shannon. The free State
m whnt arms AMI ammunition. Donaldson,
hlfed States Marshal. has proclaimed hi intrn-
tlon tn mak" clean work ot what he has to do
ihis time. Governor Robinson is eth AT Licking.
ton.
The correspondent Of the j. r.r.on (Missooril
Enqmfer states that pe,itlon is h,ing ,iroula
ted III the h"rder counties pay ing tor The itnne.
date removal ut Colonel Snmnsr.
The Kansas Correspondent # the St Louis
Democrat. writes under date ot the rs h int,
TIM t'eht To twelve hun lred n,,-n were ,ucanprd
near Lccompton.
The people of Lawrence had sent n note tn
Colonel Sumner asking him Ia ~iatirun body #
troops IN the vicinity In prevent The mob from
proceeding I" sang ilnnry .MrrmItns. lie de
ehnea' saying h" had no power /" move without
orders.
Donaldson. to ascertain if ANYTHING could hr
d"ne leacraby to prevent his monster posse en-
terlng the town. Mr. Donnd.nn said their de-
mands must be complied with, thai every man II.
gainst whom process WIS issued -hould ne sur
rendered that all munitions of war in Lawrence.
should he delivered up, aud that the citizens of
Lawrence should pledge themselves under oath
IL implicitly obey the enaetments under which
the Territory is governed
Upon receipt ct ihis,the citizens held meeting
hnd drew up letter Ia the Marshal, stating TINT
any person acting under him would be allowed
IL execute legal process against any inhabitant
of Lawrence, and that if ealled upon they would
serNe as n posse in aiding the arrest; that there
would not now, or al any future time. be any re-
sistnnce Ia The law, and lat they only uwnted
an opportunity to testify their fidelity to the l..
Mon and the constitution. They claimed to be
law abiding ."rder'lovng citizens. and asked tue
protection of the constituted nuthn,ities
The pnrport Of the Marshal answer wns that
he did not believetlc PROMISES If the people Of
Lawrence; that he regarded them as rebels and
traitors that they should know what hi- de-
minds were when he came.
Mr.. Brown, editor vi the Herdido Of Erection.
writes that mob entered the hotel at Kansas
city. W ere he was staying, and dragged off u
man which they supposed 10 be himself. On
discovering their mistake they returned and de
inanded him of the proprietor. who refused h De
liver him up 10 them. A company of Michigan
.migrants then entered the hotel To- protect the
occupants. They were still surrounding the ho-
Il, aud gathering reinioc ln.nts ut the close Of
hi letter. No authentic intelligence has been
received concerning his tBrown'-) fate since
his capture,