Meigs County telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy [Ohio]) 1848-1859, 1856-06-03

,ondemnlng the Sumner assault--the out /
rage in Kansas and the assault at Washing
ton upon Greedy. ~ fis4y
The Abolition Convention was also in ses-
sion yesterday, when speeches were made
by Fred Douglass, Peter H. Clark, Lewis
Tappan and others. Itmeets again to-day,
when nominations will be made, = Y T.,
New YORK, May 29.-Millard Fillmore
will have a brilliant reception when he ar
rives. Last night, delegates from all the
Fillmore clubs in this city and Brooklyn, met
and made extensive preparations for giving
him an enthusiastic reception. One hun
dred guns are to be fired at the battery and
one hundred in the park.
New YORK, May 29.-The Presbyterian
General Assembly, after an interesting ses-
sion Of eleven days, yesterday concluded
their labors, and adjourned. They dis
posed Of all matters brought before them,
and uniform harmony and urbanity char
acterized their deliberations. 76e
CHICAGO, May 99.-We have dates from
Fort Leavenworth to Saturday evening"
Shannon had called outtroops and stationed
them at different points. The Missourians
were returning to their homes. Full par
ticulars are received of the affair at Law
renee. After entering the town Donaldson
announced that their services were no lon
ger required but they might organize un-
der sheriff Jones. The latter rode forward
perfectly well, Il had transpired there was
no ball in the pistol, used in the attempted
assassination, Having arrived at the hotel
Jones called upon Gen. Pomeroy and said
the U. S. District Court had authorized him
to demand all arms, public and private
The Committee Of Safety delivered up the
public but refused the private ones. The
posse then formed hollow square at the
base Of Mount Orient. David R. Atcbison
entered and made speech, at the close Of
which the whole party marched to the Ho-
tel where Jones declared it the order of the
first District Court of the U. S., to demolish
the Hotel and Printing Office. He ordered
Eldridge, the proprietor of the Hotel, to re-
move his furniture, which he refused to do
The mob then entered and pillagCd the
rooms, The presses, type and fixtures o.
the Herald Of Freedom were thrown into
the river. They then removed hundred
feet from the house, charged four cannon
and fired fifty rounds at the building with.
out effect. Three kegs Of powder were ther
, placed in the cellar, only one of which .ex
Iploded; the building still stood firm. The
mob then set FIRE to it and burned it to the
lground, N''' ~"
The Herald of Freedom Office and Gov
IRo6inson's house were fred, the former wal
extinguished before it was entirely con
sumed. The women and children mostly
escaped by the ravine west Of the city,
Jones then dismissed the posse, who imme
diately rushed into the stores and dwellings,
! and destroyed all not valuable. The post
Office was then broken open and the letter.
seized. All the Free State houses were pill
. laged, except the Cincinnati Hotel. Buford
t Stringfellow and Atchison were conspicu
$ ous during the day. Shannon was absent
The posse left the city at sunset. Jones in
formed them that he should want them tn
a next day. During the day two Missourian
!. were killed, one by falling brick; the othe
n '--Hv mn 80 s1'soa e.. ooo,, -, wad.osJo.
tns az supPGseu a'p poS;uao SSen ~ So~sn m~''u
There is nothing later concerning the fat
9, prown' nopihson' p 0n''l' Die'iA'ef iTa an an
! b omeroy. a -i.si,..-aeo 3inss r.uos,
X wAsHlSe.os, M y, way .o.TeI, sIa,,, naHS g.,
vregon, maS M Se"uvf W;,sn ~ n;s mo'
mr; c DroUns Us:, y uen "ns1n a:S ,; .n,S aa !,
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useq me langusge cSmpla,nea u psGaase TsI:
= 9. .ls ume oeiieysu, anu s5 n1w !, pehyyss
ssrlc'.y 'rue, anu anu uspsnueu C " iIe onal1' !
.er o. 1hs assault ,,i on Iulnler ne says
: ls no1 ouellln man ~. ne WIN use sasa Tna
eyer ianusge ne snlks Ptopsr ~ ,':sla 10y !,
ana y assaieo Rnows now % uelenu nH,, nlmss.
MI %i; proDhs ss. hss soa TaoSo nOso gn,,. us,
wepD snqs ms 'eSser y hussasy - ooul,' %
y ssauslactory AZ eAo,sseas ~ IN ~ sue lis
Yer seems y nave ceaSe9 " Tus wna' % seol = col
j neGssu M WIN % shs pleseps ~ Onaise s,s;
blh ny ,onU"s W dsncs o." batasn @ % pynoTa sS T.
bl Wilson. y ~. ~ Il s + {
IS Brooks complains that Wilson, spoke
!, his attack on Sumner as cowardly. y !,
ID / therefore hold myself at liberty, by tn