The Union and eastern journal. [volume] (Biddeford [Me.]) 1854-1858, 1856-06-06

A little before sunrise on Wednesday
morning, May 2lst, body Of men armed
with U. $. muskcts and cannon, appeared
upon the hill about thrcc-iourths Of mile
southeast from the town Of Lawrence. Adj
dtional forces continued to arrive for sew
cral hours from the direction Of Lecomp-
ton, and also from Franklin. Between
8 and o'clock, part Of the troops moved
down TO the north, by Gov. Roblnson's
house, to hill Immediately overlooking
the town. About eleven o'clock, L. =.
Deputy Marshal w. p. fain (thrcc weeks
from Georgia) with pose Of eight men
came into Lawrence. They were rrpec-
fully received at the Elbridge House.
The Marshal First summoned several prom
inent citizens to aid bis posse, and then
proceeded to arrest Judge Smith and Col
onel Deitzler on charge of high treason.
Judge Smith was sitting In the reading
room Of the hotel, and when informed that
tho Marshal wanted tn see him, he chccriully
went into his room and submitted himself
to the arret. During these proceedings
there was no s,ir or excitement in the town,
and not more than twenty or thirty men
were about the streets. The Marshal and
his posse took dinner ut the hotA alter
which Col. Elbridgc went with his hack.
ini conveyed the prisoners and part Of
the posse to the camp.
Tho Marshal now dismissed his entire
posse, and Sheriff Jones Immediately sum
inoned them all. And then commenced tho
scenes disgraccfhl 10 humanity, destruction
to Kansas, and the end Of which God only
knows.
About one o'clock, p. NJ, Jones rode In
to town with posse Of twenty-five mount
I'd men, armed with muskets and bayonets.
They proceeded tn the hotel, and Jones
called Tor General Pemcroy. lie came to
the door. Jones stated he had several times
been resisted in that place, attempts had
been made 10 assassinate him and he now
declared that he was " determined 10 execute
he law IL he lost his life." And now, said
he, demand Of you, as the most prominent
man in tho place, the surrender of all the
cannon and Shapes rifles that you have,
and give you FIVE MINUTES TO decide whether
you will give them up, taking out his watch
and noting the time.
The general went up TO the committee
room, and returned In few minutes, and re-
piled that the cannon, would be given up,
but that there were no Sharre's rifles in the
place, except such as were private property,
md that those could not be surrendered.
Jones seemed to be Of opinion that they had
rifles which were not private property, and
requested him to stack all they had in the
street, and said that such rs could be prov.
ed private property would be rcturnei. by
this time the whole posse, variously csti.
mated at from five TO eight hundred men,
were marching down the hill, and coming
into town on the south side. -r.
The cannon flour pieccs) were produced
and carried through the street. One was
a brass six FOUNDER the Others little pop
guns, which man cguld comfortably carry
IN his shoulders. No rifles were delivered
up. Jones now told Colonel Elbridge, who
occupied the hotel aud owned the furni-
ture, that the hotel must b. destroyed;
that he was acting strictly under orders.
The grand jury, at Lccomplon had declared
the hotel and presses ut Lawrence nni-
rancc, and ordered him TO destroy them. He
would give Colonel Elbridge an opportunity
10 remove his furniture, and for that pur-
pose he might have till 6yeo'clock. II was
then fifteen minutes past three ..
Col. Elbridgc replied that the furniture
could not DO removed In les time than half
|, day, and desired q longer time. Jones
refused. Than said Elbridge. give me time
10 remove my family, that's all i AK. A
part OF the furniture was afterwards rcnoy.
d BY the posse as plumber, but most OF h
sas burned with the house. by this time
he /" law and order " mob was pouring into
Inc streets, and the residents, men, women
md children, sought shelter in tho adjoining
xoods.
The first property destroyed was the press
Il the Kansas Free State, which was thrown
nto tho river, and every thing pertaining
o the Office, with exchanges, paper, and q
argc quantity OF miscellaneous books, was
brown into the street, mutilated and de-
lroyed. The dag Of the lone star e. South
arollna and Southern Rights " was hoist.
4 first upon the house OF O.. w. Brown, OF
10 Herald Of Freedom, and afterwards up.
n the hotel. Browns press and everything
a. M n ~ "a a Ia. h.