Squatter sovereign., 1856-05-27
Summary of the Events in Douglas
County-Dsstruetion of tie Printing
Presses and Emigrant Aid Hotel.

NouuCy-OSStEuGg1on OF the krlnt1GS
Presses and Emigrant Aid Hotel.
About the first of May, the District
Court for Douglas county met, and various
presen,ments were made by the grand ju-
ry for the county sgainst persons in Law
renee and vicinity, for offences of every
character, from treason to petty larceny
The people of Lawrence, in private con-
vsrsation. public meetings and through the
Herald Of Freedom and Free State, pro-
| claimed that no process in the hands of
the Sheriff should be served ia that city,
and no arrests made. The law and order
citizens in the Territory determined TO aid
in the enforcement of the law. A subpe-
ma was served upon Ex-Governor Reeder
by the United States Marshal, which Rec
der refused to obey. An attachment was
then issued by Judge Lecompte, and the
Marshal ordered to bring him before the
Court. The arrest was made, or rather
attempted to be made, which was resisted
by Resder threatening death to the Mar
shall if he persisted in the attempt. On
this the MarshaLordered, by proclamation,
| the posse of the Territory to assist in exc
| cutting the law. About the 20th May, a
| sufficient posse being present, the Marshal
proceeded to Lawrence, and search was
| made for the accused parties. He was
permitted to make his arrests without mo-
| I.et T. J IL,
who were Immediately summoned by the
| Sheriff, Jones-who was, for :he first time
since his attempted ASSASSINATION, able to
sit on his horse. The posse, by three loud
cheers for the gallant Sheriff, signified
their willingness to assist him even to the
death. And here we will remark that the
Herald of Freedom, few days before,
distinctly stated, that " if the Sheriff at
tempted With an armed posse to enforce
the bogus laws in Lawrence, he would be
resisted to the DEATH" The Sheriff, scarce
ly able to sit upon his horse, nothing but
his indomitable courage sustaining him,
marched down with some dozen men, and
demanded of the citizens the surrender of
their arms, before proceeding to make any
search for persons, with the pledge that if
they were not given up, he would destroy
the town. Discretion ruled, and the can
non, four in number, were handed over to
the forces which had formed about one
hundred yards from the hotel-the cavalry,
some two hundred and fifty in number,
under Col. Titus, formerly of Florida, and
the infantry under Col. J. II. Stringfeliow
Of Atchison, numbering some five hundred.
Orders were then given to march into the
town and destroy the hotel and printing Of
fces-they having been declared nuis-
ances by the grand jury and ordered by
the court to be abated, which was done
a further order was given to disarm the
citizens, which was also carried into effect,
| wherever man was found with arms in
hand. During the stay in the town some
cowardly assassins We're discovered in the
act of firing on the posse from concealed
places, and as may be lmmagined, they
met the fate they so richly merited. Ex-
cept in these instances, there was no act oi
violence, and neither persons-theugh un-
armed and at our mercy-nor property
was molested, thus giving the he to the
charge "that our cowardice alone prevent.
ed our destroying the town Of Lawrence
at any time" With force of seven hun-
dred and fifty men, the town disarmed and
at our mercy, we simply executed to the
letter what the law derrced, and left as
though we had been to church-by the
way, there is no church in Lawrence, but
several free loue associations.
! We publish this statement without any
establishment, that the world may Judge
between US and our opponents.
i In another place will be found some o.
the incidents connected with the above
transactions.
GENERAL LAND OrFIcE.-KANsA:
LASDs.-We learn at the General La nt
Office. that the Kansas lands are at pres
ent exciting general interest. and that the