The Perrysburg journal. [volume] (Perrysburg, Ohio) 1853-1861, 1856-06-21
letter from "A lSnnsos Heroine.

Wood, formerly aresident of Lexington, Rich
land county, Ohio, now of Kansas, was also
present, ant At the solicitation of Gov Chase,
read private Litter from his wife, now in
Kansas. l. is published in the weekly Ohio
State Journal, and fills about two C, lumns
of that paper. We give the following eI-
tracts from it. The letter is dated at Tope
ka, May 22nd:
The first outrage committed by the inva-
ders was at Franklin. They searched wag-
on and took from il fifty rifles that were COM
ing to the Free State men here.
The next was near Blanton's Bridge. Mr..
Jones, young man living in the neighbor-
hood, went to Banton's store, and was re-
turning lone with a bag of meal. He had
got almost home when he met party of Eve
Southerners, (Shannon's militia They hail
ed him and demanded his arms. He gave up
his revolver as lie saw that resistance would
be in VAN. They then demanded his horse,
and he insisted that he must keep it to carry
his meal home, that he was poor man and
could not spare it. But they threatened so
hard that he yielded, and WAS just getting off
his horse when their captain gave the order
to fire, and one of the men shot aud the ball
passed through bis body. This happened on
the bridge. A Free State man at distance
saw the atfray, and others we're collected,
while Shonnon's Militia made good their es-
cape. They carried him home to his widow
ed mother, and he died in about two hours.
He was the hope and dependence of his
mother and the family but what cared the
Administration pirates FOR that?
AS soon es the news reached Lawrence,
four young men started out to learn the par
tculars. Among them was young man
named John Stewart, from Rushford Ale
ghany county, N. Y. They met on the Cal
ifornia road two pro-slavery men on horse
back Some words passed between them,
and one of the SouLherners fred at Stewart.
The ball passed directly through the brain,
and he instantly fell and expired. He was
the only child Of J. w Stewart, of Rushford.
His father has hitherto been a Democrat, a
warm advocate OF the Pierce administration,
and has contended that in Kansas the true
state of things was misrepresented by the Re-
publicans for party purposes, but his only
aud idolized child is now among the swelling
LIST of victims to slavery.
In speaking of the aacking Of Lawrence,
she says:
Then after destroying the two presses and
thro ying the type into the river, Atchison
in loud voice, proclaimed that, " the Crane
Jury Of Douglas county had decided that the
Free State lo'el was nuiSance, and must bt
removed they planted their cannon neal
Browns office, snd fred upon the hotel bu
not cceeding as well as they wished, they
undertook to blow it up with powder, and fail
ing in that, they set fire to the inside of it
and all that bat u.ilul structure with its splen
did curtains and carpets was soon envelopet
in the blackcning 4 ,mes. They also entered
the stores and helped themselves to ever,
thing they wished, They broke open trunl
belonging TO Col Totlihe, and robbed it Q
eigh. hundred dollars, and stole every thin
they could lay their hands on, that they want
ed. All thus happened late in the afternoon
At abou. 10 o'clock at night they bnrne
! Gov. Eubnson's house to aShe., Oh, N
husband | have dreaded telling his cata
! laguy W auu.-. anl wong. lor ! FnoF 'ha
yaI ssh a.-.r. .,-u ! u.',t .r0 sick ned
eear a.- I.gess, Bu. YOU must I.mcm
- boI ,.s. Robinson !. jn prison e- Leeo.rp Oh
. ais1 D,i'4.r md Lane are "a, Washington
g and ,0u know tha, the people here have bee
E il the habit Of obeying, to the letter, th
commands of their leaders and Pomeroy an
others of the council were afraid that if the
made a bloody resistance they would assassin
ate their prisoners and it is said that Pome
roy gave up the arms to save the hotel {
that was his greatest obj ct, | am glad 1t
- destroyed J If Robinson and Lane had onl
been at the head Of our people. Massachr
setts street would ave been fortified trol
: Fort Lane to the semicircu ar Fort at th
n south end OF town, and many a Ruilian woul
have bit the dust, had they attempted to Ell
ter town.
5 When | heard the news here this mornin!
v wept with such heart.crushing sorrow as
have not felt since | saw my best and noble
:, brother laid in his grave, for it seemed thi
. the glory Of Kansas had departed. Comp'
pies were formed all over the Territory, an
e messengers sent to Lawrence to know whett
: er they should come to our defence, but wei
n told by the leaders, without consulting tt
o citizens, that when needed they should
\ sent for. and they returned, di'gusted,
u their homes. A part Of the force at Lecoml
ton have moved 10 Tecnmseh, and ths pro
G pect is now, that this place will be attacke
q next. Their scouts are all over the countT
% between here and Lawrence. go home t.
dGy in the mail stage. | suppose shall hay
. to run the gauntlet.
After arriving at her home in Lawrenc
Mrs. W. writes as follows:
Here l am at home, and rejoice to leai
y that there are some circumstances that upol
d gze for the conduct Of the Lawrence men,
e All circumstances so to prove that it was
- preconcorted thing among tn Territorial c
,. lcals. Shrrnon enrolled the southern me-
- as territorial militia, to enforce the laws, III
$ pro-slavery party and all their border pape
at were clsmoring forth to the world that '
,e we're resisting, and would resist L. S. autho
ily, Our people held meetings, passed res
4 luIions, and sent as the expression of Il
w r,n.iin.r 10 Dnnnl ldsnn flat Ihru sinnd renf