The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1856-06-05
The Sacking of Lawrence.
FULL DETAILS.

To THE EDITOR OF THE Missouri Dem
ocRAT:--A little before sunrise on We'd
nesday morning. May 2lst, body of
men armed with u. s. muskets, and can
non, appeared upon the hill about three
fourths Of mile south east from the town
Of Lawrence. Additional forces contin-
ued to arrive for several hours from the
the direction of Lecompton. and also from
Franklin. Between eight and nine o.
clock, part of the troops moved down to
The north, by Gov. Robinson's house, TO
ahill Immediately overlooking the town.
About eleven o'clock. U. S. Deputy Mar
shall, w. p Fain three weeks from Geor-
gia) with posse ef eight men, came in
to 4, Lawrence. They were respectfully
received at the Eldridge House. The
Marshal FIRST summoned several promi-
nent citizens to aid his posse, and then
proceeded to arrest Judge Smith and Col.
Deitzler on charge of high treason
Judge Smith was sitting in the reading
room of the Hotel, and when informed
that the Marshal wished to see him, he
cheerfully went into his room and SUBJ
mitted himself to the arrest. During
these proceedings there was no stir or ex-
element in the town. and not more than
twenty or thirty men about the Streets
The Marshal and his posse took dinner at
the Hotel, after which Col Eldridge went
with bis hack and conveyed the prisoners
and part Of the posse to the camp.
The Marshal now dismissed his entire
posse, and Sheriff Jones Immediately sum-
moned them all. And then commenced
the scenes disgraceful to humanity, de-
struction to Kanzas, and the end of which
God only knows.
About one o'clock P M. Jones rode in.
to town with posse of twenty-five noun
ted men, armed with muskets and bayo-
nets. They proceeded to the Hotel, and
Jones called for General Pomeroy. He
came TO the door. Jones stated he had
several times been resisted in that place
attempts had been made to assassinate
him--and he now declared that he was
determined to execute the law, if he
lost his life." And now, said he, I de-
mand of You, as the most prominent man
in the place, the surrender of all the can
non and Sharpe's rifles that you have,
and / give you five minutes to decide
whether you will give them up, taking
out his watch, and noticing the time
The General went up to the Committee
room, and returned in few minutes, and
replied that the cannon would be given
up; but that there were no Sharpe's ri
fes in the place, except such as were pri-
vate property, and that those could not
be surr, n Tered. 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 as could be proved to be
private property would be returned By
this time the whole posse, variously es-
tlmatsd at from FIVE to eight hundred
men, were marching down the bill, and
coming into town on the south side.
The cannon flour pieces) were produ-
ced and carried through the street. One
was brass six FOUNDER; the others, lit
tie pop-guns, which man could comfort
ably carry on bis shoulders. No rifles
weie delivered up. Jones now told Col
Eldridge, who occupied the Hotel and
owned the furniture. that the hotel must
be destroyed; that he was acting strictly
under orders. The Grand jury at Le-
compton had declared the hotel and press
at Lawrence a nuisance, and ordered him
to destroy them. He would give Col
Eldridge an opportunity to remove his
furniture. and for tina: purpose be might
have until five o'clock. 1t was then if
teen minutes past three. Col. Eldridge
replied that the furniture could not be re.