The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1856-06-05

family, that is all ask. A part OF the
furniture was afterwards removed by thu
posse as plumber, but most OF it was burn
ed with the house. BY this time thu
claw and order" mob was pouring int
the streets, residents. men, women ant
children. sought shelter in the adjoining
woods.
The first property destroyed was thu
press of the Kanzas Free State, which was
thrown into the river, and everything
pertaining to the Office, with exchanges
paper, and large quantity of miscella
neous books, was thrown into the street
mutilated and destroyed. The flag of the
lone star ("South Carolina and Southern
Rights" was hoisted first upon the house
of G. w. Brown, of the Herald of Free.
dom, and afterwards upon the Hotel
Browns press and everything in the of.
fee shared the same fate as the other
and wagon load OF books and papers
was trampled in the streets.
Jones promised in the commencement
that no private property should be de-
stroyed. But houses were broken open
and r'fied of whatever suited the fancy
of the mob. Locks, bolts or bars, were
no security. Windows and doors were
broken and destroyed. and money and
valuables to large amount missing. II
was currently reported, and uncontradic-
ted that eight thousand dollars, chiefly in
money, was lost from one house. $50
About five O'Clock three cannon were
placed in the street, twelve or fifteen rods
east of the hotel, and some thirty shots
were fred. shattering the wall considera-
bly,, but proving altogether too slow a
method of destruction for these claw and
order" men. They then set fire to the
building in different places, and put sew
eral kegs of powder under it. The flames
and smoke soon burst out at the windows
and the whole building was in a blaze.
The walls trembled and fell, and the
shouts and yells of the mob proclaimed
the triumph oflaw and order in Lawrence.
While the hotel was burning, the house
Of G. w. Brown was twice set on fire.
The floor was burned through. The fire
was finally extinguished by some young
men OF Lawrence The mob threatened
to shoot them, but they were not deferred.
IF his house had burned several others
must certainly have been destroyed, and
there would have been danger Of burning
nearly half the town. Many of the mob
were bent on destroying every house in
the place, and speeches were made urg-
ing the destruction of the whole town.
Atchison it is said, advised moderation.
Col. Jackson, of Georgia, with many o.
theirs, were opposed to the burning of the
hotel. A tender hearted man from Mis-
souri,, who had come to exterminate the
id abolitionists, shed tears at the sight
Of the destruction of the property ofinno-
cent, unofending men, as he found them
to be. The mob began to disperse an
hour before sunset, and at sundown most
of them had left the town. A few, over
come by excitement or stupifed by liquor
lay insensible in the street They were
unharmed by the people of Lawrence.
In the evening Gov. Robinson's house
was set on fire and burned to the ground
And thus ended, for that day, the execu-
tion of the claw" in Lawrence.
The women and children of Lawrence
slept that night either beneath the friend
ly sheltering trees along the banks of the
Kansas, or huddled together in small
houses and cabins on the outskirts of the
town. go
One man was killed by the falling Of a
brick from the hotel.
They report free State man was Kill
led at Lawrence, on the 21st, think is
mistake. think it has reference to
most cold blooded murder committed by
them on the 10Th instant, at Blanton's
Bridge, three miles south Of Lawrence,
where man named John Jones was shot
after he had delivered up his revolver
The man who shot him saying as he did
it, 81 have shot one God id abolition
ist, and I'll shoot another" Jones was
from Illinois. He died the next night.
From the number whom I have seen
returning, and from credible information,
/ am Of opinion that there were three men
from Missouri to one from the Territory
engaged in the invasion
The free State men had made no prep
aration for defense, and no resistance
was attempted. Men from all parts of
the Territory would have come to assist
them, but they did not desire it. So long
as there was hope in peaceful measures
they would resort to no other. I greatly
fear that that time is past, and that the
scenes ofthe 21st will prove to be the
commencement of civil war in Kansas.
An Eye WrrErss.
ACTS OF PILLAGE.
Scarcely bad the firing on the Free
State Hotel cnnanpnced when nartieS dis