The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1863-09-03

horse, who attempted to shoot him as
he ran.
Several cases of remarkable bravery
ofwomen we're related to US.
The wife ofSheriff Brown three sue
cessive times put out the fire kindled |
to burn the house. Her husband was
hidden under the floor. The house was
saved by her heroism.
The Offices of the Journal, Tribune
and Republican were, of course, leveled
to the ground, John Speer, jr,, of the
Tribune, startedsfOr his home from the
Office after the rebels came in. Mr..
Murdoch, printer in the Office, tried
to induce him to accompany him into
well near By for safety; but he would
do nothing but 90 home to defend the
house, which he did, and was killed.
Murdoch went into the we'll and was
saved. A younger son of John Speer,
sr., killed rebel and left. The guests
st the Eldridge House were ordered out,
their rooms pillaged, and some OF the
| people shot. Two men from Ohio we're
wounded there, and are now in this ci
1ty. Only the presence aud poremp tory
orders Of Quantrell prevented the mas
sacre of all the occupants after they
had been marched out on the street.
The rebels were told that there was q
negro baby still in the house, but they
said, 1--WE will burn the Cd d-n lit.
tie brat" and they did. We saw its
ch AIRED remains, burned black as the
hearts ofits murderers, The books oI
the County and District Clerks wer,
burned, bat those of the Register o
Deeds we're in the safe, and are sup
posed to have been saved. Every safe
in the city but two we're robbed. In
the Eldridge store, James Eldridge and
James Perrine gave the rebels all the
money in the safe, and were instantly
shot dead. All the hotels were de
stroyed except the City Hotel. The
loss in cash is estimated at $3.50, 600
and in property and ell at $4,000, 900
That is ow enough estimate.
The number of bodies, up to the time
we left, was 113, of which about 90
were burned so badly as to render rec
ognition impossible. There were a
large number of strangers in town, and
when the entire loss is ascortained, We
think it will reach $50 killed. Many
were doubtless killed by the rebel
pickets in the brush.
The people have not yet recovered
from the terrible blow, sufficiently to
appreciate the full force of their desola-
ton, and when they do recover from the
shock, many more will doubtless be
missing.
We have seen battle fields and scenes
of carnage and bloodshed, but have
never witnessed spectacle SO horrible
as that seen among the smouldering ru
ins at Lawrence. No fghting-no re
sistance: but cold -blooded murder wa
there.
We give below list Of seventy sii
killed, and several wounded:
The fends finished their murderou
work in nearly every case. The list,i
all white men. A few negroes wer,
killed, but we did not get their names
John Fromley, J.C. TraSk, of tn
State Journal, Gen. G, W. Collame
aud son, Jas. Eldridge, Jas. Perrins
Jos. Eldridge, j os. Lowe, DR.. Griswold
druggist, VIM. Williamson, Depu{
Marshal, S. NJ. Thorp, State Senator
Judge Lewis Carpenter, John Speer, jr
of Kansas Tribune, N. Stone, City Ho
tel, Mr.. Brant, Mr.. West, Thos Muir
= phey, Mr.. T. Fitch, bookb at tn
Journal Office, E. P. Fitch, bookseller
: FChas Palmer, of the journal, Lemue
Gilmore, James o, Neal, Jno. Doyle
| d. G. Allison, of the frm of Duncan
Allison, j. u, Evans, Levi Gates, Geo
Burt, Samuel Jones, Geo. Goats, inc
| B. Gill, Ralph e. Dix, S. Dix, Capt
Geo, w. Ball, County Clerk, j. G. Cor
nell, A. Kridmiller, Geo. Albrecht, s
5 Dollinski, r. Martin, o. Longloy, j. W
Lowrie, VIM, LOwrie, James Roach
NJ Meoky, Jos. BrotOholdbaner, Den
o. mis- Murphey, j. X. Zimmerman, Cal
/ EnzIer, j Pollock, Fred. Klans, Nj
! Earle, Daniel Mcclellan, Samuel Rey
= nolds, George Gerard, Chas. AlleT
d Jas. Wilson, Chas. Riggs, A, j. Woods
0 Chas Anderson, w. B. Griswold, A. I
Il Cooper, Asbury Markle, d, Markle, !
Markle, A. Halderman, A. Waugh, an
o seven others Of the 14th Kansas.
8 WOunded-D, Bergman, G. Smitl
:. Jos, Halmerson, II, Hays, Mr. Sang0
and @. Dix.