Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1863-08-28
THE IAWRENCE MASS
THE LAWRENCE MASSACKE.'
sQUANTRElpS WORK OF Blood.
l25 BUILDINGS BURNED, THE
OTHEK4 GUT TED.
FIENDISH MALIGNITY--COWA RDLY
BARBARISM.

OTHER4 GUT TED.
FIENDISH ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
---- BARBARISM. -
Nearly zoo Persons Slaughtered.
Especial to the Missouri DemocratJ
49," LEAvENwoRrH, Aug. "a.
The Conservative publishes the following
accounts of the Lawrence massacre, from one
of its editors just returned from the ruins :
E, :. We arrived in Lawrence at seven o'clock.
Flying rumors had painted terrible picture,
but the reality exceeded report. We found
Massachusetts, street one mass acknowledging
ruins and c. umbling walls, the light from
which cast = sickening glare upon the little
kno's Of excited men and distracted women,
gszing upon the RUNS of their onss happy
homes and prosperous business. .r.sfliy
.'Only two business houses were left npon
this street, one known as the armory and the
other the old Miller block About one hun
dr9d and twenty-five houses in all were burn
ed. and only one or two escaped being
ransacked and everything Of value carried
away or destroyed. Six or eight soldiers
camped UPON this side Of the river, and who
fired across at every rebel who appeared upon
the bank, deferred the towards from destroy
ing some of the houses near the Ferry and
from cutting down the flag pole.
1.-THE force of the rebels is variously esti-
mated from $50 to 400. Reliable parties
place it at 800. Their every act during their
stay in the city was characterized by the most
cowardly barbarism. They entered the town
on the gallop, firing into every house, and
when the occupants appeared at the door they
were shot down hike dogs. ;1 e'rr+ e
q, Five bodies burned to crisp lay near the
ruins Of the Eldridge House. They could not
be recognized. Eighteen out Of the twenty
two unarmed recruits, camped south Of town.,
were murdered in their tents. Their bodies
lay in the colored church when we arrived
Messrs. Trask, DR.. Griswold, Der and
Thorp were shot down in the yard of Dr.
G., before the eyes Of their families. Judge
Carpenter was wounded in his yard, and fell,
when his wife and sister threw themselves
upon his body, begging for mercy, but to no
avail
''The fiends dismounted, stuck their pis-
tolls between the persons Of his protectors and
fired. s. .,b .-s fa eoeov.-,f ,5- OIL. ...r
"Miss Stone, daughter Of the proprietor of
the City Hotel, had a diamond ring stolen
from her finger. Quantrell obliged the man
to restore it. In revenge for this, the ruffians
afterwards came back and shot her father be-
fore the mothers eyes, They also tried to
kill Miss Stone.
"Geneial Colla,nore went into his we'll to
hide, and the bad air killed him. His son
and Pat Keefe lost their lives trying to get
the father out. .:r,-..... ...... ;.,.......,
'sThe life of District Attorney Biggs was
saved by the herJism Of his wife, who seized
the birdie OF the rebels horse who attempted
ed to shoot him as he ran. Several cases of
remarkable bravery of women were related
to us. The wife of Sheriff Brown three sue
cessive times put out the fire kindled to burn
the house; her husband was hidden under
the aoors The house was saved by her he
roism., -,.,.., ... ..,---.- .5..,,,f .-..--
''The offices Of the Journal, Tribune and
Republican, were of course leveled to the
ground jain Speer, jr., of, the Tribune
started for his home from the Office after the
rebels came in. Mr.. Murdoch, printer in
the Office, tried to induce him to accompany
him into vel near by for safety, but he
would d. nothing but go horne!to defend the
house, which he did and was killed. Muir
dock went into the we'll and was saved, A
son Of John Speer, sr., killed reb
Ell ard lett Guests at the Eldridge were or.
dered out their rooms pillaged and some Of
the people shot down, All the hotels were
destroyed except the City Hotel. The loss
in cash is estimated at $250,O00, and in
property and all at $2,OOO,OOO. That is a
low enough estimate. The number of bodies
up to the Time we left was one hundred and
of which about twenty were burned
so badly as to render recognition impossible.
"There were a large number of strangers
in town, and when the entire loss is ascer-
tanned, we think it will reach $50 killed =
Many were doubtless killed by the rebel
pickets in the brush The people have not
ye, sufficiently recovered from the terrible
blow to appreciate the full force Of their des-
olation, and when they do recover from the
shock, many more Will doubtless be missing
ave have seen battle fields and scenes 6f
carnage and bloodshed, but have never wit
messed spectacle so horrible as that seen
among the smouldering ruins at Lawrence
No fighting, no resistance, but cold blooded
murder was there. The fiends finished their
murderous work in nearly every case.
"Persono just from Lawrence report that
the number of dead will reach one hundred
and seventy, perhaps two hundred, as bodies
are constantly being found. The excitement
throughout the State was intense and our
citizens unanimously regard the Lawrence
massacre as the legitimate result Of the Scho-
field-Ewing policy'in Missouri and Kansas.
15' Only the presence and peremptory orders
of Quantrell prevented the massacre Of all the
occupants after they had been marched out
on the streets.
2" "The rebels were told that there was ne
gro baby still in the house, but they said,
I'VE will burn the Cd d-n little brat up
and they did. We saw its charred remains,
burned black as the hearts Of its murderers
'sThe books of the County and District
Clerks were burned, but those of the Regis
ter of Deeds were in the safe, and are sup
posed to have been saved. Every safe in the
city but two was robbed. In the E1dridge
store, Jas. Eldridge and Jas. Perrine gave
the rebels al! the money in the safe and were
Immediately shot. .r7a. ou7:df .tasmfr,
END OF THOSE WHO VorED AGAINST PAYlNG
OUR SOLDIERS When the bill for raising
money for paying our soldiers in the field
was put upon its final passage in the United
States, House of Representatives. it received =
vote Of one hundred and fifty two in favor, to
Ave against it. The names of those Ave mem
bers who voted against paying our brave
troops, were Clement L. Vallandigham, Of
Ohio, now an exile, in, Canada. having been
charged with completely with the enemy !;
Benjamin F. Wood, Of New York, reelected
Representative to Congress !; Fl. 6. Burnett,
of Kentucky, expelled from the House of
Representatives for treason, and now, in the
rebel army Elijah H. Norton, Of Missouri,
who ran away from his home, and now in
the rebel army John W. Reid, of Missouri ,
expelled from the House of Representatives,
for treason, and now, or lately in the rebel