Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1862-1865, 1863-08-27
IATHa FROm TaE UNITED STATES.
Nes York and Bal imOrs papers, of the 95th ir'tan
have tea received. We sufisin summary of tho

New York and Bal inore papers of the S5th iu'tan'
have ts.n received We sufisin summary of Tx
news:
THE u 5 ATE Ion ~ IAwRESCE KANSAS.
1 A .,-grso, Ga.ed Leayenaor,b, 22l, gives an &C
.cOun: of the destr,cioa of lawrence, Kansas, by
Qumtr,ls guerillas. 1 stys:
Tae isl OF killed and wonuded, Tar rs ascertaned
il lSO the ia. u o. whom were XII ed Instantly,
mes o. "a. "a the,r own hon-os, Sth tneir Niyes a
children ingng 10 hem, While the muIderer3 planted
pistols at ID -Ir br a. AID shot them down.
Auoug ,he most p ointment ctzsus known 10 be lil
| ed are G n G ". Cam,r N Yor OF the city, and Ii s
son, J. Low, Dr. Griswo j, Col Stone ami his two
brolheis Judge Carpenter, Rev. AF. Snyder, Lemuel
Fillmore and DSighl Coleman.
Fs,u y uvr regto- recruits were shot dead The
gu,Iras took al mouey that could b. found in the
pockets houses OF the Oitzus Tuey stole all the
js ery Of tie ladies' hs rings Their fingers
The houses that remain sanding filed Nth the
HI ed ana Ided, who long 10 nll JEs,s otsOciey.
No resistance was made 70 the guera5. The people
s1o 60 they through the streets in their
night clothes and their bodies thrown into wells and
crteIns
Gen. jim Lane esca I'd n horseback.
Qlanueu is ror retreauug towards Missouri, burning
and laying waite everything IN his route.
The loss az Lawrence lot less than s., 900 OO)
Two Oanss ere robbed Of every dollar they had,
and ,h5 tnIrd escaped san lar tate only because the
heat was great from the 6arn. buildings tina, the
rebels cOu nos stop l,uS cnJueI - g.. the safes
open
ROMBAEDNENr or IORr sUMrEs.
The Americans summary OF its correspondence rom
Charleston dated lS:h instant ia = follows;
The attack GA Fort Sumter was commenced at day
lght Monday morning, b. Gen. Glllnofes land bat
ms Shortly aterN ards, the navy joined IA The a.
tack Admiral DahlgUn went OF bO0ri the hJui Or
Mach " kau q IRON clad fleet
wooden gunbOAs tariOusly alta cSed FurIs Wager and
Gregg, slenciug both tho.e wtTSsS and eua0lu 8 IA
shore batteries TO pay uninterrupted on Fort gu Lt:r
At ~ o'clock Admiral DIhgreu I'D the monitors
PLssaic sni PaApsco 10 within 400 Nard' OF Sumter,
aud brought the Parroi i'll d guns of those se's c
bear 'h4 sea -a'l OF t'J; III rlAgAeu I'll, ct.
vi . luIs As gong Oh tleetC4pta Geo w. Rog-
toe the MOnilOr atshl, VIII On be formerly pm
handed up to within hundred aud fifty yards OF tue
beach IN tro.t Cf Fort Waguer. Sac did good service
there but finally ball from Wagner drove il piece OF
the hteuqr lining, Which struck Capt. Rogers on the
head killing m instantly. Paymss,or Woodbury. who
was sta dng by his side, also kled Ly tee Il x
fragment These were the only persons killed On cur
tide during the III ours 5oublrGmeut
The I'll Ct of the hrst day fire from Gen q llmor,s
batteries Sumter very damaging false wall
shich the rebels had erected p,oec. he gorge wall
With Is exposed 20 the hre from The aaj batteries
completely demoisheJ wble the OH we'll was bored full
of UCle the plspet crushed AID tom, aud The Il :.h
CORNER Ol lOI SaH4ltl NIAGnSu alO-t
70 the VA er's edge.
FROl CHATTANOOGA.
Dispatches from Stevenson, Ala, reported that & n.
x Grams opened fire The rebel works Friday lst
TIE eaenfy replied INTELLECTUALLY whilst FIRE dsaoied
every battery they opened. Tler works all along the
river very sroig. Ole OF their steamboats, was de-
ssrOyed aud another disabled.
An attempt destroy their pOatoOn bOats moOred on
their side OF the river prevented by their sharp
snOoteTs We however, captured forty Lr soners,
sraiu OF wagons, aud number mules.
~ expedition, under Col Wilder crossed the Ten
tse- and burned railroad briSge, thus cutting
To- cation beJw, en- tue rebel right and Left
who have come into our lines report mat
Gen -Da had arrived with troop, aud superseded
Bragg b. command.
MISCELLANEOUS
A 6isEa ca from Memphis announced that Gen. Hurl-
but had sent expedition to Grenada, Miss, which
drove the rebels Of tie town. and destroyed fifty
ven locomotives and over four hundred car belong
q 10 the diercLt Southern railroads concentrating at
Jackson.
Gen 5yle has issued an order 70 the impressuent
Of 5000 negro AbOrers from the frontier counties
KeatrcSy, for the pui Pose OF bu ding the great mill
tary road through tina. STATE 20 Est Tennessee.
The draft Continued in New York city, on the
24th, in the Is, ID aud Sd distress. There was 10
disorder.
God sclj u New York on the 24th, as low as 1888