The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1863-08-28
ERILLA VASION OF
KANSAS.
The City OF Lawrence Destroyed.
NEARLY TWO HUNDRED MEN HUEDERE

About Q o'clock Thursday evening the
rebel guerrilla chief Quartrell, with force
If 500 strong, crossed the Missouri river IT,
to Kansas near the town of Gardner, 90
miles blow Leavenworth, and immediately
started for Lawrence, arriving before that
town at I o'clock Friday morning. Quartreil
posted guard around the town 50 that the
the citizens could not escape. and with the
remainder of his men commenced plllaglng
the stores, shooting citizens and firing houses.
\ gentleman who managed TO escape and
secIe,ed himself in a corn-:eld near the town,
reports that lie swan the river at o'clock,
and on reaching the bluffs on the north side
had d plain view OF the town. which was
then , SECT Of 4 me From what he saw b.
thinks the loss hal reached ten millions, and
would sooE he increased to much more, as
TIA" rebels seemed determined to DESTROY
everything that wouli burn. We cannot
earn that any resistance was made as tn
citizens were taken By surprise, III gr>t slarm
being the cracking of the Il mes and wells OF
the rebel inceHdaries. Jas. II. Low was in
the city and it was feared that he has fallen
into the hands Of the rebels, as escape through
their lines was almo>. impossible.
From citizens Of Lawrence who have arriv
ed at l.cavenworlh for supplies and medi-
ciues. have been gathered the following par
ticlar> regarding the burning Of that city by
Quartr,l rs gurrrillaS The lis Of killed and
wounded rs tar As aScertuincd numbers some
$50, majority of whom were killed instantly.
The names OF all the killed and wounded can
not be given now. The houses thai remain
standing are flied with the killed and woun-
led, Who belong to ali classes of society.
From the ruins of the burned houses the
charred remains of victims are constantly be-
ing taken. But one hotel is left standing in
the place. and Quartrell spared this i'll cons.-
quence pf his having made bis home there
Some years s'nce without expense; but its
proprietor was shot by his men. Among the
most prominent citizens known TO to be kill
ed are the f6lowinS:
Gen. G. ". Collamer, mayor of the CITY
and his s,n, J. &. Law, JOS. Trask. S. P.
rhroop, DR.. Griswold, Jas. Eldrdge, james
kervinc. Col. Stone, and his two brothers,
Gilbert A.W. Gri>wold. Fred. kimball, Thos.
Murphy, Jon. Spear, and his three brothers,
Addison Tough, Duncan A!leyson, George
Bush, judge Carpenter. Rev. Mr.. SNYDER,
Augusta Ellis, Lrmuel lilluan, Dwight Cole
nan, Lewis Swan. X. LOOMS. John Crane,
l. vi Yates, two brDtles named Waugh, Jcn
Evans. G.. ". Bill, Messrs Keith. Brown.
Dale. witch, Palmer, Sargent, Dilinski, Al
bert, Powers ard Brant.
These were killed instantly. mos. of them
in their own houses, with their wives and
children cilnglng 10 them, while the murder
ers planted pistols at their breasts and shot
them down.
The following are among those MORALLY
wounded: Joseph Eldridge. ". Baker, Of the
firm of Runhaer X Baker, NJ. Williamson,
Geo. Holt, J. S. Hanson and W. S r. Lick
ms. Ia one case the guerrillas drove u men
into house. shot them and burned the build
ing and the friends OF these - men, while
standing on the banks OF the river, were fired
into by the suerrillas and number killed
ard wounded. Twenty-Five negro recruits
were shot dead. The guerrilias took all the
money that could be found in the pockets or
houses Of the citizens. They stole all the
jewelry of the ladies', even TO the rings on
thei- fingers. They spared nothing that was
at all valuable. No resistance was made at
Lawrence to the guerrillas The people were
shot down as they ran through the streets in
their night clothes, and their bodies thrown
into wells and csterns. The citizens of Law
renee nave been expecting this raid for some
tlme, from the threats made by Quartrell, and
nad organized military companies for the de-
tense of the p ace, and these companies wer
for some time constantiy kept un Ter arms ::
but from assurances being given that Quar-
treIl would never invade Kansas again. these
military organizations were Abandoned and
Qualtrcll and his guerrilas learning this.
made the raid when The people were entirely
delenseless.
large train left Leavenworth SATURDAY..
with supplies of clothing, provisions, etc, for
the sufferers. The ci,izers of Leayenworth
have opened their doors to all who choose to
come. and many of the victims have availed
themselves of the Inequalities offered them
and will be well cared for. The feeling
among all classes of the citizens Of Ieaven-
worth is very bitter against the commander
OF that department and district for being so
wholly unprepared to meet such an emergen-
cy. The commanding general was absent
from headquarters at the time the raid &C.
Cured and did not known of the invasion
until the destruction of Lawrence was COM
plete. Everything, however, was then done
IN regard to the movement of troops to in
tercept Quartrell and capture him and his
band but it was too late.
The provost marshal at Washington, in