, 1863-08-26
THE LAWRENCE CALAMITY.
Proclamations Of the Governor and
the Mayor Of LeaVenworth,
HISTORY or LAWRENCE.

HISTORY OF LAWRENCE.
The Lca7cnworth papers are filed witt. ac-
connts of the sackiog Of Lawrence, but con
tain little later than the intelligence already
furnished By cur ample special dispatches.
The Lcayeaworth Conservative, at the close OF
an article, says:
When Mr.. Montague left, the town seemed
to be one sheet Of fire. The hest was intense,
a1d persons could hala paas shsougn aogat r. r.
dead. the wailing Of the women and orphan
ed children filed the air; and brought as1in to
the memory the days when The free State
families were butchered on their own hearth
stones. a.,
ears Of General Schofield and President Lin
coin.
They shall 4xdeh item.
The rebels only shot when very near their
victims; hence most Of the shots were 1atalp
and tbs number killed may be much Larger
than ne have stated.
GOV, CAnNBY's PROCLAMATION.
LEAyESwoKru, Aussss21, 1863.
co1 G. r. Jennison-Sir: The State ofKan-
SIS is invaded. To meet the Invasion, you aro
hereby authorized to raise al the effective
mer you can. I call upon all loyal kansans
to aid you. Kansas must be protected Mt all
bazat3sl The people Of LeaVenworth, and OF
every county il the State, Will rally to ayenge
fhe iaw1ess EackiDg Of Lawrence, and to pun
ish the rebel invaders Of the State.
Your obcdient servant,
THos. CAIsSEE, GoV2rno7,
MAYoR's PaoCL4s1AT1oS-
Mayors OFE1cE. LEAvESWoRTH,l
1Ek9
From all the information received from the
interior Of Kanaas, the citizens OF Ieaven-
worth may feel assured that they need appre-
Every able bodied citizen, however, is re.
quested to provide himself with the best arms
lie can, and hold himself in readiness to report
to me at once for the purpose Of aiding our
The know-nothing, do.nothlng policy of the
General commanding this District. who has
shown his utter incapacity, with G7e Thousand
soldiers under bis command, III allowing rev
hundred guerillas 10 gst fifty miles into the
interior of our State and burn Lawrence, de-
stroying two millions Of property, Is ample
proof that We must depend upon ourselves for
The defense Of our city and State.
The nlilttpry organizations are requested to
nect ut their quarters this evening. at eight
o'clock. D. 4. ANTHONY, Mayor
THE Hl3IUA4 0E 4AAHAENEG.
Lawrence is an historical city. It has
men. and the city hated above all others by
the pro.elayery men and the rebels All its
struggles have grown OUT Of Its unalnchicE
devotion to the principle Of impartial free
dom.
slavery 1u11.ns. Gcv- Robinson and Gen:
| Lane were their commanders. On the Sd OF
| December, Lawrence WA bcleaguersd. On
| the 9th treaty Tas made (betwccn Governor
| Shannon on the one side, and Robinson and
Lane on the other) ard the border rufHan
Lawrence was asaln heleaguercd. Many traV-
! eless were taken prisoners and many robbie
! rie5 committed. Col Sumner refused to in
terfure With Lawrence without orders from
! Gov. ShanDou, and the latter declined tn act
On the 21st of May, the ruin ms approached
through tile town and made arrests. Sheriff
Jenes entered the town, and by promise Of
! protection. obtained the surrender Of the
cannon ami arms. Dave Atchtson then made
speech to his rnfilana, and they marched
into the town. The Eldzidge House {agaiu
and burned, two printing presses we're de-
stroyej, Gov. Robinson's house burned,
md the stores and houses searched and plum
desed-
| On tie 18th Of August, 1856, Goy- Shannon
ordered Sedgwick, OF The dragoons, to march
Titus' honee, and TO fire upon the free State
men if the3 refused to give them up Ssdg'
wick declined, a second treaty was made, hos
tilitIes suspended, and Shannon gave up ths
cannon stolen from law1once.
On the 18th Of September. 1856, Governor
Geary, with the dragons, threw himself be.
| tween Lawrence and the border ruflian army
and the rutHans who were bent on the plum.
der and destruction Of Lawrence, were pre-
| vailed on to retire.
The following account Of the sackiug O
Lawrence we copy from 7. E. Gladstone
Euglishman In Knnsas":
Dy three o'clock On tho morning OF the 21st, Col
Titus, with about 2O0 horsenacn, appeared on tn
GOWN Of Mount oseaa oset{ooing K he toS1 s19
Of the upper division had reached tho came POSI-
don. Some occupied Governor Eohinsor'e house
! town, which they mado their headquarters; other
planted their cannon, Of which they had seveFa
pieces, on the brow Of the hill, In position whlc
Wa &c 9Gly S9 e.
division, undeE Col. Ruford. A hlood-rcd flag, IN
sesibed win ths w9ss .'SontheEa R:hts oa th
the other, was then Ea1scd- over tnc inTadinI
troops.
tered Lawrence with sons assistants, to MAKE Il Il
rests Of its citizens. Hc failed, however, in pro
sokinx the resistance desired, or which TO tount
npretext for attacking the city; for the citizen
: permitted the arrests to be made, ard responder
. the Free St1tc Hotel, at Messrs. Ellridse's, til
p7oprletors| e1pense, and returned with his iAass
troops.
The newspaper Offices were the first objects o
attack. First that Of the Free StGte, then that o
. the Nerdl0 9r Freedom, underwent a thorough dc
. molition- The presses we're In each case broker
HE 1nsnn.r uniiI the eo,era becamn TTesrT n n
carrying them to the Raw, when they thrust then
In piles into the street, ard burnt, tore. or other