Assault upon Senator Sumner,
(i Vr.e-ivmileiKi u! the Even in;? Pn.-t ]
WASHINGTON, M.IV 'lt, I*so.
A few moments after the adjournment oft
♦lie Semite today, while Mr. Sumner was sif
ting in his seat writing, Mr. Brooks, ft repre
sentative from South Carolina, apprsachcd
him, and after exchanging a few words, struck
him over the head with a heavy cane. The :
blow partially stunned Mr. who, tho' j
staggering under its force, rose to defend him-'
self.
Brooks repeated the blows, a number of j
times, while his associate, Mr. Keitt, of South ,
Carolina, arrested the efforts of bystanders to,
stop the assault. Mr. Sumner was then car
ried in a carriage to his residence, and Messrs.
Brooks and Keitt walked away There was
every appearance of premeditation' in this at
tack. Mr. Sumner was carried home in a state
of partial stupor, with frightful gashes on the
back and side of Ins bead—the blood streaming
niost profusely. His coat and shirt are com
pletely saturated with blood.
The particulars of the case are these, as I
learn them from an eye witness : Shortly be
fore two o'clock in the afternoon, the Senate
having adjourned, Mr. Sumner was sitting in
his place writ ing very busily. Brooks approach
ed hi in, saying, " Mr. Sumner, 1 have read
your speech twice. It is a libel on South
Carolina, and on Mr. Butler, who is a relative
of mine.'' Mr. Sumner, who was still intently
writing, knew nothing more. Brooks struck
him with a heavy cane, upon which Sunnier
sprang from his scat to defend himself with
such violence that the heavy desk before him
vas wrenched from the floor, to which it was
screwed. He was, however, so mucll stagger
ed as to be rendered powerless, and the blows
were repeated till lie was senseless. Tho two
cuts upon his head are each about two inches j
in length, and very deep. Dr. Boyle, who
was present, has sowed up and dressed the
wound, and it is hoped they will not prove
dangerous.
There were at least a dozen persons stand
ing near at the time of the assault, which was
so unexpected, that, as they say, they did not
think of interfering. Close by stood, as lam
informed, the Senate's Sergcant-at-Arms, a
large, strong man, and yet he did nothing.—
Mr. Crittenden came forward from another
part of the Hall, and denounced the attack, to
the perpetrator, with the manly indignation
characteristic of the chivalrous veteran of Ken
tucky, as a ''shameless transaction. v But the
reply was, I am told, " You'd better not inter
fere, we will lick one at a time." Keitt stood
by with a cane, ready to save Brooks from in
jury ; many persons having the impression that
lie was armed, though no tire arms were dis
played, either by him or Brooks.
It is believed that Sumner would have cer
tainly been killed but for the interference of
Messrs. Murray and Morgan, representatives
from New York. The former seized Brooks
around the waist while he was striking Sum
ner, and, with Morgan's help, pulled him awav.
Mr. Stunner's legs, at the time when he was
attacked, were under the desk, so far that he
could only rise by wrenching it from the floor.
The stunning, sudden force of the blow knock
ed his head forward, llis assailant then, seiz
ing hill) by the shoulder, held him with the left
hand, while with the other tie kept laying the
blows upon his head. W'hen Mr. Murray,there
fore, pulled away Brooks, Mr. Morgan took
Smnuer, now unconscious, in his arms.
If you could see the distinguished senator,
who is the victim of this attack, senseless,with
the blood gushing from wounds bestowed while
he was sitting down, unprepared to defend
himself, you would he as little disposed to mere
comment as are his friends in Congress. There
is not one of them who does not feel that the
same blow was inflicted upon himself, and if
this occurrence, coupled with the recent out
rages upon the people of Kansas, of whom Sum
ner has proved himself the pre-emineut cham
pion, do not rouse the North to action, we may
well despair.
Mr. Brooks is a large framed man, who ge
nerally appeared very pacific in his manner aud
temperament. He is the one, you may remem
ber, who has boon so prominent iu encourag
ing South Carolina emigration to Kausas. lie
is almost the last man in the Southern delega
tion whom 1 supposed capable of such a deed,
but he was probably much excited by reading
Simmer's satirical reply to his uncle Butler.—
Keitt, who accompanied him, appears a good
deal more excitable. A few more swh scones
as that of to-day, Rust's assault on Greclev,
and Herbert's waiter-killing achievement, will
render Washington a nuisance to all peaceable
men. T
Condition of Air. Si mver.—- "Washington,
Friday, May 23, IHO6.—Mr. Si uxhb is better
this morning, and will probably be able to oc
cupy ltis seat seat in a few days. It appears
that he did not call for help, as stated, being
nearly unconscious after the first blow.
The Assault 011 Senator Sumner.
The assault on Senator Sumner reverberates
through the laud, causing throughout the Free
States the inteasest excitement and iudigna
tion. Other men have been as causelessly as
sailed, and as wantonly, if not savagely bea
ten ; but the knocking down and beating to
bloody blindness aud unconsciousness of an
American Senator while writing at his desk
in the Senate Chamber is a novel illustration
of the ferocious Southern spirit. It carries
home to myriads of understandings a more
vivid, if not a wholly original perception, of
the degradation in which the Free States have
consented for years to exist. The degrada
tion was as real years ago, but never before
so palpable as now. When a eiti/.eu of a
Northern State so thoroughly subservient to
the Slave Power as Edward Everett could be
opposed iu the Senate and well nigh rejected
us Minister to England, because he had once,
under the pressure of a strong local feeling,
avowed, as a candidate for Congress, some ab
stract opposition to Slavery, it was high time
for the North to unite in declaring that this
sort of inquisition must he stopped—that, so
long as devotion to Slavery was not made a
barrier to Executive station, devotion to Free
dom should not be. But the North has al
ways lacked manly self-assertion, especially in
the Senate, where a majority of her nominal
representatives voted, only a few weeks since,
to kick out the petition of Free Kansas fur
admission, on some paltry pretext of informal
ity, and surrender her citizens to the uncheck
ed brutalities aud iullauied indignation of the
Border Kulfiaiis.
The beating of private citizeus or the butch
ery of Irish waiters by the Southern Oligar
chy, have made no impression on the public
luiud at all comparable iu breadth or vivid
ness w;!b that which has been and will be pro
duced by the assault of which Mr. Surnuer
ii;j S 1 c I*l (lie victim. Widely known in both i
lifHiisphfrcs as among the first ot American j
M/!I<JI;U\S and neuters, Jiis career a-s a Senator
IRIS conferred renown even on tRe glorious
commonwealth of wJiicli'he the loreinost
re|>rcseiitfitive. Elected us the champion of
no interest, no •lique,jio {flirty, hut simply of
the great idea of Impartial Freedom, he ha.v
liceu eminently faithful to his high calling.
.Nobody could infer from his votes or speech A
that he was ever, in the party sense, a Whig;
or a Democrat, hut no one can donht that lie
is an earnest and fearless contemner of Sla
very. Tint four years in public life, lie has al
ready done much to redeem tlie term Aboli
tionist from the unmerited- odium which an
age of baseness, solf-soekh g* and infidelity to
Revolutionary tradition and Republican prin
ciple has contrived to cast upon it. JTo has
elevated the range and widened the scope of
Senatorial debute, summoning Poetry and Li
terature to' the elucidation of the gravest and
dj-yest political propositions, while by careful
preparation and a finished oratory he has at
tracted thousands to hear and to consider ele
mental truths with the enunciation of which
the corrupt and servile atmosphere of the Fede
ral metropolis has been agitated far too sel
dom. There is no man now living who with
in the last five years has rendered the Ameri
can People greater service or won for himself
a nobler fame than Charles Sumner.
It is high time thai this People should take
a stand not only against the immediate per
petrators of ruffian assaults but against their
confederates and apologists in public life and
in the Press. As long as words sincerely spo
ken can be pleaded as an apology for blows,
we shall be regarded by impartial observers
as barbarians—and justly so regarded. So
long as our truly civilized and refined comuiu
| nitics succumb to the rule of the barbarian
elements in our political system, we must be
judged by the character and conduct of our
accepted masters. The youth trained to knock
down his human chattels for " insolence "
that is, for any sort of lesistance to his good
pleaswie—will thereafter knockdown and beat
other human beings who thwart his wishes—
no matter whether thev be Irish waiters or
! New-England Senators. Once admit the idea
of the predominance of brute force—-of the
right of individual appeal from words to blows
—anil human society becomes a state of war,
diversified by interludes of fitful and hollow
truce. And they who, as legislators, editors,
public speakers, or in whatever capacity, sug
j gest apologies for ruffian assaults, or intimate
I that words can excuse them, make themselves
I partners in the crime and the infamy.—A. Y.
f Tribune.
Immense Meeting in Boston.
BOSTON, May 2d.—The largest meeting ever
held in Faneuil Hall, assembled last, evening,
to give expression to their indignation at the
assault on Senator Sumner. Five thousand
were inside the Hall, and thousands unable to
gain entrance.
Governor Hard tier presided, assisted bv 40
Vice Presidents, including the most*distin
guished men of all parties. Among the < fli
c3rs were Lieut. Governor Benckley, Mayor
Bice, Mr. Baker, President of the Senate, Sir.
Phelps, Speaker of the House, Ex-Governor
Boutwell, Hon. Samuel Wallev, Ex-Mavor
Smith, Hon. Nathan Hale, Editor of the Dai
ly Advertiser, Amos A. Lawrence, Processor
0. C. Felion and Lvman Beeeher.
The meeting was opened with prayer by the
Rev. Rollin H. Neal. (iov. Gardner, on tak
ing the chair made a stirring speech, charac
terizing the assault on Senator Sumner as an
exhibition of grossuess and brutality, exceed
ing anything written on the pages of history
and calling upon Cougress to expel the assai
lants from its Halls.
Judge Russell followed with a series of re
solutions.
The meeting was afterwards addressed bv
John C. Rack, George S. Milliard. K. C. Ra
ker, Chas. A. Phelps, Samuel It. Walley, Col.
Brewster, Peter \v. Chandler, and John A.
Andrew, representing all the political parties.
Many of the speeches were unusually warm
and defiant, eliciting, iu their prominent points
most tumultuous responses.
The following.are the resolutions :
lit'sol red, That we have heard with grief
aud indignation of the brutal assault commit
ted upon our esteemed Senator, Charles Sum
ner, for words spoken in debate, and of the iu
sult offered in his person to the honor of onr
Commonwealth.
licsulrcd, That in this outrage we see new
encroachments upon lreedom, new violations
of State rights and a strange disregard of
chivalrous principles, while in the conduct of
such meu as Senator Crittenden we gladly re
cognize proofs of the fact that in all sections
of the country there men of high honor, of
pure priuciples and of true patriotism.
Jieso/red, That this attack is to be rebuked
not only as a cowardly assault upon a defence
less man, but as a crime against the right of
free speech and the dignity of a free State.
Ih'sohvd, That, as American citizens, we
deeply lament the odium which such acts east
upon oar country and upon the cause of Re
publicanism throughout the world.
Resolved, That although sixty-eight members
of the national House of Kepresentitives have
voted that, they think no inquiry regarding
the outrage is necessary, still we feel confident
that Congress will free itself from the same
crime, by expelling the offender from the seat
which he has disgraced.
lit.lolied, That we regard every blow inflict
ed upon our Senator as a blow aimed at us ;
that in our estimation his wounds arc honora
ble wounds : that as citizens of Massachu
setts, without distinction of party, we pledge
him here, in old Pancuil Ilall, our sympathy
and support in the fearless and independent
discharge of his duty.
The resolutions were passed unanimously,
and the meeting adjourned at 11 o'eiock.—
Many ladies occupied the galleries, and large
delegations were in attendance from the neigh
boring towns.
TESTIMONIAL TO MR. BKOOKT.— Columbus, R.
C., May 2*>.—Contributions are being made
here and in Charleston, to get up a testimonial
to lion. I'reston S. Brooks. His course is
very generally approved.
A (loon DEKH. —As will be seen by tele
graph, Mr. Brooks of South Carolina, after
tlie adjournment of the Senate on yesterday,
administered to Senator Sumner, the notor
ious and foul-mouthed Abolitionist from Mas
sachusetts, an elegant and effectual caning.—
We are rejoiced at this. The only regret we
feel is that Mr. Brooks did not employ a horse
whip or a cowhide upon his slanderous back,
instead of a cane. AVe trust the ball may be
kept in motion. Reward and others should
catch it uest. — Richmond T Vh>'g } 23d.
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THE ASSAULT ON SENATOR SUMNER.
The unprovoked, cowardly and brutal at
tack upon Senator Scmmck, made in the Sen
ate chamber, an account of which we publish
elsewhere, is everywhere arousing public indig-
nation in the North. Even the miserable
dough-face tribe, so ready to excuse and palli
ate the misdeeds of the nigger-drivers, have
not the audacity to attempt to justify the out
rage. It will do much to awaken the slum
bering and apathetic masses of the North to a
sense of the destiny toward which we are fast
hastening, unless a stop is put to the arrogance
and usurpations of the Slavery-propagandists.
The ostensible reason for this gross attack,
is in the late speech of Senator Si m.nku, allud
ing to the State of South Carolina, and her
Senator, Judge Hitler. We have carefully
examined the remarks of Senator Shiver, and
can find nothing which can iu the slightest de
gree extenuate this assault.
The passage at arms with Twice Poioi.as
was much more acrimonious, and yet he resor
ted only to his Senatorial privilege to defend
himself. Senator Mason did the same. The
cut-aud-thrust of debate was his bloodiest wea
pon. His sense of honor and respect for his
personal character, is, doubtless, just as high
as that of Judge Hitler or his beliieose rela
tive.
We had understood, heretofore, that there
was a provision of the Constitution designed to
protect members of both Houses of Congress,
from any responsibility for words spoken in
debate, except to tiie House of which tlicy arc
members. Rut it seems this illustrious Mr.
BROOKS has made the .grand discovery that
Senators are to be amenable to him, if they re
fer to Mr. Butler in any way whatever. Is
Judge BVTI.KR unable to cope with Mr. SCMN KU
in debate ? Was his argumentation and logic
too powerful for those of the successor of Can
non x ?
But, aside from all this, stripped of the mere
tiuselry of circumstances, affairs at Washington
seem to have reached that condition when it is
impossible for a Northern member of Congress
to utter anything in either branch, which is un
palatable to Southern sensibilities, without sub
jecting themselves to assaults of the most vio
lent character. The rule is to be, for the fu
ture, if Northern men cannot be met andover
come in argument, they must be subdued by
bludgeons. If they will not comply peaceably,
they must be made to comply by force with
the imperious requisitions of Southern hauteur
and caprice. These Southerners are trying to
play the same high-handed game in Washing
ton upon our Northern Representatives, which
they have been practicing upon a poOr, weak
territory struggling into existence in the West.
If the issue must come, we say let it coine.
If Southern insolence and babyism i.s so ram
pant as to invade the sacred precincts of our
legislative halls, to had victims among Ameri
can Senators to appease its fury, it is time that
they should learn that there is a North, that
will bo inighh, powerful and united, if it is not
now. For years the South has reigned in
Washington with absolute sway. It has con
trolled society, public amusements, governmen
tal patronage in all its departments, and in
fluenced legislation. It is time that its sceptre
was broken and its domination destroyed. This
single instance of utter disregard of all the pro
prieties of life, as well as of .constitutional pri
vilege, will do more to shake its tyrannical
rale than any other occurrence since the mur
der of CII.I.KV. It is time its pride, its offensive
rampaucy, its insolence, hoary from unrestrain
ed exercise, should be subdued.
The outraged sentiment of the people, the
true sovereigns of the country, will not fail to
manifest itself and administer a most powerful
rebuke to this high-handed and dastardly at
tempt, made in so cowardly and ruffianly a man
ner, to overawe public discussion in our -Na
tional Council Chambers.
THE TESTIMONY OF THE K ANSA'S COMMISSION.
—The Kansas Commission sent by Governor
Robinson, a large quantity of testimony taken
by them, enclosing it in a sealed package ad
dressed to the Speaker of the House. On
Robinson's detention at Lexington, Mo., his
wife, at his request, continued her journey, and
she handed the package to Hon. C. K. Wat
son. one of the Committee of Elections, who
delivered it to the Speaker privately. The Con
gressional Commissioners request it to remain
with the seal unbroken until their return. This
is the testimony which it is said the Missourians
threatened to destroy. .
POSTPONED.— The ease of Passmore William
son against Judge Kane, has been postponed,
until the August term of the Courts of Dela
ware county. Eminent counsel have been en
gaged 011 both sides, and the trial will be OIK'
of much interest.
THE CRAMPTON DIFFICULTY.
The Administration at Washington seems to
be ii£a dilemma in disjtpgingjn thalong-mooted
question.of the dismissal of ...the British Mii.is
t 'r, Sir. Ci!AMiT"V. A] demand, for histeeali,
having been declined by the British JJoveru
ment, the Administration finds in an
awkward fix. All its bluster and bravado has
not availed. . It must npw eitljgr dismiss Mr.
OKAMITOX, or give to the world another evi
dence of imbecility and vascellation, for which
it has already become distinguished.
The whole matter, thus far, has been at the
instigation of the slavery-propagandists and
their northern tools, to create just enough dis.
turbaoce liPtwaen the two countries, as to di
vert public attention from the scenes of rapine
and oppression now going on in Kausas, in
pursuance of the designs of the slavery ex ten
sionists. The virtuous indignation displayed
at the attempt to enlist recruits for the Crimea
oh the soil of the United States has been
a harmless by-play intended to attract the
attention of the nation, while the " border
ruffians" were murdering innocent citizens
and pilfering private property in Kansis.
The British Government having declined to
recall Mr.'CitAMiTox, and ]duced its refusal up
on such grounds as convey no disrespect to us,
the Administration is considerably embarrass
ed. It cannot, with credit, back out, and a
complication of circumstances unfortunately has
arisen, which will make the dismissal of Okamc
inx a serious matter. That act, though not in
itself casus leUi, in the present condition of our
relations with England, might lead to difficul
ties. Pierce and his Cabinet yielding to
i Southern pressure have entangled themselves
in the Xicaraguan difficulty by recognizing the
Padre Vi.iil as Minister. Should England
take sides with the other party, of which there
is every probability, we are brought to the
verge of war, for the purpose of aiding the
plans of those who arc seeking to cover this
continent with the curse of human bondage.
The serious aspect the matter has assumed
has alarmed the slaveholders. They do not
fancy any war which has not for its object the
extension of shivery. They would be willing
to bully our wca"k neighbor, Mexico, and ab
sorb a large portion of her territory, but when
it conies to a war with such a formidable na
tion as England, where only free territory can
be acquired, their bellicose feelings are sudden
ly cooled. Our readers may be certain of this :
That as slavery rules the councils of this Re
public, there is no danger of war that does not
strengthen the institution of slavery, and add
new iields for its possession. We care not how
much bluster and bravado may be indulged in.
The slaveholders will lied some loop-hole to
crawl ont of, even at the expense of National
reputation.
We shall never have war with England as
long as the slave Oligarchy control the govern
ment. They have a deep hatred of that conn
try, it is true, for its anti-shivery tendencies,
but they are under double bonds to keep the
peace. England i.s the best customer thev
have, for their staple product, cotton. Deprive
her of that market, ar.d the South is bankrupt.
Again, in the event of a war, England, know
ing our weak points, will make the slave states
the theatre of the conflict, and precipitating
fleets and armies upon our southern coasts, add
the clangers of servile insurrection to the hor
rors of war. The South i.s aware that the ele
ments of her destruction are contained within
her own midst: that the tocsin of war, and the
approach of hostile fleets would arouse her col
ored population, burning with the accumulated
wrongs of centuries of bondage, to rejteat the
horrors of St. Domingo, and repay with fearful
tyranny the oppressions of their masters.
The time has been when at the sound of the
war trumpet, the free men of the North,would
have leit their homes and their occupations to
defend the firesides and the institutions of the
South. Would they do so now ? Let the
the question be calmly and seriously consider
ed. Would they rally to defend the accursed
institution which lias been the cause of the ag
gressions to which they have thus far patiently
submitted ? While the soil of Kansas is yet
wet with the blood of free white men, shed to
advance the designs of slavery, while the smoke
of burning habitations yet ascends to lleaven
to mark the brutality of slavery-propagandism,
would the Freemen of the North, be in haste
to avert danger from the plague-spot which is
endangering the liberties of the Republic ?
Southern politicians understand ail this.—
l'hey look to the North to defend their pecu
liar institutions. They are fully aware how
embittered, and justly, too, has become North
ern feeling. They are powerless to defend
themselves, and cannot now depend upon the
Iriends and relatives of the martyrs they have
inhumanly slain in Kansas. To avert danger
of a collision with England, they will crouch at
the feet ot the British lion. Let our readers
mark the sequel. Wc are not to have war
with England ; but on the contrary, we are to
be quiet under all her insolence, and to accede
to all her demands.
PRISON INSPECTORS.— The Judges of the
Supreme Court, sitting at Ilarrisbnrg, have
! appointed the following gentlemen Prison In
j speetors, under the recent act of Assembly :
William B. Foster, John Foulkrod, P. B. (iod
dard, Win. B. Johnson and Stephen Colwcil.
Fes?" The funeral of Hit. SAMI EI, HrsTOV
took place, 011 Sunday last, with Masonic cere
monies. A large number of brethren was in
attendance, to pay the lust tribute of respect
to the deceased. The impressive ceremonies
were delivered by S. HAYPEN, W.M. of Rural
Amity Lodge, No. TO. The sermon deliver
ed Rev. Mr. Sot THKHI.AXI), pastor of the M.
E. Church, was very able and appropriate.
LATEST FROM KANSAS.
Th 6 War Commenced.!
DESTRUCTION OF LAWRENCE'
'REPORTED HANGING OF GENERAL POMEROY!
I Free State RZen Rallying- at Topeka!
_ -Y,
CHICAGO, Monday, May 2G, 18N6. ~
! The Chicago Tribune publishes an extra
! based hpoo intelligence brought by three men
i directly from Lawrence. Tliev state that a
J .
I company of mounted nidi made their appenr
-1 auee. near Lawrence on Wednesday, the 21st,
where they halted until re-eiiforeements had
increased their numbers to TOO men. They
bore flaps and banners with various mottoes
and devices, but no United States flap. Dur
ing the forenoon, the Committee of Public
safety of Lawrence despatched a messenger
with u note to Marshal Donaldson, who head
ed the force, assuring him that tlie citizens
would make no resistance to any process be
might wish to serve, and asking protection for
their lives and property. The .Marshal made
no reply, but at 11 o'clock he sent a Deputy-
Marshal with a posse of ten men into the town.
I The deputy summoned four of the citizens to
1 assist in making arrests, and took (}. AV. Diet
zler and (L \V. Smith prisoners. The Dcpu
| ty-Marshal, having thus tested (lie williugnees
of flic citizens to respect his authority, went
with his posse to the Free-State Hotel and
dined, after which they removed the prisoners
without molestation. Soon after this, sheriff
Jones made his appearance with eighteen men,
and demanded that all the public and private
arms in the town be given up, giving the peo
ple five minutes to accede to his demand, and
tnreatening, in case of refusal, to storm the
town. He did not attempt to make any ar
rests, but said he came for the purpose of ob
taining the arms. One lield piece was given up
in answer to hi-demand, but the citizens refused
to surrender their private arms. Jones then
left, and in half an hour after returned with
an overwhelming force and two pieces of ar
tillery, with which he commenced cannonading
the Free-State Hotel, and The Herald of Eree
<hh printing office. The inhabitants commen
ced leaving the town, and the informants of
The C'/ucago Tribune also left before the work
<>f destruction was complete ; but the hotel was
burned, and the press and type of The Herald
of Freedom destroyed before their departure,
and they had proceeded but about fifteen
miles when (at 8 o'clock in the evening) they
saw a large \oluuie of smoke and a great light
in the direction of Lawrence, and they have
no doubt of the destruction of the town.
Another messenger, who left Leavenworth
just before the departure of the boat, says,
that several men were killed by Jones' party.
It is feared that Gen. Pomeroy has been hung
by a mob. Gov. "Kobiiisou is at Lecompton,in
the custody of ibc authorities. Ex-Gov.lieeder
is supposed to be in a place of safety, and is
daily expected ill Chicago, bv way of Nebras
ka and lowa. Threats have been made to
hang Robinson, Brown and Dictzler. The
Free-State men will make a stand at Topeka :
and arc now gathering at that point.
Kx-Senator Atchison i.> in the Territorv.
The United States troops are not allowed
to stir from their quarters, many of the sol
diers being anxious to protect the settlers.
Sr. Lous, Monday, May 2('>, IS">6.
The Lexington (Mo.) Express publishes an
Extra, which was received here to-day, con
firming the report of the destruction of Law
rence on Wednesday last. The account pub
lished by The Express states that after the
Marshal had arrested all the persons lie had
writs for. he turned the posse over to sheriff
Jones, whose attempt to make arrests was re
sisted by the people, who fired on his men.—■
Sheriff Jones then canonaded and set lire to
the Hotel and the office of The Herald of Free
dom, destroying both. When the messenger
left, the artillery was still firing, and the fire
spreading to other portions of the town, but
up to the time of his departure but few lives
had been lost. This is reported as the testi
mony of Hutchinson and Ratcliffe, Free-State
men. The Express is a pro-slavery paper.
[From the Cleveland Daily Herald, May 22.]
AVc have had an interview with Mr. AV. P.
Taft, of Brooklyn, who on yesterday (Wednes
day-) reached this city, having left Lawrence
in Kansas, on Saturday morning last, (the
17th) being two days later than the letter in
to-day's paper, and which Mr. T. also had the
kindness to bring to us. The news bv Mr.T.,
therefore, is the very latest, as be had a verv
quick run of less than two days from Kansas
to St. Louis. Mr. T. left Kansas Citv, in Mis
souri. on Sunday. AVe have heard enough
from Mr. Taft to convince us that the cause of
the Free-State party is desperate. Business is
entirely suspended in the Territory, and men
without means must leave or starve. Governor
Shannon has called out what he terms the mi
litia, which is entirely composed of Missourians,
Alabamiuns, South Carolinians and Georgians
who being enrolled arc under pay, and thus
nearly 2,000 of the vilest humanity are encamp
ed along the river for the express purpose of
thrusting the Territorial laws down the throats
of citizens of Lawrence, or murder or drive
tiicm from the Territorv.
The troops of the Federal Government are
not relied upon by Shannon and his knaves, for,
having some humanity about them, thev will
not do the bidding of the Ruffians. Col. Sum
ner and his officers and men are stigmatized as
" d—d Abolitionists."
Upon the attempted arrest of Boeder on the
writ of attachment issued by Le Compte, Reed
er was prevailed on to fly, and thus save his
own life and that of the people of Lawrence
for the vengeance sworn against Lawrence is
because Reeder there refused to be arrested,
and because that is a strong Free-State town.
Cp to last Saturday, Reeder had uot bceu
heard from.
A camp of South Carolinuians ani] Mi-s<„
rians near Lecompton numbers 800, and''
ulaily additions. Another earn,, f '<
12:") pre about a tnile and a half from J T ."
reneefThe camp on Friday last arrested cl.'v
men. nine of after being warned to liVl!'
the 'territory, were released, but two arc * t ;u
PytaWd. m "
Every man passing rip or down In- j iin ,i :
arrested and searched. Even letters an' |■ ''
ken-open and read. liousesare pUJagej
visions are stolen and every kind of del. i
tipii-committed. " 1 u "
When Mr. T. left on Saturday, an aft t
was hourly expected on Lawrence,' but on 'Ji
boat Mr. T. was fold by Missourians that T,„
day was the day, and it is probable the to J
is laid low before tins.
The citizens of Lawrence wore not in t
ti.re for defense, although tbey had some in'!!"
and ammunition.
Another package of testimony w aß bro lla | lt
doWn upon the same boat bv Mr j,
who, by the aid of Mr. Tuft,"mid Mr .L,
Dawes, of fcr. Johnsburv. Vt., (who lmd'a,.'
conijianied Mr. Taft all through Katw a < w '
able t< keep it away from Pvufiiau LulidV -
that, before this, it is safely at AVadiingtoi',.
Ihe story of Kansas, in short, is jnq t),j s •
Every menus to moke it a Slave State seeiJn<r
to be fruitless, except by driving Froe-Stat"
men from the Territory, Shannon ami Marshal
Donaldson have, on the strength of ftJcfer\
refusal to waive his exemption from anvq
lolled all the ruffians from the Slave Stat.'-
so much militia under pav. These a-.-ri
soldiery hoast that, 14 days' service cntith"
them to DiO acres of land."besides their Day
and rations. Tims.an army of pro-slaverv men
is quartered upon Kansas to out out its" auh
j stance, destroy bitsim and free the Territorv
from free-state men. This, too. when a force
j of Government troops, sufficient for every rar
i l" ,st ' of arrest and protection, is within call ~
• The world affords no ease which has its paral
! lei in vileuess. Not a man has resisted, even
' to the waving of his hand, tlie acts o'f (\,j
Sumner's troops ; and yet these troops are not
called upon, but cut-throat robbers ami mur
derers are armed by Shannon with Fait.,]
States gnus, and their expenses paid with Fui
ted States money !
This last scheme, concocted by the a-'ei.t-of
this Administration for the purpose unfasten
ing slavery upon Kuusu-, will probably he -u
cess ful. '
AcßTcrf.rt-K.vi. Norn k. —The following r-r
--sous were appointed a committee of .Ju
such early Fruit and Vegetables ;i> cannot I e
kept from decaying until the Fair. Tiic com
mittee will meet at the Borough of To wand a
as often as they may deem necessary. AH ar
ticles of this class entered for premiums or ex
hibition must be left at the Office of Laporte
Ma son k Co., in said Borough who will take
charge of the came.
B. S. KCSSKI.I., I-:. A. Faxons, lb rt. \
KINOSHKHY, E. O. GOODRICH, AVM. KI.WKI.L
List of Articles for Premiums.
E A 1:1.Y Fllt'TT.
Largest and best variety of curb apples, not
less than six of each, I on
second best dd! ail
Dost doz. early variety. ad
Largest and best variety of carlv pear- - , -ix of
each, ' 1 (HI
s -ootid best do. ,*>o
Best doz. early variety, ,"ti
Largest and best early variety of Pearln-,
six of each, 1 (Mi
second best do. oil
IK st doz. early variety, mi
Largest and best variety Cherries, lon
second best do. ail
Best single specimen, a"
Best specimen of Strawberries 1 On
second best do. eO
Largest and best variety of plums 1 on
second best do. •'>'>
Best doz. do. 5U
Best o water melons, r >n
Best d musk melons. at'
tJcg" FRANCIS ]\ UtJHKhavinglxendfiioiiiic
ed as a slaveholder, The Xatioaul V.r-i takes
occasion to explain that " there is not a slave
" on his farm who has not been purchased at
" his own solicitation, or at the request of be
" nevolent persons, to save him from being
"sent to the Southern market, or to prevent
" a family from being broken tip. The money
" is advanced—the man or woiuan hastliepri
" vilege of working it out —and, to prevent all
" risk, the freedom of every one is secured by
" will, in any contingency, and not only free
" dom, but a provision for a homestead.
AtTOINTMKN'r iiv THE C.VNAL COMMIS-WNM?.
—Vol. EDWARD T. GAY has been appointed
State Engineer, to take effect from the l.tb
instant.
Camitown, May 21. D- |h -
K. 0. GOODRICH—SiIt: The citizen?ot * ali; !''
town were thrown into a most intense excite
ment on Monday last, by the unusual bayiuS
ot hounds on the mountain of that vicinity •
the eontiuual barking of the dogs at a ccrt.ua
point drew a number of men together at the
scene of action, who concluded that souicbngc
monster, in order to escape from the dog? '
taken refuge in the rocks. A consultatsouim
mediately ensued as the best method of
eating the animal from his hiding place- -V
tor mature deliberation, it was thought '
try to remove the rocks in order that '- 1
hounds might have access to the interior ot > •'
caveru. At it thev went, witlcliaudspikc?: ;! •
crowbars, removing several tons of ina>' 1
granite, tugging ami sweating, and also bctug
drenched to the skin with the falling rain.d' .•
succeeded in capturing the huge monster,id
proved to be no more nor less than a
legged Wmdchuck
Ot H BREADSTL KES IN FRANCE:. — Lw
markets for flour are less crowded, •'| v01 ""/~
to the advices by the last steamer. Lie ? a i
plies arriving to certain l'uris houses on 1 •
tracts made on this side last fall and '
(in which the French government wastne 11
to have an interest are being sold at :lIll "V
on arrival. The latest sale, aO.OOO ;1,
was well attended, and although the (
great the prices are noted as heing a "
firmer than at the previous >ak.-