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camp. Mr. N., and a large number of people, came from Law¬ 
rence. As many as possible sat under the pavilion, while others 
occupied the carriages. The officers and soldiers attended, and 
all together we made a goodly number. A melodeon was also 
brought up from town. Major Hoyt brought a large number of 
beautiful pond lilies, which, at his suggestion, were placed on the 
table, before the preacher. 
On the first day of August, Fain was in Lawrence attempting 
to assess taxes. He was waited upon by a committee, and recom¬ 
mended to leave. A very intelligent lady, recently from Dela¬ 
ware, visited us in camp. The camp of the invading horde in 
May was close by her house, and from their brutal conduct she 
suffered much. One of the captains of the gang has since apolo¬ 
gized to her, saying, “ that if his mother in Virginia knew in 
what company he had been, or what he had been doing, she would 
grieve herself to death.” She has recently buried a little daugh¬ 
ter, who, in the first of her illness, was constantly saying, “ Ma¬ 
ma, don’t let the Kickapoos shoot me.” She thinks fear was the 
occasion of the child’s death. These men were cursing and 
swearing about their house nights, and firing their guns in the 
day-time, so that the balls whizzed past her. When asked by her 
“ if they had commands to disturb peaceable houses on the Sab¬ 
bath day,” they replied, “ they had orders to go where they 
chose, and when they chose ; they were here by President Pierces 
authority, and acting under the directions of Gov. Shannon.” It 
is said in Lecompton to be the plan of the ruffians to kill the pris¬ 
oners on the day of the trials. Pro-slavery men from the same 
place stated, that, on the 5th, Jones, Clark and Titus, were urging 
the governor to call out the “ militia,” for further outrages. Word 
had been received from Col. Boone, of Westport, that “now was 
the time to drive out the free-state men.” Shannon had sworn 
he would not call out the “ militia” again, and the above named 
“ law-and-order ” men threatened to put him in the river, and 
were holding a secret session as to the course to be pursued. On 
the 6th news came of Gov. Shannon’s removal. 
Bobberies on the Westport road are becoming more frequent. 
Preparatory to the expected passage of the Toombs bill, many 
