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was intense. The groceries were continually frequented, and the 
firing of guns was incessant. All of Sunday night companies of 
thirty or forty men went over the whole city, crying, at the top of 
their voices, for “ all who would not take up arms to enforce the 
territorial laws, to leave the territory immediately, or suffer the 
consequences.’’ 
On the first of September, about fifty of the inhabitants were 
obliged, by Capt. Emory and his band, to take passage on the 
Polar Star for St. Louis. The next day eight hundred men, com¬ 
manded by Oapt. Emory, paraded on the levee in front of the 
Emma. Capt. E. ordered the captain of the boat not to leave 
the landing until he gave directions. Then, at the point of the 
bayonet, were men, women, and children, more than one hun¬ 
dred in number, driven, like cattle, from their homes, to satisfy 
yet further this guilty administration. Men of property were 
obliged thus to leave it to the mercy of the mob; and, in some 
instances, had not means with them to pay their passage to St. 
Louis. The goods of some of the merchants, together with ten 
thousand dollars’ worth in the warehouses, for traders in Lawrence, 
were confiscated by the ruffians. In many instances they laid aside 
their shabby and soiled garments, and were loud in their praise 
of the excellent fits they found among the clothing designed for 
merchants in Lawrence. No free-state man dared venture in 
the streets of Leavenworth. Many fled into the bushes and 
escaped to the fort. Thirty or more families found safety there. 
When the fourteen prisoners at Lecompton were released, Lev. 
Mr. Nute, and Mr. Wilder, about whom great anxiety had been 
felt, were discovered not to be among them. Col. Cook provided 
Mr. Whitman, Mr. Sutherland, and Mr. Wilder, father of young 
Wilder, an escort, in Sergeant Cary, to go to Leavenworth to 
attempt their release, if they were there. Within a short distance 
of the town, after passing several picket guards, they were taken 
prisoners by Capt. Emory’s band. After a little consultation, 
the leaders concluded it was advisable to release Sergeant Cary. 
Elding post-haste, he reached the fort and stated the facts. Soon 
there was a bustle among the soldiers, and two hundred of them 
marched to Leavenworth. Two hours later, they returned, bringing 
