...eited his life. He knew nothing of the case, in which, it was pretended, he was needed as a witness. This refusal was instantly made the pretext for marching on Lawrence, under the authority of a United States Marshal. The news spread rapidly, that Lawrence was to be destroyed. John Brown, Junior, at the head of sixty men, or more, marched from Ossawattomie, and offered to defend the town; but th...