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li. J. STAULZ, EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR
GETTYSBURG, PA
Noadtp Nardi* June 8, 1867.
KIK= 'RITZ SONIMTIOSE.
rot OuMINOR,
WILLIAM F. PACK/SR, of Lyeoming
cant. mulissiona.
NIMBOD STRICKLAND, of C'hoster
Riot and Bloodshed at Wash
ington.
The Know clothing " Plug Uglier"
of Baltimore appear not to be content
with the opportunities to engage in riot,
outrage and murder afforded them in
their own eity, bat they mast go abroad,
and inflict upon other communities deeds
of hellish violence. Truly, a more gal
lows-deserving set of creatures never
breathed—as the savants given in this
- paper of their operations in Washington
city on 'Monday last incontestably de
monstrate.
Just think of it. Men go to a city of
which they are not residents, and at
tempt to drive those who are voting
from the polls! Buchan outrage ought
not to be winked at in any community,
and it is to be hoped that every mica!
engaged in jt will be made to pay the
severest penalty of the law.
It is gratifying to know that those
!lends did not secure the success of the
Know NtXlngs. If they had, Wash
ington, like Baltimore, might preparcrto
be at the mercy of villains and cut
throats, actuated by the wont of mob
spirits.
ilirenia, Completely Swept by
the Democrats.
The election in Virginia on the 28th
ult., resulted in the complete triumph
of the Democracy. The whole delega
tion in Congress will be Democratic—
together with the Commissioner of
Public Works and Attorney General.
The two branches of the Legislature
will be also Democratic; securing a
United States Senator. Hon. Chas. J.
Eanikner's majority for Congress is
2,206. Richmond, hitherto the impreg
nable stronghold of the opposition, rolls
up a Democratie majority of more than
300! Huzzah I
Result in Washington.
iirNotwittistanding the disorderly
and riotous proceedings of the Plug ljg
lies iu Washington on Monday last, the
Democrats succeeded in electing their
Collector, Register and Surveyor by an
average majority of nearly THREE
HUNDRED. They also elected& major
ity of the City Council. Three years
ago the Know Nothings carried the city
by nearly 500 majority,—now in-apite
of the assistance rendered by the import
ed PLUGS, they are defeated by a major
ity of 300. Never again will Washing
ton city submit to the domination of the
secret oath-boand order. And never
again will the Plugs visit that city for
the purpose of "regulating the elec
tions."
Seto Haveil C ty Election.—NEW
Hl-
VZN, June Ist.—TheDemocrats have
elected their Mayor by about 500 ma
jority, and carried three of the six
Wards,-which secures the City Govern
ment to the Democrats.
Tke Democracy and tie Fetstre.—The
elections that have takeh place, thus far,
throughout the country, since the great
national triumph of last fall, show that
the Democracy are gaining ground
everywhere. The great battle of last
year was fought and won upon great
issues, the success of which is necessa
ry to the very existence of our govern
ment, and whose defeat would be fol
lowed by a dissolution of the ties which
have made as one people and one coun
try. It becomes us, therefore, as men,
as citizens, as patriots, as Democrats, to
I preserve in all its purity our national
faith, and to refuse to lower our standard
of principle for may temptation of ex
pediency whatever.
'sr The Democratic State Convention
will re-assemble, at Harrisburg, to-
morrow, to nominate candidates for the
Supreme Bench.
riirqt. is stated that Gen. H. D. Foe
? E at of Westmoreland, and Ben. C. R.
BUOKALIR, of Columbia county, have
been engaged as counsel in favor of the
contemplated injunction spinet the eale
of the public works. The editor of the
kW of tAe North has been told by Mr.
Bucksiew the grounds upon which the
application for the injunction will be
made, and sta t es, whim opinion, that
tbey will prove strong and conclusive
with the Soprowae Court.
Arne streightoest. ♦mertean State
Convention, at Laaeseter, the other
notassod base Haseiharst, of
fer Goveroor. We strong
ly 'tepees that/a:ion with the Irdmot
"l Les will take plats before the si c etion.
.
MN At Lake Shier, the same is
-.oll.4footieeposad lachisMelt.
-*.r•
ilex.
The oppositkaiparty asnijonrnals are
hard up" ibr capital. The sweeping
dinumniationa indaiged in by them
ash* the Vithollos and Foreigners, in
t the end anionntod to but little,--and we
; venture nothing in ea‘preasing the opin
ion that many of the followers of 4. Bain"
'now regret that ever such an arrant
humbug was inrented. Black Bcpubli•
canism has yielded no better. " Kan
;
' sits Mums r as a political
hobby, is dying out—and between the
two/at/sires; the opposition aro nearly
bankrupt. One blow more, and the
whole concern " won't pay a cent in the
' dollar." .
We said they were "hard np" for po
litical material. Now fur a demonstra
tion. In the last "Star and Banner,"
(net the "Star and Republican Banner,"
' as the paper was titled before the pres
ent " bead" was adopted by the editor,)
we find a long-winded attack upon the
Democratic party, as being "not jealous
of the encrolchments of power upon the
people "—" not watchfuLof the rights of
the States"--and as "the, determined
foe of emery liberal idea which does not
point to self,"—also an assault upon the'
Supremo Judiciary of the land, which
the great WITINTICZ pronounced the
"protecting power of the Gormanent,"
and "essential and indispensable to its
very being," the Star characterising the
derision in the. Dred Scott ease as "a
monstrous invasion of the rights of the
States,"--likewise do we find attacks
upon Judge /Ws, twenty-nine MOIXIH
berg of
.the House of Representatives, 1
and the whole South, "with other items
too tedious to insert"—and all because
the word "Republican" was omitted
1 in the arrangement of the new " head"
of the Compiler Verily, texts mast be
scarce, when such a one Is selected up
on which to build so enormous a pile of
palpable, self-;eluting, and unmitigated
fabrications ! •
Flowerer, they are easily survived by
those against whom they are aimed—
for that sort of gun generally " kicks the
owner over !"
It would be etrictly In place to inquire,
just here, w:lat is Know Nothingiam ?
—a creed which the Star is so earnest
in upholding—and answer, by reciting a
catalogue of frauds and murders enough
to curdle the blood of the most dormant;
but, for the present, we only point to
BALTIMORE and WASHINGTON I
We have received a copy of the rea
sons, entered upon the Journal of our
State Senate, by thirteen Senators, for
voting against the passage of the Main
Line Bill. The list is heeded by the ven
erable Senator, WILLIAM WILMIXII, of
Allegheny. In a matter of as great
moment as the question here involved,
it is important thit our public men
should place themselves right upon the
record, which is to endure long after
they have mouldered to their kindred
dust.—They assign their reasons as fol
lows:
Ist. That the bill discriminates so
largely in favor of the Pennsylvania
Railroad, that it al,most excludes compe
tition :
2ad. -That the *ale amounts to s gift
to the Railroad, la it can liquidate eve
ry dollar of the purchase money befbre
the last payment shall mature, by mpre
ly appropriating, for that purpose,
the taxes from which it is thus released :
3rd. Because there should be a limita
tion upon the release of the tonnage tax,
to accord with the designs of those who
subscribed so liberally to the Railroad,
in order to benefit the trade and com
merce of the State :
4th. Because the bill releases the Rail
road from all taxation for State purpos
es, which will amount to about .100,000
a year :
sth. Because the bill does not pro
vide a guarantee, that the Western
division shall be kept in operating con
dition :
6th. Because the bill does not require
the President and Directors of the cont.!
puny, purchasing the Line, to be resi
dents of the State :
7th. Because, if the Pennsylvania
Railroad should purchase the Line, the
State, or Philadelphia and Pittsburg,
should have • voice in directing the af
fairs of the consolidated Line : and
Bth. Because, as the charter of the
purchasing company is made perpetual,'
the State loses the power to protect the;
public interests.
How any Senator with such an array
of argument, against the provisions of
this bill, could so far forget his duty to
the Commonwealth, as to vote for it, is
difficult to conceive.
We are gratified to find that our
views upon this bill have the endorse
ment of such able men as Wilkins,
Browne, Welsh, Wright, Brewer, and
their compeers.
lorThe patent American party in
Baltimore is preparing for another
butchery in that city in November next,
and it is not uncommon to find the
Plugs, Blood Tubs, Rip Rape, Lc., call
ing on the faithful in this wise :
tkl - ATTENTION PLUGS ! the mem
bers of the PLUG UGLIYA AMERI
CAN ABBOCIA.TION ire requited to
.attend a meeting st AMERICUS HALL,
Preston stew t, on TO-MO RRO W nes
day) EVENING, at 8 o'clock. By
order. KING PLUG.
" King Plug," we presume, Isis great
person in the eyes of the above associ
ation ; one skilled in the use of the pistol,
bowie knife, brass knuckle, kc.—Ha
pergola' Mail.
aiirCoanterfeit new mama,* already
in circulation in New York, intended,
no doubt, to mix with the genuine in
Loge quantities!' It is mid they will
easily deceive Ptlrsopt at a email &nee,
but being pewter, like all that krid of
coin have a greasy feel and !spy
mend that any boy' wilt raeogaisi.
Mice, at Capital!
Senate Protest.
Letter from the West.
lOWA Car, Yaw 29, 1857
IL J. ST.teu.s, lisca.=-Dear Sir
arrived in this city but eveniag, and
am surprised to Awl it has improved so!
much during the last year. The num
ber of fine store houses and handsome
private residences, that have gone up
in that time, are a fair indication that
things are in a healthy condition here.
The wheat crop in this section looks
well. It is coming out beautifully.—
The farmers are in good spiri t.and an-
ticipate good crops. In those portions
of Ohio, Indiana and Illinois. through : 1
which I traveled, the wheat does not;
promise so well, and many fanaem are
predicting hard times in consequence.
However, an unusually largo amount of ,
spring wheat has been put out. Num-
bets of farmers have. ploughed up their '
winter wheat that had been killed, and (
have sown the ground in spring wheat,
which is coming up finely and promises
well. Upon the whole, I am inclined'
to think there will be at least an aver
age crop.
The farmers are very busy putting
out their corn. The orchards promise
toyiekl a good supply of fruit. .
The farmers here have lost many val
uable cattle the past winter, occasioned
by the severe cold and scarcity of
provender. Grain has become very
scarce and high. Wheat is selling at
$1 00 to $1 10 per bushel ; Flour $7 50
per barrel ; COlll 90 eta. to $1 00; Oats
75 etc ; Hay $2O per ton.
I leave in a few days for Missouri,
whtin you shall hear. from me again.
Yours truly, —.
Toad nitro.
Railroad Proapeodng.
On Wednesday morning last, a party
of six—Capt. Irwin, D. Wills, Gee►. W.
McClellan, George Swope, Col. Samson,
and the writer bereof—started out from
this place with a view to an examina
tion of the condition of the " Tapeworm"
Railroad, collecting subscriptions to the
stock of the Gettysburg Railroad, de.
At the base of Jack's Mountain, Capt.
Irwin, Mr. Wills and onrself left the
vehicles, for a tramp over the route of '
the Railroad. The ascent on the east
face of the bill was 'made in quick time,
but costing no inconsiderable amount of
breath and muscular strength. Onee
accomplished, however, we found our
selves repaid, over and over again, for
all - the labor of climbing up its steep
side, by the magnificent and extended
view afforded from the top. We felt
as thoigh it were impossible that amore
enchanting rural picture could present
itself to the gladdened eye of human
creature. Reluctantly leaving the pic
turesque scene, 'wevontinued the tramp
over the bed of the Railroad westward,
and were astonished to find the work in
such excellent preservation and much
of it so well done. The grading and
bridging, -for miles, is ready for the
superstructure, and there is no want of
material to close up the occasional gape
in the embankments, left at the aban
donment of the work by the State.—
Embankments more solid, or less liable
to injury from frost or other cause, it
would be out of the question to find
anywhere—consisting, as they do, for
the most partiof stone.
The tunnels beyond Stem's, though
some work has been done upoil them,
obi:mkt be avoided, as they can now be,
in the present improved state of Rail
road machinery. To avoid them, it
would not require as short curves as are
easily overcome on the Northern Cen
tral and other Railroads; and the expense
would be a mere trifle. No more bridg
ing would be required between jack's
Mountain and Monterey Springs, the
i distance which we "footed it," and al
-1 though considerable work remains to be
done, the heaviest pan is accomplished,
embracing, indeed, a larger portion than
we anticipated seeing.
For every variety of beautiful, grand
and romantic scenery, we venture that
1 the views to be bad along the bed of this
Railroad, cannot be excelled in the
Union. Let doubters examine it, as we
have—they will at least be paid for their
t trouble.
Arrived at Monterey—li P. M.—the
party got dinner, and then off to Waynes
boro', and after the transaction of soma
Gettysburg Railroad business there, we
were on the move again, and reached
Hagerstown before sun-down.
At both these places an earnest Rail
road spirit appears to have root, and
when a formal effort shall be made..to
finish the Road from this place to the
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, large as
sistance can be expected from them.
Next morning, after a comfortable
night's entertainment at the " Washing
ton House," the party started on the re
turn. The weather was fine, and nature
looked its gayest. The land, as far back
as the mountain, is an 'excellent quality
of limestone, sad although we noticed
indifferent fields of wheat, the landscape
was a highly pleasing one.
Reaching the top of the mountain, at
the toll gate, we turned to the left, and
came down what is known as the • old
Furnace Road, with a view to acquiring
somas ides of the Green Ridge route for
the Railroad. But time to make &proper
examination was not afforded. It may
be thoroughly looked up hereafter.
By this route, we struck the graded
work of the Railroad at •the Viaduct,
from which point tiaras of the party
it Wowed the Ihte as Ear eastward as the
tam too, mach work has
been done, and some retnains to be done.
The route *om Gettysimarg to the
Twilit at which we 'eft , off, ntay requite
another trip of a day or two—and the
incidents of the last a column or two,
To Philadelphia htutiness men and
capitalists we would say—Come out
and look at this work. Look at the
country, too--see all for yourselves--
and the "Tapeworm" will yet become
a lire Railroad.
x fir The following persons were, on
Monday last, elected °divers of Ever
Green Cemetery ismxistion, for the
enaning year
Preeidext, 1). lleConaughy.
Mana9erp, C. T. Krauth, J. B. Dan
ner, S. S. Sehmueker, Michael Jacobi,
J. Stahle, George Shryock, Darid
MeCrearv.
iiirThe mAsons are at work putting
up the foudWon walk for the new
School House, in this place. Mr. Ham
liuum, of Oxford township, has con
tracted to do the stone and brick work.
lie is a first-rate mechanic himself, and
will have none others than good ones
about him. An excellent piece of work
may be looked fur.
lii-The committees from the Marsh
Creek and Huntentown congregations
of the Presbyterian church, appointed
to confer with each other, have agreed
to unite the two congregations under
one pastoral charge. Both congrega
tions hare been without a pastor fur
some time.
ilirThe late residenc‘e of Benjamin
Gardner, deceased, in Petersburg, (Y.
S.) with the Book Store, largo Ware
house, and other oat buildings attached,
were sold by the Adminis t rators, at
public sale, on Monday last, • for $5,000.
Purchaser, Jacob A. Gardner.
The residence of Jacob A. Gardner
was also sold on the" same day, at
vats sale, fur $2,000, to Jacob Gard
ner, jr.
WiirJOHN W. BITTINCik:II, EN., late Of
this county, has opened a Law Office in
the city of Lexington, Kentucky, where
ho also holds the office of Commissioner
for said State to take testimony for the
Court of Claims, sitting at Washington
City, D. C. Mr. B: is a young man of
much promise.
siiirMr. Pr= MACKLIEY, of Strabin
township, has left at this office several
stalks of Rye, one of which measures
sear* fed and air inches t Tall enough,
we take it, to be very hard to beat.
I e-Answer to Problem in last week'n
Compiler :
Area of largest circle 0nt5ade,447.113 sq. p.
" of next " 182.0215 "
" of smallest " " 42.4635 "
Area of largest curvilinear triangle 49.-
49485—area of next largest 10.60975—area of
third do. 2.43•'35--and" of fourth du. 0.37635.
Proe IM hotly Camay Doleseeret.
The Gettplarg Conipileil comes to
us dressed in a beautiful new suit. We
are pleased to see this evidence of pros
perity attending the Compiler. It is an
able bemoeratie paper, and the Democ
racy of Adams county we are glad to
find appreciate its worth.
Tree the Iliediag Gust**
Ifierhe tiettysburg Compiler comes
out greatly enlarged and improred.—
It was always a good paper, and is now
much better. Our best wishes go with
its industrious editor, H. J. Stable, Esq.
iiirThe formal opening of a direct
Railroad lino from Cincinnati to St.
Louis took place last week. It was a
grand holiday for that part of the west.
A train of excursionists started out from
Baltimore on Monday, by invitation, to
be present at the opening.
Troops for UtaA.—lt is stated that the
administration have certainly decided
upon sending a fbrmidable body of
troops to Utah. Orders have been
issued for the dispatch to that Territory
of the second regiment of dragoons, the
fifth and tenth regiments of infantry,
and CUpt. Phelpie hattery of light
artillery, numbering in all some tw•o
thousand men, under the command of
Gen. Barney..
Goc. Waller in Kansas.—The Hon.
Robt. J. Walker arrived a iit Quindaro,
Kansas, on the 20th nit. w , and was re
ceived by a salute and other demon
strations of popular regard.
The Know Nothing Riot.—The Wash
ington Star says that the brass swivel
taken by the Marines from the Plug
ITglies, and which the sympathizers of
the latter have persisted was unloaded,
had its charge drawn from it at the City
Hall, by direction of the Chief of Police.
It was composed of eight pavement
stones, a Large number of rifle balls,
buckshot, swan shot, &c., weighing
altogether between ten and twelve
pounds.
Welder's Deliverer.—Captain Charles
H. Davis; the United States naval offi
cer who interfered for the release of
Walker, was until a few months since
at the head of the government Nautical
Almanac °Mee at - Cambridge, Yams.—
He is well known from his connection
with the coast survey, and from his
va
rious contributions to scientific subjects.
Betting om Mrs. CummingAam.—The
Georgian says that three gentlemen in
Savannah won $B,BOO in beta by the se
quitt7tl9fXrs. Cunningham in the New
York murder ease.
Death of a Prominent atizea.—Fred
orielt Ziegler, Sr., expired at his resi
dence near Leitersburg, on Saturday,
in the T9th year of his age. Mr. L. was
one of thb wealthiest and most respecta
ble citizens of•that county.
*The Yieksburg papers contradict,
the
_report that 106,00 has been sub.
Seri is Xisaiseippi to buy a pleats
doe ibr ekazPreekkat Piero*.
Wm it; ii-Aiih•owilit!i4r-i
pitiens Wsktng7;.
A statement jest issued, in pamphlet
f'srm,hy the htglotatigable President and!
Secretary of the Gettysburg Railroad?
Company, (the more material portion
of which document will be found on
the first page of this number of the
Compiler,) leaves the question, "will
the Railroad pay," to our mind, no
longer one ordouht. 'The cltleulations
which it contains have been prepared
with great care, at the cost of much
tituo and labor, and with, an eye single
to the giving of a correct idea of the
probable operations of the Road—'
thing extenuating" or exaggera
We think several items In the egt itoat e
of freights too low--coal and lumber,
for instance—and cannot point to any
which strike us as being too high.
With such a gratifying state of things
in prospect,; and certain of realization,
there is no longer room for hesitation
on the pail of such of our citizens as
are able to invest money in a public en- i
terprize. Look at the statement—ex-
amine its 04 . ery detail,—and it 1611 be
found to bear the closest scrutiny, with
out
detracting in the least. from, its ,
credibility. •
—ln connection with the general
subject; we notice a waking up' n the!
partofPhiladelphianato the importance '
of a connection between that city and
the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, WV
this place, and we should not be aston
ished to see, soon, the effort to make that
connection assume an encouraging
shape. The links of road could easily be
filled, and a reference to any general
Railroad Map will conclusively show
this to be the most direct and practicable
route afforded fur the, desired purpose.
Tho Philadelphia stut, of Saturday
'week, at z e i mgratulatin'g the Gettys
.burg Rai Company:upon securing
.a good quality of Artierican iron for it's
use, proceeds to say
' Heretofore the city of Philadelphia and the
people of Gettysburg, and the intelligent
county of which ills the seat of justice, have
been m a great measure strangers to each
1 other ; but this read will unite them, coin
' tuercially and socially. '
By the scheme of internal impmeetnents
devisedMinie thirty years ego, rather than
by anything, in her position. Adams county
I was oumplffs'•ly isolated,' and cut off from the
great thoroughfares of tirade and travel, and
coneeqtrently from the ',seaboard markets.—
Thus, haring to bear her share of the bur
then occasioned by thei outlay of money ex
pended in the construction of the public lin
provemente, at the same time that the pro
ducts of the distant Weist wore brought into
competition with her Own, her industry be
came depressed, and her property depreciated
below the value of similar property in the
surroinding counties, More than an hundred
per real. But the completion of the tlettys
berg and Hanover Railroad will relieve the
people of Adams county from their lung iso
'Mien, and raise thevalue of property in that
county to its standard in the neighboring
counties, which is, as we have stated. not less
than likt per cent. higher thnn it is in Adams..
The opening of this road will give a now hoe
•pulse to business of all kind'', and render the
people of the county sharers in the Tine ptii-
Iv front wliich they have heed so lung de
liarred,
1 The completion of this work will concoct
Gettysburg by nativey communicati in with
both Philadelphia %nil Baltimore. being ilis
tent from the former one hundred and ten
miles ; from the latterififtv miles. Bat the
completion of this reed is interesting to Vhila
dolphin, not only in opening a communientiun
between her and the people of that county,
but also in shortening the link necessary to
complete the connectionibetween her and the
city of Wheeling by railway. It will be re
membered by every politician. at least, that
iu lrilld a 'railroad, subiseqiiently known in the
! slang of party, as the "nine Worm," was,
•Drojeerisid. with the intention of uniting the
Philadelphia and Columbia with the Balti
more and Ohio railroad, in' the neighb illegal
of Martinsburg, in Virginia. This road, in
stead of commencing at York, was commenc
ed at Gettysburg, and prosecuted westward
ly, until nearly or quite $1,000,000 had bees
spent. when, on the ineoming of the Porter
Administration. it was discontinued. The
bridging and grading of some twelve miles at'
this work, extending westwardly from Getty-,
burg were nearly completed. and eight mil ,
more p.vrtinlly completed; and this in a
reetion to connect with the Baltimore d
Ohio railroad at such point as would ren et
the distance between Philadelphia and W l
ing
ing the shortest practicable. Will not ur•
enterprising fellow citizens turn their atn- .
I t
lion to a connection between this city sdj
Wheeling! The lower down the Ohio we 1
can meet the upward trade of that river's/10
beiter; and we are informed that the dietinee
from Wheeling to Philadelphia over his 1
route would he but a very trifle greater an'
the distance from Pittsburg. ,
The -Vete: of that city also ha an
editorial article on the subject o the
Gettysburg Railroad, from which we
take the following : , I
Heretofore, Adams county, of whic Get-1
ri
i
tysburg is the county seat, has been co lete- !
ly isolated from the great lines of im eve- i
meet which have done so much to et mice I
the value of property elsewhere. In . lams 1
county. the increased' value of land and I lot ,
products, so surprising in ell the stir and-
ing counties, North, East, West and iliuth, i
has been scarcely noticeable : but the emple- ,'
tion of this Read will double, if not H 1
OT,
the value of re.il property. The era (Abroad ,
wheeled wagons will end in Adams, exit end-1
ed in Ladeaster and York, twenty yeas ago i 1
and the era of railroads and telegraph will 1
commence, bringing along with it, to be lib
eral and enlightened citizens of that entity,
a degree of prosperity lung deserved, hit late
ly realized.
By the completion of the Gettesbr:rg and
Hanover Railroad, Philndelphla rill be I
brought, practicalle, within a few ailes of 1
the Baltimore and "Ohio Railroad, tb , origi-
nardesign of the "Tape Worro," se celbratel
as the catch word of party in ,ita day.; There
are, as we are informed, a great !littler' of;
twenty-two miles of the Gettysburg 4itroad
bridged aid graded, and netgly read; for the 1
rails. Why will not Philadelphia tril l her ,
attention to the completion of theliail be-1
twain Waynesburg and the Baltimore ; and
Ohio Railroad ? This link oomplted and
Wheeling is almost as near . Philaarla to
Pittsburg ; and in comparison with' , 00m-'
pletion of this' link, we hold the lemplield
Railroad as nothing, and leas than tithing.
But it was to congratulate the Aliens of
Philadelphia and Oettyibutg„ onlitiog at
lesgth made neighbors by the ocuiestion of
die Gettysburg and Hanoverßadii - A id, that
We tank ap oar pea, and not to nth to con
' atm** of any other road. ThilAventage
',oar Gettysburg friends will is the
doubling and trebling of the .44 their
property, will be radiated epos. lelphia,
and in addition to this, intwill be
brought into immediate % ~ I v ,With one
at the sem* enlightened,. -A liberal
pepalatkais is Ike Mate.
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11, 11. 11P,90111 CODIPAZD OLT. •
Otero! Peri wit • Ailkd and ll'au ft deal.
The municipals election took place in
the city of Washington on Monday, and
we regret to Say was attended by
scenes of a most disr'raceful character,
involving the to of life and the wound
ing of a num* of persons. We take
the followingAtails from the Washing-,
ton Star of lintiday evening :
In the it ,precinct of the fourth;
ward this inorping a general
,fight oc
curred,
in whiih. several hundred men
and boys wercengaged, indiscriminate
-IV. It seems that some forty or fifty;
Plug Uglies came down from ilalthuore
this rnorning'to assist our citizens in
the election to-day. After floating
around fur sometime without effecting
anything °hint° they pitched upon the
fourth want/rat precinct, as being the I
most eligiblaacene for their operations.
A long lineArvoters were standing in
; the street, ettending for sonic distance
from thegtand composed principally
of anti. Nothing voters. The
Plugs, assiakd by several large squads
or Chunkeili and Rip Raps of our own
city, endeavored to break into this line
by erowdilli, but not succeeding in this '
they left scene of action to concert
more h j e
measures. 1
After ahashort time they returned
largely reltilbreed in numbers and with!
revolvemistones, billeys, brickbats, 3e.,',
they madikit concerted onslaught upon
the votem. A terrible scene now en-1
sued, in *
!eh the entire crowd partiei
pated. , nes and pistols were rapidly
rig,
discha and men were trampled to
the ettrt4, beaten, stamped on and se
verely wautided. Among those / injured
was 11. B r Owens, fourth ward kommis
sioner, ;ow had his wrist haaly shat
tered b K
tos pistol ball; A. iOger re
ceived a- spent ball in his fdrehead,
which alifauned him, but inflicted' no se
riousnittry. Captain Goddard was,
with 40ral officers,; on the ground,
and 4.10 k: captain did good service with
his lotighruis and heavy fists in quelling
the affray. He was severey struck sev-
Ural times, but got off without any seri
ous damiwo. •
A
Ir gihmanw as so dreadfully muti
lated
hat his features were entirely an
' distinguishable and his head and Shout.
deN ware covered with blood. The
polls were torn down by this imported
gangeof Baltimore villains, the pave
meats were strewn with stones, clubs
and other missiles. Several of the ring—
leaders were arrested and taken to the
gu4d-house, amongst others, a young
, manhy the name of Johnson.
The buildings in the neighborhood
were damaged, the (room anaacindows
being broken in 614 1 all shit.* In the
skii•&ish Mr. George D. Spencer re
ceived a sesespollow in the face.
An ii)141,11401 'named Cassidy; a granite
cutter, tebeived a bullet wound over the
!left ear; the ball fortunately; however,
glanced and did not_penetrate the skull
liq was taken to fhe residence of Dr.'
Palmer, who attended to the wound.
Mr. Matthew Emery was severely in
juntd by a blow from a stone. In conse- 1
qusnce of the disturbances there was a
general closing of the stores arid pla-
, cea of business quite early in the morn
ing.
BEI
At the first precinct of the fourth
ward the officers did all in their flower
to prevent the riot, placing thentlielves,
between the belligerents and the voters
iii the line, with eaptain Goddard at the
head, who demanded the peace, when
lalsey rushed on ea name, and with an
' petuosity which nothing short of a
ilitary force could have withstood,
id although the police fought like he
i,l they were !breed to abandon the
ld to the possession of these hired
isc reit n ts.
iSneh an exhibition of murdtrons,in-,
raments as, the party carried was mitt:"
ient to cause the peaceably disposed to
• otp us far from them as possible. One
an was armed witha large blacksmith's
ledge ; another with a horse pistol of
arge dimensions; another carried a
ItscolLaneous assortment of revolvers,
owie-knives, billies, an iron bar,, while
a fourth carried, besides a side pocket
filled with convenient stones, brickbats,
l &c., a large Idlat t aApak...wood of suffi
cient weight to fell an ox. These weep
ans were as thick as mulberries in sea
son, the parties brandishing them about
in a menacing manner, to the horror of,
all those who were not, like themselves,
participants in these disgraceful scenes.
Mayor Magruder immediately sent,
the following communication (accom
panied by certificates) to the President,
asking that a company of U. S. mar
ines should be ordered out for the pur
pose of maintaining the peace:
Mayon's...oll%CE, 1
Washington, June 1, 1857. )
To the President of the United .A'atee:
Sir: Upon the representation of credit- 1
able citizens that a band of lawless per
sons, most of them not residents of this ,
city, havt. attacked one of the .polls at,
which the annual election is now in pro
gre.s. and after maiming some twenty
good and peaceable citizens, have driven
the remainder from the polls, have die-,
persed the commissioners of elections
and threaten further violence on any
attempt to carry on the election, I re-
STectfully request you to order out thel
company of United States marines now i
in this city, to maintain the peace there. ;
of, the civil authorities finding them-,
selves unable to do so with the means at ,
their disposal, and there being no other'
United States soldiers at your command
in this city. I have instituted a person
al inquiry into the matter, and find that
the weapons used were various kinds of ,
firearms, clubs, knives and stones, and',
the facts as Stated in the enclosed certi
ficate
are i just and true.
K. B. MAGRUDER 7 Mayor.
The President forthwith ' gave the
requisite orders.
Our Baltimore visitors were, about 11
o'clock, good enough to pay a visit to
the second ward polls, wearing the K.
N. ticket as a badge, and shouting for
"Dixon" as a rallying cry. In a few
minutes their inevitable revolvers were
out, and some thirty , -or forty shots
were fired in quick succession in the
neighborhood of Eleventh st. and the
avenue.
In the affray,,s young man, residing its secret hii
on Thirteenth street, between H and I, no reason to
named John Ottzeiy, was shot in the bands .wel
knee. About this time some of the garment trim.
"solid men" of the idsrd were seen their lare beta/
emerging from their rosiaeneeo armed paid by persor
with nutshets, as if they had some no. any . body,-wt ,
tion of,ponspou evening ear* biriabs of those
tion. The Uglier soused. to thank 'mi . street, fbr
the enion#l atr wait sattiv Within 0037 - themsely
biinua, and they 4111, la a bady,r4libly
Riot in Wash-
with tile desigii of "regstatinge of
the other pzeeinets.
Soon after the affray at the scoond'
sward, a detachment of the delectable.
Plug I.l . gfie - e made their appearance at
the second precinct of - the fourth ward,
and succeeded for a white he driving
away the voters from the polls. They
wen:Cult:lly drivtilh off by the enters and
the police in attendance, and they then.
rallied under the cry of "to the seventh '
ward !" in A hid' direction they pro- --
: ceeded. . .
At one o'clock a noisy crowd of mem
and boys passed up Pennsylvania:minute
from the - direction of tie_ flAh,. Viwd,
dragging after them a entail brass pm..
' Where they got it we asPe nnebin loamy,
' but it was said they intended to use it
to defend themselves. ' ImniecEately if
ter two companies of United:Eastee
marines, commanded by' Capt. Tyres--
went to the City Hall, andreportedfo;
1 service to the mayor.
Shortly after I o'clock P. Y., the
marines (two comretnies, 110 men its
all)prrived on'the ground",flrefOleelnet
. of rie , finirth ward, ander. Charge or
Captain Tyler, and ateompanied by
Mayer Magruder.. The oppositiou bad ,
in the meantime prdeured a brass %te
non, and stationed it at the, Northern
market-house, which they - Made . titeit
headquarter-. .
1 After the - Mayor had addressed the.
, crowd, stating that the soldiers were
brought there solely to maintain the
peace of the city, which bad been ha
grontiv viulatea, the marines moved.
upon the inarket-lionee to take 1)011101-
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v sion of the cannon, amidst every species
ofqatint :tad opprohium, ending finally
in- the possessors of
‘ „the cannofiring
pistols a t s the marinft:r The latt , tow
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I ever, moved steadily on, seized t 'ci csia-'.
i non, and then due warning having been
given, replied to the pistol shot' upon.
them by a volley of ball. The Wog
Uglies by
scattered, firing shots as
they did so from behind corners.
Aft *the smoke cleared away, the,
ter - 1'11)1e sight was presented of four met
Ifive persons in the agonies of- death,
,
and several other; fearfully wounded.
The names of those killed and wound
. ed, 'So fur as we can learn, as we go to
I press, aro: .
Alston, grocery keeper, shot through .
I the head, dead. Thomas Willis,: of
Anne Ardel county, Md., shot in the'
; back— tally, it is triought. A colored '
' man shot• dead, namenot known. P.
IF. Bell; Seventh 'Ward, knee
,torribly
1 fractured.--Colonel Williams, of time
i Land Office, shot in the left Rini, while
standing at his -window in the. seseand •
Story of his hoa r se. Col. Deans, also of
the Land Office, was shot, but how seri
mply injured we did not learn. v '
(. )1n old man lay dead near Hyatt's
store, ehot,through the head and Insist.
Another man, shot in tha abdewen,
near the market house, dropped appar
ently fatally wounded, and was' carried
away by his friends.
The groans.of the wounded and the
execrations of thar friends upon the *Ol
- tilled the air, aNth the aigkt, of
pools of clotted blood upon the side
walks and streets, made np a Scene
such as, we trust. our city will never
"again be called upon to experience.
''.Later.—The rioters have obtained an-
Other enntion, and threaten to destroy
the houses of the mayor and Capt..Ty-
ler, of the marines.. Their families aid
valuables , have accordingly . been re
moved to places or safety. There is
great' apathy on the part of good citl
stens, and no steps are being tatted' by
then to stay further troubles. -
WAsttisnrox, June 1, midnight.—The
city is now nearly quiet. So far eight
lives; have been lost and some sixteen _
persons are Wounded—some seriously , .
An effort Was made to renew therist in
the second ward to-night, but it teas
checked by the appearance of the ar
tillery from Baltimore.
The Dentocrats bare carried foar.cmst.,
of the seven wards. and have elected
most of their ctindidatea. • .
.
WASIIINCiTON, June 2—l'A. if.—All
is now quiet. No' further outbreak is
apprehended. The Democrats. lams
elected their collector, registeri.aarreY•
or and a majority of the city council,. ' -
A strong guard of artillerymen ails
posted in the vicinity of the mayor's i
residence and that of 'Capt. Tyler. . ,
It is a fact worthy of notion, that of
the marines who were called out4o of
them were raw recruits. and had net
been under drill three days. They,are -
nearly all natives. The charge of their
being "foreign hirelings," employed b'
executive power, to shoot down Amen
can citizens, is thus refuted.-
The marines, at half past eight o'e}ook - ,
at night, returned to their bispackik . ,
the mayor considering their fUrtLuss , .
services unnecessary,' The,Star id.
Major French's company, of Li ght
Artillery, which had been summoned..
from Fort McHenry as a precautionary,
measure, arrived here about balt-paet
nine o'clock in a special train, numWr•
ing eighty Men, including officers, and
commande,l lo,' Capt. Williams, who re
ported immediately at. headquarters.
The company was quartered for the
night at Mnher's Hotel. While march- '
ing thither, up the avenue, several pis
tol shots were tired upon them, (t
were on foot, wearing side arms only,)
whereupon they halted and prepared
for a charge, upon which their assail_' -
ants fled.
W.ISIIINGTON, Jane 3.—Daniel, fiddle.
man who was injured in the-rip' ton
Monday. had his arm amputatsd.to•day.-•
Gorge W. 31cElfreilh, who *Avid 4 .
ball in the head, is in a very pri4*.
condition. The ball has not ~ax-.
tracted, as it would probabli,kiik Itiss. ,
to probe the wound. Sereeni..other
persons who were seriously injured du
ring the riot have just been diataristr.'
ed. The city has been remarkAtidtffinkii
to-day. .r x_' '
The National Intelligeneerpiridelk
has maintained in this,affair War i= 4 , .
impartial attitude, some ad
remarks in Wedn Day's htioure:freak
which . we extract the aatioittedidigliipli,
cant -paragraph :
"The grave events-of litimitkpalill
weigh upon tl
and no Intel
the recital of
it. Every ht
new fact or tl
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