The Press. — London, England, 1856-09-20 00:00:00

SEPT. 20, 1856. and dohs, while others had picked up stones in the streets. One fellow cried out if he had me out of the store he would soon kill me. At that remark one fellow got me by the arm, and drew me to the door. Three others then came to his assistance, and, seizing hold of each arm and leg, they carried me to the middle of the street, where they halted— raving, cursing, and yelling like a body of savages who had rescued a prisoner. While this was transpiring Brother Holland was shot, the ball striking him on the chin, passing through and breaking his neck. He expired in about thirty minutes. I afterwards understood that brother Strock was shot also, the ball cutting all his clothing and grazing the skin on his side. They also shot at Brother Beattie and missed him ; and he then knocked two or three of them down and escaped at the back door. These noble brethren stood with me in the battle till they were driven from their posts. While in the street the mob held a consultation over me, as to the nature of the punishment I should receive trom them, a. the embodiment of civil power, and the self•constituted guardians of society, for thus attempting to preach Jesus and the resur rection under the banner of freedom. Some said, "Cut his throat;' others, " Scalp him ;" others, "Shoot him in the head." At last they concluded to tar him. They then carried me across the street, between another ►tore and warehouse, to a tar barrel which was sunk in the ground, and, throwing me down on my back with considerable violence, held me there while they consulted as to the manner in which the tar should be applied. Some said, "Put him in head foremost ;" others were for stripping me. One fellow swore they could not agree, and he would shoot me. He aimed a revolver at my head, but another wrested it from him, exclaiming, "Don't shoot him; we will give him what we think he de serves." At last they concluded to do the work with out stripping me. After searching me to see whether I was armed or not, and finding I bad no arms con cealed about my person, they commenced putting on the tar with a broad paddle. After completely saturating my hair, they gave my eyes, ears, face, and ueck each a plastering. I lad on a black coat, satin vest, and black cloth pants. They tarred my cravat, my shirt bosom, and my clothes, down to my feet. They then let me up. I was so sore I could scarcely stand on my feet, but oh ! the agony of my eyes ; they appeared like balls of fire, and I thought they would burst out of my head. Although it was noon, and the hot son was beaming upon my head, I groped my way as at midnight. After I arose to my feet one fellow said, " He has one minute to leave town !" another said, " He can have five minutes, and if he is not gone in that time he shall be shot." I groped my way into the street ; they followed me with their revolvers cocked, telling me to step faster, at the peril of my life. I was in so much misery I knew not where I RIM going. I could see objects, but could not dis tinguish one from another. By the time I got across the street, between Brother Strock's store and stable, the tar had melted so - ne, and I could distinguish between males and females. Here were the female members of my flock in Rochester, over whom I felt the "Holy Ghost had made me an overseer," some of whom had ventured out in the mid.t of this mob to rescue their pastor from their bloody clutches. Some had fainted, others were crying and wringing their hands in excessive grief. I thought of the patriotic women of the Revolution, and that their daughters still lived to ?end a helping hand in behalf of suffering humanity. I found my horse in the yard with the bridle on, and with the assistance of one of the mob I got the saddle on, and started to go to some place on my work as quickly as possible to get the tar washed out of my eyes. The mob fol lowed me, however, turned me back, and made me go towards Savannah. As I passed out of town I providentially met Brother Chamberlain and his wife, who were coming to my meeting. (I hope he will write and VIII you how they served him.) When I came up to them they did not know me. After I told them what had been done, Brother Chamberlain asked me if I thought I could stand it to go to his father-in-law's, a di.tance o' twelve miles. I told him I thought I could not endure such a trip, but was willing to try it. We rode as fast as we could, not knowing that the mob was in pursuit of us. When we turned off from the main Savannah•road to gc to Brother Miller's they were not more than fifteen minutes behind us. After riding so far in the hot sun in my oocdition, I was nearly dead when we arrived, but, through the attention of Brother Chamberlain and my kind friends at Brother Miller's,. in a few days I partially recovered from the injuries received. May they receive a thousand fold in this life, and in the world to come hre everlasting ! That this detail is by no means exaggerated we may infer from the accounts in the New York papers of the conflict in Kansas. The special correspondent THE PRESS. of the New York Daily Times, writing on the 20th of August, says : This morning we hear by a Government train just in from Lavenworth, that about two tnilos out from that town they discovered the dead body of a man, who had been shot through the head and scalped. From a man who has since arrived, and who stopped at the house to which the body was taken, and saw it, we learn that the murderer, after the deed was committed, went into the town of Lavenworth, among his murderous associates, and, holding up the scalp, cried out, " Here is the scalp of a abo litionist. I started out for one, and by G— I have got one." Another correspondent from Chicago, on the 27th, says : The ease of a man being scalped near Leaven worth is a literal fact. He was a hiotlier-in-law of Rev. Mr. Nute, and just arrived ; his name is Wm. C. Hopps. He was alone—though there are wit nesses of the deed. The murderer returned to Missouri, and displayed the reeking scalp in brutal exultation to the Clerk of Platte County. One of the most atrocious deeds (he continues) occurred near Lawrence. A lady, living a short distance from the torn, had been there to nurse a wounded relative; and during her stay had made some statements touching the murder of Major Hoyt, which are supposed to have been reported to the ruffians. On her return homs, she stepped out of doors in the evening in her night dress, and was immediately seized by four men with blackened faces, who gagged her by a handkerchief drawn through her mouth, and tied round her head, and carried her some distance from the house, where they stripped her naked, bound her limbs, drew out her tongue, tied a string round it and round her neck, and left her ! After some time she succeeded in getting back to the house, and by means of knock ing her head against the window attracted attention, and gained admittance. A gentleman has just come down who had the temerity to pass through Westport. He was taken, and his captors hesitated whether to hang him or put him into a sack and throw him into the river. (The peculiarities of Turkish punishment are to be revived in America.) But finally, a man whom he bad attended while sick I ,he is a physician) suc ceeded in saving his life. He had taken some money to Kansas to invest, but finding no chance, was going back to his former home in the State of New York; and dividing 5,000 dols. he took half himself', and gave the remainder to his wife, whom he sent by the way of Leavenworth. Her 2,500 dols. she secreted in the hem of her petticoat, and saved ; his, the "law and-order" men seized and kept, and ordered him to leave the country for ever. He now thinks that he shall go back. On his way down he saw a little girl lying dead; her brains had been dashed out ! She was not yet cold. It seemed to him that the savages must have taken her by the heels and perpetrated the horrid deed, and then fled. A letter from Lawrence of the 28th says Last Monday a man named Hopp, recently from Massachusetts, with his wife, was murdered and scalped near Leavenworth city, while on his way there from this place. A Mr. Jennison, who has a wife in Massachusetts, was similarly treated near Westport last Tuesday, and his team and load of freight taken by the notorious M‘Gliee. Natal anb glititarg His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge, attended by Major-General Wetherall, Sir Richard Airey, and Major Clifton, left town for Aldershott on Tuesday morning. After reviewing the troops stationed in the camp his Royal Highness returned to London. The following circular, directing a new system of numbering men for the army, hest been just issued : War Department, Horse Guards, Sept. 15. The system of numbering the men of the army having been lately brought under the consideration of the Secre- tary of State for War, I am directed by his lordship to acquaint you that it has been determined that a new series of numbers shall be introduced for soldiers after the Ist of October next. You will therefore be pleased to issue instructions that recruits enlisted on and after that date, when finally ap- proved for the regiment or depot under your command, shall be designated by regimental numbers, commencing from " one," instead of continuing the present series. B. HAvrzs. Rear Admiral the Hon. Richard Dan(Tas,ICCTR., with the Duke of Wellsngton, Conqueror, and dPspateh ve4sels Wanderer and Osprey, left Plymouth last week for Cadiz. The squadrou is views lid and stored for siz months. Rear-Admiral Sir Houston Stewart, K C. 8., will, it is believed, succeel to the North American and West Indian command in November, at which time Rear- Admiral Faashswe's period of service will have expired. 909 His Royal Highness the Commander in-Chief was expected to review the 11,ghland brigade, cavally, and artillery yesterlay on the Cliffs of Dover. The Hon. Major Yelverton's company of the Royal Artillery are under orders to remove to garrison quarters at Leith and Fort George. Instructions have been forwarded to the com mandant of Woolwich garrison, by direction of the Commander in• Chief, to take immediate measures for the renewal of the recruiting service for the corps of Royal Artillery. The standard is fixed for all ages at sft. 9in., and recruiting parties are to be sta tioned forthwith in three districts of England, and in one of Scotland. Captain W. Peel, C. 8., has been appointed to the command of that magnificent screw-frigate, the Shannon, 51. A deputation of the Land Transport Corps waited upon th 3 Lord Mayor at the Mansion-house this week, and presented an address to his lordship, setting forth the grievances of the corps, with which the public are already familiar. After listening to the address and conversing with the deputation, his lordship said he had no doubt that they had a fair claim upon the Government; but the only difficulty was as to the way of asserting it. He wished to repeat that, if they wanted a friend, he should be happy to intercede with Lord Palmerston in their behalf. At the same time he thought they would do well to make another appeal to Colonel M'Murdo and the authorities at the War•ofce. It was difficult to bring Governments to book; but in this case he was strongly of opinion that the claims of the Land Transport Corps should be recognised. Some further experiments with a new description of pontoon, the invention of Mr. Forbes, C. E., have been made this week at Chatham. Tho newly invented pontoons, it is alleged, have a great supe riority over those at present in use by the corps of Royal Sappers and Miners, the invention of Major- General Thomas Blanshard, C.E., Mr. Forbes's pon toons being of a triangular shape and somewhat less bulky, advantages which, the inventor considers, will have the effect of rendering them more bouyant, more easily managed, and capable of sustaining a greater weight than those now used. During the experiments, it was a matter of observation that Mr. Furbes's pontoons were neither so steady in the water nor so easily handled as General B anshard'a ; it being very difficult, if not almost impossible, to perform the operation termed " booming out " with them, a manoeuvre easily and quickly managed with the present kind, so that, on the whole, General Blanshard's pontoons are more available in the water than those of the new invention. The experi ments lasted some time, and were witnessed with much interest. The committee of engineer officers appointed to investigate the superiority of the inven tion will make their report to the authorities forth with. glloneg Oarkti nnD ccitg 4nitiligtact. FRTDAY EVINTWO. THE return of the Bank of England for the week ending the 13th inst. shows the following ci.auges compared with that for the week preceding : Decrease in Circulation .. Increase in Public Deposits Increase in Other Deposits Decrease in Government Securities Increase in Other Securities 797 328 Decrease in Bullion . . 87,467 Increase in Rest Increase in Reserve Bullion in Both Departments Circulation, including Hank Post Bills This comparison contains ample proof of the great demand fur money last week, arising from the activity of trade and the desire to be prepared for the contingencies of Bank policy. No less a sum than 1,020,503 appears to have been received from additional deposits and the sale of securities, of which nearly 80.1,0001. was immediately lent out twain, laving a balance in the till, which has brought up the Reserve to 6,864,6201. The Bullion sh , ws a small decrease, but it is still above 12,000,0001. The additions to Government Deposits are again large. They now amount to 6,809,0001. and next week they will be in creased by the addition of the final loan instalment. There is nothing in the essential featuresof the present return to lead us to expect any immediate change in the value of money. The rate of discount still remains at four and a half per cent, the Bank directors having made no change at their weekly meeting yesterday. We doubt, indeed, whether they took the matter into consideration at all. The antici• pinion of an advance to Ave per cent., however, was almost general up to Wednesday afternoon, when it partially 6.41 wit on a report that the finance committee had made no recommendmion upon the subject ; and there is now no expect own of money rising in value for some time to come, it at all. But the state of opinion slid the uncer. tainty of the course which the Bank might take, daily pro duced a pressing demand from tll quarters. Most of ths• younger establishments which trade in disconsts foetid active employment for their reserves, so much so that they