Cheraw gazette. [volume] (Cheraw, S.C.) 1835-1838, 1836-08-23
CITY OF sEwa0 81.
Correspondence of the Portland Adssrtisv.e
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NEW YORK, June, 1885.
This city is daily approximating to the
state of anarchy and municipal disorgani-
zation. The MOB, and that foreign one, :
rule here, in glorious despotism. The
Streets, the theatres, the courts Of justice,
the sabbath and its institutions, all feel
their influence. Judges are to be intiWl- :
dated and bullied by thousands Qflagaql5Zs
fms sollected about = VI u
threatened and tIleiiifss Spe5s h j s.
hung in lefigy, i nav p
esy to give nft gst
citizens are dissufbe
paiions, because shsf ks
labor beyond ifss sI1sk
some thoasaids, stl Hiaj0tj =
yisaees,s as e; mingbIe Iel siths 4
foreign, sssembled ls< s<lig
lice made 4 etarge
rineleaders, and tEE :;
iplacafd calling slIIs = :
by a broad biaek M ~ = s
5coAin. an s@a6 en- lem -
OF thepeo eoples wqien D. "a gy4s5,I g5y -
to preserve rs s. .9s;ss
Last nigh, abodf illra s < u
passing down RFps Y 81 =;
multitude, oecapyihg the
the street and sides -
gress. All wess 81 8
TO fhe thitd stofsS IS 81 !, bs;sl Is aa 3
the corner m OF FuItonsss Street san & g
way. Twas onoccupied, aud5bas The
panes Of glass were broken. The whole
edifce, which was a.handsome four story
structure, bore an air Of singular desola-
ton. On enquiry Of one of the gazers,
l learned that it was the celebrated
"haunted house," which for the last four
weeks has attracted nightly crowds. The
story is, that baker, who occupied the
third story, murdered his wife there, and
that her '' spirit is seen to appear every
night at nine O'Clock at the window, where
using it as mirrow, she stands and combs
her long hair. "Ias any thing really
been seen!' l enquired. 81 beliye NOT"
said one near me, although every once
in while the crowd would shout, as ifthey
saw the ghost. At that moment Y hum
dred voices exclaimed " There it is!s-i
See it!-There! there's and the toungs Of
men, boys and women were heard in'. up
roarious confusion. This was followed by
the sound of the watchman's slaves upon
the pavement; and all at once, some half
a hundred watchmen in their heavy leather
caps. light watch coats and clubs, came up
the street, and made regular charge upon
the multitude, which with shouts and curses
gave way on all sides, like Mexicans be-
fore the charge of Texicans. The watch
men gaining possession of the field, leaned
upon their slaves 10 groups. ! ""quired
of one of these guardians Of the night Tor
the truth of a tale which had kept this por-
,ion of Broadway in ferment for a month
past. -,
"It's all a hunbug," said he. "There
was no murder ever committed there. It's
a story got up to injure the sale Of the
property" But why did the crowd shout
as ifihey had seen something" Two or
three rascals began il for a joke, and
the rest Joined in, as the mob always DO.
Why sir, could collect thousand men
children, women, mad dogs, and little
babies, in three minutes, any where IN
New York, by looking up TO a church
vane, as i'll saw something there unusual.
| tell YOU what sir, there's more humbug
in New York than in all the United States
put together"
The facility with which mobs are rais-
ed here exceeds belief An Omnibus
is locked for moment in the wheels ofan-
o,her-and five or six hundred persons are
gathered around it at once. A man slips
and falls into the gutter. One or two
pick him out--.four or five run to see It
he's hur,---twenty more collect to see what
is the matter, and hundred crowd round
10 see what the Others are doing---and the
side walk and street is at once biockaded.
A day ortwo since, little dirty nosed brat
ola boy dropped penny (cents are called
pennies here) into the gutter, where the
water was few inches deep. He began
to paddle for it with his sleeve drawn to
his shoulder. Two or three boys collect.
ed around him, and also began to Search.
A ragged begger learning the loss. also
poked his long arm into the puddle, wheth-
er in charity TO the boy or himself we,
leave the benevolent reader to determine.
Passers by attracted, stopped TO enquire
others stopped to see whar the last we're 'a-
,erested in.-.and in less than two minutes
after the loss Of the penny. the sidewalk
was completely obstruc,ed BY g curious
multitude, all stretching their necks. q tip