The Charlotte journal. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1835-1851, 1837-12-01
NOR VIOLENCE IN ILLINOIS.


BE- lead without shuddering. I,may be true,
as stated IN the closing paragraph, that the
nbSettors Of !" the abolition pres" are Chief
h responsibe for this aflIay bu, no friend
10 1.-THE supremacy Of the laws" can hold
oa,liless those who, according TO the &C.
count before ", excited a mob TO assali pri-
vate property, and even mounted ladders ana
set hire TO a building conlaining vast .
mount OF the property OF unoliendlns 'nd'
wduals.
FROM rHE MISSOURI REPUBLICAN, NOV ~
Abolition Ercifemeai al Aifon.-h We
slbloln the following copy OF letter from
a friend al Alton:
"AuroS, WEp>rspY EyESiNe, Nov. s.
"The curse OF AbolliIonism has again idilon up
on COR town. Yesterday morning, d, o'clock,
.ourth abolition yrsss vas landed rom the Mis-
souri Fulton and put ilto Godfrey, Gilman. aud
Co.'S wasthonse under guard Of the friends OF MI
Loytjog Dutln. the day Of yesletday much Ca
c!temcat prevailed, and during the evening many
individuals collected With full deitrniaa,ion 10
destroy IT, The warehouse Yves Hga,n guarded by
some ightCen o. twenty friends Of The cause and,
when the attack was nude. MI Luycjoy hfed tom
window, and shot doSB Mr.. bishop. The
popuace, iniafIated at ths, and not being able 70
make entrance set IRE 10 the bntlding. The IN
diyidua " DO applied the torch 10 The rooi was
about to be fred upon ,af wss fred uPon} BY Nc.
Ioycioy, when ne Mr. l. received n'ty;Ai around
IRON some ono OF the assalauls. Two others "a.
side received wounds bot not dangerous. The
press vas thea giy,n Up and destroyed. To-da,
a have peace aud gutstness, and trust 10 80
II n.dy coutuuc.'
L. addition 10 the foregoing, We learn that the
crowd attacked the house 81 Nssrs. Godfrey, Cd.
Han & Co about eleven o'clock 10 ths niggl, bat,
finding i defended, they Feilscd. in sho'i auIe
dcfvards tbs attack Vas runt aea. A. each hnss
80 yiol.Gco wRs manifested, except u demand TIE
p.tss. Those "a the house having refused 70 give
~ ,esssss.on, SD having s1pftsstd their deter.
mlnalg0n 70 resist u was resolved b, The assaii-
ants q IN hre 10 tho building. Tor Ihis paf pose
q ladder vas faIstt and hfe kina.sd GA the fOoi.
The ire when lifsI kinGed did not burn ifrciy,
j j a second pe son ascend, q - Gdd fuel To it,
Whist ho ses 10 the act OF ascending W lstdeL<
the Rev. M. IsyeJey came 90, OF ths bouA
siuud opposite the southwest cofucr ~
ing. 10 ircd FROM this position seTSS
The men ascending, bul without etsrcN
rom behind pile OF lalubsr GA ihe WhsfsoeI5Nl
fred q, Mr. l.. TIE gun ~As charged wilh t~o
10 The chest tlr l.. dropped the gun be "a as 10
tae act ., hring ran Up into the hoa1s, aud, be
,rschrd he clerks ryo, .sll 81 H. ;4ts-asld 4ad
expired instantly.
Tho, 20 the house nsw proposed safrendefiug,
,he IRE wss pat out TIE erosd WAhoa,
ceDds8 and carried astss 10 sAeg hats 70 eEtla.
guish ID. Aan'es The d6ofs wtrc then thtoan
open, aud the crowd ruahs6 80, lu san, Werv
fired By some o. thn'e ebleung Tie bali ifoH,
one 81 tho guU. lodged 10 tie aakle Vi Nf. RoH
one o. the defenders Of ihr houss, sud it - yet
d1nblfa. whcthcr b. viii not le.e ia leg. Tbs
other ball lodged w. the sout 81 MI Waller. Sew
ers elhrr PER- cons IN The house were l9ftd. 10
attempting 10 escaje As suan a. the eroA j lad
gaiasa yossrssaon they iook the press, btoas Il D.
INTO mauy pieces and threw Il INTO The reef AH
then disrrssd and by two IN The morning ,hs
tJan aas sgain quiet.
Tie Mayor, we ieafG, wss % tho gtopnd az.
lfupuag 10 arrest The disturbance. bug @ltl,oui
aui eject. lie narrowly escaped bsing woaaGsa
y sllltd. a bali perforated hls bat.
M. Lpysgay and Mr B,ahu3 Mtre both inferred
Yesterday, and eyefy IhtIg 10 lndicsll that
The storm had subsidized Rspog, states that M
l.. % the ayeulag preceding B4s Death had agrced
TO leave Alton. and remove bis ptts., bat uas 81.
suadet By b. Bcrcher aud some Others from d.
ing 70, On the ground tha, &c war had 5san tosp.
\ incHcrd there, and must b Terminated hafe.
Il the pfsss bad not becu sutrsUdtFld. large
amount 81 property must have bssn destroyed, a.
tha stone house ~ wh,eh the pteas ua. coBla iucd
more than sl0U,Uha sotih 81 goods exclusive 81
,uo value ~ Use building
Every one must regret ihis aafartrnate occuf.
renee, but hs guilt Of the irbussctlaa viii cvsf
rr.t with ,hose abo ns1ly and ob,tinatcl, psr.is
ted ~ tho attempt u establish an abolition pre-.
there. ihey ectc warned tguc ait,f lime Of ghr
consequences, aHd urged, ~ every cou4iaefsttun, .
not 70 prose- tie attempt but "a al They turned
deaf ear, and public orin'0n wltl hold them ~
sponsb!e for sAa fatal conseqgsnoSa,--N Nat lat.
Aaecdote IN ne Oh Word.-A solder
Of the Revelation approached the ballot box
Nth his tickets folded 10 DO envelope; Ne
was instructed BY the Inspector to separate
the State from the County tickets He Gld
20, md IN the act be accidrnly lct one fan
which was picked up and presented to HIN
by young loco loco, ~li tho remark
+" Vcrpanck oh see, old nan. YOU Ia ~,
vote for the Van Buren, party" Vote lor
Van Buren, z said tho : ldier o, Yorktown
+" No young iatan', have in nv hlc, VI.
ted for George Washington | canno,
serve God and Nammon." The infant n.
tlred.--N J. L. Star.
tthcdk-There has been further rise "a
Wheat ~ Baltimore. Tie American ~
Monday says" 4 further rise 10 the nr,cg
Of wheat took place on Saturday. A paycel
."t 1000 10 1900 bushels good red. lu,t in
ported IN the brig Slrgmund Cn.ar. from
Bremen, bring all she bought. was sold ~
t"o dollars aud ten cents per bushel.n