Staunton spectator, and general advertiser. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 183?-1849, 1838-12-27
From The National A.tel!igencer.
SCENES HARRISBURG

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'nent paper in this city ex,enma,ing and vim.
dica,iog the spirit Of outrage Which has
lately exhibited itself in the attempt Ia cs.
sahlish m"b.law in the pl,ce oi regular
government at Harrisburg. Fooled in the
attempt by the energy Of Governor Ritner.
and line prompt relief afforded by the pre.
sence OF the body at Militia called out by
him, The Enquirer j,ins the disoryauizers
IN railing against thu Governor of Penns,l
vnnia, for calling uut the Mililia, alter this
fashion:
! The Republicans meaning The Mobiles
are justly Malignant that the Governor has
called armed troops to Harrisburg, wi,hou,
lrsi invoking The aid oi the civi! auiho, ity.
The Sheriff of Daurhin County, on tie
SPOT. declares that lac has seen DO rio,
which might not have been put down by
The posse comitatus. Why, then, before
fesoItins TO arms, did not the Speaker of
| the Senate. nr the Governor, call upon the
civil authority 10 md them:"
Lest the inflammation sui,iuiucJ shouh mi,
reach the Editor of The Enquirer through
Other channels, we place il hero for his espe-
ciai benefit, and for tina: of those other per
sons whose Indignation against Governor
kilner has been solicited upon the represen
'a'inns ut Tho Sheriff of Dauphin county :"
10 show why he was not relied upon To nrc.
serve the public peace. Sixty-one respec.
tahle c'iiz'ns united in reply to the pub-
i'shed declaration of this parsonage, from
which reply we extract the following:
"fhe undersigned citizens of Harrisburg
and other parts Of P-nnsylvsnn have seen
with emotions OF surprise and Indignation a
most extraordinary Document, dated ..SuEn>
IFF's OFFICE. Borough OF Harrisburg, De>
cem3er 8. 1898, aud signed WILLIAM
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iy, which fr bareiaced misrepresentaiions
and duwntigh, perversion of the truth, is
unrivaiied in the annals Of mposture and
iaisehood. They are, however, not surpri.
sed al the declaration that the Sheriff had
j mol seen or beard of any infatuated muhs or
fioious proceedings, which required [hi.]
my interpretation To preserve The peace be-
cause the Sheriff himself, il MT an active par.
i iicipaior. ,cas an alder and a6ett0r in the
'r'ofous proceedings Of the past wesk Nor
was any thing else than grass misrepresen.
talon 10 be expected from tho man who
I publicly declared, on Thursday evening
last, that 'Ihaddeus Stevens you'd be no
more by The next morning. and again SUBJ
sequen'ly, that 'Thatdeus Stevens ought TO
&c hanged Sheriff Cochran, when he a.
acpfea ihai par, OF his address (prepared for
hiin for ,he express purpose OF abusing
The pubic miid as Ia the true state ufthings
| which had Iranspired al HArrisburgl which
states that Il have been at all times ready
and anxious To preserve the peece and Quiet
oi tho borough Of Harrisburg,' must have
forgotten TINT he was an eyewitness To an
'infuria;ed mob hallooing and blas;hemiog
oions Locust street, in this borough hurl-
Ing hrickhais aid other missiles and actually
Knocking duwn with them, and wound,np
one oil the citizens Of this Common " cath,
Tying for shelter from the mob Ia the Shak,
speare House, kept by Mr. Glenn: and also
OF being ,r,Hing spectator Of :hs scenes
tHers endcfsd, Without in any manner attempts
ing or endearo,ing 10 inlay The excitemen,
of the mob, or silencing the inflammatory
speakcr D"
The exceedingly proper and pacific spirit
Oh ms Sheriff is luther shown in the follow.
ing Certificate published inthe Telegraph:
HARRisBuRG, Dec s, 1898,
II hereby certify that, on Tuesd,y last,
between The time that the House of Repre-
senIntives had organized and the meeting of
The Senate, was in Mai Johnson's hutrl,
IN company Nth Sheriff Cochran of this
counfy, when the bell man came in and
gave notice that a meeting would he held at
hall past B O'clock p. Nj ! think in the
market house. Some gentlemen asked The
Sheriff what the meeting was for. He
lCochfan said ii was TO organize and con
centTatc their forces To acI, and that by To.
morrow morning nj sun>up Ihaddeus Ste
Gems toouid be no more told Cochran that
that was horrible expression for q man 10
make that held The office that he did. He
replied that tt tUas true
81 make this public in consequence of
statement have seen made Ivy The Sheriff.
add issued ia handbills this morning. Lam
ready, at any lime, 10 testify TO the above
"a Mccoy"
The fellow ing is the Proclamation OF w m.
Cochran, high sheriff OF Dauphin county,"
above referred 10, which was issued by his
high"ess, or those Who used him, 10 give the
lie 10 the Governors Proclamation
SHERIFF's OFFICE.
B'Tough Of Harrisburg, Dec s, 1898.
j, william Cochran, High Sheriff Of The
couniy 81 Bauphin, in The Commonw ealib
OF Pehnsylvania, having received by the
ha'ds %! the Deputy Secretary Of the Com
m"nwealih, copy Of proclamation issued
by Joseph Rtner, Governor of this Com.
monweaiih, dated the 4lh day of December,
1888, IN which tie declares that lawless,
iniufiaied, and armed mob bas assembled at
Inc seat OF Government, with the avowe,, OBJ
jet OF disturbing, interrup,jng, and over
""ing The Legislature, and ofpreveniing its
proper organization, and The peaceable and
Tree discharge OF its duties and alsr, that
said mob has threatened violence and death
TO the members Of the Legislature, and other
"ilcefs OF The Commonw and that il