The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1842-04-08
Important from the Northern BoIdcr-Ho-
gan Discharged.


We nave received the following impor,an, in
telligence from Rochester, the scene of The Sc
cond Mcleod affair. Hogan has been discharged,
and is ready for shipmen; to Canada.
ROCHESTER,, April 9Th 1912.
DEAR BENEFIT
The labor of the mountain is over and the abortion
is produced In other words, Sheridan Hogan
has lost his fair hopes Of Immortality, and must
sneak back to Canada as best he can, to the quiet
studies of an obscure law Office.
The Police Justice delivered his Cpl MON, and the
result Of the examination before him Of the whole
testimony in the case, at three clock this afternoon
He said that he had with difficulty come to the
conclusion, that, as the case now Stood the prison
could not be held for indictment and trial. His
that they cohhiced wi those of his bar generally
and with those of the learned and eminent counsel
who had kindly sat with him as an,icus ctoiae.
He had therefore reconsidered his orig nal i'm.
press ons, and came to the conclusion not to hold
the prisoner any further, unless something further
should be presented by the prose cution The coun-
sci for the prosecu on then stated that they should
offer nothing further; they had done their duty 10
their satisfaction, and to that OF the public,
and they desired nothing further.
The magistrate then committed Hogan to the
charge of a constable, TO be by him kept until fur
Their order The object of this disposition Of him
TO him. Indeed, he would have been sent away
privily, as soon as the police justice made up his
mind to discharge him, il there had been an oppor
tunty for doing 30. The steamer Gore left for To.
ront0 early this morning. and an endeavor was
made to procure Hogan passage in her, but the
Canadian captain sturdily refused, assigning as a
reason that g he would not have such puppy on
board, unless he were put in box, and regularly
label.edo'
What will be done with the fellow cannot easily
be conceived. The roads unsafe in the direc-
ito. Of Lockport and Buffalo, and the steamers re.
fuse to take him as a passenger. Some spprehen-
Mt RI, ed c SSH q
cape, q warrant maybe sent on from Lockport and
him on new or similar charge But so far as
the city Of Rochester is concerned, he Tree from
even the apprehension OF any further trouble. lie
has taken lodgings at the National and there lives at
his leisure, accompanied by his honorary escort of
tutelar constable.
This result of the matter is highly gratifying, and
no doubt will be hailed with pleasure throughout
the land. Every body must deprccate any further
agitation OF the Caroline affair in this manner at
least until attempt has been made to dispose of
it in the regular way. And even il this view Is
not tertaincd by all, yet The confessions of Hogan,
by which alone he was implicated in the Caroline
bushes g. are so papaby mere bragadocies, that the
police justice is amply sustained by the good sense
Of our citizens in refusing to give them an undue
influence in recalling his decisions
The patriots, Of course, are awfully chagrlRed
Gen Theller has not been heard OF for some hours
The mob of rascalaEs has disappeared, and even
the little squads OF refugees who gathered at The
street corners are no longer 10 be seen. No one,
not the bodest Of the "agtators" dares excite
a tumult, or raise mob Aud this for the reason,
that it has all along been distinctly understood,
that any attempt at an outbreak would DC put down.
There was but one feeling on this subject among
our citizens and the authorities, and oar well
drilled military companies were ready to obey the
powers that be. Whatever the citizens OF Lock
port might tolerate, the goodIy city OF Rochester
never has been disgraced by mob violence.
Thus ends this matter, in way unexpected, but
every way acceptable. And the little "speck Of
war" at first, "no bigger than a mans hand"
which seemed to increase rapidly, has first de-
creassd to its original dimensions, and then van.
ishcd entirely. Yours, NC ID. L.