The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1842-01-27

he has escaped only because allenliOn has
NOT vel bern direried towards him.
The mob : disgrsceful 10 our city.
Sarh scenes and such transactions bring
lasting disgrace On our eisy. and ~sesy
recurrence az them Fea1srs The laE less
effective in tie protection d lie and pro-
perty.
Qasarfer pasf l2-The riot Sun con-
tinneS. The sheriff Is ont on horseback
trying 10 disPcrse The crowd. Some Of
The liremen are Out in uniform Cor the same
purpose. The mob are sull Tying 10
break open The vault Of The Miami Bank.
HaJEpasf l2.-They hare succeeded
and scattered the books and papers in The
slseels. Some twelve Or 6fteen of me
Citizens Guards made their appearsRcr
Al lbe Mayors Office in uniform. They
were formed and marched with fixed hay
oneis through the crowd in frnni Of the
hanks and Bates Exchange Office. The
mob relrealed a short distance. but COM
manced an assault upon the military, and
The Few members Of The Protection Fire
Company who had followed them, with
hrickbzs and clubs. fhe captain fired
= pistol, and we understand wounded very
severely in the leg one who had assailed
him.
This caused an increase Of the violence
of The mOb-brickbais and clubs few
more rapidly al the military and fremen;
several Of The firemen Stood their ground
manfnlly for short time. We saw one
Of them break his staff over the head Of
an asssilant. The military were ordered
10 fire, which many Of them did as they
were retresting in order towards the
Mayors Office. The guns must have
been charged wiihfblank cartridges, be-
ranse they were fired directly into the
crowd, and we have not been able 10 learn
certainly that any one was injured by
them. We did hear that one man was
wounded in the head and another in the
face, with shot, but could not learn certain
" that this was the case.
The military and firemen reireaied TO
The Mayors Office, where, upon consulia-
ton with the sheriff, il was determined
TO be most prudent Cor them TO retire, be-
cause very few Of the citizens seemed dis
posed 10 lend them any aid, and their
numbers were too small 10 accomplish
any thing effecIual.
The Mayor had been very sick for a
day or two, and il was with difficulty he
was able to get TO his Office; he only re-
manned short time, and returned home.
a ifile after one O'Clock the mob CON-
menced breaking the windows and furni-
,ure Of Bates's office, We presume because
he did not redeem West Union. lie con-
tinued To redeem Exchange Bank notes
very promptly up to this time, but when
the breaking commenced he gathered up
what he could and retrealed. The in
terror Of his Office was soon demolished
and the contents thrown into the street.
books. papers, and all tina, could be found.
The doors, windows, and counters were
completely demolished-the signs torn
down and split TO pieces.
After this the attack was commenced
on Lougee's Office on the opposite corner
OF Main and Third streets. II had not
been opened during the day. The doors
and windows were soon broken; the crowd
rushed in, and this office soon shared The
same fate with Bates's. Lougee issued
the notes called the /" Saving Bank Of
Louisville" After the crowd had COM
pleted the work Of destruction here, they
went TO Brewsier's and Easton's Offices,
but at hall-psst three they had done no
other damage to them than TO pull down
the signs and destroy them. The crowd
in the streets is still immense. There
must be three or four thousand people as
sembled, but the great majority are mere
spectators. They are pleased at the pros
pect Of bdnishing The shinplaster trash,
hut they do not approve Of the means.
We doubt whether more than fifty per-
sons were actively engaged, and many Of
lhrse were boys of Ia or Is.
The " Mechanics and Traders Bank, !"
one of the prescribed institutions and
situated near the others, continued open
till five o'clock, and redeemed her issues
in bankable money, instead of currency,
as she had done heretofore. She escaped,
but not without some threats. Several Of
the directors went behind the counter to
assist the clerks in taking in their paper.
A large number of citizens have yoIun-
teered to guard the city to night. Several
of the ringleaders of the mob have been
arrested, and we hope there will be no
disturbance during the night.
p. S.-Since writing The above we
hear there were upwards of 1921, 900 Of
money in the vault of the Miami Bank.
s2ls,000 Of this was in their. own notes
-sl,26l in specie, and the balance in
paper Of other banks. all Of which was
taken. Four persons have been arrested,
upon whom were found 81, 900, some Of
which was in bankable paper, the balance
in their own paper.
The Disfurbdnees at Cincinnafi.-The
mob which was suffered TO break open a