Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1844-08-23

candidate for the Presidency, and 10 which yol
are fully justified in anticipating cordial Ic
Spouse. Honest differences ofop'nlon may eNis
among friends i'll regard 10 The means 10 he EN-
pioved 10 carv the opinions YOU nave advances
into practical effect IN; thai circumstance doe
net tciract from their soundncsS, nor mpcacf lhcI
validity. The efforts Of honest men for the &C
complish,acnt of great and laudable objects, ar'
seldom. ifcycr. exempt from such Inconvenience
since il is not 10 he expected that even The mos
thorough condolences as 10 objects, VIII always
hc followed by equal unanmi'y III the adoption
of the means for their attainment.
yo,r friend NJ. VAN BUREN,.
I 10 EcIiy Robertson T. J. l.. Souhal and A. J
Donaldson. Ex Committee, DC.
SrnIHGFIErD. ILLINOIS, August ..
RAISING OF THE COON ASH POLE
DREADFUL CALAMITY.
We ought 10 have apprscd OR readers before
that the Jnnio here became ST. excited al The no.
| lie appearance Of onr Young Hickory, and The
simple beauty otour Democratic flag that floats
from lis top that they resolved they would raise
J an Ash Pole that should oyeriop the Hickory
and cause 4 flag 10 be made by their ladies, much
/ larger, and more beautiful. In short, il was The
boast of Mr. Baker in the coon receptacle, that
| they would raise larger pole stronger pole, and
han.lsomcr pole-lhat their flag should be more
splendid llag, larger flag, and { tlaS-ani
that brighter eyes would gaze upon tie glorious
! spectacle.
Alas for Coon predictions, Coon promises, and
/ Coon lossling. They have all been ialsicd. Dis
appointment and disaster have met them al eycri
/ turn; and. we re@ic; 10 say. accompanied hy lhc
most hcall-lcndinc and dreadful calamity. The
/ JUNO had fixed The raising OF their Ash pole on
The Saturday preceding last Mondays election. in
order TO save the local ticket in The county ofSan-
CANNON. They sent hand bills in every direction
inviting the people from The country 10 come IT.
and sec the great Ash pole go up Rclcshmcns
, were 10 he ready for The country people &c.
! Accordingly the great day arrived. The sur
ushcrcd i'm what bid fair Ia be bright dav. Con-
siderable numbers surrounded the mechanics en-
gagged in raising The pole. But about | o'.lock
Mr. Brodie and Mr. Conant, ha"inS ascendd one
ot the deIricls in order L. change lis position.
by cutting away some ropes. Mr.. b. unfortunate
~ Ell stran of one OF The Guy ropes, rs ii is be-
( licvcd: ior, IN moment afterwards. the opc WAS
seen 10 smoke and then snap asundcr; when the
derrick lcl! to the ground with Il dreadful cash
Both of these unfortunate men were uron the
derrick when ii fell. Mr.. Brodic was taken up
perfectly dead. The shock caused his body Ia
rebound from the earth several feet. Il is sup
posed he must have become cnlan"led in The ropes,
as lc made no effort 10 Jump from The derrick
while il was falling. Mr. Conant. however,
sprung off from IT, before il touched the ground.
He was taken up sen>eleSS, but Eo dead. His
foo; was found 10 10 mashed, and one leg broken.
His body was black in places. A severe pes
sure on the brain, and the arrangement oflhc nel-
vous system. have prevented, 50 far, any attempt
Ia sci his broken limbs Ilc is al Tie lime we
write. entirely without Consciousness. His re-
covcrv i. scarcely hoped for; but iii should take
,,lac,. tri l,, MANNED f,i. X, other
sons Were injured by The falling Ct Tie derrick, al
though several escaped very narrowly. This
shocking and dreadful crt nj threw an nsiGnia-
neous gloom over the whole city. The Demo
cratic la" was instantancouSly lowered 10 hali
mast. in mourning for the dead Mr.. Brodic had
wife and several children He was d most in
dusiriouS and exemplary man, and esteemed iy
all who knew him. His remains were borne 10
the grave on last Sunday. Mr.. Conanl is young
unmarried man, Of excellent character, and gene
| rally esteemed.
Immediately after This dreadful event, and
! while the excitement wtIcit II Inodv.rd a. a.
! the highest Simeon Francis editor o, the Sanga-
! mon Jou'naD jumped upon log and proclaimed
that The rope which supported the derrick had
| been ionllv cui hv the Democrats and Mat thcii
two iricnds had been bascly murdered. y charSc
20 Infamous could only originate in the heart oi
4 man devoid Of honor and humanity. This
:
whose name We do not give because he alter
wards Withdrew il, and expressed himself 10 us
publicly as sorry he had made il, having become
perfectly convinced Of lis unlrulh
This base charge, when made, was instantly
met. Gen. Ewing, Gov. Ford, MIR. Carpenter,
and others, Immediately asked that a committee
should lie appointed TO investigate the facts; and
Mr.. Hes Mr.. Criln>ley, and others, were named
as The committee: IN, this was declined upon the
express ground, that the facts did not even WARRANT
an nvesiiaation--,ha the evidence was clear.
that there was not the slightest GROUND upon which
to rest 4 charge so base and infamous.
II was ,hr general expectation. that the Wings
would abandon all further attempt 10 raise their
Ash pole during The day on which one Of TIER
friends had met death so dreadful, and another
had been borne TO his home crushed and manned
for life. The common feelings Of humanity
would seem to have demanded this al their hands;
but they determined 10 proceed with the cereino-
mics of the day. as though il had no, been clonded
BY death and suffering. Accordingly, process
sion of carts was formed, containing men, women
and children, about hundred altogether. This
procession had its banners flying; and tie VIII.
Band al The head OF 1.-THE same band that IT,
fused 10 perform on the 4lh of July for less than
go. The whole concern paraded up and down
the streets for some li!ne but The people were in
no humor TO bestow upon j; the slightest applause
II reminded us Of the Egyptian carousals held in
presence of human skeleton. Mr. Baker Mr.
| Lincoln and Mr.. Hardin, as we learn afterwards
made speeches 10 such OF the Wings as remained
in town, the most OF them having left for home,
some in disgust and all in sorrow.
While all This was going forward, the Coons
about the Ash pole, were preparing 10 raise il
and Just before sun down, they succeeded in gcttin:
it up about Is feet. AT this moment the main rope
which held the sheerS, broke near the ground
when the shccrs rushed forward on 10 the second
! derrick. which als1 gave way; and the whole To-
gclher, Ash pole and ALL fell PROSTATE 10 the earth
with dreadful crash. Fortunately the crowd
was mol very dense and every body escaped from
Tie falling mass, although several came very
near being injured. The editor of the journal
we learn was stationed al the end of the rope
which first gave way entirely out Of harms way
bul still he showed his agility on the occasion
having jumped backwards twelve feet AT one
/ bonnd-olhcrs say twenty.
The miserable wreck still lays PROSTATE where
it fell The Coon leaders say they irH raise il
| in defiance OF public opinion. "Thc attempt
and not the deed was fatal, as they tell us. Far
he il from us 10 tathom The judgment Of Provi,
dence; but we can speak without offence, Of what
is plainly revealed to us The Democrats had
raised plain, rough, Hickory pole, with 4 M.
tional flag upon it. in honor OF Polk and Dallas
IcAas anu oregon. hsy uildciooh no more
than they could succeed with. Blu, the Coon lead
crs determined they would ovcr-op their oppo.
ncniS. They would raise higher pole and
make longer flag. This was pRIDE--and pride
will have fall, sooner or later SO saith the admo
nitorv prcccptS Of Divine wisdom. Instead Of \
higher pole and longer flas. they have raised
none whatever while The ai,cInptlo do it has co>
the life Of one of our most valuable ci,izcns-
converted a happy wife into hear-brosen wi
dow, and her children into tatherle>S orphans
has crushed and manned another human being
for lile--and cast settled gloom over the whole
city. And afterwards, their perseverance in then
vain efforts, while the groans of the dying were
sill ringing in their ears-and the final caia>-
,rophe, which. endangcrine the lives Of all aroand
proSlraicd 10 the dust their whole structure, hav,
thrown Gclugc of contempt and ridcuc upon
them. We hope they will take warning iy theft