Holly Springs gazette., 1845-03-15
SATURDAY, MARCH ID, 1916.

! three several attempts to fire The cannon
with his own hands.
A majority OF the decent msn who orig
inaily supported Dorr. now. when he had
resorted TO war to carry his measures a ban
doned him and his cause. A great many
OF The IA embeTs of his own Legislature
came out IN the newspapers and pledged
themselves to supper. ths State authorities
against their rebel leader. Dorr fed to
Connecticut, where he remainded under
the protection of the Locofoco Governor
of that State. A reward ofa thousand dol.
lars was offered for him. but be was not
arrested. During his hegira from bis
Stale, DOrr skulked abou. in various pia-
ces. He went to New York and there
associated with the Subteranian Locofocos,
who entered warmly into his cause.
We now come to the immortal affair at
Chepatchet, where the heroism of the illus
trious Dorr blazed forth with solar reful-
gency.
La about six weeks after his attack on
the arsenal, DORIS men assembled at Che.
p aEhat. place near the boundary line
between Connecticut and Rhode Island
DORIS men had been getting ready for a
formidable onslaught on the constituted
authorities by proving about at night STEEL
ing guns and ammunition. They perpetu-
uted burglary on powder house and
stole about fifty kegs of powder. Atogeth-
er Dorr succeeded getting force of a.
bout thousand men al Chepachet, for the
ostensible purpose of protecting his Legis-
lature which had adjourned to, meet at that
place.
h.. S. Il II
they saw horde of vagabonds collected
together from different States for the pur-
pose Of revolutionizing their Government
and depredating on their property, were
very naturally incensed deeply. They
rallied in considerable force and prepared
to dislodge the scoundrels from their posi-
tion Of the Chepachet. About three thou
sand men marched from Providence, con
slstlng for the most part OF young men
belonging to the best families in the State.
They separated In several divisions for the
purpose Of surrounding the DorriteS and
preventing theic escape: As they ap-
preached Chcpachet, fear and trembling
seized on the great hero Dorr, and forget
fu of all his promises, of his sworn purpose.
of the sacgeGness of his cause. of his brave
men, he paused moment. looked at his
legs and scampered of as if the devil and
all his train bands were in quick pursuit.
Never did e-hearted hero disappear;
from the admiring gaze of his soldiers with
such miraculous ceierity. He strutted Ike
a genuine defendant of Mars IN one mln-
ute before his adorers. and. In the next
minute he was clipping it down the road as
if he were propelled by a high pressure
steam engine of forty>horse power, r,instead
Of mere ingeniuos arrangement OF bones
muscles, aud snews.
A few hours prior TO his flight, Dorr' S
aged father visited his rebel son, and en-
treated him, with his eyes bathed in tears,
to cease to wage war on the State. Dorr
was Immovable, and declared to his father
that it was his solemn and Interchangeable
resolution 10 .IedUe has bones on tie spot.
A most dill gent search was made for the
"bones" OF the stalwart hero. A great
many 'bones'' were found, most of which
were supposed to be the only visible re-
mains OF many henroots that had been
plundered in the neighborhood, but the
"bones" of the unconquerable hero. Caesar
Alexander Napoleon Dorr, were not
found
The hero, "bones" and all, skuIked a.
broad in the adjoining States for a while
until. his rowing propensities being fully
gratified he returned 10 his native State
when he was arrested, and. after fair tria
convicted of treason and sentenced to the
State prison. One of the jury that convic-
| ted him was a member of the convention
/ that framed the Dorr constitution. He
was sentenced on the 25th OF June las, and
| has since that time. occupied a spaciou,
room in the prison, engaged in the pleasan
business Of painting fans. an agocaiion we
think much better suited his genius thar
leading hosts of drunken wretches on to
| war.
Such is a brief sketch OF the Locofocc
/ hero, Thomas Wilson Dorr, and such j:
the man over whose fa.e the Loco foco
party in United States is shedding ocean:
of tears and wasting sighe enough TO make
very considerable sIrocco. This Is the
man that aas been designated by the Vice
President elect sthe candidate of his par
IL for high civic honors Who that has {
spark Of patriotism will no: blush AM
weep over the deep degeneracy of th'
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AN APPEAL TO LAWYERS. A
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