Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1850-03-02

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The following is the account of the Jour
nal of Commerce, of the row at Tamma-
ny Hall:
IHE MASS MEETING AT TAMMANY HALL
PREvENTED.-Scldom or never did our
city witness so disgraceful scene as oc-
Cured init ON Saturday night. The Gen
eral Committee of the Democratic party
invited call the Democratic Republican
electors of this city who are opposed to
the Wilmot Proviso, and are friends to the
Union, to meet at Tammany Hall that
evening at half-past Z o'clock" But
some half dozen of damagougcs, who pos
sess neither personal nor political inhu-
ence, prevented the meeting taking place.
Finding that they could not dictatc 10 the
Dem ocratic party, they detcrmined, as
far as they could, to thwart its intentions,
and took the present opportunity to do So
Having organized large gang ofrowdies
and Ruffians, they repaired to Tammany
Hall before the hour appointed for the
meeting, and broke open the door of the
room where twas to be held, and appoin-
ted a President, who Immediately com.
menced reading a series of resolutions
As the hour appointed for holding the
meeting had not yet arrived, but few
persons were then in the room. Shortly
after, however, a large number of persons
came in, and on seeing so very different
a person, from whom they expected pre-
siding, aud seeing none of the committee
who called the meeting in the room, some
of them naturally expressed their surprise
and asked for an explanation And ey
cry man who did so, was immediately
seized by sorac of the rufiians, employed
Tor the purpose, and dragged out of the
room. Even several persons who made
no remark, or attempted in any way to
interrupt the meeting, but who were
known to hold opinions different from
those who concocted it, were grossly in
suited, and compelled to leave the room.
Mn Sickles, one of those who had called
the meeting which was thus prevented
from being held, was then standing on the
platform behind the chairman; and on Ie-
ing recognized he was Immediately seized
by sever. or eight rui1ians and dragged
Through the room, in so violent a manner,
that we should not be surprised if he has
sustained some serious personal injury.
So utterly was decency decorum, or even
respect for themselves, lost sight of by
the actors inEthis outrage, that some of
those who figured as orators on the oc
casion, were the most active in pointing
out those who should be dragged from
the room, and, in doir so, used the low
est and most rufianly language, such as
"turn out the white liyered rascal," "Kick
out that fellow naar the door," In the
course of an hour after this meeting had
commenced its orgies. large number of
persons who came to take part in the pro-
ceedings which were to have taken place,
had entered the room, and Il was propos-
ed by some of them to expel- the intru-
ders and organize the meeting for which
the room had been engaged As this,
however, would most probaly have event
uated in serious personal injury to many,
the idea was abandoned, and d large
number Of persons left the room Some
other remained from curiosity to- see how
the nHt tier would end and after four or
five persons had spoken, the resolutions
were declared by the chairman to have
been adopted and the meeting adjourned.
We have been informed that the meet
ing which was thus prevented from be-
ing held, will take place in few days.