The weekly Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1852-1855, 1854-05-11

MoRE OF THE WARD ExcrrEmESr At
LouIsvILLE.-According to the Louisville
Courior, from 1000 to 10000 persons al.
tended the meeting in that ci:yo on Sa.ur-
day, n dduring the whole evening the
city was in q state ofin.ense excitement
During the meeting the tvs Wards. the
jury, Messrs, crittenden and Wolfe, two
oftheir counsel. Mr.. Prentice, ofths Lou
isville Journal. and Mr., Barlow, a witness
for the defense, were all burned in clfgy in
the presence of the excited multitude. The
Courier adds:
While this was going on another deputa-
ton of thepeoplc, perhaps 1900 in number,
quietly p~roceededto the residence ofRob-
ert J.. Ward, Esq. bearing in their midst
efigies Of Mat. and Bob. Ward. They
entered the house, but found it deserted,
w~hercupon the efigies were then and there
hung in the doorway, Or portico. The
boys in the crowd then threw stones at
the windows, and the conservatory or sum-
mer- house, a great quantity of glass being
demolished. After this, some thoughtless
persons in the crowd set fire to the cfigies,
which,, in burning as a natural consequence,
set fire to the house. The FIRE bells rang
out the alarm and the engines were soon
at the scene, the fire being Immediately sub
ducd with but very little damage.
After this the crowl proceeded to the
residence of Senator Wolfe, on Chestnut
street. The house wasdarkencd, and dem
' ons' raions of yiolence were about being
made, when Col. Preston arose and asked
+ to beheard. The multitude Immediately
demanded: "Wha. are you doing away
|, from Washington" Tho Colonel made
! various Intellectual efforts 10 be heard, bu!
the crowd was impatient, and, as a dernier
: resort, he said be would resign his seat in
Congress if the present assembly (about
e,oG9 pcrsons requested him so to do
; There was a universal responee, "Resign,
! resign" Col. Thompson and Captain
= Gibson then addressed the crowd, and al
ter the request of the ladies Of the ncighbor
hood was made known, the people dis
- perscd, with three dismal grolasfor Wolfe
= Robert j. Ward is the father of the tw'
Wards, charged with killing Butler, AM
# an old and respectable citizen OF Louisville
!; The Journal very properly denounces tn
(, conduct Of the mob in proceeding to hi
a. house, and calls upon the citizens to tax
&c measures to indemnify him for hisloss, an
10 to punish the authors ofthe outrage.
It was rumorcd during the day that til
- persons and property Of the Wards woul
0. be violently attacked in the evening. Thcs
ID rumors having reached the cars Of Mob
ic Butler, an elder brother Of the murdere
H. man, he issued an address to the people,
#: which, af er referring 10 the death of h
brother, lie said:
" But the pain which the sightof violenc
nc would cause to me would be almost {
II great as that which l felt when saw m
ne mother and a sister distracted over m
&c brothcr's dead body. If coull call m
., brother from the grave, ] know he woul
81 unite with me in imploring you to abstai
he from violence. | beg each Of you, from re
:, gard to his memory, to do everything
% his power to prevent the anger OF the CON
I munity from breaking out into VIOLENCE
o l beg you, If you have any regard for me
. to act calmly end prudently. Remembc
q that if the violence is committed, the wivc
IS and children Of the guilty persons mus
suffer as well as the individuals themselves
C let 5 ware no war against women an
y childtcn. ] appeal to your magnanimii
~ and your chiyalry.
NC This address was harshly commcntc
IS upon by n few excited persons, but it seen
ed to meet tho hearty appreciation of IL
great mass, and to have the effect of ALA!
70 ing the excitement. 1t was rumored TIN
Matt. Ward was in New Albany, Ind, @
Sunday evening, and that a committee WI
~ about to iuyilc him to leave The place.