Eastern times. [volume] (Bath, Me.) 1846-1857, 1854-08-03

arrests, or attempts 10 arrest the rioters.-
Here is proof the authorities have made ar
rests; this explains why no attempt TO arrest
the rioters was made. They have taken him,
bound him over, and perhaps he may be tried,
and why not now let "quiet and harmonious
feeling be restored.' This ought to satisfy
the well disposed wings, and the Know Moth
ings surely should not complain. A
We are asked if we 'sknow Of anybody that
ought to be arrestedl" Did you not, Mr..
Tribune, on the 22d July, tell Us "there was
good reason for keeping such matters from
the knowledge Of the manager of the Eastern
Timesl' Why then call upon u.s. Ask the
city authorities if they have not the names of
many of the rioters and the evidence necessary
to convict them. Ask them if complaint
was not made early on the morning after the
church burning, and what was done with it
Ask them who was present on Sabbath morn
ing just before church-going time, when the
Mayor read the riot act to the mob! 1t is In
deed peculiar characteristic of these riots
''that no arrests or any attempts to arrest the
rioters were made" which has attracted the
attention of the press beyond the limits of our
State. Among others, the New York Ex-
press wonders what kind of Mayor Bath has.
We are asked to speak out if we know of
"suf1icient evidence in possession Of the au
thorities against any Individual TO warrant an
arrest" Last week you thought we might
be contented if we were FURNISHED with the
eighteen names Republication, so as to notify
these gentlemen of their danger, and enable
them to aUOid an arrest Which DO you
mean, neighbour DO you wish us to induce
them to abscond if we can prevail on them SO
to do1 We fear our efforts would be una
vailng, as they as well as everybody else,
know they are as far from danger as the au-
thorities are from action. Their danger!
Will the Tribune inform us in what it CON
sists! Now, neighbor Tribune, we will tell
you that you are in danger of losing their
rotes if by your course we are induced to pub
lish their names to the world. Besides, you
are hardly in need at present of the informa-
ton you ask for, if the object of such informa-
ton be TO put the authorities on the track for
making arrests: for it appears, from your own
statements, the authorities are already and
long have been in possession of information,
which, SO far as action is concerned, remains
TO all intents and purposes dead letSsr The
want of information, it seems to US, is not the
reason why arrests have not been made and
this opinion is confirmed by the Tribune of
the 9th of June, in which, when commenting
upon the first riot, you make use of the follow
ing significant language, the truth Of which
has probably never been called in question by
any one -
Z" We are informed that there were quite
number of large sized boys near by whose
names are known to the authorities giving
countenance and encouragement to this dis
graceful affair by their presence and the APP
parent gusto with which they enjoyed the pro-
ceedings.'' t.
Our fossil authorities could, doubtless, have
obtained additional information also in refer
ence to the rioters present on the occasion TO
which you refer in the above, upon applca-
ton to Haines, the Mirror man, who says he
was among them So that you must pardon
US, Mr.. Tribune, forf declining to give you
any additional Information, for the benefit of
any of the parties concerned, till your author
tiles have made use Of, and used up that
which they already have. ''Any carping
from u.s. says the Tribune, "about the city
authorities, comes with very bad grace"