Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1855-12-05
The Border Troubles in Missouri.

county, Mo-, has sgiven Mr.. Park, the.
late editor of the, Parkyille Luminary,
who ison a business visit to ParkVille no
stice to ,leayeAthe place Immediately or he
would be lynched, has been brought to
the attention of the Legislature of that
State, by member, Mr.. Blair, who, on
the 18th, inst, offered a resolution call
ing upon the Governor, and, if necessary,
the President of the United States, for
such aid as might, be necessary to protect
Mr.. Park in his person and property.
This motion gave rise to aprotracted and
sharp debate. and finally resulted in
rejecting Mr. Blair's motion, ieuponp the
groundHthat when the gParkville peo5
pie need Che projections of the Governor
or p resident they could get it by ask
ing Intthe meantime great excitement
prevails in Parkville.lo 1t sisrsafdj the
League has threatened to destroy The
townif Park does notleave. TWohundred
leading citizens have lheldta meeting and
requested Mr.. Park to. remain. At the
same time a committee5was appointed to
meet committee of the secret body,
when they came into the town and repre<
sent the wishes and determinations of.the
citizens of ParkVille. The St. Louis
| Democrat says: q. 1r @
Much discussion took place on the
streets, and Maj: Richardson, aGol. Sum
mers, Col. Burnes, Capt. Burney and
others, made speeches 10 the crowd in
support ofright and justice. When the
committee oflthe secret organization ar
rived, they were met by Col.Burhes; and
much exciting discussion ,enSued,t when
the committee left town. Next day nan~
other committee arrived. In the means
time several men from the surrounding
counties had gathered into the town. to
defend Mr.. Park. eals. A1g.=
Anxious to restore peace, Mr.. Park
made an address to the committee declar-
ing that he chad come in q private capa-
city to transact business, and while he
could never concede Alright, he was ready
to do anything that was manly and honor
able to prevent the effusion of blood ;,but
he was in the hands of his friends. Col.
Burnes then asked them if they were sa-
tisfed, to which they responded, " No."
Col. Burnes then said 3" Then let the
principle be settled in blood. We ask
the honors OF war. Set your day and we
will meet you; but don't sneak down in
the night. Come openly, and blood will
flow AS freely as in the Mexican war.
We fight for principIe-for right !"
Col. Burues added +" Let them come
and the streets of Parkville will be hot
ter than hell in fifteen minutes" Meet
ings, both of the friends oflaw and order,
and Of the secret league, continued to be
held up to the time when our information
terminates, and all kinds Of exciting ru-
mors prevailed Oar informant learns
that propositions for civil war and disun-
ion had Teen strongly urged by members
of the secret league.
Mr.. Park, it will be remembered. gave
offence to those who now pursue him by
some structures on the slavery question in
his paper the ParkVille Luminary) when
it was seized by mob and thrown into
the river. He had up to that time re-
sided for many years in P"rkvile, and
was in fact the founder Of that town.
THE PARDON OF DIR. BEALE.-Itappears
That DR.. BeAIe. of Philadelphia, who has
just beeI pardOncd by the Governor Of
Pennsylvania. has served out very nearly
one year Of his term of four years and six
| lIouIbS' commencing On Nllc -ONl VI LNO-
ycmber last. The Ledger says:
Z" The pardon states the reasons which
! induced the Governor to extend this favor.
He had received communications from
about one hundred and forty dentists and
twenty-three physicians, of this city and
the country, stating their belief that tcs-
timony us to matters transpirIng under
the influence Of either is unsafe and un~
reliable from number Of other phySi-
clans named, that they believe him inuo-
cent from large number of the bar,
and citizens Of various States, including
the names OF Governors. Attorneys Gems
cral, DC, that they believe he was con-
victed. on insufficient testimony from a
number Of clergymcn. that they believe
him innocent from the Mayor of PhiIa>
delphia and fifty members of the Phla-
delphia City Councils ; from members Of
the Legislature, Judges of the Supreme
Court, editors of Philadelph ne wspapers,
and FIVE thousand other citizens of Penn
sylvania and New York, with FIVE of the
jury on the trial, all asking for his par.
don"
After enumerating all these facts, the
Governor says the inspectors of the couu-
ty prison have unanimously recommended
the pardon, for various reasons, among
them the failing health of the prisoner
and the destitute condition of his aged
parents and sorrowing wife and children
Finally, the Governor declares for himself
that, after careful examination, he is now
satisfied that DR.. Beale :" is, not gully Of
the crime whereof he stands charged, and
was convicted upon evidence unreliable il
its character and insufficient in amount. y
SYNOD OF V1RG1StA.- After an interval
Of thirteen years the Synod Of Virginia
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