True American. [volume] (Steubenville [Ohio]) 1855-1861, 1855-03-15
SAG NIGHTS.
RICH DEVELOPMENTS.

LII thAS uoy VI ""iui i0AP P"oeS wv WITHIN
the public will be interested in the follow
ing affair which we find in the Bucyrus
journal of March 1st. "Sam's," councils
and secret organization, with their ''mid-
night orgies" must knock under now. The
"sach NIGHTS" are introducing some new
features in the business. Wonder if the
Statesman has the oficialreport of this af-
fair?
One G.. W. Johns "an official ofGener-
al Pierce" and two democrats, Hall and
jackson, started for Richland by Rail, to
form Sach Nicht Society, and reached
that place Feb. 10th. The faithful met
them, and gotinto Irregular spree. "Drunk
came" and brought in the marshal, who
nabbed G.. W. Johns, while others, being
swifter of foot, managed to escape. There
upon this worthy wrote as follows to the
editor of the Crawford county Journal:
Mansfield, Feb. 16, 1855.
Dear Sir:-Here l am as tight as thun
der, and good deal tighter than any of us
were when the Marshal undertook to nab
the whole gang for getting struck with
"Jorsey Lightning" Fortunately for you
fellows you were a little more nimble
than l was, and understood the private al.
leys with which I, being stranger, was
unacquainted But l do not think you
and Hall and jackson displayed the right
kind of disposition to jump and run, lea
wing me alone, to drop into the hands of al
officer without having any intimation Civ
en- of the proximity of the police. * *
The success of the administration anc
the certainty of obtaining our reward de
pends on ourkeeping united. But the ide'
of forming Sach Night association il
Mansfield is all knocked in the head fo
the present. (confound that Muscat o
Shack's.) Gen. Pierce will think that
I am a devilish queer clerk, and am "doinI
up" his business in beautiful style b,
getting into such confounded scrape
|
Really, Icannot help but blame you fellows
but no matter now. The Mansfield Guard
are all right, so the Postmaster tells me
As soon as get clear of this arrest I vii
let you know, and you and Hall and Jack
son can come over and assist me in organi
zing,
In haste, yours, G. W. JOHNS.
Here was fix, but G.. W. Johns is
genius. He got bail, agreed to appear be
fore the Mayor, changed his mind, and ecu
stick" His next letter, therefore, was d;
ted at.
Ashland, Feb. II, 1855.
Here am clear and clean, and havin
the letter which I wrote at Mansfield still i
my pocket, I will continue an explanator
note in connection and remit to you. Yo
don't catch me in Mansfield again. Th
Mayor, not having time to go into an el
animation, bound me over to appear th
next (this) morning for examination.
J got some of my friends? to enter bail ft
me and afterwards found out that they al
putting the temperance law in force will
out any distinction as to the standing
connection of the person arrested, Seem
no chance for myself ifI came to trial
"cut stick" and left the bail for it.
/ would have had some compunctic
about doing that if they had treated n
right, but had hard work to coax n
friends to bail me, and even then had
promise that I would say "good WORD
0 for themtO tho President, in case the
e should happen any mail agencies or 9th
r government offices to be filed. With Il
5 certificates that I had in my possession fro
9 Pierce, and other leading men of Washin
ton and of this State. and of which tn
n had full knowledge, I think it was th'
+ duty to step forward promptly, and ass
# me; but when I found how backward al
! shy they were, l determined that if |
J. them into it j would let them stick; a'
1 did, and am not the least sorry for
< They can recover the loss the best way th
. can.