Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1855-06-08
Riot In Portland.

dav, are hllci wan N'OouH'H' VI NJ ''''"l'
made by ROYAL Williams, ct ais, To obtain
possession of quantity Of liquor which
MAYOR Dow. and Aldermen Carleton AMI
Brooks. acting a. q committee Of the city
government. had procured for the use Of the
city agency. Itappars that there was de-
lay in the appointment of an agent, and to
prc,cnt unnecessary los of time in csiah-
fishing the agency, Il was thoushtad advisable
to appropriate .torc.undcr the city HALT
that use. and procure a stock of liquors at
once. This WI. done, and on Saturday,
Mr.. Williams appeared hcforc The Police
Court. and. the Advertiser states, after some
hesitation, took his oath, with others, that
thry had rras,n tp believe and did believe
that specified liquors were kept 10y Mr. Dow
ami wrrr INTENDED ur al' within the
state On rotation ~ iisnr" Upon this
the JUDGE male ont warrant and phcrlit
IN the hands Of % Deputy Marshal, fur -cr-
vice. Itwasdsmaulrdly the compliments,
VIII, had brought nm offccr with them Tor
the purpose, but tho Judge stated that 1t
was in suitable hands, and refused a. de-
livrit ~ him. COLOR Ring then went to
the ccllar of the CityIIhll WHORE the liquors
were deposited and took possession Of them
under thr warrant which, ho now rains.
lIc would have arrested Mayor Dow on
saturday afternoon II there hal been time
fIr trials. \. -,1n a. the officer arrived nt
tho CITY Hall. large rrowlh'-'n assemble
round ,hc building with an tho demon'ir1-
ton. or disturbance. They wrr' mostly
lri.h. and active among them vrrr many OF
tho, who hal hcrn hanging round The
COURTROOM n the forenoon"
In tho cycuin. hrrr crowd gathered
around ,lrr building, and li''ls al'r ih"
Marshal anil .iy or eight policeman entered
,hcr11m, arncl with pistols soon af'r, thc
mob commenced hrynkinc rla,. anil throw
in. STONE. a, ID, door, the polirr standing
on either side o. avoid 'eiuc injuri They
were dirr,,rl rs the Marshal not to frr un.
De-. some ono attempted t1 enter. Tho Mar.
shlI REPEATEDLY cautioned them to do~ist 10
the peril or their liyr., and the Mayor and
sheriff ordered the crowd 'o di.;ers, with
mo- effect " length. one man who APPEAR.
eI iu.I. riu.lralcr in thr mob came a. thr
door. swrlrin. horrible ul'h., mil using
MOI, in.ul'in. anil yiol.nthuru1-o towards
che polio, in the rr1m H. called them "a
r1rk If damned coward. ''-,illlrurrl them
Z, fr,. AMI auutrl thorn hy saying that
they dil u1, lar, % frr Then hr arnn.
rur,l tlr mol. urein, them 90 c0mo go, u.s.
,uriu. nrm thlt There wls np d1n-rr-that
thg police vrrr ,uwlrls and hal only blank
rlrtril--s. ami l,rrl NOT Cir upon them b.
thav hal. The N,rhl again vnuri him
urau usril or Do. M. u1, 90 attempt o. enter
,ls noon But under DO. leadership doe
mob male ,i9lrutra,h .rth,drar, which,
however, proved to, strong fr 'hsm, The
polio, then fr.,l. hlt intentionally aimed
over ,hrir heads, hoping to rri,hisn anil thus
a,uil thc necessity of killing TIL. checked
tnar m 1 r,,y miuu,-., nat Co.,. a....a ,-'--
wa. again heard r1llyins tho mol, assuring
them that nobody vl. hurt-th1t they wrrr
only blank clriril-.-, &c.,, &c.,, anianoihDr
ru.h wa. mad, fr ,h. door, the leader
r.arhiu, in AMI attempting 90 uniar IT,
The polio, then fr.l with effect on man,
uamcl Robbins, We arr informed, mate Of
~ PASSPORT vrs.al-fll dead or mortality
wpuul.l clos, hy ihr door, and 10 !, SUPP
rr.-l hr va, thr man who had hrrn sn busy
In inri,in. ,hr mob %. that voice va. not
again h,lrl during dee evening or thi..
however, the police pr not certain, as they
v,rr not able clearly 90 distinguish ohWct-
in ,hr dlrkur., anlconrusinn. Prior, how
ever. ,o ,hi. firing ly the police, . military
company, "Ths Light Gwrl., ora portion
ton or thr company, marched through thr
crowd and took o position in front of Oh"
door on Consr,-. s'reat, when thr mob ho-
.1u q, Pile them with stones, and several
ofthc soldier. were severely injured. Nm
ORDER wa. given % them 90 FIR, thinking
that tho order it.r'r might possibly t'rriiy
the mob. Hat th, order WI. NOT executed,
and the company finally retired To their ar
mory, somewhat IN confusion.
The Rifle Guards" wrr, then nllciup-
on. and promptly responded to the call,
Mayor Dow, with Aldermen Carleton and
Brooks (thc committee appointed by tho
Board of Allcrmcn) pat himself at their
hrad-ihcy marched into the arnory Ut the
Light Guards and took their guns, a. their
ride were without layonct.) secured some
cartridges. AMI then marched down through
the crowd and into the room through the
door IN Middle street. order, were then
given lor them IN fire through the door ON
Congress street, in squads Of four. This
order was executed. with what effect We arr
not able definitely 10 satr-hut the import
I Is that one man (an lrislimanl was killed,
and SOME xix or sr,cl wounded, more or lcss
severely. \ few rounds, however, sulhcol
10 drive the mob from the loor, and graiu-
ally, at about II O'Clock, the mob dispersed
leaving the police, the military and city
authorities in quiet possession Of the room,
with the proud consciousness that they had
nohly discharged their duty, and that law
and order had prevailed against lawlos
mob-a mob, too, gotten up entirely with.
out cause or proyocation, and a' d~plcahlc