Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1855-01-18

"A TIE ERIE WARl-A nile Of Rail Tov
: up az Har6or CreeEi-Tsco Bride,
8 Torn Dora--TA Tm5ers Fired
al Skerif T;seent and Judge Mn.
! Psltsa By The Ao5.
: ERrE, January 9th.
The men Of Harbor Greek met earl
: in the morning, and gave evident sign
of mob spirit. An hour before moo
; they got ready for their work, and did
! up thoroughly. Sheriff Vincent wa
driven. of, and near q mile Of ra
moved, the bridge destroyed, and th
road torn up.
AtErle the rioters met early in tn
morning round the Court House, an,
were harangued by Dutchman. H
spoke broken English for while, ant
then broke out in his native tongue
IN give you little Deutsche,' sale
ne; but he ended his speech with
Down NIT dc bridge. by God.' A hur
rah for the bridge was given, and of
the mob started for it.
This was about one P. NJ. They
reached State Street Bridge, which is
about 100 feet long, and here Sheriff
Vincent met them.
Just then, say at P. NJ, a courier
rode up from Harbor Creek with the
news. Shuba Smith took of his hat
and shouted, 'Hurrah for Harbor Greek
they have done it up good, The
Dutehman shouted, The Harbor Creek
boys are the boys-the boys at Erie are
tam'd towards. Down goes the dam
bridge And then the work of destruc-
ton began.
This was about half past two P. NJ,
and, at this hour two Dutchmen were
on the bridge with crowbars. Sheriff
Vincent, half scared, ordered them to
desist; they hesitated for few minutes,
but one Of the Dutchmen piled his crow
bar to a rail, and was so drunk that, in
attempting to rip it up, he pitched some
twenty feet into the creek below.
Sheriff Vincent then let. Imme-
diately Otty Nc Can and others went to
work tearing up and destroying the
track and bridge. Sheriff Vincent in
about half or three quarters of an hour,
(after 3, P. NJ, returned, and walking
near to the end of the bridge, took out
proclamation and began to read it.
The mob crowded him off, and drove
him into the Key Stone Saloon, a small
doggery; there they kept him for half
an hour, the building being surrounded
by over 100 persons. Officers Loomis
and Hunter got him out to take him
home, and walked on each side of him
while Judge Miles was in the rear en-
deayoring to keep the crowd back
Here stones, eggs, brickbats, snow-balls,
and clubs fell thick and fast around the
'offcials'-the party reached large
brick house, and were compelled to take
refuge in 1.-THE mob stoned them as
they entered, and surrounded the house,
and kept the party there near an hour. !
Mayor King then appeared for the first
time. He waved his hand To the crowd |
and said, You must disperse and 90
away he took the Sheriff home, and |
.he crowd went back to the bridge and |
commenced operations there again.
About this time, say P. NJ, COM
'any of fantastics, roughed, masked
With false whiskers, and drunk, ap-
,eared, headed by a dwarf, who beat
he drum, and tall feller' who PLAYED
he fife. They marched round the
rowd, shouting spies, rotten eggs
&c.
Meanwhile up went the rails, and
own went the whisky. Over plunged
he iron into the creek, and out shouted
he rioters. Slowly they worked-and
ard-and by 8 P. NJ, the bridge was :
tripped, and the timbers set on fire, s
mid the drunken drawings of as low
ct of men as could be gathered togeth-
r. {
Then the rioters marched to the {
'rench street bridge-6O feet long i
lere they had recruits, and worked 1
lore rapidly. Rails and timbers were '
'rn up and pitched down the embank- t
tent. Then the torch was applied to C
le timbers. By P. NJ. the work of S
estruction was done. :
Down init de Constitutional Office. Q
louted the Dutchman. That caused {
ause. The fear of a warm reception s
eterred them. Whether they did any- b
ing or not, after this, we shall hear to- 6
ny. Il
The mob. numbered not over 500, t.
omen and all. They were of the low n
It class, the majority of them drunk. d
ldeed, it was a shocking sight to see o
e brutality and debauchery displayed q
7 these lawless beings. "
This is the dissgreeable report we "
I'VE to make Of the doings at Erie and p
arbor Creek on yesterday, the Eighth II
January. We had hoped that sound
secretion and sober sense would have b
the people of these places; g
1t they have taken the law intheir own ii
Inds, and again madly deGedit. tr
1t is certain that this violence cannot th
allowed to pass unpunished. Neither bl
nor Ohio would be iusti- m
d in this course. Nor can the Gen vi
al Government be permitted to over la
'k it, if the power is lacking to en-
zee the DEGREES of the Courts, and =,
stain the law. For the mails of the 20
untry are stopped, and large portion aI, d,