The star of the north. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1849-1866, 1855-03-22
Honor 10 whom Honor is Due,

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or party. Men like Jackson and Clay
were worthy oil thus being held OUT as ex
ampics for emulation. Tue political partie
founded BY statesmen had some respect 70,
their character and hpnored only msnliuess
and virtue.
But what shall VI say TO the late pageant
atNew York By tho new party of political
Catalines in honor of Bill Pool the boxer
and buiser." This mae was a butcher BY
trade, a calling which his father had follow.
ed before him. During his apprenticeship
he was known as a young man of great ac-
iiyity Of body aod stemness OF will. Blu, he
found himself in many quarrels, aud his dis
position was neither peaceable nor foIgivine.
The "bulcher boys" called him a"hard
customer, and many of them dreaded while
some envied his pusilisiic powers. He could
never brook. an ~insolent remark from any
one who thought himself as strong as he,
and was slways ready iof a {" fough-aud-,um-
ble.n
HE corhict with John Morrissey, at the
foot Of Amos-street, which happened not,
long seo, brought his name before the pub
tic in connection with a brutal and shocking
ARRAY and aver since he has been one of
the mos, notorious pusilists ia town. His
great repuia,iou among circles of shoulder
hiusrs, occasioned by that occurrence, was
thought 10 be sufficient TO warrant him ib
opening a drinking saloon, where hs expec.
asd to receive their liberal patronage. Ac.
cordingiy, he lately became proprietor OF The
Bank Exchange, on the corner Of Broadway
and Howard .stre.t. That saloon was closed,
on account OF his death.
Only a few minutes before expiring he re.
marked, with great disiinctness OF voice, ~
think | am a goner. III die, | die u true
American; aud what grieves me most is
thinking that I've been murdered by a Sc,
Of Irish-by Morrissey in particular"
Now this is The man whose death the
Know.No,hiag OF New York made The &C
easion for solemn pageantry and public
mourning such as that class Of men never
showed for any man before. They affected TO
treat his death in an 'Irish row as honorable
maryrdom for their "eood cause"
What shall Professor Tiffany say to this,
What shall The Know-Nolhing clergymen in
the MASSACHUSETTS, and Pennsylvania legisla.
lures say TO ila What shall the thousand
religious men over all The land, who have
seen duped into this new party, now say?
For The information. of such we copy the
ioilow ing description Of the Sunday ~obsequIes
from a neutral paper. 1t will afford them
much food for moral reflection and we
have in our minds eye several friends who
have been en;rapped into the new order,
aud VIM, if they are half honest, ought NOW
10 ask themselves like Daniel Webster, when
on a memorable occasion, the Wing party
betrayed ileel5, and he exclaimed in bitter
sadness-Uhere shall Igo?
New York, Sunday, March IL, '55.
Never, since the obsequies of General
Harrison, or the funeral pageant of Henry
Clay, did The streets Of New York exhibit go
imposing o demonstration as was the case
10 day, the occasion being the funeral OF the
notorious "boxern and "bruiser," Bill Poole,
so bru,slly murdered BY the Mouissey gang
si S!anwix Hall, a fsw days since.
II is estimated that al least two hundred
thousand persons were in The streets, all
along the line of procession from the late
residence OF the deceased, in Christopher
street, down Broad Ssy to the South Ferry
House tops were crowded, windows were
full of heads, and even chuich sieeples were
ihronged with mon, women and children
more ~snxious &c see the funeral than to heal
The sermon below.
The Poole Guards, the Poola Association
and the R,nders' Guards, three military
companies. beaded the procession, accom-
panied by q band OF music performing iht
Dead March Of Saul. The, coffin was rebet
10 the folds OF an American flag, and wa
bone on The shoulders Of the persona
friends Of the deceased.
When the procession passed the Bank Elk
change, corner OF Broadway and HOWARD
stfeet, everybody uncovered, The Exchange
isa public house-a cele bfa,ed resort of all
ms tHucy mcu dpout toHny tuu VI "hich
Poole was part proprietor. The persons in
the procession all wore badges, with the
following inscription "Wm. Poole-ihoueh
lost 10 sight, to memory dear-those who
knsw him best can appreciate his worth and
o urioss.p
Hancock Lodge, Order OF United Ameri'
cans, turned out strong, with their banners
and resalia. Poole, II seems, was cnnec'
ted with that Association. There were also
delegations in The line from Philadelphia
BGitimofe and Albany.
There eau be no doubt that, in max ing q
demonstration Of this character, the Know
Ncthings were dssisous of turning to account
the words put int6 the last breath of The pu
giist: GIL die, / die a true American
but it grieves me TO think that ] have beer
murdered by a set of1rish."
The affair, up 10 the time | write this, ha
passed of. however, without the sl'ghtes
disturbances. A powerful body of police at
tended the procession from its starting piac'
10 Greenwood Cemetery. The crowd il
Brookiyn, and along the whole route to .th'
burial place, was quite a. grsa. as that Il
our own city.
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