The weekly Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1861, 1855-03-07

A Terrible Row-.Grent Excite,
ment in the New York Stats
Council OF fKnOw-NOthingS-
pOrtant Disclosures.
We invite attention to the following let
ter, written by MOSES EAMEs, member o.
the New York House of Assembly, who wa.
lately chosen delegate to the Know N 9th,
ing State Council, nOp IN session at Syracuse.
We take it from the New York Tribune
No comments are needed -
"ALBAEY, Feb. Ia, 1855.
DEAR SIR: Yours of the 9Th inst, con
tanning certificate Of my election as q del
egate to the State Grand Council of the so.
called Know Nothing order from my Coun.
Gil, No. 274, held in Rutland, Jefferson CO. d,
was received. In my reply you will see how
your delegate was received by the Grand
Council Of the Stutc, now in session in the
city of Syracuse.
al presented my credentials at the place
| OF meeting, and was introduced to number
OF the order by the District Deputy, Mr..
=; Twas then escorted to the desk of the
Grand Secretary, paid the quarterly dues of
my council you intrusted me with, namely,
two cents for each member of our council.
Alter this ceremony, was conducted to the
main hall, where all the delegates were soon
assembled, being about tw hundred in num-
Der. The presiding officer, Mr.. Barker, of
New York, said Before proceeding to bu-
sness, would ask il there was any oppor-
tunity of there being any listeners q Being
assured on that point, the first business was
to examine each person in the hall, for the
purpose of ascertainng whether they had
taken the third degree. Those who had moi
received it were taken into an ante-room,
questioned, and instructed further in the mys-
terIes OF the order, as the business to be
transacted could not, with safely, be done in
the presence of any one VIII had not ta-
ken the necessary oaths OF third degree
member.
Before proceeding further, they inquired
Of each member for whom he voted at the
last State election. Ali those who had not
voted the Ullman ticket, (and there rere a.
bout eight who had not done SOY according
TO the instruction Of the Grand Council last
fall, we're required to acknow ledge they had
committed an ofense against The order, and
asa TO lie forgiven, and promise in all things
IN future 10 obey their SuperiOrs. Upon so
doing, cote aoaS taken, ard tie regentant
naemaerS tjere reiaStated.
81 being member of the Legislature,
was invited on the platform with the officers
of the meeting, and introduced by Mr.. Bar.
ker, who informed the Grand Council that | |
would make explanations in relation to my
vote cast at the last election. While was
proceeding to do so, one of the members
asked me for whom voted for United States
Senator When replied, William H
Seward, it created great excitement in all |
parts of the hall. Some twenty or thirty, |
more vehement than the rest, rushed forward
to the platform, Kissing, stamping their feet,
gnashing their teeth, extending their arms
with clcnched fists, crying out, with counte-
nances flushed with excitement, Traitor
'Perjurer,' Liar" "Vilnin,' and other epithets,
accompanied the exclamation, hustle him
out down stairs with him., throw him out
OF the window &c.
"By this time the meeting was in COM
plete uproar. The presiding officer could
not control those present, and declared the
meeting adjourned for one hour. There was
then general rush for the platform where
was standing. Some of the foremost seized
my collar, but, by the exertion of few per-
sonal friends, was saved from further vio-
lence by being, with great haste, escorted
down private stairway, while others clos
ed The doors and kept back the mob. When
l reached the street, .iir. Barker aavised me 10
go TO my hotel, and not to stow mvse!f about
hhe peace, but TO kaue the city in The first con-.
Oeyance. Having no otter business to attend
10, l took hisNauics and left Syracuse in the
first train.
II know not what you and the council
may think of this, but il yon ever desire to
send delegate to such pandemonium, you
must select some other person besides your
sincere friend and fellow townsman,
MOSES EAMES.
"To the w. P. Of Council 274."