Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1855-02-09
relnale 51ionor Riot In ono.

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Afewd days ogoWe published q telettaphlc &C.
com, Of liquor mob In ohio, In which it2sH'
stated tbpi number Of fe1,alss were epsagetd.-
Ithappenell OF The village 81 Mount Pleasagt 10
Hamilton county, uboutninennles from Ctncinna'
Il, OH The goth Of January. The suGlolasd ac'
count ofthcairar ls,letiyeil fiona Mount Pleasant
correspondent Of the Cincinnati Gazette, whose
letter shows Tia. tn looked with favor upon the
outage:
Nj. Patterson, OF Coyinston, recently rented
The premises III this place lately occupied py ~,
lFsnkfkrah HE House was notorious os one Of
the lowest sinks Of Drunkenness and dissipation
In fact II was a moral ptSiiltnce, when lalh'eu
tho character Of tho whole Town. The people
bore and iurbote, duplicated aud demonstrated
in vain. Bu. they determined tho nuisance ShOnld
be aDatcd-pnaceabIy II they could, lotclbly !!
they must, a public meeting was called, ana
most nunerodsy Attended. Hut ons feeling was
manifest, uDOwn will ,he iralllc In alcohol; lllls
town shall 10 puTsed Of The curse" a temper
ancc plalanS was formed, embracing q large ma
ioriiy Oi The citizens OF the village and VICINITY,
| and "God sncedi Tho work. was the rIy Of every
heart, IlfcuGl committee, specially aPpoln'e''
for The purpose, an earnest appeal 10 desst ron
tho lulItt litOSeeutlunof r ueiarlonS iEalllc was
tteatel with Scotn aud deli0nce. Several posse
cUitonS were then commenced, and the woTk wos
seen complete; not tltopol liquor coull be open
Is obtained in the town, and the proprietor Of ihe
house beiOr alluded to closed his douls anJ moved
AWAY, III, son then undertook IT, bnt short wuiH
was ma,io Of hin, aud he loo gave II up III us
nair. The people NOW began 10 congratulate
themselves that ltc work was finished, The enemy
| slain. mud the coptlyeS free. Ulu sVakcTS Sisncd
the pledge, Wle temperance SpeecIleslanu OILERS
| began to grow thin and wlitli OIL. I'M lhe w0IN
was not yet accomplished. valiant man, q:
Ucl0Te stHted, hired tue premises lOt lcE', "
yeats and sub a full knowledge 81 nll lhul lou
lanspiTed Of tie state OF public opinion OH lhH
subject, OF tho determination Of almost Tue ehu!s
people that the thic should never W resumed ~
! Ills village, and also ~ open defiance Of Eeltalcu
| EeulonSiranct, aud with Inll knowledge o. lht
| la,p decision Of liz Supreme tribunal Of tie State
OH Saturday last sent 10 Town wagon load OF IL
auid poison, labelled gu, rum, brandy, whisky,
| so. As lie had mol luUved into the house he ~
tended 10 occupy, LOT better security the iQuoI
was deposited IN batbrr shop aIId put nllde'
lock aud key. lul where is the lock strong enough
10 stand between aud eliagtd people Nnd tIeiI
deadly for On Monday mOtnlhg ceiiOn suspi'
cions movements were 0iScOveted among the w1'
men, and soon small but determined hnnd o.
them wp,o SEEN marching silently but GTlnly III The
direction II The Aforesaid balbsr shop. y careful
observer might haze seen IN the hands VI one III
nSr, in hroihet Ratchet, AMI third fommer
&c. The shop was reached, pnd ut The VOID
"oprn sessome" the door Ilew open; u k.g Wa
seized by II SlrJag pair Of feminine aims an! bull
Ell into the steel; few well directed FLOWS lrdn
the sanir, urp lpuetrntii nj one SwUop drank The
bunins contents. Niue hands were busy within,
aud dark putpIish Slean wassetn escaping tfoh
tho building, running over unIl staining the snow.
II was tho life blopl Of tic monster, split by 0r
uyensing baud Of noble Spartan w"illeh y few
LEI The friends Of tie destroyer stool by, and al
nne time e$Sayed resistance, but many Stool ABOUND
determined 10 SEE Ia 7 play, anu Kept the ing
crat Of all yeSalious inLrldtrS. The work Of de-
Stucliun accomplished, and the avengers, en-
coulaged by hfee elects from the crowd, quietly
tetlicd.
The rioters were Subsernt nllYnues;eh, but lht
cont, it uppeurS, released them MI (Uf want o.
Jurisdiction, That these PERSONS, males ami ~
ImIeS hNye committed il"giaui violation Of law
II Is presumed no tigh.tmnkns poison will tUr !
moment question: 'ritre was law lOt the pun
ishmenl Vi lIlr Iiqnot selrf aud tIIerelOtc no ne
crssily for lofciDe entity, destruction of property
violent assault. aud outrage. Such conduct,
whatever The motive Is IN utter defiance Of al
law, aud deserves prompt and serely punishment