Litchfield enquirer. [volume] (Litchfield, Conn.) 1829-current, 1856-11-20

linz tae election, nniles pretsnse 60
i tie success of Buchanan at the Douths
= = ond assault was made, - Hersld gives
~ following account.
AZ about ten O'Clock Ffidey eSepin& The
canponAding cominenced On fhe 0reep. 40
o. was obnoxious II that quaftek, 81 fhe can-
non was placed rell away from b1ililines,
either pEiv53e o. public. The Hue Nas taken
% At Il, and = halt war ordered directly be-
meath the windows Of the HcrnId C1kce-
(" Point a the building and blow it 10 Hell n
was the order Of one h the crowd, although
not execrted.) Here the firing was resumed,
glass falling from windows on both sides 0f the
way 60 every di1ch1rge, and rih-raf rabble
cheering NJ it fell Ten or twelve discharges
were thus LET oif-rrlieved At one time by Z
!. SRtimeHf' from an old white haired man
q veteran ia. the democratic rauks" Intro
duced BY the last Springs candidate for demo-
cratic bonors in this district. Clarke II Roberts.
who besides between here aud Hitchcockyille,
got OF the following effls;on If democratic in
tellect--warned, if we may presume it, with
democratic wine, and flushed with democratic
victory
"THE EDiroR OF THE HrRAiD--Nay the ovss1oM-
ings Of Jessie break no more at his vindcwsr
Cannonading again. and then the crew pro:
cecded TO demosistrafe on Rockwell Street, near
WIN. s. Philips. At about O'Clock they
turned down into Main street, and (hasing il
the afternoon privately sent warning to one
person whom they wished to protect, tired q
discharge in front Of the residences 81 Fl. and
70. j. Camp, which had the desired eject IN
damages which we are INSURED it would require
$50 to repair. Thence this gallant midnight
crew, returning halted in front of the residence
|of the editor Of this paper. and saluted him,
breaking his windows. busting the locks Of his
doors, and throwing down and shattcring every
thing possible from terrifying innocent
women by cowardly threats, and assailillg their
ears with language unfit for thieves This over,
the motley democratic demonstration pro
ceeded again to the vicinity Of the Herald Of.
flee, again to demonstrate its Disregard for
decency and law. Having found at their pre-
vious visit that they could not break its win
dows, (thc prccaution Of raising them having
been taking in good season, they were saved
whole, while nearly every glass in the lower
part Of the same building was brokeu) they
halted frent Of the brisk building next west
This. too is owned by the father Of the Herald
editor, and therefore the ct object Of demo
cratic ire. Here the principal gun was double
loaded, fred. and windows, sash and ull in to-
getler. Brick walls could alone resist the
conclusion, and there were cracked and stated
by its force. Roln l.. Beecher, q welknown
gentleman in the Republican ra,iks. was next
visited !; aud similar destruction done upon his
storc-buildng near the Clock Shop and here.
VIC believe. further proceedings were checked
by the approach Of daylight. and this last De-
mo,,stration Of the Democracy Of Litcafcld
County brought to g close.
We have neither room nor inclination to CON-
mcnt Oh such transactions 1t was not week
previously that o midnight mob composed in
part Of the iientical individuals to whom this
second Demonstration was entrusted, assaied
this Office with ink. eggs and stones in the man
ner we had occasion to describe il ouriast issue
These individuals it is not necessary 70 point
out, as this community has already -. brand
Of disgrace upon them.