The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1856-03-25
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PRINCETON, Ind, March %, 1856.

here to-day. This morning there seemed to
be an unusual amount of among the female
portion of our town ladies, who were passing
hurriedly along the streets meeting and chatting
with each other, hating on corners, dropping
I'M to an acquaintance exhibiting lists ofnames
and consulting in serious manner, all of
which led to the expression "there is some
thing in the wind" No one could clearly
comprehend what the movement meant. The
conjectures relative to it were numerous, all
differing and many very far from the mark
Three O'Clock came and all at once, almost I'M
expected to every male, a large concourse of
ladies issued from one of the churches and took
up its line of march in the direction of one of
the deas of iniquity, most generally demoni-
mated grocery. The mystery was solved; the
whisky should be destroyed, and by the ladies.
When | saw so many of our most respectable,
worthy and highly esteemed ladies, with
hatchets in hand, marching on to the combat,
knew that victory was inevitable. be-
lieved that no opposition, however great, could
drive back that mass which had cast off the
yoke and arisen to declare that drunkenness
and depravity should cease.
The keeper of the first grocery they attack
ed made a resistance, but his efforts were fee
bic, and he was driven back his doors and
window opened, and every article that could
hold liquor, from whisky barrel down to a
pint flask, was utterly demolished and its con-
font crilIoA +ha A = A. L
they met with greater opposition. The own
er made threats that he would shoot, and pre-
scented gun as ifin the act ofdoing So but he
was forced back and his house entered Be-
fore it was left the beer, wines brandy and
whisky, mixed promiscuously, were fully three
inches deep on the floor. Every hand worked
energeticaliy. When they had finished the
second house oil the church bells began to ring
and the little army of women, which had
greatly augmented sinceits starting, again took
up its line of march. Their next point of
operations was one whose proprietor was one
of their own sex. Here they rolled the barrels
into the streetand burst them open. The IL
quors in many places was over shoetop and
ran half square. At the fourth place they
made compromise. The owner Of the fifth,
a little shanty in the suberbs Of town, declared
he had no liquor and threw open his doors for
the inspection of his rooms; none was visible
But they presently discovered the track Of a
cask, on the ground, and following it, found
two OF them in pig pen so.le distance back of
the house; these they demolished when they
passed to their sixth battle Here they soon
discovered the object Of their search and doom
ed it to the same fate the others had met
with
So Mr.. Editor every rum den has been visit
ed and every one seriously dealt with but ore
and the proprietor Of that gave his word that
he would never sell another drop of intoxicat-
ing liquorin the place. Our pest citizens oil
the ladies were engaged in this, and it is natural
to draw the inference that they were sorely
provoked and have much cause for their pro-
ceedineS or they never would have been en-
gagged in them. When such concourse of
women, whom we have been reared up to respect
press on in an undertaking so disagreeable to
themselves, we can scarcely say it is wrong
even if it does violate the laws of our country.
Yours, &C., QUID.
Yesterday afternoon we received the follow |
ing additional particulars from another Prince
ton correspondent. We understand that the
ladies gave the grocery keepers ten days notice
of their intentions, but were la ,ghed at Over
a hundred were engaged in the transaction, and |
they are said to have walked right into things
without fear or favor. One man who resisted,
had his arm cut with Ratchet; this was the
oaly injury done to individuals. One lady cut
her own shawl in hacking away ct abarrel-
They should by all means have worn coats and
breeches. Our correspondent No. says:
"On the morningof the twenty-second notes
were sent around to the ladies of Princeton.
to assemble at the Methodist Episcopal Church
1t two o'clock P. NJ. According to appoint
nent about 100 ladies assembled, and started
rom thence with broad-axes and hat.hets for
Jas Gallaghers grocery. He was requested
o cease selling liquor, but said he would not
10 it; they attacked the door with their axe :;
'oon it was burst open, and in they rushed
md demolished all the bottles, casks and every
Tessel containing liquors From thence they
vent to an adjoining grocery, Mr. Ratenfraus's
md destroyed all the liquor there They then
vent to Mr.. Fishers, rolled out two barrels of !
Whisky, burst them open, and destroyed several I
lemajohns, wine casks, &c. From thence '
hey proceeded to Mr.. Kolbs and compromised
With him. They left him and started to another /
louSe, where they DESTROYED two harralc opd =