Weekly hawk-eye and telegraph. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1855-1857, 1856-09-03

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Fron' Use si. Louis Christian Advocate. Aug. u
THE ROCHESTER,, NO., TRAGEDY.
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We have at length obtained a FIJI and reI;a.
bic account of the late difficulties i, Roche.
Mo-. which resulted in the ,arr;ao nj gev "
Sellers. and the shooting az gen;a,nin goit,nd
| an aged and beloved member Of our Churcl,.-
The account has beer DELAYED I'll Ills t;,a,. nv
| the severe sickness OF Bro. Sellers. the cense-
| at,ence mainly Of his inbuman treatment FIJI
lowing brother Sellers letter vii, no faa,,d n
communication on the same snbiact trnu, an.
otkcr source. As will be seen the wr,ter Z nor
n,eu,l,er Of our Church or of any church his
will explain some rather strong expressous "a,
| tanned in his Iet,er.--Ep.
Bao. CoNRIIs At YOUR solicitation here.
in transmit TO Won for The ba,,etit n, ,.n,,-
| ers a main statement of tacts en-, ,.,,o,, Nth
the recent mob at Rochester ,s the a., me
| nv own observation.
a had amounted SATURDAY. limo 1i,b ~ com
menre a series of meetings in Rochester ana
| had written TO several ministers r., come = "A
assist ine. On "Wednesday or Thursday nre ~;
aus 4 nrosla very man nv Tho ,an,a ~ So -,
shot by a free soil man fon.. Haraety i because
Sims attempted 10 drive him from h,s home or
| kill him. arrived a, Rochester on THURSDAY
about u O'Clock. Soon after my arrival | was
waited upon in brother Strokes store nv 4 com.
tnittee of three individuals who said ,hpy wer.
authorized by the citizens Of Ro. and yi,.in
| itv, to inform me not t5preach again in Rocbrs.
ter, and cndeavcred by threatenin. 10 ex,ort a
promise from me TO that effect; de,Ia ring az the
| same time that this North Methodist preachinc
would not be tolerated longer in tha eonntry
asked them for a few names of TIA citizens who
had given them this authority. thew had M
| names TO rive | have het,er r,snas il R,obos.
| ter. then asked them if thew claimed tn he
| American citizens. They SAIL was \ fool and
had better promise not to breach apain in Ro.
| chester | told them woula not make -that
promise; that was guilty OF no crime. had yio.
lated no law and Womb ,hov Eod .tho, ,h.,
!
! they claimed MS American ci,Izens bv yirt,,e nj
their citizenship, that were spnerior ~ o,her
American citizens. At this rom.r v;,I,,,,t MI,
ing me an answer they left M. s.oro
| that force would be USED in order RI s+on mn,
Ihad some pastoral yisitp, to, !, n i, t,a ,.ot,,
try. and after ATTENDING 10 tb.t ;n,ror,,n, Az,
on Saturday morning i startea a. Pn,h..,n.,,
| for the purpose of holding my mcet;no at the
time appointed. As we rode INTO town va oh.
served groups men collected at the corners Of
| the streets engaged in conversation Tb.
| element appeared to be general I rode ,h,ongh
| the VILLAGE to broti,.r Siro,.,, s,,ho 10 ~. o.,
NV horse, and hrotber Holland Who va i, ,,,,,,i,
pany with me- went immncdi,teIv into hrotbar
Strokes stbre' came mo the store in ton or.
! fifteen minutes and tonud several of NV Roches.
/ ter friends and some from The country who lad
| come to attend the nentino Old brottnr unI
land. IA sainted mortvr now was .st,n,ino ,,aa.
| the front door. One Of the leaders with seyor.l
others of The mob were ston,np near brot har
| Holland and myself baviuo in their bands elole
| number of the Western Christian a vnca,a con.
! tanning the report of the majority of tho Com
mittec IN Slavery IN tho General i,onf,ro,ea I
| told them how that matter was adjusted Init all
| to no purpose: we were aboltionists s,;lI and
must promise not to preach or else hr mohbed
| | said | would nor do il Abour his linn, nh,
!, mob began To collect in front of tho dno,. I
! suppose there were from snventv.fva +, on,
1 hundred of them, some Of them from Platte
| county, some from Buchanan some from Sa van.
| nah, and others from the vicinity OF Rochester.
Some were armed with reyolyers others had
4 knives ard clubs, while other had nicked ~,
| stones in the streets One fellow cried our. al
/ he had me ont of the store he would kill mo -
| At that remark, one fellow GOT ne nv the arm,
| AID drew me TO the door. Tho o,hars th.n
came to his assistance. and se,zinu hol1 of each
arm and leg, they carried me to- The middle q,
the street, where they halted.
While this was transpring, BIO. Holland was
| shot the ball striking him on the chin n,ssiny
| through and breaking his uees; He cxnirrd in
| about thirty minutes. | afterwards understood
! that Bro Stroke was shot also. the ball cutting
ali his clot!,ine, and grazing the skin on his side.
They also shot at Bro. Beattie and missed him
and he then knockedtwo or three of them down
and escaped at the back door These noble
brethren stood with ME in the battle. until they
were driven from their posts.
While in the street, the mob held copsr,ta.
ton over me, as to the nature of the punish;nent
| | should receive from them. as the enbo,Iim.n,
of civil power, and the se-constjtute,i Guardians
of society, for thus attempting 90 preach ..s,,s
and the resurrection under the banner of trao.
dom. Some said, ..cut his thro,t.r o,InrS
'sscalp him." others. .'shoot him in tho head y
AT last they concluded TO tar me. They ,bcp
carried me across the street. between ,,otbnr
store and warehouse. to Il tar barrel which was
sunk in the ground, and. throwing mo dawn IN
nv back with considerable force held ma .h,.ra
| while they consulted as "a tho manuor in ,,hi.i'
the tar was n no ,nnliad Some s,;d NV, H.
in hcod foremost. others Were tnr st,;nn,''.
me One fellow swor,. tbey could nor a,n..a
| and he wonla shoot mo Ua ,imo, !, ro,oi,,,,,.
n, INV head hpt otherrwrostaa II. from h;,,,
| chin;no .,lon't shoot him " NO w,iI o;ya' ',;n,
| wb.t We think bn a,.Sar,o, A. L., -, .',,
Guided to do the work without strinn,ng n,e =.
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