The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1857-05-19

Ane 'eiegraphic report of the lawless proceed
ings In the vicinity Of Louisville. K Kentucky, by
which the alleged murdsrers of the Joyce family
were hung through the fundamentally of an infu.
rated mob after having been acquitted by . court
OF justice, is fully confirmed in the newspapers
nom that quarter, brought by nail. The Journal
oil Friday thus describes the affair:
Immediately after the rendition of the verdict the
pofIon OF the persons in the court room left
aud proceeded toward the jail where the .c.n..d
were coAhned. The crowd was some what excited
ana manifested desire to satisfy themselves with
they conceived were improperly acquitted Arriyina
~ IN 'front.' OF the jail the tn gate by the
Sne, OF the Police and body of his mon, who re-.
ntsd thelr attempt to enter Foled in their efforts
the excited crowd retired and unit. night were gath
eted In the vicinity but made further demopssra
uons' In the meantime the police force strength
eneo ana arrangements lie for the defence of tae
Jsli IN view OF eontemp lated attack By nightfal
me multitude had greatly sweied il. numbers and
lhe excitement IVES m ,nlfestly increasing.
ne majority OF the persons present, however an.
Peareo 10 be merely spectators taking part In the
.o am,urosnoe Appeals were mada of highly infism
naturally heightened. Finally desperate onsaue ht
was ade the prison fence broken and the large
cLy"a iushed to the door Several shots were d ed
sac .ne ioice within returned by the discharge OF
blank cartridges--Ths firm resistance further mad.
oened the already infuriated mob
:, parry OF men and boys forced an entrance into
.no ooolhe where the artillery 10 kept, and procur-
ing cannon, heavily loaded it with every descr
OF mIs,iies This was planted within q few feet of
the prison door which was already battered down
ana the windows broken in. Threats were made to
aischArse the cannon into the small ante chamber
where MIR Thomas, the jailor and his deputies
MayJr Pitcher, and about twenty policemen were
stationed
Three of the prisoners being delivered up r.zor
was given to the fourth In the js Jack the
OF Mr. samuels of Built county, and he cut his
throat seveine his jUgular vein and wind pipe and
producing Instant death. The wound Yves of tha most
nornois character and more ghestiy spectacle was
scarcely ever witnessed than the dead body when it
ives brought to The yard and exposed to the view of
the crowd. Ropt were obtained, and the other ne.
gIoes merch off 70 the Court House square. At the
west end George, the slave OF Mr. Samuels wss hun 2
multitude The other two were then marched throu gh
the sq7are, and near Fifth street were kewis exc
cuted. One OF them, slave to Mr. Bro 1n, pro sit-
Cd his Innocence, and plead ieopsly bs released
hls asony OF mind and suf.Iings very intense.
M feDdIeton's Bill, the who was the States
evidence In the caie, was the last executed We
understand that ne and Of the others confessed
their guilt
Fires were kindled under the Suspended bodies
but they were not consumed. Large number of per-
sons fingered about the of this awful tragedy
until late hour, and it YVES the universal topic of
conversation. The excitement In some degree sub
aided, aud turbulence gave away to feeling of ST.
The rioters thens Ives having wreaked their VEN
seance upon the victims appeared to be more awe
stricken than exuitaut.
tt Is sad thing to have to state that in the dEt
OF the MOB there were scores of boys, of them
scarcely ten years of age, all shouting hsng 'em ~
their elders Such exhibit. of bood-thirsty
rage on the part of children indeed shoca
to contemplate 1t is depIorabe augury FOR the
rising generation.