Carroll free press. [volume] (Carrollton [Ohio]) 1834-1861, 1858-04-21
wAsHINGTONICITY.

We AK the particular attention Of every
citizen and every lover Of law, order and
justiee,to the annexed letter from tue wash
ingtOu correspondent Of the New York
Times. Read it:
@Murder riot, robbery and arson rule
the city. They stalk abroad and take DOS
session Of the streets by day and BY night.
Each week the peaceful and worthy CHI.
zen laments the black record Of its prsde-
cessOr, and hopes that the next will bring
him the immunity from danger and insult
which he formerly enjoyed. But crime
grows BY what il feeds on, and has now
become uncomfortable. The patience of
the community is exhausted. Meetings for
Vigilance Committees or other effective
means Of protection are held all over the
city, which are ATTENDED by the most solid
and substantial men Of the place.
Last night a worthy young man was
shot dead, On a f. quen.ei street. The
object Of the Inurdtrers was booty. On
every other day and night Of the same
week lesser outrages were recorded
Some Of them were Wsnton, the effects Of
mere native msIignity and ferocity of dis.
position, overhowlDg from a sense Of impu.
nifty others were to gratifiy political spite,
or parsousl grudges; aud more numerous
class were caused by propensity to pill.
age.
The young man killed last night was a
messenger IN the Treasury Department. -
Near the same spot, three days before, a
clerk in the Interior, perfectly respecta-
bic man, was assailed aud shot at by a
gang Of rowdies. He rushed into the
house Of friend. The ruffians besieged
the house in force, until they learned by
accident that they had mistaken their mao.
They departed upon the scent Of blood in
another direction. This was 10 broad day.
Still, in the same neighborhood, on the
Friday Of the preceding week, faction
fight Of fireman took place. One young
man was killed, and three wounded. On
the next night, two citizens were shot by
unknown asssssins,and one of them desper-
ately, if not mortally wounded, within the
shadow OF the Capitol. The next day,
being Sunday, was the carnival of rioters.
They fought through the public streets all
day and all night with firearmswith what
result it is not worth while to describe -
Aud each week by itself has a similar or a
worse report.
Next to the almost perfect impunity Of
these crimes,the most singular fact appears
to be the bolduesS and openess with which
they are committed. The murders and
riots generally occur in the day time. and
the robberies in the gray of the evening"
Nobody is safe any where, or at any hour,
This fearful state Of affairs has been caused
by misgoverameut and the public tolera-
ton of crime. Two years ago Senator
OF the United States, known alike for the
dignity and gravity Of bis manners, his
talents aud his eloquence, was assailed by
ruffians in his seat ih the Senate-house, and
beaten to insensibility. Two skuIking
towards remained outside, to aid their
principals in case Of necessity. The Counts
held the principle william to answer for q
misdemeanor, and imposed a paltrY fre.
His punishment was a brilliant triumph
and an ovation, which lasted as long as
his life. That was the beginning of Wash
ington as she stands in April, 1858. On
the 1st of June, 1856, the class of men
who perpetrated and applauded that crime
we're permitted to elect Mayor Of Washing
ton man who boasted on the night of his
election that be was called butcher. aad
he would be found butcher. He had no
qualification for the Office, but being a
Democrat. That man has made the
city mere den Of sedition. He has i'm
ported the worst felons, who for years dis
graced and afflicted Baltimore, and given
the police into their hands. They are the
accomplices of the malefactors who have
destroyed the public peace. will say
nothing of the election riots and the mass
acreby Government troops on the first
Of June, 1857, except that public opinion
has settled down into the conviction that
they were brought on by the Mayor
The city is Democratic. All effective op'
position is crushed oct to that party, and
yet so shocking has been its n'isgovern'
ment, that the people are driven to the last
expediept of defending themselves. They
hope nothing, eithor from the Municipal
Government or Congress. The councils
which ought to have applied the remedy,
have passed resolution which calls viltu-
ally upon the General government to help
them out by taking the whole care of the
City Government upon itselftOgether with
the expense thereof. This prayer is not
likely to be granted"
ARIsTocRATfc cAcCoMPIIsHMENTs.-Sen'
ator Wade in bis recent speech said: