New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1858-04-26
DISGRACEFUL MOB At PEORIA.

From The Union Of Tuesday we copy the follo"in
particular:
On Sunday evening last, between 9 and 10 clock,
a large and uncoi trolsbh mob, excited by the eVeh's
curing durIg the latter part Of last week, ineIden'
% the CON plant Of Eleanor Bailey sg>lnst Ciark
Clov. lard for nsrault and battery, and OF Cleveland
sgsirst the girl Bailey, ehaigirg her VITA the commit
ting Of perjury, proceeded to Ceyeand's ho1se de-
teImnt d 10 vent their fury agaiLst him. pom ther
arrival ct their destination there could not htye been
less II an five hundred people present some my TO
hundred of them bent npon the unlawful destruction
Of property Before preceding 70 the execution OF
their purpose however, Cleveland msde overtures to
the mob 10 the effect that be would take of his blinds,
SCI off tie Imates quit bis business, and rent por'
ton Of bis house to respe cable family These offers
were Lot regarded Ss reliable, coming from so SEN
orally unreliable q source, and II wac determined TO
sack the house then end there Full OF this determl-
DGiCD they al once proceeded TO break the windows
ard door, after which, having fire engine near By
Oh The ground commenced to flood the dwelling Then
going Isde they carried out all the furniture, in the
shape of tofss pianos, Of which there were two very
costly ones chsirs trunks, bedding, and every avail.
sbe article, and, ping it up set fire to 1t and burned
il to ashes The house completely rlddled and
sacked. The damage to the building, together with
The property burned, cannot be less than & GOO.
After ibjfhing Cl.velanos house, the mob proceeded
several other houses near by, said to be OF mi-
lar character, but finding no improper inmates, they
retired peacefully to the house kown IS the fortune
teers home, on Liberty street, where they were ad-
dressed by Mayor Hamilton 10 conciliatory terms,
which, however, had no effect, as they immediately
pIcct eded TO break in all the windows and sack the
house tf all its contents.
The mob then proceeded to another house situated
on the corner of Hale and Hamilton streets, where an
arrangement WIS entered into, whereby the house
should not be destroyed, provided it was vacated
yesterday. The mob finally dispersed, during heavy
thower Of raip and the lockers on retired TO their
homes.
Hiram jackson, esq, lie one of our most respected
citizeIs and property on Hamilton street. In the
visniy we believe, Of some Of the houses it was con-
tempated to sack on Sunday night. 1t seems that he
had uI knC wingy rented mis- house TO woman OF I'LL
repute ard he had heard that the house was to be
destroyed by the mob last night. Yesterday at about
II o'clock be vsited his property in the hope Of ascer-
tanpg the character Of his lessee and it was dsrep-
uts bic 10 make effort to iniuce her TO leave
While conversing with the woman upon the subject,
fellow, whore name We understood 10 be Samuel Tate,
entered with the view Of enjoying the Inequalities OF
the house, leaving two companion outside. After
some conversation Mr. Jackson ordered bin out, and
seeming 10th TO 60 he aided him materially with his
foot. The fellow took uu.brage and turned upon
Jackson when they clenched and fell to the floor
jackson retaining bis hold until he ouLd that he was
being cut to pieces with Knife when he let 90 and
s.paTa alton was the result. On raising himself up
jackson found that gash had been cut IN his
leg seyeTpg artsry, and that his shoulder had De-
come dislccated. The wounded man was Immediately
conveyed to DR.. ArnolG's Office and his wounds were
dressed and at late hour last evening he was doing
well. The man committing the outrage was, we
Learn, arrested.