Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1859-09-20
The Manchester IN. H. Riots


The Manchester IN. H. Riots
Tho correspondent of the Boston Courier gives
the following account of the terrible frcme 70 riot
| Mt Manchester, N. H., q teiegraphic notice OF
| which we gave Thursday. The order or rather
the disorder, Of events was son,ethingas fol-
| lows
"A man was gambling in saloon on Elm street
the main street Of the town. and oferedH counter
| felt Ave dollar note. This was refused. Some al-
tercaton ensued. and the gambler seized the other
by the thront. Tho latter called for aid from his
| COMPANIONS and n general row took place between
tho mob and tho gamblers. The latter drove the
former from tho room and it is said badly injured
three Of them. The mob then rallied in tho mid
die os tho street, and began to throw stones ut tho
establishment of tho gamblers, smashing tho glass
generally. Tho Manchester police ran from tho
anfray md kept themselves comfortably out OF
| tho way; Mt least wo werc informed, ana IN u
long walk we certainly could not discover the
| sign of policeman or constable. Tho crowd OK.
asreg%SSvS,' 'si1 went in body to the bar room OF
Mr. Perkins. just above the scene OF tho last ex-
ploits. evidently taking it for the shop where the
fight had just taken place. There they broke up
everything in the establishment, smashed entirely
in pieces the windows and NIL tho glass ware,
carried out into tho street and destroyed tho ooun
ters, concluded by stealing all the liquors. cigars
aud desirable entablos 10 be found. The place
wns thoroughly sacked
From this tho crowd, now excited without nny
| npparent cause rushed to another shot whore ci-
| gnrs were sold and whore gambling had beeen
going oh earlier in the evening. This establ,-h-
men, was quite destroyed, ms was also nno'her
| shnp near by Next tho mob won't to II hotel
kept bv Horace Binney and called tho American
| Hotel this they tore to pieces in an Incredible
! short time every bit of window glass was broken,
! everything in tho way ot furniture was carried
away the bnr was broken up. and, in fine, the
interior of the house was torn quite In piero---
The CITY Marshall addressed the crowd, 1t IL snd,
mud the mayor and Aldermen patrolled tho streets
lor some time no police were to be seen however,
any more than before. Az n specimen of the Of
fciency of tho coustnbulary force of Manchester,
il was said TINT thief was arrested carly IN the
evening for stealing or attempting to steal jewel
| ry. A rescue was talked Of but tho officers took
! their man nwny III rapidly TINT nothing could be
done by his friends Having arrived, out Of breath
| ut tho place Of temporary confinement, the priso'
ncr was by the police politely shown to u room
where he was requested to whit further orders,
! Strange rs it mny seem, tho thief opened win
dow, stepped out, and went about his business or
| pleasure.
The extent of tho damage just done cannot be
asccrtaincJ with any accuracy ut this absurd
! hour Of the night. There are rumors OF various
sorts f,ng about, some OF which may be true,
some ni which certainly are not. prefer not to
! give them till they are substantnted. The aspect
Of the main street il very peculiar for u country
town it is full Of people in sentered knos. excited
" conyersing or silently looking on. Tho build
ngs which have becnSntcrunlv disorganized bear
the plaincst marks Of most ierco attack. Tho
motive the precise preparation. the attending m
cidens of the affair, are oil wrapped in u mystic
rv which will be dissipntcd.i in n few hours. Till
| vou hear again t, the contrary. vou may safely
put Manchester down ns not n desirable summer
residence for quiet Single gcn'lemon.'
A MODEL DicrIoSARv.-lt s refreshing 10 turn
| from the warfare between the publishers OF
"Webster and Worcester" to the waggish sugges-
tons Of Horace and James Smith. for dictona-
ry which should give him tho meaning OF things
rs well NJ mo,tis We publish few specimens:
1rgument. With fools, passion. vociIeration
and violence. With ministers, majority. With
men of sense, n sound reason.
Bachelor. -Plausibly derived by Junius from
the Greek for foolish, and by Speman from Bacu.
lu., ~ cudgel, because he deserves one. pol
troon who il afraid to marry, lest his wife should
become his mistress. and who generally concludes
10y converting his mistress into wife.
Boker One who gets his own bread by adnl-
tcratng that of others.
king-According to the modern doctrine, the
| hereditary proprietor OF nation; according to
rcnson, its accountable first agisrate.
Bcd.-An article in which we sleep and pass
the happicst part of our lives, and yet one which
never wish to keep.
Bubies,-Noisy laclicrous animals much dosd.
cred by those who never had any.
Esqrye. IA title much in use among tho lower
| orders.
Face.-The silent echo Of the heart.
Fdct'on.-Any party out of power.
IHJunLA mysterious meteor sent to us from
the invisible world. into which, after performing
the evolutons incidental to the seven ages of man,
it viii finally return.
! FATAL ACCIDENT IN A CIsrERN.--1po chitiren
d,omned and mother nearly d,o1ned. Through
| ii al of Ia 1atter va 1enrn nj n
sad death Of two children of Mr.. Joel Wilmot who
removed from this city Carthage Jefferson county
about year ngo.
Mrs. Wlmot( formerly Miss Partridge, of this
! city lit wond appear, ut home alone with her
! two children on Tuesday last and went to draw
! water from cistern covered only witt, n board.
in the shed adjoining the house. While she
hasened to return at the cry of her babe, Arthur,
aged ahput three years. it is presumed, fell into
tn, open cistcrn. In seeking to rescue him she al
go fell into the cistern, with her babe in her
| The precise hour ut which this occurred is not
, known.
When Mr.. Wilmot returned, not finding any
one in the house he looked for his family, but saw
nothing till he heard groan. evidently proceeding
from the cistern, and looking there, beheld his
wife. The cistern must be quite deep, for he was
unable take her out till he obtained help from
q neighlor who heard his call and came in. While
drawing her out, the father the body of his lit
tie in the water. and on nquring for the babe,
tnd that it. too was in the cistcrn from which
its body was afterwards recovered.
Mrs. Wimot isvery feeble; almost nsensible
and had been able to give very little explanation
of the accident Her life is considered in danger.
The children were, the eldest three or four years
old, and the youngest about as many mcnths.--
ihca HyaH, S,W Is.
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| XxyOOL GARDINGDar Cards now In perfect order
w having been newly fed and thoroughly repaired anwe
prepared 10 do CAHDiNG In the very best manner at Che
notice. We secured the services Of Mr.