New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1859-11-03
CONTTNUATIO or MOE VIOLENCE At
NEWPORT Ky.
from IN, ci,eipso,, Go,,r,. OF II.

On SATURDAY. We gave the particulars OF an outrage
committed BY crowd Of excited citizens OF Newport.
Ky. on the Office Of TIE Free South, weekly news
paper published IN that city. We have now ~ record
The fulhmen OF their threats. " that If the office was
nol removcd Immediately they woud move II by
force" On Saturday morning a number OF the citi-
zens determined TO hold public meeting, and take
further action upon the subject. Al the appointed
hour 3 O'Clock. the brebells rung. and large
number among whom were some OF the most lnhuen-
tal Citizens convened At the tour-lIOuse. Mr j. X
Hallam was chosen President, and c. w Cayanagh,
Secretary.
Col T. l.. Jones offered the following preamble aud
resolutions:
Hderegs An excitement has been oca'ioued ia orr city in
Of made ssi night upon the office Of the
paper called The lres Sos he citizens o. S.wpor; ee y
opinion upon the subject; therefore
= k,o'ed he, while condemn the publication Of ths
journal midst iucendiery N ~ chaEacr tending 10
corrupt the minds Of people and eoicia bad any in
Hs.uce the webeing Of our Goyemnelt both state
and Nsons; and while believe II De utterly IN
supported by any number Of citizens, but rather held IN
snd conempt yet nevertheless IN view especially Of the
excited stale OF the public mind We would advise cur fellow
citizens precpa:e further action IN the premises be-
ing connden, ability to defend the Character Of oar city
and peopls against reflection or shat may ~
caused by publication Of 'sch journal whenever the oeea
Col. Jones and Mr.. Anderson advocated the re-o-
lutions, and Messrs IIallam and Edwards opposed
them. Mr. John A. Piner moved to strike out that
part which recommended nOn-actlOn. THIS motion
prevailed when some one in the crowd moved that
the office be removed Cincinnati, which carried
by a large majority The crowd then started 10 the
printing offee, rome three squares distant. ny the
time they reached the place, their numbers were in
creased TO some $50. Mr.. Bailey appeared al one OF
the windows and demonstrated with the mob, AT The
same time stating that the columns OF his paper were
open all who felt themselves aggrleyei The leader
of the mob informed him that the best thing he could
do was 10 open the door and allow them his
goods and no harm would be done 10 him or his fam
y. This he refused to do; whereupon some one pro-
cured piece of scaniling, with which they battered
the door open. The house then entered and All
the printing material carried down stairs and placed
in a wagon.
They then endeavored TO get the press down stairs
but were foled III their efforts by It's getting fast in the
stairway where they left il. About this time of
which she scattered over the crowd nearest the house
This seemed TO have moving effect, for they imme
diaely left with their plumber and proceeded 10 the
ferry boat, with the view of Transporting IL TO the
Ohio side of the river; but they had reached
the wharf than they changed their mind, and threw
everything into the Some OF the better disposed
citizens attempted TO stop this but their efforts
without avail. meeting was aiterward held ana a
committee of fifty appointed whose duty is TO see
that the FREE South shall not BE- recstablshed in New
port.
We have not been among the readers of The Free
South, but from what information We can Obtain a. 10
its general character il has been anything but credit
TO the Anti-Slavery cause either IN IL tone which
OF the ultra Abolition type, or the manner OF III sup
port which appeared to be mostly by donations from
parties East, who apparently misled into sup
posing that il was performing great and necessary
work in disseminating Free Soil opinions in Slave
State. We donbt whether it had three hundred bona
de subscribers all told and perhaps not fifty persons
in Kentucky were in the habit Of reading IT, What
little influence il may have exerted was undoubtedly
preiudoal the which Professed TO advocate