Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1859-11-05
4 NEWSPAPER OFFICE NoBBEp.
THE "FREr SorFH" oTTIps Is NEWPORT, ny, SACKED
From the Cincinnati Commercial osteLsr 2.,h

THE FRES SotFH oTSIos Is NEWPORT, ny, SACKED.
From the Cincinnati colai-sr-!.i. OstoLst ysi,
Last evening about i-2 O'clock a mol, of some tli,.
y men entered the printing Office of Wm :. BAILEY
Newport, Ny, and pied considerable quantity OF typS
broke Que Of the presses ard carried on the forms ON
which the oa'sde of the paper being printed There
were no persons in the Office the time Of this vista
ton, except Mr.. Bailey aud his amily His four l,ugh
tcrs who set.type and Mrs. Bailey were prcsent aud
begged without avail tina; their property spared
The press would probably have been entirely DESTROYED
but those who undertook the oh found il dirty vork tie
INK soIling iheir hands and clothes Mr. Bailey was
warned that he must leave town, ahu quit p;iag
publish paper there, or that hc would be roughly used
and all his property demolished hen the mob first
appeared, they informed Bailey that they proposed 10
abolish his incendiary sheet They considered the com.
muny unsafe where such paper tolerated and so
forth Mr. Baileys paper does not rank yerv high
among the journals OF the day, but hc and his family
have long spent upon il their daily labor and earned
with it their daily bread The paper has been we be-
ne'e' famiy producton-hr. bailey writing the Arti.
cies his daughters setting the type, and his sons
making up the forms and working the press Ills daurh
tiers, who have made humble livelihood in this usy
were MOTIVE are Informed exempt from such insut las,
night a foul language addressed them could convey
suggestion being made the police il was remark
by one Of Mr. Baeys daughters that most OF theroice
were present and. il they did positively aid In tc
destruction ni property they certainly did attempt
TO do their duty but passive spectators Of the Law
less scene IL question whether Mr Bailey can find
any protection under the law aud te thing most Hk,I
TO haPpen the continued suppression for some time oi
his paper by mob force
From TIE C,nrjHai; Gassi,e. Oci. 81.
Saturday morning number of the citizens determin-
ed to call public meeting and take further action upon
the suj ct At the appointed hour three O'Clock the
hre bells were ring, and large number among whom
were some of the most influential citizens conveued AT
the Court House Mr. J. r. Hslam was chosen President
and G. w Cavanagh, Secretary.
Col L l.. Jones, offered the following preamble ard
resolutions:
Whereas, An excitement has been o,casioned in our
GUY "a consequence OF an attack made last night upon
the Office OF the paper called the Free South We the ci-
zens OF Newport, feel bat due to ourselves ami the
public to make some expression of opinion upon the sub
jcci; therefore,
Re'oirsd That whilst condemn the publication of
hs journal IN our midst nccnditry in is character
tending TO corrupt the minds of our people and preudi
cia had II any influence the wclbeing of onr Gov
ernmen both State and NATIONAL and whilst We believe
70 oe utterly unsupported by any number Of our c.
zens but rather held in aud contempt vet never
heess in vew especially of the excited state Of the pub
lie mind, we would advise fellow citizens not 10
cptate any Further action in the premises ,ing conf.
dent in our ability defend the character Of city and
people against any reflection or demonstration thai NAV
be caused by the publication of such journal whenever
the occasion and discretion demand it.
Col. Jones and Mr. Anderson advocated the resolu-
lions, and Mcssrs. Hallam ami Edwards opposed them
Mr. John A. Pncr moved to strike out ihsi mart which
recommended nonscon. This motion prevailed Wbcn
some one in the crowd moved that the Office b. removed
70 Cincinnati, which carried by a large majority
The crowd then started TO the printing of, some r.,
squares distant. Jy the tins they reached the pi,cs
their numbers incrcssci to samc INC hundred and
my. hr Bailey appeared at one of the windows aud
demonstrated With The mch, the same time that
The columns oi his paper open all who them
selves aggtvcd The leader Of the mob Informed him,
That the beet thing he could 10 10 open the door
aud allow thcm to remove his goods and no harm would
be done to him or hs family. This he refused TO do
whercupon some procured piece Of scantng with
which they battered the door opcn The house wa. then
entered and al the printing material carried down stair.
aud placed IN wagon.
They then cndeavored to get the press down stairs
but were oilcd 10 their efforts by s getting fast IN the
stairway where they ef IT, About this time ono Of the
procured bucket filed With yellow ochre which
she scattered over the crowd the housc This
seemed 70 have moving effect, for hey Immediately
Ten with their pndeF spd proceeded io the rgg boa
with the view of transporting u TO the Ohio side Of the
river but they bad no sooner reached the wharf than
they changed their mind and threw everything into the
'cI some of the better disposed citisens mpr 10
stop this but their efforts without avail A meet
'ng vas afterwards held aud committee Of dv appoiut
cd whose duty TO see that the Fee SouH .f,i
re-csisbliahcdin Scvpsft