, 1859-06-07
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of Mr. chzlel|, ebasan copsdp&ienod. il &n' ple,
present against my act contrary to inv and
order: He spoken the reprtsentati4e of MI.
Charless. .wisheA on thn anbject, and antreated
them 10 Proceed to no cxtremity Of the kind
that he had 'ieasned *ascontenp1ated, but let
the prisoner hare: a fatr and Impartial tris1.,
Or. Mcdowell also Addressed the people. He
saFd sast st'wat o1iectea that murder trials, as
conducted In these dnys. we're perfect farceA.
md that it was held; that the time was come f6rr
the people -take tho laxs N their Owl hands.
Vt rwaa not fhe lassb, the Uoctas sasdt'taek were
II fault, but tl1e community BY With they .zfe
adntnfstereq.: The Avs were 6t1ift and just,
but juEorz had been Lax. ia cas7ying thcn out,
and juries age selected from: tue people. DR..
:McDowelthped that the CROWD would not at-
tempt 70 TAKE Thornton out Of jeil; hpt |heett
they wo4id quietly 80 home aad attend ''to theiF
sotxhhstandng these s;pee;ehes slh:'t the as.en.
hlagc Old not dispesse,~ but numbers ioitued
.tonnd though bF this dme, we think, with no
rnR N1l,faKT nALtzp OFT.
. BY request Of the Sheriff, Gen. Frost issued
orders to Cot pritchard, calling out hisregi-
ment t. assist in putting down any outbreak
that might occus4
d barricade was erected around the walls Of
the ]al, and every preparation mado to repscss
any attack that might be attempted. At four
Q clock i1 the afternoon, there ware probably
two hundred .persoos around the Jail, but they
we're evidentlt. there, as spectators only. it
.bo2t ha}l:pasl . clock, some boys aud .mru
approached the jal with four pieces Of timber,
from twenty;to ahirty feet long, which they
brought from a. lumbcr-yard on Seventh st.
They made rush towards the South entrance
to tue jaii>yatd with their batsering-rams but
we're quickly ehwartea BY number Of tie po-
lice, nwllose appearance the mischiefmakers
dropped tue lumber and sramdered Of: Sta.
tlon'ng themselves at a safe distance; tl1ev
amused themselves with throwing stones at The
officers, wlereupdn an effort was made to nut u
stop. to auy further REPETITION Of such pro-
eeed:ass. Ii The course Of half an hour;
four persona veto arrested and taken to the
police office for rioting II is not apparent that
IN these unlawful ,actst there WAS my design to
take Thornton out Of jail. The individuals en-
gased in thetn we're not those who could feel
any particular interests in the cSents Of the
day, further toan that they might afford some
excuse. for gotting up an excitement, out of
mere love Of mischief. Aside from the above
mentioned episodes, nothing occurred worthy
of mention in this connection. Up to I2 o'clock
last night no serious attempt was committed
|owards { taking the prisoner cut of the huuds of
After supper time there appeared to be a gen.
:eaf rusl to the Jail. At o'clock more we're
:ongregated there than at my previous tfme
turing the day, Chestnut street, from Fifth to
Sixth, and Sixth street t6 Na1ket, were thropr. |
u and full Of, people, There could not rhaye
'een less than seTen to eight thousand persons |
'rcscnt. But We could not observe that moi |
vas contemplated; perhaps mob was sntici. |
'ated, and it vas this, rather than the mob il.
Ell. which cgnduced to SO latge a gathering;
Tie whole police farce went up after roI.cafj I
nd stationed themselves in such manner ns
Q do service in driving buck any riotous 3D.
ance.