The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1859-02-05
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Ia your paper Of the Pea Of Januury 1859
! noticed an article, entitled "sad Effect Of
Forming" taken from bennington paper
stating in substance that bloody and dan
gerous tragedy took place Ia the town Of hu-
pert on the 80 inst A party Of young men
had assembled for the purpose ~ homng
(hs IL 10 called newly married couple and
kept up noise with guns, ketiles drums
and horns until late hour IN the night
when the patience and forbearanes Of the
besegsd was exhausted, and amer notifying
the assalants Of the serious consequences
that might ensue, II they did not disperse,
one Of the inmates " the besieged house fir
ed a loaded gun, wounding one Of the horn
ers dangerously the writer then observes
that he 10 not sufficiently acquainted With the
case to decide whether firing upon a Promis'
cuous crowd under such circumstances can
be- justified In tho mean time admitting that
good might possibly result from this firing,
as such rowdysh customs % horning newly
married people are very frequent In that Vi
eiully,
These outbreaks we're formerly not uncom-
mon in Canada The term there used TO OK
press this hind Of night work Il "eharlyari,"
aterm Of French origin, and found In Web
ster's Unabridged Dictionary, eud think IN
no other English work. but in our country to
meet the taste Of these nocturnal rowdies,
the more euphonious title Of "hornug' has
beeen substituted,
The writer Of the present article on horn
Ing was knowing to one Of these nightly out
breaks IN the city Of Montreal something
like thirty years since few facts relating
10 tho same | viii here mention, The person
Who had newly married and became liable 70
the rowdics was partner IN Cat that ume)
one 81 the most eminent commission Hnd
banking houses IN that city Amer his dom.
icil WA beset by tire mob, the besicged more
than once notified them 10 dc,ist or they
would be fred upon OH this they needed not
aud at length the assailants we're fred upon
by the assailcd and one certainly, and l
think more we're Killed. Those that fred, IN
GLIDING the newly married man, we're indicl-
cd and put on trial for murder at the court
Of Kings bench. Tho chief Justice WHO then
presided Oleid) was rcputed profound Ju'
d,t, being thoroughly yersed 10 common and
civil law, after the evidence and arguments
we're closed gave the jury such instructions
a. caused them to render verdict Of not
guilty without leaving their seats.
In the year 1912 the Hon. -- Lafon.
tainc at that time a member Of the provincial
parliament in Canada, but St the present
time Chief Justice Of the high court Of APP
pcals IN said provence, was on getting mar
ried visited bya ehauirari party after sui
cring the pest for time, aud requesting
them to depart, he and his assistants IN III,
house fred tho result was that some wer,
killed aud Others wounded. For this biz
honor nor his assistants we're never eallet
upon to answer for said acts TO tho lcga
authorities, IN other words no notice wal
taken Of the killing, Sc.
Ia 1857 in bakersfield this sIatc) one Of
our houing companies visited the PREMISE
3 Of newly married couple in that town, an,
the bcsicgcd fred and killed a yonng mar
Is years Of age, for which act the assailc,
was indicted, tried aud acquitted.
have read Of several cases Of this wori
west where the beset were fred ul nm 10y tn,
. hcsctors and killed In one instance tn,
person beset who fired and killed ono Of IN,
=.=tifssi l.4.i tl.s=-ls...iA=s-
the horning business, but when he came t,
, be a a subject TO receive, he could not en-
durc it for any length Of time. am of tn,
! opinion that most Of these nocturnal maraud
era are not much in the habit Of doing 81
they would like to be done by
. In Canada these mobiles used to dcman,
/ as n condition Of dcsisting sum Of monc,
+, Of the bcsicgcd under the prctencc Of giyinl
) it TO the poori but IN our country hnv
= never known the horncrs TO exact anything
2 Of the bcslcgcd except goodly quantity Of
e spirtuous liquor, for this rot gut meets thci
e taste and answers oil purposes for them.
p think the writer on this subject in the Ben
nington paper alluded to, need not entertain
! doubts Of the rights of the assailcd in tn
Rupert case, and thin, that tho Law will b.
E found to read that when people are assembled
for such unlawful purposes the party assaie,
is not obliged TO notify the assailants to de
sist and disperse before he may fire upor
q them, yet it is well enough so to do. Thes
mob acts have always been despiscd by tn
better part Of community and such conduc
/ is now think rendered highly penal b
statute. 1t always has been an offence a
/ common law and ought 20 receive specio
legislation in this our own state
. SENEx.