Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1860-12-19
HOW THEY TREAT NORTHERN MEr.

The Pittsburgh Gurette of December llth
says: We have been shown letter from Mr.
| Harris, the agent of B. A. Fahnestock & Co.
| who was rudely expelled from New Orleans, by
| mob, for the sole offence of being Northern
| man. 1t is not true, as stated in the Chronicle
yesterday, that Mr.. Harris voted for Lincoln
| nor did he boast that he had so voted and was
glad OF it. Mr.. Harris did not vote az all, not
being at home at the time Of the election, but
was Bell man with strong Breckinridge pro.
clivities. The expulsion took place on the
9th ult. He had been in the city day OF
two, attending to the business OF the firm, and
was sitting in his room, at the Hotel, when be
was waited upon by committee, who compel.
led him to go down stairs, where he met an ex-
cited crowd and was presented by the foreman
OF the committee who said: ssLook at him and
see if he is the man you want" The mob
shouted, .sYes, that's him the did abolition
ist;' sOut with him > sD-n him;' sWe'll fix
him;' 'Hang him = Lynch him. &c. But
the speaker, or as he proved to be the chair
man of the Vigilance Committee, proceeded /:
sMr. Harris is accused of being an aboitionist |;
of being the agent of an abolition house; of
having said he was glad of Lincoln's election |;
that he voted tor him and was proud of it. He
is represented as being an unfit person to re-
main In this community. We'll examine him =
"a voice-sExamine the dis hang him. %
Mr. Nathans was then presented as witness,
who stated that he had met him in Morrison's
store, that he did not deny being Black Re-
publican, and that he said: s.Let the South
secede, nobody cares; the North can get a.
long very well without the South, and he for
one wanted to show them who will suffer the
most; he wasn't afraid of the South-no in
deed, not he.''
Mr.. Harris denied all these allegations sent
for Mr.. Morrison to show that it was not true,
and made speech to the crowd, in which he
admitted that he was in favor of Secession, as
the quickest way of settling the present diff
fculty. When Mr.. Morrison arrived, the
crowd was so great that the proprietor of the
Hotel insisted that the Committee should go
with Morrison and Harris to Harris's room,
and report the result of their investigation
to the crowd. This was done, and for the rest
We leave Mr.. Harris to tell his own story:
t'Here threw open for their inspection
some of my private correspondence, letters of
Introduction, &C., several of which letters be-
ing from men we'll known to the committee,
they expressed their entire satisfaction, and
in fact my position gained the full approval of
my dccnser, Mr.. Nathans. All of Mr.. Morri-
sons testimony was also in my favor. The re-
port of the committee was, Harris is all right
But that wouldn't do. Harris must leave town,
to say the least about it-and a majority were
for lynching him under any circumstances.
was thersfore told, 'The cars leave in 40 or As
can you get ready p said yes, and
at once packed my trunk. F. A carriage
was ordered at an alley in the rear of the ho-
tel, and smuggled through the back way un-
known to the crowd. When once in the car
riage, the horses galoped at top speed to
the depot, arriving just in time to get aboard
the cars. As the train moved off, felt some
relief, as may be supposed
Here it will be seen that the committee and
even Nathans, his accuser, were perfectly sat
lsled that Harris was not amenable to the |
charges made against him but the mob had
come determined to lynch him, and would not
rest satisfied otherwise.
We learn that several other Pittsburghers |
have been expelled in like manner. In fact, |
New Orleans seems to be given up to the do |
minion of the mob, who hunt out every North |
srner who arrives, and compel him to leave. |
New Orleans ought to prosper, under such do
ninion as this. We do not wonder to hear that |
here were ten commercial failures there in one |
lay, and that the business Of the city is dull. |