Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes County, Ohio) 1856-1865, 1860-12-06

effort should be made to stop the thing.
Suffice it to say, the authorities did all in
their power to suppress the excitement, but
all to no effect. At 81 o'clock P. N. was
attacked by three ruffians in front of the
Planters Hotel, who used every exertion
to put me into carriage and take me to
Hamburg, S. c., where my fate would have
been sealed. They could not succeed, and
began to drag me along the walk, when
my wife and daughter heard the noise, and
came to my rescue. They caught me on
either side, and begged them to release me,
which, after using many oaths, they did,
saying, "Madam, you being a woman, We
will give up" She thanked them. We
then returned to our room, where our
friends came to our relief in great num-
bers. From this time the excitement in
creased rapidly; large crowd gathered
around the house; speeches were made by
the most influential men of the city, and
every effort used to disperse the mob; hut
all to no effect. They seemed like so
many hungry wolves.
At half past five P. NJ, my friends deci-
ded that my only safety was immediate
flight.
Let me here say that these Vigilance
Committees and mobs are composed of the
most low, drunken, irresponsible class of
the community, and the instigators are Of
ten Northern men. That no blame may be
attached to the respectable and responsible
portion of the citizens, will say that they
have extended the hand of sympathy and
friendship, and volunteered their services
TO defend me from an infuriated mob
They have my sympathies and ever shall
have. Nobler hearts never beat than those
of the true whole-souled Southerner.-
Would to God there were more like them.
l omit calling any names, for, by so doing,
l might involve some of my friends into
trouble.
The Boston Traveller of the goth says:
Mr.. ]. w. Rbero, who, with his wife and
two children, came as passengers on the
Joseph Whitney, which arrived at this port
last night from Savannah, has given an ac-
count of the particulars of his leaving his
native State.
He was born in Savannah, and has lived
there nearly all his life.
He says he has recently been at work
as carpenter, repairing bridge, 10 miles
from Savannah. The job was taken by
free colored man, who employed, in addi-
tion to himself, several slaves taken from
plantations in the vicinity.
On the 9th he was reading paper, when
the following dialogue occurred between
him and slave.
"Massa Joe what's de news?" "Ob,
nothing but politics" he replied. "What's
politics!" asked the negro. "Voting and
so on" said Ribero; "the North is fighting
for freedom and the South for slavery"
swell, will de nigger be free if Lincoln is
elected!" 81 dom. know, that is more
than 1 am able to tell you," said Ribero.
The negro returned to his work, and Ribero
kept on reading.
This conversation was reported to an
overseer, and the matter was referred to
Regulators, who took him from his work,
and after cutting off the hair and whiskers
from one side of his head, had him tied
and whipped by two negroes, till his side
was cut like meat scored for the oven.
They then took him to Savannah, and
put him on board the Joseph Whitney, af-
ter compelling him to sign paper that be
left of his own free will.
The same evening men went to his wife
and made her get ready to come by the
same steamer. They arrived here in des-
titute condition.