Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1860-08-24

KINa's HOTEL, Monday, July 9Th.
70 the Editor Of tie Missouri Democrat:
GENTLEMEs,-I arrived here last night
from Lexington, Mo-, where ! was publish
ing the Citizens Pubic Aadrertiser, and
whence was driven, on Friday afternoon,
by a mob Of infuriate individuals, for the
following cause
On Friday morning, inserted the names
of the Republican candidates for President
and Vice President, and underneath remark
ed, as well as can remember, these words:
We hoist the names of our candidates for
President and Vice President this morning,
and viii give our reason for this step to-
morrow.
In about one hour after the edition of the
paper was printed, and Immediately after
the city circulation had been distributed
E. Winser, insurance Agent, sent his little
boy to my office with copy of the paper,
and directions not TO send any more to his Of
fee and shortly after, Mr.. Winser himself
appeared, and brought with him notice that
my policy of insurance on my office, in the
Etna Company, would be cancelled that
day friday at noon. ! said TO him, !
am sorry to have given you cause of offence,
Mr.. w., but will explain tomorrow the
reason for the course i took this morning
He replied, There win never be another
paper issued out of your Office, and depart
ed. Shortly after, about fifteen of the
strongest and most violent pro-slayery men
in Lafayette county made their appearance
in my office, with this same Winser and an
employee of VIM. Limrick, Of the name of
Shields, heading them, and Winser and
Shields Qor they both spoke at once) acting
as spokesmen. They denounced me as
publishing paper that injured and endan-
gered their slave property, and declared
their determination that the paper should
never appear again in Lexington, either as
neutral or Republican that should send
away my office before night, or they would
throw il in the river. and that would have
to leave the city under penalty of personal
violence. They seized on the edition of
my paper, jest ready for mailing, declaring
that such paper should never be sent from
Lexington. This man Winser is member
of the NJ. +. Church South, Free Mason,
and any man wuould have taken him to be
an order-loving and law-abiding citizen !;
and yet he was foremost in exciteing the
mob, and thus endangering the property
which, as agent for the Etna he had insur-
ed, and after having done so cancelled the
policy Shields was half drunk, and so
was another one of the crowd.
closed my Office and went down among
the crowd who we're assembled in front of il
on the side walk, when some of them want
ed me to tell them there yhat would have
published on Saturday morning, and ele-
waited me in their midst for that purpose,
and ] was about to proceed, when they fell
to quarrelling among themselves and the
most violent among them succeeded in
preventing me from explaining my views
and sentiments. than asked them il they
we're going to psrnit the Republicans of
Lafayette county 10 vote their ticket in
Novepbs7. Several voices in the crowd
I'VE will die before those names 20 on
the poll books
do not know what was done with my office.
I incline to the opinion that they destroyed