Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes County, Ohio) 1856-1865, 1860-12-27
'Insanity in New Orleans. -

Under this head the Chicago Press and
Tribune publishes the statements made By
business man of Chicago Just returned
from New Orleans. The informant of the
Tribune must himself be insane, or a liar
OF the first magnitude, or the reign of ter
ror In the South is even more terrible than
1t has been represented by the most ex-
travagant accounts heretofore published
We select few paragraphs from the Tri6-
une's article:
fhoPosiTioN TO AssAssINATE LINCOLN AND
HAMLIN.
The st. Charles Hotel is the center of
the excitment. That house is the common
resort of the most violent of the fanatics.
who between their cups and their cursinos
amuse themselves with hunting up, insult
ing and driving off Northern men because
they are Northern men. When our friend
left the city, the rufians had made clean
sweep; and that caravansary was without
resident Of any of the free States within
its walls. They had all been compelled
to leave-some to quit the city and their
business, Others to look up more decent
quarters, where violence and ruffianism are
not the rule. One evening in the reading
room of that establishment, the crowd was
assembled as usual, and as usual the abo-
litionists was the theme. Becoming excl
ted, one man, said to be wealthy and infiu-
ential, pulled out his pocket book and said.
"Here are $4,000 which will subscribe TO
a fund to procure the assassination of Lin
coin and Hamlin. Who'll swell the pile ?n
In ten minutes or less, more than $40,
had been offered for this infamous purpose,
and the names of the subscribers were ta-
ken down. The witness of this transac-
tion is far from believing that this was
mere gasconade.
DAMNED ABoLITIoNIsTs HANGING BY THE
Our informant says that on bis way
through Southern Mississippi by coach, (the
railroad track being washed away for many
miles, he saw the dead bodies of two men
suspended by the neck from trees by the
roadside. In answer to the inquiry, "For
what were these men hung!7 be was told,
"Because they were ID Abolitionists!
and the excuse for the barbarity displayed
in permitting them to remain, rotting in
the sun, was, that Mississippians would not
pollute the State by having id Aboli-
tionists buried in the SOIL" This fact, says
our informant, displays as forcibly as any
thing else, the temper by which the ex-
tremists of that section of the country are
impelled.
ESCAPE OF o. N. MITCHELL, THE AsTRoNo-
MER.
In further proof of the insanity, he re-
lates the escape of Professor Mitchell, the
well-known Astronomer of Cincinnati.-
He was on the cars, going South, and when
near jackson, Mississippi, a man somewhat
infamed with liquor, but more with pro-
slavery hate, entered into conversation with
him on political subjects. The Professor
was cautious and reserved; but venluring
to say he thought Mr.. Lincoln was con-
man and would not do injustice
to the South, his pro-slavery friend was
greatly ineensed; and when the train halt
ed at Jackson, jumped to the platform and
shouted to the crowd about the station
"There's id Abolitionist on the train!
Lynch him! Lynch himw Instantly at
least fifty men jumped on and commenced
a search for the offensive specimen of
Northern opinion, but before the Professor
could be pointed out, the conductor seeing
the danger, pulled his bell-cord and the
cars moved of, and with them the Profess
sor, with whole skin.